The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-09-01
Chr Carbon Slrufate.
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER l, 1888
Our Neighborhood in Brief.

Shenandoah last week.
Miss Sarah Werner, Of Pottstown, is
the guest OF Misses Ida and Ella Clauss.
sA-Go TO RosEBERY's, IN oBERT'S
BUILDING FUR AN EASY SHAVE.
A law and order society is organizing
in Easton. The membership is to be unlim-
ited.
-~wANTED "A neat, respectable girl to
assist with house work. Apply at this
Office.
twenty-five blacksmiths employed in
the Psckerton shops were suspended, last
Saturday.
-.-Milt CLAUS and Geo. Mortimer spent
Sunday evening in town down the VAL
ley
Scranton picnickers at Mountain Park
drank two hu udred kegs Of beer 10 one
day last week.
--Mischievous lads in Pittston made a
target Of u street lamp and destroyed it
with revolver bullets.
Mrs. William Zehner, of 5ank street,
spent some days in Tamaqua during the
early part Of last week,
Peter Eisenberg, miner at the West
Shenandoah Colliery, was maDglei by a
premature explosion.
Patrick Canney died on Friday at
Shenandoah from effects of injuries receiv.
ed in the William Penn colliery on Thurs
day.
Es-Au increase Of Clocks Watches and
JeWelry at Hagaman's store and a decline
in prices. Please call and see as we make
NO false statements in advertising.
-wilkesbarrs has new daily paper,
called the Combination Bulletin. Two
pages arc printed in English aud two in &c
man.
George Robski wss crushed in the
Kohinoor shaft at Shenandoah on Friday
His wounds are not thought to be Of
fatal nature.
Frank Crennsn,a miner employed at
Turkey Run Colliery, near Shenandoah.
was fatally injured Monday afternoon by
fall Of top coal.
Whilst Owen Graver, Of Weissport, was
passing between trains at Packerton, he was
knocked down by the shifting engine, and
severely injured.
John Fisher, who was injured while
playing game OF base ball on the 30lh Of
July. died in Prttsburg hospital last week
from blood poison ng. He was nineteen
years old.
NR- For Sale, an illustrated edition Of
the History Of the United States, four large
octave volumes, will be sold cheap. For
particulars call at the ADVOCATE office.
"A Hungarian in Plttston. who cannot
speak English, has commissioned a leather
dealer TO 6nd wife for him. He proposes
to marry any woman whom the leather
man will bring along.
ERGO to Hagaman's store, Lehighton,
Pa, TO get the leading genuine American
watches; as he deals 10 none of the foreign
imitation trash with which the people have
been so extensively swindled.
The furniture is now being placed in
the State Hospital at Fountain Springs,nesr
Ashland, known as the Miners Hospital,
and tho building is being prepared for oc-
oupaneY.
The American AqriCultnist (English or
German edition and the CARBON ADvooAIE
will DO sent TO any address on receipt of two
dollars. The price Of the AgriculturtSt is
$l.Ss,
Wh- you wanta nice smooth easy shave
your hair cut or shampooing, go TO Franz
Roederer's Saloon, under the Exchange Ho-
tel. He will fix you right, and don'tyou
forget ID.
Work on the new branch of railroad
between Ashland and Pottsylle, which will
shorten the distsnce between the latter
place and shamokin by over one half, will
be commenced Sept. /.
"A house on Lehigh street. this place
was struck by lightning on Thursday last
A tree, back of the ADVOCATE office, and q
telegraph pole on tho Valley Road were
also tern up.
Gs~l have purchased an immense stock
Of Wall Paper as jobs, and will give the
people Of Carbon county chance to buy re
tail at wholesale prices. Don't miss this
chance. Z. +. Luckenbsch, 81 Broadway
NEuch Chunk.
For the week ending on III. 25th inst
1885 tons OF coal was transported over
the L v. RR., making total of 4,5O5 ,O4g
tons TO that date, aud showing an increase
Of eo,sls as compared with same time lasl
year.
"A fellow who pretepds to have sold q
colt to farmer so and SO, receiving a note in
payment, and is willing to give the note Il
the farmers neighbor for cash at a heavy
discount, is Yictimizing the agriculturisls OF
Northampton county.
"A small boy in Hasleton dropped q
lighted match into barrel which was full
Of whisky. The barrel exploded, and very
naturally. buried the boy out of sight. He
came to himself again, but the whisky did
rot. It went away into . blaze.
The sehuylkill oual region 10 threaten
cd with prOtracted water famine. Al
ready at . number OF Oollieries IN ths Ma
AeRing Valley water has 70 be hauled from
distance 10 keep the boilers supplied. TIL,
Philadelphia and Reading Company hal
been compelled to put on water trains tt
supply the company and individual col
lisEiss with water.
The school board Of ParrYville passed
resolution at it's last meeting not to loan tn
text books to the pupils Of the schools here
after as haI been customary for some yea
LiPPineotts Readers and other new tex
books have been adopted by the bard, al
u was thought best To make the aboy
change IN Ihe mannrr Of supplying tn
children, with the change Of text bonks.
-0n Tues ay morning at o'"lneE Will
the New York and PhIladelphia buun,
passenger Train on the P. 4 h. Railr'ad wa
running thhugh deep cut STOUT mi
east Of Shsn,okin, u landslide occurred, de
railing the engine and cars. The sngr
WAS considerably dsniuEed.