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Jettllntr Kstatca. Filing ACMUinte ahd Orphans
loan rrnctiro n specialty ,, .
rrnl nf rene caroml v attended to Legal
transactions In linglisli unit OctlM 'li. Jan ".
1 at OF.O-
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fch-rn AllVBUTISINO CON
THAIT maybe made lor It In
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1879.
Local Itnd Personal.
" 'iHJ Stnscninnus.
BuWribelVvill pl'aso refer to the direc
tion tabs Ijn tticir papers, by so doing they
will bo abli lb fob whether they are square
ou our books it liot, thus I
John FiUWiillam wir8 70
Shows Hint the subscription lias been p.iid
up till March Mh, 1870, and consequently
tllere Isnncdnllarduetisontho prewnl year,
vhioh you will please remit, or $1.2.) will bo
fchirged If wo have hi send bill.
laid
Heading lins Mir lemale barlicrs.
Ifyouwanttocatcli tha holiday boom
advertise.
The 21st Inst, brings Us to the, shortes
Hay In the year.
Judge Henry Green, of Enlon, is
up with an attack or rheumatism.
Do yoU know that T. D. Clauss fells boots
and shoes Cheaper than any man in town 1
Smoke I nlld when you do smoko cigars
procure one of those elegant five centers s..ld
tit Dr. C. T. Horn's Central Drug Store, on
bunk ctrcet, nllf r yntt have smoked imo
you will watit another.
It is reported that the Chaplhah slate
fcomjmnv is employing till hands that make
application for work.
The season tor lawfully killing dee-be-'g.in
on November 1st ami vill continue un
til DecemWr lfitli.
From 300 to 400 oil cars pass down the
Lehigh Valley Railroad every 24 hours
along wilh 4.000 In 5,000 ro.il cars.
An Immense Aol'k of envelopes and
writing papers, sold at Luckenbach'a Mauch
Chunk.
The Popular Western Ticket Agent, 15.
O'Bnaii, will be at this office next Wcdiics
ilnvnlehL If you intend to go west, call
hiiil see him, he will send you right cheap
Hnil quicki
T'ld teachers or Northampton county
Will hold their annual institute ut Easton
riiMri,; ilm week commencing December
to
2'Jth.
The hunting and killing of pirtridjes
v,i,nc,int. wil.l inrkevs. fr'niincls ami rub
bits is only eriiiitted by law ili to the 3Ut
bf this month.
3110 boxes WcSt'S Vegetable. Liver Tills
hjr sale at Diirling's Drug Store. 20 cents
per box. "'
Just in, a new lot of wall piper, for f.ill
trade. Call and see it at Ludkdlbacli'ai
SijUrlt Clluilk.
The Eistnn tail Is being supplied, by
contract, with good meat at 7 cents ier
pounil,and bread at 3 cents j'Cr loaf, the
loaves weighing li pounds earh.
Rev. C. Earle, pastor ol the First Pres
byterian church or CnUsauqua, has returned
to Orange, N. J. for further treatment or a
throat disease under which he has been sur
prim for some lime.
Jiisl received nn elegant assorlniciil of
Ladies' coinings, winch III bli made up to
order at lowest prices al f . D. Clauss' mer
chant Tailoring establishment.
If you are in need or Job Printing, or
any description, senil your orders 10 me
Caucus Advocate. All work is dotite neat
ly and for the very lowest prices.
Tno Eastern Post Office from December 1
1878, to Uecelilbef let lKIil; received l.Oi
832 mailble articlc3j?and delivered 2,300,
DJi-tntul. 4,002,877.
Mr. Peter Bchall.a well known rest-
tlchtuf Mtmrti twp., Nonhunipb'ii county,
died ih tlte lattcf purl of last week, and was
buried TuetituJ?.
Anything fiom a visiting card to a pos
ter, neatly printed tit this oflict! on short 110
lice uud for the otcCii I'ash prices.
Letter and note In aos, envelopes, bill
heads, Ac,, a siwialty at Very low priws
Cull and sea samples.
Mr. HeurvSlieircr, saddler at Sehiiccks:
Ville. died in the early part of last weekj nlld
was buried in the cemetery at Uiiioiivilli! on
Saturday. DVtibastM had resided inSohllot'ks
VilloUd- lllany years, and always maintained
the character of an honest, reputable and
Worlhv cititeii.
William lfccnbr; lieis liulllioy and
V11f. II. Williams were arrested ut Slating,
ton on Satunlav for the larceny of wheels
thafling, ic, lormfiig tile nl.it-hiiiery In an
abandoned 6lale quarry on the premises ol
lleniauilii Kern. They broke the material
Into small fragments ami conveyed it In Pi
tcr's foundry al Washington Square, when'
they diniKed of it as old iron.
If you wanla nice smooth, easy sha-e
your hair cut or shampooing, go to Fran
rtoederer's Saloon, under the J.xeliango llo
tel. He Will tlx you right, and don't you
forget it.
-If you dil not know where to buy you:
Christmas Trvt Trimming, such as fancy
Fcrap picttir.'i fames, ntid a full line of hoi
idav plfi cull and md E. F. Luckenbach
Muueh Chunk,
lloii.Roliert E. Wright, of Alleiitowu.l.iEt
week prcH'nle! to the Cala:iilqita Library
Association a fae aimilt ol tlte deed from
King Churlc" II, of England, o 'll vi v ill Jt the
land in Ami-rifa.oHiimoiily known u lVnn
sylvania, to Win. I'elill.
The employees ot the Iron works at Cat
s.iuqua have received four (He wrrent.a I
vanes on lln-ir wages during the yean All
advance was 111 ide during each of the
months of August, September, October it ml
November.
Henry Campbell, ol E.it WcisKirt, an
nounces to his friends and Die publie.lhat lie
Is prepared to supply them wilh the beet
quality of readv.uude fall and winter
BOOTS and SHOES at a great reduction in
price from last year, notwithstanding the
recent advance in manufacturers' prices of
from 10 to 16 per cunt. These boots aim
shoes have been made expressly to his order
ami are guaranteed to givo satisfaction. Call
and see them.
Have you got ynuf Winter overcoats t
If not, go to T. D. Clauss, the tailor, and see
the immense display of new and elegant Ue
signs In overcoatings just received.
An eight year old son of Francis Moub
trop, of this place, while on a visit to his
gnndfalher's, on Malmuing mountain, last
Tuesday, fell from a small Wagon and frnc
Wo have purchased the county right
for the usonf D. It. Reynolds' Metallic: Book
Hinder, and nro now prepared to fiVint and
bind order, reccpt and note books nn short
notice and at ery low rates. Oiveusn trial.
Tho Central Hotel) llaitcloh, liow runs
a new and handsome "bus" to arid froin thb'
depot for (he accommodation of its gu'&ts.
The "btiJ"' Was built at thb Carriage works
of MesSrSi Weiss k Kefschtlfr, of tills bor
ough, and Is an elegant specimen of the
work luhied out by thtrtii
Itoralio T. HerlSog died In Jtacunglo.
Lehigh county) a few days ago, weighing
Hired Inlhdrttl and- twenty-fivo pounds.
There is a temjieranco revival at Easton
which lias enlisted the liveliest interest.
Ladies engaged In the cause visited a largo
number of saloons in tho lutertjt of temper
anco Friday ollernoon.
-Mr. John H. Llehtcnwallncr, who Is
Wanlen In the Lehigh County Jail, will
oiler himself before the next Democratic Con
vention of that county fur the nomination or
Sheriff.
Bishop Simpson preached at Pottsyillc
on Wednesday nlgiit of last week, upon Ike
occasion of tho celebration of the semi-cen
tennial anniversary of the First MethoJIst
church of that place.
Tho ease of Mrs. Wclhcrhold, of Allen-
town, against judge Edwin Albright, Presi
dent Judge of Lehigh county, for embezzling
pension money belonging to tho plalntltr,
was decided Friday of last week in favor of
the defendant.
In South Bethlehem, on Wednesday
night oflast week, nyoiing man nanicil Wil
Hani Yocum heard some one trying to break
in the house. He took a imsilion at the
head nf the stairway, and soon nficnvim!
heard some one approaching. Ho called to
him several timci, and receiving 110 answer
fired ill that direction. It proved to be
young Yorum'a brother, who was walking
in his sleep, and is so badly wounded that
he cannot recover.
