01 Ittl l o (:41,1cgi5tcr.t PUELI9O6n AVERT trItUNESTAT BY IREDELL & bUIPLEY EMIR, $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE No paper discontinued until all arearages are aid, except at the option of the publishers. Our subscribers who do not receive their papers egularly will confer a great favor upon us 1.3 , ending word to this office. • Bubscribers about removing will please send us heir old address as well as the new. TILE PAsstNamt Hm6Av...Y.- 16. H. R. Selllouch, for about a year past Sillier- Intendent of tIM Allentown Passenger Railroad, ban resigned and ban withdrawn from the road. Ile le succeeded by Mr. M. Miium, the original Superintendent of the line. Cunnen TnosTems. The Presbyterian SENT TO THE APYLUNI.---The daughter o 1111 am Reichard, who committed an assaul , pan her father last week, was sent to the State nnntic Asylum on Wednesday. •••oclcty has elected the following gentlemen True• ... P ENNSYLVANIA VERSUS NEW JERSEY.- oes for the coming year : Stephen Gould, J. P. There was quite an exciting time at New Hope, ernes, Alfred J. Breinig, T. Johnson, J. Winslow lucks county, durlng the last few days touching Wood, John Btonp, Lewis Mohr and E. B. Young. ice weights of two fat hogs, one of the Pennsylva nt breed and the other 0f the New Jersey. Bets pre freely made and a goodly sum of money chnged hands. The hogs were killed and weighed on aturday. The Pennsylvania hog, 10 months old,weighed 694 pounds, and the, New Jersey poikr 071 hounds, bringing Penraylvania twenty thrienounds ahead. • NEW ORE MINE. —A valuable iron mine was lately °penal on Thomas Sebadt's land near The veins are said to be very tblek, and rich. The mine bus been leased by the Key stone Mining Company. OBITUARY.-AllgtlStllS Milehsack, an old and esteemed citizen of Bethlehem, died on Tues day at the residence of his ROll-19-IftW, henry D. Bishop. De was for rt long . time sexton In the Moravian church. LEIIIOII CAI:AL.—TIM annual report of the Lehigh Coal nod Navigation Company Was presented to the Legislature on Wedncs lay. Ti.o. tolls received on the Lehigh Canal during 1870 amounted to 8347,132. Toe pioprietors of llngenbuch's Opera Home give notice that women of nnestimiable character will not be admitted into the audience room, nod If found upon the preml3es will be promptlydejected. GEN. KILPATItICK.—This gall ant cavalry leader and eloquent orator will give hie ' Sher tnah's March to the Sea" at the New Opera House on the :MI. lie cornea under the auspices of the Allentown Cornet Band, and we hope he will have a full house. SLATE SIIIPMENTS.—The slate shipments trout Slatlngton and Trelehler'g Station during the week ending December 31, as reported by the Slatlnglon News, were as follows : roofing elate, 1745 squares; school slate, 27 cases; blackboard slate, 15 eases ; mantel slate, 77 cases. To or: lIEATEL).—W e understand the earzi of the Allentown Passenger Railway Company are to be heated with stoves. This Is n move In the right direction and will precut passenger; taking cold by being suddenly transferred from heated cars to cold ones. ACCIDENT.—aeorge Good, of the firm of Good & Bro., got hin hand in the machinery of their platting mill, on Hamilton urea near Sec ond, on Wedue,day, cutting and braising the third finger badly. Dr. Citarles Martin attended hill:clog the (Ingor patio( the bouti came out, but it is expected that the finger will grow on again. SUDDEN DEATII.—Mr. Mill Diehl, one of our oldest eitizens, died very suddenly at hin resi dence In the First Ward on Pitchy morning. Ile retired the night before In apparent health, but was beard moving about In the night and shortly after wan found dead, the remit of a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Diehl formerly carried on the =hoe business near Quainettown. . _ KNIMITS OF Pv'rittAn.--At n meeting of Greenleaf Lodge, Soy 257, K. of P., held on Monday evening last, the follow ieg officers were installed for the ensuing term by 'D. D. G. C. Franklin Smith: Depew Ueberrofh ; W. C., Charles Laudenberger ; V. C., Edwin D. Iteichenbach ; It. S.. Daniel S. Klein ; A. It. S., Martin Smith ; Banker, John Weller; G., Henry Mohr; I. S., 0. S., Willoughby Muse. COMPLIMENTAIM - 11 1 the Stale Senate, on Tuesday, the following complimentary resolution was offered by Mr. Randall, Dem., and ntlopted. nnltnottaly :—RcFoked, That to its retiring Chief Clerk, George %V. Hamersley, after a public ser vice extending over n period of one-third of a cen tury, the Senate returns its thanks for his uniform courtesy and kindness, as well as for the faithful manner In which he performed his (kale., SAD - cALLMITY.—A double death lotpuoned In'the house of Mr. Smurthwalte, in Coatesville, Chester county, on Wednesday of last week. It appears that Mrs. Stuurthwaite was in her usual health, and was preparing dinner for her house hold ou the day lu question. When the dinner was nearly ready she fell and died Instantly, no one being present but her daughter, who rushed up stairs to the room of her grandmother, Mr. Bmurthwalte's mother, quite an aged Woman. Greatly agitated, of course, she hurried to widown stairs, and In descending, fell and struck on the back of her head or neck, receiving such Injuries as to cause her death instantly. MORTuAtty REcOup.—Tite report of Mr. D. K. Trump, Sexton of the. Union, Allentown, Lutheran and Reformed Cemeteries shown the number of burials In 1570 to have been 273. I Tweuty-eight of these person:: were h.,s than a day old, and the average ace of the remainder was about twenty-one and n half years. It Is a little singular that the number of death. In February was larger than for any other month in the year. In that month there were thirty-four Interment s, and In May there were thirty-two. The nmalleet number was In December—eleven. Eleven of the persons who died during the year were over 80 yearn old, viz: Daniel Zaebarhis, h 7 ; Mr. Welt belbatim, 84 ; Leonard Nagle, 81; Samuel Milz; SO; Mrs. Omer, 87; Mrs. Tranneau, 87; Mrs. Mary Moyer, SO; Mrn. Anna Hauck, ; Mrn.' Knipe, 81 ; Mrs. Zacharins, 63 ; rs. Ste tiler, SO. Andrew Yingling sold one. tbree•story brick house and lot of ground, 20 feet front by 130 feet deep, situated on the southeast corner of Eighth and Chew streets, to Stephen Nagle for 56,000. Stephen Nagle sold a house and lot of ground, IS feet trout by 110 deep, situated on Fifth street between Chew and Gordon, and a vacant lot of ground on Sixth street between Gordon and lib erty, 20 fcc:t front by 110 feet deep, to Andrew Yingling for $3,255. TuNsgt,lNti TILE DELA W ARE. —Tile Henry Got:tinning cold a. lot of ground, 25 feet Within Press rays Now that the Mont Cods I front by 115 feet deep, on Eighth street between Tunnel has been proved a success, and the lloosac Liberty and Allen, to Edwin Kincade for $250. Tunnel is rapidly approaching completion, the John Weber sold a tract Of land, 162 feet by 114 project for tunneling the Delaware INtwben this • feet 0 inches, In Upper Saueon township, to Mrs: city and Camden should be revived. The Midge Eliza Sterner far $375 • between the two cities Will never, in till proba blllty, be built. The opposition to it from our-i i merchants and others doing business along the Delaware, as well as property-owners in the sub urban sections of the city, Is too great to even al low It to Interrupt the navigation of the river and to build up Caniden at the expense of our own city. The tunnel will cost 115 no more than thno bildg i e, and will servo the sane cod. Surely, when competent engineers assert that the English Channel cau be tunnelled, there should be no _—___Aoubt of the success of this scheme " - • iIItAVY DAMAPEP.