The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-01-22

CATE.
AT David Ebberts' popular livery you
can hire teams for business or pleasure at
the very lowest rates. Don't you forget the
place, North street, this borough.
The January session of our county
courts was the poorest, financially, for law
yers Of any court in loug time, at least
they say so.
Read the advertisement off. W. Raud
enbush's new livery stables in to.day's
paper, and then call and look at his teams.
Lawrence, Merkle Co. have been tenn
porarily restrained by injunction in the
Courts Of fSchuylkill from mining coal under
Mahanoy Plane.
Fred Paine, a baggage master on the
Mahanoy Division, stepped from his train
at Black Creek junction, Tuesday morning,
in front of a moving train, and was knocked
down, and so severely injured that he died
in few minutes after being lifted from the
track.
Owing to the many caves-in near Ma
hanoy Plane, the Pottsville Chronicle states
that new plane will be made for hoisting
coal over the Broad Mountain. 1t is also
stated that there is some probability that the
plane will be done away with altogether
and all coal carried through East Mahanoy
tunnel. This would make the haul at least
thirty miles longer.
During the week ending on the 14th
inst, 81 ,696 tons Of coal were transported
over the Lehigh & Susquehanna railroad, a
total for the year TO date of 1858 tons, a
decrease OF 2s,l3S tons as compared with
| the sane time 1880.
For the week ending on the 18th inst,
there were I6,24s tons of coal shipped over
the Lehigh Valley railroad, making total
for the season to that date of 526,7S9 tons;
showing an increase of the shipment to the
same date last year of $50 tons.
Jonas Markley, the court crler, has been
engaged by the County Commissioners, at a
salary of $3.50 year to do general work
around the Court House, such as making
Fires, attending on the Court, &c.
Mrs. Sendel, of Mahoning Valley. on
Wednesday morning about o'clock, had
occasion To go out in the yard, when she
slipped upon a piece of ice aud fell. break.
ing one of her legs just above the ankle joint
DR.. Derhamer was called in and reduced tn,
| fraa ic ba g
VIM. Miller, of this borough, and is nearly
so years Of age.
Mr.. Charles Parrish. of Wilkesbarre, ,ha.
advanced the wages of his miners 5 per
cent
"A survey was made several months ag,
to determine the boundary line between
Wyoming and Lackawanna counties. Til,
Wyoming county authorities refuse to accep
the report, as it lops off too much Of theil
territory, aud the Lackawanna authorities
have been restrained by injunction from as
sessing taxes on the land in dispute.
&C. Payne, 76 years old, who has beer
missing from Carbondale for two months
was found on Saturday by his son at Bing
hamton, New York, in the almshouse, in
sane. The son is New York travelling
salesman, and as the old man preferred t,
stay where he was found, his wishes wer,
consulted
j. B. Dreisbach, of Lawrence, Kansas
/ who has been in that section for the last l,
4 years, was here on a visit to his parents win
reside in franklin twp, last week. H
, speaks very highly of Kansas, and will re
: turn next week after visiting New Yor
city, where he proposes shipping car loa,
1 of oranges and other fruits for his store il
: Leavenworth. While here he called at th
i ADVOCATE office aud paid one years sub
! scription.
r Ss1- Luckenbach s store is unques.ionabl
= the best place in the Lohgh Valley, 70
> cheap and good stationery, school books
wallpaper and for all kinds of house an
!. sign painting. Luckenbachs is few dool
o below the Broadway House, Mauch Chunl
"A new colliery called the Logan ha
been started near Centralia, and is workin
e On Thursday, 9th inst, shootin
i match is to come off at the public house {
Y Alfred Newhard, in Coplay, for mammot
u porker weighing 600 pounds. The shootin
:, is to commence at 10 O'Clock in the for,
2 noon.
The total amount Of expenses for hole
= ing the inquest on the persons who wei
killed by the boiler explosion at the Allel
s town rolling mill amount to Sl2l.2s. {
this sum SS6 was paid to the juryman, /
ut for room rent, and So for clerk fees. I'll
balance, S75,5s, were fees to the Corone
J. Troxell, Tor viewing bodies, ,summoning al
y qualifying witnesses, aud returning inquis
tions.
le An exchange, in speaking of iphtherl
N which is just now prevalent in many par
n of this country, says The best medical al
thorties say that a child afflicted with dipl
" iberia should not be exposed for from thr
at to four weeks after apparent recovery, ar
In that the disease is contagious and will
'e communicated for that length oftime. Chi
drer that have suffered from this disea
~ should, therefore be kept out of school {
lg that period, and the spread of the disea
S. would thus be prevented. Much can
ne done To stop the spread Of this disease, if Il
he people will adopt strict sanitary measure
nt and enforce them. The people cannot
too eau ious where the disease prevails.
W. AT the meeting of the stock holders
~. the Nouonal Bank of slatngton, held
Tuesday, llth inst, the following board
ph directors were unanimously re elected Pet
n Gross, John Ballet, John Craig, Thorn
ad Kern, DR.. II. II. Reigel, D. D. Roper, V. '
th Weaver, s. j. Kistler, David Henry, DR..
J. NilIer and E. D. Pstsrs.