Wo uro pleased to learn from one or the
members or the Excelsior Cornet Band, that
that organization is out of debt.
A well attended meeting of the Sehuyl
kill Coal Exchange was held In Philadel
phia last Saturday, and the following reso
lution adopted: llciolecd, That all mining
mid shipments nf coal be suspended on tin
evening of l.'cembcr24th, 1870, and so con-
tmiio until Monday, Jan. fith, 18S0 ; and
further, that wo advuncetho price of coal on
the rciimpliniiof business, twenty five cents
icr ton.
We learn that Trof. T. A. Snyder, of
Strniisburg, formerly principal of our public
school", will lead to the hyineiiial altar on
Tuesday evening, December 23iil. the accom
plished and fascinating Mis Emma Itauk
of this bnroiish. The ceicinony will tak
I ico in Zinn's Reformed churc!i,or (his place
t 5:30 p. in., Itev. J. IC. Dcrr ndiciating,
We are pleased to learn from District
Agent, F. II. Alexander,! lint there is a steady
ncrease ill (he membership of (he New Era
Life Insurance Association ol 1870, of Tlill,
lelnhia.
The store windows nf our merchants al
ready shmv evidence of tne near approacl
f Cllristmas.
For tliefivoilaysinilingoii the 5th inst.J
there were 00,310 Ions of coal shipped over
the L. .t S. railroad, making a total for the
season b that date of 3,831,531 tons, nn in-
Tease nf 1,017,110 tons, as compared witli
same dnto last yenr.
A full line or Ladies' Misses, and chll
Iritis FUltS aS GLOVKS at J. H. Hand
werk'e, Oak Hall, Mauch Chunk.
While Charles McCue was engaged at
work in the steel works at South Bethle
hem, Monday, the contents or a largo ves
set containing Innlten steel was thrown
over him, inflicting injuries which it is
thought W III tcsiilt in his death.
' Our young friend, John W. Nusbaum
after an absence or several weeks, returned
homo lait Friday evening, considerably im
proved in health.
Mrs. Miit'iihotl) who Ii3sbccu on u visi
to lier ibitlght'er at Wilkesbarre for u lew
weeks pasl, returned home on Friday last
since which time she has been confined to
her house.
Mrs. William Ziesay, of Catasaiihua
admintstetcd u tiirashingtoherleu-ycar-Old
sou a lew days ago, anil (Ills whip striking
(he boy's pants Kickct, an explosion follow
ed. Mrs. Zacsav now has a black eye and
carries her elm in asliug, while the boy
limps nud has had u now pocket put in the
pants. He had a cartridge aboUt him, hence
all the trouble.
'Let gills bo girls." Yes, that's So.
change couldn't Im or tho belter, and it
might be for the worse. Just so wilh the
-J. T. Nusbaum Ic Bon make a very Im'
poHa'nl announcement Iri rinolhcf column.
Tho causo of an Occident on tho rail
foad wasowlng'to tliS etoppago of a floor
ninlionlnir Twlllklliiffx.
Tho hardest thing (0 hold In this world li
an unruly tongue. It beats a hot smoothing
Iron or ktcklnn hefrso consider ably.
Miss Atrlnd Ucnnlnghoft was doing some
watch.but the Improved American Watches, ,ew,ns Ior Utlli jlnIor ,,, wcek.
kept in stock by E. 11. llolil, or waucn
Chunk, oro H10 finest If wo may judgd by
tho rapidity of their Edits. I'riccJ range very
low.
Notwithstanding HiO Uhfilcnsaiilncss of
the evening, the lectifre of tier. Hart, State
Chaplain oflho Order of O'bod Tetnplcrs,
on Vednesilay, In tlfo tlrtthg'elleal church at Kutttono, Is expected home to day, (Sat
was well attended. Tlid Kev. gentleman unlay.)
Miss Emma .1. llarber Is at present In the'
employment of Mrs. John Slttler, mllllncrf
at K. Mauch (. hunk.
MIssTllllo Hough went to Phlladeldhla
last Wednesday, where she expects to re
main Tor several weeks'.
; air. a. iumcr, ni present amcmncr 01 11.0
(rraduatlrig clat In the Stale Normal school)
Icatns loaucil out from tho Kpular livery ol
David fibbcrl. There arc nolle teller in the
county, and lua terms nro Vdry roasoiublc
One day last wcek.s lysthe DoverlN.J.
Tiidcx, there was a drummer from Newark
in town soliciting orders lor printing. There
must have been cometliing rotten in Den
lilark nUnut the I'elloW, as he nfiercd to prill
letter lu'ads alid stntl-melits nt less rates
than tho whito pajic'riiaii to-day bo bought
in the New York markets. Ill this colinee-
lion wo wish to say that "Patronize lion
industries" applies as inueli to the printing
business as any thing else. Why givo you
work to an out of town drummer) when ycu
can get Just as good a job and for just as In
a price at home? Is it consistent for busi
lie iiicu to grumble ubout jieople ''gntn,
away from home to trade," when they d
the same thing themselves? And this fact
(its jiut as well ill this latitude U9 it docs i
l)ocr.
JUsl received a lino assortment or New
Year' Curds. Cheap for cash. Cull and
see them.
The climate of Pennsylvania is ao ex
ceedingly changeable and uncertain that
I lie iiiiui prudent ciliuol g'uard ugaiiist tak
ngcnld. To all such we would advise (he
use of Dr. Browning's C. C. Cordijl.whicli
has never yet failed to give prompt relief.
It should nliraya he kept on hind and used
as soon us the cold makes its appearance. It
c.iil le had at all the drug stores. W.
Champion Browning, M.b.i Pniprietor i.tld
Manufacturer, 1117 Arch street) l'hllada.
Hon. Z. H. Long was 011 a visit to Phila
delphia two or three days during the pres
ent week.
On Saturday, tho JOlh in:'.., Dildine
Snyder, of Parry vlile, will cell at public tale
six valuable horses, lot of carriages, sleighs,
harness, etc. Those In need of anything in
this line should bear this fact in mind. All
prime stock
A large assortment of Buffalo. Hobes,
Lap Blankets, Trunks, Valises, Umbrellas
and Walking Canes at J. H. Haudwerk'a
Oak Hull, Mauch Chunk.
There is quite a rivalry among tho
poko long and w'cfl, arfd Ih'oso' who beard
him went home mort tllaii satisfied
All tho latest stjlcs of HATS AND
CAPS, can bo found at J. II. Haudwerk'a
Oak Hall, Mauch Chunk.
Our newsy little co-temporary tho Ilaz-
leton Daily Dullttiri entered upon Its s6cond
vnlumo on Wcdiicsdiiy-last. Our Wish Is that
It rpay live long and grow larger. It de
serves success, and (liOiild bo flourished by
tho people or Hazlcton and vicinity.
Winter suits anil uvfrco'ats by the thou
sands for tho holidays' for lefj money than
ver berore,
All wool Suits at rrom....ii...i4.i....$I.OO up.
Men's good Overcoats at froim 3.50 up.
lloy's Mellon Overcoat's ut from...' 1.05 up.
and nn Immense stock of boots and shoes,
lints, caps, trunks, valises, and gent's f urn
isliiug goods. Cull berore Christmas and
secure a good overcoat and suit nt lowest
prices at Jonas Sondhcim's, first clothing
store abovo Mansion House, Mauch Chunk.
Kegister and Recorder Phillips, on
Thursday morning last, received Iho Com
missions fir the several county offices elect
ed at thejust election.
Our old friend, Fred Schmidt, formerly
f ll'eissport, now or Scllersvillc, Bucks
county, was in town on Thursday. He
looks jolly as ever.
-Just received at tho store of J. T. Nus-
laum k Son, a very largo and attractive as
sortment irf Fancy Goods for the Holiday
trade nt lowest prices.
W. D. Harrington, formerly in the em
ploy nf this office, is now engaged cauvass-
ng Tor Ilusscll Young's edition of "Grant's
Trip Around the H'orld."
An entire suspension of miningand coal
transimrtatioii has been ordered on tho CX-n-
ral Railroad of New Jersey from December
1 bi January 5,
The trial of milium Eekertund Francis
Smith nt ll'ilkesharre, for the murder of
John Mallady, alNanticoke, in October last
resulted U'ednesday in their acquittal'.
