The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-12

The Glendon iron company is maxi
In large shipments Of pig iron at present.
sE-See the splendid new stock of
ladies' and gents gold watches at E. H.
Hollis, Mauch Chunk.
The State Sunday School Conven-
tion will meet at Sunbury on the goth
of October.
The Fall term of the Lehigh Uni
versity, at Bethlehem, win commence
on Wednesday, September 10th.
NI-Th largest stock in the county
from which 10 select gold watches will
be found at E. II. HohP $, Mauch Chunk.
The fall meeting of Lehigh Presby-
terry will convene at White Haven,
September ID, and continue
two days.
The biggest and cheapest stock of
guns and pistols in Allentown will be
found at Ebbecke's hardware store. See
advertisement.
The employees of the barb wire mills
at South Easton are again working over
time until 10 p. M, with a number of
orders on hand.
The veterans of the 153d Pa. Vols.
will hold their next annual reunion at
Williamsburg, on Sept. 18th next.
Judge Rceder and Senator Hess will tie
present and make addresses.
1t is lawful to hunt squirrels in this
State between September and January
2; pheasants between October l and
January /, and rabbits, turkeys and
quail between October Is and January /.
E1-Now is the time to get solid sill
yer American railroad watch for only
$40, at Z. II. Hohrs, Mauch Chunk.
Warranted-beats anything ever seen
before for the money. Now is the time
to secure bargains.
I'm some unknown manner the pow
der house of Coke Bros. & Co., at
Beaver Meadow caught on fire early
Sunday morning and burned to the
ground. The building contained thirty
kegs of powder.
sT-The "Brakeman's Brotherhood"
have purchased handsome gold watch
of E. Ii. Hohl. 1t is on exhibition in
his window; it is to be chanced off at
their festival in Mauch Chunk this week,
now is your chance to secure ticket
and have chance for the watch.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany Tuesday declared quarterly
dividend of one per cent. This is a
reduction of one-half per cent. from the
last dividend, which was declared in
June.
sE-E Everybody that sees them wants
one. The new open face and hunting
case watch combined in one. 1t is a
watch that can be used either as an open
face or a hunting case; dust proof; see
them at L. II. Hollis, Mauch Chunk.
The Allentown Rolling Mill Com
pany resumed work in its puddle mill
Tuesday. The bar and guide mills are
now in operation, and work will probably
be continued for six months without
interruption.
M H. Fl. Peters, at the
Post-office building, Lehigh-
ton, will make you an all
wool suit lor only $40 cash,
if you order now.
Charles II. Cummings, of Mauch
Chunk, is one of the most prominent
Free Masons in this country. He has
taken both the York and Scottish rites,
and some time during the present month
of September will take the thirty-third
and last degree in the latter rite at
Boston.
Weak as a cat" from this terrible
cold. Well, don't grumble when it is
your fault and not ours, for we used
Jadwin's tar syrup and was cured. Why
don't you try it, you run no risk for it
is sold mo cure, no pay" and is the
largest bottle on the market for the
money. Thomas sells it.
The Arion Cornet Band fair and
festival opened on Wednesday evening
with a large attendance. If you want
to spend an evening of genuine pleas
ure don't miss going now, as it closes on
Saturday night.
Jonathan Kistler of the Carbon
House, has improved his bar room by
the addition of fine new bar.
"A brush factory has been started in
South Bethlehem.
jeff Diehl, of Allentown, was on
Tuesday found guilty of scalping tickets
belonging to the Lehigh Valley and
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Companies.
Leonard Seifert, a married man, was
committed to Easton Jail Wednesday
charged with an atrocious assault on
the l0-year-old daughter of Herman
Geisenberger,a relative of Sefert's wife.
John c. Morgan, resident of Eek
ley, a small mining town near by
Hazleton, while walking from the latter
place to his home, on Tuesday night. .fel
into a mine hole about forty feet deep
He managed to crawl out add was fount
Wednesday morning by some passers-by
He cannot survive his injuries.
"A child of Oliver Downing,a Wilkes
barre colored man, killed cat belong
ing to Mrs. Henrietta Matthews, alsC
colored, by throwing stones at it. Sub
sequently one of Downing's children
died of a dropsical affection. Durin!
her illness Mrs. Matthews called anC
gave the sick child some cake. Tn,
colored people believe that Mrs. Mat
thews charmed or bewitched the chile
to death with the cake. The parents
had Mrs, Matthews arrested, but tn,
Mayor discharged her.
Our old friend, Mr.. Fred. Leucke
made narrow escape from serious in
jury few days ago. He was up in tn,
hay NOV, when he accidently slippet
through an opening in the floor, and fel
distance of about 20 feet, landing yer,
fortunately on a pile of manure, thu