The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-08-29

Branch, Thursday afternoon, of last
week, after a short illness. Deceased
was the only daughter Of G, o. Skeer, of
Nauch Chunk, whose wife is the adopt
ed daughter of the late Judge Asa
Packer.
The Catasauqua House, at Cata-
sauqua, tor some years past kept by
Lieut.. A. S, Fry, will ON the 1st Of Nov.
next be taken by MI. John Downs, of
the same place. Mr. Fry has leased the
Mansion House, now being kept by L.
K, Harte, and will take possession on
the day above stated.
The public schools in Luzerne
county will open week hence, and
Saturday the Superintendents of the
large coal companies notified all boys
under ID years of age in their employ
that after next Saturday there will be no
more work for them to do, and that they
will have to go to school.
HCEsAn all-wool import
ed Corkscrew Suit for only
$22, at the popular tailoring
establishment Of H H Peters.
The completion of the double track
by the Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Company, north and south, Of Jormyn,
Lackawanna county, will be instru-
mental in providing improved facilities
for the speedy transportation of the coal
which reaches there en- route north from
many points of the anthracite regions
south of Jermyn,
The Mauch Chunk Tinea saysi
"The Philadelphia and Reading railroad
company Is gradually introducing their
mogul and camel-back engines on the
Lehigh and Susquehanna and Jersey
Central divisions. 1t is said that as fast
as the New Jersey Central engines go
into the shops for repairs they will come
out lettered "P. & r."
WALL PAPER BARGAINS
Brown back paper, G cts. and upwards.
White ~ +" o cts, and "
Gilt " 25 cts. and
in small lots, as low as 5 cents for white
back paper. E. F. LUCKENBACH.
81 Broadway, Mauch Chunk.
John Polcher, Hungarian, died of
injuries received in a singular way at
CataSauqua. Seeing train approach
he slipped into the path between the
double tracks, Another train was stand
ing on the track at his left. While the
moving train was passing car jumped
the track and pinned Polcher against
the motionless cars, injuring him in
formally.
j. c. Waldron, 40 years old, a
prominent cattle dealer of East Smith
field, Bradford county, was found dead
in bed at the Summit Hotel, Wilkes
barre, Saturday morning. On going to
his room during the night he failed to
turn off the gas, and was SUI
focated. In pocket of his vest, which
was found lying beside the bed, was
found S1675.
While working in a breast at the
Council Ridge mine, at Eckley, on the
night Of the 10Th inst, two brothers,
Thomas and John Denneny, were terri
bly, burned by an explosion of fire-damp,
The former fingered in great agony
until next morning, when he died He
was married and leaVes a wife and
children. John Denneny is seriously
injured, but may recover.
[1 H. H. Peters, at the
Post-office building, Lchigh-
ton, will make you an all
wool suit ior only $40 cash,
if you order now.
Reno CollieFy, situated about two
miles from Ashland and owned and
operated by the Lehigh Valley Company,
has suspended operations for an indefn-
tic period, on account of the colliery
not paying. A new breaker was recently |
built and great deal OF money expend- |
I'd on what last year promised to be
prosperous colliery. A large number Of
men and boys are thrown out of em=
ploylnent,
Mr.. Wm, Miller, residing on 2nd |
strset. showed us a cluster of eight
peaches raised on one branch of five
inches in length and three-sixteenth of
m inch thick, We DO not think this
can be beat, as the peaches averages |
inches in circumference,
WEAK as a cat" from this terrible
cold, Well. don't gumble when il is |
your fault and not ours, for we used |
Jadwin'E tar syrup and was cured, WHY |
don't you try 1t, you run no risk for ii !
is sold mo cure, no pay" and is the
largest bottle on the market for the |
money. Thomas sells it.
An Easton despatch of the 25th
inst, says! Robert H. Wolfe, ticket
and freight agent for the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company at Bethlehem, has
been found 81. 600 short ip his accounts. !
Wolfe was discharged Monday and
Charles Reuter-, the company's ticket
agent at Allentown. was Tuesday morn
appointed his successor Jed II. Weiss,
Wolle's chief clerk, has also been dis
charged for alleged completely in the
defalcation. Wolfe and Weiss have
been in the service Of the company up
wards of fifteen years and have always
been looked upon as being ranked
among Bethiehem's most respected |
Robinson Post, No. 20, G. A, r., of
have arranged for the dedica-
lion of a fine Soldiers Monument in
hat place on Grand Army Day, Sep
.ember 25th, and will celebrate the day
with a grand parade of the order. The
V. r. r, Co. will run special trains
IN the occasion at greatly reduced rates
or all passengers, John d. BertOlette