The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-08-29
Our Neighborhood in Brief.
The dog days end to-day the 2oth.

The dog days end to-day the 29th.
Our public schools will open for an
eight months term on Monday, Sept. I.
SB-Go to Frs. Rodorer, under the
Exchange Hotel, for q smooth shave
and fashionable hair cut.
There is but one fire engine to pro-
tect the homes of Hazleton's 10000
people,
-Harvest Home services will be held
in the Lutheran church, this borough,
on Sunday the 18th of Sept.
-Iron street has been nicely cleaned
of weeds, rubbish, etc, during the past
week by Supervisor Newhard,
Why will some people throw away
money by buying small bottles of cough
syrup, when 25c. bottle of Jadwin's S
tar syrup contains double the quantity
of any other, Sold at Thomas.
-fhe Salvation army are making
arrangements to make a forced march
on the sinners in Mauch Chunk.
The No. 8 furnace of the Crane
Iron Co., at Catasauqua, has been blown
out fo' giving it a general overhauling.
-Mehrkam & Son, laid a substantial
stone plvement in front of their store
and residence on Bank street this week
Why pay a big price tor small
bottle OF medicine when you can buy a
larger bottle for the same price. Jad-
win, tar syrup is the largest bottle in
market. Sold at Thomas drug store.
L. L. Ayers, aged 45 years, for many
years prominent dealer in oils, died at
Wilkesbarre Monday, from CANCER of the
stomach,
The next years graduating class of
the Keystone Normal School, at Kutz-
town, numbers 42-the largest in the
history of the school.
David Ebbert, the popular iiveryman
on North street, ,stlli furnishes handsome
teams at low charges, for funerals,
business or pleasure rides.
-Cannons are to be cast by the Beth
lehem Iron Company. 1t is getting
ready plant suitable for supplying the
governments ordnance needs,
August Siss, of Philadelphia, fell
from the Lehigh and Susquehanna
Railroad bridge at Easton on Sunday.
and will probably die from his injuries.
No mistake about it, JadWin's tar
syrup is aboYe and beyond any other
remedy for coughs and colds as well as
the largest bottle for the money. Sold
at Thomas drug establishment,
We adyise our readers who may be
looking for investments to read the
advertisement of Lebold Fisher & Co.,
now appearing in our columns. 1t is a
reliable house,
john Finnegan, of Reading, EN-
ployed on the Reading and Pottsville
Railroad, on Sunday morning took a
drink of poison, thinking it was whisky,
and died shortly afteTWard.
-Berks county has 34.15S taxable
persons, and the total value of real
estate reaches the sum of $50, ,S44.
The value of property exempt from tax
alton amounts to S2.630.5 more,
AT HarvGy's Lake, about 10 miles.
above WiIkesbarrc, snow fell from early
morning until near noon Wednesday.
with slight intervals. This is the first
of the season in Pennsylvania.
-Clauss Dc Bro, The Tail
ors, still have a few of those
justly celebrated $40 suitings
on hand.
On Wednesday OF last week All un-
known man committed suicide by jump
ing into the canal at Mauch Chunk.
The corpse came to the surface after a
heavy clap of thunder on Sunday,
The Switchbaok and Glen Onoko,
at Manch Chunk, have attracted more
visitors this season than ever before. 1t
is estimated the visitors to Mauch
Chunk this season will exceed 100000
The work of tearing away the old
wooden wagon bridge across Harvey's
Creek at West Nanticoke, Luzerne
county, has commenced. The county
viii replace it by erecting an iron bridge,
For the week ending Aug, % there
were 1872, ,j36 tons of coal shipped over
the j.. Y. RR,, making n total for the
year of 1929, l23 tons, showing a de-
crease, as compared with the same time
last year, OF LOG. 400 tons.
-Pittston wants to be city. It could
become a city of the fifth class alone,
having over 10000 population, and if
West Pittstol united to swell the popu.
iation to $4,000 it could be city of the
fourth class,
The AmityCoal Company's property
has been sold for the third time, this
time to the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad Company for Sl67,-
600. The purchaser has mortgage for
$4,000 on the concern,
--Dr T, NJ, Drown, OF Raston, re-
Gently at the head of the chemical
department of Lafayette College, has
accepted similar position in the School
of Technology in Boston, and will enter
on his duties in October,
@ At Private Sale A
second hand Carriage and
Spring Wagon. Cheap. APP
ply at ADVOCATE office,
-Thirty-fys cars of Lehigh Valley
coal train were wrecked at 0 O'Clock
Friday night at Espy Run, above White
Haven, by a broken wheel. At that
point there is a heavy grade. All trains
were held on both sides of the accident