The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-07-28

There is talk Of printers picnic to
Glen ouoso. The entertainment wont
collapse Tor want ofp'e.
An Evangelical camp meeting will
open the csmpsign at Linderman's s Grove
on August rs, aud proposes to continue op'
craft ms for about ten days.
Land Plaster for sale bv
the barrel or ton at j. l..
Gabel's.
Roy Haldemsn, the ten year old bright
aud promising boy of Elliott Huldeman, Of
Brainbridge, Lancaster county. was drowned
while bathing Tuesday afternoon.
The directors of the Thomas Iron Co.,
declared on last Thursday, semi
annual dividend of per cent, payabl,
ON and after August LIST. The general af
fairs of tho company are in satisfactory
condition.
The miners accommodation train on
the Northern Central Rosd Monday night
struck and instantly killed Jacob Dirdor"f,
a miner, returning from his work to his
home at Shsmokin. lie was about iorty
years old and leaves widow and seven
children.
Three persons escaped from the Sun
bury Jail on Thursday. They lOoseped the
stones IN the cell walls, using case knife
aud broom handle. Verify the pet was
right:
stone walls do not prison make"
The children Of the Lutheran Sunday
school are 10 have au excursion to Caly pso
Island soihe day soon. The exact date has
not vet been fixed, but full notification will
be given IN our columns.
The night operators on the P. & n. Y,
division Of the Lrhgh Valley railrnsd, from
Pittstou to Waverly, recently received an
increase of IS a month ia their wages. The
men all lett their designations on their
desks one mOrung, aud, as we are informed
by au exchange, the raise" followed.
he 40Oth anniversary of Martin
Luther's birth was celebrated ON Wednes.
day at Rupert, two miles from Bloomsbury
by the Lutherans who live along the north
branch of the Susauehanua. Tne memorial
jubilee was the largest ever held in that
sec ion.
/ The crop reports from districts around
Shenandoah show that the outlook in gen
eral is fayorable. The only serious damage
as yet has appeared in soIne Of the lowlan s
especially in the Mabsutaugo Valley,whert
wheat is weedy aud sIckly on account Of too
much wet. Corn is very promising. Ap'
pies, however, are failure.
This is the season Tor excursions tc
Mauch Chunk. On Tuesday there was on,
from Brooklyn; on Wednesday, crowds
poured in from Hazleton, Boston, Brook lyn
New York. Newark and Elizabeth, all pass
ing over the Lehigh Valley railroad. Ou
e Thursday thore were excursions from Potts
vile, New York and Brooklyn.
.N--our new band in Lehighton is gettin,
7 SBng 30 X" The members have securec
the able services Of Professor Brnoks, III,
successful instructor Of the Mauch Chunl
ID lHui anu ~ is eNpecteu tnul uhuer III
walcniul eye, maiestical wand and lnicib
tongue Of the MASTER" we shall hay,
plenty of music "as good they make 'cm
during the coming nmnths.
Five new travelling cars are being bull
r for the Lehigh Valley Company at Tia
shops iu South Easton. They are fitted u
| th.ar nj ont In \
ury as well MS c,mfprt. Their names are I
be Switzerland, Lehigh, Susquehanna
WiIkesbarre and Ynming. and the baptism
al service will take place in a few day
when they are quite rendy Tor the road.
8 The store ot Montelius aud Righters, s
Mount Carmel, was broken into ou Thur,
u day night by some burglars who, hsyin
, tried " 8 iccessluly to break open the saf
e "eloped" with almost $500 worth Of DIR
n gools. They were followed by officer Knir
10 and, as the pursuit become too fast, the
dropped their burdens and fred at the of
csr. Both bundles and officer are safe, b'
the IuGitives have not yet been discovere,
William Giskie aud Morgan Fran
were arrested Tuesday evening for "cusset
ness" which resulted in serious damage
Il, the Glovers' Colliery. They had visit,
the place on the preyirus evenin
and having distracted some Dauln pnwd
n from the engine house, confined it in 9
to iron pipe and exploded it, A piece Of Il
10. iron was driven through the stack al
~ damaged the oulbuildings.
l. "A pan. phlet has just reached the Any
90 oArE office which explains what we ha
-. long desired to know--the success OF /
- "St. jacobs Oil Remedy" BY system
julicious advertising this wonderful me,
cine has come to demand not only man
{! factorS and army of distributors, but to
. quire for its own special use, and the pl
paratIon OF its notices and pamphlets
w tw elve different languages, the finest pr,
~ ing and publishing buildings in the City
81 Baltimore or the State Of MARYLAND.
a1-The school directors of franklin
n Haking preparations To erect new SCH
building on the hill back Of Wesspc
There has been remarkable progress in &c
catlonal matters in Franklin within
y. last year. In the fore part of the year
directors raised the salaries Of the teach
TO $35 per month aud introduced a unio
series oftext books. 1t is to be hoped Il
the neighboring districts will follow
"a example. The people of Franklin app
:. ciste good schools.
The excursion for children Of the
form Sunday school has been fixed for :
urday, August llth. Necessary infnrmat
'+' eau be had by reference TO the paste
~ which are all about town This ought To
the most agreeable, as it will certainly
10 the most entertaining and useful pleas
trip of the season from this district.
w not every day in the year that child
10 may have the run of the o ZOlogica Gard
got under tina guidance of kind and culliva
the people who will enable them Ia Acqu
more knowledge nj natural history in a
than they might otherwise gain in |
was time,