The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-03-08


issued Wednesday by the chairman Of the
Republican County Committee for tuzerne.
The conferrees Tor Carbon county were nUti-
fed Thursday.
"A Bic THiNG!-Every subscribed 10 thB
Cannon ADyocATE who Immediately pays
up arrearages and one yeut in advance will
receive free for ohe year Health and Home, /
a large s page, 40 column monthly paper, |
devoted to home ttiatters. Step up.
The Hazlet6h School Board wanted
$40 900 to erect a new school building and
submitted the question 10 the people TO de-
eide whether they wotild sanction the bor-
rowing Of that sum. The vote was taken
on Saturday and the project defeated by
vote ot 292 to l99
AN OLD NURSE SAYS: Acker's Eng.
lsh Remedy is BEsT for coughs groups.
diphtk tkeris or bronchitis. Sold by DR.. G. T.
Horn, Lehightcn, +. A.Horn, Weisspor.
-fhe immense smoke stack of No. 2
boiler. house of No. 2 shaft Of the Susque-
hanna Company, at Nanticoke, COLLAPSED
Thursday afternoon of last week tjedause cf
the burning out of the lining at1d one man
was badly scalded. The accident will cause
a lew days delay in operations.
Henry Hell, blacksmith, living in
Lower Mount Bethel township, Northnmp.
ton county, was killed on Saturday by
team of horses running away, ursettng the
sleigh and dragging him considerable disc
tance. lie was dead before assistance
reached hIm. He was sixty years of age
and well known.
nW Only $1,000 cash
for an all-wool Suit at II. II.
Peters, Post-ofice building,
Lehighton.
Our readers will not forget that the 4th
anniversary festival of franklin Lodge,
2Os7, VIII commence on Tuesday next, the
| lth in.t., in the Weissport school hall
| YoC should devote at least one evening TO
attehd this anniversary gathering You
cantiot but enjoy yourself.
va. q. +. Luckenbach, 6l Broadway,
Mauch CbutikI has enlarged his store. put
in new skvlght and now has on exhibi.
ton over 1000 styles of fine paper hsngings,
decorations, frezes and bntders. together
with an elegant line of dadd shades. with
latest attachments and trimmings. Books,
stationary and fancy goods in great variety
and at lowest prices.
-trhe Postmaster General ot,iefs that no
business ratds hand bills,br ADVERTISEMENTS
Of any kind can be placed on the wnls NJ
the post office. The reason given FOR the
ruling is capt to excite feeling that the
Postmaster favors particular persons"
| IN nj bnn
maker, son of Mr.. VIM. Shoemaker, employ.
ed on the farm Of Joshua Shoe make, neal
LrckpUrt, Wills entering the stable wat
kicked 10y a spirited horse above hts right
eye, inllicting painful though not a dan.
gerous wound
[~- H. II. Peters, at the
Post-office building, Lchigh.
ton, will make yot an all.
wool suit Tor only $40 cash.
if you order now.
) Portraits Of three healtyj haptY child.
ren, adorn the colored lithogrsphit title
page of Hood Is Latest handsome little
eight page periodical, published Gy C. J.
Hood 4 Co, Lnwell, Mass, proprietots ol
the successful medicine Hoods Sarsapatilla
II also gives an abundance Of humorotis and
other reading matter. Copies free at drug
stores, or by addressing the publishers.
--CRorP. WHooPING Cototi and even
Asthma Immediately relieved by Acker't
English Remedy. Sold finder Guarantee
by DR.. Horn, Lehightonj and y. A Horn
Weissport.
james Boyle y5he Of the Oldest efhploye,
OF the Lehigh Valley Railroad shops in
South Ehs,on, was knocked down aat
crushed to death uhdet the wheels Of Il 10
comotiTe at the works Monday morning
HI WAS nearly seventy years old, and me
his death by stepping On ar unprotected
crossing in font uf Il locomotive that wsi
being backe from The found hotise.
&ss- For sale-A two.stoTt irante dwell
ing house and large lot ON the corner o
5 Iron and Lehigh street. this Borough
Terms reasonable. Also, sbout si& acres o
farming land with double two.story fran,
house, stable and other ontbuildings, il
/ franklin twp, on the road leading from
WeissInrt to Kresgevile Apply To J..
A.. Klepplnaer, cor. Iron and Lehigh streets
Lehightbh, Pa. March |, 4w.
a While an engineer was LET nng trip h
+ cars loaded with pig iron down grade to
. ward the machine shop of the Laekawanh
Iron and Coal Company, at Scranton, Sat
urday afternoon, the front car beeanis an
. coupled aud ran swiftly down the grade.
: crushed through the doors of the lha6hh
I shops and instantly killed John Barrett
q q VINO was working on the hampers OF an en-
gine. Another workman hsd both Of hi
: legs broken.
Joseph Walsh, miner at Thomast6
n Gallery, near Potts3ile, on the nIorrihg
# the 2Sth ult., was engaged in blasting i
II his breast, and was carrying a keg OF powd
er to where he was working When a spar
If fell on the Neg from the naked lamp shic
is he had on his hat. An explosion followeC
l. Walsh Was killed aud was blown a eonsic
erable distance and badly dis6gufed ah
. burned. He was taken TO the surface an
:, conveyed TO his home at HeckSohefvill
lie was 80 years Of age aud married.
5 1t was frenan's parade heEded BY
l. brass band. As they turned the corne
IS Gus Csesar, who was holding up hitchir
ID PUst. spelled out the letters, "E P In p
bus u.m," painted on the head Of q
y big dram. "Now, JAKE, now, wha.what
20 that2" he asked Of lank negro standir
z under the awning with bis mouth ope
~ Don't yer know noiiu?" was the replJ
n can't yer readS OATS de name Of de ma
at wot made De drum" But We lrad intend,
y to remark that David Ebbert keeps one
a the lurgest hVsries 10 this section, and n
in his terms are as low as the lowest. VII
in him on North street.
+" Ludwig Brantmire, farmer and owl
er o. the extensive coal lands mined BY \
- s. Kemmerer, at Pond Creek, Luzeri
County and an employee Of his nam,
OF Peter Speer, were driving across the D,
II. wick Street crossing in White Haven Mo
Nv day night, Of the Lehigh Valley Railrua
ly when passenger train ran into their sleig
est II was upset. Speer was killed insla Ut
I'd and Brantmire probably fatally injurc