TheCarbon Advocate LEniUHTON, PA.. 8A.TUKDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1887. RNTEnil) AT TUB I.HlllailTON rOST-OlTICE Alt SECOND CLASS MAtU HAlTT.lt. On Monday next tiik nkwly elkot ed count; officials w 111 bo sworn Into office. They will don the robes of public servants, and tbercatter, until their terms of office expire, tho eyes of tho. public will be fixed Ths Btriko Enli Itself. Under tbe ahoya caption the Philadel phia Time j of Wedncrday, says: "The in evitable end must have been known to the leaders early In tho evening, as tho Issue was practically settled against the striking Knights when tho Heading city Knights refused to join In or approvo tho strike, which action was understood to bo In accord with the views of the highest authority of the organization. Thenceforth It was sim ply an effort on the part of those who so madly precipitated the strike, to rescue themselves as far as possible from their own worse than foolish blunder, and they Broairim's Hew ml Letter, Special to the Oahbon Advocate. Holiday week and the streets and stores crowded. Tho large stores, or I might say IJazaars, for tho term sloro conveys a very Inadequate Idea of tho wonders contained In these) marvellous collections. There are bazaars and plenty of them In New York and Brooklyn, where everything can bo oh talned from tho swaddling clothes that shield tho tiny limbs of new born babes to tho shroud that envelopes grandpa as they carry lilm to his crave: and Indeed after grandpa Is quietly laid to rest, grandma can I i oitenlatlon that boundless wealth com mands, yet she left behind her a memory ' dry as tho withered leaves. The other is ! gently laid to lest with only such Just trlb-1 ute as sorrowing love affords, but leaves behind a memory fragrant with blessings forcvermore. No ruoro beautiful tribute was ever paid to woman than that paid by four little nows-bovs to Mrs. Johu Jacob Astor. As they bore tho body out of the church each of the little fellows, who had been unable to obtain admittance, threw a little bouquet under the feet of the pall bearers. Each of the boys had a little piece of crapa around the sloeye of his ragged coat, and at the coffin passed they leaned New Advertisements, uiwii mem, uim tw.i w.liv fln.iiif nf.ti tin. failure i.f tho strike b"ii'vj coat, anil asttio collln passed uiey leaned 1. accordance to the manner in which they ' J 'Sr own fall by Rcl t,,c SWetcst ldow'.capand the nicest agai;,t tho lron nmnBni crlcd as If their discharge their duties, which we predict ,,, s,.,triHni?Knl(?liU widow's veil there that you ever laid your ,icans wonW reak Tho ioss of Catherine will be unscrupulously particular. correct In every There are quite a number of Ap plicants for tho commissioners' clerkship; among those we have heard mentioned in the announcement that the striking Knights would resume work pending arbitration. In point of fact, tho strike ended Itself be cause there was nothing to arbitiato "The strike w ono of that class of blunders which aro worse than crime. It this connection are Messrs. If. A. Bcltz, I insanity attempted to plunge into enforced D. H. Long and Taul iKagncr, of town; Idleness some fifty or sixty thousand work C. W. Lentz, of Mauch Chunk; Thomas ingmen without the pretence of complaint Arner, Franklin, and Michael Cassldy, of about the character or time of employment, Ncsquelionlng. It Is the general opinion tho wages of labor or the method of pay. with leading Democrats that Mr. Lentz mcnt; and the order was given in mldwin should be elected to this position; but no ter just when worklngmcn, the railway and matter what the result may be, any of tho the nubile had the greatest Interest In the above gentlemen could and would fill the uninterrupted operations of the railway, position honorably and intelligently. Let And upon what pretext was this strike the best man win . ordered? There was no complaint that un- duo exactions were put upon labor; no com- Under tiie newihoii license law plaint that the wages were inadequate; no six or seven hundred dollars will annually complaint of delay or uncertainty in pay find its way into the borough treasury; mcnt; no complaint that the railway cor whilst this is not a vast amount It will, poratlon had raised any issue with Its cm nevertheless, allow of many necessary ana ployes. There was no shadow of wrong Important improvements, one of which Is I against any of the employes of the corpora- the macadamization of Bank street. We Hon who performed their duties and aided have frequently urged council to take some It to fulfill its Imperative obligations as a action on this matter, knowing as wo do, common carrier. All this attempted wrong that