Snclcty Mteqlliigs. XFINITO OAHTLG, No.7S, A.O. K. OF1IIB M. 0 2nd riiiI 4tli Monday ol each month. In llo bor'a 1111. Lchlstitou, nj TiSJo'c loclt r. B. lly. Knstanbader. H. K.0.1 a. It. ailanm. W. K. 11. S. DSADBX nurTB.'' I.OD0B. No.gso, 1.0. rt. F.. nioeU ovitv Tnoailay ovouiur, nt so'chclt, In itoaor'a Hull. KoBtoubailcr, j..O.i N. D. nober,,8ccrelnir. 1IITUCI1KN TtlDIJ S(T. 532. Jmj. O. of II. M., meets In Itoonr.s Hall ovciy Saturday. W. I, l'etcia, saibom 1 AV, Knclies, I). 01 II. VouorocATf!iM,i,o. i7i.iirp.n. n. m..'"1'" on Wodnenday cveuins ill uach vtrck. at ,:30 o'clock, ui rabllo Hchool llnll, Weissport. C. W.Schwab, H.i Jac. Jlrong, C. uf 11 'LBItlolITofc, t'&rOB, No. ML K. nt P.. njrcU on Frldau jsvfcntuRS, In lltnor'a lloll. at :..0 o'clocn. Vf,17Bachinau, 0.0 1 L. A. Jiiller, K. of It. and ft. pi It. SaB'fclBUS, l)ITIHCr ATTOItX HY , tt COUNSELLOR AT LAW. OtTIco, Kloti'a BmlolDR Utodaway, MACUIIOUUNK. I'A. Settling: Estates. Elllnir Accounts and Orphans Court Praotico a specialty. Trial ot Onset, carptnllv attended to. Leita ransactlons In limrliBh and German, jail 9. SATUllDAY, JULY 27, 1878. Local and Personal. Subscribers to this paper knowing them selves to bo indebted for subscription, wi 11 ploaso remit, or tho paper will bo discon tinued and tlio bills placed In tlio hands of n Justico of tho l'caco for collection. We need tlio money and must have it. liook at the label on your paper and you V:U co if this notice fit. y nr case. West's liver pills euro indigestion'. Hay thrco 'dollars a ton in Lebanon county. . Corsets at K. it Snyder's at 25 cenb per pair. , - -Slatington pays her High 6clio.il teacher SOS per month. , . Good, .blank Bi!k nt Sl,J'der'a at 75 cents p Juir. .1.1 -Head i'ilghuian Arucv's new advertise ment iii another column. i ( , K. it. Snyder has just returned from. Xoiv York willi new good. Tho millers of Alentown and vicinity lmv $1.05 for new wlieat 01 goon liming -doing ill swimming is tl chief necti ion of 'the ivcr'ago small boy just now. -Spring and summer styles vjfc-eritj.mul pal youth's hiiK, at 1. 1. Ulauss' nt low pn. ThcLuzerro Co. Republican Conven tion will bo held at Wilkes-llarre Aug. 20th. Tlio cclipso of tho tun occurs on tho 20th of Julv, between tho hours of four and' Vx. ' , There are Ufil- Jiersous employed in id about the Anthracite- coal mines of this nui! fetate. -A full lin of boots and s tespb . lurnisning gomi-, v, v ... ... .-- chean New lotitoe?, of homo growth, sell off farmers', wagdtis on our streets ut 50 cent? ier busliel. Tho Fulton poal Company announces a 'dividend of threo per cent, payable on dc Maml. j,,v,, Tho Eohigh Valley comwiny lia"C tuado an advance In tho wages of their miners and laborers. Tlio ladle? of Itatjovei;, Pa., have petition ed tho Towit Coiiricll ugainst corner loafing and public shearing. t Get your iiicFcrip'ltons; and Family Ite c'Mies coilliioiliidcsil, nt A. J. Duriiug's Fam ily Drug and Mcdicjlio Store. v ( Paltits; oilsl.an'd vur.nishes very iow at iiUckeiih.ack's.Maue'iJl'hiiiik. Mixwl paint !i!l stiades; to order! , . Tlio delegates to (ho National Convcri (ioivfriiilUhis borough arc, A. Wf I'acbes, It. J. "luurkkru and Eiias Del'reliu. JudgoL'udlowof Philadelpliia lias de cided that Dr. H, T. llclinbold Urinuu3, with occasional intervals of saueness. Thomas Lentz, tlilp out hlicklcberry ing on Tuesday last, killed a black snake which measured fully five feet in length. Wo have just received auothcr lot of new and handsoino job type. Send in your orders If you want thafori cork for tho least money. All medic lies warranted fresh, genuine and unadulterated attho People's Drug and Family Medicine ttorc. A. J. Dulling, Proprietor. Clocks and Watches carefully repaired, .and work warranted, at lowest cash rates, at llaeeiuan's cheap cash store, opposite public wiuare, Weissport. 30-13. Samual Ualliet, who operates tho lial llet iron mine, at Ironton, is shipping about ten car of ore daily t the Lehigh Valley Iron Company's furnace at Coplay. The llev. James A. Little delivered a unique ami eloquent sermon in Ilokcmlau qua Church last Sunday night on "The Hard Times," from tho text (Genesis 41st chapter), "Soveucars : thin, withered, blast od.'1 J. K. Klckcrt has still a few of those eli gible lots in Itickertstown to dispose of. If you feel like securing a good homo call and nee him. He is also supplying Hour, feed, lumber nd coal at the lowott rates. The main tower of Packer Hall, Le high University, having shown signs of giv ing way, workmen are now engaged in tear Sng.it down to tho fouudatiou, when it will he rebuilt. See chcrubitus in anothfr column hold ing a bunch of grapesfrom which Sneer's Port Grapo Wino is made, that so highly es teemed by the medical profession for the uso of invalids, weakly persons, and the aged. T. D. Clauss, tho Lchlgliton merchant tailor, is now receiving an untrsually largo stock of gents suitings, cloths, Clssimers and veBtings which ho will