The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-04-09

You can catch trout now-if you know
how.
Prof. J. P. Rowland, of Weathsrly, was
in town Saturday, and dropped in to see us.
"A large invoice of MANILA bags just re-
ceived aud for sale at this office at low
prices-printed or plain. Store keepers
will do we'll to call ard see them.
If you desire to see a we'll selected
stock of Spring anu Summer dress goods,
marked down to the very lowest figures,
call at j. T. Nusbaum's Original Cheap
Cash Store, this borough. Do not take our
word:for 1t, bot call andssee for yourselves.
Don't fail to read the monster advertise
ment in 20 days paper, of W. S. Winter
mute, He is fully prepared to do all he
promises. His goods are all fresh and are
selling at very lowest prices. Call and see
them, and be convinced.
Miss Carrie Bauer left for her new field
of labor in the public schools of Weatherly
last Monday.
w. S. Wintermute, Of this borough, is
the first merchant in Carbon county to oc-
cupy the full space of one page of a news
paper to announce his business. Who will
follow suit7
"A two weeks term of Court will con-
vene at Mauch Chunk Monday next.
And now Laury's Station is to have a
carriage factory.
They had five inches Of snow at Wilkes
barre on Saturday.
The ruling price of Allentown bank
stock at present is S55 per share.
The Bethlehem lookup accommodated
356 tramps with lodging during the past
winter.
The smallpox is still troubling the
people and keeping the doctors busy in old
South Bethlehem.
1T estimated that about twenty FIVE
tons of tobacco were grown in the neighbor-
hood Of Bethlehem last season.
Excavations are being made for the
erection of four new heating furnaces in the
Bessener steel mill, South Bethlehem.
Horses and carriages can be obtained at
David Bbberts popular livery on North
street, at al! times for business, pleasure or
funeral purposes, at low rates.
Grand Spring opening of ladies dress
goods and dry goods, at Daniel Gravers Bee
Hive Store, this borough, including all the
newest and most fashionable designs. If
you wish to secure bargains call early and
select from his immense stock.
For the week ending on the ID inst,
there were 1897 tons of coal transported
oyer the L. V. railrord, making total for
the season to that date of ,666,95S tons,
showing an increase, as compared with
same time last year, of 3Ol ,46l tons.
For the five days ending on the 3lst
ult., there were G5,lll tons of coal trans
ported over the L. & s. railroad, making q
total for the year to that date of l,0O3,7j7
tons, showing an increase, as compared
with same time last season, of 1876 ,3i6 tons.
The jewelry store of C. P. EIdred, at
Honesdale, was robbed on Tuesday night,
of watches and othor yaluaGles, to the
amount of over $1,000. There is no clue to
the robbers.
George Hoover, aged II years, Wednes-
day shot and killed his sister, Lotte, aged
II, in a quarrel at the dinner-tablc, in the
house of their mother, widow, living near
Sunbury, in this State. The boy was lodged
in Jail. lie gives as the only reason for the
crime, that "they would not give him
enough to eat"
"A colored man named Joseph Perry,
commonly known hereabouts as "Black
Joe,') was found OH the porch of the Fort
Allen House, in Weissport, Wednesday
morning, ia what was at first supposed to
be half frozen and drunken state, and was
blanket and lot Of straw, but when some.
time in the afternoon persons went to look
after him, he was found to be dead. ESQ.
T. S. Beck, of this borough, held an inquest
on the body, and verdict was rendered in
accordance with the facts. His body was
taken charge of by the Poor Directors of
Parryvllc, to which place he belonged
Rev. Mr.. Hart, Graud Worthy Chief
Templar of the Grand Lodge l. o. of G. T..
of Penna., will lecture on Temperance in the
Lehighton Presbyterian Church, next Fri
day evening, April 18th.
The last report of the public schools, is
unavoidably crowded out of this weeks
papcr-it will appear next week.
Our genial friend j. W. Raudenbush,
who has been iudisposed during the past
week, is now convalescing.
Two saw mills, one belonging to the
Lehigh Coal and Navigation, and the other
to Lewis Crelin & Co., were destroyed by
fire at White Haven Wednesday. The
loss is between $4,000 to $4,000
The new borough council organized on
Monday evening last.