The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-19


1000 tons of iron last week,
During the month of August 0,755
empty and 69,8s6 loaded coal cars were
moved over the Lehigh division of the
Lehigh Valley railroad.
Mrs. PAueger, mother Of DR.. Pnuo-
ger, of Seidersville, died at the residence
OF her daughter, Mrs. John Koch, in
South Bethlehem, on Thursday last.
Her age was eighty-one.
Miss Alvenia Graver, of the n Y,
Millinery Store, Bank Street, has just
returned from the city with one Of the
largest and most fashionable lines Of
millinery good ever seen in this section.
See advertisement in another column.
Another excursion over the Switch
back railroad will take place on Sunday,
9th inst, for the benefit of Josiah Con-
ley, the blind and one-armed soldier.
Fare for the round trip 80 cts. Tickets
for sale by DR.. c. T. Horn and T, D,
Thomas, Lehighton, and OF Biery's drug
store, Weissport.
Hon, John K. Findlay, president
Judge Of the district composed of Lehigh
and Northampton counties from 1857 TO
1871, died on Sunday last, at Spring
Lake, N. j., where he had been spend
ing the simmer with his family. His
place of residence was Philadelphia.
He In politics was stauch democrat.
He was 50 years of age.
On Tuesday afternoon there was an
interesting glass ball shooting exhibition
at the Fair Grounds by r. T. Clayton,
proprietor of the United States Hotel,
Tamaqua, who had wager with Mr..
Kistler, of the Carbon House, that he
could break S5 out of 100 balls. The
shooting was witnessed by number Of
persons. Mr.. Clayton won, shooting SO
out Of 90. Two balls were thrown from
the trap at time.
On Tuesday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Nathan Fegley, of Mauch Chunk, were
most agreeably and thoroughly sur
prised by "a large party of their neighbors
who called at their home on West
Broadway and celebrated for them their
tin-wedding anniversary. All sorts Of
tinware were presented toMr. and Mrs.
Fegley. The refreshments were fine.
Music was furnished by Messrs. Bedford
and Williamson and dancing and sing
ing were INDUCED in and the party did
not break up till one o'clock. The
affair was very pleasant one.
Two sections of west-bound mixed
train on the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad collided Wednesday near
TamRnend junction. The second Sec
ton was composed of loaded oil tanks,
which were fired and burst by concus-
sion. One end of a tank was thrown
over 300 yards, and an iron band from
another was wrrpped three times around
tree 100 yards away. The burning oil
ran along the tracks and ignited and
destroyed the ties and warped the rails
for more than mile. Travel will be
suspended on that section for q week.
The loss is fully $4,000.
Miss Belle Nusbaum, the milliner,
announces the arrival of a large and
beautiful stock of Fall and Winter hats,
bonnets, trimmings and novelties, which
she is Offering at prices to suit the times.
The total coal tonnage over the
Reading Railroad for the week ending
last Saturday was 2S9,G tons, against
335, 742 for the corresponding time last
year. The total coal tonnage for the
year to this dale is s,S39,5G1, against
S,360, PA for last year.
The sophomores and freshmen of
Lafayette College, Easton, put on their
old clothes Wednesday afternoon, aG-
journed to the campus and in presence
of several hundred spectators INDUCED
in cane rush. The participants
numbered over one hundred. When
the sophs finally carried the cane in
triumph off the field there was scarcely
contestant that that did not present a
most battered and woe-begone expert
ence. c. L, Wood, SO, presented the
prize to the victors. This cane rush
takes the place of rushes in the town.