The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-11-14

OF l., ,. helu 4od year, came on ~ HIS
residence one evening, this week. A
large number of friends were present
who enjoyed themselves immensely.
Supper was served at 1880 o'clock TO
which all did justice.
The Social Hop at the Carbon
House, Thursday evening Of last week,
was very enjoyable affair. The party
broke up about O'Clock a. m, and all
returned to their home delighted with
the evenings entertainment.
aR-Campbell, the jeweler. has just
received q handsome line Of all kinds Of
jewelry. which he Is offering at very
low prices. Call and BEE the stock.
Store, next door to Clauss d bros,
Bank. street, Lehighton.
The interior of the Carbon House Is
being repainted ami presents n nice
appearance. Billy Mccormick, manipu-
lated the brush. -.
Adam Mehrkam & Son shipped
S825.00 worth OF wintergreen oil TO n,
Y, this week. =:
The Lehigh Valley Railroad gives
notice that slS9,OO0 Of the sterling 9
per cent class A consolidated mortgage
bon g have been drawn from the sinking
fund ami will be paid OF at par December
/, when interest will cease.
Mrs. Rebecca Whitehead Sherry,
wife of the late John Sherry, Of Mauch
Chunk, departed this life on Saturday
morning at quarter of o'clock, after
lingering illness. She was born March
18th, 1929, an At the time Of her death
was in her 57th year. She leaves FIVE
children. four sons and one daughter,
to mourn her loss.
Harry Lynn, manager of the Lehlgh
Valley telegraph Office at South Bcthle-
hem, and Miss Minnie Romig will be
made one on Thanksgiving day.
MIR. II. A. VanFredenberg resigned
his position as editor of the Times and
Gazette the latter part Of last week,
A land slide occurred Sunday
towards evening al the Liberties, above
Mauch Chunk, on the L. & S. road,
Both tracks wert; blocked. Men were
put at work once, and 1t took some eight
hours to remove the debris. :
AT Glendon Tu Sday morning two
sons of John Sharkey were playing
about the railroad track and seeing O
fast express approaching started to run
across the track In front Of 1t. One
escaped, but the other was caught and
crushed under the wheels. He was nine
years old.
Washington Camp, 122, P. o. 8, Of
A., Of Wcissport, will hold their fail
and festival commencing on Tuesday
the Path inst, and closing on Saturday
night, 2Sth. 1t promises to be ths
event of the season, and as the proceeds
are for the benefit of the camp, We trus,
success will attend their efforts.
Con. Dugan, miner in Coke Bros
& Co.'S Beaver Meadow Colliery, had 8
narrow escape from death Wednesday
morning. Believing that the fuse hat
failed TO connect, he returned towards
the face in time to meet the fyin.
pieces from the shot he thought hat
missed. He received three slgh
wounds, one on the breast, one on tn,
hip, and one on the head.
Patrick Brady of Beaver Meadow
Mines, employed in No. 7 slope, Jeanes
vile, while in the act Of barring down {
slip of coal Wednesday morning, a piec,
suddenly dropped from its bedding
striking him and breaking his left lei
close to the hip. An ambulance was SC
cured and he was conveyed to the resi-
dence of Mr.. Conahan and the fractured
limb set by DR.. Doolittle.
Sunday sportsmen are reminded
that they are subject to fine of 50
every time they violate the law.
Whitney, the Greenback candidate
for State Treasurer, received votes il
| all in Lehigh county at the late election
Samuel Kress Post of the G.. A. r.
of Slatington, will hold grand fair a
said place during the holidays.
: --Stovepipes can be cleaned by put
ting piece ofzinc on the Goals in the stow
fire. The vapor produced carries of
the SCOT by chemical decomposition.
Look out for counterfeit S5 golt
pieces. Lots of them are being sue
cessfully passed, even though they ar
simply made of the new five cent nickl
coinage by washing them over with
composition of h color of gold.
The earnings of the Lehigh Vale,
railroad for September were the larges
known for that month in the history o
the roal. The rolling stock of the lin
is all in use, and it is only by the mos
skillfull management of the frcigh
department that no delay is caused.
Dividends have been declared a
follows by the Banks of neighborin
towns on the earnings of the last ST.
q months, to-wit:
Allentown National Bank, 4 per cent.
National Rank OF CataSauqila. 3 per cent.
} First National Bank OF ka>tOn, per cent
EaNt0n National bank, ~ per cent.
First National Bank OF bethlehem, pc
cent
Lehigh Valley National Bank, Bethlehem
a per cent.
Mr.. II. j. Dancer, of Beaver Run
on Wednesday evening last presente
us with nice box of ripe strawberries
gathered that day from his patch i
Beaver Run. He informs us that tn
vines are still in bloom.
= Hugh Donahue, of Beaver Run, die
on last Sunday week, aged about s
years. He was buriel at East Mauc
Chunk on the following Tuesday.
alexander Albee, Of Beaver Run,
, lying very sick with consumption.
\ We are sorry to learn that our ol
\ friend Thomas Purdon, of Beaver Rur
Is in very poor health.
= Lafayette LentE is having ne'
dwelling house erected on his farm 4
| Beaver Run. Nathan Moser Is tn