The Directors of (lie Lehigh Valley
Riilroad company have declared a quarter
ly dividend of one per cent, nn the capital
slock, payable 011 and after January 15th.
Do you knuw why J. T. Nusbaum &
Son arc selling sueh large quantities of Dry
Goods, Boots, Shoes, ic.? Because they are
selling at old ruiCR3
A fi 'lit 011 Saturday night in a Bradford
siloon resulted in one of the combatants
having his car "chawed off.
iiOTTHli rno.n ka.-vsas.
Tho followine interesting letter from our
young Inciiil, E. 1. uollenmayer, who leu
this placo about one year ago, will no doubt
be perused with much pleasure by his old
acquaintances hereabouts. En.
Wilson, Kan., Dee. 2. 1870.
II. V. MonTinsian Sin: When I loft l.e.
hlghlon I went to Cleveland, Chicago, and
(hen through Iowa. 1 stopped at several
places but none suited my l-ujlacss, for differ
ent reasons. I went to Kansas City and out
on the Kansas Pacific road, slopping In Junc
tion City, a beautiful city. (You must know
that town has no significance In this Slate,
fly Is applied to all Incorporated placet.)
It Is siiuaicd on a plateau, has regular streets
and good substantial buildings. 1 also stopped
at Ilrookvlllennd Ellsworth; neither of tbeso
places weo what I looked for, so 011 the 1st of
April I was in Wilson. This Is a city of 000
population, according to tho spring census. It
is the most rapid growing place I ever bad
any knowledge of, fur since 1 ana here, there
were no less than 20 private residences built,
bne Methodist parsonage, one Presbyterian
church, and a very nnedeimt; this Is some
Improvement anyhow. We have nearly all
branches of trade reprb'bnted hero mcrch
a-itsinir ocerics, hardware, dry goods, lum
ber, millinery u."Od, gent's furnishing guods,
harvesting Implements, jewelry, four hotels,
onerestuurant, three doctors, but until lately
we bad no saloon. We aro In great need ofa
tailor Who can cut and Ut. Tin re. Isnqncttlth
In 13 miles. We have also loom for a cabinet
maker and a banker. Our people nro enter'
prlfinir and will aid Iho latter, I hare no
doubt. On the bank! of the Smoky Hill rlrcr,
Ibree utiles south, hero are four coal minus,
Workliiv fully M men. Two slopes are very
good coal f.ir this country, It l a bituminous
cod I of Inferior quality, but It is believed that
the more there Is mined the better It will get.
Business, here, has not made such a great
s'rlie as It has done In the Kutt, but 111
sti 'Illy iiiinrivliijr, though It has never been
so low 'Jottn as ll Was In I.ehighion. I have
had a suftlclrucy ol work and a proportionate
amount olsilcn. I have nought u lot In 'ho
city fur a dwelling, a Sne site. I receive your
paier every Tut sday except when some ace!
ilenlhapp-nit I inn Euoii Interested In the
home and Weatherly news, though the latter
In scarce. Enclosed find 11.00 fur my pap. r
or next jer, Vol. VIII. We all arc right
well, and remain, E. Y.DolxiiNMi-YKK.
The shooting match, which was to bo held
last Saturday by John taipp, of Stuart'i Him;
was postponed on account of tho falny weath
er to this (Saturday afternoon, itcmember
boys, II goes' for a cow,
Mr. Flcckenstine (Mid wire, or Lehigh
county, trcro gKcstlol Frank dllb'eft several
days last week.
Mr. J. II. Meltiltr, who his been, In tho
employment of.Mlchael Oarber for the last
twoyeaff; left last Tuesday for KresgevlUej
his former home.
N. O.i the noted hunter, had thegctod
luck orcaidurlnir lour rabbits last Ttfcsdan
but most or the cfeJlt was duo to his dogs-a
Pointer and Nipper.
Joslnh Cunfer and Joseph Houith Wcro nt
I.ehUhton last Sunday evening attending
church.
John licnnlnghofl killed two porker3 last
Monday, one of whirl: weighed 318 lbs.
Mr. Solomon and Edgar II. Weaver In
tend to start a sinking school at Hornsvllle,
Lttfrd long. That Is If they can et the ser
vices of our worthy "Uncle" to act as Janitor.
-There is d young man In this valley who
calls the Literary Society a bad place to go
to; tho reason Is, he intends to enter the
Theological Seminary next spring, and so he
wants to be good himself.
David Kuhns lost two pigs this fall by the
prevalent disease.
The tourists, Mr. Hough and Mr. Schaef.
ler, were In church ori Sunday. They assert
that till wsl a pi Ivllego nut to be enjoyed In
far ofTLeadvllle;
The School Hoard, at latt Saturday's
meeting ado ted tho Brook's new scries of
Aritliincth s. This Is astride In advance In
the line of Mathematics.
John IJehhlnghoff round a cow-bell en
Sunday morning while following the track of
a fux. which had passed through his cornfield
on tho rainy night previous Wo aro glad to
announce that bualso found the owner.
Mr. Oharlcs Fritz. Is dolnir a thrlvlmr
butchering trado al pri'Jcjit, and many are
the homes made savory thereby.
J. II. Nothstlnc, of Fritz Dale, Is still
working at I'ackerton. going home every S it.
urday evening, having fur company that
plcco of workmanship called "pipe," WHKh
nut only wears away health but often the
hair on the chin.
Tho new sty Ic of hat! are qulld . rage at
present. The ladles wonder what tho gentle
men think of them, even going to the ex
treme or asking; but often comments are
matlo In mueh strunger terms than they care
to hear. Uiitao.
Kttmrt's Hun iiniiin.
-Some men pay attention who never pay
anything else. Factl
"Bingo" wishes Mr. Paradox was an air
cushion for about five minutes he would sit
down on him.
John Ncwmayer speaks of Jim U, as a
flying Dutcbman. Very well; what were
legs raado for?
Mr. Paradox, of Heidelberg, Lchluh Co.,
now teaching at East Pcnu, was In our valley
last Saturday.
Nathan Hex, of Weatherly, expects to
sp- nd the holidays In this valley.
Henry Ncwmayer, of Baltimore, Is at pres
ent tho guest of Valentino Newmaycr.
Llnln Mantzand A. J. Balliet the great
snipe and rabbit hunters, contemplate going
to Bradford county, to hunt bears,
Sir. Solumon and Mr. 1 1 1 1 1 have started a
singing school nt Fannlngton. Mr. Solomon
lnfoimcd us that he and .Mr. Weaver Intend
to start a school BtStuarl's Hun bernro-loiiKr!
A letter received from Olara Uarpster, of
Columbia county, by her uncle, I.. Ilex, In
forms us that she arrived home safe.
We had a good rain nn Saturday, but It
spoiled J. Lapp's shooting match.
I). Konnsatid W. E. Milngler were busy
making sausage this week.
Mlsi Jano Illllmaii was visiting her uncle
Lewis last Sunday.
Tho Summer Side boys aro f till crossing
the Delaware to Hornsvllle, where they see
aunt alary.
E.lIoiigh was In Packcrton for work, so
was Uncle Lewis and Solomon,
I hotcacberofSen lal'scchool has enrolled
53 scholars, tlnd more coming.
Havld Straup lost a pig by the cholera.
Quite a number or young folks were as.
soiublcd ut the bouse of Win. Horn last Sun.
day evening. Among those present we noticed
Misses E'l.uia Miacflcr, Tllllo Beck, Mary
Hex, Tillio Hough, and Messrs. llcnj, Deck
l.lwln Matitz. Aleck Keinerer, Ed, Hough.
Willie .-liaelfer'aiiil others.
Wehavo oulto a number of iroits In our
ueiguuoruoou. 1KXA8 JACK
"l.ove, SJonrlsIilpt .llnrrlnge."
Itev. James A. Little, ut Hnkendauqua,
will deliver Ins iopular lecture on thoubovo
bubjeel In Presbyterian church, ol this place,
ui Monday evening uextj 15lh hist., at 7:30
o'clock. Those who are in lovo should be
there to heir, as well as thoso who are iiunt
ing and those who aro married, for we uro
assured I'J those who have heard the lecture
that there is enough in it to please, amuse
and instruct them all. Here are a low press
opinions:
Scranton RntXblkaH 1 "Full of interest to
those who o nleiiiplalo marrying."