the majority of our citizens favor it. There is no better season than during the winter months for a careful consideration of what is good and best for tho present and future of our borough, and for this reason the Advocate commends to the proper authorities tho important question of macadamizing Bank street. Thero Is no necessity for an explanation of the essen tial benefits which will result. Whilst the election of borough officials is yet some weeks off it Is not un timely to discuss the necessities of our town and the merits of men best suited to fulfill and correctly discharge the same. True it is that wo have men capable, intelligent and trustworthy whom tho taxpayers should endeavor to placo in tho responsible offices of the borough. It is upon them that falls tho Important dutv of protecting the inter ests of each and every individual taxpayer, and If called into office by the voice of the people they would reflect credit upon the workings of tho town and upon themselves as citizens. By all means secure the best men for the several offices at the next bor ougn election, we ate crowing, conse quently each year .finds greater questions to be solved by the men In power, and the duty of each citizen Is to help elect the best man or mcu to guard our mutual In terests. agitate and educate are words which symbolize the object of tho order of Knights of Labor ;ln the combined elements of education and agitation rests the future of Knlghthood,whether the laboring masses of this country shall advance intellectually and morally rests alone with them. Edu cation will prove to be tho great healing balm for all tbe festering and cancerous sores which disrupt labor and capital; edu cation will make wise, thoughtful, con servative and judicious thinkers, and care ful thinkers will make honest mechanics, able champions of the tollers rights, and In this latter class of manhood and woman hood rests alone the future of American masses who "eat their bread by the sweat of their brow." The day of deliverance will come when education has obliterated illlteracy,and manhood, independent, cour ageous and determined emerges from the fog of lenoranco Into the light of a clear understanding. against scores of thousands of worklncmen; against the dignity and trustworthiness of the order of the Knights of Labot and against the public generally, was based on the fact that an Eleyator Company, not controlled by the Reading corporation but happening to handle an inconsiderable fraction of the Reading freights, choso to employ a dozen or so of laborers not mem- bers of the order.rates mutually satisfactory to employer and employed. On this utterly senseless pretext, engineers and trainmen refused to move engines and freights, and they were promptly and properly dismissed from the employ of the common carrier, that was bound by the law to deliver all freight committed to Its care, 'Such a strlko could meet with but one answer from the employing corporation that thero was no dispute, to adjust, n issue to arbitrate, and that answer was given, Unless the managers of the Reading lines were perfidious to their high trust, there could be no other answer than that the dismissed men can never be re-employed on tho Hue, and that there can bo no assur ances of the prompt and safe administration of the railroad while its employes are sub ject to such arbitrary and suicidal orders from any organization. The. question as raised by the strikers involved the rights of individual laborers and employers which must ever stand unquestioned In this country while It shall continue as a country of law and order. No organization of any kind can live under our free Institutions. where tho rights of the humblest are as sacred before the law as the rights of the most opulent, while it assumes to deny to any the right to labor where, with whom and at what wages he or she shall choose to accept, and tho right to employ or not to employ at will, has Its warrant in the su premo law of the land. Against such rights the Knights of Labor areaud over will be utterly impotent, and persistence in revolu tionary opposition to them must mean self destruction. The Reading strike Is settled because it settled Itself, but how aro tbe Knights of Labor to answer to the world of labor and to the business that furnishes labor tho best rewards of any country of the earth, for this unmlngled folly? There will surely be stern accountability for such a criminal error, and the demand for accoun'ablllty will not be confined to the employers oi la bor. The worklngmen who have depended upon their labor organization for wise di rection will cease all trust in their leader ship, and consider how costly it is to main