Ely 3!:cl),igil No paper discontinued until all arearages are aid, except at the option of the publishers. Our subscribers who do not ieceive their papers regularly will confer n great favor upon us by seudlng word to this office. Subscribers about removing will please send us their old address as well as the new. But Ox.—Michael Ward, a hotel keeper at Bethlehem, corner of Broad and Centre streets, killed an ox on Tuesday whose dressed weight wan 1572 pounds. • - . ACCIDENT.—As the Wire OrJaCOb Shia Was returning from the Darman Catholic Church Sunday, she slipped and full, breaking her leg. Dr. S.S. Appel attended to her. NEw Fno r vr.—Our townsman My. .T. L. Farr is tearing down the old front of his boot and shoe store, with the intention of putting tip a larger and finer one. THE VERDICT. —ln the case Marla L. Moore ngt the Thomas Iron Company, for damages sustained by the death 'of her husband, the jury returned n verdict for the defendants. THE ZOE TROUPE. - Gross, the photogra— pher, has taken a number of photographs of the 'Lou Troupe, which the admirers of the ithima can purchase at n reasonable price. A MAGIC Az Losits His WIFE.— The wifw of Prof. flerrtn,tn, the well-known magician, lately left him fora cigar maker. She took with her 52700 which the Profemor had secured from the public by Ills wonderful performances. PEERSONAL.-Lrink Sanders, formerly a resident of this vicinity, arrived in Allentown front Arkansas Sit morning. Mr. San ders' letters have been read with interest by our subscribers. BURGLARY.—Iiady on Stintlay morning, burglars entered the rear of the premises of Na than Dresher, corner of Ninth and Ilattilton streets,. and stolea number of articles, untorg them the best overcoat of 11 cure Martin. COLD WEATHER. —Tuesday was a cold day hi New England. At Lane:inter. N. 11., the ther mometer stood at thirty-one degrees below UFO, 1111 d at Norwich, Conn., it NV:tc nineteen degrees below. SOLD OUT.-14111. WCISS iittS sold his news agency to \VM. Reimer, by whom his patrons will hereafter he supplied with newspapers and periodicals. Mr. Weiss' patrons part with him with regret. FATAL ACCI DEN T.—A s p ecial dispatelt celved at nrOISNEIL Mlle,' Stall!, that Thunnt \lcJuglt'n•as killed and Leonard Melln4ll was }tired by a blast explo,lon at Gath'g Station, on the Calasauqua Fogelsville railroad Friday. MArrfins.—The members of the Co— lumbia Flre Company are talking about purchas ing another horse to he used In throwing a new hose cart to tires. The Columbia is enterprising. understiMd their investment In horses for their steamer has been a success financially. 011oto ti 311:ETI . No.—The members of St. Paul's German Lutheran church have been noti fied to meet In the Academy build in: corner of Eighth and Walnut streets, on the I.fierhoon of the 21st, to act on some resolutions passed by the Lutheran Conference of this District. ()Rpm ARV. —lOll. Ephraim Banks, first Auditor General elected by the people of Pennsyl vania, and the father of the late E. A. Mullis, Lot., of the l‘:orrlstown liar, died on Friday morn ing, at Lewistown. Ile had attlained quite an advanced age, and at the time of his death was en Associate Judge of the courts of MIMI county. ACKNOWLEDOMENTS.—We are indebted to our friend, Gen. Jame; L. Selhidge or 11,thlelictn, Clerk of the House of Representatives at Harris burg, for copies of Gov.. Geary's message and Auditor General Hartrnft's report. We are also Indebted to Mr. G. L. Halsey of White Haven, one of the Transcribing Clerks In the House, for a "Legislative Directory" for I'M. Tint LEtitoil V.tt.LLY AIL ROAD. —T he an nual meeting of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Coln puny was held at Philadelphia on Monday and the following officers were elected: Prceldcut, A. Packer; Directors, Charles Ilart.horne, Willian W. Longetreth, J. Gillingham; Fell, John Taylot Johnston, William 11. Gatztner, David Thomas Ashbel Welch, Edward It. Trotter, Arlo Pardee William L. Conyngham, Edward Roberts, Wm A. Ingham.. MAsoNte.—Carboo 'Lodge, No. 212, A. Y, M., at March Chunk, celebrated it, eleventh anni versary with a 1111111111 el a few days ago. The Lodge was funned In 1819 with six membas, and the first three W. M.'s were John Fat ringer, Asa Packer and William Lilly. There have been In all two hundred and ten members, and there arc now one hundred and twenty-seven. The Lodge has expended . $1847 for charity and has $5001) now on hand. It. A. Packer Is the preset W. NI. ATTENty'rED L MITA —Sunday night an ratempt was made to gain entrance Into the dry goods store of (tuber 13.b5., on Ilamilton Street, Heal' Seventh. it seems that the robbers bruise the palings off the fence in the rear of the store, and were trying to fdrce their way through one 'of the windows, when the clerk who sleeps In the store, and who is In the habit of•tryiug all the doors before retiring, alarmed the rubbers and they made their escape. PROPERTY SALES.--ltepOriPd by IViitin Leisenrir g. Wm. Grim sold n house and lot on Eleventh street, between Linden :Ind Turner, to Ellen M. Mininger, for $ll3OO. Chas. Muse sold the undivided hall pint of a lot of ground, situated on the east side of New street, 62 feet trout by lat feet deep, to James A. Yeager, for it3oo. John L. Yeager sold two acres of land, sit uated in New Texas, to Susan Yeager. Limon & LACKAWANNA HAI1,110A1) COM• VANY.—The annual ineBting of the stockholders of the Lehigh & Lackawanna Railroad iras held at their office In Phlladelphi 1, on Monday. The annual report exhibits n gain for 1870 0vt1 . 18119 of about 50 per cent., with promise or large additional Increase fur the coming year, by reason of the shipping of Iron ore over the road, there being some 8 or 10 attires which will commence produc ing this year in large quantities. Mr. Charles Brodhead was re.eleeted President, and F. Mitchell Secretary and Treasurer. The following. persons were elected Directors : Charles Brodhead, Angus. ton \Voile, Bethlehem ; E. W. Clark, I. I'. ilbley, Mendes Cohen, Philadelphia. AnomcAt..—At or near Mt. Carmel last Friday morning an attempt was made to throw the passenger train of the L. V. It. IL, going east, at 7.30, MI the track, soil was only pre •vented by the early freight train west from Philadelphia. A wedge 01 iron was fastened with rope and spikes on the rail, with the small end towards the rassenger train., The freight train coming west struck the large end, And, having n very heavy engine, kept the £rack. It is supposed to be the work ofsome person or persons who have a particular desire for revenge on the engineer of the train, lie hav ing.received notice, a few days ago, that be roust quit the road or his life was lu danger QUITE A SWINDLE—On the llist ult., a rather respectable looking person called nt the Stroudsburg Bank, and presented a check for MU for payment. The .cheek was drawn by Galt & Bro. to the order of T. M. Ilurvy, Agent, payable at the First National Bank at Washington, D.C., and was. certified to be .correct by Wm. B. Hunt ingdon, Cashier of that bank. Iu addition to this the check was pronounced good by an endorse ment signed Robt. R. Depuy,n. citizen of Strouds burg. The signature of Mr. Depuy, who is is gentleman well known and possessed of ample. means, was so well egeouted as to disarm suspi cion, and the money Woe paid over. Nome time after payment the check woe tibowo to Mr. Depuy, who'pronouneed his signature to the endorsement a forgery, and subsequent inquiry proved the whole thing to be a *forgery and a high-handed swindle. Of course Mr. T. M. Haney when lie was looked for was missing, end the Bank to tide writing remains minus the $BlO. This transactlOn goes to prove conclusively, that after-ausplelona Ant not exactly the thlnjo.,..rirrersoraan, BOLD OVT.—Mr. T. C. KUMhen, the well known crockery dealer ou Hamilton street, near Tim REGISTER office, has sold out Ills business to Mr. William Reimer. 011ITUARY.--Benfamin Yenlde, no old and esteemed resident of this city, died Wednesday, aged about 62 years. Ile bad been sick about twelve weeks. SLATnio•ro.N.—The members of the P . resby (Lubin church and society at Slatlngton lately made their pastor, Rev. John MeNaughtan, pleasant surprlic iu the shape of fl purse of :110. SLATE SIIIPMENTS.—The shipments of slate from Slatlngton for the week ending January 7, given in the Slatlngton News, were as follows: roofing slate, 112 squares ; school slate, 17 cases ; blackboard slate, 3S eases ; mantel slate, 24 cases. TuANKA.