The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-04-10


"A correspondent writes that a company
has been formed in Monroe county, with u
capital Of 5OOOOO,t to develop mineral lands
recently discovered there.
Charles II. Krause, dealer in millin-
cry, at Bethlehem, and who was detected in
stealing goods from silk house in New
York on the 1Gth ultimo, was sentenced in
that place on Monday. He received three
years in the Penitentiary.
For the week ending on the Sd inst,
GO 1886 tons of coal were transported over
the Lehigh Valley railroad, making total
of ,2GO, Ago tons, a decrease as compared
with same date last year of ,l0l tons.
-Four Chinese lately joined Presby.
terian church at indianapolis, Ind, and 2j
other Cinnamon are in a Sunday school
there but our popular livery keeper, David
Ebbert, may still be found at his old stand
on North street, this borough, where he is
read 70 supply you with handsome team
at low rates.
Rev. B. J. Smoyer will preach in the
Mahoning Valley Evangelical church to-
morrow Sunday afternoon at o'clock
Just received new lot of white and yel.
low pine flooring, doors, sash, and mould
ings, which will be sold cheap for
cash, by j. L. Gabel Bank street, this bor-
ough.
Our new Council organized on Monday
evening as follows; E. II. Snyder, Burgess
W. M. Rapsher, Secretary; VIM. Miller
Treasurer; Street Commissioner, VIM. Mil
Ter; all of the Offices being filled by unani-
nous consent. The Council appointed F.
p. Semmel, Orlando Kemerer and Jos
Drumbore as borough policeman. A reso-
luton was adopted instructing the Burgess:
and Street Commissioner to have all neces.
sary pavements laid down and the old one:
repaired.
We dropped into the Mansion House
located near the L. & S. depot, in this bor-
ough, Jonas A. HON, proprietor, Thursday
morning, and was conducted through the
building by the gentlemanly landlord. The
house is very conveniently arranged, and
the rooms neatly and tastefuly furnished
and has accommodations for large number
of guests at reasonable rates. The bar is
neatly fixed up and furnished with The
choicest brands of liquors and cigars.
The Carbon county Industrial Society
will hold its annual meeting Monday at
a. m, at the Mansion House, this borough
Hon. W. NJ. Rupsher has been appoint
ed by the members of the Bar to deliver al
oration on the death of F. p. Longstreet
Esq, in the Court House, on Monday next.
The iron trade maniiests considerabl,
interest in the possible result ofthe announc
ed reduction by the Glendon Iron Compan'
of EastOn. from "the nominal rate of $40 +
a solid basis of $50 per ton" in the price q
pig iron.
When nearing Coalport, on Mondn,
morning last, the down passenger train o.
the L. V. II. r., ran into the rear end of
coal train, throwing or of the coal cal
into the canal and badly wrecking the pa:
senger engine and slightly injurng tn
fireman. The traffic was inter!ered wit
for an hour or so, and then all went on a
usual.
Frank Bittner, brakeman on the LC
high & Susquehanna Railroad, was knocke
from the engine tank, on Saturday aitel
noon, at Freemansburg, by stone throw
by a boy, and his skull fractured. An ARE.
has been made.
The construction Of the Lehigh an
Eastern Railroad will give another outlet I
the coal fields of Northern Carbon an
Southern Luzerne to the New York markt
and the manufacturing districts of Mass
, chusetts and Connecticut. 1t will begin :
Tomhicken, a few miles northwest of HazlC
ton, and terminate on the Delaware neG
, Port Jervs.
D Judge DIeher and the members of II
t Carbon county Bar attended the funeral
: the late F. p. Longstreet in a body.
S The strike OF lsborcrs in the Bang,
slate region has ended.