Society meetings.
XFINITO OA8TLB, No. 78, A. O. K. OF TUB M. 0
2ndand4tti Monday of caoh month. In lie
ber's Hall. T.clil(thton, at 7;30 o'clock V. u
Hy. Kostonbader, B. K. C. S. K. Gilliam.
e. K. It. S.
0 HADES nUTIBH LOPOI, No. 086, 1.0.0...
meets every Tuesday evening, at so'elook.
In lleber's Hall., H. Kostenbader, jS.O.i N.
B. lleber, Secretary.
WSTUCDEN TMBE. No. Ml. Imp. O. Of B. M.,
meets in lleber's llall eveiy Sstnrdav. W.
I. Peters, saonem i A.W, Kaches, C. oi It.
Pono Pooa Teide, No. l?l. Imp. O. n. M., meet
on Wednesday evening ol each week, at 7i30
o'clock, in Pnbllo School Hall, ttelsspiirt,
Pa. C. W. Schwab, B.t Jao. llrong, U. of B.
MaiionTOR Lodob, No. M. K. of r.. rneets
on Friday evenings, In Be?,n1,1J,t17;?'
o'clock. W.1I. Bachman, CO I L. A. filler,
K. of It. and B.
gi n. siiswbrui
DIBTRIOr ATTOnNEY & COUNBELLOIl
AT LAW .
Office, Kloti's nniloing tjiodaway.
MAUUII CHUNK, PA.
Settling Kstatea, Filing Acconnta and Orphans
Oonrt Practice a speolatty.
Trial of Causes caretullv attendod to. lga
ransactlona In English and German. Jan 8.
l (Mow gflwic.
SATURDAY, JULY C, 1878.
Local and Personal.
West's liver pills euro liver complaint.
Potatoes, oats and corn look very well.
New hay in Berks county finds few buy
ers at $4 per ton.
Bishop Howo of Beading, sailed for
Europe on Saturday week.
Bead Tilghman Arner's now advertise
ment in anotlier column.
The Thomas Iron Co. aro blowing out
ono of the Hokendauqua furnaces.
The Reformed Synod meets in General
Convention iu Easton in October noxt.
Spring and summer stylos of gents and
youth's hats, at T. D. Clauss' at low prices.
The examination of teachers for our
Iwrough schools will take place on the 23d
Inst.
A full lino of boots and shoes, gents
furnishing goods, Ac, at T. D. Clauss,' very
cheap.
Many men think they are supporting a
newspaper when in fact they only owe the
printer.
raris Green and Land riasler, for sale,
cheap for cash, at J. L. Gabel's hardware
store.
The pamphlet laws will be ready for
distribution to those entitled to receive them
by July 20th.
Rev. J. W, Mcllvaino was last week"
installed as pastorof tho Presbyterian church
nt South Bethlehem.
The potato bugs have done little dain
ogo this year. The yicld,from present indi
cations, will bo plentiful.
Paints, oils, and varnishes very low at
Luckenback's,Mauch,Chunk. Mixed paint
all shades, to order.
In Berks the country tavern keepers
now retail eoflin varnish, sometimes called
whiskey, at 5 cents a drink.
The, next Legislature meets in 1880.
Thus the office holder will Iks paid for one
session, instead of two, as formerly.
The arrival of summer dress goods, Ac,
at the Original Cheap Cash blore arc an
uounced iu another column.
The East Mahanoy Railroad announces
n dividend of one dollar and fifty cents per
share, payable July 15.
Tl Mine Hill and Schuvlkill Haven
Railroad announces a dividend of three and
one-half per cent, payable July 11.
The next meeting of the State Teachers'
Association will be held at iteaaiug, rom
niencing on July 23 and ending July 20.
Clocks and Watches carefully repaired,
nnd work warranted, at lowest cash rates, at
Hagemnn's cheap cash store, opposite public
anuare. Wcissnort, 30-13.
The Little Schuylkill Navigation Rail
mini nnd Coal Com nan v announces a divi
dend of three and one-half Kr cent, payable
on demand.
Cnllero commencements are so called
because it is the time when tho graduates
commence to find out that they do not know
ns much as they thought iney uiu.
u-A woll-f nring of pleasure is a healthy ba
by i kecpyour baTiy in good health by using
jjr. uuui iJauy nyrup, uie menu ui imau
cy. Trice 25 cents.
The Beading railroad announces a divi
dend of one dollar and fifty cents per share
upon the stock or tho East Pennsylvania
Railroad, payable July 16.
For pure drugs, medicines, fancy and
toilette articles, Ac, go to Lentx's drug store,
next to the Kort Allen House, Weissport.
lYiccs very low for cash.
One day last week while W. II. Wolf,
au employee iu the Catasaunua rolling mill,
was engaged in changing rolls, abar ol heavy
iron feu upon his right foot,badly injuring it.
J. 1C. Rickert has still a few of those eli
jflble lots in Rickcrtstown to dispose of.
vau feel like securing a good home call
If
and
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ee tirn. He is also supplying flour, feed
lumber and coal at me lowest raies.
Tite German Methodists of the Allen
nvi IKtirt will this year hold their an
tiual caup meeting in tho Furnace Woods
nt Emits xturing the week commencing
July ZttJi.