—,fit the last meeting of the Key stone Quartette Club It was resolved that the thanks of the Club be returned to Profs. Wulff and Ettinger, Masters \Volker nod Moss, Misses A. and L.Shlmer and Misses S. and E. Seibert for their valuable assistance to the Club at the recent opening of Ilagenbuch's Neu• Oporu House. MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.—The Lehigh County Medical Association has elected the following offi cers for the coming year: President, Dr. William B. Erdman ; Vice President, Dr. H. P. Fetherolf Recording Secretary, Dr. P. L. Reichard ; Corres ponding Secretary, Dr. T. C. Yeager ; Treasurer, Dr. E. G. Martin; Censor, Dr. William Herbst. WonAs IN Viz.:Az:cr.—The lityoming Na tional Bank of W'ilkcsbarrc has elected a woman Mrs. Ruth T. Itos,, widow of Judge William S. Ross, ac one of the Board of Directors for DM. Mrs. Ross is one of the largest stockholders in the bank, and there con be no Impropriety in giving her a voice in the management ocher 'linnets' Ins THE COUNTY POOlt. —The Poor Directors of this county have inadc the following appoint ments fur the Coming year : Steward, Thomas • B. Faust ; Matron, Mrs. Mary A. Faust: Assistant Steward, Thomas Faust.; Physicians, Dr. William Herbst and Dr. W. G. M. Seipel ; Solicitor, Edward Harvey ; Treasurer, F. I'. Jobst ; 110Spltal Stew lird, Lewis Reinhold. A PLEASANT VISIT.—Sumo forty or fifty of e parishioners of Rev. Mr. Swindell., of the laden Street Methodist Episcopal Church, mode in a visit the other evening, taking with than r presentation to their pastor and family a vari y of substantial and serviceable articles, 'mind- ing a purse or money. The evening was n very etl.loyable one, and paidor and people always feel nearer to each other after ,tteh an axprc,a•lon of kindly Interest and confidence. VISITING SCIIO.T. Jtmepli E. Yaeger, William 1.. Williamson, )Ir. Davis, editor of the Montgomery County Ledger, Edward U. Frees, F. A. Yocum, F. Sellers and W. 11. Smith, who comprise the School Board of Potts town, have Chile,' Allentown for the purpose of examining our school houses and looking into the woll;ings (dour school system. lo schools and school houses Allentown can make a good exhibit for herself, and our Pottstown friends speak very highly and pleasantly of what they flnd here In the educational way. 11r:TitrEnr.31.—Blast Furnace No, 1, of the Bethlehem Iron Company, has, been blown oft, and extensive repairs will be made during the win ter, besides some alterations and additions to the already extensive workE. 'I he Zinc Rolling Mill Los again stopped work, some portion of the machinery having given oft, anti needing repairs. We hope both of these es tablkinnents will snen be again In full operation. I 'onserrative. Hl:I of coal transported over the Lehigh Valley flaih•ond for . three (bpi ending Jan. 7 1871, enmpared with same time last year: For Wrek For Fran Total Wyoming 12,042 10 57,131 IS Ilazleton.... ............ —32,374 07 101,503 04 12 pper Lehigh 132 11 402 10 Bearer Meadow. ..... ..10,045 00 01;263 10 M a luinoy 6,968 12 47,100 09 Slouch Chunk HO 08 8110 13 Total by Ilan & Canal 05,515 17 850,010 04 12,1178 16 Same tline PqO .`:3,137 01 07,755 04 ere I e eren,q, FiftE.—A fire broke out Wednesday at about 3 o'clo:k, In the dry goods and grocery store of Mr. Henry Wieser, on the first floor of the Lafayette Hotel on Seventh .street near Turner. The alarm was started by Mr. Owen Kelper, the proprietor of the hotel, who awoke and found his room full of Finolie, and on touching the wall found It quite hot. Ile then aroused the boarders, (about twenty-two in number), some of whom in their hurry and excitement forgot to put on their clothing, which caused them to look like an army of spirits on the rampage. It It supposed that the fire was caused•by rats or mice carrying :notches around. The tire department was promptly on hand and rendered service In touting out the lire. The ions was about :_'ooo and Is covered by insur ance In the Lebanon Fire Insurance Company. ;ASK OFFICERS. —MealOM W ere held in the several National Banks In this city nutT Cata sauqua Tuesday fur directors for the C11511h“ yea , and the following gentlemen were eleetel : First National Ilank—W. FL Flamer, Jesse M. Line, William Kern, N. Lamlenslager and Jacob A. Blunter. Second National—W. 11. dine}, B. J. Hagen ',Huh, Aaron Barnet, Milton Appel, Martin Kem merer, Charles S. Bush, Sainuel Sell, James 11. Ilu , ll and George Brobst. Allentown National—William Saeger, Phnom Albright, J. I'. Barnes, Solomon Boyer, M. Ilan num, J. 1.. Hoffman, A. S. Keel:, 11. Leh, T. 11. Martin, 11. J. Schantz, Thomas Stee);(l, Henry Sehnurman and Joseph Weaver. Catasanqua National—Ell J. Saeger, I). A. Tumbler, W. B. Powell, Jonas Blery, Samuel Straub, Franklin Andreas, John Williams, J. T. Borhelc, Christian Debi, Wilßain Kern, Charles Glick, WeStoll Dodson and V. W. Weaver. 'FIIE READING RAILROAD COMPAN V.-7A the annual meeting of the Reading Railroad Cons puny held at Philadelphia on Monday, Frankili B. Cowan was elected President, Samuel Bradford Treasurer, J. W. Jones, Secretary, and 11. P. Mc Kean, A. E. Boric, R. B.Cabeen, J. B. Lippincott John Ashlmrst and Charles E. Smith, Managers We make the following extracts from the nnnua reports : The entire coal tonnage of the lonia line for the year was 11,750,000 tons, and the actual number of tons of coal transported on the main line and branches was. 4,113:1,501, leaving 5 1 32,514 ns the tonnage of the branches not included In that of the main Ilse. During the four months ending November 00th, the coal tounage of the road was greater than that of any four months of any pre- vlous year. Notwithstanding the reduction of rates and the decrease of travel and merchandise tra file, which always attends a suspension of the coal trade, the receipts for merchandise, passen gers, mails, .ke ; have been greater daring the last year than in any previous year of the Company's existence. The condensed table accompanying this report shows the receipts from these sources for each year since the year 1850, and exhibits the gratifying fact. that they have' Increased from $202,227 In 1850, to $084,388 In 1800, and $3,072,- 406 in 1870. • During the year the gradation and masonry of the Perkinmen Railroad, between Schwencksville and Green Lune have been completed, the con struction of the Pickering Valley Railroad has been pushed rapidly forward, and the whole litre will be ready for the super-trueture early In June next. The Lebanon and Pine Grove branch has been finished and put into operation ; the Allen town Railroad, between Topton and Kutztown, has been completed, and a large amount of work EIM=EMZ=MIM=EI ton ; the extension of the Lorberry Creek Railroad to the coal openings upon the Fishing Creek estate has been constructed, and a number of branches to new collieries in the other coal regions have been built, all of which are expected to be produe. live during the coming year. The system of railways now controlled and worked by the CoMpany aggregates 1,100 Miles of single track, as shown In detail by the accompany ing report of the Chief Engineer, and to operate all of there lines, together with the Bcbuylkill Canal, require the services ofa force of over 12,000 employer. During the year new ears and engines to the value of $707,620.04 have been added to the propeily of the Company, and In addition thereto 8224,172.30 has been expended In rebuilding en gines and cars, nod charged to renewal fund. It is It gratifying fact that that the consumption of coal In 187 d exceeded that of 1660 by about 2,000,000. With moderate prices and a continuous trade for 1871, It Is believed that the market will take fully 1,500,000 tons more than was prodUced in 1870. Thu experience of the paSt year and the sufferings Incurred by the workingmen In couse queue° of the protracted strike which resulted so disastrously to them, seem, to afford some gua rainy that the business of the Comyany will not soon again be suspended folustly great length of limo •by similar causes.' If a tonnage approximatiog to the rapacity of the avenues of the transportation controlled by the Company Is furnished, the man agers feel confident that It can he transported at such rates as will secure the market to the trans porters without affecting the custemery dividend to the stockholders. THE LEHIGH REGISTER, ALLENTOWN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1871. A sounkn's widow at Providence, in a communication to the Press of quit city, pro tests against the erecting of soldiers' monu— ments while the poor widows of the bravo men we left with the paltry $9O n year. She thinks the erection of a few good houses for soldiers' widows, and lensed at a small rental, would be n nobler monument than any marble