The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-02-19

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Burglars entered the mill uf John R
Schal, at Laury's Station, on Friday night
and blew open the large iron safe, but did
not obtain much booty.
DIR. G. NJ. Frick, of East Mauch Chunk,
was in town, professionally, Wednesday and
dropped in to see US. Call again Doctor.
On March 4, 1880, Rev. Isaac W. Yeak-
el rendered his resignation as preacher of the
Evangelical Association. Rev. Yeakel joined |
the East Pennsylvania conference in the
spring of 1870, at tho session Of the annual |
conference, at Catasauqua, Pa. He served |
very prominent charges in the counties of
Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon, Schuylkill
and Columbia. He says the members and
friends of all these charges are very much
endeared to him, and he will therefore ever
cherish the most fond recollections of them
for their generosity and kindness.
An annual election for president and
six directors OF the Lehigh and Wllkesbarre
Coal Company will be held at the office Of
the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, 2Sl
South Third street, Philadelphia, on Thurs
day, February gath, at IL o'clock NJ, closing
at o'clock p. NJ. of that day. The transfer
books closed on the 18th instant and will
open on the 2jth.
Mrs. Augusta Beers and Mrs. Joseph
Wertz were run over by gravel train while
picking coal on the Lehigh and Susquehan
ma Railroad, near Allentown, Wednesday
afternoon. Mrs. Wertz was killed and Mrs.
Beers fatally injured.
For the week ending on the 18th inst,
there were 1892 tons of coal shipped over
the Lehigh Valley railroad, making n total
for the year of 0SS, 1866 tons, showing an In
crease in shipments of 74,259 tons as COM
pared with same time last year.
Rev. B. j. smoyer, pastor of the Evan
gelical church, of this borough, will preach
bis last sermons for this Conference year,
to morrow Sunday and will leave on Mon
day for Millersburg, Dauphin county, where
Conference assemblies on Wednesday, 23rd.
1t is expected that Rev. Smoyer W ill return
here for another year.
\-It is claimed that the wash-out on the
Lehigh Valley railroad, near Redngton, on
last Saturday, was not caused by the rise in
the river, as at first reported, but by a cloud
burst, which poured torrents of water over
| ba 4 ,,,,xoi D5n faat ,,c a. rn,I -hoI
with rock and trees, 40 feet towards the
river. A large force of men worked all day
Sunday building up the. road, and travel
was resumed oyer one track that night, and
finished and travel resumed.
AT Rockhill station, on the North Penn.
railroad, ON Thursday morning, the 10th
inst, passenger train en- route for Bethle-
hem collided with a freight train, which
was about 70 go upon a siding to allow the
former train to pass. Both engines were
wrecked, and the baggage car was telcscop.
ed. Michael lIallahan, hotel-keeper, of S.
Easton, and James Farley, section boss, of
Quakertown, were killed ten persons were
injured, the following fatally: Rev. McFet-
ridge, of Germantown, John Gately, Rich'd
Morton, fireman of the passenger engine,
and George Yeomans, OF West Bethlehem,
| baggage master. The accident is attributed
to bIunder on the part of the engineer of
the freight train.
I-Considerable fear and excitement was
manifested by the people heresbouts on FRI
day and Saturday last, in consequence of
the breaking up of the ice in the Lehigh and
the rapid thaw of the snow, causing a very
considerable rise in the river. But fortuna,
tely il passed without any material damage
in this neghborhood. A small wooden
bridge over the Big Greek, above ParrYville
was washed of, impeding travel for day or
two. Two trestles OF the railroad bridge at
Penn Haven were washed away. Near
Allentown two canal boats We're wrecked
the bridge at Kline's Island wac destroyed,
and boy was drowned by being caught in
the rushing ice.
AT Yratesvlle, Schuylkill county, on
Mondpy, Cornelius o'Donnell, an old man,
choked TO death while eating piece of meat
The Republicans of Easton elected their
candidate for Burgess on Tuesday by 20 ma
jnrity.
John Nickel dropped dead of heart
disease in his brothers stnre at North
Wlkesbarre, on Monday.
AT Wilkesbarre, on Monday Charley,
aged ), son of William Moses, a mine eng
neer, was burned TO death by upsettng a
miners lamp.
The badly of oliver Butterwicl, drown
ed near Allentown,on Friday last, was found
Wednesday on Calypso Island, Bethlehem,
it having been carried distance of six miles,
The wife Of Edward Jones, of Shenan-
doah, while visiting at Mahanoy City, Tues
day, fell dead of heart disease.