The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-09-18

Tuesday, be resolved to Celebrate the grand
fusion victory by parade, and TO that end
IN the evening donned his high hat--only
used on ST. Patrick's day-and headed by
our Cornet Band, marched through the
streets to the merry strains Of marching
Through Georgia" ouf friend Owen sheri-
dan must be congratulated bh the fne ap.
pearance of his parade
"A 'spatch reached our sister. borough Of
wefssport on Tuesday evening claiming the
election Of Davis in Maine by l64O ma
jority. Our Republican friends turned out
in force and jp5,lated over the triumph.
Wednesday morning their Sudness returned
when they found the spatch Piatsted it
wrong Now, "tel us of Garfield"
During, the druggist, is having the
front Of his store room ,re.painted.
Charles, son of Andrew Raudenbush,
narrowly escaped a serious accident on Sat
urday evening last, while looking at the
formation Of the Hancock and English Club
preparatory to their departure for Mauch
came fractions at lie noise aid glare of
lights, and springing to one side, struck the
boy Raudenbush knocking him down, and
the wheel striking him OF the head luckily
causing bu. q slight ftdatdte.
-Thers atG now 25s male and 24O female
patients in the new Insane Asylum at
Norristown.
-FGr the week ending Oh the 1cth inst,
there were 1901 tons of coal shipped over
the L. s. railroad, making total for the
seasoh to that date of 2.433, ,929 tons ,leavingn
decrease for the season, as compared with
the same time last year of 3O2,O4l tons.
During tho week ending on the 1lth
inst, there were transported over the Le-
high Valley railroad llO,o75 tons of coal,
making a total for tie season to that date of
S,S44,sO6 tons, an increase, as compared
with same time last year, oflsS,lg4 tons.
DIR. Jonathan Moyer,a prominent citizen
of LoSkhavenj Pa, died suddenly Wednes-
day, of CONGESTION of the brain.
j. Rockwell,a "a brakeman on the Lehigh
Valley Railroad, was killed By falling from
traih, at Penn Haven Juhction, on Tues.
day hight.
The trial of William Orr for the murder
of james Woods, near Tamaqua, on July
2lst, resulted Wednesday in verdict of not
guilty.
The second Thursday in October Is
Founders day at tehigh University, when
Senator Bayard will deliver the address.
Oscar Hamilton of Mauch Chunk,a one
armed switch tender on the tehigh Valley
Railroad, hear Penn Haven, jumped over
bank some twenty five fee! high to escaps
d train Of cars that he'd run off the track,
and was seriously but not fatally hurt.
Jeremiah ROCKWELL brakeman Oh
freight train on the ,Lchigh Valley Railroad,
fell off his train at Penn Haven, on We'd
nesday morning, and was instantly killed,
He wkS q rgsidsbt Of Pittstof, and leaves a
wife and one child.
The Hancock 4 English clubs ofMauch
Chunk and East Mauch Chunk celebrated
the Republican defeat in Maine by torch
light procession on Wednesday evening
some .275 torches were in line.
The McCi1rg's Band excatsiofl to Mauch
Chunk and the Switch Back on Thursday,
numbered about 400 people.
DIR. W. F. Christ has removed troih
Parryville, to Bangor. Dir. Wilson Kutz
succeeds him.
On Wednesday two excursions visited
the "switzorland," one from Scranton num-
bering some 200, aid the other from Perth
Amb9y numbering about $50.
The many friends of DR.. H. ]. G. Neu
miller, formerly of Summit Hill, but now a
resident of Kansas, will be pleased to learn
that he has been nominated for tie bh;ce o
Auditor Of STATE III His new home, which it
equivalent to Auditor General in Pennsyl
vania. May the DR.. win, say we, for h,
is jolly good fellow.
Mr.. Charles H. Bates, of Philadelphia
and Miss LIZZIE, eldest daughter of S. W
Palmer, of Stroudsburg, were married at
o'clock on Wednesday last. After bril-
liant reception in ths afternoon, durini
which numerous friends and relatives par
> took of splendid and bounteous bridal din
ner, the happy couple at p. m. started OF
their bridal tour, which will include por
tion of Maryland, after which tney will set
tie down in Williamsport, Pa, where Mr.. B
proposes to join his father in the mercantil
business. Amid the conviviality of the oc
casion the printer was not forgotten, 70
which the happy couple will please accep
1, our best wishes.-Je6ersonian
: Allentown is to have new accessiont
6 its manufacturing enterprises, and ono to
y which will be Of no small Importance. 1t
Q to be a Silk Factory, TO be known as tn
"Adelaide," and to be erected and operates
# by the Phoenix Silk Manufacturing Com
8 pany of Patterson, New Jersey. The loca
building committee have for some time beei
!. receiving bids for the erection of the build
= ings, aud the contracts will be awarded d
an early day aud the work com nenced forth
with. The f6'dia' Building is To be o. brick
> ESQ feet long, so wide, and four stories i
II height, including the basement.-There al
h also To be erected, separately, an engine an
70 boiler house, S0XS7 feet; office one stor
high, and vault 62x3s feet, two stories higl
9 porter's lodge, and draft stack, 100 fec
lie high. II is expected TO have the building
n finished and IN readipess for commehcin
4 business operations early the coming spring
= Mrs. L. Wehr & Sister, by advertise
4 ment in to-day's ADVOCATE, state that the
are just opening their fall and winter style
l. of millinery goods. Their establishment
:, on South street, this borough.
= On last Sunday week ago Mr.. Richal
Sherry, of Mauch Chunk, came to our qui,
- borough, and led a blooming young maide
:, TO the altar. Her name was Miss Maggi
:, Menalies, but It IS now source of pride an
- great joy to Richard to call her Mrs
., Sherry, Mr.. William Sherry; of Mauc
= Chuuki enf Miss Meyer, of weisspOrt, al
"A eompanied the happy pair to this plac
where the knot was tied by Squire Kant
-, May Richard and his fair bride, as the