shaft. She says that she can read. her husband's name on the monument, but that does not pay her rent or procure her food or clothing. I i ORTICULT RE. —the interest and attention given to horticulture Is yearly Increasing through the country, especially In sections contiguous to a good market. The desire to do more and better has given rise to the organization of numerous Horticultural Societies, the object of which Is to distribute Information In regard to Horticulture, and excite conflation by awarding premiums for the finest productions of thc soil. In order that these societies may really do their legitimate work, It ought'to be distinctly understood that the awarding of premiums Is not to pay any exhibitor for his labor or trouble, but simply to be an evi dence to him and to others, that his article Is, In the opinion of the judges, the best of tin kind. ANOTH nit MINERAL RESOURCE. —Pelinsyl vanta has added another to tier list of mineral re sources In the shape of a valuable emery mine In Chester.' The locality has long been known to mlneralogists and geologists as a choice one for specimens, but this revelation surprises them. The vein Is from four to six feet wide, and it is pronounced by the state assayer of Massachusetts to be pure sapphire emery. It has been tried by practical workmen lu Boston, who say Its cutting property Is double that of any other emery they have ever used. The enterprise seas Inaugurated, a company got up, the vein opened, and is now worked by Capt. John Elliott, who for live years carried on the subterranean mining for the Ches ter emery company of Massachusetts. BETIII,EIIEM.—AI. a meeting of the stock holdet•a of the First National Bank of Bethlehem, held ou the MI, the following Directors were elected to serve the ensuing year: O. A. Lucken r bdch, J. P. Scholl, Sylvester Wollc, H. B. h •-- enbach„Juseph Diehl, M. 11. Snyder, J. L. andt, Simon Rau, 11. S. Sellers. Messrs. Saudi a d Han are new members, the rest are re-elected. The muskets for the Selfridge Guards were re. celved Tuesday, and taken to the company armory In the CI - 011111g. They arc the Springfleld breech loading tilled muskets, pattern of 1869. Quite a number of our citizens were at the hall to have a look at these, to them, new guns. The company it now fully uniformed and equipped, and will make it, first parade on the '22tl of February.— Tint, s. 'Tilt: TIIOMAS IRON COMPANY CASE.—The suit for damages brought by Mrs,. Moore of Phil adelphia against the Thomas Iron Company has attracted considerable attention, both from the peculiar circumstances connected with the case and from the large amount of damages claimed. There has been no dispute in regard to the facts of the ease, and the simple question at Issue has been whether or not the Company, through cul pable negligence of its employes, was responsible for the adFident which happened to Mr. Moore, YOU N 6 MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS.— anti resulted fatally. Only aim o witnesseswere en- We have received a copy of the Report of the unlined for the defense, the a rchitect of the Compa _Young Men's Christian Association State Conven ny, and r. Sand. Thomas, the President. As Mr. lion, held at Scranton, in November, just issued Thomas was with the party of visitors at the Lintel by the State Executive Committee. It is a pawl's the accident occurred' we have given bin testimony at considerable length. The Court House was let of tiny pages, neatly gotten up, containing the densely crowded Friday to hear the arguments In full report of the three (lays' sessions of the Con thc cane. rennin, the report of the chairman of the Execu _ - Live Committee, accompanying which is a tabular AN ACED WOMAN.—Mrs. Elizabeth Rey- report of over seventy Associations, with the colds died recently in Philadelphhf, at the ad- na Inca of officers, number of members, and a gen vanced age of about 103 years. Deceased was the eral statement of their work. It embraces in addl oldest member of the second Presbyterian Church, Om a vast amount of valuable Information suited and worshipped with the congregation at the time to those interested lu the work of this organlza they occupied the old church building at Third lion, which has now become such a power for and Arch streets. She was a native of the city, good In Sur land: It shows the work of t h e MHO and during its early history resided in Front street I ciations now scattered all over our State to be In near Arch. At the time of the yellow fever_she a flourishing condition, over forty new ones hay ' was actively engaged as avolunteer nurse among log been organized during the year, and the Inter ' the, sick and dying In the hospitals of the city. eat exhibited in the work gives promise of many I During the prevalence of this epidemic her hus- additional ones during the winter. Copies of the hand took the level and died, but Mrs. Reynolds, Report can be hod by addressing the chairman at after the interment, resumed her efforts in behalf Pittsburgh. The following are the members of of the suffering. Cp to last week she retained to the Committee: Thomas K. Cree, chairman, a remarkable degree all her mental faculties, and , Pittsburgh ; Nelson F. Evans, Phila.; C. C. Shirk, appeared to take pleasure in relating anecdotes Erie ; James A. Beaver. Bellefonte; 11. M. Boles, respecting the Revolutionary war, and referring , Scranton ; James McCormick, Harrisburg; Thos. to conversations which she had held with General N. Rabe, Pittsburgh Washington and other distinguished men of that period. DeyeaSed leaves a sister, aged about eighty year?, to mourn her loss, '92,!255 00 SLATE: MANTELS.—The 1111111t0 , i'vorks of Donnan & Bros., at the corner of Seventh and Union streets, are one of the most interesting of our industrial enterprises. The slate used is guar ried at the worlts at Ironton, in which the Dons nuns are interested, and at the Lehigh Slate Works at Slatington. The slate Is' received cut In convenient shapes fur working, and the shaping and carving is performed by experienced workmen at the mantel works. The slain; are put through a marbleizing process and baked in an oven for forty hours, after which they are polished and ode ready for sale. The mantels aro constructed every style of the art,and can be manufactured front twenty-five to one hundred and fifty dol. rzi apiece. 'f hey arc till made in Imitation of the most beattlifol colored Inarbles, but tic price depends upon the amount. of labor bestowed in caring and upon the size. Their beauty as well as their cheapness commend them to house builders, and they ;are rapidly monopolizing the marl:et. The Dounans have a store room to Phil adelphia, to which the mantels.are sent. CLAussviLLE Pmts.— A correspondent sends us the following: A large black fox was shot near Cloussville last week, by Mr. Denis Delbert. Mr. Stephen Klotz, who lately fell on the . ice, is still in a very critical condition. rhc funeral of Mrs. Henry Battler took tee this forenoon at the Weis.enlferg Church, d ras largely attended. :Mrs. Freese will 'be buried to.day. at the riental Church. She was an invalid, and nable to leave her bed for twenty years. The .Clanssville Literary Association re— ceived a visit of their friends front the Schnecksville Literary Society, who proposed that the two Societies shoufd meet at the Schnecksville school house on Tuesday even ing a week, and have a general debato upon the iiubject, " Aro Secret Societies in Accord ance with Christiattity ?" This is the same subject that wasdisenssed several meetings ago but as the time was too short that evening, it seems the members and several strangers who participated in the debate thought that justice had not been done to the subject, and there— fore a general debate wi,l be held upon the subject to decide the merits thereof. Poott IV HEAT. —All over Eastern Pennsyl vania the farmers who have threshed out their crop of wheat find that It has turned out very un satisfactorily. In quantity It proves to be not more than half a full yield, and in quality Is very Inferior. A sample of wheat taken from almost any field In the eastern part of the State shows but few perfect grains. They are nearly all thin and shrivelled, nod to appearance but partially ma tured. When ground Into flour the result Is an article that gives but little satisfaction. There is a great deal of bran In proportion to the flour ob tained, and the fatter Is of such quality that It will not sell readily In the market and Is not at all appreciated by good housekeepers. When the bread Is set .to " raise' It becomes soft and runs over the shies of the pans ;, and baked It Is dingy In color and heavy In consistency. Good bread makers flud it almost Impossible to make a good loaf from last summer's wheat. There does not appear to ha any reinedy for the difficulty. The mlllcrs . are very reluctant to buy the home-raised crop of wheat, for they cannot sell the flour. The flouters, thus deprived of a market, are in a tight place. Wheat is low, at any rate, and poor wheat Is particularly hard to sell. If the market does not Improve, very probably a great deal of wheat moll be ground upend used for feeding stock. The principal cause of this Inferiority Is believed to be the excessively wet weather that prevailed in this region last May and June. While the wheat was In blossom the pollen was beaten off by the heavy storms, and the grains were therefore but partially fertilized. Toe only compensating feature of the wheat crop is that there was a large yield of straw, which can be made quite useful this winter. The prospect of neat year's crop Is not now very flat tering, as the young plauts have apparently been considerably Injured by the cold weather that occurred before the fall of snow.