The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-09-03

journalism Of schuylkill county, and in lat
ter years was connected with the Safe De
post Bank Of Pottsville.
The Democratic Convention Of schuyl
kill county met Monday in Pottsville and
made the following nominations Fol
Judge, ex-Congressman James B. Reilly
Treasurer, A. s. Faust Prothonotary, VIM
J Mccarthy; Clerk Of Court, E. W. Frehaf-
er Recorder, VIM. HausslerJ Register j. G.
Purcell Surveyor, j. F. stout Daniel Boy.
er, the present incumbent, was nominated
for Commissioner.
We are requested 10 announce that
there will be a chldren's temperance meet
ing in the Presbyterian church of this place,
on Tomorrow Sunday afternoon, at BIAS
O'Clock. An interesting occasion is antici-
psted, and all are invited to attend-yeung
and oil.
Prof A. P. Horn, left for Lancaster city
on Monday last.
DR.. Ed. Miller, of Altoona, was in town
over Sunday and left on Tuesday, with his
mother, who will spend h few weeks with
him at Altoona.
During the week ending on the 27th
inst, ll6, 1893 tons of coal were shipped over
the Lehigh Valley railroad, making total
for the season of 4,O44,9 ,934 tons, an increase
of 969 ,529 tons, as compared with same time
last year.
Rev. Bowen, a Welsh clergyman of
Gibson, attempted to jump of moving
passenger train at the Delaware and Hudson
and Erie Railroad depot at Carbondale Sun
day, and had one leg takon off and the
other badly bruised, lie is in a critical con-
dition. He was at one time pastor of
church at Wllkesbarre, and was one of the
earliest settlers OF Carbondale.
-Chauncy J,amoreaux, o! Huntsville.
Luzerne county, was taken from the Dam
vile Insane Asylum on Thursday of last
week by his friends, who decided to care for
him. AT Nanticoke he left his seat in the
car, ostensibly to get drink of waterjump-
ed from the train and disappeared, and on
Saturday his body was found floating in tie
Susquehanna River at Nanticoke, much
lecomposcd.
"A man named Clearwater was roughly
handled by a crowd at Pittston on Saturday
for expressing the wish that President Gar
field might die
The forest fires in this
county, have increased within the last two
days, and are doing great damage Con-
siderable manufactured lumber and a num-
Der of logs have been destroyed. The loss
so lar as learned is about $4,000
Charles Peifier, aged 20 years, was kill
ed on Friday afternoon at the Bethlehem
curve by gravel train.
John Brennan, miner at the Boston
Colliery, near Wikesbarre, was drowned
while bathing Sunday.
Reuben Young, employed in the ore
mine near Breinigsville, Lehigh county, fell
into the washery on Saturday, and was in.
stantly killed, his body being shockingly
mangled.
Six cases of smallpox are reported in
Pittston and vicinity, two of which are in
the town limits OF East Pittston. There
have been three fatal cases in the suburbs
from that disease.
"A. d. Damn was arrested at Scranton on
Saturday while attempting to sell stolen
Philadelphia grain elevator certificates to II. |
A, Vail, of Scranton. He was sent to Phila-
delpha Monday.
Bernard Rexrodt, of Allentown, has
been taken to the Lebigh County Almshouse
at the advanced age of so years. He was
once wealthy but lost his all in the Blumer,
Line & Co.'S bursted bank of that county.
james Mangan was shot and seriously |
wounded by William McCue, in a street
fracas at Pittstoh, on Saturday night Man
gan is son of John Mangan who was shot
and instantly killed at that place few
weeks ago.
-JamesJ. Dcpue, aged 23 years, living in
Northampton county, drove team into the
Delaware River for barrel of water, and
the horses becoming unmanageatle, went
off into deep water, and both Mr.. Depue and
The horses were drowned.
Nearly one fourth ofth mills WITHIN
fifty miles Of Allentown have stopped, ow-
ing to the lack Of water.
Kate shaefer, who suddenly disappear
ed from Schuylkill county several weeks ago,
has been heard from at Pittsburg. She was
On her way West to meet an old lover.
The chair in the Muhlenburg College to
be known as the casa Packer Professorsbip
'i Natural Sciences" will be filled by Pro
lessor K. F. Smith, Ph. D., late assistant in
analytical chemistry in the University of
Miss Jesse Musselman, of Weatherly,
Is the guest of Mr. VIM. Kemerer, of this
place.
The funeral services of Mr.. Charles H.
North, brother of Rev. G. W. North, pastor
'f the NJ. E. Church, Of this borough, will
De beld in the NJ E. church on Friday eve
hing next at 1880 o'clock. All are invited
o attend.
The next meeting Of the tehigh Minis
erial Association, composed of ministers of
The Methodist Episcopal Church, will be
ield in Bethlehem on Monday aud Tues.
lay, Sept. and 6. The programme of ex-
'rcises includes sermons by Revs. j. Pastor
ield, and S. II. Hervis Of Phillpsburg, N.
i, reports from pastors, election Of officers,
kc.
Prof. T A. Snyder and wife,of strouds-
'urg, was in town few days during the
past week, on visit to the wfe's mother,
Mrs John Hauk, who has'been very low
With typhoid fever, but who is now pro-
bounced out Of danger. The Prof. returned
home Thursday.
Our youung friend Ed. Raudenbush
on ofJ W. Raudenbush, had the misfor-
une to break his right hand on Thursday
fternoon.
Sunday finished the dog days.
Our public schools will open on Mon
lay next for term of eight month.
You may shoot squirrels now-if YOU
re quick on the trigger.
reachers' EXaMi iuRtiOns.
Conntv Sunariniandant p.It;.. III, -,