The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-07-28

pany was badly burned about the hands
and face by an explosion Of sulphur on last
Wednesday.
- Best make of Horse
Shoe Nails for 20cts a pound
by the box at J. l.. Gabel's.
The wilkesbarre Union Leader and the
Record of the Times have advanced their
price Of subscription 10 $40 a year, claim
ing that good paper cannot be produced
for less than that price.
Nl-E. F. Luckenbach, Broadway ,Msuch
Chunk, is now opening for the inspection OF
his friends, the largest stock Of new designs
in WALL PAPERS ever seen in this cOun
ty, and is selling at very lowest prices.
John McGratb,a picture frame dealer
of Philadelphia, made four unsuccessful at
tempts to commit suicide at Esston "n Fri
day night by cutting his throat and drown
ing. He had been drinking heuviy.
Ready mixed paints at
J. L. Gabel's for $l.25 per
gallon.
nsS- have now on hand lot Of Light
Single and Double Buggy Harness and
Heavy Team Harness, which will sell at
a very reasonable price. Any style made
to order on short notice.
Yours. &c,
MrLToS FLoRY. WeisspOrt, Pa.
Pure Linseed Oil, at J.
l.. Gabel's, 6S cents per gal
Ion for cash.
For the days ending on the 9th inst.
there were 1876 tons focal shipped over
the Lehigh Il Susquehanna RR, making
total for the year To that date oi 2,3j6,l6
tons, an increase as compared with same
time last wear of 1884 tons.
-10d. to 40d. nails OF j.
L. Gabels for only $3.l0 per
keg. Locks So. IS per doz.
The Lehigh Slate Quarry, at Stating
ton, is to be operated by a new company,
the Lehigh Valley Slate Company, with a
capital of 100000. The property consists
OF a large piece of land, forty houses, two
stores, Offices, shops and other buildings
and is quite valuable.
"a TELEPaoSE.-"Hellol helloil Who
| is il Mary 2" "Jennie, | did use Horns
| Telephone Liniment for my headache, !,
cured it IN less than ten minutes. | would
not he without it. 1t lie the king of all
linimeuts, aud thank you, Jennie, for
recommending me such good medi"iue
Good byev"
- For the week ending on the 2lst inst.
lG7,7s7 tons of Goa! was transported over
the l.. V. RR., making total Of 3,sl3,s5f
tons to that date, and showing an incrcas'
Of 80 ,397 as compared with same time las
| wear.
"A young lady, sister Of Mrs. Utt'
Brinn, oi the Diamond Addition Hotel
Iagleton, was violently assaulted by al
unknown man on Monday evening whil'
on her way to Harleigh. She screams
lou'lly and some passers-by npproachlplNh'
ruffian escaped to the woods.
skilled workmen to Cars Rock at once, will
be started at Lackawaxan in q short time
II will take the form Of a large mill fo
planning and saving blue stone aud for max
ing scroll, flower, cornices and oil sorts o
ornamental work in stone.
Mise Mary Packer, only daughter o
the late Judge Asa Packer, has had tn
electric clock Of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
offices at Mauch Chunk So connected will
the chimes Of the ST. Marks P. Z. churcl
that the clock now strikes the hours ON
bell several squares of.
va A small man on Cottage Hill ex
plained Ia his little daughter that the day
in summer were longer than in winter lie
cnuse heat made everything exI land. Blu
he could nat explain the length of tn
: nights in winter On the same principle
I Could he explain why d. S. Book. rpposit
the Carbon House. sells better watches tha
can be bought elsewhere for the sam
- money.
The corps of engineers engaged in sui
veying new railroad route from Blooms
burg into Sullivan C county, along Fishir
y u Creek and across the North Mountai !, ha,
n returned slated with their success. The
found an almost direct route over Il
u mountain at grade of about sixty feet
i the mile. Lumber and coal were Iound
y large quantities.
The Bethlehem Steel Works, after
!, three weeks cessation of labor, are about
e resume work. 100 Coal and Iron polio
X men have been sworn into the service
the Company for the protection Of the wor
4 men and works. Several furnaces la
already been fired, aud it is thought tn
. others will som follow. A conflict is e
pected.
D. 1t is rumored that the Lehigh Vail
nj Railroad property is wanted, by Wand,
IS, bilt. President Gowen, Of the Phladelpt
and Reading Railroad Co., visited Mau
al Chunk on Saturday last and was closet
ne the greater portion Of that day with Pre-
H. dent Packer. The president of the Readi
then returned to Saratoga and since u
ry time has succeeded in bringing Mr.. PAD
=, and Mr.. Vanderbilt together.
AT Eastnn, on Monday, Judge Mey
od refused to grant new trial to SebsstO D
H. lersondro who was cOny yicted Of the muro
o Of PHILIPPE Petro. Counsel for the defer
alleged MS a reason for his application lor
ns new trial that some of the jurymen i
mt been influenced by hearing a sermon
o. Thou shalt not kill" The judge cons
cred that the jurymen had not been so
ID iluenced.
- Mrs. Goodwin, high nrt drsssmah
s' has been stopping at the Franklin lioI
Eastnn, for the past fortnight. She ds'
nv, w peared on Saturday evening with cons
To- erable sum Of money in her possession, p
'ou cured from girls she was supposed to
struct, aud with yery hsndsnme mum
sed Of debts. Her transactions are taid TO
un semble closely thuse of woman who
ng' away with $1,000 at Elmira recently IN
fad same line Of business.
On Saturday great mystery