The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-01-08

FOR the week ending on the olsJ ult'i
there were $4,000 tons of coal shipped oyer
the L. 4 S. railroad a total for the year to
date of 3,s4S, ,2Oe tons, showing decrease Of
245,745 tons as compared with same date
last season.
Mary Elizabeth Lord, little girl badly
burned at Pottsville on Tuesday, 2sth ult,,
has since died.
Samuel Smoyser, living near Kreiders-
vile, sgel 20, was found dead in his hay
NOW on Monday, 9th inst.
Samuel sherwell taller, an Englishman
by birth, dropped dead Thursday 3Oth ult.,
at Easton from old age and exhaustion.
Ella Higgins, aged IS years, of Sport
Hill, near Scranton, hanged herself on the
29tb ult., because, II is supposed, she had
been threatened with arrest for obtaining
goods by false pretences.
An lrishman named Mccain was 50
badly beaten at Mshanoy Plane week before
last, that he died Of his injuries on Sunday,
the 2dth ult, Two men named Herrick and
Malta have been arrested for the act
The lee houses in the vicinity Of Scran-
ton are filled with blocks of ice eight inches
in thickness.
-Condy Houston has been brought 10
Wilkesbarre from Kentucky To answer for
the murder of David Storey, at Hazleton, in
1878.
Peter Morey and wife, Of Upper Mt.
Bethel township, Northampton county ,have
been married seventy years. The husband
is 80 aud the wife 80.
Meyer, says last Fridays Hazleton
Democrat, did the face Of Rev. E. A. Bauer
wear so pleasant an aspect as on Monday
morning when he walked into our sanctum
and laid on the table five marriages notices
ns his Christmas Days labor in the matri
monia vineyard. If these are hard times,
the young people Of this region think they
can be made easier by a combination Of
forces.
There were 66,364 tons Of coal trans
ported over the Lehigh Valley railroad dur
ing the week ending on the LIST inst; max
| ing total for the season to that date Of
$780, 1873 tons, showing decrease, as com
pared with same time last year, Of 42,5O5
tons.
The roads are now in excellent condit-
ion for sleighlng, aud David Ebbert, our
popular INery man, is prepared to supply
you with horses, cutters aud big sleighs tior
partiesl at very reasonable prices livery on
North street, this borough.
Bernard Gafiney and John Mcdonald,
miners, employed in No shaft Carbondale,
were Monday killed instantly by fall oi
top coal in their mine chamber. They leave
large families in p'tabIe condition.
We are pleased to learn from some oi
our Monroe county friends, that Prof. T. j
Snyder, formerly principal Of our public
schonls, but now resident at Stroudsburg, is
a favorite candidate with the people of oul
sister county for the office of Superintendent
OF Public Schools. Mr.. Snyder is just the
man for the posiion-talentcd, young, will
a large experience in teaching, and full o
progressive ideas, with will power thu
will carry him him through in all he under
takes. By all means the Professor shoulC
be elected to the position, and we earnestl,
trust that he may be.
About six inches Of the "beautiul snow
fell in this section during Tuesday and Tues
day night, and the weather has co:.siierabl,
moderated during the week.
The commencement of the New Year
now-is "A good time to square your sub
scripiions to the ADVOCATE. We hav
; dropped a few names from our list of thos
who are indebted to us 3, 4, and more dol
lars. Pay up at orce!
The Carbon Herald should change tn
inside dates to 1881, or some fellow will b
! calling attention to the fact that the issue O
5 the 5th was dated 1880.
AT meeting Of the directors Of tn
First National Bank, OF this borough, he'll
! on Wednesday last a semi annual dividen
Of three per cent. on the capital stock wa
declared, payable on aud after the 10th ins