Pee eberriUiuii Su another column hold
lngbuBcligraefrom which Sneer's Port
Crape Wine is taade, that is so highly es
teemed try tke racdieal profession for the use
of InralMS, weJJtly persons, ana mo agea.
Go ta A. J.DiirJineUuopuUrdruK store.
for the celebrated iusast nowder ure death
to worms infecting currant, pjsseberry and
11 other bushes. Paris Green, a fresh stock
just received, for the detrueuoa of the pota
to bug. uneap lor cam,
T. P. Clauss, the Lehlghton merchant
tailor, is now receiving an unusually large
stock of gents suitings, cloths, cassimc.rs and
vestisgs which he will make up to order in
the latest fashion at extremely low price
for cash.
- P. T. Brady has fitted up and will run
in connection with his eating department
nn ice cream parlor forladiesand gentlemen
and proposes to keep nothing but a first class
article of Ice cream and other refreshments.
H. II. Peters, merchant tailor, post
offico building, this borough, is still busy
making up those new and fashionable suits
for gents at his very popular prices for cash.
If you need something nice and cheap, call
nnd examine his new stock of goods just
received. His prices are fully aj low as the
same goods can bo bought lor in the city.
Try it.
JUSTICE Asn CONSTABLE BLANKS.
We keep constantly on hand a supply of
lhe following blank forms: Summons, War
rants, Executions, Subpoenas, Justices' Tax
Warrants, Constables' Sales, Ac, which we
are selling at very low cash prices. Get
your blanks at the Cakbox Advocate office,
if we have not got them on hand, we can
jirjnt then for you at very short notice.
Upon the first evidence of stomachic or
bowel disorders, promptly givo the baby ft
few doses of Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup nnd pre
vent much suffering on the part of the little
one. Prico 25 cents.
Lansl'ord has a sensation In the shape
of a hugo black snake from 15 to 20 feet
loner and proportionate in thickness, me
citizens are going to institute a hunting party
to try ami eaten ino Big monster,
Geo. W. Drcisbach. of Mahoninir town
ship, sent to this office, on Friday of last
week, 20 stalks of well filled rye raised from
one seed, and which averaged a length of
fi feet, if thero are any farmers who can beat
this yield let us hear from them.
-II. D. Rothermcl. cashier of tho Mb
Carmel Savings Bank, at MU Carme), Pa.,
committed suicide Tuesday morning by
shooting himself through the head, in the
bank room. Three gentlemen were present
at the time. No causo for tho suicide is as
signed. Receiver Lathron has been elected a
director of the Central Railroad of N. J., in
place, of John Taylor Johnson, resigned.
This makes the Board complete. Mr. Lalh
rop denies that there is to bo a further re
construction of tho road, or any movement
looking to a final accounting ot the rccciv-
ersnip.
Tho holders of the Delaware Division
Canal 6 per cent, loan which matured July
1st, and which was offered for renewal for
twenty years, was very generally accepted.
Indeed, wo understand a prominent banker
Las it in contemplation to take fifty thous
and dollars at par for tho accommodation of
nis customers.
New Jkrskv Premium WiNK.-riiyslcinns
state that tho Port Wines that took tho
premium at the Centennial, produced nnd
offered for sale by Mr. Alfred Speer, of New
Jersey, aro wines that can bo safely used for
medicinal purposes, being pure ana ireo irom
medication, anil arc more relable than other
Port Wines. For Bale by A. J. Durling,
Lehighton. Pa.
-A meeting of the Lehigh coal operators
was held at the office of the Lehigh Coal nnd
Navigation Company ,Philadelplna,Monday,
at which it was decided to advance the price
of coal along the line of the road fifteen
cents per ton. Tho price of broken coal in
the city has also been advanced fifteen cents
and chestnut ten cents per ton, tho new
schedule to go into effect immediately.
The Carbon Greenbacker, edited and
published by Hon. J. C. Fincher, made its
appearance last Wednesday. It is well filled
with spicy editorials and choice selections of
matter, unc inousana copies oi me nrsi
number were printed. The next issue will
appear on tho 17th inst., and on Wednes
day of each week thereafter.
Nothinir beats lightning for speed, un
less it is tho way a boy jumps out of bed
wlien, alter ins mother nas snouted nerscu
hoarse for him to get up, he finally hears
the tread of his daddy's boots upon the low
er step of the 6tairs coming up ; or we might
add the speed oi tne elegant teams turned
out by our popular liveryman, David Eb
bert. Terms low.
On Friday night Mrs. Gangewere, wife
of Dr. B. F. Gangewcre, of Catasauqua, pre
sented her husband with three little pledges
of love and affection, in the shape of two
girls and a boy, at one birth. Tho children
are lively and" hearty, and bid fair to devel
op into womanhood and manhood much as
other babies do. The mother is also doing
well.
Gcoree Fritrinccr, a hiirhly esteemed
citizen of Wciscnberg, residing near tho
Lowhill church, died on Monday of last
week at the age of 79 years. His disease
was paralysis, and his sudden calling off
was, as mav well be imagined, a great shock
to his family nnd relatives, as well as to the
people of his neighborhood.
The veterans of tho war of 1812 arc
rapidly passing away to that bourne from
whence no traveler returns. Wo have this
week to record tho death of another. Mr.