make up to order in the latest fashion at extremely lowpiiccn for cash. - P. T. Brady hU fitted lip afrA will run In connection with his eating department an Ico cream parlor for ladles and gentlemen and projioses to keep nothing but a first class article of ice cream and other refreshments, II. II. Peters, merchant tailor, post office building, this borough, is still busy making up those new and fashionable suits for gents at his very popular prices for cash. If vou need something nice and cheap, call unit. examine his new stock of coods just received. His prices aro fully as low as tho same goods can- bo bought tor in the city. Try it. A certificate that Charles Smith, tho man shot by Policeman Williams, at Mauch Chunk, was out of danger, having been re ceived from Dr. A. Btout, of St. Luke's Hos pita!, Inst Saturday, Williams was admitted to bail in tho sura of $1000 to appear at the next term of Quarter Sessions. Gen. Win. Lil'y end Wm. If. Tilroli, E.j.j are thQ eo-1 tfho Boanl of Adjustment liavo fixed tlio dnmncosto property during tlio Pittsburg riots nt $3,500,001). Th taxpayers lenlizo .Hint IMV will bo obliged to pey denr for Vbl.t little summer day '3 jiastime. Tlio Kcyftono Cornet Hand of Wclas xirt. nnnouneo tlicir third and last grand pic-nic for this summer, to talto placo on Saturday, August lOtb, nt tbo usual place, near 1110 jjoiuguiuu oiuvo muu.b works. Kev. C. K. Fehr, I. K., is exacted to preach in tho Kvangelicnl cliurcli,thi3 place, to-morrow (Sunday) morning m uerman and evening in Kngiish. All arc cordially Invited to attend. Tho Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company gives notice that it will sell Its usual monthly quota of 50,000 tons of Scrauton coal at public auction,at New York, at noon on Wednesday, July 31. A lady, joking about her nose, said : " I had nothing to do in shaping it. It was a birthday present." That lady's noso don't chaugo tho fact that David Ubbcrt keeps tho most Kpulnr livery in the county. A train of 0110 hundred and lilnety-ono empty coal cars, drawn by tlio new coal dirt bitrniug locomotivo N. 408, passed up tlio Heading iiuuroau a uny or two ago. This is said to have beeM tho longest trairtJfie that ever passed over tlio road. SrEER's Port. Orate for Weaklt Pkb Rosa. This excellent product of tlio grnpo is prescribed and used by tho leading phy sicians in tho country, and by tho most fashionabla families nt evening entertain ments, and by churches for conimunioji. .V miner named John Strummihrck, working at the Thomas,,colliery In Shenan doah, wl'.lle jumping frcm a car In the slope lott his foothold ami was precipitflcil to tho bottom, a distanco of J00 yards', .Ho Vns horribly mangled and will not recover. A cainp-mccting of the Allentown Dis trict Evangelical Association, under the auspices of llev. C. K. Kehr, P. E., will bo held in the beautiful ).iodsncarllprliiisville, on the road leading tp I)aniclsille. The meeting will commence on Wednesday, Aug. 7th', and coutinuo until Tuesday, Aug. 131878'. Tlie,,AHentown Chronicle says: "Mrs. ' imon lijss, living in Lower Saucon, Lc higli conttv, aged 105 year.", worked ill tho harvest fiefd last week. Sho bound up ten sheaves and then retired, not exhausted. This aged lady Is .ill good health, nod has Informed Byor.il 01 her friends that sho ex pects to attend tho county fair next fall." Tho g'cnjal, opu-faccd countenance of Sam. It. Gilliam, uf r'rauklin township, the leachcr for three terms of one ofour Lehigh lon public schools', pud tho picsjx'ctive can didate of the llepublinin party for llcgistor and llccorder, )iat beeji visiting at Glen r'ein during II12 jast week, llo, how the ehickim', and oggj, and cakes, and things limit have vauislied at that home of happi ness 111 Upper Towamcnsing during his visit lliere 1 nappy bammy 1 jr Constable Maedanicl, of Weissport, on Monday last, arrested a tramp, named C. T. Moury, in (ho Leliigh river; ho had en tered tho house of II. II. Miisselman, and captured a watch Chain,' and been bum ming around for a day or two. r Io was one tilc. i0 sul rendered tlio i-ropcrty, and 1 tlio uinipst leoning cases pwu 111 some ,.c received a blessing lroii tlio 'faqujrc and was ordered, to leave, llo.own within five, minute.'. llo claimed to belong to Ohio. -Adividendofil 10 ncrshareisanuoune- cd on tlio prePrred btock and seventy cents per share on ,tho common stock of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, to be paid on August 5th ill six ior cent! scrip of tlio Philadelphia and Iteailiug llailroad Com pany, bearing interest semi-annually, Jan uary 1 and July li niid .tlio principal re deemable. July '1 . 