tarn an arbitrary power that thus multiplies the perils of labor and brings It Into just public contempt. It will do much to put employers upon guard against any undue control of their business affairs by em ployes, but it will do much more to put labor upon guard against confiding Its in terests to incompetent or inconsiderate authority. It will limit the number and the scope of the walking delegates and abridge tho power of those who assume the eyes on. And In the interval between the cradle and tho crave thero is scarcely a thing that man or woman needs that can not bo obtained In them. Wonderful arc the displays of this holiday time. Enough to drlvo a woman crazy and send a man to a lunatic asylum, What shall we get the children? what mother and father? and grandpa and grandma? and Aunt Susan and Aunt Priscllla and AuntTabctha? and Uncle Joe and Uncle Dick and UncleTom? and Cousin Jano and Cousin Sarah? and, and, and Stop, stop, stop! hold on I hold on 1 or tho bank Is bustcdl What can one do In the midst of this wlldeting maze? Turn whero you will everything Is so beauti ful and so cheap. Women may think they haye a hard time shopping in these bazaars, but their experience is nothing to that en countered by a man who tries to surprise his wife, his family and friends wllh a few nice Christmas presents. i no moaern saleswoman is not only a revelation, but a success. Sho is clyll. she's enticing, she's deluding; she knows your crraud and gauges your purse as soon as you enter tho door. The worst of your position Is that you don't know what you want yourself, but she does and has got just exactly the article to suit you. "Now here Is a vase, sir, Royal Worcester, marked down from $34,G0 to $27,80; dirt cheap thrown away. Why, In tho early part of the season we sold theso Identical vases at $50, net; true, 'pon my word,' and she looks out of her honest eyes right into yours without winking, till you accept every word she says like gospel. You try to tear yourscii away, but sue says with a yoico full of tears. "Walt a minute, I'll see Mr. Brown and try and gel It for less." N. Wolfe and Mrs. John Jacob Astor Is a heavy one to the poor of this city. Where shall wo find two woman who will fill their places? It is not pleasant in tho holidays to hear the cry of hard times, but we do hear It, and hearing it set me to thinking. I was going along the wharves the other day and to my amazement I saw a number of ves sels unloading potatoes. Where is this vessel from? I inquired of one, From Archangel, replied the man I questioned And whero aro you from? I inquired of another. From Sweden: and you? f.-om Holland; and you? from Germany ; and you? from Ireland; and you? from Denmark. Here were flyo largo vessels unloading thousands of barrels of potatoes which they had brought thousands of miles and were selling at a satisfactory profit. Walking about the streets of New York arc thousand, of men idle, while on Long Island and New Jersey, and In fact throughout our country are thousands of acres unvexed by plough or spade; and here aro we importing hun dreds of thousands of dollars worth of po tatoes, and to-day a barrel of potatoes is worth moro Id New York than a barrel of oranges raised thousands of miles away. There Is a screw loose somewhere in the labor market when the United States is importing potatoes from starving Ireland and down-trodden Russia. At the present time we am suffering mild sort of lunacy with musical prodigies. Josef Hoffmann, a miniature musical miracle, has turned tho heads of half the lusceptlble women in town, but as the young gentleman Is only ten years of age and not vet out of his knickerbockers, we are not In Immediate dread of serious con Absolutely Pure. Aula iiuwuci licit, mills. in... . ti ui miriiy. strentrlh and wholcsmnenesj. Mora economical than tho ordinary kinds, mid cannot be sold In competition with the multitude of low test, short weiftnr, aunn or nnosniiuie powoers. hoici only In cans, Royal liakinc l'owder Company, loo Wall Street, N. y. aintit-mtl You can almost see the tears in her eyes; sequences; if he were ten years older there might be some domestic earthquakes. The boy is a wonder. Musicians as a general thing are an exceedingly clannish and jealous set, but the oldest of them take off their hats to Josef. Every concert saloon and minstrel show now has Us musical wonder. The woods are full of 'em. The horse car will have to go. This week the electric railway commences runuing between Jamaica and Brooklyn. The dis tance Is six miles and will be made In about thirty minutes; tho cars at night being brilliantly lighted and heated by electricity. The present estimate of cost is about fifty per cent. less