Jacob Mohr, of Allentown, departed this life
at ins resilience on Xiiuicn streel, above
Seventh, on Friday last nt the ago of 82
years, 6 months and 28 days. His death
was the result of an accident.
Some years ago Shenandoah held a gift
concert, tho proceeds of which were to bo
devoted to the buildinffof a Miners' hospital.
Nino thousand dollars, above expenses, were
realised. At different times, when jiersons
have inquired ns to the whereabouts of these
$0,000, Iho Shenandoah Herald has attempt
ed to quiet the distrustful inquiries by say
ing that the said sum was safe, beingdeposi
teii in the Shenandoah Valley Iiank.Whcro
aro thoso $9,000 now? The generous public,
through whoso agency that money was
raised, have the right to know what became
ol iu
Early Wednesday morning the rcsi
deuce of Michael Richards, a farmer, living
nearToptou. Berks county, was entered by
three burglars and robbed of bonds, notes,
cash, A c, to the amount of from $18,000 to
$20,000, Mr. Richards was severely hand
led and bruised by Hie rulbans. I no valu
ables were kept in a 6afe, which was loaded
on a wheelbarrow and taken some distance,
from tho house where it was put into a wag
on nnd the team driven off iu the direction
of Reading. No clue can be found of the
safe or robbers.
s The Fourth passed off quietly in this
neighborhood. Young America burned up
the usual amount of powder, the Keystone
11-... I 1.-I.J ti.-: i . ' i i,
xjnuu uviu iiK-ir ,ii:uic, mm uicro were bome
races and other tports on the fair grounds.
We heard of no accident, other than a son
of Jos. S. Webb burning his hand by the
premature discharge of a pieco of fire work.
The day was intensely hot, until towards
evening when there was a slight rain hero
and more of it within a few miles which
decidedly cooled off the atmosphere. So
passed off ye glorious Fourth of 1878.
'Wyoming; Centennial.
The celebration of the 100th anniversary
of the battle and massacre of Wyoming was
commenced Wednesday at the village of
Wyoming, near Wilkes Barre. Among those
present were President Hayes and two of his
Cabinet officers, Governor Hartranft and a
number of other prominent gentleman. The
programme included music, oratory , the re
citation of a poem, etc., the President being
one of the speakers. The celebration was
continued at Wilkes-Barre on Thursday,
where a grand civic and military procession
took place, and a grand display of fireworks
and an illumination in the evening.
Good Work.
Although our paper is not as largo as some
of the weeklies published in the county,
having uo "patent" side to it gives us as
much actual spaeo as tho large blanket
sheets of other parties. Wo control all of it.
While on tho subject, we cannot refrain
from asking particular attention to the
workmanlike manner In which the"GBEF.x
backer" is turned out, and the fact that
thero is but one office in tho county where
in such work can bo done, and that is where
this paper is printed, viz: at Mortiumer's
Printixo Establishment at Lehiohtox.
In addition to doing the work on the Green
backer, he also issues his Carbon Advocate
weekly, both sides printed at home, and
does a larger amount of fine job work than
any other office in the county. Carbon
Grecnbaeler.
Not Correct.
There is an item golngthc rounds credited
to tho Daily Item, of Allentown, stating that
tho first steam whistle over heard in tho
Lehigh Valley was made by nn Allentown
Machinist thirty years ago. This is on error,
ns the whistles of locomotives were heard
passing this borough on the Beaver Meadow
and Pnrryvillo Railroad prior to 1841, and
we claim to be in the Lehigh Valley.
To bo IlniiRtil.
Judge Walker Monday morning pro
nounced the sentence of death upon Martin
Birgin, who was convicted in April last of
tho murder of Patrick II. Burncs, a colliery
clerk, at Tuscarora, Pa., on the 20th of April
1870. Tho prisoner had nothing ta say and
manifested no emotion, while liis counsel
stated, however, that ho denied having any
thing to do with tho murder and that if
they hanged him they would tnko tho life of
an innocent man.
IlNt of IiCftcra
Remaining uncalled for in the Lehighton
I'ost-omce JUiy Zd:
Evert, Cathrine
Fnrata, Michael
Hontz, Wilson
Mosser, Samuel
Rex, Mary
Smith, Landis
Hanlcn, Jacob M.
Rlttcr, Jos. P.
Rex, Maria E.
Schoepe, Jno.
Wehr, Lewis
Persons calling for tho aboro letters, pleaso
say "advertised."
Jl. Jl. 1 kters, r. JU.
PrircN of Coal fur Jul)-.
The Philadelphia and Readme Coal nnd
Iron Company have issued the following
circular of prices for July for coal delivered
on board vessels at Port Richmond, which
will remain in forceuntll otherwise onlercd.
Figures aro a slight advance on somo sizes
over iho Inst circular, issued for June, as fol
lows: Hani white- ash $3 30 for lump,
steamboat and broken j $3 45 for egg, $3 85
for stove, $3 35 for chestnut and $2 25 for
pea,
Freo burning and North Franklin white
nsh. $3 25 for broken, $3 40 for egg, $3 85
lor stove and $3 25 lor chestnut.
Schuylkill red ash is ten cents per ton
higher for egg and the same prico for Btove
$3 85 for egg and stove and $3 35 for
chestnut.
Scare another for I'lko Count),
Milford. July 1. Onoof the most violent
tornadoes that ever visited this section of
Pennsylvania passed over Shockapcc, five
miles northwest of this place, on Saturday
afternoon last, between 5 and 0 o'clock.