1882. Saiddividondswill b,e paid ct the office uf tho Philadelphia and heading Railroad Company, and thiteo un der ten dollars will be commuted in cash at tlio late of sixty per cent. A f,lir end festival, for the benefit of Lehigh Uook.V'.'adl'c!rCo.)nndtho Citizens Cornet D.iml, of this borough, will bo held in, Liuderjuanjs ,IIall,im thollth,12tli, l.'llli and ltl) of Scpteriiher next. The following articles will be contested for: one conduc tor's lamp, by the if eight conductors resident in this jilSce ; c gold-beaded cane by tho doctors of Leb igliton and Wciswrt, "and a handsome hoi 11 .L-y the bands of Mauch Chunk, Wcisxjwtt and Lehighton. It is projioj!ed)tp(make this one of tlo piost op uhirallalrsthatevertooli pl.icoin tills county. For tlio benefit of tlicso dealers in piiik wi jleaire to call attejitentiou to cu' net of the Legislature which was passed at tho last session, it provides that any person who shall sell impure, adulterated or. '.intfholu soiiio milk, shall deemed (;Uity of 11 misdemeanor aud 011 convictirli p'unishcil by a fine of not lss t'ia,ll twpnty dollars. Any peison who shall adullerato milk witli a view of ollerilig it for talo shall beniueiia blo to a fiuoof U'li dojlars. Any person who slinll cng.igo In tlio saio 01 nunc snail nave the vehicle from which it is vcndcil marked with his name, also indicating tlio locality from whence the mile is obtained (,or in de fault bo subject to a penalty of ten dollars. Tlio addition of waterisdeclaredan adultera tion, aud milk obtained from animals fed on distillery wasto is held to bo unwholesome. TrnrhcrN Appointed. At a meeting: of tho Lehichtou School Boanl, held on Wednesday evening, tho fol lowing leacners were apjioiiited lor mo en suing term : l'cr Month. Principal, F. K. Berml $35.00 Grammar, Ellen J. Heilmau 35.00 Intermediate, S. It. Gilliam ,10.00 Secondary, Hattie L. Koons 28.00 1st. Primary, Carrio Bower. 25.00 2d. Primary, Emma Hauk 22.00 Tho schools will open on the 22d day of jiugusb lor 11 icrui ui cigui niuiuus, Oiitrnge Yesterday evening, as Mr. Eilward Rogers and his brother was returning from Heaver Meadow, they were accosted uv a highway man near tho toll-house, on Laurel Hill, and, upon demanding wnero they weregO' ing, and being told it was uono of his bus! ucss, ho filed two pistol shots at thcin, but neither of which took ctfect. They came to town, got out a warrant lor ins arrest, and followed him to Beaver Meanow. It turn ed out that the laecal was the constable of that township, named John Quinn. After begging olf most pitcously, ho was allowed 10 go. aiouuay s Jiaziciou fatly iscnlincl. Absllrtllllc. 1. Making envelopes of transparent paper when it might just as well be mado non transparent. 2. Blinds or blinkers on horses when they aro much quieter ami more con tented and Serviceable without them. 3. Narrow tiro wheels on dirt roads when thev might just as well have broad tires and go over tlio ground instead of sinking into it. 4. Leaving out cats when tho annual flat goes forth to drown dogs. , How to get rid of cats from back yards is a difficult problem at nrescut 5. Sneudinc monev for drink nml tobacco when these things aro far better left alone. 0 over-paying four persons to misbe have in a choir when tho whoIoeoiurreiT.itlnii would inako more acceptable music, both to U0.1 ami plan; 11 ii uy a precentor and cu talned by an orgau. PnckcrtniV Hlpplcw. Al. Haudenbusli Is still confined to tlio house. Cheerful under hli nflliction, with a strong will, it is hoped ho will recover. K. It. llrown, was confined to tho house for a week with a sevens attack of cliblera morbus, but isnow again at his post of duly. Jntnca Ijoiiit and Ij. L. ll.ibcock wcro along with tlio Ocean Qrovo excursion, and express themselves as hlchlv nleased witii tU0 trip. Gcorgo Carroll, one of Packcrton's oldest and most resjweted citizens has been confin ed to tho houso with n very severe illness. Wo ure glad to know that he is slowly i 111 droving under tho careful treatment of Dr. It. Leonard. A strong Greenback Club wos onjiriiVod here on Monday evening. Lewis Bnlljctt, President; Alfred Vanscooter and James Clements, Vlco Presidents ; Fredericks, Sec retary ) Frank Garmcr, Treasurer. j?wo delegates to the county conventioji veio elected, L. L. liabcock and F. Gunner., A strong set of resolutions against the frfuul and corruption, and the financial policy of our government weic adopted. With a pood and pura ticket r.ickcrton will bo heard ofa Charles Uaasuin. a voiiiie man about 19 years old resident of Weissport, under. the employ of Charles Lougkammer, met with an accident 011 Tdosday afternoon while at work rcpairing'enrs in the siding, which re sulted in liis death in a few hours. Mr. Longkammcr's injunctions nre, never to work between tho cars, becauso there is no tilling when there. may bo n bump from tho roar or from tho, front. This young man aj-as.iixing a pulling hook, and unthinking )y',,in such a position that an engine in front pushing her train together caught him be tween the bumpers un'd thus fatally injured him. All possiblo means are taken here by railroad officials to prevent accidents, yet they will occur in spite of all their precau tions. Tho School Board have made tlio follow ing selection of