—Docks County ht,llifpftrorl DIRBOLUTION:—Tito well-known banking firm of Good it Rube have dissolved partner ship. Col. Good will continue the business. Mr. Rube retires for the purpose of giving his sole attention to the office of Internal Reve nue Assessor. PEIIKIONIEN RAILIROAD.LTiIe following of ficers of this railroad company were elected on Tuesday : President, A: H. Selpt ; Directors, Jas. Bnyd, S. Gross Fry, Philip Super, George Graber, J. G. Schwenek, G. D. Ilunsleker, Jesse Zeigler, A. K. Stauffer; Wm. Grim, Charles Shumly and John Scholl; Secretary, Albert- Foster ; Treas urer, John Welsh. It Is expected that the road will be completed to its terminus at Emus during the present year. THE NEW YORK OBSERVER YEAR BOON.- Sydney E. Morse & Co., the publishers of the New York Observer, have Issued "A Year Book and Almanac" for 1871, which contains a great amount of valuable Information. Complete lists of the clergymen lu all the Protestant denominations in the country are given In the Ecclesiastical Depart ment, and In the Secular, Agricultural and Edu cational Departments there Is a great amount of valuable statistical matter. The book also con tains what has come to be quite a curiosity, the first New York Directory, which was printed In 1780. The work Is given as a premium to new subscribers to the Observer, and can be bought for one dollar. FRERMANSBURO.—The Bethlehem Times says that Judge Laubach and Calvin Bette!, Esq., of Easton, and Henry Brunner, of Nazareth, have recently canvassed the borough of Freemansburg for the purpose of establishing an extensive foun dry there. The undertaking seems to meet with great favor among the Freemansburgers.and the" is n 6 doubt that the 820,000 in shares calculated to be necessary by the gentlemen having the mat ter in charge, will be readily subscribed for. The location selected Is the site of the property of Henry Bless, deceased ; and, to the credit of the Town Council of Freemansburg be Il said. that body has generously offered the company the use of the public alleys runnlug through the locality where the foundry is Intended to be located, fur convenience, should It be. necessary to have the grounds for extension of the buildings. TOVCITING hicIDENT.—A most interesting Instance of childish sweetness and piety occurred Wednesday, on the part of a little girl whose Jour ney through this vale of tears ended Wednesday night. Margery, a daughter of E. J. Fox, Esq., of Easton, well known and loved by all her Sun day school mates, made the singular request of her aunt, that she would leave her alone In the room for a time ; but as her aunt did not Immedi ately comply, the request was repeated three or four times, and at length, in response as to why she desired her aunt to retire from the apartment, she said, "I want to pray to God to make me well." On another occasion, while the father of this little girl was praying In prayer meeting, and extending hie supplication through too much time, she remarked, "Don't pray so long, papa, that's enough." She died Wednesday night, another victim of searietina, making the second" one of Mr. Fox's children that have succumbed to this epidemic within the last two weeks.—Ensfon Free Prexe. PROPERTY SALue.reported by Elias Mertz Michael Baer Fold n viicant - lot of ground, sit uated In Hanover township, to H. F. Rosenberger for iIISO. Eli Miller sold ri vacant lot of ground adjoining the above, to same party for $lBO. C. M. Kistler & him. sold a two story back Louse and lot to Charles E. Christ for $2OOO. Charles A, Dorney sold 12 acres of land in South Whitehall township to Salome Itlertz for MOO. Charles Mertz sold two tracts of land, situated In South Whitehall township, to Chas. A. Dorney for $l3OO. Josiah Clader sold three homes and lota of ground, on Chew street, near Seventh, to Gideon Hunslcker for $lBOO. Philip Miller sold a lot of ground on Eighth street,between Allen and Tilghman, to Henry Colt for ;250. ..Nitthan Dresher sold a vacant lot of ground on Jackson street, to Jonas Koch for $350. Philip Miller sold a vacant lot of ground 40 feet. by 100 feet, on Tilghman street, between Eighth and Ninth, to Thomas Mohr for $5OO. Thomas Sehmoyer sold a new brick house and lot, on Walnut street hetween, Ninth and Tenth, to Charles Heinberger for $2350. Shuman & Bro. sold a lot of ground on Gordon street to Wm. G. Honig for $5OO. Daniel Bernhard sold a house and lot of ground on Seventh street,between Gordon and Liberty, to !i Shuman & Bro. for $l5OO. Philip Miller sold a vacant lot of ground on Eighth street, '2O feet front by 115 feet deep, to Gottlieb llertzog for $250. Some sold a lot of ground, 20 by 115 feet, to Ritter & Saeger for $250. Shuman Bro. sold a brick house on Gordon sheet to Daniel Bernhard for 82000. W. J. 6: J. Grim Bold a lot of ground ou Gordon street, between Eighth and Ninth, to Shuman & Bro. for $l7OO. SUNDAY SCHOOL, Asscict ATION.—The Pres ident of the County Sunday School Association calls a meeting of the Officers and Executive Committee tor Friday evening, January 20th. This meeting will be the beginning of active ope rations for 1871. It Is reported that measures will be taken for work that, with the blessing of . God, will result as favorably, If not more so, than the efforts of the first three years. Besides general matter four special objects will claim the atten tion of the Executive Committee this year. r. To devise and carry into effect, means for enlisting more generally the hearty co-operation of the Sunday School element connected with the County Sunday Schools. This may be done by organizing Township Associations, or if such or ganizations be Impracticable, by holding Insti tutes at afferent times and places throughout the county. 2. To comply with the resolution passed at the last Convention : " That the Executive Commit tee be instructed to make arrangements for a course of lectares on Biblical Geography, Biblical Antiquities, on the art of teaching, and explana tions of those texts of Scripture which aro especi ally attacked and perverted by Infidels and ra tionalists." 3. To call a Convention of the . County Sunday School Tenehers to be condncted mainly In the German language. . . 4. Last but not least, to neslst the Pennsylva nia State Sunday School Association In Making provision for Its annual convention to be held in Allentown, on June 140, 15th and 16th. This Convention will require a great deal of labor and Its great Importance whit demand the sympathy and general co-operation of all the people of Al lentown. Since the names of the officers and Executive Committee may be forgotten by some, we add a complete list as elected at the last convention. Officers i—Presldent, Rev. R. Walker; Cor. Sec., A. J. Brelnig ; Rec. Sec., L. P. Necker: Treasurer, S. B. Anewalt. Executive Committee s—German Lutheran, C. Richter; English Lutheran, 'P. 11. Moyer—de ceased; German Reformed, W. 8. Lawfer ; Eng lish Reformed, Geo. Kuhl; Preshyterlau, 0. Williams: Methodist Episcopal, James 13.111ery ; Protestant Episcopal, Rev. W. R. Cries; United Brethren, T. J. Behmoyer ; Baptist, W. J. MM. worth; German Evangelical, J. G. Mink ; Eng lish Evangelical, M. B. Schadt Moravian, W. R. Steckel ; German Baptist, E. A. Deily i "Welsh Congregation,. Rev., Jeffrey. COURT .PROCEEDINGS The Suit Against the Thomas Iron Co THURSDAY MORNING'S SESSION The case of Marla Louisa Moore of Philadelphia agt. the Thomas Iron Company of Hokendauqua came up lu Court Thursday, Messrs. Win. 13. Mann, of Philadelphia, Wright 6: Son and