than horses; if this is so, it means larger dividends, and I expect before many months to see horses banished from tho street lailroads of New York. Tho Russian Klrmess, the Masonic Fair, tho marriage of Berry IVall, the king of dudes; the great Republican gathering, the Dog Show, tho Poultry Show, the flight of a hank cashier with $225,000, five prize fights, the reception of Miss Morris, which cost $15,000, and the Patriarch's Ball at Delmonlco'e, all have lent a pleasurable ex citement to the week; and; thanking l'royl dence with grateful heart for all of its blessings, and wishing you all a merry Christmas, BROADBRIM, ACCORDINO TO . NEWSPAPER REPORTS the miners in the Lehigh coal region are becoming greatly dissatisfied. The failure of the Wyoming miners to contribute more generously to the strikers has been the means of breeding much discontent, which has been augmented considerably by the uncertain condition of affairs along the Reading system during the past week. The miners have been out a little less than four months, and thus far they have gained nothing, instead, all the industries in the Lehigh Valley have suffered and the gener al trade has been almost paralyzed. Those who suffer most by such a condition of af fairs are the worklngmen, the majority of despotic control of both capital and labor, hangup my economy whom are working but half time and many not at all. The first of January Is looked to as a time of final settlement a satisfac tory adjustment of the difficulties on that day would certainly bring much rejoicing, not alone to the miners, but the people of the whole yalley. Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Daniel Manning Is dead. lie was a repre sentative oi tne typical man; above re proach, he was respected and honored wherever known. Ills Influence was not confined to one State, but reached far and wide throughout tbe entire Republic, no was closely identified with politics, and the choice of the Democratic convention In 1834 was the outcome of a well-defined pol icy presented by this able and conservative representative of Democracy. While a member of the Cleveland Cabinet he was a valuable ally to the administration, and, in fact, since his resignation from that body he has not Infrequently been consulted on matters of the most vital importance con cerning State and Nation. Ills death leaves a vacuum that cannot well be filled. Though seldom holding office, he was a statesman foremost in this generation, and his ablo counclllngs will be a loss to the whole peo pie. Peace be to his ashes I It will lessen sympathy for Knights of Labor and It will fall heavily upon tho striking miners of tho Lehigh region, for It vlndi cates the operators in their refusal to treat with any but their own employes in their own names and for their own benefit, These are some of the bitter lessons oi the Insane Reading strike and if the Knights of Labor would escape just consuro and just forfeiture of public respect, they will deal heroically with the question and, onco for all, end strikes except when clearly pro- yoked by inadequate wages and failure of all other methods, and efface the ant! American boycott entirely from the list of labor remedies." A happy New Year is the wish of the Advocate to rich and poor, high and low In authority, throughout the breadth and length of this "fair land of liberty." A artisan newspapers will play their respective parts in the campaign of 1BS8, as the interests of party demand, but the rapidly growing Intelligence of our peo ple makes an Independent newspaper an lndtspenslble necessity with them, as It soon will be with all classes. Tbe Carbon Advocate will, during the coming politi cal campaign, which gives promises of be ing the most exciting in the history of Am erican politics, present fairly and truth fully from week to week a fair resume of what transpires In the field of politics, be sides publishing interesting New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Mauch Chunk, Welssport and Packerton letters, as well as correspondence from the various towns and Villages In the county. Tbe subscription price of the Advocate Is only $1.00,whlch makes It the cheapest, largest and best weekly country newspaper in the Lehigh Valley. The bona fide circulation of this journal exceeds that of any other Carbon country newspaper, and we are still grow. Ing. We would be pleased to haye you as a subscriber. TIIE YEAR 1887 WHICH IS JUST AIIOUT closing has been an unusually successful period to the business interests of this borough; It has witnessed tho locating here of two new Industries, the Hersh Heater Works and Durllng A Mitchell's Spring Works, as well as the enlargement of the