The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-08-02

Coming down in rrice-potatces.
Ought to be fxed-some Of our pave
ments.
The next legal holiday will be Thanks
giving, Nov. 9th.
"A member of the Salvation Army
struck Lehighton last Wednesday.
The Easton fair will be held Sept. 23d
oath, 25th and 26th.
The state fair will commence at Phila-
delphia on September 9Th.
September 5th will be the last day
upon which to register voters for the COM
ing election.
sumes $50 cars OF coal day when all the
Works are in operation.
Twenty men haye been temporarily
Suspended from the Lchigh boiler works in
South Bethlehem.
1T is stated that the Reading Company
has but 5000 tons Of coal on its wharves at
Port Richmond, and that the greater part
Of it is chestnut and steamboat, which are
not in active demand at this season.
Robert Palsy, of Shenandoah, and
James Collier Of New Philadelphia, had
words which led to blows During Il Q
sculile Paisley seized Collier by the chin
with his teeth and tore it in shreads, ex-
posing the jaw bone and the sockets of his
teeth.
%R- LOST, a short time since, minute
book Of the "Teutony Society, of Lehighton,
Pa" with number Of notes, payment Of
which have been stopped. The finder will
be literally rewarded IN leaving it at the
Furniture Store OF V. Schwartz, Treasurer
for the Society.
"Wednesday morning at ten o'clock an
Italian named Frank Rotta working in joel
Nef's state quarry, at Slatington, was in
stantly killed bv block of slate weighing
forty pounds which fell from the top to the
bottom of the quarry, striking Rotta on the
head and crushing his skull.
Our popular young Republican friend
Thomas j. seifert, has been elected cores
ponding Secretary of the Blaine and Logan
Club in this borough.
WIN. Kemerer, on Bank street, is lay
ing a substantial stone pavement in froat
of his store building.
Mr.. A. Brodhead accompanied by our
genial young friend Grlf Mantz, of the
Exchange, enjoyed themselves greatly at
Vosburg, last week, in catching large
numbers of the finny tribe, some weighing
two and three pounds.
Mo-To LET, A Dwelling House, situate
on Ochrc street, near the Lehighton Gene
terry. Good water and well planted lot Of
ground with choice Fruit Trees, aud all
conyeniences. Rent moderate. Amply al
this office. Aug. 2, lSS4-t(.
"A large fire at Stroudsburg on the nigh
OF the 2Sd ut., destroyed j, McClintocki
furniture factory, full of new machinery
George Heller's livery stable and William
Hurtsman's carriage factory, warerooms
and residence. An insurance policy fol
81 900 is held by McCintock.
An Irish magistrate asked a prsone
If be was married. "No," replied the man
"Then," replied his worship, amid peals o
laughter, "it is good thing Tor your wife. ;
1t is also good thing for a man TO know
just where he can get teams at low prices
hence we mention the popular livery o
David Ebbert. on North street, this Dor
ough.
The joint Executive Committee OF th,
Lehigh and Schuylkill Coal Exchanges
Friday. agreed to make no change in tn
line and city and harbor prices of coal dur
ing August. There is some talk Of weeK'
stoppage in the latter part OF August, bu
no decision has vet been reached. Tn
Reading wants to work on full time, and i
IS likely that compromise will be ellecte,
by which the restriction will be confined I
one week.
Miss Lizzie Fishburn, the missing IIaz
Teton school teacher who was found OF
Monday in New York city at the resiienC
OF lady friend on Lexington avenue, lei
for her home at Phillipsburg on the $50 +
m. train from jersey City. She was accom-
panied by her brother, who informed Office
Grim, who discovered her whereabouts
that she sailed for Europe on the first @
June from New York city and returned ol
the 10th Of July. She visited England Ire
land Scotland.