The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-02-15

Lewis Weiss, at the post office store, has
reduced the prices of his winter stock OF
boots and shoes.
William A. HUFF, Justice Of the Peace
of Phillipsburg, N. j., was run over and
killed by an engine on the New Jersey Cen
trail Railroad on Saturday.
Peter Meeks, wealthy farmer, living
near snyderville, Monroe county, committed
suicide on Thursday of last week, by hang
ing. No cause is assigned for the act.
The annual conference Of the Evangeli-
cal Association will be held in Salem's
Evangelical Church, Linden street, above
Ninth, Allentown, during the last week of
this month.
Parties desiring tickets printed for the
February election, to be held next Tuesday,
can have the same promptly attended to by
sending the names of the nominees plainly
torittCn-to this office.
An embankment at Zeigler's ore beds,
fifteen miles from Allentown, caved in Tues
day morning, burying fifteen persons. One
man was killed and four others were serious
ly injured.
Thomas English, aged 40 years, foreman
of a track gang on the Central Railroad of
New Jersey, was struck by an engine and
killed in deep cut near Phillipsburg, on
Monday night.
j. C. Coon, editor of the Plaindealer, was
arrested in Wilkesbarre Tuesday, upon two
charges of lbelling preferred by Judge Har-
ding $1,000 bail was furnished in each
case.
John Thomas, of Audenried, is booked
for a shooting match with James McLain,
of Summit Hill on Feb. %, at the latter
place, stakes SlOO side-to shoot at ! birds
each.
Mr. VIM. Love, of Hokendauqua, pass
ed through town last Saturdays he dropped
into see us, and stated that another of the
Catasau1ua furnaces had been started on the
previous day.
The shipment of coal over the L. & S.
Division of the Central r. r. of n. j., for
the week ending February 7, amounted to
55,376 tons, and for the season to 267, ,355,
being an increase of 121 $40 tons to date in
excess of last years business.
The following circular of prices of coal
at Mauch Chunk for the line trade has been
issued by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
Company: Stove, So rs; lump, broken, egg
and small stove, 50 so; chestnut, 50 40; chest
nut No. 2, 81 25.
! WIN. Miner, Esq, went to the city of
New York last Monday, on business for
the Fort Allen Foundry, and returned home
on Wednesday. He speaks in the most en-
couraging tones of the spring trade, as
viewed from the present indications of the
markets of that city.
-DooToRs and CHURCHEs.-The Doctors
of New York City say speer's Port Grape
Wine has proved to be pure, unadulterated,
of fine flavor, and tonic properties, and is
unsurpassed for Its restorative powers, and
they prescribe it as a very superior wine.
| Churches use it for communion.
Pig iron the Philadelphia market is in
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foundry sells at $l7.2O ais, No. 2 at $16@
H., and gray forge at Sl5@lG. Steel rails
are quoted at $43@46. Iron rails steady at
1920 "a at mill, according to section, quail
ty and terms of payment. Bars: $44.sO for
refined, $3S@46 for medium, and $34@ SO
for common.
The voters of the repective boroughs
and townships will have to elect at the COM
ing election, besides the triennial assessor,
two assistants The triennial assessor will
enter upon his duties the lst of April next,
and the assistants in the fall. Heretofore it
has been customary to elect them one year
ahead, but the above decision is according
to the new act of 1875.
Gen. Grant kissed a young lady in Paris
because her great grandmother kissed George
Washington. Ladies-our great -grandlath-
er kissed Mrs. George Washington. Do you
hear? Where are you? and David Ebbert,
at his popular livery, on North Street, still
continues to hire out his handsome teams at
lowest rates.
Dear Sir: We would call your atten-
ton to the advertisement of Johnston's
Great Western Gun Works in another col
umn. Our Pittsburg Agent endorses Mr.,
Johnston as being reliable business man,
and one of the oldest and largest dealers in
the United States Send for his large and
illustrated catalogue, it is free.
CW. II. Knecht and other gentlemen of
4 Wessport, in harmony with some amateurs
Of the game of chess in this borough, are
practicirg for an exhibition game to take
place in Lehighton at an early date. The
chess board is to be drawn OH the floor of a
hall, and the chessmen are to be ladies and
gentlemen, in costume. 1t is understood
that the game is to be played Weissport VS..
Lehighton.
During a briefvisit to Lehighton, a few
days since, we had the pleasure of spending
a few hours in the CARBON ADVOCATE sane
tum. Brother Mortimer has one of the
neatest and best newspaper and job printing
2 Office in Carbon county. Since his enlarge
ment, he informed us he has added several
hundred new subscribers, and by the large
ness of the pile ofpapcr "wet down" for Sat
uTday's edition, we should judge he has
We are pleased to note Harry's success, and
may it increase as the publisher of newsy
sheet like the ADVOCATE should, is the wish
Of the IIhHe Harca Standard
SprIngdaie Foundry.