Ed ward Harvey of this city appearing for the plain tiff, and Messrs. C. M. Rank and John 11. Oliver of Lists city, and Henry Green of Easton for the de fendants. Thu Case was opened by Robt. E. Wright, Jr., In an eloquent address to the jury, setting forth the cause of the snit for damages. The history of the case as set forth in Mr. Wright's address Is, that Robert A. P. Moore, while visiting the camp of the Philadelphia City Guards near Copley in the latter part of thernonth of August, 1809, In company with a number of gentlemen visited tho works of the Thomas Iron Company, and while there was struck by a sill which bad been thrown by workmen from the third story window of the engine house, causing Mr. Moore's death. The ground upon which the suit Is based is alleged negligence upon the part of the employes of the Company. Samuel D. Lehr was the lira witness called, and lie testified to the correctness of a plan which he had made of the works of the Thomas Iron Company which was submitted to the jury. John C. Moore testified that he resided on Law rence street, Philadelphia ; was a brother of de ceased ; Itobt. A. P. Moore was married ; Marla Louisa Moore is his widow ; (hero witness was shown copy of church register) ; could.not swear Vitt it was a copy ; know they were married ; they lived together as man and wife; they had four children, aged respectively about 18, 11 or 12, and 3 years, and the youngest about eighteen months; they are all living. . Cross-examined—Was not present al the mar riage. Mrs. Marla Louisa Moore testified that she woe married to Robt. A. P. Moore. W. L. Nutt testified that he was acquainted with deceased ; they left Philadelphia to visit the encampment near Copley ; Moore was about ns years old; (Mr. Harvey asked witness if Moore waa a healthy, robust man. Mr. Green objected and the objection was sustained by the Court.) Mr. Ludd continued—we went to the encampment —think it was near Copley or Laury's Station; our object in going was to see the encatupthent ; there were a: large number of visitor,: there; part of that company visited the works of the Thomas Iron Company; I was among the number; Mr. Moore was with them ; Mayor Fox, Gen. Mulhol land and Mr. Johnson were there ; could not swear Mayor Good was there ; did not know him ; there were about thirty in all ; we went in carriages from the encampment to the furnaces ; drove up to the door of the Thomas Iron Company's works; beard a gentleman they called Mr. Thomas invite them into the furnaces ; Mr. Thomas accompanied thelparty into the furnaces ; only went Into two buildings ; went there to examine the works ; did so to part ; Mr. Moore was one of the party on the ground ; he was engagd with the others in the examination of the works; stopped examining when Mr. Moore was killed ; I saw him last in the engine house ; Mr. 'Moore was a builder and was very particular to examining the foundation ; we went below first ; then went up lutothe first floor ; while standing there I saw three or four men working at the engine above mu; don't know what they were doing ; we came out of the engine house en the west side; we came up the steps facing the Inside ; we went in the door facing the railroad, went up stairs and canto out the door on the same side ; we then went to the furnace ; that was the last I saw of Mr. Moore ; I went below and he went above ; I next saw him between the two buildings; I saw the:re was something the matter; I.went out and ease that 31r. Moore had been struck on the head. Court adjourned. THURSDAY AFTERNOON'S SESSION At the afternoon session the examMation of 7.11 r. Ludd was resumed. When first saw deceased rafter the accident , they had picked him up; he was hit on the centre of the head with a log about the size of a railroad sleeper; ho lived for an hour, but was insensible all the time ; he was taken to the hotel, and then to the encampment. After the conclusion of the cross-examination of Mr. Nutt Mr. C. Nelser of Philadelphia was sworn. Ile was with the company at the Thomas Iron Company's Works, and was 25 feet from Moore when he was killed ; was standing in the airch-way pointed out on the plan ; beard some one halloo " look out ;" wheeled right round and saw the log coming from a window ; saw It strike film on the head ; It was but a second from the time I heard the cry " look ont" when the bill • struck him ; my sou was alongside of me; the cry came from behind me towards the front of the building ; saw nobody but Mortimer Johnson In Gust direction ; had come from the other end of the engine house ; had left front part of stack No. 3 but a few seconds ; it was a very warns day ; was walking at a moderate gait; . passed Mr. Johnson, then Mr. Moors ; then only walked a few steps and turned on my heel to come back again ; it was a very short time ; heard uo alarm or warning from the time I left the engine house until after I passed Johnson and Moore; saw no thing thrown until this log came ; ease some two or three blocks lying close to the engine house be- fore I went down this way ; the log struck him on the head ; he threw himself hack with Ills hands to his head and uttered au exclamation ; my first Impulse was to run and pick him up, but seeing Mr. Johnson 'doing so, I rot and alarmed' the party in the blast furnace ;:when I came back they were starting with him over the railway ; lie was laid la the shade by the Company's °Mee ; I remained with him nntil ho died ; IL was In the neighborhood of 3 o clock, I think, when this oc curred ; could not have taken two steps from•the time I heard the cry until I saw him struck ; the cry caused me to look ; the instant I looked I saw the log strike him. Mr. Nelser was cross-examined at some length by Mr. Green of Easton, without eliciting any ad litioual facts of importance. Dr. E. Stout testified that he saw Mr. Moore be fore he died ; he' was lying under a shade tree, with fractured skull and unconscious; he Ifved about two hours; his death was caused by frac ture of the skull and pressure on the brain.. Love testified that he was In the engine house when the log was thrown ; it woo thrown out by Thomas Chapman, John Black and him self. Cross-examined by John 11. Oliver. (The ques tion " had you thrown out any logs before 1" was objected to,but the objection was overruled.) Ilad thrown out come a short time before, but couldn't say how many ; they had beau used to raise op the beam of the engine ; it was the third Window froni the (rout; pieces were from four to rive feet long; the sill was brought out and laid on the window sill ; looked out of the window ; saw two men standing on the (nil orthe furnace where the cinders are ; don't know if their backs or their faces were towards me ; told the others all was clear below ; we stepped back, cleared the log of the window and let go; looked out to see if the log struck the stairway ; saw Johnson with both hands up looking toward the steps; thought there was something and went down as fast as I could; there were a good many people around him then; he was lying on a pile of coal near the Wall of the engine house, about 5 feet from the stops, about 3"feet from the front of the engine house ; the oilier pieces were thrown out lintnediately before ; no more time elapsed thou took to bring this piece up some 6 or 7 feet; we took time to clear it of the window ; the upper sash was in; when 1 said all was clear, the log was half way out ; timid was the time I saw the men ; could see . no other per son in the passage way ; looked both Ways ; said "Boys all clear;" had to speak loud on account of the noise; did not see Mr. Mickley there ; John Black and Toni Chapin:tit aided meld throwing out the log; 'John Black and I were in the front; think Black looked out of the window alsci; looked out both ways and could See all 'open ground not in under the stair-way ; saw no one but the two men ; we went back Instantly and shoved it forward to clear the window and dropped it; the place Where we were was about eight qr tea feet square ; the stairway was narrow, not much over two leet ; might be more. Direct examination resumed by Mr. Malin. The window wad scarcely as high from the doer as my middle; looked both sides before tho log was dropped ; saw two men standing 1;0w'; Woe not sure whether ho gave warning tether ; 7acT them throtin out that day.. Cross-exatnination resumed. If the men had stood where lie saw them they could nothavehecn hurt, for they would have bsc i p mob danger what ever ; bad no reason s to belitirS the trier; were about to move from where he saw them. Frank C. Eekettsburger testified that be was employed'hy the Themes Iron