The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-09-15
Lewis Best White Lead
at 800 a hundred at J. i.
Gabel's. for cash.

If you want to see the beauties OF our
valleys before the winter sets ip, just go 10
the livery stable and haye a talk with
Dayy Ebbcrt about his horses take look
at his carriages and wagons-for private
parties and large pic MICS, and If you co n
find anything to beat them outside of Phil4
adclphia, you may come back and call
DavS Pennsylvania Dutchman.
On Saturday morning an explosion &C.
CURED at the Primrose Colliery, Mahanoy
City, by which William BearnsliehIj aged
Is, lost his life, and Patrick Banahan was
seriously injured. They were employed as
helpers to the iremen, and were working
near the boilers, when two Of them explod-
ed, OF these, one weighing SOObs was hurl-
ed about so yards, and crushed into a
dwelling house end foremost.
Railroad men! Be on tiinel BUY the
Elevator or Electric alarm Clock, sold by
+. II. Iohl, Mauch Chunk.
On Friday night at the North Ashland
colliery, Thomas Gallagher, an eleven year
old boy, employed as a driver, fell under a
moving mine car and was seriously injured
his shoulder blade being broken and his
body terribly bruised. On Saturday morn
ing another boy, named Peter Carey, had
his legs broken in the same mine. Both
boys are cousins and live in one house.
The sun sets during the month of Au4
gust at Match Chunk at p. M, and, lock-
ing up through the gulch in which The
place stands, reveals to the eye about as
much beauty as ia disclosed to one lookn g
up farm house chimney. Yet Mauch-
chunkers call 1t the Switzerland, &C.
Hazicton Sentinel.
Gs~ E. II. Hollis stock Of JeweIry is
largef and finer Than sny ever seen before
in Match Chunk.
Strenuous efforts ara being made. by
the officials Of the Miners Hospital at
Shenandoah to have the institution open
for patients by October s. The rooms have
all been thoroughly cleansed, and are be.
ing substantially, but comfortably furnish
ed by the contractor al an expense Of Ie,-
600.
Lafayette Post, G. A. r., Of Easton, has
purchased a largo ana one Of the f7nsst To-
Gated plots in the Easton cemetery. Il
contains 2,9li square feet. Here the Post
will bury comrades who have no pAyts of
their own, and it Is tire Intention, ultinnat-
ely. to erect Il soldiers tnonumehs thereon.
The ground was purchased wish fars of a
concerts receipts.
gES~ New stock Of beautiful clocks lust
received at Z. II. Huhl's, Mauch Chunk.
On Friday John Kohler, an old man
of probably sixty years, while blasting
stumps on the land of Samuel Bell near
stemton, esrelessly left the can OF powder
standing within a foot or two of where he
ignited the fuse, While setting Gre to the
charge the powder in the can caught FIRE
and exploded, burniag him dreadluny in.
the face, neck and uppor part of his body.
He was on Saturday removed TO the Poor
House at Nazareth, and is ia a critical con,
ditiun.
The Convention OF the Iu2crne county
Prohibition party was held al Wilkesbarre
on Tuesday afternoon and the following
nominations were made; For sherii,James
Woods, Of Auhlenberg; Recorder, Thomas
Tamblyn, Of Wilkesbarrc; County Surveyor,
4 ii. d. Walker, OF Huntington; Coroner.
Or. "A. b. Thomas, Of Forty Foot. II. d.
Patton, state Organizer, Of Lackawanna
| county, was present aud took an active
part in selecting the ticket.
-E0~A clock that viii run 400 davs. and
keep good time with only one windipe.
Suth wonderful article is TO be seen and
bought for very moderate price at II. III.
Iohl's, Maueh Chunk.
William Bruoh, Of West Bethlehem,
lost hog ono day last week weighing 500
| y unds from the preYailing swine disease.