teachers for tliocnsuing term, MrHaydt, Miss Xcad and liss Solomon; term 9 months, salary iMJ for malo and 30 for femalo teachers. There Is somo dis satisfaction, wo believe expressed as to the selection of two. The School Boanl or jKirt of it ki(W of this, and if tli'pio should bo no improvement during tbo, next term they will bq resjionsibie. Wojiopo for the satis faction, ot the taxpayer hthat the success of the Fchools for. .this term may bo all they des.ire. Jtoji, Asa packer built and donated to this tlicttiet a lino brick school house especially ibr the, bpi)eVt of his employees, and as ho pays mora tjian two thiids of tho taxes, mil as the si mount in all, raised is siiHicicut for a long term and good schools it is right ami proper that tho district should liavo the best and most acceptable talcitt that caii bo secur'o'd. Wo think tho school board meant to.do the best for the interests of the distn'ct qnd trust their selection may give satisfaction. Our frie.t'ii John Mullen has been made the happy father of a bright baby girl. Wo don't know, that it has increased his statu 10 any, but v.o do know that ho looks more fatherlv ns 1 1 is cares lnultinlv. Wo hone that it may be spared and bo a blessing to its patents. Yours, etc., Anom. 111? Cro'fi Items. Mosrs. Broadhead and Mantz, of Lchl gliton, were nt this placo on Monday. Lewis J. Bock, of Dniiielsville, North nmptuii county, was at this placo on Satur day looking alter a school for this winter, and 1 bnvo been infoimcd that ho has been engage) ai one of tho teachers for Towumcn sing tpiynship. Usv. ,T. L. 'Werncr.of Parryvillcprcach cdflvery interesting scrmg;!, in the Soit's church of this place, on Sunday morning lust. Tho rye crop does not (ilrri out to bo as giNulasw.is at first exiiccttdj, considerable ot it lias been frozen thioiif hout this section. neat is only niiout j(13 crop this year, but J win toes look promising! ( , Mr. Jacob Krciser, of IJjjj.i.Jafce, lost a raluable cow by death last vrceki Vi'Oihavc hot as yet hetim ihy price 'ar new Jlay , .. .. . , Pie-nice are now in full Llasti r The wc?.t!(ct ou Monday n'ftlirnooii was cjuitqool. ,,, , , -uorn iiu uccn tended icr mo last time. ours, etc., Rev ere. iluit t'cril ttt'iu-.. , Miss .Vniiio Lovctt who ljns been visit ing at this, jdace during tho past iivo weeks, returiJfd to Tullytown, Bucks Co., on Weil- iiefuav ,(aitl iier.sisier Nellie accompanicil her, end will remain nt Tullvtown until next spring. , ; Joseph Stinng of.thisplaco left lastwctk for Ncv(Jcrsey on a jfisit to his niotherifho has been sick foreom'i time, nml la iiftpr. wctcj to recover. , A favorite ijog b;longlng bp W, W. Lovctt ;. as, bittci by a jattieenako 0110 dav last week, about t,he only eil'rct upon him was n greatly swollen, head., Tho snuko was a large one and had ten rattles. . A' class nuinberitt about twenty mem bers of the Evangelical persiasion, neet every Sunday evening in a house belonging 10 111c .uaucii uiiuiii( stale lo., near. fccUceti' berger's School IIpusc. Tliey have preaeli ing once each mouth. Messrs. J. P. Atpcnall nl Tlios, Click, who wero making hoops In ti's s,ecliph for 1110 lasi iwo years, nave begun the wmva tion of cranberries in New Jersey, We bo- Iicvo they will succeed in makinc the busi noss pay, as they both aro industions and encrgeue young men. 1'eda A '.iglll Sellliilcc. Our readers are familiar with tho particn iurs 01 1110 uenuisn niurucr committi on tho lino of Delaware and Lacka wanna ami estern Railroad, on tho bord ers of Luzerne and Mourno Counties, in the early spring. Tho murderer was one Ed ward Melvm, who, without cause, killed his wife and infant child. Ho was tried at tho recent session of tho Monroe Countv Court of Quarter Sessions, and found guilty of iiiuusiaugincr. 1110 application lor a new trial was abandoned by tho prisoner's ooun- IUI. U'tin Wtlh lni.ira.nun .Miimnnl. n.l.A.I for tlio prisoner the mercy ofthe court. The Commonwealth's attorneys objected lo nnv mercy being shown, holding that his caso was an aggravated ono and therefore calling for the lull penally of tho law. Judgo j;rencr iook uniu i ucsday, bin Inst., to con sider tho case, when the prisoner was sent enced to eighteen months In tbo county jail, ami to pay a fino of $100 and costs ofiiroSe cutiou. This, says tho Mllford jterUIJ, seems likb a strange sentence. Mclvin't character has been tarnished frbm his in. fancy up, and ho was looked upon as n tcr ror wherever he was known. Tho mnr. tier was a most inhuman one, and without 1110 jousi uouoi was wholly premeditated, and nothing short of a hempen tie should sutlico for so groat a crime. Tho sentence was anything but satisfactory to the humblo citizens 01 .Monroo wouniy. Lost, 011 Sunday, July Hth, between the Evangelical churcb.-Weirtpcrt, and tho Lehigh bridge, a ladies coat. Tho finder w in oe rewarded on leauus 11 at this office. tVom tin; Comity Scnil. Witt Probated.