The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-10-04

resident Of Alleiitown, was instantly killed.
Deceased was a brakeman on freight train.
and While standing on the top Of the cars
Was knocked off by an over head bridge lie
was badly mangled. His fathct was killed
OH the East Pennsylvania Railroad some
TIME ago.
A new postal law is published which
allows deeds, all legal papers being printed
banks filled out in writing, way bills, bills
Of lading, invoices, insurance documents
and policies, and the like, to go through the
mails as second class mail matter at one cent
per ounce. That is, such mattel in open
letter on one cent stamp:
Prudent people always have DIR. Bulls
Baltimore Pills tohvenieht They often
take the place Of doctor and cost only 2j
cents. For sails everywhere.
The coal combination still hangs fire,
and seems less likely to be made than ever.
The condition Of affairs is thus described by
the Philadelphia Ledger awe are glad to
be able to state that the Delaware 1acka-
wanna and Western Railroad Company has
expressed Il willingness to give up its octo-
Der auction sale and unite with the other
companies in an advance Of fifty cents per
ton. Meanwhile the negotiations for form
al agreement are being pressed, and we un-
dcrstond that the plan being discussed leaves
every company free to act as it pleases, SO
No : iia OF .c,
prices, and involves no distribution ofquotas
except when a curtnilment of products may
be necessary,in which event such distribu.
ton of tonnage is proposed as will not re-
qure any company to surrender the position
it has heretofore taken during the progress
of the negotiation"
--LosT,-On Sunday evening last between
the residence of John T. Nusbaum, on
Bank street, and Phaon Clauss, on Bank
way, Lehghton, gold necklace. The finder
will be literally rewarded by returning 1t to
this Office.
The ITazleton Daily Bulletin, of Monday
last, says Mr.. William Wilson, of Beaver
Meadow, one of the pioneers of that region
widely known, and highly respected, died at
his residence in that place Monday morning
at 2r'clook. lie was 81 years Of age, and
had generally enjoyed good health and was
considered remarkably hale and hearty
man for his age, During the past two weeks
he had been an~e!l, and Monday morning
he passed away from all worldly trouble and
care. Mr.. Wilson has a large number of
relations in the neighborho6d, aud his friends
and ncquaintances arc very numerous.
At the Lehigh Furnace, at East Penn
Junction, the wages OF the furnace men were
the other day increased from $l.lO to $l.5j,
and of the outside laborers from 81 to lao
PER day.
The Catasauqua Manufacturing Com
pany are erecting new ten.ton shears for
the purpose of cutting scrap iron into suita.
bic lengths for mill use. The shears are to
be worked by a steam engine.
On Tuesday of last week the remains of
Mr.. David Huff, well-known and highly
respected citizen Of slatington, were inferred
in the church yard in said place, he having
died a few days before after long suffering
with that terrible scourge of our climate,
consumption.
Now the boys are getting their Clubs
and poles ready for the chestnut crop.
The Thomas iron Cumpany own eight
furnaces, six at 1fokendauqua and two at
Alburtis, and produce, it is said about lOO,-
900 tons of pig iron in year
The stack of the Coplay Iron Company
now in blast last week produced 2j4 tons No
Y pig iron.
The Bethlehem post-ohlce was broken
into one night last week and robbed of stamps
and cash to The value of S9357.
--'1s there a man with soul SO dead" who
hath suffered the miseries Of cough or cold,
yet neglected to try "Scllers' Cough Syrup"
The fall bonnet, it is said, will resemble
g squeezed cabbage with tomato trimmings.
Our young friend W. p Long has been
smiling so pleasantly all the past week,
that we with others certainly thought he
must have won the boss prise in a lottery or
found gold mine. But on inquiry we
learned that it occurred Saturday night,
and that it is boy! Mother and child are
doing well.
We stepped into H. II. Peters merchant
tailoring store, Thursday, and found him
busy as q Mailer lie informed US that
for the eight days ending Sept. 80, he had
measured for "a garments. A good sign OF
Improvements in business in this locality.
l%Rev. L. A. Bauer, of ITazleton, was in
4 town Monday visiting his old friends, and
as usual once Il year dropped into our sane.
tum and renewed his subscription 10 the
ADVOCATE. The Rev. gentleman, we are
pleased to add, appears to enjoy excellent
health.
E II. Snyder desires us to state that M
has just received another lot Of those ladies'
elegant dress goods, for fall and winter wear
which he is offering at extraordinary low
prices, together with a full line of dry goods
groceries and provisions at bottom prices
Ladies desiring to secure first choice Of good.
should call early. No charge for showing
goods at this store.