Allenlown Democrat: "Mr. Little is one of
the most etl'eclivo and brilliant pulpit orators
ill these iarw a uiilsueu puouc 6ic-iKer
hi oratory having that dignity ol natural
ness winch the mere polish ol art can never
bestow."
Ulieiiantloali Herald: "All should bear this
lecture, ifussible,us Ills an important one,
Stroudtburq Jtfcnoniani "Tho lecturer
created luerrimeui Irom the beginning to the
end of his lecture. Utile audience udendt-d
with the uxKi-tution of laughing, they were
ml ilisaniMUiiled. If tnev attended with the
i'Xat-lutoi of being instructed, there wus
certainly mailer enough 111 me lecture wneu
pruiieriy uppneu, 10 nil inui expeciauon.
Admission 15'cchts, children 10 cents, and
the proceeds are for the benefit of the Sab
bath school.
VIII Creek lie lim.
Thomas Klblerpald (13 a vislton Saturday
crust week and returned Iwuio on Sunday.
11. u. uunsiinan, 01 rono roco Oreck.lolt
for HroaUllcadsville, Monroe county, on Jlon
day last, where he remained two days, finish
Ing a job of painting;; and from liter ho went
to I Hurt, where he procured another Job.
Two women, who reside near here caught
twenty rabbits this fall.
William Klbler, of Kresgevlllc. Monroo
county, was at this place on Monday, butcher
ing lor nis lather.
John Dlstler has completed his piazza.
Adam Jtlblcr and Henry Haydl, while
out gunning ono day this neck, bagged lou
phedSatlis.
-John 13. muter and Austin Wolfe, ol this
place, left on Wednesday fur Audemled to
commence working, where they procured
J"b at recovering a mine. We wish them
good luck.
A number ofMauch Cfitlnkpapcrs come to
the pottoinco drnWirat Trarbsvllle, only
few or which are call.d fur. Of the Advo
cate fiohe are refused. Jo.
turedhisleflelbow. Dr. N. B. lteber reduced , Jowe'8ri 'n Maue1' cl'uk. '' at "
the fracture and the little fellow is doing
finely,
Threo men Were burned by an explo
sion of fire damp in the Pittslou Coal Com
pany's twin shaft at Pittutou, Tuesday, ami
one of them, named John Hindle, Is uotex
peeled to recoyer,
Quite a number of ministers from abroad
went in ktleudance al tho Preacher' meet
ings nf the M. E. church, in this borough,
ou Monday and Tuulay, uud the meetings
were interesting and well attended.
holidays uroappioachlng,butE. II. Holdup
pears to take the lead lint only ill low priree,
but iu tho Uwuty of desigh and the quality
of his goods. Persons from this Cud Who
may have occasion to visit that borough
should not fail tooall and Inspeet his stock.
Store a fow doors above the Mansion House.
For the weqk ending Dec. fith, the first
week In the new aial year the Leh. Vul.
railroad transported 9?,77 tons of mat over
their rood, bing an increase of 5,1188 tons as
I oorajiared with same week last year-
Wfefelt of Prurer.
The following programme has. been adop
ted by the United States Evangelical Alliance
for the week of prayer, January 1-10, 1680
Suuday, Jan. 4th. Sermon on the fullness
01 Uhritl 3 balvatlon.
Monday, Jan. 5th. Thanksgiving for tho
blessings oflho st year, aud prayer lor
tueir continuance.
Tuesday, Juh. 6th. Confession of slnnd
nuiinidiiou ueiore uoti.
Wednesday, Jan. 7tli. Frflyer for the
rhurth of Christ, its ministers, its growth iu
gracC) and its enlargement! and lor reviv
als 01 religion throughout the country.
Thursday, Jan. 8th. Prayer for Chris
tian education 1 fur the family. aUd iustilu
lions of learning; for Sunday schools and
VUriSMUIl AS40CIUUUUI.
Hi IT Crcol; Item.
Poultry or all Kinds Is very cheap.
Snow Is very tardy In Us appearance.
Our schools are continually filling hp.
The sleigh dealers are wishing Tor soow.
This place at present, li entirely free from
sickness.
Hon. I, n. Zrrn, was atlhlsplaceon San-
day, We were pleased to meet liltn,
Thos. Koons, newly elect sheriff, walat
this place, on Tuesday,on ajhuntlngeicilrllon
Hernial hundred ti ns of Iron oro have bee
tkea away from the Old 1 aury's Forge
this 1 lac, the past two weeks, and taken bv
learn to Welssport, from thence shipped by rail
to Heading. Teainlters get ?a cents per ton
to deliver It at Wclssriort oh car.
The Soil's School, taught by W. E. Kern
erer, averaged 40 pupils the first month. This
school Is said to be largest at present
rrunklifi.
Frederick Hide, an Inmate ofttie Frank
llo Poor House, died on Friday morning
last week. Ho was Interred at tha St. Paul
church of this ploce, on Sunday afternoon
So'clook. Funeral services ware conducted
by ltsv. J. E. Freeman, of the Belurmed
church. Ills remains were followed to their
last and final resting; place by a large cos-
coursaof people. He had attained the ripe
age of 85 years, 7 months and V) days. II r.
1.1. t bt Letier'a'
Ilemaining uncalled for In the Packertbi
lWofliee Tor the week ending Saturday,
Dec. 0,1879: Jacob Correll, (2).
L. McDxiit, P. M,
rlio III; I'.. nlWlNtcrlal Aaaoclullnlf,
Which met iu the M. E, chuJch of I Iris
place, on Monday and Tuesday, was nff oc-
fcasion cf rare Interest arid pnifftlotlioSb that
attended. Kcv". J. F." Cha'plaln, D, D"., jwes
aided, and Kcv. W. ti. McDowell, of Allen
town, acted as Secrebiry.
Tho attendance of ministers rii small,
marly of tho pastors being bilgnjrcd In extra
ncctlngs and unable to be absent from their
charges.
The sermon on Monday evetilHg by Rev.
H. T. Qulgg, waj n, production of grout merit,
doing credit to the head and heart of the
ydung and promising minister.
Tuesday from 0:30 1(1 m wj ocdlipled In
cxerciso of il theological and literary char
acter. Tilt) reviews of Df. Miller on Iho
Atonctne'nl" by Dr. tfiaplaln, t-as very
able) and H10 association unanimously re
quested a copy for publication In Iho Quar
terly Itevicw.
The question, ''Shall we have Lvccum
and Chatrfuqua Literary Exercises In our
charges?" elicited quite a spirited and In
tcrestlng discussion. It was participated In
by Revs. Pickop, Qulgg, Miller, McDowell,
Griffith and Young. The conclusion seemed
to be that while the conversion of souls was
of first Importance, sanctified mental cult
ure was essential to tho highest stylo of
christian character and uscfulhcssi
Rev. TV. L. McDowell atiJ Rev. S. L.
SchalTcr read Interesting essays. The for
mer on the "Cardinal doctrines" and the
latter on the "Modes bf Work particular to
Methndisnf."
Revs. Smoyer and Seyfrit of the Evangel
il fc'iiurclinnd Rev. George A. Hart, o
tho Wyoming conference of tho M.E. church
were introduced.
Tho audiences nt all the sessions were
good, but dominated in a full house on
Tuesday evening. The evening address by1
Mrs. May L. Griffith, ofMauch Chunk, was
beautiful ntid powerful. In an unassuming
and tvomnnly way she aimed direct for the
cart and conscience, and hit the mark) her
address did itiucli goKdi as did also tho ad
dress of Rev. D. M Young, of Catasauqua.
Their thcine waV'Church Work." Tho large
udienco wus held spell bound until after 0
'clock by tho pathetic appeals of Mrs. Grif
fith and by tho quaint practical pungency
of Mr, Yeurig.
The singing du'riflij tho day was led bv
Rey. Griffith at thenrgan ami in the even.
'ngs by the choir, The choif did well as
usual, but thesingiiigortliehymn: Watch
man. what or the nictitT" was nf m'nro than
ordinary excellence. Ort tho whole tho
meeting ol the Association will Ire remem
bered as a pleasant and irnfiUUle episode.