-The will of (ha late Mrs. Hlizabeth Flncher, who was familiarly knowh as " Uralidmother Finchcr" hasLtcii probated. Sho gives $200 to heraduptcd mn, J. C. Finclier; and alter making some small bequests to Mrs. Celinda Snydcr,Mrs. Eliza beth J I n 1 1 lick, and the Missionary Society of tho M. I!, chui-ch, she gives all tbo tc maiiider of her property to Mrs. Elizabeth Kistler, in consideration of care and kind ness during her illness. Mrs. Kistler is named as executrix, aud has admiuisto.cd 011 the estate. Political. Tho National Greenback Labor party, hold their County Convention on Friday, lo nominate u Comity ticket. There nre a number of candidates who ex pect to be nominated, but their "slate," if they have made up one, is not known. In fact, tho prominent maungeis say that tho nominations aro to bo mado strictly by the Voice of the Convention 011 assembling." The Democrats and Republicans have not com menced to work jet, owing to tlio fact that so many of tho leading men aro away on summer recieation tours. They w,l!l wako up, ufter n little however, null there will no doubt be a big light. It will be tho hottest contested campaign that Car bon county lias witnessed fur years. dints I.nsi'I.ted. On Sunday afternoon', while Misacs. Ella and Emnia kcuhucr, of tho Second Ward, were returning Irom Last Maiich Chunk, where they had attended Sunday school, they weit met near the kettlo bridge, by a stranger who grossly in sulted them, aud made ui'.Jndeccnt assault upon the eldest of tho two sisters. By show ing a good deal of pluck, tL'ey succeeded in escaping Irom tho ruffian. Mr. Keuhner has ollercd u liberal reward lor his urrest, and the police are after him. , Floral Pkksent. A. Leiscnring, of East Mauch Chunk, has presented James S. Wcbeit, of the Mansion House, with a very handsome specimen of tho Night Blooming Ceres Grandijlaro Cenvs, which ho has preserved in alcohol. It js a most magnifi cent bloom of that peculiar Horn and letains its beauty in preservatio'i. Visit ok a I'Iiominext Westerner. Dur iu tho week, Mr. Wmi J. Tewkesbury, of Chicago, one of tho members of the United States Funding Association, of which ex Secretary Hugh MqCutlough is president, has been this week on n visit to this borough. Ho gives a good report, Irom tho West of a prospect of early business revival, and pays Unit this business reaction lias taught people economy, and will llually work a great good among all class. STil.t in J.tit.T"Anuia Rackawack arres ted last week and lodged in jail, on affidavit of her father charging gross immorality, is still in durance-vile. Excursiox to the Glen. Quito a laio party visited Glci,i Onoko on Wendesday, where they held 1 pleasant pic-nic Five car loads of them eajuo from Ashland; and ten car loads from Perth Amboy, and other places aiongtho valley 01 the J.elilgn. About L'eO.of.tbe party cai"e to Mauch Cliutik and roui) over tho Switch-back. Minor Matters. Many of our promi nent citizens mo returning home from the summer resorts. Judtio Packer is in feeblo health, mid is remaining nt home. The sale of S.tlheld .t Co's foundry adver tized at Shcritl's salo for Tuesday, was iioot pnned (hero being no biddcis. Tho company of Marion firo steamer, held a very pleasant hop on Saturday evening. Phuiiiix lloso Calumny's carriage has been thoroughly repaired. SlicrilfRuiulenbush has returned from his summer vacation, which he spent in New Jersey. Hon. Allen Craig has returned homo from Ocean Grove. SwiTXKiitAsui o August Allotiiii'W. 'I'ho regular monthly lnectingc'tlbe Boanl nf Control ofcorjl production was held in jniii),ciiuna J pcs.lay nt 1110 omveol the Reading tiailrocd Company, nil tho several interests of tiro cotn)jjnci coal companies ueing represented,, the president, xiiomas Dicksotj, )iesiilrut of tho Delawmo anil Hudio:: C11u.1l Company, in tho chair, and P. Gowcn, of the Reading Railroad Com pany, acting ns secretary. Present us rep icsentalives of tho combination wero Messrs. G. A. Hoyt, of tho Pennsylvania Coal Com pany; Samuel Sloan, of tho Delaware Lack awanna and Western Railroad Coinpjny; Judge F. S. Lathrop, receiver ofthe Central Railriud of New Jersey; E. W. Clark, of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company ; nr. 11. ij, uinuermau and c. 1: viiiuur, 01 tho Iicnigh Valley Interest, and John E. Graell', of the Schuylkill Valley interest. Mr Gowen, besides 'representing tho inter cut of his own company, also represented the lennsyivania llailroad uompany. ilio meeting was entirely liarmonio'is, aud quo in.. . : 1 . r..n . uia assigned iia luiiuwa . 