The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-09-29

1t was announced last winter that a
free postal delivery would be established in
scrantsn on May Land all the houses were
numbered. Postmaster Fuller has just 70
ceived information from the department tn
the effect that the delivery cannot be estab-
lished until the Ist OF April next or later.
/--Mr. Charles G. Ham, of this borough.
Aand Miss Clara Lsrned, of Centrllis, were
married at the residence of the brides
parents, on Tuesday, September 18th. The
ceremony was performed by the brides
father, Rev. G. NJ. Larned, and was wit.
messed by only the immediate relatives OF
the happy pair.
Shenandoah suffered severely last week
from a water drought. In the mines it was
found difficult to keep the breakers in ope
ration through the drying up Of the sources
from which they obtain water for washing
coal. Several of them have been working
ON half time, aud unless the autumn rains
fall speedily an entire stoppage will be
necessary in many collieries.
-Jabese Hayne, district land agent for
the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron
Company was attacked bv number of men
with b!ackened faces at Little Mine Run,
suburb Of Ashland, last Saturday evening,
knocked down and robbed of $500 OF the
compauy's money, which he had just col
lected. No clue as to who the perpetrators
were has been ascertained.
Pure Linseed Oil, at J.
l.. Gabel's, 6S cents per gal
Ion for cash.
The Lehgh County Republicans have
nominated for Sheriff, Milton Kurtz Re
corder OF Deeds, osvlle A. Peters; District
Attorney, James B. DeshIer; Director of the
Poor, David shuler, and Surveyor, Stephen
Acker.
While George Buegg, Thomas Davis,
Edward Phillips, Isaac Beyan, Lewis Jones
and Philip Farry were working on plat
form, eighty feet from the bottom OF mine
shaft, five hundred feet deep, near Kingston,
on Saturday, a heavy piece of timber, from
woodwork that was being removed, fell up
on the platform. All the men except Jones
and Parry, who clung to some wood work
It'll rescued, were precipitated TO the bot.
tom ano killed.
"A vein of coal over thirteen feet thick
has been struck in the Kappa ahannock drift,
near Girardville. 1t is supposed to be the
Primrose vein. although it is of upex-
ampled thickness for that seam to deyelop.
Should it maintain its dimensions and pre-.
sent u fine quality as 1t is further mined,
large breaker will be built al Rappaban.
mock by the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad Company, which owns and oper
ates the drift.
Last Saturday evening John Young Of
Phillipsburg. brakeman on the New Jer.
soy Central. was kneeling on the track ,pre
paring to couple a stationary car to one
that was moving towards him. Just AS the
bumpers were about 10 touch his foot slp-
ped and his knee was caught and crushed
frlghtiully. He was removed to his home,
where he died from the shock, leaving a
vile and several children.
John Gyumber, the Hungarian of AL.
lentown who has acquired national repuS
tation as having slept at one time for four
months at stretch, was married on Mon
day morning in the Catholic church at
Allentown. Tie wedding was splendid.
Six barrels OF beer were provided and the
merry making is to last for week.
j. l.. Gable has just re-
ceivcd three car loads of Phos-
phate which he is selling at
$50 and S35 per ton.
Rev. W. II. Myers, a Methodist minis.
ter formerly stationed at Port Carbon and
Minersville has disappeared with Mrs.
Ralph Price, wife of paper hanger of
Branehdsle, near Poltsville. The minister
leaves behind him wife and six children.
and the lady abandons the proprfetorship of
a husband and two children. It's supposed
that the happy pair haYe taken Horace
Greeley's advice.
interesting services were held in the
MoravIan church, at Bethlehem on SUNDAY
evening A farewell address was delivered
to Rev. NJ. T. Richard, who, as representa-.
tive OF the Unity's Elders Conference of
the MoraYian church Of the United Rretberp
of Berthelsdorf, saxony, has visited the
churches of the American province and is
shortly to return to Europe.
Eugene Ayeres, wealthy young farm
er Of Milford, who ran away from his bride
some two months ago on account of QUAR-
rel, has been heard from. He is alta town
in Iowa and writes that he is "penniless
and ashamcd"-especally pennilees. His
vile has sent him money and promises to
forgive him. His relatives think him in.
sane.
The attention OF the Pottsyille Court
was called on Monday In the election con
test Of Russell D. MeGrate for the Office Of
Director ofthe Poor, which has been pepd.
ing since last fall. The contestants side Of
the case was closed last April, and the re.
sPondent has been in no haste to finish nm
his case, although he has called some FIVE
hundred witnesses.
During August there were sixty scoi.
dents in the sehuylkill county mines, knN
ing fourteen and iniuring forty-slx persons
and leaving twelve widows and forty-two
orphans.
'-7hz Seminary Opinator is the name of
a new monthly paper published by the stu
dents OF Wyoming Seminary at Kingston.
The chief editor Is W. W. Newell, assisted
by Mss Theodore Ross, and the LEGAL editor
Is F, NJ. Davenport.
George Adams, aged twsnty.one years.
one Of the roughs who recently broke int
horse car at Tansqua and who escaped
han drulIed, from the lock up, has been rs.
captured while stealing a ride on a coal
train, at PhenixVille.
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