--The suit brought against they were the strongest Christians who were the the Thomas Iron Company by a .Mrs. More of most conscious of their weakuese find their need Philadelphia for the death of her husband iof streegth from the All powerful One. Mr. places the damages at f•l00,000. The case Wood deprecated atnylndorsement by the Church will excite unusual interest, both from the of any form of public amusement, and laid 'down nature of the case mai from the vounsel outage as a general principle that the ,Pystematic follow- In It. The plaintiff willife represented by Col. ing of any organized amusement was sinful and William 11. Mane . of Philadelphia and R. E. , had an Injurious tendency. In themselves, nine Wright and Edward Harvey of this city, and the out of ten forms of dancing were harmless and Thomas Iron Company has engaged as counsel I innocent, hut when dances were held at stated John 11. Oliver and Runk A.: Baldwin of this city. places nu regular evenings, open to ail who could The accident which caused the death of Mr. More Pas the prescribed fee, they became injurious and occurred In the summer of ISGO while Mr. More I demoralizing in their effect and character. The was looking over the works of the Thomas Iron reciting of prose or poetry upon a singe or plat- Company at Hokentlaugna. The President of the i forms was Innocent enough in itself, hut when that Company, Mr. Samuel Thomas, was showing a I was done at stated intervals for stated fees Its party of visitors about the woths, and Mr. •More l character and effect were entirely changed. Ills separated Ithimelf from the party and In the course idea In regard to llMUHlllellth suns that Gail meant - of Ills moving around was hit mid fatally Injure ~ -t o have them spontaneous, and that the Almighty ,).i by a piece of timber thrown from an open window. never meant root they should be systematized and organized. Ile alluded to efforts which had been made to take the Drama under the patronage of the Church, for the purpose of Improving ° and elevating the former, and said that the only result of this course bad been. to weaken the spiritual power and destroy the religious influence of the clergymen and churches who bad undertaken this work. The only safe rule for Individual Christians to follow In connection with this matter was to do that which would• be for the glory of the Master whom they profess to serve. Individual Christians must decide for themselves what course they will (she, but if they choose to Indorse the Drama or ally other organized form of amusement the 1 Church must not be held responsible for their po anion and course. The Church can have nothing to do with these things, for the Church must fol low''God, nil is only safe whet: Ms near to Illm. Mr. Wood's remarks were Made with earnestness and with kindness and liberality, nod were prompted, undoubtedly, by the feet that a consid erable number of young people are about connect leg thervelceo with the Presbyterian church. Tnr WEATHER. —With the exception of the absence of snow there is no occasion to question the rescue of winter. There is a little I,llCny in some parts of this county, but scarcely enough for sleighing. Boston had n "sleighing carnival" of three or four days du ring lost week, but it mild day or two spoiled the fun. A pecnilar feature of the FenfiOn is the scarcity of Water, which scents to he felt in most parts of the country. Onr ronnty friends tell us that the streams and wells are very low, and in some eases they are troubled to get water for their families and stock. In New England the streams are very low, and- we notice by our Eastern exchanges that many of the mills and factories are either stopping altogether, or running on partial time, on account of the scarcity of water. It In very seldom that whiter closes lu without a replenishing of the springs and streams, anti auk'ss there are very heavy rains between this 11 ir __and seed time the earth will ho Inn poor condition Ititptand the drying effects of the sntnrner's Rem:Ert ACQUITTED.—The trial of Renner for the murder of Schaaf, the indictment charging him with manslaughter, was concluded Wednes dty evening. Thu jury acquitted him. NEW ESTAIILTIMMENT.—Messrs. Nonne kacher & Smith have opened a first-class tobacco atil cigar store In the building formerly occupied Ville Misses Stopp, on Hamilton street above &VeitlL AVONAL.—llerman M. Fetter nod Adam Wooltrer, members of the House of Representa tives Ann Lehigh county, have their Harrisburg resitle4: for the session, the former ratite United States IL lel and the latter at the Bolton House. No So.—We copied some time ago from the Beilehem Times an account of an accl lent nil- Kreidersville, which was said to have nulled fatally. The statement was that a by named Iliestand was hit with a stone hyl boy named Becker on the way home frog school and so injured that he died. ThelliestaAboy was temporarily stunncd,but received norther injuries and Was soon as well as ever. Throwing stones, however, in this way is alangerous business, and these boys at least sill not be likely to indulge in it again. IiEPOILT of col transported over the Lehigh Valley Railroad lr three days ending Dee. 31, 1470, compared WI. same time last year: For Week For Year. Total Wyoming 10,062 03 45,039 19 Hazleton °6,687 06 150,133 17 Upper Lehigh. ..... . 65 12 269 19 Beaver Meadtiv 0,767 02 40,415 10 Mahanoy 5,174 17 37,220 17 Mauch Chunk ;;. .... 147 11 750 05 Total by Rail k _53.519 .11 294.494 07 Same time 1869...........12 219,870 04 lllLrea, De( fUl4l FURNACE BUILDINO.—Tti IC Mcnose, father of Samuel Mellon of this ell' built the nest sue eeftf rid anthracite furnace at t laftatiqua, under the direction of David Thomas. Samuel Meliose assisted in hi , constractionoind s.. ee then he has carried on the business himself a.! has probably built more furnaces than any oth • than lit the D ts , „ Fs wri Col. m I°' United Staten. foci built the fb -tacks of the " Allentown Lou Company, three the Lehinh laud's regiment from Philadelphia was en. Valley Iron Works, four at the Thulas, two at ; camping at. Whitehall last summer one of the the Roberto, the stone work of the i.ehbi Furnace, ; members of the regiment was killed at Holten. four stacks of the Catnbria Iron Work Johns- I dauqua. lie had been looking through the town, the Swedes Furnace below Norriewn, the Thomas Iron Company': Works, and while Boonton, N. J., and Leesport furoneeft, NO one on walking along, outside the buildings was hit by the Juices River about four miles below Rkl.mou,l. a piece of scantling thrown front an upper 111 r; Mellow also received the contract for build- story of one of the buildings by a workman. lag the furnaces of 'Seifert, MeNfanns st'it 5., at We understand that the widow of the man Reading, but having too much other work on Land tintskilled has stied the- Thomas Iron Cont et the time he I I . IIIIE. (erred the contract to matter I pane for $ll,OOO damages. - party. I PROPERTY SALES.—The- residence of the —• _ _ •__ Tot Ino:s luLtnicra.—The Iron Trade ;s i l a t e Tilghman 11. Moyer has been sold to dull, the demand being eery light and prices mi. ! Alfred J. Saeger for $lO,OOO. ing ruinously low. No. 1 Iron sells In New York William F. Yeager has sold two vacant lots at 525 per ton, which Is equal to 622&23 St the nn Sixt h street to Stephen Nagle for $0,085. .furnaces. When labor, coal, etc., were at about ,I ~L i . e adm i n istrators of the estate of Nathan half the present prices, iron sold for $lB per ton , ~, c 1 imoyer linee. land in Louver Macungie to sold the following property : and the profit derived was very small Indeed.- It twenty acres ed i is plain to be seen, then, that the furnaces are 1 running merely to avoid the loss of blowing out James Schmoyer at $220 per acre ; twelve and scattering their laboring Men, and In the hope acres in Salisbury to Daniel Eberhard at $lO3 of better times in the future.. At this thou last 1 per acre ; a tavern stand in Emaus to Jeremiah year the quantity of Iron piled up at the works I Schmoyer for $1',175 ; a house anti lot in was immense, tut us there Is little prospect of a I Einaus to Eliza Seltmoyer for $l,OOO. An rise in price it does not pay to hold It now, and ore bed containing over twenty-five acres was ' the shipments are 11 , 11arge as usual for this season of the year. Merchant bar sells at such prices as ' will Afford no profit to the manufacturer. An additional tariff of five dollars a ton would stimu \late thiS branch and also create a good demand for pig iron. There is not much expectation of (JLAining this relief, and the principal present hope of our iron men Is that at the close of the FranemPrussian war the demand for Iron in France and Germany may be sufficient to take all , the iron Engiaml can supply, and leave the Amer ! lean market to American manufacturers. A LA1101: 131.0W/NO ENOINE.--The Wester. man Iron Cioiliany has recently put up at Its fur naces in Shansi the largest blowing engine west of the Alleglany Mountain.. It Is wont is known as a duplex, Cr -Inutile, horizontal engine, a n d may be,deseribut as consisting of two distinct and separate engines •.3 the same bed, each with its I own steam and Vowing cylinder, and the steam PROPHIITY SALES.