Company last year as cleric • Thomas Chapman, John Black •and William Love were then employed by the Com pany and were working In the buildingat the time the log was thrown ; they were all in the employ of the Company now except Chapman, who had gone to Alabama. Mayor Fox of Philadelphia testified that de ceased, at time of Ills death, was a special officer In the Philadelphia pollee department at a salary of $012.50 per year; ho was a man of good intel ligence, bad been clerk in the water department, and was a school director ; witness then related circumstances of the visit to Hokendauqua f while looking over the Works became aware that ROM thing unusual had happened, and ran out and found Moore In a dying condition. Adjourned. rItIDAY MOUNINO'H BESBION At the opening of the Court this morning Judge Longaker stated that, as the ease now on trial would probably take up the rest of the week, the Jurors not on this case were discharged. Mayor Fox of Philadelphia was then Cross-ex amined, but nothing material was elicited. Gen. Mulholland, Chief of Police at Philadel phia, was then called. Ile was with the party, about twenty-live In number, who visited the Thomas Works: went. from the Third Regiment encampment ; the party went Into the Works to gether, but did not remain in a body ; ex amined Mr. Moore's wound ; he lived about two hours. Cross-examined. Remembered seeing Mr. Thomas at the Works; knew there was a guide; but did not know who he was ; did not recollect whether the rest of the party went in before Mr. Moore. Mr. Nutt, who was examined on Thursday, was recalled. Knew thedeceased about twenty years ; livedAn the same section of the city.; his health wasalways good; took good care of his family; never knew him to be sick. Mr. Moser testilled that deceased was an apt scholar at school ; frequently met him after their school days were over; health always good. J. C. Moore, brother of deceased, recalled. Ills own age was 37, and deceased was older ; deceased formerly worked in the Mint ; did not know what his salary was, but knew that he expended it all in the support of his family ; after the'ehange of administration In Philadelphia deceased got, a position under Mayor Fox; always treated his family as . well as any man could. (The question, by plaintiff's counsel, whether Mrs. Moore had any means of her husband's to lice on after his death was objected to, and the objection was sus tained and exception taken.) Willlani Moore, son of deceased, testified that he was 15 years of age ; was with his father at the Iron Works; was standing in the archway when the timber struck his father; heard the men cry "look out," but did not turn around Immedi ately ; when he did turn caw his father lying on the ground ; there was so one else in the archway at the time, except himself and his father. Jacob S. Dillinger, of this eity,.testified that he was among the company at the Iron Works ; was in the engine house; went in at the front door facing the railroad, and came out of the side door (here witness was shown a plan of the Works) ; passed under the window before the log was thrown. Mortimer L. Johnson testified that he was clerk for the Messenger of Select Council of Philadel phia, and had been so for four years ; was with Mr. Moore at the Iron Works ; was in the cellar to examine the engine works; Mr. Moore and myself were the last to come up; the furnace be ing so excessively warm, we did not go in there, but stood looking up between the two buildings ; then went up stairs and saw some heavy timbers tying on the ground ; coming out I sold to Mr. Moore, "I gAess we Mid better sec where we arc," and when.e.ve started to move (Mr. Thomas ahead) I saw something coming and cried "look out," and the minute I said It the log struck hint ; he fell back in my arms ; he did not revive, but was unconscious until his death ; they had not been warned to beware of falling lcigs ; we heard no cry front above; had been conversing with the deceased ; we were standing where we could have been seen. Cross-examined by Mr. Green.—Thought they came out of the and of the building, but was not certain ; when they came out the company had all, disappeared. A di on rued. AFTCTINOON'S SEsSIoN Dr. William J. Romig, of this city, agent for the American Life Insurance Company, stated bow touch an annuity of $3OO per year would cost In the above company; believed It to be about the same in other companies. Mrs. Moore was then re-called and stated her The witnesses for the prosecution having all been called, Mr. Runk, counsel for the defendants, theft opened the case for the defense, setting forth In a plain and concise manner what the defense would endeavor to prove by the witnesses whom they should present. After the opening of the ease for the defence by Mr. Mut:, Bernard Keiser was called. Ile testi fied that be was draughtsman for the Thomas Iron Company ; had made n draught of the prem ises nhere this accident occurred from actual measurement, and he proceed to explain the draught and the different locations. ;;Mmuel Thomas seas the next witness. Am President of the Thomas Iron Company, and was so in August 1869 ; on the day of the accident was engaged the whole forenoon in blocking up the beam of engine No. 3 for replacing a brass box which had been broken under the beam centre ; beam weighed some tlfty-six tons, and it required a firm, strong blocking to, hold it up ; raised It about two and one-half feet, replaced the box, and let down the beam Into its position; then went to Catneauqua to dinner, and left word with men in charge to get down the blocking from under the beam ; returned to the Works about' two o'clock, having my wife with me in my carriage; had hear 1 that there was to ben military review at the encampment ; went Into the engine house a few moments to see how . the men were getting on in removing the blocking ; after taking out the blocks they were taken down to a level about the middle of the engine ; there were sonic oak and sonic pine blocks, eight, ten and twelve inches square, four to elx feet long ; there were half a dozen railroad ilea among theft ; connected with the iron plat form is a wooden platform, forming landing front first flight, of stairs, and from which the second starts ; the blocks were taken down to this level scattered about there ; left the men about half-. past two o'clock ; they were then beginning to throw these blocks out, clearing them away ; that platfoirn was In front of second story window about two and one-half feet below It; went to the Mike, got in carriage, drove away, and on the hill, Immediately In front of my brother's residence, about 1000 or 1200 feet from the office by the road, saw a number of carriages approaching me ; was then on my way to this camp ; In the flint carriage were Mayor Fox, Judge Packer, Owen Schrclber and another, I think Clem Mulholland; they hailed me, and Mr. Echrelber, and,l thiuk,Judge Packer, stated they were going down to nee our Works, and asked me HI would go with them ; when they stopped I alighted from my carriage, stepped for ward and was . introduced to Mayor Fox and the other gentleman, about whose name am not posi tive; meantime the other ca cringes came up ; said to them, "drive down to the office, I will follow you immediately ;" remained in my position until the others had all passed, then drove Into my brother's yard, put my wife In the house and tied my horse there, and hurried to the °Mee on foot ; when I arrived, limo gentlemen had alighted;; were gathered in a group In front of the office ; was In troduced tun few more of them ; can't tell their names now ; this was p or 3;15 p. m. ; i said to them, " gentlemen, if you wish to see the Works, follow me and I will lead you ;" Mayor Fox and Judge PaCker took the lead with the ; went down Into the engine house ; knowing that these men were working there I took the precaution to lead them between time two engines, but took tbem on the north side of engine Nor 4, between that en gine 'and the house wall [explains the position from the draft]; took them along the whole length of the engine on thaeside nod to the oppo• site end; remained there, ten minutus or more ; was explainingto them the engine, the fly wheels, what Bach part performed, he. ; many questions were •ankee; ~went to the opposite end with a number°, them) -they stood there with Inc ; made expitinations.io Union there; can't coy nll were there ;'persons gentling at the oppocltd end could see to the opposite , end the men at work and.what thci.WPrOdell;*no.floons lu that house ; engine No. 4 - ots the north side of the house was at work that gay; the