The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-09-25

The sour krout season rapidly APP
prOacheth.
When you want any job printing
done call at this Office,
The front in VIM. Kemerer's new
store building is very handsome.
Potatoes are selling on our streets
at from Go to rs cents per bushel.
"wednesday is the regular discount
day of the new National Bank at
Satington.
The wife of Victer Acker, of this
borough, died very suddenly, on
Thursday morning last.
Mr.. Abraham Ripple, well known
as a lumber dealer throughout the Val
ley, died recently at his home in White
Haven.
Bring your family to the fair, and
don't forget, farmer, to bring something
along to add to the attractions of the
exhibition.
Prof. S. A. Baer, School Superin.
tendent of Berks county, will the
present fall take up his residence at
Kutztown.
Jos. Lynn, editor of the Mauch
Chunk Democrat, is the member oil the
Democratic State Central Committee for
this Senatorial district.
1t is mistaken economy to not ad"
vertise thoroughly your real estate
when for sale. The loss by such neg.
lect would pay all the printers ink.
An eclipse of the sun will take
place on the Goth of September, at 6
o'clock IA minutes in the morning (;
visible. The sun will rise eclipsed.
WIN. r. Rex. has sold his property
on Bank street, recently purchased by
him from ID. Graver, to Levi X. Miller,
OF West Penn. Consideration $2700.
"A large dish of very fine grapes
was laid upon our table a day or two
ago, by our friend L. f. Kleppinger,
for which he, will consider our "castor
riz."
Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of the Hon.
Michael Dreher, and mother of Hon.
S. S. Dreher, died in Stroudsburgh.
Oh Saturday morning last, aged 72
years, month and ID days.
Mr.. Obert's loss by the fire last
week, is placed at s25, 900; not over
one-half Of which, we are told, will be
covered by his insurance. He has al
ready commenced to clear away the
,derbis preparatory to rebuilding.
Every farmer in the county should
do something toward making the Fair
a success. Enter something for pre-
MUM, whether successful or not. Send
in your big pumpkins, squashes, tall
corn, large chickens, fat pigs, and fine
colts.
On the 25th inst, Rev. j. II.
Schmidt was installed in his newly
formed charge at Eckley, Luzerne Co.,
Pa. He formerly lived at White Haven,
where he served st. Paul's Evangeli-
cal Lutheran Church for several years.
a meeting of the German Be
nevolent Society on Tuesday night, the
following officers were elected: Ed.
Paetzel, President; NJ. Stuber, Vice
President; G. T. Hagedon, Secretary {;
V. Schwartz, Treasurer to serve for
one year.
IF. j. Wolf has sold his flour and
feed store to John Lockerd, of Acker-
mansville, Northampton county, who
has taken possession of the same, and
is selling -four for cash cheaper than
any othes man in Carbon county.
Rex & Hon announce in to days
paper that they are prepared to supply
the people with live or dressed hogs at
reasonable prices. Their place of bust,
ness is at the upper end of Bank street.
They have just received drove of
prime Jersey Whites. Call and see
them.
No. 10 of Peters Household Melo-
dies is received, and as usual is full of
the choisest songs and choruses, among
which we notice THE Grape on the
Door," "The Maid OF Ayondale,
Maggie M'Kay," sc. Published by
j. l.. Peters. S43 Broadway, N. Y.
Il AT meeting of the School Board
of Franklin township, on Saturday,
Sept. 18th, the following named teach,
ers were elected East Weissport, T.
f. Arner and Mss Scliofield Maria
Furnace, Isaac u. Bagenstose Mack
ereltown, ii. T. Smawley Beltzvile,
Thomas Solt. For Solt's and Wa,ck-
vile no appointments were made, we
believe.
/-Our friend, Mr.. William Zahner,
fengineer on the l.. V. r. r., made
very narrow escape with his life day
or so ago. He was moving empty coal
cars from Easton, when in rounding a
curve he suddenly came upon an oil
train standing upon the track, which
had not been tagged, and jumping
from his engine, he fell, bruising his
face and other portions of his body
quite severely.
The Lehigh Coal and Navigation
Company is building railroad up San.
dy Run for the Central Railroad of
New Jersey. 1t leaves the main road
about two miles below White Haven.
1t will run TO Buck Mountain, Eckley
and Drifton, and ultimately to Halle
ton. 1t will, when completed, make
the line between Wilkesbarre and
Hazleton an hour and half shorter,
A tonnage Of two hundred thousand tons
of coal annually is guaranteed to the
road by Messrs. Coke Bros. & Co., and
tho p,talr Maintain HnaI nan,nnn,,