—Josiah Cinder sold three cylinder of each . •innected with and driving a frame Lorries, 43 feet front by 120 feet deep, sit- , mammoth fit -whec --ommon to both, and revolv tutted ou Chew street between Sixth and Seventh,lng be cylluders. The fly to 11. Ilunsicker & Co. for $l5OO. tween the twe ' ow i ng wfwel is about twentrour feet and eight Inches Sales reported by Wittman & Leisenrlng, in diameter, find week.- • about thirty-five tons. It Charles W. Ran sold a lot of ground, 25 feet was cast In ten , Vgnie , ' , and then bolted together front by 132 feet deep, sltuatial on - the southwest on the shaft and claMl , -.I together - on the rim by corner of Tenth and Spring Garden streets, to bands of wrought iron E.' ink on. It is the only Charles ITemberger for $5OO. engine pf the kind know• to be in existence, and Moses Wiand, executor of the estate of Dr. J. it Is thought by com Pete r, •on men who have tx- FL deceased, sold a lot of ground situate endued its workings to be m most effective so on the west side of Front street, In the Sixth Ward, I gine which has yet been ball- iw blowing furnaces. 25 feet front by 130 feet deep, to llorneman Lt: j Feg2.l3: for $6OO. Wm. F. Yeager sot I a hott , ,e and lot on the west side of Fifth street between Gordon and Cliew, 18 feet front by 110 feet deep, to Stephen Nagle for • t 2,500. AmUNEMENTS.—At the service held le the esbyterian Lecture Room Friday evening prepar atory to the celebration of the Lord's Supper . Sun day,Rev. Mr. Wood made some Tel - aerial In regard to public amusements. Hie remarks were based upob the Tenth Chapter of First Corinthians, and he alluded to the peculiar adaptation of Paul's advice to the settlement of doubtful questions which come up In the Christian life and expert• mice. " Let him that thinketh he staudeth take heed leg lie III" was as Important and practical advice now as w it is Epistle was written, and WN; WEDNESDA_ AN EXCNLI,F.NT REASON lynx T. C. Kerna -1110, of the old Allentown China, Glassware and Lamp Store, can sell cheaper than others, Is that he buys and sells exclusively for Cash, thus gait ng all the advantage of cash payments and losing nothing by credit sales. MAsorac.--Comp. 'Michael Nisbet, Most Excellent Grand High Priest of Pennsylvania, has appointed Edwin G. Martin, M. D., of Allentown, Deputy Grand High Priest for the DF4trict composed of the counties of Carbon, Northampton and Lehigh for the ensu!ng year. PRESBYTERIAN MEMORIAL FUND. - The Presbyterian Church 11R9 undertaken to raise five millions of dollars as a Memorial Fund to mark the reunion of the Old and New School Branches of the Church, and it is announced that three millions of dollars have already been secured. G. A. R.--At an election of Yeager Post No. 13, G. A. It., held last week, the following were elected oflleers for the ensuing term : P. C., M. Ault ; S. V. C., 11. C. Ilunsharger ; J. V. C., W. J. Weiss; Q., E. F. Wilt; AdJt., .1. Barber; Surgeon, Dr. A. J. Laubach ; Chaplain, J. A. Ar nold; 0. D., F. Fatzlnger ; 0. 0., W. F. Baker; Q. S., It. S. Lelsenrlng ; S. M., G. Helder. MI LUTA IVY Cumtx.—The military drama of •"The Color Guard," written by Cola A. R. Calhoun of Philadelphia, will be presented at the NeW Opera house on the 14th, 15th, 10th, 17th and 18th of February under the'attspices of the Excelsior Rifles. This drama is highly spoken of, and it will be brought out in fine style. PREIiENTATION.—Some of the members of the German Lutheran congregation presented a silver pitcher, goblets and salver to 'Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Mennlg as a New Year gift. Mr. Mennig also received a pair of gold bowed spectacles, and a silver " Private Communion Set," to be used in administering the Sacra ment to the sick. UNION LOAN ASSOCIATION.—LOntri were sold by the Union Erma and Building . Asso ciation on Monday evening at $7O, 72 and 73. The following officers have been elected for the coming year : President, 'A. 11. Wind ; Vice President, A. E. Mosser ; Treasurer, J. E. Balliet ; Directors, John Bowen, L. M. Engelman, M. L. ilar!zel, Levi Butz, Leon Schmoy Cr. ENLARGED AND IMPROVED.—The herald and Free Press, the organ of the Montgomery county Republicans, has lately been greatly en larged, making it the largest paper in the State no, well as one of the best. The little penny Daily has also increased in proportions by the addition of a column to each page and It presents a par ticularly handsome appearance. The citizens of Norristown and Montgomery county appreciate a good newspaper and know how to support clue., 44,619 0.3 BIM offered inr sale nt the same time the other lots were sip ,on Saturday , last, but it was not disposed el" although the bids went as high as $390 p. acre. A Goon Busisitss.,-Di x . J . L au b ac h „ k this city Is doing a large and . distant ly lucre„,- lug business in the matmfaciut. an d tale of the proprietary medicines %Odell he .ens. It Is only about a year and a half sine^ la,,, w . nence d t h is business, and he is already the liv,st shipper by express from this city. His sale* Lm made both lk i by ea vuassing agents and by orde i.„ Tit d rugg i s ts received in this city, and they I]a c ,ow heroine very large, considering the timis l vf,itt t the bust- TIM Ditormer.—There is a great complaint tressre- order ord has been established. A sliy,in regard to the scarcity of seater in many parts of calved recently from Connecticut f0r , , , .t. . E c l ect i c our county, and farmers and others are seriously Liniment called for a toe ant a quartet. we i g h t, in convenienced by the lowness of the wells, which was the largest single shipment.,Li , xnt .. ‘ „, s springs and streams. We understand that mining ever made from this city. The 1arg0 ; ,,,,, w i th operations nt Ironton hove been consideroisly ins which the Liniment and Tome are tneetlV , 5 „111. terfered with by the scarcity of water, and,unless cleat proof of the merit of the articles, ti . the I the springs and streams ale soon replenished the r e many friends of Dr. Laubach will certainl*,, , d „ will he serious restriction of, business operations at the business success With whiell'he is mkt , g , I and all other mutters dependent: on the use of Ile now employs ten traveling agents, and ,iii water. The drought is even more severe in New probably be compelled by the increasing del. A England than here, and In some of the largest for his articles to niaterially ealarge Ills I - I manufacturing towns there there has been almost dillies both for their menufactare and fa- their iv. it atotal suspension of work from the absence of trod suction. We are glad to see enterprise nee ,'voter for driving the machinery. It Is a long energy succeed and reap material tetra-de, and thie since there has been so extensive and serious we rejoice over every indication that the soilless , a nrought, and unless relief comes soon In the of our city is increasing. v !lie of heavy rains there will be almost a total snsmision of all manufacturin:: and industrial tpentions which depend upon the urn of water. nual meeting of the Lehigh County Bible Sodety wns held in the German Reformed Lecture 1% am on 'Thursday evening. The opening devotineel Swine , is , pastor of the Linden Street Methodist exercises were conducted by Rev. Mr. Strasshtr- F.pisco;,l church, preached n sermon Sunday gee. The following persons made payment for in whichhp discussed the attitude of the Church yearly membership: C. l'retz, Mrs. Preti, Rei. and of rhlSlAlans upon worldly !natters. The N. S. Strassburger, M.D. Eberhard, Dr. J. Romig, leading of the discourse are covered In the wife and two daughters, Elizabeth Berman, Louisa ( 0 110104; Atract a The stricter habits of our Bahl, J. S. I'. Foust, Maria Schmidt, Rev. J. Yea. fathers are tieing everywhere relaxed, and the ger, Charles Gorman, Iletty Fensternutcher, Mary I right practio,Of the Puritans am being supplanted Aun Goraullo, Mary Ann Kemmerer; Rebecca It y the innovulkns of "Free Religion." It Into Guth, Franz I'. Jobst, B. F. Trexler, henry Wein- b: lamented tAll. the sinister designs of the Evil shrimer and F. B. Ilarlacher. Mrs. Hannah I Ore, clothed ir+luctive guise, arc leading many Goranflo paid . 30 for the life membership of IMr ; astray from GoiATo be fore-warned Is lobe fore daughter, Mrs. Hannah Bowen, in the Pennaylra- union,. There zaalhe no treaty of peace with sin. nia Bible Society. • i The distiuction buSteen true and false religion, a LVIIIOII COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY.