The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-05-01
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ing to this matter-z-Awe need
money.
The place to buy dadbs or plain window
shades, of any desired tint, is at Lucken-
bach's, on Broadway two doors below the
Broadway House, Match Chunk. Shades
made and put up IN common or spring
rollers and warranted to work.
"A report is current that both the lie.
high and wilkesbarre and the New Jersey
Central Railroads are soon to he taken out
Of the hands Of receivers.
Consumption may be prevented by
checking cough or cold in time, and moth
ing equals DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup for throat
and lung affections. 25 cts.
Henry Schwartz, while telling trees in
the Lehigh Mountains, near Allentown
was struck by falling tree and killed. He
leaves a wife and six children.
"A correspondent writing from Pttstou
states that delegates from not more than
half OF the cclleries in Luzerne and Lacka.
wanna counties were present there on Sat
urday afternoon. The question of strike
was discussed, but no definite action was
taken.
Mrs. Klotsj residing on South street, il
much delighted with a bean stalk in he
garden which measures nearly one foot II
height, and has a number of beans upon it
the pod Of one of them being about two ins
in length.
Mrs. Samuel Reichenbachi SO years o
age, was burned to death in Lower Milford
township, Lehigh county, on Saturday last
The No. furnace of the Crane Irol
Company at Catasauqud has gone out o
blast, and will be taken down. 1t was tn
first successful anthracite blast furnace erect
ell in America.
The Wrlkesbarre Record of the Time
gives the following aspirauts for Congress
ional honors froth one family: Robert A
Packer, in Bradford county, Harry Packer
in Carbon county and Dr.. G. B. Lindermau
brother-in-la law of the two former,in North
ampton county.
An addition is being made to the LIE
high Valley railroad depot at this place.
The combination of high prices o.
Rockford watches is broken at E. II. Hohl'
new store. You can now buy theft cheape
than you can elsewhere in the valley at 1
II. Hollis Susquehanna street, Maucl
| Chunk.
.-Reportci incrthse of wages on the lie
high Valley Railroad. During the latte
part of last week, says the Easton Aryls,
report was circulated in South Easton tha
the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company ha
concluded to raise the wages of its employee
the same TO take effect on the lst Of May
The report was also circulated on the uppe
divisions, but by !iiany it was disbelievec
A gentleman who came from the p. & N.
division few days ago, informed our r,
porter that the report was true as regard
that division, but whether there would be
general advance along the whole line he ha
not learned. From another source our r,
porter learned that the main line an
branches will be included in the adyanc
train hands only receiving it. Another re
port says the wages of the shop hands will b
advanced, but this Is Tot from what "
would call reliable source How much tn
advance will be, or what grade of workme
will receive it, will probably not be know
until Paymaster Wilhelm arrives.