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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ban resigned and ban withdrawn from the road.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.
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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 "
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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.
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party.
I PROPERTY SALES.—The- residence of the
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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