The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-05-05

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evening.
The great mortgage recently given by
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Company,for $l6O,OOO,OOO has just been re-
corded at Norristown. II covers two hun
dred and two pages of the docket, each page
containing So lines.
mo- have now on hand a lot of Light
Single and Double Buggy Harness and
Heavy Team Harness, which | will sell 6t
very reasonable price. Any style made
to order on short notice.
Yours, &c,
MILToN FLoRy, Weissport, Pa.
For the week ending on the 3Oth ult.
there were I79 1856 tons of coal shipped over
the Lehigh & Susquehanna RR., making
total for the year to that date Of ,4sO, O,0l I
tons, an increase as compared with same
time last year of 1885 tons.
The Indebtedness OF all the anthracite
coal companies is $500 100000 Their pro-
duction this year will be 100000, 900 tons
upon which they will make a profit Of 81
per ton and this says prominent railroad
man Of Philadelphia, is per cent. upon the
whole investment.
DIR. J. A. Mayer, the practical Surgeon
Dentist, Of Broadway, Mauch Chunk, has
had a practice Of over 20 years, and sprob-
ably the oldest resident dentist in this val
ley. The Dr's work speaks for itself, and
the fact that all critical work in the region
is given to him is a sufficient guarantee Of
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Leaders of choirs and
musicians desiring to give en-
couragement to their members
and scholars should endeavor
to bring them to School HalB
Lehighton, May 9TH, to hear
40 Trained Voices for 25 cts.
Architect Hutton and contractor Stacy
Reeves. Of Philadelphia, are experimenting
the stalking of OF the ground preparatory to
the digging Of the foundations for the new
laboratory in the Lehigh University grounds
made necessary by the great increase in the
number of students in the last year or two
"A new mining company has been or
ganlzed at Catasauoua, to be known as the
"Catasauqua Mineral Company" They
have leased a large tract of land on the
Lehigh mountain supposed to contain
deposits of iron ore, isinglass or mica, and
other minerals, The company propose to
commence prospecting at an early day.
AT 10 o'clock Sunday night James Size
employed at No. furnace of the Bethlehem
Iron Company, met his death by being
squeezed between the platform of the furn-
ace hoist and beam above the opening
He was about adjusting barrow which he
thought was projecting over the platform
| when he was caught. He served as
Union soldier during the whole of the re-
| bellion and was wounded twice.
Argument Court held at Mauch Chunk
Monday aud Tuesday for the purpose Of
hearing argumen: id the case Of Charles
Carroll VS.. Jacob Petry, and the Mechanics
National Bank, of Philadelphia, VS.. the
Miners Bank, Of Lansford in the first case
petition for charge of venue was denied and
in the latter, o rule to dissolve attachment
sga inst the Summit Hill Bank for $4,000,
no decision was rendered y
You will miss a grand
treat if you fail to hear the
Bi-Ceptennial Choral Society
at their Concert in, School
Hall, Lehighton, on the even
ing of May 5th.
The Travellers Life and Accident In
surance Co., of Hartford, Conn, and for
which Mr.. Thomas Kemerer is the agent ia
this place, offers extraordinary inducements
to those wishing to provide for their families
in case of accident or death. Mr.. c. H.
Bower who, recently, was slightly injured
while at work, and was incapacitated from
work for two weeks, received $40 compeR-
satiOu last week, through the agent. Call
on Mr.. Kemerer for terms, &c.
--Messrs. Spencer and Randolph, o
Back Mountain, and Handy, of Philadel-
phia, representing the Buck Mountain Coal
Company, visited the old Gorman Colliery
Friday TO inspect the works. 1t is under
for its purchase by these gentlemen and
that Fridays visit was made with the view
of opening new workings. The colliery
has not been working since five years ago
when it's owners went into bankruptcy.
| 1t is impossible TO disguise the fact thai
the anthracite coal trade is exceedingly
dull. A prominent producer stated Fri
day that the only hope was that a better
demand might be insugurated this month
If something of this sort did not occur
great deal of coal would have to be piled
up. There are professions that there will
be aine or twelve days suspension IN min
ing this month instead Of six days, as tn,
combination had agreed upou.-Philadel
phia Record.
The organ to be used
this Saturday evening at the
Concert by the Bi-Centennial
Choral Society,in School Hall
this borough, is kindly loaned
by Prof. J. F. Halbach for the
occasion.
An Allentown despatch says yalontin,
Shoemaker committed suicide Tuesda,
night by hanging himself ia the Sarret o
his house. His head was injured year
ago by an accident and though he has new
er been watched with apprehension of do
ing himself harm 1t is supposed that hi
death is ascribable TO this cause. He ha
worried great deal over the running ava.
of q son a week or So ago. He leaves
wife aud three children. He was 46 year
old.
Sneak thieves continue to make occas
ional raids upon our borough. Early oI
: Monday morning the wife of Harry Blank
an engineer on the Lehigh Va LEY Railroad
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