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.
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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
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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
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TOP!
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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 !
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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.
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