The next meeting will bo at Catasauqua
two months hence.
Win. Klotij son of Joel KlotZ.df East.
Weissport, returned home last week, sick
with consumption, and died on Sunday. His
funeral took placo Tlnlfsda'y. He leaves
wifeatfd three children j ho was about 38
years of age.
A call into tho stoYd ofW. II. Knecht
on Wednesday, wo found.him genialoscver.
Ho reports business generally as slightly
mpruved in nil branches.
It is again rumored that tho Fort Allen
Rolling mill will start up between now and
spring. So mote it be.
We Were shown a sample of oro fronl
the Wind Gap silver mine, but tho presence
r silver therein is very small; there aro
more indications orieadi
Tho prettiest lady of Weissport is
What is she doing?
Our TVcnlhcrl)- Speclnl.
The weather, during the past week, was
delightful a haty atmesph're and genial
warmth akin to the brief btit fascinating sea
son known as "Indian Summer," while we
are having naught but rain and1 mud this
week.
Oar teachers aro having arfttatlonon sick
sptlli. First, Miss Dlskpy then Bliss Dobson
and last Mr, Rowland. Ttiey lire all '"'np and
doing" again, however, and vigorously push
ing their vocation?,
An Interesting and powerful revival Is
now In progress In the M. E. cbdrchi The
meetings began on Monday of week before
last. Itev. Wolfe, the Evangelist, preached
on Monday and Tuesday evenings. On the
Sabbath oflast week Itev. Oolburn, the pas
tor, received Into chuich connection twenty,
five new members Iho first fruits of the re
vival, and on last Satbath1 lime additional,
white there are still twelve or fifteen peni
tents at the altar.
ThoThanksglvlngdlnner In the Reformed
church was well gotten up and fairly patron
ised by our people. A first class Thanksgiv
ing dinner for 25 cents Is a rarity,
Miss Smith, one or our teachers who had
the misfortune a lew weeks ago to lose her
purse containing ten dollars in money, was
very aurccably in'rprls'ed to hare It pidced In
her hands by tha finder Mr. Orlf. Ilachman.
Our train hands aro kept very busy at
the presmt. Working frequently until a late
hour.
We learn that our Presbyterian friends
have resolted to givo the Rev. Mr. Hawson
ol Brooklyn, who preached several excellent
sermons here some weeks ago; a call to the
pastorate of the church; we hope he may
decide to accept.
We are glad to report Jimmy Dunn, who
lias beert dangerously 111, rapidly recovering.
Report of Weatherly schools lor Ioicnibcr:
Primary Miss Nettle Dinkey teacher, en.
rolled VI, average 73, percentage 8-'. Made
lull time 23.
II Primary Miss Nora Smith, tineher, en
rolled ID. average 03, percentage SI. uauo
full time 29.
rsecondary, Miss M auxin Klshbaugb,
teacher, enrolled 70, average 58, pircenluge
81. made lull Ho e 29.
B Secondary, Miss M K. llodfonj teacher.
enrolled et, average 7, percentage aiaue
lull nine h. , ...
lnli.rmiMllntf: Miss Emma T. McCav
tcScher; ehiolled 411. avbrage 38, percentage
80. made full lime 10.
ramuiar; .1. w. iiunicr, teacher, enroneu
so, average ill, percentage 82. Made full
(Imn 1A
High, j'. P. Rowland teacher, enrolled 41,
average a, ucrceuiuKu o. iuuun ,uu
lime v.
naacLAnu.
A Primary .1 no. ailllunn, Oharlle Snyder,
lluab Mcllugh, wm. aluorc, Harry nouns,
liobt. Tali, f rank llisher, Ourtls lluekley,
llerllo Miller. Mich. McDonnell. Tracv
Hose. Flora Ftnkler, Ella Hurtz, lannirf
MtUonomy, Annio Knecht, Sallte Sicfgcr
walt. Katie Keller. Lenft Hcrr. Blanch
Eaille. I'ltucle Twcedle, Annlo lielian, Ella
Schuyley, Husle Uhecsuman. 21.
B Primary llullln HlakcEleei Jttl. I'eatty,
Ulineri uroll, uowaru f reeman, iicorge
Le&dcham. Oeorno Miller: Calvin Stclirer.
wait, llerilo Olcctho, Numa Vcfs.lt Herbert
Sctser, Wllllltm tsllngcr, Uclger Slrccter,
Maggie Derr, llcssle Eadlo, Kinrija Fenster
lnaehcr. Carrla Uamrwere. L.!llio Oarre.
Addle Harrison, Mary McDonnell, I.Ida
Smith, Laura Shiner, Clara Taney, rdslo
Wefti Mary .-mltb, Nora Wanner. 25.
. . .6 -',1-11 lln C.B.I.. V.l.tld t-.n...
. . .Vl Uli'l. J ...IOW UIIJ.,..,, .u.tiKt.
Willie Tlney, Frank Kuehncr, Jno. Cain 1-
ocii, i-ranik iuuiik, .1110. iironir, hiiho
Warg, Oscar. Fllelnger. Wm. Harts, ItoM
McAikC. llov Younu. Frank Clarke. Thos.
t innier, win. oieiier, usn- Anurcas. aiary
Miner IJros., at tho Fort Allen Foundry
are running along full time.
Win. Miner, ol tho Fort Allen Foundry
left on a business trip to New York, Wed
nesday morning.
Since the rain, tho Weissport Planning
Mill Is rapidly filling the accumulated
orders.
Our I'nrryvlllo lltulgct.
tiuy relcrs who lias been nulla slrk ot
scarlet lever has fully recovered under the
SK1111111 treatment 111 our uomaepattiic pliv
sician, Dr. W.T.Christ.
Jacob Tcters exiiects to go to tho city
nf brotherly love during tho coming week.
Mr. P; seems to be doing quite an amount
01 business in 1113 store.
The No. 2 cast house is now under roof
.1I11. Tho accidents that hud ha owned
ai tue lurnaccs are being speedily repaired
Mr. J. Chapman has taken possession
of the bouse of Mrs. Gosser, who moved to
i.a-,t Muueh Chunk.
Mr. Hill from Wcissnort has been em
ployed as night telegraph operator at the L,
a: o. uepoi vice win. v. Williams.
Tho Protracted mectincs in tho M. E.
chinch closed on Sunday night.
Rev. liutz is at present holding a pro-
iracioi meeting at bnyuer 8 cntircu.
The Board of Directors of the E. M. A
Society has also had a meeting lately anil
some important matters buyo been trans-
acteu.
Water is getting plenty again dnd peo
ple are giau lor it. alfonzo.
i lio iron "Triidtl
Vhilo tho aggregate of sales reported In
tho great Iron marts show a falling off as
compared with the previous week, Iho mar
ket continues firm In tone, especially for
standard brands of mill, and producers and
sellers generally have faith in the inline.
dinte future, and are not inclined to iriaki
any concessions whatsoever in order td ef
fect sales. Late advises from across ll;
water report an advance of from two to three
dollars in English Bessemer, the effect of
which will be to stimulate tho market lor
American, ami the feelitiggencrally obtain
at the present li mo that prides of the latter
uro more likely to advance than decline.
The prlfes of anthracite iron last week were
for No. 1 fonndry $3233 cash, No. 2 foun
dry $30i grey forgo $2030. Ex
Towumcnkliiir tlrcvlllett)
The rain we had on Saturday oflcst
wceK made quite an increase to the wait
in the Big Creek.
Tile butcheitrttr season is now in order.
rersdds would do well tas hill their hog how
ueiore ine cholera will make its appearance
Aud do tlte hilllne for them.
Wilson, son eff Amos BeeYj forrrially df
this idtfee; but tlo'w nf Bucks county, was
visiting menus in mis place this week.
An infant child of Aarrfh Been of Beer'
Valley, was interred at the Jerusalem church
at Truchsvi ei Tueidav last.
Will ''Duplex" pliase accept thanks for
past lavoriT
There will be preaching at tha Jerusa
lem onurcu, to-morrow ounuay;.
Prayer meeting, to-morrow morning.
10:00; a, m., and in the evening at 7 o'clock
at upper wg creeic meeung nouse.