-Th an The report of the Treasurer, 17. 11. liarlacher, showed the total receipt% of the year to be 5207.93. Of this sum £116.67 was in the treasury at the be ginning of the year, $13.01 was received from the Presb3 (Man church, £16.63 from the Presbyterian Beacvolcnt • Society, $7 from Grace Episcopal church, and the remainder from individual done Onus and meMberships. The expenditures were 6122.75, including a donation of 690't0 the Penn sylvania Bible Society and $3O paid to that Society for M re. Gorauflo. The report was accepted, anti C. Pretz and M. D. F,borhard were appointed an ditors. • The following offieers were elected for the ensu ing year: President, lice. J. Yaeger; Secretary, B. F. Trexler ; Treasurer, E. B. HA:licher ; Man- ager 3, Christian Vretz, J. C. Anewalt, Rev. J.ll Fells. Rev. N. R. Strahsburger, Dr. John Romig, lloxworth, Rev. *W. R. Grles, Beojamtu Stealer, Tobias Kessler, M. D. Eberhard, Joseph Toting, James Roeder and Peter Weida. The So ciety voted that tho managers should hereafter meet on the first Monday evenings In February, May, August and November, and that a donation of 800 be made to the Pennsylvania Bible Society to constitute Mrs. Hannah GOlllllllO 11114 S. Young Life Members. The Bibles bought of the Pennsylvania Bible S ociety dean::: 1870 amounted to $210.85, as follows : 175 English Bibles, 100 German Bibles, 5 Welsh Bibles, 440 English Testaments and 150 German Testaments. Tnn best of Italian violin strings, violins, guitars, flutes, etc., or any other article belonging to musical Instruments, can he bought cheaper than anywhere else, nt C. F. Herrmann's Music Store, Allentown, Pa.—Adv. ACHNOWLEDONENTI3.—Wd arc indebted to Gov. Geary for pamphlet copies of his recent tiles sage, to Surveyor General Campbell for bits annual report, and to Mr. Wickersham for his annual re port upon the Pennsylyanht schools. COMMUNION Bsm•tcts.—Communion Ser. vice was celebrated at the Presbyterian church Monday evening. Seven persons were admitted to membership on profession, and one was received by letter. THE T. 11. Moyer Monument Committee will meet In the First National Bank on Thursday evening next nt 7 o'clock, to receive reports to se lect n design for the monument. W. B. Ltivrun, Secretary. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.—The list or physicians and surgeons who have paid a special tax as Physicians and Surgeons In the Sixth Dis trict of Pennsylvania for the year ending April 30, 1871, In the particular school of medicine to zilch each belongs, Is as follows :—Allopathic, 110; homeopathic, 12; miscellaneous, 10; eclec tic, 3; Thompsonlan, 1. Whole number, 148. SNOIV.-It snowed fiercely all day Sunday, but the weather was too cold to allow a genuine snow storm, and the result of the day's storm was Just enough snow to tantalize those people who have been looking anxiously for sleigh ing. There were a few bells to be heard on the St. Monday morning, but there was no merriment In their slow nod feeble Jingle, and those who tinier an Interest In sleighing must " wait a little longer." CHURCH PRESENTB:-011 Saturday last, St. Peter's German Lutheran congregation, in the First Ward, Presented their pastor, Rev. S. IC! Brobst, with a fine and elegant clerical goWn, which will hereafter be worn to all the regular services or the church, as Is customary In all the Lutheran churches In Germany and also In many in this, country. Monday the Sunday school of the same church presented their beloved Superin tendent, Mr. Charles F. Richter, who has served them so faithfully for many years, with a large and beautifully bound Bible. Both presents aro much appreciated. ".A 1.1. RIGHT."—About four o'clock Sunday morning, as Officer 11cCI9fIcey was mak ing his rounds, his attention was drawn to a store on nonillion, street, which was in utter darkness. It,, immediately examined the door, and finding, It unlocked, wentln. A young lady Immediately appeared, and said It was "all right," as she belonged to the establishment. The Officer doubted her assertion it little, and thought it best to satisfy himself whether or not ail WAS right. On further exami nation he found a young man there, and he held the pair under arrest until the proprietor of the store could be called. The proprietor soon made his appearance, and thanked the Officer for his promptness in the affair. HANOVER Ltielint,—The regular meeting of the Lyceum was held Friday night last at East- Port. The election of officera and the usual pre- liminnrieswere followed•by a declamation by Wm. K. Desch, "Hiawatha's Wooing." The excel lence of thy selection, together with the good de livery, deterred the appreciation which It received from the Lyceum. Debate followed on the ques tion, " Resolved, That the sews should be co educated." The participants In the .tfilrmative were Messrs. Rupp and Pail. and on the negative Messrs. Kent; Datesman and Delocg,. Numerous and weighty arguments were produced by both sides, a ftei . which the judges of the debate decided In favor of time affirmative. Al the next meeting, which will be held on the 13th at Shoencrsville, the question " Resolved, That Free Trade should ! be tolerated in the United States" will be again discussed RULES FOR WINTER.—Never go to bed with cold or dump feet. In going to a colder air keep the mouth resolutely closed, that by compelling thcair to pass circuitously through the nose it may become warmed before it reaches the lungs, and thus prevent those shocks of sudden chills which frequently end in pleurisy, pneumonia, and other serious forms of disease. Never bleep with the head In the digit of an open window. Let more covering be on the lower limbs than on the body. Have an extra covering within easy reach in cave of a sudden and great change of weather during the night. Never stand still a moment out of doors; especially at street corners. after having walked even a short distance. Nev*risie nearan open window of a vehicle for a single ball minute, especially If it has been preceded by a walk; val uable lives have thus beets lost, or good health permanently destroyed. Never put on a new boot In the beginning of a walk. A GENF:nous CONIPANY.—The Thomas Iron Company at liokendanqua has been very generous to the Presbyterian Society at that place. The land for the church site was given by the com pany, and the company has besides given several thousand dollars toward the erection of the very pretty church edifice In which Rev. Mr. Little preaches. The Society Is now ftee of debt, or rather subicriptlonf have been made which cover the entire indebtedness. A few weeks ago the debt stood at 05,500, 81,200 of Which was due to the Thomas emmany. The company proposed to the Society to cancel the obligations for the 81,300 if the members of the Society would provide for the rant. The remainder of the debt was then di vided up late fifty dollar shares, and theft,: shares have now been till taken. It is not often that cor porate eompanles take so much interest In religi ous Societies and do ho touch to give them pecuni ary aid. AND TIIE WORLD.—Itev. Mr religious and n worNly life, was more obvious In the thee of Christ \llan tow. It Is sometimes difficult lu tin tdinarlan times to determine Just when ive t: 2 boundary line. the church assigns to tLr King , om of God, and cuter the Kingdom of I),io;tne , s. The church is in great part to blame for the 1 , ,se views entertained of the tlemaudi of a pings ..fe. We need but to al.: ludo to many of the Church Fairs and Sabbath School Entettaiumente held under her direct sanc tion. When the christian puts on the profession of a comic character hcputt off the robe of right ; cousness. Tht millenhun not nigh at hand, because theguilbetween the cqurch and the world 16 not always cote obvious. are not to allow our prejudices to hum our Ichta of worldliness. There inay be woi dithers lu the 161 - nestle govern mem, Iu politic!, I, trade, and is.llte conduct of ecle,lastleal ntruira as . wall as .'ldresa and In amusements. we ,ra to be start ate from all worldlinens. The 1Y( les fitaudart'.9n6lltutlons, customs, practices an(prinelpleg artti?be ojected by the church. Clii,'.odern dntmr.hp.e. ulways .tlan people tuld keep aloof from them. The been conducted In thelt „ rest of workfitess, and In ninny Instances liabbe'l the direct Ater or llcentlounnets. Chrlstlith, c ople have tAlght to encourage It, and It 'l4 the conm#atlon of the church. The sermt. , losed with at. meat appeal to the members of church tort.er true obedience to the rules.ot th „b„ rc h , s expressly forbid Pitch divers r,• t. PRLIIIINTATION AND BANQOUT.