Jtoclis weighing upward ol n ton were un
earthed and carried from twenty to thirty
feet; large trees were snapped oil nt tho base
like pipe stcms.and many, from four to five
feet in circumference, were uprooted and
carried long distances by tho wind. The
roof of Peter A. L. Quick's sawmill was
blown off and the building othcrwiso injur
ed. The storm took a northwest course, nnd
extended about four miles in length by one
fourth of a mile in width, sweeping every
thing in its course. The wind was accom
panied by rain and hail, the latter falling
to a depth of three inches in somo places,
and many being ns large as black walnuts.
The storm lasted about fifteen minutes.
3InhonIiir TwlnUHng.
Pleasant weather this.
Harvesting is on hand.
Godfrey Peter, of this place, has raised
clover which, upon measuring, I found to bo
three leet six inches in length. jNext?
It is reported that Rev. W. II. Strauss
is arranging for a pic-nic, but there is no
time yet fixed upon.
Mr. J. II. is tli'ough with his appren
ticeship, and is now a full-Hedged miller.
Bill and Guss will start digging a well
fur O. (i. Frantz next week. Hope they
will soon strike water.
Some one stole all the oranges from Al.
Scnsingcr's tree a few nights ago.
Jeff. Krum is still " crossing tho Dela
ware," but says he'll soon beover married.
Go iu, Jell".
Josiah Mcitzler proposes to learn a trade,
and thinks guusmithing about tho best pay
ing business going.
Vnl. Ncuincyer and Henry Mearhoff
aro sun peddling ueans and potatoes, uo
iu, Viilly, di geld isgude.
Elvin Shingler is doing some painting
lor J. it. jNotnsicin.
E. E. Krum, our popular carpenter,
having finished building his wagon-shed, is
now engaged harvesting.
Tho Mahoning Snute Band meets every
Tuesday cveiiig at the house of J. Nothstein.
There are somo nuie players among them
especially M. who plays the life.
Yours, Wren.
I'cimru Triilnliifr School,
Eil. Cardox Advocate: Will you pleaso
givo gratuitous notice in your paper of tho
following facts, so that deserving persons,
who are poor, may get the advantage of the
State provision for wcik-inindcd children.
1. The Pennsylvania Training School for
Fecble-Mindcd Children is located in the
County of Delaware, twelve miles from
Philadelphia. Media is the postal town.
and Greenwood its railroad station, a short
walk from tho buildings.
2. A Beneficiary Fund is created by 1
special act of tho Legislature, on which indl
gent children of feeble-mind, many bo ad
mitted from the various counties of this
commonwealth.
3. The Institution cannot receive on this
State Fund, children who aro Epileptic, or
seriously paralyzed, or profoundly idiotic
4, tho biato t una is appropriated to the
care of such children of poor parentage as
cannot be cuucaicu and carcu lor m tne
ordinary way, but who ran by the special
memous 01 1110 institution, in lis school,
gymnastic and industrial departments, be
trained to somo degree 01 intelligence,
self-care and usefulness.
5. The county of Carbon is at this time
entitled totheadmission of one feeble mind
ed child, who will be admitted on suitable
proof of their condition and dependence.
6. For reports, and full particulars as to
now 10 proceea, address
ISAAC N. KERLIN, Supt
Media, Pa., June, 1778.
Legal Interest.
The following is the act of the last ses
sion of the Legislature in reference to the
rate of interest in this commonwealth. It
extends the provisions of the act of May,
1858, regulating tho rate of Interest to all
corporations authorized to loan money with
in tho commonwealth, and repeals all laws
inconsistent with tho provisions of this act:
Section 1, That hereafter every contract
for the loan or ndvauco of monoy by bank
ing corporations, heretofore incorporated or
hereafter to be incorporated under the laws
of this commonwealth, shall be subject to the
provisions of an act entitled "An Act Re
gulating the Rate of Interest," approved
May 28, 1858, which provides as follows:
1. That the lawful rato of interest for the
loan or use of money, in all cases where no
express contract shall have been mado for a
less rate, shall lie 0 per centum per annum!
and tho first and second sections of the net
passed March 2 1823, entitled "An net to
rcduco tho interest of money from eight to
six per centum per annum," bo and tho same
is nereuy repealed.
2. That when the rate of Interest for the
loan or use of money exceeding that estab
lished by law shall have been reserved or
contracted for, the borrower or debtor shall
not bo required to pay to tho creditor tho
excess over the legal rate, and it shall bo
lawful for such borrower or debtor, at his
option, to retained nnd deduct such excess
irom tho amount ot any such debt, and 111
all rases where any borrower or debtor,
shall heretofore or hereafter havo volun
tarily paid the whole debt or sum loaned,
together with interest exceeding the lawful
rate, no action to recover back any such ex
cess shall be sustained in any court of this
commonwealth, unless the same shall have
been commenced within six months from
and after the time of such payment. Pro
vided always, that nothing in this act shall
affect holders of negotiable paper taken bona
tide in the usual course 01 business.
3. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent
with the provisions of this act ore hereby
repealed. Provided, that this act shall not
be construed to effect or impair in any man
ner contracts made prior to its passage.
Suspension of .Coal mining .