Mmcdit.
ldndcnhcrgcr, Emion Schocll. Maud West,
Nora WllliainsjUrc e Keller, Minnie Hartrj
MairglnU.irrelt. Ida lleers, Carrie Oarret,
I) Secondary Hobble Eadle, Eugene Itlncr.
jno.iiciKer iiiuj: j,ici-uoi: unt,. i,uiie, x.v
erltt Rowland. Wllllo Stoecklet. E irncst
Tweedle, Nettle Eadle, Holla Ham, Carrlo
Kammerzcl. Alice Taney, Martha. Tatt,
1. kzih ij siiater. 14.
A Intermediate. Jas.McllBgh. Oscar Fen-
sicrinaener.iiiiorv w esnourn. i.izziPi.roir
T.lzztn rishar Dora RbSenstoek. Alice Hronir,
Yellle lirong. Elld Harts. Wlllo Davis. Noi-
lie Weil, I.tltlra House. Minnie Frcy, Mary
ttlno. cassie siout. Anna iiotn 10.
Oralnmnr.-Waller llnrleman. Lewis Kueh
ner, Henry Fl-her, Harry Illnesiwmil.eade.
ham. Anthony Campbell, Robert lleers,
Irene West, Ll.llo Hampton, Carrie Han.
son 10.
Hlah. John Fatmesj A. J. liidle, John MuS.
reiiiiuilt iliiini; Hover, at-nniu x.v-s, in.oo
Strcetcr, Ctfrrlo Tweedle, Cora Vandyke
S.
Owing to the pressure of work in the Lfc-
blgh valley Mliops, they are now running ex.
tra hours.
Mr. W. II. HeWltt andll. S. Rlnker havti
dissolved partnership Mr DeWltt retiring,
Wo are promised a literary treat from
Mr. Cope oe the 20th and 22nd Inst., In School
Hall. Mr. Cope appears In School Hall un-
ler the auspices ol the order of Knights of
Pythias, and will give among his renderings
Damon and Pythias" In five acts, which Is
very highly pralscu by the press.
An entertainment Is on tho Hoard for
Christmas Eve by tho members of the M. E.
Sabbath School, and It promises to be good.
Our people feel highly honored by tho
handsome vote awarded Weatherly as the
place or holding the Institute or ltsd. We
aro assured that no pains will be spared to
provide ample and excellent accommodations
for all the Bchool-masttrs and school-marmi
of the county. Utukl WAnr.
Obituary.
Mrs. Isabella, wifo of Wm. A. Graver,
formerly bf this borough, died at her home
in Ashley: Luzerne county, at about 1:30
o'clock on Thursday morning last. De;
ceased was well and favorably known to our
people and highly appreciated for her many
christian virtues. Slid had been sickly for
a long time, still her death was to a degree
unsuspected by her friends nt this time, un
til within a few days past. She leaves a
husband and five children to modrn their
loss. The body will arrive in Weissport this
(Friday) evening, and bo conveyed to the
residence br Mr. A. Graver, Sr.) and to-mor
row (Saturday at brio O'clock thb fuhcral
will take place. Tho services will be held
in the Weissport Evangelical church, by
Rev. J. P. Miller) asssste'd by Rev. J. K,
Seyfrit, alter which the body will bode'
poeiled la the cemetery or that borough.
An Oil City dispatch says: The Buffalo
express, which left Pittsburg on Friday eve
ning at 8 o'clock, nn the Allegheny Valley
Railroad, ran into a land slide, two miles
below that place, uud the engine wus turned
t. .1 n ., . 1 lino 1110 river ana eigm ouai cars tvere
Friday, lh. Prayer lot nations, ru era 1.1 t -A. i .v..
au.l.i.iei for peace and religious liberty eaped'w!thttut Injury. The fireman, Ar-
Saturday, Jan. 10th Prayer for Home thur Simpson, of Pittaburg, was crushed in
and Foreign .Missions 1 fur the outpouring the wroek, aud at lust urvounUthe body hd
of the Spir.t upon all Huh, aud the confer- not been extricated. Tho truck was cleared
sion ci me worm. In time to prevent any detention of trains.
Rellgfoittf Noted
Packebtojc M. C. Cacaou. Rev. W.
Pickop, putof. To-morrow (Sundsy), preach
lag at 10:30 a, m. and 7 p. m. Sunday school
2 p. m.t Prayer MeetlDgTharsday evening at
7:15 o'clock,
EVAKOELICALUHUnCIl WxtSSTOET J.
Seyliit Pastor. Qcrmsn preaching at 10
o'clock a. m., In the North Weissport Chapel.
ToacHers meeting at 1:30 p. m. Sunday
School at! p. m. Engllshpreachlngat ? p. m.
LEinaiiTos il. K. Uuoncji. llev, J, P,
Miller, pastor V:30 a, m., I lass Meeting)
10:30 a. iu., Seroion by the pastor, X p. m;,
Sunday school; Op. m.i Prayer and Pralsa
Service i 7 p. m., -ermoh by tha 1 alter.
PaoruiOTto MaiTino ih thEvaoiui
oau tng'.lih preaching to-o.urrow both
mdrnlng and evening by Rev. Oso. O. Hart)
Chi plain uf the Urand Lodge of Oood Temp
lars of thtl Slate. Iict all come and hear itilt)
'tloquant divine. All are Welooulo. Come
I early.
hIATC NUWH.
Gntfeh fost. G. A. It., at PottsHlle: has
dispensed over $30,000 iu charity since or-
ganiznuoui
A vein of c'tlal, ttVelve feet in thickness,
has bee'ri discovered near New L-jkingtuu
I'erry couniyi
We have not tel Heard bf d rase of colds.
coughs, throat or Chest complaint, that has
not yiemeu to "iir. oeuers cougn Dyrup."
One Ann in Reading Have tanned 200,000
sheep, goat and calliulns mis year,
A wild cat nf immense size was killed
near Whisky Run, Delaware county, ou
inursiiuy nigntj 01 last wcea
The Huhtziiigers are in Reading making
f repu ration to apply to Court lor their ds
barge Ubder the insolvent act.
Frunklih Shaubi while riding on tin
bumper ofa car on the Pennsylvania rail
road near Lancaster, Monday, was thrown
on and instantly Kiueu.
Patrick Gillespie, a repairman of the
Reading Railroad Company, waa run over
by a coal train at raio Alto fionuay, unit
Injured so baaiy mat he cannot recover,
On Friday afternoon Mr, John Campbell,
of Noblestown, Allegheny county, was ai
most instantly killed by the accidental dl
charge of a gun, la the hands of a friend.
while out Hunting,
The PotUtowa Ledger says that 403 tons
of Iron were manufactured by the Warwick
iron company ia wee
All the Iron works at Glendon are report
ed to be In excellent condition ana busy wun
a large number 01 orders,
A hat factory that will have a pmducin
capacity of 125 to 150 dozen hats a day wil
oe put in ojierauun iu xveuuiig tins ween.
McCorimck'a Nail Works at West Fat
View, Dauphin cnudty, were lighted un
Saturday night with gas manufactured on
tne premises.
A family in Conerulty township. West
moreluud county, were made violently sick
by partaking ol cider from a barrel. Iho
barrel waa examined And tudud to contain
a dead oopperneau inane,
Asstfclota .1 in) pc of that count V. Judre
Marshall Is Ih tlio Insane Asylum utllarris
burg, receiving treatment for a disordered
Itidi
Thrce'Thousand foiir1 linhdrcd and fifty-
one acres of white pine arid white oak tlm.
ber land in centre county nns ueeu soni mr
$02,000 to Mr. John T. Foivlfc'r; of Foitler
'oH Omce, that county.
The tonl Onrrnlors' nlld Miners' Doflrrl of
Arbitration orlVeetern Pennsylyfililii ll.ivc
declared that arbitration is a failure: This
conclusion has been arrived nt after n num
ber orunsuccessrul attempts to fix prices for
December. The prices for November were
fixed by tho Board nt 3 cents per bushel,
and tho miners held out for the same this
month. There wu d reprefentdllon oT 8,000
miners Ih tho Board, tthd it is thought that
strike is incviiauie.