Lehigh stove foundry. Many new and substantial buildings have been erected and numerous other necessary improvements have been made by our wide-awake and progressive townspeople which have very materially advanced the Intel ests of all. Up to within a week or so ago, tbe Packer- ton car shops furnished steady work to our laboring people, at wages which afforded a fair Hying and allowed the storing away of a "little something" for a rainy day, Wllh tho closing of 1687 the ueoplo of this thriving borough can look with gratification upon tbe successes that have visited us In dlyldnally and collectively, and at tbe samo time propare to launch cut Into the new year of 1888 with the determination that before the new year closes, a first-class water supply will be among the new im provements. Along the Lehigh Valley there is no town better facilitated for man ufacturing purposes than is Lehlghton, and It Is only a question of renewed exertion on the part of our capitalists to place this bor ough foremost amon all the towns in this section of the Valley. Le& each and every one put his or her shoulder to the wheel and push, and future success is assured you try to rush away again, conscious that if you give $27,86 for Dolly's vase, Mamls and Jane will have to go without anything: in vain yon struggle, tha syren has bo witched you, besides you aro only paying half price for It's real genuine Royal Wor cester and everybody knows what Royal Worcester means It's grand cash every time. So vou take tbe prize and pass on But the passage Is as perilous and difficult as the passago of a pilgrim ou his way to the Beautiful City; pllifalls, quagmires and treacherous nets beset your feet at eyery turn; your pockclbook Is exhausted long before your wants are satisfied. The ming ling of colors and magnificent displays aro dazzling, and amid these grand collections It is a proud satisfaction to krow that so many things are of American manufacture, costly silks, carpets, rugs, velvets, laces and bric-a-brac of every kind and character. In one department in a rich collection of Royal Worcester, Gobelin, Dresden and Sevres wares I saw a beautiful lot-of goods' that were entirely new to me; they would comparo favorably in beauty of design and wormanshlp with the finest articles of virtu there; yet, to my astonishment, I learned that they wero manufactured in the city of Brooklyn. Several of the vases, pitchers, and other articles of virtu ran from fifty to one hundred and fifty dollars It seems to me that I never saw such eager crowds befere, and they all haye money. I know a retail store which has under Its roof 1,800 employees and whoso daily receipts In the past week varied from $00,000 to $70,000 per day. In the midst of this pushlug, anxious, eager crowd I paused with brain whirling, conscious that the pocketbook was exhausted and that there were lots of wants still unsatisfied "The prudent man studies economy in the hour of bis prosperity," says some one. Well, what if he did? There was old Skinflint Cluchem, he pinched and screwed and twisted, and denied himself and every. body else, and he died worth a hundred thousand dollars and his son Tom got It after the old man died, and he scattered it to the winds. He wound up by being a capperlnacambllng den in Kansas city, and he was killed there In a drunken brawl and that was the end of old Clutchem's hundred thousand dollars, the man who boasted that he never gave a Christmas present In his life. So I said to myself I'll till after Christmas and then I'll think about it, but all these stockings have to be filled and those that expect something from Santa Claus shall not be disappointed if I can help it, so here goes, and I went it. I might have to bustle around a little to raise Hie where withal), but I did It, for I said to myself, perhaps before another Christmas comes I may be where there will be no stockings to fill; I shall need no stockings there and tbe hoarding that brought no memories but those of sorrow, suffering and grief will naught avail me. In many a house these chlldrens' offerings aro a heavy sacrifice. But is It not worth It after all? Around tnese utmstmas trees which wo now rear at such sacrifice and cost will cling the brightest and most golden memories of the years to come. A special delight was the Christmas tree to the gracious lady whose mortal remains weredeposlted last week In tbe burial ground of Old Trinity. Mrs. John Astor leaves but few behind her in this great city, who at death will be so generously remembered. Blessed with wealth beyond all human de sire, to her honor be It recorded that she never forgot the poor. Called upon by the necessities of her station to perform tho most