The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-07-17

FOR the elgnJ days enulng on lne Jtn
inst, 54,034 tons of coal were shipped over
the Lehigh & susquehanna railroad, a total
for the season to that date of ,726,s75 tons,
decrease, as compared with same date last
year, of 253,l75 tons. ...
DR.. Mayer, of Mauch Chunk, dentist
of 20 years experience in the profession.
His works speaks for Itself, Our readers
wishing work in his line will not go amiss
by calling upon him.
W. Wien you sec d baby, which you
know to have suffered for a long time with
Summer Complaint or Dysentery, suddenly
improve and grow fat and healthy, you can
rest assured that Dr.. Bulls Baby Syrup has
been used. ..g.,
"A most delightful rain storm, accom-
panied by heavy thunder and lightning,
passed over this place Thursday, continuing
for some hours.
Next Tuesday will undoubtedly be a
gala day in Mauch Chunk, it being the day
for the reunion of the sSth, l47th, ahd
Knopps Battery. Be on hand for good
time.
Don't drive a lame horse when you can
get kendall 5 SPAWN Cure for $l.dO, it is
worth So. Read their advertisement.
james f. Hoch of Catasauqua, has been
arrested for seduction and adultery, on oath
of Wilkinson Jacoby, of Bethlehem. lie
charges Hoch with leading Ostray his alleged
virtuous daughter Alice. Hoch is a mar
ried man and lie fathet of rtine children.
He was put under $500 bail.
Allentown stands twelfth highest in
point of population among the cities and
towns &C Pen nsylvunih MS shown by the re-
cent census. The cities in excess Of it are
Williamsport, 1856; Altoona, 1898;
Wlkesbarre, 23, $40; Lancaster, 25 5,S0G;Eric,
21,222; Harrisburg, 3Q,4l2 Reading, 49,
$50; Scranton, 1876; Allegheny, 7S,472j
Pittsburg, l5s,SS5; Philadelphia, S47,542.
The present cost price for producing
iron, per tor, at the furnaces in our valley,
is $2l, this at the very closest figuring for
| coal, ore, stone and labor. As the best iron
only commands S22 to $23, it will be read-
] ly seen that there is no money in the bust
ness at this time, and hence the nut~erous
stoppages of furnaces here and elsewhere
The harvest Is nearly over, the crops
are in, and now comes the time for the an
nral harvest sermons IN the country church
es in accordance With good, old-time Gus
tom.
AT radjority OF the iron mSss through
out Lower Macungie the wages OF the
miners were last week reduced to 20 cents
per day. They had before been getting so
cents FER day
The Northampton County Democratic
Convention will be held in Easton on the
9TH of August
The Glendon Iron Co., of Northampton
county, rays its employees $lO,OO9 monthly.
The roof of the Unangst ore nine, near
Easton, caved in Friday, 9th inst, fatally
injuring Otto Poyck, aged l6 years. ..
Allentown people have subscribed $3t
600 toward getting the PhGnix Silk Manu-
featuring Co. to loep!e in that city and the
work of erecting the mills will sooa begin
The slGte shipments from Slatington
during June aggregate s,993 squares of roof.
ing slate and , ,O2O cases of school slate, and
from January to June 80, the shipments
were 4G, 100 squares Of roofing slate and IA ;.
1888 cases of school slate.
Since the Engllshmen rs well as Messrs
5 Lorllard, James Gordon Bernctt, etc, hav,
| found so much viTIuo in ROBERT Hons
POWDERS, and have used IL in such quaint
ties; all persons who are alive to their inter
eSts give IL to their horses, whether runners
trQtters, or farm horses, 1t has wonderful eff
feet 81.
, County Superintendent r. f, Hollord
will hold teachers examinations rs s5llows
East Weissport school house, franklin twp.
+ on August Sd Stemlersvlle school house
, Towamensing twp, on August 5th Penns.
vile school house, on August 7th, and at
/ the MIllport school house, Lower Towamaa
sing, an August 18th.
Legal cap, commercial note, and al
other sizes and qualities of paper nay b,
r had at Luclenbach's stationery store, Maucl
:. Chunk
. The great attraction along Bankway
this week has been the new and handsom,
$ sign, painted by Trexler & Kredler an,
70 placed over our sanctum door on Monda,
I. last.
!. -Messrs. Rapsher & Zern are now nicel,
:. liked in their new drug store building ol
?. White street, Weisspolt, and will be happ,
e to receive visits from their numerous friend
i VIM. Wagner, Esq, formerly of thi
borough, now of Plymouth Meeting, Mont
n gomery county, was in town Monday, to at
h tend the annual meeting of the Directors @
the Emery Wheel Co. lie dropped in {
,f see us, and stated that the people in his sec
v tion were all for Hancock FOR President, an,
: that there was no doubt bat he would carr
s. Penusylvduia By from 10000 to 80 900 ma
jority.
Y Rev. j, G. Freeman, of Weissport, vii
e preach in Zion's Ref, church, this place, to
3 morrow Sunday evening in the Englis
s. language, at u o'clock.
-e Rev j. H. Hartman will preach a
Is English sermon nett Sunday evening 9
/. six o'clock, in the Wessport Reforme
-f church. All are cordially invited.
y On Thursday morning Of last week Mr.
II Angoline Engle, of Bethlehem, while eros
IL ing the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroa
track, which branches of at the Bethlehel
H. junction, the train from Bath, just du
in came along and struck her. She was throw
s. forward about ten feet with her head so clio,
C. to the track that portion of her hair whc
be lay on the rail was cut of. The Woma
no had very narrow escape from an instaI
ID and terrible death. She was badly cut abol
w her laca and hend. hnt receiYed NO llLnl In