Tho New York Herald's Bethlehem cor
respondent, writing under date of of July
ist, says : in accordancowith the previous
ly arranged programme of tho companies
comprising the coal combination, the opera
tors of tho Schuylkill region suspended ope-
ruuuu3 ui ineir umiencs iu-uuy. .ubuuiy
has the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company ordered n general stoppage of
milling operations at their works in tho dis
trict, but all the operators belonging to tho
Schuylkill Coal Exchange have also directed
their colliery superintendents to closo their
mines which are now being run in the mid
dlo coal fields. Tho suspension will con
tinue until the 15th inst. President Gowen,
of the Philadelphia and Reading Company,
has written a letter to the coal superintend
ents of the corporation, to the effect that no
lurther stoppage will lie made miring the
present coal season, and that such a lino of
policy was rendered necessary by tho con
dition of tho trade. President Gowen also
states that while the manifest dullness of tho
business mid its continued unprofitableness
might justify a decrcaso in the basis of the
miners' and laborers' wages for tho past
month, none will be made, and he promises
mat, 11 at uie resumption 01 mining opera
tions the state of the market will allow it, a
slight increase may bo made in the colliers'
wages. The shut down win deprive about
25,000 industrious nnd deserving working
men of employment ; but, contrary to what
has been reported in some sensational journ
als, there is no dissatisfaction expressed by
tho miners and laborers at the action ot tho
operators. The rqiortthat a strike is threat
ened in somo districts is without the least
foundation in fact. ilh tho exception of
somo 1act10n.11 brawls everything is entirely
?iiict and orderly in tho entire middle coal
lelds.
Tho shortening ot production is almost
general in the Lehigh, Wyoming and Lacka
wanna regions, and from what has been as
certained by close inquiry by tho Herald
correspondent among prominent und wcll-
iniormcd coal and railroad men, it is not in
the least improable that the operators in
these districts may determine ujion a tem
porary and complete stoppage of mining nt
no distant date. Tho recently organized
Lehigh Operators' Coal Association, an in-
deiiendent trade organization, is now in per-
lect and satislactory working order, and it
is tossiblo that something may be done in
tho way of regulating production at tho
mines and shipments to tne seaboards that
may affect the general situation of the coal
trade, but nothing will bo done, however,
that will mar the harmonious feeling that
now exists between the miniiigand transpor
tation corporations representing the so-called
coal combination.
A Pike County Siinlic story.
A dispatch dated Shohola Falls, Pike
county, this State, June 19th, Says: Jennie
wurtz, a Herman girl 01 jsew ion city,
who is summering at bhohoia creeK, and
her cousin, Miss Wolf, went fronting in tho
Shohola on Tuesday last. At about 4 o'clock
In the nltcrnoon. having caught nearly lull
trout, they started for homo by tho way of
"Hall 11111," a place noted lor its rattlesnakes.
After they had walked about half a mile
Miss Wurtz stepped upon nn object that
moved and threw her down. Regaining
her feet she saw two large rattlesnakescraw
ling into tho locks and under the brush.
She had stepped upon one of them. With a
stick that she hod seized, Miss Wolf cut ono
rattlesnake in two. Miss Wurtz struck at
another, but missed it. The snake that
Miss Wolf killed was 5 feet 111 length and
had thirty-two rattles. Tho giris took tho
rattles and continued on their way to tho
summit of "Ball Hill." Hero while resting
they heard frenuentand distinct rattles from
tho foot of tho hill. They walked to tho
edge 01 tho summit and saw the rocks be
neath them were covered with rattlesnakes.
Gathering together a pile of ejgncs, they
threw them in quick succession among the
reptiles. Ten minutes later not alive snake
was visible. Tho girlsdcscended and found
ninety-eight dead snakes, measuring from
24 to 6 feet in length, and with from threo
to thirty-seven rattles. Tying a string to
two of the largest and dragging them along,
the girls reached home at about dusk. On
the following morning two neighbors brought
irom 1110 den the remaining ninety-six.
Tho Pnckcrton Car Mio.
The importance of the car shops at Paek-
crton is indicated by the tact mat an tne
coal cars of the Lehigh Valley Railroad are
made and repaired there. Tho company
now has 24,635 four-wheeled coal cars, in
addition to a considerable number of eight
wheeled coal cars and other freight cars. The
highestnumber of cars built here in one day
was 51, but these shops have ircquentiy con
structed 30 cars per day for long tieriods.
nnd their capacities are fully equal to the
steady production of that number daily, in
addition to tho repairs needed to keep this
vast amount of rolling stock in good order.
When Mr. Brown, the mastfrcar builder,
took charge of these works in 1859, he had
but six assistants two workers in iron and
four workers in wood ; now, when the shops
are in full operation, 1000 men are employ
ed, and at the present time from four to fivo
hundred aro engaged in tho shops and nt
vunous Julius vm-iu BujMrrvisiuu ui uiu cuia
is necessary. v
I ho car shop devoted to wood-work is a
very suusianuai sione building, zoz x iiu
jeei, uucu up wim me most npproveu woou
working machinery, and traversed by nscr
ies of railway tracks, arranged in the most
convenient form for making and repairing
cars, In busy times 300 cars per day nro
frenuently sent hero for repairs. In the
rear of the building about six million feet of
lumber are stored. 1 no wood-worK 01 tne
coal cars is of oak.