—Tillindlly night was ono which will long be remembered among tire Monocle fraternity ns one of the. post Interesting and pleasing episodes that ever trent pired In Enston. Lodges Non. 152 and 396, A. Y. M., of this place, presented D. D. O. M., denies Madison Porter, with a handsome gold watch and chain. The watch Is a first-class Howard, ad justed to heat nod cold and position ; the chain, long, and worn around the neck. On the case In side is the following Inscription " Presented to Janice Madison Porter, D. D. O. M., by his Ma sonic friends of Easton Lodge No. 152, and Dallas Lodge No. 19G, of Easton, Pa., Jan. all, 1871." On the front is the monogram " J. M.P." The presentation took place In the Lodge room, at the Masonic Hall. By eight o'clock the brethren hod assembled to the number of over one hundred, when lion. 0. W. Stein, of South Bethlehem, was called upon to preside. .Messrs. Wm. Mutchler, John I. Kinsey, and Bev. Joseph Welch, were ap pointed a committee to wait upon Mr. Porter'nt his residence, and conduct hint to the hall.' After arrlulug at the hall, Urlah Smolt, Esq., came for ward, and In a highly creditable nod eloquent speech made the presentation. Mr. Porter, in ac cepting the gift, addressed the brethren assem bled in a few very neat, appropriate and touching remarks. After the presentation, the brethren proceeded In a body to Blitz's American Douse, where a magnificent banquet was in readhies..!.— Easton Eypreso. THE FIRST ItAILIIOAD IN TIIE UNITED STATEEI.—The Harrisburg State. Journal,in an ar ticle on public improvements in Peansylvanih has the following, which is of considerable local in terest : "It is generally supposed that the Tram- ! way Railroad, from Quincy Granite Quarries to I Boston, was the first railway in America ; Dela ware county antedates this effort by 20 years. The Tramway at ltiper'e stone quarry, in that county, was constructed in 1806, and that at the Quincy gunnies iu 1826. The first railroad, how ever, that approximatel in mode of construction to those now In use was that laid down from Mauch Chunk to the mines of the Lehigh Coal A: Navigation Company In 1627. In 1837 the Legis lature passed n hill authorizing the Lehigh Com pany to connect the navigation on the Lehigh with the caual on the Susquehanna at \V ilkesha rre by a railroad. Under this; net the Lehigh & Sus, quehanna Railroad was completed in ISM, and In 1867 it was extended down the Lehigh to Easton. In this same wonderful and marvelously rich val ley, and historically, one or the most interesting parts of the State, is the Lehigh Valley Railroad, begun in 1850 and completed in 1656, mainly through the indomitable effort. of lion. Asa Packer. By the consolidation of several interior lines, this company now affords a continuous route through the Lehigh coal region to New York . State line. As early, therefore, as 1640, Pennsylvania hod a total length of 1,283 miles canal, of whieh 493 Mlles Were owned by private cOrporatioll , , and in miles of rail, lIS miles of which ere owned by the Commonwealth. EASTON. —We take the following items ()nut the Easton papers : 'rite Etir and Fes tival to raise funds to erect a Soldiers' Monument, closed last Saturday evening. The receipts the lust evening wore large' enough to save the enter pt Ise from loss, which the Flint all,litiance out the previous nights seriously thicateneti. The arti cles to be chanced were all disposed of by eleven o'clock. There were a large number of expensive articles In which a sufficient number of chances were not sold to reimburse the fair for their costs, and in all such cases an announcemer.t was made Hutt, If the prize Were drawn by a untober remain ing unsold, the Ladles' Association would claim the right to retain the article. The writing desk for Doctor was voted to E. C. Swift, Jr., the re volver for Conductor to P. Fagan, the ice pitcher and goblets for Minister to Rev. Mr. Shafer, the green. bag and red tape for lawyer to Frank Reeder, the tea set for lady to Miss Alice Ritter', the fbilllng tackle for fisherman to C. 11. Mailer, the gun for sportsman to John Hagerty and the desk furnit , trc for editor to G. M. Reeder. Bell Post G.. 1. R. has during the year 1870 in creased Its strength by 316 membere, Making the total membership 4'2G teem, all veterans, whose In itiation took place amid scenes of strife and dan ger. The Post has won two lteallti fat prizes val ued at 5450, by their activity ; these prizes having been offered to the Post gaining the greatest in crease of members during the year. Easton, therefore, boasts the possession of the Banner Post of the State of Pennsylvania. Rev. Frank E. Miller, of Asbury, N. J., has ac cepted-the call to the pastorship of the First Pres byterian church at' F:astua. Mr. Miller to to re ceive a salary of if MO per annum. Col. Charles Glanz has been elected Chian( the Easton Fire Department. RANNDELL Otis.—Those of our Bucks county farmers who entered Into contracts with D. W. Ramsdell of New York, last spring . , to raise crops of Norway oats on his account, have nut yet been able to deliver the goads and collect the money. They procured thek seed of Ramsdell at about d 3 per bushel, he giving them an executed certificate to the effect that In , should have the crop, at any time he might call for it after It was harvested and threshed out, at the rate of $3 per bushel. This seeme I like a favorable transact loa , and quite a in umber of our best farmers tool: bold of the matter in good faith. They have fulfilled, Mar part of the busie=s, and now look for Rams dell to do /Cs share, as ha prowl=ed..Since malt- lug these contracts named,. d: Co. have removed to Chicago, ushers they use sow oitaring to sell ‘g pure Norway oats" at en per bushel. They are still advertising freely in the Western papers. About two months ago Samuel Atkinson, of Up per Mai:Mich!, who le one of the g rowers of oats, visited the establiehmtint in Chicago. lie sass Mr. Ramsdell sessral time, and recei veil from him assurances that therm:tracts would all be ful• tilled in good faith—that bags would he sent for the oats and the money paid, sash down. Ile said that the foreign marker, n bleb he had expeeted.to supply bad been broken up by the . war, but that he would be able to dlspo:te of the as 1,1 tle West and South. The 20th ofN member was designated as the time when the mits wonhi he •eul for. That time pAsse.l, however, n khnut any commu nleatiou from Chicago. Mr. tkimou then sub- tnitted his ea,u to a lawyer in that city, who In forms him that the contraet can be enforced in the courts. 'lids Is contrary to thegeneral Ramsdell's contracts being so framed a, to enable blot to resist if not entirely evade their fulfilment. Meanwhile, we presume, our Buckscounty friends would take a good deal less than $2 per bushel if cash customer should ewe along.--hocks COlinty hddligCllCCl% CATASACQUA.— puling the month ending' Dee. 31, 1070, there With skipped over Lehigh Val ley Railroad from Cal.:sang:la 2033 tuns pig iron; of this amount 1570 tons were from tit. Thomas Iron Company's %yolk:: at Alburtis. The Catasaunua R Fogeh,ville Railroad Coin puny purpose the coming spring to lay their road with steel rails from Catasa mina to Seiple's Sta tion. • Should the t:peritnent ;Jove satisfactory they will continue the work to the out of the route. At the annual meeting of the Lehigh Manufac turing Company held on the 2d inst., the follow ' Ing gentlemen were elected Directors fortho en suing year : John Thomas, \V. 11. Trotter, Fisher Hazard, David Thomas. Thomas Earle, Samuel Thomas, Thcodnrc Sturges. Several parties were'arreAcd in Catasampta on Monday for selling :41110r without license. Two of them had a hearing and were fined respectively $75 and $lO5 each. On Monday last, a womin tippedling to the sympathies of the 'charitable portion of the corn , munity, visited Catasauqua and suceeetled ru ob. wining assistance front many. She related piteous stories, at one time representing that her husband had been kicked by . a male and Was then lying in a precarious condition at Allentown or snore other ' adjacent town, and that site was endeavoring to raise funds to take him to Philadelphht in order that he might receive medical care. With thin well worn story, she appeared before Rev. C. Earle, who, after listening attentively, kindly rendered her pecuniary aid. A little later in the day Mr. Earle was In the office of the Lehigh Crane Iron Company, and the wontr n appeared and asked for nssistanee from the gentlemen in the office, telling an entirely different story from the one she had told Mr. Earle. Thinking It het to in gate a little,Mr. Earle went to the Lehigh depot and found the woman and har husband com paring notes and prepatlng to go to Mauch It proved that they had epent the'provions night In the loci:-up and had Faille(' out In the morning . to " raise the wind." They had had very good success, much better than they will hove again In Catatanqua.