Jollri Mclvin. while walking on the track
of tha 1'eHlfsylvanla Coal Company's rail
road, near I'llttion. on Baturuay aiternoon,
was struck by d coal train and killed.
General CliailesS.Mcrchuiit.Unlted States
Army, died on Sa'turddy etCoi lisle, Pa. He
wes ono of tho oldest olliccrs In tho United
States army, having been in the service for
upwards 01 sixty-nvo years.
A charter wds uranted ct the State De
partment Monday In the Susqueliarilfo' and
Clcarficl Railroad Coinpanv,extcndinjrfrorn
a Imlnton the lino or the Philadelphia ntid
Erie Railroad, at or near Kcaliue, Clinton
county; via tho valley nf the west branch of
le btisquehaiina river anil ol tho Moslian-
non creek to a cotiileMibn at or near the
mouth of said Creek; with life Lock Haven
1 ml Lleiirflcld Railroad, a distance of about
hilly five miles. The capital slock is f 700,-
000, or 11,000 shares, ut $50 per share.
What every ono says must be true,.' that
Dr. Sellers' Couzh Svruif has no Mual for
roughs and colds. Try it. Price 25c.
The boiler houses nml machinery at three
oil houses; nnti 2,1)00 barrels of Oil with
tanks.elc.; were destroyed utColevillc.twelve
miles irohl lirad lord, oil Monday night cdus-
ug a loss 01 J,uou,
A Potlsvillc school mistress whinrtd a
pupil until lib was black and blue for mak
ing faces. She said sho wit! sorry that she
had lost her temper, and the School Board
concluded that such wus ample reparation.
A freight engine ran into a passenger train
Tuesday morning tit Eddystone, just above
Chester, oil mo Delawaru river brunch ol the
Heading raliroall. Both engines anil a pas
senger car were badly vrrecked, bill lib" jier
soti was injured.
William Works, conductor of a freight
rain on the Philadelphia and Reading rail
'oud, wus found dead on the truck ut Palo
Alto at six o'clock Tue. day night, with both
legs and an arm cutoff. It is supposed that
hu fell in attempting to lump on a passiuc
coal train.
Tho Fchflsvlvania Kioto Granee. Patrons
f Husbandry, metal Blooiilsbu'rg, Columbia
county, Tuesday afternoon, Colo'iiil V. E.
Piollet, of Bradlonl county, presided. Dele
gates were present from more than half of
tho ecu nt lei 111 the Male, and others arrived
Wednesday.
rl c'orresifonderit writes from Milfonl.
Pike county, (hat the whereabouts of Wal
ler Mitchell, a notorious land swindler ol
that place, who has been missing for some
weeks td escape! arrest, nro known. Ho
stales that Mitchell's operations huvo been
extensive enougn to tnuKo him worm yiou,-
000, which he has it! tested 111 (internment
bonds, and that bo has made arrangements
to leave the country, if such should become
necessary in oruer to avoid a conviction
and imprisonment.
All liquor licenses are revoked in Eric
county where 11 can bo shown that tile Hold
er Is unwoitny. The Judge ot the county
Ualbrailh, was elected as u temperance can-
nuaie alter u se;eiu struggle.
Miss Wren, of Tarport, McKcatl county,-
n gin attractive in personal anil mental
charms, trilled with tho infections ofa sa
loonkeeper named Dallitadcc, who sought
satisfaction ni cold poison. Tho' sUctiotl of
a stomach pump saved him.
Mrs. IIulsuv. ol Pottsville. has been ar
rested and put under bail for throwing boil
ing hot coffee over a seven-year old dough
ter, who hod offended her. It was proved at
the hearing that the child has been frequent
ly beaten iu tho irtoStbrutnl mariner by her
mother.
Bv a report sent from Scranton it is learn
ed that tho recent advance in Iho waces of
miners' and laboiers In tho Lackawanna
coal fields has dono these people hut liltlo
good, us immediately um the auvunce in
wages there was us great un advance ujiou
all the articles 111 tho stores.
The Bradford Era reports that salt water
In lamo quantities has been fouild in Hie
southern pail bl Mellenn bounty. Its pres
ence indicates bad territory for tho oil ope
rator, and has condemned thousands bf acres
that were hitherto regarded ns good.
The correspondent of tho Shenondoah
Jicraia claims 10 navo oeen iniormeu u
reliable portica tliat Messrs. Charles Farrls
.t Co., have agents iu New York sending
men to their mines to bo used in mining
coal. There is a scarcity of miners in the
nntbracilo field.
rail and canal to all our markets, while III
nglWttiral irt'er'SU are capable of Jtipp-ft.
lifg it Iffffsly-lhttHlffrrt Jiiphlutlon. TheOp.
portUflitjr II llielrt- If (hey will duly tmi
Met It.
aM f ii-TirH,i"n
i?rri;itii5liN rciiti'iUN noTEHi
Tho Upr Thames is fftfaVh" oyer for thtf
first time In Several years stl J early a datK
injlie season.
AccUUnta rrorrf Egypt state (hill tbe Got
crniiient Is actually boinrletllf WVlfaratloni"
for war tUth Abysslriia.
It Is f-cartnl lllat trV'o rlersVi-il hate breii
arrested wlio rifo sulpcc'led or complicity Id
the recent atlertiptexl JlwUlifatlon uf the'
Czar.
Tho SnnlshCahloetCouncil bis approved
the report of tb Be'lfate Committees on the
bill fdr the abolition cf slavery Iu Cuba.
The Industry Cotton Bpinnlng Company;
owner of large mills at Oldham, Eng.; hal
pine Into llqulditltm id ebusequencK Oflho:
depression in tradti.
Mrssrs. George J. jo'icfcli k Co., export
merchants, No. SS Batinghsll street, E. C.
London, have failed. They ire reported W
have business connections In CatiatU.
The Lower House of tbe Austrian Itt'feU'
strath hat rejected a motion for tbe reduc
tion of the standing army, aud adopted the'
first clause of the Government's bill, fixing,
tho strength of the army on a war footing of
800y000 men.
The Issue of prior lien bonds by the At-'
laullr. flitd Ureal Western Railway organiza
tion trttSteB; il is stated bat been successful
ly couiplcl&I IH Holland. The amount is
sued there and in London,la$12,000,00tl, but
It Is contemplated to Increase the amount by
$2,000,000:
ReV. AHIihr ftegrieivef St. Paui't Church
Brighton, Eng,aud, has jditled the Rufhith
Church on account of the acceptance by tl
majority of tbe English clergy uf the Eras
tlau doings of Lord Pentance't Court, and it
is riinforcd that several members of his end
gregatinn and one of the sisterhoods alUrigh
ton will follow his example.
Tlte' ilealner Angtia; frtjrtl New York tat
Glasgow, stranded in a tunw storm near
Plailea',- a loir, rc'-iky Istdlld of Scotland. In
the Filth of Clyde, df!' tile louth end of the
island 01 Arron. 11 It expected mat tne will
be got bff.
William John Scott Bentinck, fifth Duke
of Portland it dead.
M. Lorils U'lanc. will shortly Irilrtt tire a
motion ill lift! C'lldhfbef of Deputies, In f.vof '
oriJIeilaly iflHItcsty.
Sir William Dot till; the painter and ex.
director of tbe Royal Acadelifyi It dead, In
his seventy-ninth year.
Tho Ex-Empress Eueenie will eo direct
from Spain to Zululand, to pray un the spot
where the 1'rinco imperial met hit aeatn.
The Rev, Arthur Wagner, of St Paui't
church, Brightori; writes to the London it!.
denying the report that he hat joined tbe
cnurcii ui ltomo.
Ijurinc the prevaltincV! of a fccelHl licavy
cyclone in the Bay of Bengal a "strihn wave"
swept over Milkisltkhal Island; drowning
several hundred persons.
Brcnnan'a cdee will be removed to the'
Court of (Jutch's Bench at Dublin.
The inunlclnulltv nf Paris has voted 500.-
000 francs for tlie relief nf the poor.
Eugelflt! I'SSsell through Hendaye, France;
on Monday, on her return from Spain tb'
London.
Lclilgliton I'roduee .Tlarkctl
ConnxcTXD Wkxklt.
