The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-03-03
Our Neighborhood in Brief.
: Easter-March 25th.


in the Allentown Jail.
The shops at Delano have commenced
the manufacture Of passenger cars.
Our friend F. E. Whitney, ESQ, will
please accept our thanks for Warren, Mimi,
papers.
The Hillman Vein Coal Company has
been organized at Wilkesbarre, with CAPT
tai OF $500 900.
Tho new seventy foot furnace Of the
Bethlehem Iron Company, at Bethlehem,
has been blown out.
1T is rumorcd that the Lehigh Valley
Company will erect about fifty tenement
houses in westherly thts spring.
The Philadelphia and Reading rail
road is now again out Of the hands of the
receivers placed over it two years ago.
ms- Who wants to exchange Town prop
ertv for a Farm of I42 acres, with good new
buildings and fine fruit trees on it. Address,
w. NJ. RAPsHER, this borough.
e. r. Showers and Josiah Sandel ,Esqs.,
of Msuch Chunk, made us very pleasant
call on Tuesday afternoon last.
Newly elected Borough and Township
officers can get blank Bonds at this office, at
a reasonable price.
Morgan Evans was instantly killed
Tuesday and John Nulligan badly injured
BY fall of rock at Exeter Gallery, Pittston.
The Lehigh Valley R. r. Company has
corps Of engineers inspecting their bridges
and trestles to see il the recent floods injured
them.
"A boy was arrested in Allentown one
day last week ard sent 10 Jail for five dave
for stealing q ride on Lehigh Valley rail.
road train.
After long and pninfal illness Hon.
James Gamble, OF Williamsport, died at his
home in that place, on the morning Of the
22d ult., aged "A years.
Es-There was sold on Saturday, 25th,
ult., at Hagaman's store, Lehighton, seven.
ty-onc dollars worth OF watches and jewel.
ly, Tor one family.
Report says that Hon. W. N. Rapshei
will this spring put up block of buildings
on his lot on Bankway, just above the AD
vocATE office. So mote it be.
The Delano shops have commenced the
erection Of two large locomotives. which
when completed, will run on the Easton
branch of the Lehigh Valley road.
e. C. Dimmick, esq, formerly district
attorney of this county, and of late years
praciicing law in Scranton, was elected con.
,rol Ter of that city on Tuesday last by 800
majority
An order was given the Bethlehem
Iron Company recently, by a Western rail-
road company, for 900 tons of steel rails
Twenty car loads of these have already
been shipped.
Rev Wallace, Of the Salvation Army
was arrested a, Pittston, last week for ere
ating nuisance by preaching in the stree
causing n crowd to assemble and blockad,
the thoroughfare.
va L. F. L,ickenbach, dway Maucl
Chunk, is now opening for the inspection o
his friends, the largest stock oi new designi
in WALL PAPERS ever seen in this coun
t., and is selling at very lowest prices.
Applicants for tavern, restaurant and
eating house licenses at April term ofcouri
should file their applications on or beior'
the goth INST, in order 70 insure their prop
er advertising.
The Lehigh Mil Of the Allentown
Rolling Mill Company, which has beer
running ON bar iron for some time, ceased
operations on Monday, owing 70 a lack o
orders.
AT Mt. Carmel shaft, Mt. Carmel Tues
day, John Rowe was probably fatally iu
iured by a runaway underground wag' n
which crushed him against the wall of th
mine.
The American AoriCulturist English o
German ed itiou ),aud the CARBON ADvocAT
will he sent to any address on receipt Of tw
dollars. The price of the Agricuitu,iSt i
$l.5O.
The Beaver Brook Company has dis
covered several veins Of coal on its tract
near Audenried. The coal is of excellen
quality, and the veins vary in thcknes
from nine tn fifteen feet.
William Skeer, for several years EN-
ployed as foreman at one Of the collieries
Liuderman, Skeer & Co.. at Stockton, die
at his home in that place Sunday mornin
at fve o'clock, alter brief illness.
you wanta nice smooth easy shaw
your hair cut or shampooing, go to Fran
Roederer's Saloon, under the Exchange H.
tel. He will fix you right, and don't yo
forget it.
Having put new carrier boys on tn
Lehightun aud Wejssport routes, any Of or
subscribers not receiving the CARRoN AUv,
GATH regularly will please notify US, aud "
will see that the omission does not sgai
occur.
Work was began this week on tn tur
rel for the Lehigh Valley Railroad Con
Iany, between Vosburg and Meehoopan,
The amount Of excavation will be $500 ie
and the saving in distance TO the rslros
Company will be four miles.
EfS-John A. Gutman has leased II
blacksmith shop, lately occupied by NJ
Fuerher, on Iron street, this borough, au
is prepared 10 do all kinds OF blacksmil
work and horse shoeing at short notice AT
at low price.
j. Ii. Garfield, prominent student
the Wyoming Seminary, wilkes5arre, di,
Tuesday at the seminary. His remains we
escorted to the depot by the students al
professors and sent to his late home at Ii
tie Meadows.
Patrick Mckinley, a young mari,
man, residing at Msuch Chunk, while pr
pairing blast of dynamite at that place
Tuesday aiteruoou. had his left hand al
part of the right hand blown oil by pr
mature explosion.
Extensive works, including large m
ehine shops, boiler house, engine room, al
other works necessary To the mini
and preparing Of coal. are going up at Il
new opening at the Lehigh Valley, ne
Hilkesbarre.
Ga-Mrs. Mamie J. Mullen, fashionat
dressmaker, corner Of Second aud Sou
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