A number of ingenious tenoning mach
ines, turning lathes, jig saws, planing
machines, mortising maenines, and circuia:
saws were busily at work in various portion
of tho establishment A slope-sill machine,
built here, was particularly noticeable on
account of the ingenuity, completeness and
rdjnmiY vi us Piieruuoua.
The machine and blacksmith shops, ad
joining the wood-work shop, nro 275 x 42
lect, exclusive ol nn eastern extension. A
great dead of ingenious machinery is used
in mem, some, 01 which wuh iiivuiiiuu uv
Mr. Long, tlio foreman of this establishment.
One of his devices is a machine, for cutting
washers from Iron, leather, gum, or other
material, by which iron washers nro cut at
the rate of fifteen a minute, from scrap. It
is an attachment to tt punching machine,
consisting of a dotible punch nud die, where
by a washer is inadocomplctont each plunge
of the machine. It is used for punching
the leather or gum washers used in oil box
es on cars, etc., and iron nnd leather wash
ers for joints on railroad tracks, and n saving
of nt least 50 per cent, on old methods is ef-
lecled. Any size and lorm 01 wnsncr ran be
punched from old materlol of iron, leather,
gum or cloth, Mr. Long has also devised
various other improvementsthat have proved
very serviceable.
Tho list of machinery usefully employed
here embraces a number of very ctlective
bolt cutters, punching machines, a nut tap
per, nnd well-arranged drills. Thero aro
also threo bolt heading machines, that per
form nn immenso amount of work in a very
satisfactory manner- In tho blacksmith
shop thirty fires were in operation, nnd in
busy times fourteen more aro kept actively
at work. Railway World.
Our Washington Letter.
The iTcnks-Potlcr Investigating Cbmmittec
Sutler before JcnksKobodg Hurt The
Country's Scandal Hints to the Adminis
tration. Washington, D. C, June 29, 1878.
During tho testimoney before tho Potter
Committee, Mrs. Agnes Jenks has shown
sublime heights of self-complacenco, impu
dence and wit. Sho has kept General But
ler waltzing three days out of a possible four,
and sho has conducted herself like n shrewd
and brilliant lawyer and ho liko a clumsy
and embarrassed witness. She snatched his
questions out of his mouth beforg they were
fairly uttered, and returned them to him
liko so ninny boomerangs, always bringing
a peal of laughter as sho boxed the red ears
of the "august committee." This country
has never before witnessed just such a spec
tacle. Mrs. Jenks told just exactly what sho
pleased, and no more that sho "dictated"
the "John Sherman" letter ; that it paci
fied Anderson j that Anderson, whom Sat
urday she described ns "a magnificent and
sublime scoundrel," was "good enough
;lon't you say anything against him ;" that
sho would not tell who wrote what sho "dic
tated j" she would lose her hand first. Sho
has exhibited a nonchalanco nnd readiness
very seldom exhibited on the witness stand,
and succeeded in bluffing and bantering
Butler till his head swam. And it is odd
that this female politician of the worst sort,
so agile, so impudent, so cross, bo unscrupu
lous, so alert and expert, so cunning in eva
sion and severe in repartee, quick as a streak
of lightning and with unlimited ''cheek'
111U lip, IS UUIl all .lllll-l U, UU, UUI Ull
Englishwoman, born in Glasgow about a
good many years ago.
11 may uo euiu ui uii uiu urui cvmcuuu
taken as yet iu the Louisiana investigation
that it is untrustworthy. Anderson was not
credible on oath j neither is "Captain" Jenks
nor his interesting wife, Mrs. Agnes D.
Jenks. Neither will the estimable Kellogg
bo when he comes to be examined nor Pack
ard, nor Pinchback, nor any of them, No
body of any party seriously believes or has
believed or would belicvo a word they say.
When Jenks contradicts Anderson, but ad
mits that he has long been his intimate
friend, it makes ono laugh. And so when
Mrs. Jenks says she wrote tho so-called
Sherman letter, there is still as much doubt
as ever whether any such letter is in exist
ence. No rational person spends n minute
trying to reconcile their stones, ji ineynad
produced no documents the time spent on
them would have been wholly wasted.
What tho investigation Is doing is not fast
ening guilt on any ierson not hitherto sus
pected, or revealing any flaw in tho Presi
dent's title, but letting the world know what
kind of people they were who had charge of
the Biaie government nnu worKuu uie politi
cal machine from 1808 to last year. To say
that their manners and morals, and tho
stories they tell of each other, read liko a
chapter of jail-yard gossip, and that every
one of them ought to bo in the penitentiary,
is putting tho case mildly. It is 110 exag
geration to say that It was an awful thing
to have left the government of a civilized
community in such hands bo long, and
lamentable and alarming that tho scamps
should have been able to palm themselves
off so long on good jieoplo of our country as
sullering menus 01 tne uiacn man.
A statement that General Butler is going
homo in about two weeks, "to look after his
political interests," has set some of tho north
ern papers to discussing what his political
interests arc, in view ol his recent perform
ances in Congress and in tho Potter commit
tee, it may bo saiciy asscrtca mat tncy aro
the interests ot lien, iiuucr nrsi, lasi, ami
all tho time.