7nn Fliilndclphla and ll&dln Iutllroail S7i&oo I.clnnti Voile, nui ri ad : .'j', 1(0 Central ot New Jeney tAS,((M Dtl.wnru Lac 11 u wanna Jinu Westcm S35.0OO Peunsyiynni 1 Itaitroud Hft.uo l'i'iiiiKylvaum 1 val Couip my 117.300 Ueiawsre and lluilsou.Canul 1 ID 7030 Thq aip.o.upt of tonnage Xor tho month of Augud was fixed at .2,'000,n00 tons, against 1,500,000 for the current month of July. An advanco 111 tho prices of coal was discuss ed; bdt nothing definite was arrived at on that, subject, Tlio tonnage fixed for tlio month was tho largest of any month of tho' year, but it wos thought the market would tako it without affecting the prices. Indeed, it is believed that producers will advance the prices on some of tho inoro desirablo siz es ot coal. 1 4 ' , Jiaa Accldciil. Monday, 15th -liist., Mr. Wilson Miller, living near New Mahoning, inc.with a'sad and I'aUil accident. He was nssistiiig his brother in removing somo rajls iu his barn, that had been used, for a support to put on grain. Since the rails wcro soma distance apart, he laid a board across &omeofthem to wulk over in carrying tlio rest away. Walking over it for tho third time, with a rail on his shoulder.lho board broke, and he fell about 12 or 13 feet, and tho rail ho was carrying fell on him, bruising his body so severely, that the pain was immediately so intense that ho was unable to walk. 'Ho was immediately taken to his brother's house, and Drs. Keiser and Zern, wero at once called, but his internal injuries were so severe 113 to inako medical aid of no avail, except to alleviate in some degreo tho pain, which was very iutenso for about 21 hours aner tno accident. Wednesday inornlni, after an interv; Very severe naln. biddinc his wife, clirlflrcn and friends around his bed-side, Ills last farewell, ho departed to his better liotna. Mr. i Iller was a member of tho Evangeli cal church; very active and falthTill. Hii was loved and respected, wherever knoiyni The whole community, in which holivcdi mourn his early and sudden (loath, and deeply sympathize with tho bereaved family and friends. Tbo members of tho Lehlghtori Citizens' Cornet Band, will ploaso uocipt our thanks for, tho serenade tendered us Thursday (light. Since tbeir raorganlzatiou, they aro making rapid progrc:s, &ud bid fair to becemo (ho quels cf my taad m tho vicinity-. WclNkii-rrl Hems. Al. Guth, had some kind of a sunstroke ono day last week. Tlio fight between thn parties interested in tlio planing mill, is si ill continuing. -"-Tho " third and last Vtl'ic-nio of tho Keystone Cornet Band iiaiUsitlsed to come oft" 011 Aug. 10. ,, Lend pencils, nix for ten cen&M'cro sold nt the Weissport. House, by n peddler on Wednesday evening. Dr. J. 0. Zern has purchased tlioSeig fiicd pioerly oh White strecttmd will cum iiiciico h rebuild it al once. The Nationals held (wo meeting nt tho Fra.ikliu House dining the past week. Willi what nsnll', wo know not. The Young America Cnriwt Band liavo sent their in-trumcii's In Philailelphin for tho purpose of having them icpnired. Frank P. Fenncr 1ns been npiiointed principal ofour borough wheels forthe com ing term and Miss Bello Nusbnum leachcr of the primary dcpartiuent. Charles Nusbaum has 111 his possesion a United States dollar dated 17U4 wlijch is the year tho first U.S. dollar was coined, for which ho is oll'cicd $25 by a purtv iu New Yoik; A quarrel between our two bauds oc curred on Monday evening last, which was incited by a member ofthe Young America, who thinks bo can do ns ho please.", simply bemuse lie is a good musician. For the good of tho hand wo would advise thorn to get rid of him as soon, as possible, ns ho is always creating somo disturbance. 'A-tramp, entered tho houso of Harry Musselman, on Monday afternoon and stole a watch chain and n tax duplicate, from a vest which was, hanging in the kitchen. Ho was arrested and the articles wero nl! return ed, although ho had already torn several receipts out ofthe tax book. He was again release, so that ho could pirpctrato some worso crime. On Tuesday .nfteruoon Charles Wassom, Hie eldest 5pit of widow Wassem of this place, was seriously, ifijurcct at Packcrton, whicli lcsuhcd in his death 011 Wednesday m .ruing. While working ot a car on the siduur ii was necessary Tor him to stand be tween two cars, e.nd whirs ho was working there, an engine came up to .the train and pushed tho tvocars togcthpr catching Was sem's hip .between tho two bumpers and crushing It. This isa very hard blow upon Mrs. Wrjsem, as sho was somewhat de xMidct..uxm him for support. His funeral took jdnco Friday. IIarkawav. ,V , - icnlllcrly Items, Lew. Flickinger, raised ".bout COO shocks of rye on a two-horso farm. Lew. Trulnbore lias set out twcnty-twQ thousand and seven hundred cabbage plants. Hucklo or whortlc-berry picking i? all tho "go" throughout this place, most of them aro shipped right oil' to tlio city by Mr. Cassler, our station agent. . , Joseph IIorn,t.f Lchigd:toil,waS'in town last wctjk, spending his timo witli tho Blak slco family. 3ili33 Eliza Flickinger a young lady of about twenty-five years of ugo was buried hero last Thursday, sho had suffered terribly for nearly eight years. Heston Rouis following the example of D. L. Blakslee. lis is trying to raise chickens. 