Flohr, per sack . .,, iiii.ii... ft 06'
Corn, per bushel .,, ,jn.t; Tt
Oats, H-rbbillel.. mi :; VS
MiitnfUhsp, percwt..iiiiiuiiii 1 VS
Middlings, per cwUiiiii.iiiin 1 so
llrttn, perewt :....:..;; lid
Butter, periwund... in. 11.1 31
Eggs, per dozen 11 is 34
Hum. perK)UQd.,.;ii 10
Hard, pcrpourid... t
Shoulders, Per iibUHd .1 I
1'UiatoeS, per bushel at
Closing prices of Dkiiavxi & TowKsrxK;
Stock, Government and Gold, 411 South
Third Street. Philadelphia, Dec, l?. IR7H.
U B. f's. las 1 10 s but p & itkai
11 n. urrencv a'H 1 0 bid 1.1 ,u
a.f:Vl88l. new 10. t, hid mrd
J.tt. 4W nvtv S bid MS, tittd
11.- 4'anew 10 It M ,. -is-io
rei ntjlvabis u. 1 .-o S bl. (lit i.keo,
riu.. ..' "t'llnaTt It... Uk old . . uki-t-s
L,clllgli VkUev It. II bl H bit i t, ask'-
lasblgb CUal A KaV. Co.,.. It oit I i
11.. ' , e,0l...J.U old 1 IV. tn.t
Noilbern central .It... iitib lt) sti)
lib e It. It. Co it bid It st.
1 ltts..Tlt. .V BotT. U 11. Co. I S bid It , pke-1
t'eulrai TraiiM-o tailoti Co la bid I' asked
Nuiihernl'arjinoco"'. . Ml bid US iked
' Prti'd. bio 57 asked
T-'o-ih rennavlvAnn It. H 8 v bid 81 ati
Ins. Cool Nonh America, 'H bl- U askel
. ei,(1radea:)..ii;i tin bio Jt asked
lIVDfJNTUIAL, MOXi:Sl
Tho outer depot shops in Allegheny tire
building four locomotives for tho Fort
Wuyuo railroad,
Rockland Fumade, in Roeklait totVnshln
lier.-.s county, is soon to comiucnco ciiera
lions.
Tlit; nail works at Tonnwanda, Brntlford
county", havb been leased by R. Bostley k
Co., oI'Milton, and will bo 111 opdralloli by
1110 nrst 01 1110 new year.
Several Weeks ago the tllo'uldeH at the
Crawfonl Foundry, of Allegheny, struck for
higher wages, iney nave becu smcesslul
and aro all at work again.
Al (llo Palo Alio rolllrig hilll rle'lv Bands
are being takeit on every day.
The Bethlehem Company will employ
100 nieu to work their mines at Ilibernia,
N. Ji
Rcvilohis k Mosc'nivo's flirnaee. at the
mouth of Red Bank, Clariou eddhty, vfill
sodll he put in oieration.
The building of the Kittanlng furnace and
reuiruig of the rolling mill at tho same
placo are being rapidly prosecuted.
An advance of $1 per ton has taken place
in tho wages of pudtllers employed by the
Altoona Iron Association: Their wages are
now $5.50.
The rolliifg mill at West Hdinburg; Derka
county, Is; running toils full capacity day
and night, turning out an excellent quality
of iron.
Twenty-five puddling furnaces, five heat
ing furnaces and an eighth-inch guide and
bir mill are working away in tho Etna
mills ut New Castle.
The Johnstown Tribune learnt that the
wages of the hands at the Cumbria iron
works have been increased ten per cent.,
dating from the 1st of Novs
Since the rise id the river the Pittsburg
Slave Company have shipped off U,000 bar
rels and 500,001'Jita ves. They expect to tend
ol several minions yuore,
The old Oliphant furnace, now known at
the Fulrchance Iron Works, at Unlontown,
Fayette county, is undergoing repairs pre
paratory to being put in operation.
The Owners oflho Frcuch Creek Korg'e in
Warwick township, Chester county, have
been cortipelled to refuse orders, having at
many on nana as tney can nn.
The Vesuvius Iron Works, at Sharpsburj
have been purchased by Mr. JohnMoorbeat
a large. Iron merchantofPittaburg.forSHSO.-
000. Tbe mill will be put in opeiation iu a
week'a time, when there will not be an idle
mm in Aiiegneny oounty,
The blast furnace of tha Pottatown Iron
Company will be put in operation by the
fain ;niub
Hands are wanted in tne elate quarries.
There It such a scarcity of labor in Sharon
that many of the works' are running ihort
01 nanas.
The machine shops of Mrodmoll, Miles k
Co., at west Chaster, aro 10 bocu Urged, and
extra lianas win m lanca 011-next week.
Mr. Joseph Arnold, of Uper Augusta,
Northumberland county, wus throw 11 Irom
nis wagon on Baturuay ana almost luttuut
ly killed.
A corresjamdent furnishes the following)
"It it rumoied on good authority that the
Washington Iron orks, locuted about leu
miles from Lock Haven, in Clinton oountv.
Pa-, aro about being leased, aud will go iota
operation. These works have always hud I
the reputation of producing the best oualitv '
of charcoal blooms, suitable for boiler plates,
New Advertisements;
pUBLIC SALE OF
HORSED,
Carriages, Harness, &c.,
The Undersigned will st at public sale: at
his .-.tables, In the 1101101)011 OF PAIIUYi
V1ULE. In the County of Carbon, Stats of
Pennsylvania, on SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 20, 1879,
commencing- at TWO o'clock
noon, iho followlag valuabh
riagcs, eco.,
k Iri the Alter
e Horses, Car:
1 Urey Mare, yeart old.I Rood family b0ff
kind and K'ntte In harness. .
1 DHOWN TltllTTINOHOKSBriintllri
coven years oiu.
1 Black ilorse, 10 years old, kind ttld KHIU
In harness, sult&btfl for a r&mllv.
t goo.1 working Horses, tollable fur Team or
rarin wort, ,
1 1 1)1.1, win be two veari old next Spring.
2 PhmtonM Falling Top lldrifv: 1 Oiin Uai
irv. 1 Uuck.board. 1 tw-hori
u'airoii, 1 one-borte Tftick wiko
I 1'lano-box lelgb: 1 HslkDt BlCinh. 4tetl
li-avy Truck
pni i culler.
ht Stnirlfl Harness and a flntntttr Dfuther
dttlclo tiK riuloerous to mehlloii.
IE It .MS: six muntM' credit. lth appror.
ed paper, on all purchases above, (t.oa.
II1X.UINE SITTDKR,
, Iarryvlll( Cafbou Co, P
Ilec. lS.wl.
KANSAS.
THB WEEKLY CAPltAT, It t, flrltlua
ITewspaper, Hiring latelt and most reliable
Stale newt. Sent .o anf addren.poiug. paid,
Six months ror ad callilL One war fur a M.
Sample copy free. llUHSOK at EWINO,
loraarai 1
The larce Unntry' bl Mr. Phillip Thomas,
on Tutcurun creek, Wyoming county, was
burned doWn latt week, causing a loss of
av,vuv, www wu,i.u wwb u uou.uua - I, i maltar nraurnriKA thuL tli rwi
Of f 8,000. ,,i9 0r ll, vdn do ma bottir themselves
' i , ,i ... i i . i . .
I Governor Hoyt hat appointed Hon. W.
, Sodt, or Prospwt, Butler c-UDty, to terye
I tbe unexpired term of Hon. B. Martbtll at
and eiect a rolling m 1 for the purpo-e of
more f illy prejiaring uth tupe ior iron for
the market. Lock Ilareo it aeoretiblo by
JF tot AllE IH NEED OF
Bootsj Bhocs,
Hats, Caps,
or, Gehts' Furnishing Goods,
GO TO
T.D.CLAtJSSeAgt.,
THB POrULAR
Merchant Taibr,
Bank Street, Lehiglltotli
mioEs vfcirr ijw "oi oabii. nt
pnblle patrouage tollelttd; alflt-U
procured for toldl'ert dtfabted In TT. Blitrvl!
by reasons wl noandsand othareaccl.
All nsloMdala back to da tt olsetutrga.
Pensions Increased. AdSrelj 1U Ittpf,
NTunnAitr & CO..
No. tU Z St, V. W., WMllarfeo, X). O.
titCyla.