It is hoped that President Hayes will not
liermit another occasion of publicly reward
1111? tho testifying Anderson, One of tho
duties most gratetultothomind of our Chief
Magistrate should be the selection or citizens
most prominently known for civic virtues
and for high moral worth, for the purpose
of dignifying them with suitable positions
in the public service, nnd as a proper stimu
lant to Presidential aspirations in tho minds
of Young America. Unlike the late lament
ed George, the present distinguished occu
nant of the Whito House has not spent his
precious hours in the ignoble persecution of
the cherry-treo by means of the keen and
aggressivo hatchet, but has devoted himself
exclusively to the onerous duties onus louy
office. I doubt not, therefore, that tho meed
of simple justice will not long bo withheld
from thn distinguished gentleman referred
to, ami that as soon as Anderson is released
from the guileful rule of Potter, somo fitting
place of honor may bo found, which may bo
gently urged to fill and ornament. Ono
place ho could certainly fill with honor, the
position of a commissioner to administer
oaths, for which he is eminently qualified,
having sworn so much, so otten and so van
ously, that ho "knows how it is himself,"
Euu'A RD.
The Charleston Journal of Commerce In
timates that the republicans of South (.'aro
lina have not disbanded ,nnd to suppose that
they have, simply because they do not op
pose the re-clcction of Governor Hampton
would bo very foolish. Wherever and
whenever they liavoa chance of success they
intend to move. "By keeping quiet nnd
out of tho field they hopo to let in divide
and make fight against one another, when
they can come in and decido the issue with
a re-cstabllshmcnt of power."
The Fredericksburg AVwj says that tho
friends of General Fitzhugh Lee aro en
deavoring to secure for him the Congres
sional nomination in his district,
Natural Selections.
Investigators of natural science have de
monstrated beyond controversy, that
throughout tho animal kingdom the "sur
vival of the fittest" is tho only law that
vouchsafes thrift nnd perpetuity. Docs not
the samo principle govern the commercial
proserity of men ? An Inferior cannot sup
jicrsedo it superior article. Illustrative of
this principle nrelhe family medicines of R.
V. Pierce, AI. D.,of Bufiiilo, N. Y.By reason
of superior merit, they have outrivaled nil
other medicines. Their solo in tho United
States alone exceeds one million dollars per
annum, while the amount exported foots up
to several hundred thousand mure. No
business could grow to such gigantic propor
tions ami rest upon any other basis than
that of merit. It is safe to say that no
medicine or combination of medicines yet
llscovered enuals or can compare with Dr.
Pierce's Golden Mediral Discovery, for the
cure of coughs, colds and all pulmonary and
blood affections. If the bowels be constipated
and liver sluggish, his Pleasant Purgative
Pellets will give prompt relicfi while his
Favorilo Proscription will positivelv.pcrfect-
ly, and permanently ,cured thoso weaknesses
and drnggingdown," sensations wculiar to
females. In the People's Common Sense
Medical Adviser, an illustrated work of
nearly 0110 thousand pages, tho Doctor has
fully discussed tho principles that underlie
health and sickness. Prico $1.50, st-paid.
Adapted to old and young, single and mar
ried. Addres. R. V. Pierce. M. D.. World's
Disticnsnryaud Invalids' Hotel,Buffalo,N. Y.
Judge W. H. West, of Ohio, says that
should the Congressional elections of this
year bo favorable to the democrats they will
renew their revolutionary designs upon the
Presidency. "My conviction is that, unlesi
safe, sound, conservative men bo elected to
fill the places of thoso who set this move
ment on foot, tho peace of tho country
will be endangered nnd infinite peril bo
brought upon its material prosperity. Tho
snake is not killed, only scotched."
The Coal Trade.
Thn fnllnnlncr f.ihle Khowstlin annntitv or cnnl
shlpoeil over the Lehigh VsUoy Railroad for the
week cni'lriK June 1878, nnd for the year i,s
comporeu tue buiuo iuhu law year.
Regions From:
Week. Year
Wyoming
liazieton.
Upper lplilgh
Heaver Meadow, . . .
Mahitnov
O-.M It 610 380 C5
21,370 03 SIV.I'IS 10
6(1 II 828 It
4,161 00 :3).995 14
13,192 14 276,854 14
1.272 C9
2,494 li
31 auen unnns
rort Delaware
Total 4S.f4t 13 1.S66 452 07
Last Year 67.50.1 01 2.8C5.IC2 I
Increase
Decrease 42.463 08 611,710 07
report OP COAL trnnsnorted over Lchlch
& Biisanhnnna Division. Central it It. of New
jersey, ior uavscuuiui; .iuiio-u. 10,0
Buinneu irom t
Wyoming
uvernnri u. yjo.
1 Bu-q. C. Co
L'nncr Lehlirl
tilgli
" " M.S.K.ACO.