fatuaces all were 6n operetta) ; after being there as long as the gentlemen desired, moved out: from, where I stood; passed along where theigtood,and requetdel them to follow me over tot iadst house ; haramo'very distinct re collectle of gokng into the cellar before leaving the Bane hire - 'probably did.; passed - out the same door yeintercd, an, the Lehigh Valley Railroad side ; If s a went Into the cellar, we went In from the inside; and had to Come out the' same way; there is no enhance from the outside ; went across the open space between stack No. 3 and the en gine house, directly up to, the hot blast; we stopped some time-explaining the use of the hot blast oven I remained at the hot blast oven some lvc to ten minutes, explaining the Injection of the tot blast Into the furnaceis ; some of the gentle men couldn't stand fire and hurried on ; passed through into an archway between the furnaces which hold up the boilers, passed along through this arch to the hoisting machine, which raises sloe!: to the furnace, passed by it on to, an Iron floor; paused a minute or two at hoisting machine to explain its operations ; passed along in front of the ore stalls or bins which contain the ore for the furnace ; the furnace had cast about ono and a half hours before ; some of the gentlemen stood here and asked questions about the weight of metal in pig iron beds, about the ore and the pro portions lu which we used them in the furnace; these gentlemen were stretched along the plat form ; a number of them were there, Mayor Fox among them ; whilst we stood there some men in front of the furnace cried out " there is a man hurt ;" immediately sprang across the pig beds, across the cinder fall, into the open space between the furnace and the engine house; when I got there, there were not more than three, four or five men there, and saw a man lying down injured; his bead had been elevated on the knee of one of the workmen and they were attempting to give him a drink of Water ; saw at once that he was fearfully Injured, and directed our men to take him up carefully and carry him up across the railroad ; had proposed taking him into the ollice ; souse re marked we had better leave him in the open air, and we laid bins under the shade of a tree ; sent Immediately for a lot of cotton waste ofwiping waste to put cinder his head and made him as com fortable no possible; . he lived, I think, about two hours; the space between the engine house stack was at that time twenty-live feet wide; them was no regular roadway on that ground, as the surface of the ground was nine feet lower than the floor 'of the engine honso ; there was room enough for a wagon or cart to go through there, as was occa sionally done ; the cinder track was two or three feet lower than the - spade between the buildings, and was in use day and night for carrying off On ders ; noticed a pile of blocks where Mr. Moore lay ; there were twelve or eighteen blocks there and three or four sills, laying around promiscu ously, some touching the wall and some a little distance from it; Mr. Moore had fallen on a pile of coal near the steps, and his head was only two or three feet from the wall; In the regular work ing of the furnace we have engineer In the engine home and one assistant to keep the engine clean, three men, a keeper and two helpers,.i❑ the cast house, five at the bottom of the furnace, called fillers, ono man nt the top, one man taking out I the cinder, two to take out the Iron ; these are the men regularly employed at each furnace. Mr. Thomas was the last witness called for the defence, and at the conclusion of his testimony the Court adjourned. SATURDAY'S PROCEEDINGS The examination of witnesses having been con cluded Friday afternoon, Edward Harvey, counsel for the plaintiff, delivered his. pica Friday forenoon. His address was made In a very plain and eloquent manner, and his claim wan that the evidence clearly proved the negligence of the Thomas Iron Company. Mr. Harvey Wan followed by• John 11. Oliver, counsel for the defendant, who delivered his argu- gument for the defense in a very able manner. At the conclusion of his argument, Mr. Green of Easton delivered an argument for the defense. RAI LROAD Acci DENT. —Urinh Moyers, con ductor of a freight train on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, fell from the engine Thursday afternoon, which he had been oiling when In motion, near Slatlngton, 'and sustained serious, though not fatal injuries about the head and body. He was taken to his home In Phillipsburg, and is recov ering. AMY' STONE.—We arc glad td learn that the Columbia Fire Company has perfectCd the ar rangements to which we alluded a few days ago for an entertainment by the popular Amy Stone Troupe. 'The entertainment will take place at the New Opera House on Saturday evening of this week, the 21st, and the programme for the eve ning will be " Dot, or the Cricket on the Hearth," from Dickens, and Solon Shingle's farce of " Who stole my barrel of apple sass I" THE DUAMA.—The Allentown Literury and Dramatic Association gave their second per. j formance to our citizens on Monday evening, and we were gratified to see a large and intel- I ligent audience present. • The acting was far above the average of amateur impersonations and was much more Interesting than the. per. performance of itinerant pinyers. Mr. Ettinger crowned himself with laurels in both of the farces. He displayed rare ability as a comedi an and had the satisfaction of receiving the unbounded praise of incessant applause. Mr. Emmens made a hit in Turn Him out, Mr. HunsbPrger acquitted himself nobly in his no• ble character, and the ladies of the association were equally accomplished In their characters. Too muchTraise cannot be bestowed upon the director of this enterprise, )vlio, through his untiring zeal, has given to the public so much healthful amusement and has bestowed upon Allentown the honor of having one of the best amateur dramatic associations in the country. The association will appeasat the Opera House again on next Thursday evening when we hope those repo have not attended before - will give the enterprise that sanction which an Allentown enterprise deserves at the hands of our citizens. To our friends out of town we can only say that they can have no better op portunity of passing a pleasant evening than will be afforded by the entertainment on Thursday evening. FEATun.E.—Our Foglesville corres , ondeut sends us the following : English preaching at Foglesville is an en tirely new feature, and. one which seems to create quite a sensation among our people, but it is, undoubtedly, a move in the right di rection. We have had services now for' the fourth the English language. The first sermon was preached by Rev. W. R. Hofford, President of Female College at Al lentown. He preached a sermon on the text, "Ile that Is ashamed of me and of my words, &c.," which was one well calculated to feed souls longing after the truth as it is in Jesus. Prof. Seip preached for us on the dedication of our cemetery, and Rev. Dr. Muhlenburg preached on the evening of the 11th of De cember last. The Doctor gave us a sermon that was both spicy and replete with useful instruction. He selected for his subject the 12th chapter of Ecclesiastics, 13th and 14th verses. He opened his sermon by putting before us such all-important questions, " What is the object of our existence and what the source of our happiness ?" Difficult as these questions may at first sight appear there is uo room for doubt with those who have the su peradded aid, the light of the Gospel. He then reproduced those pictures of human life as recorded by the Preacher, with fine effect upon the audience. Solomon, the wisest king that ever lived, gave this subject a care ful study and it, therefore, behooves us care fully to consider to what conclusion he came. From examining the actions of man In his dif ferent circumstances in life, he came to the conclusion that - all was vanity of vanities— and gave as the solution of those questions as given above, the last two verses of the 12th chapter, " Fear God and keep His command meats," &c. ' There were men who from the light of their reason alone were able to discover that man was created fur higher ends than the enjoy ment of the good things of this world. Socrates and Plato were given as examples corroborative of the above given fact. Tito above are a few of the many things that might be alluded to, in the Doctor's beautiful die cour'se. On the Bth inst., Rev. E. J. Fogel preached for us. Ho discoursed on the text recorded In Acts, Mit chapter and oth verse : " Lord, what wilt thou have me to do f" The reverend gentleman did full justice to his text, and it is to be hoped that ere long we shall have the opportunity of listening to him twiin The lovers of amusements were aflorded a rare opportunity at the Public House of Hen ry Correll, on the littli Inst., and the partici pants to the Jolllges of this ball bade gala time of it. • OF.NF.RAL. THE WlDOlini t SOCIETY AT BETHLEHEM.