exacting social duties, she found abundant llino to answer all the calls of charity. Though her liberal hand was never closed, it was at the grand old Chrlstmastlde that she scattered her most abundant bless ings; nor creed, nor nationality, norstatlou, nor even deserving affected her; what she gave as freely as God gives light. The just and the unjust felt the blessing of her cen erous bounty; the criminal under the shad ow of the gillows ate her bountiful thanks giving dinner, with benediction; and the poor little homeless waifs who black boots or sells papers was never forgotten In the joyous holiday time. Every Christmas Eve sho uiado a grand provision for the news boys and boot-blacks Christmas tree, and a bountiful gift for their thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. Hundreds of ior families will miss her In this bitter, frosty time, for no successorcan fully fill her place, now wide the difference between the death of Mrs. Alexander Turuey Stewart and this sainted lady. Both were blessed with mil lions that Individually they could never consume. The one was laid In her last resting place beneath the most splendid mausoleum In all this land, with all the Coal and Coke. Thousands who have perused with delighted interest the pages ot "Watt Stephens, the Geni us of Steam" (1685), "Voltagal, the Genius of Electricity" 0888), and "Petroleum and Natural Has" (1687), will be pleased to know that the Chleaeo. Rock Island & Pacific Hallway win Issue another magulflcent souvenir for the Christ mas and New Year season of 18SS, which sur passes In many respects, anj thins of the kind heretofore published. "Coal and Coke" Is the thlo of the new work, ana the subject has been exhaustively treated. It Is written In a captivat ing colloquial style, embodying a vast amount ( Information In regard to coal strata, their rela tive position In the earth'scrust : where deiwslts occur, their nature aud extent; the different processes of. underground mining; how coal converted into coke, and some ot Its varied and multiple uses. Tho book Is profusely Illustrated Irani original sketches. Although the expense has been very great, the Hock Island has concluded to supply "Coal and Coke" at the nominal rate of ten cents (for iostagf ) per copy. Enclose your ad dress plainly written (also ten cents In stamps) to E. A. Ilolbrook, General Ticket ana rassen ger Agent at Chicago, 111., and a copy of "Coal aud Coke," will be mailed to you, prepaid, to any part of the world. Our Table. Facts, a monthly magazine devoted to mental and spiritual phenomena, Including psychom ctry, clairvoyance, mesmerism, trance, inspira tion, etc, has just come to our table. The sub scription prico Is $1.00 per year, Address Facts Publishing Company, Boston, Mass., post-office box No. 6323. STEADY -EMPLOYMENT. We want good men In every town In this State to taxe oniers ior nursery diock uunug THIS FALL AND WINTER Previous experience not required. We hire ON SALARY And navoursalesmen'sexneutM, Fortermsad uresi. too u. i- van uunn naridry uo-i Nurseries established im DCC31.8T W4' UKNKVA, k field art) tcitrce. tnt th bn wilt I Hlloton ACn..Porl!a.LVitini.wiI1 tce Ifrw, full fnformit'.pr, .ot.l work tohkh thercaa do. utiJ livt hi mt.tl'tt wnl r ' them from $A to t is par !... Soite hfttt ernodOTtrlVilaUr. Ehhernt, juorirufc-1. tnpitel not required. Yon are Urtei fre. Tliowwh ti uo tr fcUolaUlj iur6 01 idux Unit) lorlntu. Ail U cw. Metmw Ml!? Weissport Planing Mil MANUFACTUKGIt OK Window and Door Frames Doors, Shutters, Blinds, Sashes, Mouldings, Brackets AND D1IALEU IN All KiPils of Dressed Lute, Shingles, Pailings, Hemlock Lumber, &c, &c. Very Lowest Prices POWDER HfUSon'SjS I TOP! f PLANING MILL! East Weissport. Carton County Pa. Is the placo to purchase, at he most rcssonao DRESSED LUMBER, ot all kinds, vizi Down Go The Prices ! -AT- MYER BRENNER'S Cleap New York Store, Louoklo's Blook, Lehighton. Only first-class goods handled at prices that are matchless. Men's Suits, $3.00 and Upward. Men s Uverco.it.", (5.00 and Upward. Full Line of Suits At all Prices, in the Latest Styles and Bes Workmanship, for Men Youths and Boys. Scarlet Underwear A Specialty. Dry Goods, Notions, Hosiery, kir ts, Jackets, Woolen Shuts, ets., etc. A Full Line of Groceries! Best Family Flour at $2.20. 