The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-10-28


The coming holidays win be more gem
orally observed than any, for many years,
and we would remind our readers that a
bottle of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup will prove
most acceptable holiday present.
The summer campaign Of Barnum,
Bailey & Hutchinson's show is closed, and
is safely housed in wintet quarters at Bridge
port, Connecticut The profits for the sea-
son are 100000. Jumbo did 1t, of course.
AN examination of applicants for the
remaining vacancies in the schools of diff
ferent districts of the county, will be held
this Saturday, Oct. 2sthj in the High School
room in this borough. The examination
will begin at o'clock a. mi
DIR. j. A. Mayer, the practical Surgeon
Dentist, of Broadway, Mauch Chunk, has
had a practice of over 20 years, and sprob-
ably the oldest resident dentist in this val
ley. The Dr's work speaks for itself, and
the fact that all critical work in the region
is given TO him is a sufficient guarantee Of
his superior ability as a Surgeon Dentist.
AT Shenandoah, Schuylkill county ear
ly Sunday morning, -four masked men over
powered the watchmsh at the Reading
railroad depot, and threatened to kill him
if he did not open the safe containing sever
al hundred dollars. He refused to open it,,
and the robbers, after working upon it inef
fectually for some time, left without obtain
ing any booty.
Mr.. Robert II. Sayre, who recently re-
tired from active labor in the Lehigh VAL
ley railroad, we are informed, has not made
any engagement for service with any other
railway, though he has had several offers.
He has, in fact, not yet determined upon his
future occupation, but, in any event, in
tends 10 continue in close and friendly rela.
tions with the Lehigh Valley Company, of
which he is still a director.
The Hazard Manufacturing Co., Of
Wlkesbarre, have just completed for the
Central Railroad Of New Jersey, the largest
wire rope ever made by machinery. 1t is
% inches in diameter and $3.50 feet long
lover a mile. The weight of it is 80 tons.
1t will be used on the Ashley inclined plane,
below Wllkesbarre, and will pull "a nine
ton cars each trip. The life of such rope
is capable of hauling up the incline eight
million tons of coal.
The Board of Bishops of the Methodist
Episcopal Church met Wednesday in Ber
wick, for conference. There were present
Bishops Simpson, Bowman, Harris, Wiley,
Merrill, Andrews, Warren, Foss and Hurst,
Bishop Foster is in India and Bishop Peck
was prevented from attending by the seri-
GUS illness of his wife. The Conference will
continue for several days, and during the
deliberations, which will be secret, matters
in connection with the church interest will
be arranged.
The new st. Johns Lutheran Church
at Coplay, will be dedicated oil Sunday,
November 12.
Thursday evening, OF last week, Mrs.
Thomas Grafiiu, a widow lady, aged about
S5 years, living with her son Mr. David
Graflin, in Catasauqua, while seated at the
table was stricken with apoplexy, causing
paralysis of the right side of the body. The
old lady at this writing is doing as well as
can be expected and hopes are entertained
of her recovery.
The Lehigh Valley Homeopathic Medi-
cal Society held its bi monthly meeting on
Thursday afternoon, at the office of Dr.
Daniel Yoder, on Bridge street, Catasauqua
Members were present from Mauch Chunk
Bethlehem, Allentown. Easton, and other
places. Essays were read on various sub
ects. The most interesting ones were on
Tea and Coffee" by DR.. E. II. jacobson, o.
Bethlehem, and DR.. F. C. Buntint,of Mauch
Chunk, on "Repertories," or what kind o
works were the most useful to physicians
to be able to find the indicated remedy sue
cessfully. Discussions followed on the yari
Gus essays by each of the membets present
The next meeting will be held at Allentown
at the residence Of DR.. Slough in December