— The Moravian of this week gives the following interesting facts concerning lost Society, which lately celebrated its hundredth anniversary : "The name of the Society does not accurately express Its object, which Is to Insure to the widows of subscribers such yearly dividends as the Income and number of claimants allows of. Subscribers are received at any age, the custom, boweler, having been that young men became members when they marry. The subscription money Is $5O l . There are no other payments tw bo made, except $l. annually by such as become members after they are 50 years of age. This liberal feature In the Constitution of the Society constitutes It a benevolent as well as a beneficial organization. The Society was organized January 2,1771. The first payment amounted to £950 Pennsylvania currency. This amount was loaned to James Burnside on a mortgage ou the Nain [lndian mission] property purchased by him. The first Treasurer was Frederick Oertel. The printer of the first Constitution, a Mr. Miller of Philadelphia. presented his recelpted bill, amounting to.£s 10s., as a donation to the Society. In 1821 the Society was chartered - by the Legislature of Pennsylvania. Thedivldends paid to 43 widows in 1822 amounted to $3l each. In 1623 the dividends amounted to $37 ,$33 being the yearly average until 1860, when they were $2O. In 1863 they were $2B ; in 1869, $42 ; in 1870, $49. The whole amount distributed since 1821 Is about $75,000, the yearly average having been $29.44 to each widow.. The capital in 1822 was $11,153 ; at present It Is $32,000. There have been cases lu which widows received during their life-time as melt as $2,500. The above facts were communicated at the love feast, and exhibit the great benefits which the Society has bestowed upon the widows of members. Of course, such results as the above could not have been attained if by far the larger majority of members had not become subscribers when they were young men. They show the practical wis dom of our forefathers hi this ea in many other respects." CAIS'AIIIES, a large stock and new ones con— stantly nrrlvlng, at Walter C. emitleo, 733 Ham ilton street. Nriu Abbertioentcnto. DISSOLUTION NOTICE.— Notice to hereby riven that tho co•partnerehip heretofore exhaled under the firm name of GOOD & RUHR woe die- XtbiVPII on the lit day of J inuary ca , 1871, by mutual conaeut. The banking bitable. will he rried on by T. 11. Oood, Esq., who will collect and make Net•lentent for all in. debtedneee of anid Ilrm. T. 11. 0000, jou 16.3 w EDWARD ROHE STOVES AND TINWARE! ELIAS- MEYER link opened the stove and tiu .4nre lately occupied Ly hltroolfeed IN, COPLAY, nod lie Invites tile attention and pa tronago of tiloso wishing goods in Ms line. Ills mock ix new and choice, and he will sell very Cheap for Cash Thankful for past patronagenod favors. ho solicits a continuance of the name, and will do blithest topiarian and setts!). ull his patron, Any one In want of anything to toy hue Will (1., well to examine toy goods and prices he fore purehaslng• ELIAS 3IEYERS. Y. Il.—The accounts of tho tote firm of E. MEYER , & SON coo be mottled at the Moro for the next four weeks, and thou° Ono :,ro then unaettled wilt ho placed In n Jun tice's haulm. jou 13•Imdiw T - 1 4 ARNIERN' UNION MUTUAL FIRE ISHURANCE CUM AZYY at Troxlertown. Pa. WHOLE AMOUNT INSURED, 80,5004100. At no annual election of the members of said Company. on the dd day of December. WO, at the public house of Gideon Yoder, in Troxlertown, the following persons were duly elected Directors fur the ensuing year:—D. 0. Ruction. Joseph (1/tumor, Levi Llehtertwainer, George Roth, George Ludwig. Bonneville Yoder, F. P. Mickley. Sanford Stephen, Reuben Gockenbacli. William AMU, Samuel .1. K Wier, Solomon Kittle (wilier). John IL Schmoyer. On the ltith of December, the Boned of Director. elected D. Bastian President, Levi Lieldenwaluer Treasurer, Bonneville Yoder, Secretary. Agents, Reuben Sitt:er, New Tripoli; Henry Rutile. Eaq., Slatingtonl Loon L. Snyder, bititoornellle; L.S. Lichteriwainer. Trexlertown Samuel Leech, Kreidersville t Reuben R. Kline, Kutz town; Charles Kline, Salisbury. The a^robot of Ley I . Llchtenwaluor, Traaaurerof the Farmers' L'ulou Mutual lire luxurance Company of Pa: MI, Jon. 1 Balance In hand of last ..... 00143 l ipr i e or u t m recel:e . rd during the year..... 4 ) 1370 J nu•o no,Franklin Marsteller. tlra damages. Aug. 7. Kuntz Deshler. Are damages •• 7, David Stephen. Oct. 9.wi1l lam Dec. 1.1, Reuben Weaver, " •• 10. Ellen Link.• • " 27, Stephen Rex, 10. Framing curds, Sell Si Kistler Holding the annual election 10, Haines & Rube, printing " 10, It. Iced..ll, 10, T. V. •Ithoetlx, C " 10, Lelsouring St o •' " 31, Director .ervicee " 31, Ppechil committees " 31, Revenue stamps. 31, Revenue tax and license " 31, Treasurer's service •• 31, Pienigma signing policies " 31, Stationery " 31, Auditors fen, for two years.. .... . " 31, Balance In the handy et Treasurer Bonneville Yoder, Recretary, In account with the Far re' Union Mutual Flee Inouraoce Company of Peat. Randy ed from Jan. 1, 1570 to Jan 1, IS7I, as pre mlum 00 Pallnles -44 D 13 Dec 31, Pahl to Treiclurer during the year 111.9 13 We. the noilerelgued Auditors. found thembove accounte arreet. OKO. 110TH, • F. P. MICKLEY, SOLOMON KLINE (miller.) ♦odltore, MEE MYSTIC WATER OEM DAVID'S WELL! MEM AGITICULTUItAL MEETING. The Twentieth Annual Meeting of the etrockholdera of the Lehigh Comity Agrlcaltural Society will be held on the SEVENTII day of FEBRUARY 1:1.E./MO{ (being the first Tuesday of said mouth). at 10 o'clock. A. fd.. at tho American Hotel. City of Allentown. Pa.. for the Por nose of electing the offirera of eatil 8001017 for the 011111.111 n year. and to tramiact. all other llama bottom of said do.. ciety. Ity order ot 131110.8 SOLOMON I.3ltlF.9talliß, Prea't. IV GETTING MARRIED.—ESSAYS FOR U€" You.; Men, on great SOCIAL EVILS and ABUSES which isteriero with MARICIAUE—with mute men debit relief for the Errisai and Pah...mete, dimitt.ed d itated. Addeo., 110 W AND ASSOCIATION, No. Etiouth :Vieth street, Philadelphia, Pa. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. In (he Orphans! Court of Lehigh Couasty. In the matter of the account of DAVID 11011oNIAN and LEVI 110173 3IAN, Adtnintetratora of PETER DEAN,dec..l Aud now, ittou•ry 11, Pal. on motion of Evart }lonian, Esq., Attorney for u creditor. Jonathan lleninger 11. C. Louguerker, ia appointed Auditor to exam ine and re4ettle, Rlll.l to report dtxtribution. Front the Record., A. L. BUIE, Clerk. o - The untler..lgned Auditor above named will attend to the doting Indicated by his appointment, on SATURDAY, the ELEVENTII of } EDRUARY next, at 10 o'clock, A. M., atllle otllee, oppo.lte .. ,the Court Rouge. City of Allentown jan 10.!t 11. C. LONUNRCKER. NOTICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY' GIVEN that the noderdgned here bee• made Tree. tees of Abraham Ileektnan. of Troxlertown. Lehigh Co., Pe. Therefore all perfume having claims WOW. , the ." Heckman. and all those Indebted to him are remelted to make settlement within six weeks from date. GEORGE ROTH. C. A. 0 BlifilfT. ITrnateem. jail 1P.5w1 GELDIN'S Ladies' Trimming Store, ALLENTOIVS, PA. The trade at this old nod well known es tabllahmant la constantly Increasing. owing to the fact ,hat NEW GOODS aro being coustnotly recel•ed of the LATEST STYLES, and always SaltablO to the Waste of her aumorous auto mere. People should always go where they aro Ware to be stalled nt low figures. Pau IS r .1 E WELLERS, NO. 902 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILIDELPIIIA, linylug largolYthcrelonit tholr Plated Ware Department, roll tqlechtl tatittallott to their otock of SILVER PLATED GOODS, compriming, looldee their uettal line of Fine Wane of high grade., a mold complete se.ortment of TABLE WARES, . PLATED ON WHITE METAL, rolielde in quality, and otfored at exceedingly low wino.. A full line of • Plated Spoons, Forks, Ladles&e. MEI FINE TABLE. CUTLERY; expresslymade for their retell Ham ant tarotstted Att u ttog s aLor la complete sets, put up trt , rosewood All goods sold us their own merits it axed prices, a lach•11 In plain figure,. In each %Mete. AD 1f•1 MEE OM
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