—From Valley Record. • LAM stock 3f she'd music, instructors, blank basks, r.aslc paivr and cards at C. V. Herr mann's Musle Store, Allentown. —Aar. .I:.;;JANUARY 11; 1871. A Goon THINO.—The newspaper•accounts of The observance of New Year's Day at New 'York and Washington make prominent men don of the fact that in the entertainthenti pro vided for collets there were but few beverages" of an intoxicating nature provided. At Many places in New York, where there had formerly been generous supplies of wines and liquors, nothing of the kind was presented, and a Washington dispatch states that never before was the observance of the New Year there conducted upon such thoroughly temperance principles. This is certainly a move in the right direction, and the benefit of this great social reform will be wide spread and stibstan tial. The evils of intemperance always fall more burdensomely upon women than men, and it has ahvays,beep a source of regret that the New - Year must be ushered in In oar larger cities amid scenes of social drunken ness. We hope"the women of the land will take up and indorse the movement which has thus been well begun at New York and Washington, and that in 1872 no single caller upon refined nod Intelligent women will be tempted by his fair friends to make himself drunk. FAMILY MAIIKETIML—There are not many changes this week. Poultry, apples and oysters are a little higher than last week, and potatoes and eggs are a little lower. Below are the revised quotations: MIIIMIE Turkeys best, per pound, 18e live, 2.1 e dressed, conloon turkeys:ilk: live, 80c dressed; chickens; L; • live, ISe stressed; geese, Ilk live, 20e dressed; dueks, 18e I lee. 20.- dressed. EIZE2I itecf,tealcdth loin and rump, pet pound. Opti=c; sirlotn roast, .bate; alb roast, 20e; ehnek roast, Ise; beef for boiling, lUalSe corning pieces, lealge; I wet* l v tho hundred, 12a11 cents;. veal, 22e . for loin, 2tc tor cutlets, 22e for leg; mutton, 16c for rnrcqun r t for rho" 20e for leg •, lamb, lite for forequarter, .s*.2c for •chops, 2.2 e for le pork, No for roasting ;Males, for steak, g iinl2a per pound dressed weight by. tho hundred; sausage, 2:"Ic t Imlogna sausage, 2.1 e; liver pudding, ate; liver, ; ',finked hams,2.3o2Sct dried beef, 1,13 e ; mince meat, 2.1(.. =I pt, pound. 100; rat Inda, 12; cod, 12c ; wl 2. - w; yclh,w (lurch, 2,5 e; Who, 23c•, nalmon tr )11 , , Nc; 110 per hundred. 11=11 A pities, per barrel, S. 1.00; apples, per peck 40a50c; penehe , ,lter pound, unpeeled 15c, peeled 2.50; out oranges, Plarsic per doz. ; lemons, 40e perdoz; Malaga grapes, 50e per pound ; dried cherries, per pound, 100 12e, pit ted,Me; potatoes, 75e per bushel, 10 per peen; sweet potatoes, :Ac per peck; tor ulN per peck; beets, 30 cents per Peek; on Imps, ria vents per peck; cabbage, 10n15 cents a head; eelery, lee a 30e n bonen; dried street earn, 30, per quart ; dried Limit beans, 40e p,. quart ; white boons, 10:115P per gnarl: pens, lee per filial =1 111.1U1 . 1 . .!;:r per pound; eggs, Sic per dozen: pure vioeeur. lih. per quart : pickles. 12c per dozen; kl;ey 10 come, SS; per pound: wild Roney, 40c per quart; Jura, lt , allIc; per pound: eSeen nuts, Isors• • ue 0 ; lt loory nuts, 100 per quart. COURT PROCEEDINGS .T edges Longaker and Laury on the bench— Corn. agt. David Ackerman et al. Charge of secreting goods for defrauding creditors. Continued. Coin. ngt. Levi Mullion. Desertion, on oath of Elevina Mallard. Defendant sentenced to pay $3.50 per week for the support of his ' wile, and Pay the costs. Com. agt. James Gross. Continued. Corn. ngt. Wm. Burger. F. and 8., on oath of Emma J. Warman. Defendant plead guilty. The usual sentence imposed. Com. ogt. Win. O'Neal. Continued. Com. agt. Ephraim Zuch. Assault and battery, on oath of Elias Erdman. Bill ignored and prosecutor to pay costs. Com. agt. Edwin Fatzinger. Desertion, co oath of Mary J. Fate.inger. Defendant. to pay the sum of $l2 per month, for the support of his family, and pay Um costs. Cmn. ngt. William Reinhard. F. and B cnitinued Com. agt. John Davis. lissault and bat tery. Found guilty, and !bled $2O and costs. Com. ngl. Daniel Scholl. Larceny on oath of Charles Houser. Not guilty. Com. agt. Amos Heller. Selling liquor on Sunday, on oath of John Green. Defendant plead guilty. Com. agt. Peter Reilly. Selling liquor on Sun day. Found guilty, and sentenced to pay n fine of $lO amid the costs, and ten days Imprisontrient. ' Com. agt. Same. Selling liquor without license' Found guilty, and sentenced to pay a One of 150 and cods. Com. agt. August Richter. Selling liquor with out license. Pleaded guilty, and sentenced to pay $5O flue and the costs. in. ngt. Lewis Ruff. Larceny, on oath of hopper. Verdict oot guilty. in. ngt. Christian Rolacb. Assault and bat tery, on cath of Wm. Kelly. Verdict not guilty. Coati dirtied between the prosecutor and defen dant. Co John Co Coln. agt. Reuben Dankle. Hailing liquor wall out lieenne. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was lined F5O and costa. Com. agt. Henry Lutz. Larceny, on oath of Jesse Ochs. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three months Itnprisonment. cont. nut. Rudolph Jansen. Larceny, on oath of W. 11. Krebs. Bill Ignored. • Com. ngt. Milton Plk Huth. Continued. Com. agt. Pat. Vaughn. Larceny, on oath of IL:lay Becht. Recognizance forfeited. Com. ugt. Rudolph Johnston. Assault and bat tery. Nolte prosenul entered by leave of Court. Com. ngt. Marcus Goodman. Selling liquor without license. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was tined 1•30 and coots. Com ngt. Allen Walbert and Ed. Drolsbach. Selling liquor without license. Bench warrant awarded. Corn. agt. Joseph Shlnunell. Obtaining hoard and lodgings with Intent to defraud, on oath of Levis ilensinger. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was sentoiced to ten days Imprisonment. , Corn. ngt. John KnuMey. A'ssault and battery, on oath of George Elliott, Jr. Verdict, guilty ; fine $25 and costs. Corn. agt. James Hutchinson. Selling liquor without license. Defendant pleaded guilty ; not sentenced. Coin: ngt. Petrick Vaugh. Larceny. Verdkt not guilty. Coin. ngt. Jacob Renner. Manslaughter. Ver dict not guilty. Corn. ngt. John ?Ankh. Manslaughter. Bill Ignored. Com. agt. Jame% Hutchinson. Belling liquor on Sunday. Bill Ignored by Grand Jury. . Cont. ugt. Milton Hutb. Attempt at criminal abortion. Continued. Com. ugi. Lewis Fink. Secreting goods with Intent to defraud creditors. Continued to April term. Corn. ngt. Edw. Bell. Selling liquor without licen , e. Continued. Coin. ngt. Jucob Moyer. Selling liquor to ni nors. Continued. Com. agt. henry Jon,. diet not guilty. Charles Roarty agt. The Allentown Iron Co. Claim for ten per cent. of wages retained by do fetulatiti according , to, their custom, to prevent workmen from leaving without notice, to prevent damages. &e.,by reason of absences. Pilintiff,lt Is alleged by defendants, want. toner a fight during working hours, causing other workmen to leave tile shop far the same purpose. Defendants In consequence discharged plaintiff, and retained ten per cent. of his wages. This was the third time the case was tried, and the third verdict for the plaintiff, the last being for .the full amount of bin claim, $3B. The importance of the case was not so much the amount Involved, us the right of the defendants, or any other company, to retain a portion of wages due workmen for the romps given. Stiles, Rupp and Thum for plaintiff; Erdman 5t Oliver, and Longnecker for defendants.. Robert D. Clifton and Robert C. Pyle, trading kas Pyle & Clifton agt. R. P. Lamereux. Verdict Ifor defendant. • I It. C. Pyle' agt. IL.P. Laniereux. Verdict for ' plaintiff for in. Catasauqua Cornet Band agt. Jonathan Price. Suit to recover damages for retaining and con verting to Ills own use a britsa Instrument belong ing to said Band, after being expelled frOm'the organization for non-payment of.dues.. On trial. Dermas agt. Raggedy. Action In the case for damages. Vcidiet for plaintiff. • Sncoszu Wnrs.