The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-03-05

vance for the CARBON ADvo-
CATE.
The streets and roads are now in rough |
condition.
Mrs. E. II. Rhodes, of Ithaca, N. Y,
formerly of this borough, is in town this
week on a visit TO her old friends and neigh
bors.
Don't forget ifyou want teams for pleas
ure trips, business or funeral purposes, that
David Ebbert will supply You at reasonable
terms.
Rev. B. j. Smoyer returns to the Le-
highton Evangelical church for another
year, to the satisfaction of his people,
Our neighbor, Jos. seaboldt, noticed last
week as having broken two ribs, is, we are
glad to state, at work again.
-Clauss & Bro. makes announcement of
the offering of new stock Of goods through
the medium of large and handsome hand
bill printed at this office. You follow suit.
The suspension Of mining operations at
three or four mines in the vicinity of AL
burts, on the East Penn Railroad, has
thrown over one hundred men out Of EN-
poyment, and business in the village is con
sequently at Il low cbb.
There are several cases of scarlet fever
in this ncis ishborhood, and one ortwo deaths
of children are reported from this disease.
Barney Gallagher, a rolling mill em-
ploye at Allentown, was run over by an
engine at East Pennsylvania junction on
Saturday and killed.
Michael BocherL, brakeman, was in
startly killed at Delano, schuylkill county,
on Tuesday of last week.
james Jordan "a miner in the West Pitts
ton shaft, was killed Friday by blast which
he supposed was extinguished, but which
exploded Immediately on his return to eX
anime it.
The Towanda journal states that Judge
Morrow, of Bradford county, has appointed
master and examiner in the case Of N. C.
Hannis VS.. Asa Packers executors, and says
that the amount involved is about $500, 900.
AT the annual meeting of the Lehigh
and Wilkesbarre Coal Company, held Thurs
day afternoon, 24th ult., the following oilic
ers were elected Presidents, F, S. Lathrop;
Directors, E. A. Potts, G. q. Haven, Charles
Parish, J. n. A. Griswold, John Keen, and
John S. Barnes.
Widow Polly Day, of Penn Forest twp,
died on Saturday morning last, aged Gl
years. She was buried in the Lutheran
cemetery, Lower Towamensipg, on Tuesday
lost.
"A telegram from Carbondule of the 9th
ut., says: Henry Pettigrew, well known
trapper, met with shocking death on Fri
day. lie usually kept thirty traps along
the mountain slope aud near the Lacllawan-
ma River the year round. On Thursday he
placed one of his traps in the crevice OF a
precipice of rocks, IL feet from the ground,
where he expected to capture an otter. On
Friday he espied the otter in his trap, and
proceeded up the rocky cliff and along the
| precipice, and although the rocks were cov-
| cred with ice he reached the trap in safety.
On the return trip, while climbing around
narrow point with the trap in his hand
and the otter trying his best to escape, he
| slipped and fell to the ground, striking on
| his head and breaking his neck. A party
of lumbermen found Pettigrew's body a few
hours later. He was still clingng firmly to
the trap containing the live otter. The re-
mains were taken TO his home.
There will be no meeting of the Lyce-
um this Saturday evening on account Of
an exhibition in the Hall.
For the week ending on the 26th ult.
there were ll6, ,44l tons of coal shipped over
the Lehigh Valley railroad, making a total
of /, ,l75,4G tons for the year to that date
showing an increase of III ,s79 tons as com.
pored with same time last season.
9E1-Snuh or dust ofany kind and strong
caustic of poisonous solutions aggravate
catarrh and drive il to the lungs DR.. Sage'c
CatNrrh Remedy cures catarrh by its mild
soothing, cleansing and healing properties
Each package prepare one pint of the Rene
DIV ready for use, and costs only fifty cents
Sold by druggists. So positively certain is
it in its results that its former proprietor
used to offer standing reward Of $500 for 6
case it would not cure.
, Mrs. Jonathan Seidle, died at her resi-
dence on 2nd street, this borough, on Mon
day last, after an illness of nearly two year
from paralysis. She was buried on Thurs
day.
The people of Pottsville will fund the
bonded debt of S22,OOO, bearing per cent
interest, and falling due next month, by tn
r issue OF a per cent. bond.
John Keating was instantly killed ant
> John Ryan and James Devln slightly in
iured by an explosion of sulphur in tn
Eagle Hill colliery, near Pottsvllle, Wednes
, day,
james A, Garfield will be inaugurate
as President of these United States, to-da,
e friday, March 4th.
The Postmaster General of the Unite
States has issued an order dated Februar
2lst, 1881, reyoking the section of the posts
law which allowed commercial paper an
blanks,ti out in writing, such as invoices
way-bills, bills OF merchandise, deeds, insul
: ance papers, ETC., To be sent in the mails O
third class rates, viz: one cent for each tw
q ounces or fraction Of an ounce and this ella;
of matter must now be prepaid al first-cla!
q or letter rates of postage.