1 , 1 ', Work r.t tlio Lehigh Valley shojis of this placo is progressing slowly. O.uito a number uf men nre still idle. Georgo Miller started out on a fishing excurson last Tuesday night. Wo hoiw tho finny tribo will conio down. Yours, ExcEi.aior.. TUu Cftnl Trade; ,,. . Rli'KjltTOPCOAt UansportMlover LehlgB & Mis pn hani'R Division. Central It It. of New Jcraei, for Sduvs ending July is, IS78 Stnxiped froui 1 , Total Meek. TodAte. Wromins v. :i.i03 11 KM.37I in " Hverlinl t C. Co. 717 02 15.034 IS Hutq c CO... " " D. A it. C. C... Upoer Lehigh " .M.s.K.&uo. Reaver Jdeadow Mnueli 1 hung Cross reo'i Council IMduo.4. I.. V. It. It.. J.'a'jfccrtoa.. tlnzaulvllle Bnnth & Cu Total. ...iv I'loviouelyiepouod.. ,037 771 CI Total todaio f,f87,774 01 " Sjanictlraola''tyon.... 1.WS.277 03 Increase Decrease 5tot03 02 Tl.e folio Imr tnlilo snows 1 no qiianmy or coal snipped over tlio Lehlph VmIIov Hititrcad 101 tlio week encinR Jmy 21', i8s, mid for tho icni t cenninriil 1110 saiuo time iu-i lteclons l-'roiiii Week. Year S'MOI'I 13 V31,.'.U8 18 S'll (is '.73,143 07 3II..0-5 (41 1.SW (9 2,491 la VTyiiinUig IIhzIoiou tlppf r Ueldf;n He.ivcr Mtaduw.... Mahannv .Mauoi Clmnlc l'urt Delaware Tntsl Last Year Incicuso Deciensn 2V14I 00 52a 19 z 14 11,173 09 10 001 14 f7,2'l CO 5.011 t9l in 01,713 19 :,&3,310 10 4 5C2 0 533,321 11 M.UUCIF.D, Gravkii Kbesok. In Weissjiort, on (ho 21st inst., by Rev. J. E. Freeman, John Graver, of Weissport, and Miss Susanna Kresge)f Brodhcadsville, Monroe Co., l'a.j Tho abovo notico was accompanied with a generous slice of cake,' for which (ho happy pair wilt please accept our (hanks and best wishes for their prosperity through thjs life, and when, having lived out tho full, allotted timo of man, death takes them hence, may they bo prepared lo enter that realm of eternal love whero parting comes no more. MEl), SotT. hi Franklin twp., on tho.dth inst,, Lewis Solt, aged 52 j'cars, ti mouths and 51 days. , , , , ... SotT. In ErankHn twp., ou thi 10th in,t.. Susan Solt," lal6 years, 2 months aud 23 days. r" . , SotT. Ik Franklin iwjT.,.uii tho iOilj. inst., Lizzie Solt, uged 4tfiyers, U montl-.s and 22 days. jjsf, Cheap "forCash The umlerftiiTiHXl rfipPCituiTy ir'Ui tho at teutlou o( M lrteuds and the p.UHu.to the ariro nnd Select Kt'ocU of Groceries "Provisions con,prtlDK TEAS. COrKKKS, bDO.-tltiJ. MOLABbE. BOLOGNAS. llUTTI'T.. EO.IS. t'UTAIOI'.S. n.MH. migui.duhs. Fresh Peanuts, Wiitcvmelons, Apples, Peaches, &e.. wttfh Uo la Ml ins VBUY UW Fpn UAU. Oi?u btiu a call bcloic jou buy ol- tfieiml.- Tiinhhinfutll." ! BA'K &TUEET, izUlQUiGiJ, Vh. 31,101 l nil m 19 74tii it H.-.4M 10 1 ,9s I W 37.647 18 II.'J'JI 1.0 UII 95 It) 14 .'.'.'3 HI 197.173 17 4 17 '.'8, Til 13 3.4:i 17 411 3U 05 hi 11 ii Ml 01 4.74S 1 9 1,811 l'2 32.239 08 bi :05 18 1 1,(111.043 03 Closing Prices of DnlLup;) St Tiiwpkxd, btock, Oovcliiuicut and Gold, 4(1 South Third Street, Philadelphia, July ll,187Ki IT. H.C'H. ltl ..1C7 t U1l IV, N tRklU M.H, ,V'rt. 1817 J. H. -V0, IbOS v. . HM'-' (T. M. uneiicVtb'A 1 Ii;tl 11 o ufkid .lt8 lllll ItH QVlCMl .1 U'i 1)1I I Ml 7 1 i kM .12 h hid 1331 U.H.4V. new 1(4 or m, inn ii7 ttfKi.il U S.'l'Aiiew 1..IOO1 nil HtH aktl I aKCl roiina.vUutiiHit.lt j-:1, bid K'a .uktu l'lttlii, KfvulMj; It. U .... lH't Mil ifiTj ukI;m1 Lelilch VUoy It. It 10 bid 4ut4 ttKkrd I cMirh Coal t Not. Co.... hid UultPd Coiupahienil iN. J.iM bid njd.ed l,iUH.,Tltusv..Alluff. H.U. -I Dm 4 al;eil l'hlln. 4t l'.ruMt. I: 7 Did 7j mwid iviMtlicrn Central H. It.... llvj iild HU aaktd Jfotunvillo 1'nf.K, It.lt. Co h" bid iiH'ud Mold. uoh bid KG' netcia Special Notices. K. F. KuhUuks Hitter Wine of Iron Gives touo to tho Monmcb, InijfrnTes tho nuno rite nnd nsi.T' citi-KCtni cx'oiiombr b'-woi1 ti healthy nt'Jtiu.i, cxlm1iif nil i he fun I burn urn Unit miilnnminti iho b od, tori nut thn ncrri. (unit fli;do(Und tho btuiili. It uxnti tho li or to u licultliv uctlnit and Htii'rmttitin ihu nertcf. iiiiiiriiiifr tf.nfc !low to life ilmc pro. ceil uluuti In ra ljcilrct baiitb. TIniu!iilf.s tu n!l wulk of life ti'tliy to iho Tittncaot ti Wrxi cotleut niftjinno in coiructlnp ihfderiiimuneuc nt tho OHrtbtlvn orvitu1. (Ut the genuine, -old mi 'v in onodnllirtKiitlc. Ante lr J. K Kui UeVg Hitter Wine o( Jion, anu tako no other. Dyspepsia. Dyspepsia, Dyspepsia. .H. V. Knk?r Hitter Witm of Iron, n siT" cure for thla dlM-nse. It hn bon Dn set bod tluily for ninny yenra iu tho pmcilco of Lint,:eit invt-Iciaim with ntiparnfifltd nun cecs. SvnijftoniH nro lo-n of appetite, wind nnd it sire of ft od, drvnesN in inotith, headarhc, dizzinerw. aicPplossneM, and lnw phtt8. Oct tlio Kcauiuy. oi tola in Lwik, only ono Ooihir dpUU'h. Do j on w.int eomttlitnf to Mrciicthoti youf Do vou want a jfood npoctitcf Do you watit to Kor nd of norvonuinnA I Do you want energy, hIi'oji weil Lr bo cured of dyuepnU, kidnev or hvrrdicnel Tiy F. Kunkel'g Bitter Wine of J rn. hveiy bottio i-narrtntct'd to do n" ice. ociitiT.dt'd. DinotULd(fllce, 2i9 Ki.ith Ninth street l'lillotlelliln, lu. Utt tho centum. So d bv nil drniMbr$. Aic for K, lf. Kunkel ami talto uo othor. -II I as