--,ludges Longaker and J.aury on the Bencit. ~. I the morning was occupied with eettling the Docket. At 3P. ni, the enee.of Carter agt. BeagreaTee & Mertz, late . co.partnere, was calkd and proceeded to trlnl. --i l . :CLATNIRVILLE.—Our Clausavilie Correspon dent sends us the following Items : While Mr. Francis Rittner was, out horseback riding a few days ago, he met a young man whom he challenged to a race with their respective bastes. Shortly after they started Mr. Rittner's saddle girth broke, and he was thrown violently to the ground. He was Insensible when he was taken up, but he received prompt medical atten dance, and is now la a fair way to recover. The Singing School under the leadership of Prof. Miller met at Ranch's School House on Sat urday evening, and was very well attended. The rats in this part of the country must be as large as common sized rabbits, for we lately heard of a case In the neighborhood of Fogelsville where a pair of shoes and stockings were carried away by rats. We expect to hear soon that they have been back after the'•owner of the oboes and stock- Inger How Is that for rats Several of the members of,the Claussville Liter ary Association lately made a visit to the Schneeksville Literary Society. After the regular debate had been concluded, a general debate fol lowed In which the visitors were Invited to join. The subject discussed was, Resolved, that secret societies are In accordance with Christianity, and the discussion was an earnest and spirited sine. The decision was In favor of the affirmative. A valuable horse belonging to Lewis Schaffer died last week. There was no insurance on the animal. There will be a grand ball at the American notel, Fogelsville, next Saturday evening. Typhoid fever has made Its appearance In this neighborhood. Mad dogs are reported In the upper part of the county, but we have not yet beard of any one be ing bitten by them. The Claussville Literary Association held Its regular meeting last Thursday evening. The ques tion for discussion was, Which is the Greater In centive to Action, 'Elope or Fear ? The decision was given in favor of Hope. Thieves are quite numerous in this neighbor booc. One:night last week two shoats were stolen from the stable of Jacob Bittner, and several little pigs from the premises of Jonas Werly. A fine lot of chickens was stolen from Mr. Solomon Zim merman one day last week. air. Henry West had a narrow escape front fatal Injuries a few days ago. He was going out for a bucket of water, when his feet slipped from under him and he fell and rolled down an embankment a distance of some twenty yards. He escaped without any broken bonen, but received several severe bruises. Several of our citizens have lately become new subscribers to Tan lincnsvnn, and they express themselves much pleased with It. Time Rnoverint Is warmly welcomed here every week. LEHIGH VALLEY INDUSTRIES. The Thomas Iron Company's Works TILE FORMATION OF TIIP. COMPANY The success Which attdided the establishment of the Lehigh Crane Furnaces at Catasauqua and the unequalled advantages afforded by the Lehigh Valley for the manufacture of iron caused some of the gentlemen Interested In the Works at Canteen- , que to consider the expediency of forming another Company. llokendnuqua, a tulle above Catasau- qua on the opposite side of the Lehigh, was se lected as the location, and in the winter of 1854 the Thothas Iron Company was Incorporated. The Company was named In honor of Mr. David Thomas, as a mark of recognition of his-connec tion with the successful use of anthracite coal In the manufacture of iron. The capital stock of the Company when organized was $200,000, and with very slight exceptions the stock was held in the Lehigh Valley, and mostly In Catasauqua. Beth lehem and Easton. The first officers of the Com pany wero as follows : President, Peter S. Mich ler, Easton ; Secretary and Treasurcr,.C. F. Ran dolph. Easton ; Superintendent, Samuel Thomas, Catasauque ; Directors, E. A. Douglas, Mauch Chunk ; C. A. Ltickenbach, Bethlehem ; P. S. Mlchler, Easton; Ephraim Marsh, Jersey City; William 11. Talcott, jersey City; John Drake, Easton ; R. S. Clildscy, Easton. The stock of the Company has been gradually enlarged until It Is now $1,650,000. The stock Is much more widely distributed now than It was at first, but It Is still largely held In this Valley.. Mr. C. A. Lucken bach of Bethlehem succeeded Mr. Michlerns Pres- !dent of the Company, and Mr. Y. A. Weaver succeeded Mr. Samuel Thomas us Superintendent. The present officers are: President, Samuel Thomas, llokendaucput ; Secretary and Treasurer, J. T. Knight, Easton ; Superintendent, John Thomas, Hokendaugua ; Directors, 13. G. Clarke, New York ; John Drake, Easton ; A. G. Richey, Trenton, N. J. ; William Marsh, Schooley's Mountain, N. J. ; J. T. Knight, Easton ; David Thomar, Catatiauqua ; Samuel Thomas, !token dengue. The office of the Company Is at Easton, and Is In charge of Mr. Knight, the Secretary and Treasurer. THE FURNACES AND THE WORK OF THE COMPANY Furnace No's. 1 and 2 were commenced In 1854 and were blown In In June 1855. Furnaces No.'s 3 and 4 were commenced In 1860, and No. 3 Was blown In in July, 1862, and N0.,4 In April, 1863. No.'s 1 and 2 are 18 feet bosh and 60 feet high, and No.'s 3 and 4 are 18 feet bosh and 55 feet high. In 1867 some of the stockholders of the Thomas Company commenced a Furnace at Lock Ridge, Alburtis, which was completed and made ready for blast in March, 1869. Before It was blown In, however, Its owners were bought out by the Thomas Company, and another Furnace was then built there and blown In in July, 1860. These two Furnaces nra smaller than those at Iloken dengue. being 15 feet bosh and 52 feet high. They are known as No.'s 7 and 8, it being In contem plation to erect two additional Furnaces nt liolt endauqua, to be known as No.'s 5 and 6, whenever the state of the Iron trntle will warraut such an enlargement of the operations of the Company. Tim Furnaces at Lock Ridge are worked under the immediate superintendence of Mr. V. A. Weaver. Two blowing engines were put up In 1855 in connection with Furnaces 1 and 2. They were built at West Point. Their cylinders are fifty six Inches In diameter and pine feet stroke, and their blowing cylinders are ninety inches in dlainc ter and Moe feet stroke. In. 1863 and 1863 two larger engines, built by I.P. Morris A: Co., Phil adelphia, were put upin connection with Furnaces 3 and 4. They are of.the name size as the largest blowing engine at the Lehigh Crane Works. Their steam cylinder* arc sixty-six Inches In di- ameter and ten feet stroke, and their blowing cylinders are nine feet In diameter and ten feet stroke. Another blowing engine of the same size as the two just mentioned has been completed dur. leg the past year, and put in operation in place of the two engiaes first put up In connection with No.'s 1 and 2. Should additional Furnaces be built, these two engines will be rebuilt and placed . In the building in which the new one now stands. For the Furnaces at Lock Ridge four small blow ing engines are used, two to each Furnace. The blast is heated In hot blast ovens, which are heated by the waste gases from the Vurnaces. In heat lug the blast for Furnaces 3, 7 and 8 a subAantial IMprovement has been made use of in placing the hot blast ovens upon the ground. By this means the blast can be heated toil very high temperature. The Hematite ore used by the Company Is mostly obtained from the ore beds In this county, though some of 11 is obtained from York county. The Maguellc ore le obtained from Morels, Sussex and Warren counties, New Jersey. The Company owns some of the mines from which the ore is ob tained, and leases the remainder. The Mining Department Is under the charge of Mr. Edwin Mickley, who has been long connected with the Company. The coal Is obtained from the Lehigh arid Wilkesbarre regions, and the limestone Is ob tained from (parries near the Works. The Com pany has seven locomotives of four, feet eight Inches g - uage In use about the Works and at the mines, and two smaller ones which are used for drawing away the cinders. The Company owns two-fifths of the Catasauqua and Fogelsvllle Rail rend—the Lehigh Crane Company owning the re mainder—and over this road are transported the ore and limestone used al Ilokeudauqua and the coal used at Lock Ridge. . . Embezzlement. Ver The consumption of raw material during the year 1870, the six Furnaces being In blast, erns na follows: Iron ore, 151,000 tons; coal, 132,507 tons; limestone, 08,593 tons. The manufactured product was 60,719 tone of foundry Iron. The Iron Is sold by . Mr. Knight, the Treasurer, and by Mr. B. G. Clarke of New York. Most of It Is shipped to Hoboken over the Lehigh Valley and Morris and Essex Railroads, but shipments are also made to Philadelphia. Pittsburgh, Trenton and Scranton. The number of men employed about the Furnaces is between two and three hun dred, and a large number in addition are other wise employed in carrying on the Works, and more or lees directly connected with theoperations of the Company. The Company owns some see enty houses, whlrh are rented to the workmen and at Holkendauqua BEER= A THIRD REAION why T. C. Kernahen, of the Allentown Chinn; Glassware and Lamp Store can sell cheaper than others, Is because he sellS more than n•o In the county put together. ONE. HUNDRED CLOAKS, ready-made for ladles, from two to twenty dollars, also Water Proof, Circular, and Children's Cloaks for sale at Mits. GULDIN'S. CHEAP PAnr.on: 0110ANB.