Dearer Meadow
Manch cliunK
Cross Creole
Conncll llldco
L. V. It. It., l'ackerton..
Uaznnlvllle
Smith & Co
Total 21.118 0t
Prcvlouslyicported... 034,334 1 4
Total to date 068,460 05
bsmottmelastyear.... 1,517,440 07
increase
Decrease 66S.C0O 02
Closing Prices of DeIIavkm i Townskkd,
Stock, Government .and Uold, 40 boulli
Third Street, Philadelphia, Juno 23,1878:
tr a A'A nut 107k Did 1071 .isiced
II. H. 6.20's. 1966 J. A J....102I. bid 102k asked
II, 8.5-20's. 1807 105 h bid irfj asked
,1. H. 3.20'k, 1808 108 bid 108H asked
U.K. io-40's lLSIi bid i!i asked
IT. 8. currency. 6'a 12014 bid 121 asked
t;. H.6'11 1881. new 1071, bid lOTlj asced
U.S. 4 Vs. new. 104H bid 104), asked
U.S. 4'snew lOOlt bid asked
reimsrlvuniall.il ait oiu ji io
Pbila. tt Hearting It. 11 17H bid 17 'i usked
Lehigh Valley 11. 11 88 bid ink asked
l.oblgh t'oal & Nav. Co.... 18", bid ts tsted
United Companies ot .N.J. 125 bid I26) asked
Pltts.,Tltusv.,tUuff. lt.lt. 4U bid 4 asked
Phil. Eria It. U 71 bid 8 asrd
Hmtnern Central I!. K.... 141, bid 15 asked
Hotonvlllo Pass. It. It. Co. 7H bid 7k asked
Uold K0S old 1O0H asked
HAKHIKD,
MiLLKa ZiF.ar.sri'ss. Cu the 20th ult.,by
Rev. A. Bartholomew Peter K. Miller and
Francisca K. Ziegcnfuss, both of Franklin
township, this county.
DIED,
Trumbork. On tho 7th ult, in Mahoning
township, Ella Jane, daughter of Al. and
Elizabeth Trumbore, aged 21 years, 6
months and 0 days.
Hai-ser On tho 20th tilt., in West Tenn
township, John Hauser, nged 75 years, 0
months and IS days.
WiXTKRiioLnMi. On tho 24lh nit., in East
Penn township, Charles Wmtcrholder,
aged 50 years.
BachwAx. On tho 1st inst., in Mahoning
township, Tetcr llacliman, aged 78 years,
4 months and 3 days.
Special Notices.
12. P. Kimkcl's Hitter Wlno of Iron.
Tl, prA.t unnrpRA nnd flellorht of theDSOble.
In tact, nothing ol the kind bus ever been of.
leied 10 tbe American pe'Pie which. has n
quickly found Its way lnio their rood layor and
bearty approval as K. F. Kumkel's Hittkk
Win it or I HON. It does all it proposes, mid
t but cues universal aarislictlon. It li ruir
auteed to corn the worst caso of dyspepsia or
Indigestion, kidney or liver disease, weaknens,
nervousuess, constipation, acidity of lhe stem,
acb. to. Get the genome. Only sold In (1
bottles. Depot and Oltlce. 215 North Ninth St.,
PhUadelphla. Ask tor Knnkel's, and take no
otber. Bold by all druggists.
Dyspepsia. Dyspepsia. Dyspepsia.
E. F. KUXKEL'S B1TTEK WIN OF IUO.V IS
sure cure for this disease. It has been pre
scribed dally for many years In tbe practice of
eminent physicians with unparalleled sue.
cess. Kvniptoms are loss ot sppeilte, wind
and rlfclnr of food, dryness In mouth, beadacne,
dullness, sleeplessness, and low splilts. pet
the genuine. Hoi sold In bulk, only Iu SI bot
tles. Bold bv ull drai!iU Ask for E, F.
Kukkkl's HtTTEa wise or Iron ai'd take 110
other. Sl.00 per Pottle or six boule. lor 15.
All I ask Is 1 rial of tm valuable meelclne.
A trial will convlnorf you at once.
Worlns. Worms. Worms
n. F. Kuskel's worm 6YRtir never falls to
remove a 1 kind ot Worms. Seat. Piu and
htomarh Worms ire readily removed hr Kan.
kel's Worm syrup. Dr. Knnkel is iho only 110
o -safnl physician in this country tnai can re
move lane Woim in from two 10 tour hocrs.
He has no feo until bead and sll pas es sliva
snd 111 ibis fpaco el time. Common sense
leaches If Tape Worm can bo removed, sll oih.
er worms can reidity be destroyed A your
dmgsiat for a bottle ot Kunkkl's Worm SYtt tt.
Price II 00 per boitle It never tallm or end u
tho doctor for circular. No. 259 North ftintn Bt ,
Philadelphia. Advice free, JunolS-lm.
Health and Happiness.
llealtnsod Hsrplness nro priceless Weattb to
their uotsevsors. snd yet they ore within the
reach of erery one who will use
Wright's Liver Tills,
The only sure CIMtE for Torpid Liver. Dye p.
ela. Headache, hour f tomncb, Comtli)tiH.lJ.
billty, Nausea, sod all liillums oomplsuits and
lllood disorders. None genuine unit's signed
"Wni. WnKbt-Mdia." Ilyour Praasntwiniioti
supply vend 25 rents for one box to AsTtlcx
Hoilei Co , 70 P, iiu st . PhO. JJw, J yl
ini weeK, luunic.
2(17 11 34.C49 07
13,439 II
ISO 13 3H.194 13
3C46 14 80 8:3 14
2,053 12 3.I.C94 10
2.800 1 0 HU.83.iH
4,183 IS 174.062 18
7,027 08 86,479 OH
919 15 40.417 18
l.M) 17 2.J56 19
682 13 2 962 17
43 16 28,611 18