isntrinl of thin" valuable lurdictno. Ono botrle will touvinco you. Get eix bottles for flvo dollars, one dolmr for one, Tnpo M'o;i 15cmovcl Alive. ! Tapo Wot m, fin, Scat and Sto'iinch Wormp, removodalivolii from two to four bourn. feQ until heid qf Tnpo Worm pthcs iilivo ai.tl In one. As ynnr drueffist for Itumcd'a Womi hvruD. ycildonlv in ono dollar bottlei. Used for cU'ldun or proivu pornouH It norsr fndti, (ir.aeud for circulr tol)r. Knnccl, 25'J North Nlntli Sticet, IMnladflphla J'a. Advieo by tu nit f ioc. bcuu thrAnLoiitfctauiprorr'turu tf lotiet. Juysoiui Ilfcaltli and Happiness. Healtntmd Ilapplnens nro priceless Wealth tu their Dbs8i!Born, and yot they nro witam iho reach of every ono who will ubo Wriglit's Liver Tills, The onlv euro OUl'.E ti.r Torpid Liver, Dyspcp. Pin, llondacho sour Htomncn, Constloatfou, Do billtv, NHUSca, ami nil itulioun complaint and Hlood diKOidoi-H. Kono genatno unleon Bl?ni-d "Wm. Wnpht l'hila." IlyourDrucjrintwillnot supply femi '2 vpmn for one lox to Dan let itollcr fe Co , TO K. itlx at . l'hila. Dec. 29 yl S HEUIFPS SALE. Jly virtue of n writ 'of "Venditioni Kx ponn'ti ifcsnrd mit of the Court of Common Vlean ot Carbon County, ana to mo directed, I hero will bo cxpoted at ptiblio baIo, nt tho Court limine in tao Burouarh of ivrHiioh' Chunk, Cuibou County, ttato ot renuajlvanlt, ou SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1878, nt 2 o'clock 1 M.,tho foi'owinr Itoal Kat.ito, dt-fcribed n follows, lo wit: All that coitalu i.ot oii rxnen op anouii pltnnte in Mnhonf ntr Townnhlp. Carbon county, V&.. bounded and decibed an follows, to wit; :esiniiiufr ut a tone-in u public road.eoath nl. teuu deRrcei, went stxty-Hix feet to a utonot thencn bv laud of i'anl Uaetman north srxty ihho defrreu cut,t hixtv-wlx foot in a etuuoj' thcucn'f-outh tucnty-tbree debtees, en hi ono buuart d and elxty-itzht teet to the pl.ico of be umuiug', conmiutf foity peichcs, utiictmeaenro. Tho improvement a thereon aro A UOUSE. KITCHEN ATTACHED, AND A GOOD fcJTABLi:. tbohousti bolns txlecu and one-hnlf by twen ty tour and one half foot, with tcitohen twelvo by twelve feet, uud thy slaoio twelvo byulnc toon feet. Seized and taVcn into execution ns tho proper ty ot Adaiu Benin y, and to bo Eold by J. W. ItAUDl'BUfin, Sheriff, Sherlff'3 nacc, Mauch Chunk, July 13. IHU. gllEItlFPS SALE. Ily virtue or n writ of Al. F:eri Tacica Istined out of tho Court of Common- 1'ieus of carbon Cout'ty, und to mo directwl.thciu -v ill boX" poed rt public Hale, at tho Court House, Mauch Chunx,. Carbon County, HUtu of l'eun. B.vlvuuia, on SATURDAY, AUGUSTS, 1S78, at 2 o'clock p. ra , or that ceiUlu lot on pii:cu op land, ultuato in l-'ianUlin towiifhip, Carbon county, ra , bouudednnd tucrlbi'd u follows: Ucffia. incut a Htono: thfuco by land Irte of Francis Ctilly Woith ten dorrcea wo-t ihirtyoueimr I'tie to u titouot thfiico b,' laud late of Uao. lj llrown. Henry campboll and John Dowtr Worth ciRht dcRrroa east twentv-nvo perchea to a pout -1 hence bvUnd ut lleuiy ileyir.bouu eight undone hail doifieeitfUot thiilv perchoj toapoctt tneuco by laud late ft Widow Hudy, now Mhoinua Koons, euuth eihtyfuur desiwjs we el twenty lour pet choa and t u tenth to tho place ot bcijmnirj;, couta Ling riVK ACitua and fohty risncuEy, bo thoaamo more or less. ALSO, All that certain i.ot or riucr. or bltuaic in FrusEUu touiiKblii, Carbon cuuntr, uua riuto cf lViiUNyiTunta. bounded nut) Oca. cilbcdiw loliuw: bi-amnlng at upo.ti tbiucu uy luiiUol I.l'wIh Xi . tbacn x.or(U ekVL'U Uo. (Tieos wvt iiinopoicbes iua txuim 111 h publlu lowl It'ucliiK Iroiu u tiKSort tu JIr.ji llo.. WbrKu ; ibi'iice ou ourt aUDi: w 0 load north btYeiity.tUUtnli4lie-b!i.ItttKlt-rit vui aflteu Dtti-'iicJ to it pool : tucuou uoub clptily-nlue tie. preeMifttilvtM-robt'ii to a pott iu atki road, IIiollo bv Juud if i rankltn Kion.auulb cisbty. I nlue ncuiiei wwi utiooa puctra totuoii.acu , ot bi'tuutuir, coulaiuluK I FIVE ACnES, MOltE OU LESS. The improvements tbirooatiro A OSli AND ONE-HALF HTOnY iltAME clElitecnan.truobnlr bv twratylour and ouo. null i Mlcbou uilatlicl. ten audpuo bail by U-tiinouduuo-lult imti .Ubu-. anilecuauduui'j bait u tm-uti-oiitf lett, tm-sbow. leiuaua one ba'.f by twoitv one tt.jua ctber outouud luga. Rltl aod takui Into execution ea tbo piw r.erty ol Alex Utvo, onglua. dtlwidaut, tod Lo.-i'U Uott- r, itrio ItUMin, ui.d UiwmU Jif J. W. IlAUnENnUSIl, Ebtr ff. 1 Etir!tr' OBif, MuvKbi'linDk July -3. 1871. f5rtiitfhT3r 53mwct nu.I uut povulur .u!V!5iy-!li. toueM. w;tu -i.tms ut iu. t uciion a Jil aiuciacnt: ali,a list i t all tho balllcd. Ml. OH ul.rt Mtirie fnui'h', dumil tho vn.n iur 1 iv altvui. A4i'ioi,X)kMONl.-i CU ,5.3 i.ace bl., l'U.r.ccli'li'a. no. 3- y rpa Jiuui it May toiiccni. All'ofrtoia aro- hfrfbr contloord alDt. tin llnmy.sil.O. JlKNltr UEI-bTj u I Mill I ri codeolaot biiicui.tr iciirc ktter ibi&ilite. . . MM CATUAI;lii OilaEU . Wciujtj'.Iu.y: l s"
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