160 Test Oil, 12 cts. per Gal, Arrosia coffee, .drbuckles, 26 cts Zugar-ctired Ham, 13 cts per lb Sugar-cured bhoulders,9c. per lb Mauch Chunk Sho:s. A full line of Mauch Chunk shoes at from 25 to 50 cents less than at any other place. Shoes from 50 cents Up Blankets and Comfortables SQUARE DEALING AND ONE PRICE. Goods Delivered. Please Call. H. A. BELTZ, JUSTICE OP THE PEACE, AGENT FOB FIRST-CLASS Fire, Life & Live Stock InsnrancB prices, Doors, Sashes, Blinds, Shutters, Mouldings, Cabinet Ware, &c, &c Before you make your selections of Holiday Goods go to the agle Store and sec the great variety of Fancy liaiiips, Clia in ucr Netils, siecoratetl Ware C1Mps9 Saucers, Ulug'S, Silk Handkerchiefs, Tiineii, Cott on Vowels Albums, arl and llioto, Christ mas-tie ward Cards, Toy ISooks, dictionaries, ISiographies, History, (HALI PRICE) Fancy Box JPaper, also, a full line of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes, cheap as the cheapest. Patronage solicited. No trouble to show goods. ROBT. WALP. BRACKETS MAEE TO ORDER The Machlncy Is all new. and only the best me chanics employed. All articles are guaranteed oi best seasoned material. Orders by mall re ceive prompt nuenuon. lour jiaironagr luvuca, OUR STORE. We have. also. In connection with the nbove business a COMMODIOUS STOltK, where can always do louna one oi me inrgesi unu ueswis sonmenis oi DRY OOOD3 NOTIONS, GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, CARPETS, Oil. CLOTHS QUEENS WARE ODWARE, HARDWARE BOOTS. SHOES, HATS AND OA PS Hay, Straw, Flour and Feed usually to be found In n strictly tlrst-class Country Store. No And In fact any and cverythtn; nlv von at nrlce; far into the shade. Call and see us. and we w convince you of the truthfulness of our assertion, lieuiemueriuo riaco matter what you want, aik font and we can sup- iny you ill prices mat win knock an competition Special attention of Farmers and others ts llfed to the liberal termsolTpred bv the 11ERKS COUNTY MUTUAL LIVE STOCK INSUll- VP V rt Wtl A W tnt, ..-'.11. T 1w .An fn. 4.LJMt Willi ! 1U1 Vt 11 1 VII A. (1IU IMU ttCUk 1UI this County and neighborhood. Real Estate Agency, Real Estate Bought & Sold. Collections Promptly Made. Bank Street, Lehighton, Penna. Dee2t,87-tf PRIVATE SALE! A FARM IN MAHONING VALLEY, THREE an ma iroin i.r.iiiuiiiun, containing Sixty Aores, Ten acres of which Is hickory timber land, the balance Is under a cood state ot cultivation. The Improvements therrou consUt of a (JOOI) DWELLING HOUSE, HANK DARN and other ouiuuiinings. Also, a Large urcnara containing grape vines, and numerous fruit trees. This is u rare oargain. Anaress, CHAM. O. DECK, Dcc31-S7-m3 nazleton, l'a, Administrators' Notice. Estate of Solomon (lommery, late of Mahoning townsnlp, Carbon couuty, l'a,, deceased, tet ters ot aummistratiou upon tne above named ..tnt. Ii.ivI.ii. I.noii frrolt.ii.l ,.. lm iinHali..i.H all persons ludebtedto said estate are requested to make Immediate payment and those having claims or uenianus v present me same wnnout ucmjr ,u ...... ..Aii. uu.upiani. JOHN UOMHKKY. Lehighton, nov. 2fi,lB87-v Administrators. The First National Bank, OF LEHIGHTON, TA. The Annual Election for Seven Directors ot this liank win do hem at tne Hanking House on Way, January lOtii, 1888. between the hours of l and 3 o'clock I". M. W. V. BOWMAN, Cashier. Leblgliton, Dec. 17, 87-td TOEI'ORT OF TIIK CONDITION OF TIIE L FIRST NATIONAL DANK OF LEHIGH TON, l'cnna., at the close of business, Dec. 7th, RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts .-..1113,014 CO Overdraft 300 00 U. 8. llonds to secure circulation 75,ouo 00 Other stocks, bonds aud mortgages 34.C26 03 Due from approved reserve agents. ... 12,878 01 Due from other National Banks 1,081 40 Duo from State Hanks and bankers.. . 1,270 60 Heal estate, furniture and fixtures 8,627 be Current expenses and taxes paid l,4is is Premiums imld e,7sooo Checks and other cash Items ,. 200 40 Hills of other Hanks S.'.W CO Fractional paper currency, nicKeis.and eeiila M 71 Specie 4,008 00 U-jr.il tender notes 4,100 00 Redcmptlou fund with U. S, Treasurer (S per cent, circulation) 3,375 00 Total $270,971 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In 73,000 00 Surplus fund B.1U0 00 unuiviueu proms..., m n National Hank notes outstanding 67,500 co Dividends unpaid 271 U) IiidirldualderKMiueubJecttochcck.... 115,515 83 Certified checks ni oo Cashier', cheeks outstanding Cti OS Due to other National Hanks 6,4wj CI Due to State Hanks and Hankers 399 83 Total 275r sa State or Pennsylvania, !,. County ok Caiiiion, f 03 I, W. Vf. Ron-man, Cashier o; the abovenamed Ik nk, do solemnly swear I hat theabove statement 1$ true to the best of my knowledge and belief, W. W, Bowman, Cashier, Sutiscrlled and sworn to before me this 12th day of December, !87. 1L V. Mobtiiijieb, Sr., N, P, COHBECT ATTEST! R. F. IIOFTOUD, 1 Tiioa. Kkukuku, Directors. J. a. zkbk. I Pee. 17. 7. N. SNYDER & SON, East Weissport, Penna January 1. 1837. m All DruKiitt, 23c, Me., and SI 00. IVrptrtd onlj by 18 8 8. THE TIME PHILADELPHIA. 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