—A aingle reed 5 octave organ at COO. A double reed organ with 5 stops, at $l3O. A powerful organ with 7 stops at $lBO, at C. F. flerrinatn'e, corner of 7th and Wal nut.—Ada. A SPLENDID PlANO.—Linderman & Bon's Gold Medal Cycloid and Square Pianos rank among the finest Instruments in the country. Their bril liancy and fullness of tone Is not surpassed bya con certgr and piano at double the price. More Instru ments of this celebrated make base been sold In Allentown, Lehigh and adjoining counties than of any other manufacture. They can be used many years and not become airy, as most other pianos do, in only a few years. Come and examine them .at C. F. Herrmann's Store, Seventh and Walntt streets.—Adm Don't Neglect Thls.—When you visit Philadelphia, do not fall to call upon B. C. Foulk, the veteran carpet dealer at No. 10 South Second street, between Market and ehestnnt. Ito pos sesses facilities for procuring the choicest styles In the market, and Is enabled to sell them at the very lowest prices. The most Inexperienced per son may deal with Mr. Foulk with entire cont. &nee. Ire does not believe in misrepresenting his goods to effect sales. See hls card In another col umn. tf PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 9.--De Haven Ot Bro., Brokers, No. 40 South Third Street, give the following quotattons up to 2 o'clock to-day : Buying Bolling. .11e4 no% tow 108 i .108 1081( .1081: 108.14 10734 .107% 108 .108}4 108 k .107 1071: U. S. O's of 'Si 62 135, new 5%,1040's 30 year 6 per cent. Currency 110!‘ 110}4 Union Pacific lot M. bonds 715 725 Central l'ael Ile R. R Union Pacific L. Grant Li = 6•rr;rbd MI fly by It'ffnslatinaor, Kewhant & Cu Wheat Floor, per MA Wheat, per hoot of Idpo Corn Onto Fin Tltnially Sped, per bushel. Clump Sped, Wl•nt Floor, per mt..— ' Corn Meal, '' Loner, per pound Lord, •• " Hum, Egg., pop dor., per bw4liel, now Dried Apples, perbootie'. Dried " ftlarriagrs SIIENDI,ER—BLOSE.—On Nov. 90th, by Rev. R. R. Kistler, Mr. Christian Spindler, of Lehigh ton, to Mies Mary A. Blase, •of Towameasing, Carbon county. M E MISR AM —GROGVER.—On Nov. 27th, by thc'same, Mr. Reuben Nfehrkam to Mrs. Elizabeth A. Groover. both of Cherryville. IIRUTZNIAN—QUEEN.—On Dec. 3d, by the came, Mr. John Braman to Miss Elizabeth Queen, both of Lehigh Gap. SCHAFFER—DEIBERT.— On Dec. 25tb, by the same, Mr. J. Hereon Schaffer to Miss Julian Delbert, both of Lehigh township. At Catasattquaorlth ult., by jovv. John J. Jones, Oliver Rupert to' Susan L. Baltlet, both of Slat lngton. At Catasancom, 24th ult., by Rev. J. D; Schin del, TIMIMIN Fagan of Catasauqua to Miasouri E. Laub of Siegfried'a Bridge. At Catasauqua, 25th ult., by the came, James NV. Eberhard of Whitehall to Clarietta L. Troxel of Allentown. At . Cataaauqua, 29th ult.; by the same, Attillo Benvental to Annle C. Hoffman. At Catasatiqua, Ist, by the tunic, Alfred Henry of 14,1011(1es to Laura ilunsicker of Weaversville. At Heidelberg., Dec.• 18, by Rev. N. A. Belt ' frich, Jonas Peter to Maria R. Kraus, both of Heidelberg. At Heidelberg, Dee. 25, -by Rev. W. A. Helf (rich, Owen Peter to Jane A. Peter, both of Hei delberg. At Slatington, lid, by Rev. John Metiaughtan, Louis Coffey of Lock Haven to Sarah E. Martin. 13 c atls. RICIINEIL—On Nov. 22d, In Moore. Lewis Al bert, son of Michael nod the Into Fiorentino Rich ner, need 17 years, 3 months and 14 days. 110C11.—On Dec. 14th, In Bushkin, Joseph Iloch, need 73 ears, 3 months nod 13 days. STRAUI'.—On Dec. 20th, In Tuwatnenslng, Adom Edwin, son of Jacob and Sarah Stroup, aged 3 years. 3 months and 27 doya. hi EIIREAM.—On Dec. 21st., In Towamonsing, Jacob Mehrkam, aged 74 years, 2 months and 5 days. LILLY. —On Dec. 241 b, In Moore, James Thomas Lilly, aged 34 years, 8 mouths and 12 days. • ... In this city, 6th, John Diehl, aged 80 years, 2 months and 1 day. In this city, 2d, Rebecca, wife of Peter Davis, aged 39 years. In this city, sth, Sophia, wife of John Roth, aged 30. AL Easton, 3d, John Drinkhouse, aged 69 yearn. At Heidelberg, Dec. 27, of apoplexy, Levi Peter aged 40 yearS, 4 months and 10 days. At Weisenburg, Dec. 27, of apoplexy, George Zimmerman, aged Si years, 6 months and 14 days. At Emans, 12th ult., Amanda, wife• of Wil loughby Wetzel, aged IS years. At Lower Macungie, 11th ult., Ellzab th, wife of Jonathan Breinig, aged 66 years. At Lower Macungie, .13th! ult., Lovina, wife of Stephen Schmoycr, aged 54 years. At Upper Sancon; 27th tilt., Francis Reinhard, aged 45 yearn. ?rl)3 fibbrrtiocntento A D3IINIS'IItATOItS' NOTICE. Nettro is hr•,•hy given thnt totters or administration hlll,O been grltnted to the undersigned In the manta or Dr. W Minot b Kohler, dsrensed, Into of Whitehall, Lehigh count, ; therm ore, all Persons kuowing thenmelves to ho Indebted to ,+l\lll estate ore requested to make pa) moot within six works from tiled de hereof. and mull who hate nuy legal claims agstust the maid estate will Present them sell ~t , th,t u r.,t.,l fir smtlettiont withlck the above •Peel• fled time. A 1.1 , 11 ED C. KOHLER, JOHN LAUBAKII, Jut , Adminietretors, MEM A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR CUSTOMERS With ihattkr for the (Aran, of the plott, and thoclo. yolk love allowed on to du you In the way of tr.«. we cotma ago.. after the Fontana clam to let you know that our ',tor": or Hamburg Edgings and linsertings 14 et:II UNRItOI: EN Onrl , ll. of Rent and Imltatio■ VALENCIA THREAD and OCIPURE LACE Very Flue and Cheap; Our EItENCII MUSLIN), the bent and the cheapest the market eau afford. Our LACII CURTAINS and CONTAIN LACKS, a bar Arun; Our LACE coLLAns n complete AUCCII6II. and {hat our Boysf II not EltC II I ttESIor Bents. Ladle.. Misses and areexedled lu any way In this market. LeMAISTRE & ROSS, 212 NORTH Sirn STREET, PHILADELPHIA der 3.lintl.kw A LLENTOW N LITERARY AND DRAMATIC ASSOCIATION. OPERA HOUSE! SATURDAY EVEN'G, JANUARY - 14. he ladle. Rod gentlemen ofi~tlon will se T nt Tom Taylor 'e celebrated cumed " y " P'• STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. John !Midway A. C. 1.1 rook• Mr. Potter It. K. Wright. Jr Captain 11:twit"ley T. P. Emmons Biro. eternhuld Idler Amelia Holmes Lire. Mildtony Mies Sallie Wright 1 ho trot of the rhurecte will be eustainmi by lad!. and gentlemen of the Amm m l ill be be followed by ihr 'creaming farce of TURN HIM OUT! In uhich the character.. n.111)10 ...tattled by Meadnrnes Amelln Iliblrore and (no. Ruhe. Mee-re. Iluneberaor, Ed• ringer. Ernowns, and other+. 11ON DAY . I , I‘"NG„IANIIARY 16, will be me-tented the IA1141.111." farce LS K. L. DI neletted. 1.1100,1 THE ARTFUL DODGER ! Prtnc...tbenr. "NU R. C. Ettinger (Irtrorylax llottutut Wright Tint Tranttle 3. Parton Tout Toddle Harry MU. The Itutt.Fretturlck Flauturult Vita Futtin..ll(llluaubargar (1. H. Laub oily • John Bump E n d!). Smu dge 311.• (Wale! Sultan Smudge Ulu Wile Wright The Trial Scene from Robert Emmet. Robert Enunpt (frith the (en:one epoech)....T. V. Enntiegis To rottetutlo with the ranting . (lice eetitlea TURN HIM OUT Leader of Orchestra, I,I?,IIMAN RUEIE }an2•llt,mew SECOND NATIONAL HANK. Dev., 11..1 The nonnal stection for Directors olikla Bank wllinj4, hold et lk banking boa, TUBODO itNUA! , TENTH. between Me boon of 1 ag Aee n . ' .F. R. PAM X • &II 900 910 545 555 *7 00 plying 1 40 plyg 1 10 1 A) solllng 3 75 3m " NEM
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