The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-10-25

Life 10 too short 10 try half dozen
different kinds Of "sure Cures" when one
suffers with a cough or cold stick TO the
best and use DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup; il
will cure your cough and never disappoint
you. All druggists sell it at twenty fyC
cents bottle.
The Borks county fair cleared IS, OOC
this year.
Apples are being sold from so to 60
cents per bushel.
Extensive improvements are being
made at and around the new round houses.
The newly erected Welsh Cslyinistic
Methodist church, in Slatington, was dedi.
Gated to the service of the Lord on last Sun.
day.
-Rumor has it that one OF our young men
upon returning home on the night of the
Ohio election attempted to wind up his
watch with the key OF a piano.
nv FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN A
EARN Of lls ACRES-s acres improved,
house and barn on it, price S7OO; one half
cash. balance on time. Also, a two story
FRAME DWELLING in this borough for
800. Good well on it. Inquire al this
office. octs5-3w
William Rosenberg, q brakeman on
the Lehigh Valley railroad for over twenty.
one years, was the other day struck by q
passenger train at Easton "a nd being thrown
on the track he had one OF his arms cut off.
"A Scranton dispatch announces that
the Lackawanna Coal and Iron Company
has sold ten thousand tons of steel rails to
the Cansda Pacific Railroad Company,
deliverable in Canada, at $3.50 per ton.
The Rink has been closed and our
young people are deprived Of the only place
of moral Amusement the town boasted of.
There is a mistake somewhere. Where
is il?
%Q- Until October 4, a discount Of FIF.
TEEN PER CENT, will be allowed to all
cash purchasers of WALL PAPER on allie
the stock now on hand. E F. Luckenbach
Broadway, Mauch Chunk, Pa
--Rey. Isaac Price, the oldest postmaster
in Pennsylvania, died at his home IN
schuylkil township. He was s3 years OF
age. lie was appointed during the frst
administration of Jackson and has held
office uninterruptedly to the time of his
death.
NG~The Last Law Passed was Laws
agent, who is passing through the State in
troduced Laws Celebrated Bluing, used
for bluing, bleaching and coloring, and
makes good ink. For sale at c. T. Horn s
and at the Novelty Store. Bankwav.
me- Only $1,000 cash
for an all-wool Suit at II. H.
Peters,, Post-office building,
Lchighton.
A BIG 1HISGl-Every subscriber to the
CARBON ADVOCATE who Immediately pays
up arrearages and one year in advance will
receive free for one year Health and Home
large page, 40 column monthly pap er
devoted to home matters. Step up.
For the week ending on Oct 10, 1884
there was 179 ,907 tons Of coal shipped oyer
the Lehigh Valley Railroad, making a
total of 5,l67 900 tons to date and showing
a decrease Of 52l ,4G3 as compared with
same time last year.
While the employees of the Pottsville
Iron and Steel Compauy's Flsbach Rolling
Mills were being paid Saturday they were
confronted with q notice to the effect that
on and after the first of November gener-
al reduction OF ten per cent. on their wages
would be made on account of scarcity of
orders. What action the men will take in
the matter is yet unknown. The mills
give employment to one thousand men.
People living in the neghborhood of
Wnst Shenondooh and DruwusvIlre were
startled Monday by the explosion OF q
small locomotive used at the Kohinoor
Colliery. Harry Marion, the engineer, was
probably fatally injured and several others
slightly bruised Pieces of the locomotive
were thrown hundreds OF yards. The
breaker was.fred by the hot Goals, but the
flames were promptly extinguished.
I@7H H. Fl. Peters, at the
Post-office building, Lehigh-
ton, will make you an all
wool suit Tor only $40 cash,
if you order now.
In ibr cOrt tostaj 4 -oI,o,;,,, o,,. r. @ ID
Russel VS.. Thomas McGrath For Poor Direc-
tor in schuylkiIl county,a final decision
was reached Monday. The Court ordered
the cost be paid by the county, but the
Commissioners protested against this Yes
terdaY the three judges decided sgainst
them. The costs smount to fifteen thou
sand dollars, which the Commissioners will
begin to pay on Friday.
George Berger, employed at Locut Gap
Colliery, was caught in rush Of coal in
counter gangway shute Friday morning,
and was carried down into breast with
ten tons Of coal on top of him. He was
buried for four hours-snd was extricated
T''i Wv SlNSAN7t hllllCulNN ms Nne COikl Dllei
upon him as fast as it could be taken out
for some time. He was only slightly iu-
jured.
FSi- WANTED, Immediately,a first class
ORGANiST for st. Jscob's Lutheran and
Reformed church, in the borough of Weiss
port must understand leading in German
and English. Salary will be paid yearly,
FOR further particulars apply to A. j. Guth.
Secretary, Oct. 25. avs.
Justice OF the Peace Isaac l.. Morgan
OF Gibraltar, aud Constable Jack Whalen,
recently fined 800 and costs each and
removed from office for over-charges in the
case OF thirty Hungarians arrested for
maintaining uuisauces in the form Of filthy
habitations, Monday presented to the court
petitions for clemency signed by the Presi-
dent and members of the Town Council and
seventy FIVE private citizens.
-Clauss & Bro, The Tail
orS, are making I'D elegant