The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-11-13

The freight traffic on the Lehigh
Valley railroad was unusually heavy
during the past month.
Women in the surrounding counties
are organizing AuXileries, in connection
with Grand Army Posts.
Adam David, of Pottsyille. was
| found in the woods near Schuylkill
Haven, with his throat cut.
W H. Woodin, one of the wealth..
est manufacturers in the State. died at
his home in Berwick, Wednesday, aged
sixty-tive years.
The body of Timothy Gallagher
was found floating in the Lehigh river
near Wilkes-Barre on Monday. Foul
play is suspected.
-A.W. Reaser has emoved his whole
sale candy store from Warmers building
to the new store room opposite the
ADVOCATE Office.
If you are in need of anything in
the job printing line bring it to this Of
flee. Prices low as the lowest and sat
isfaction guaranteed.
The annual reunion of the 143d
regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers
was held OH the ''old camp ground
near Wilkesbarre Saturday.
Frank Whitehead, a resident of
Tamaqua, and brakeman on the Phil
adelphia and Reading railroad, was run
over by cars and killed at Mt. Carmel,
Saturday.
"A rare opportunity is offered to
competent men 10 secure positions
which are permanent and profitable
Read advertisement under head OF
+" Wanted" D."
A South Bethlehem contractor has
secured from the Thomas Iron Company
a contract to quarry 100 tons of lime
stone per day for five years and deliver
ii to the company.
About fifteen hundred anthracite coal
miners through northumberland coun-
ty are preparing for grand lockout if
their demands for an increase in wages
is not complied with.
The Delightful New-Step Polka. by
viii l.. Thompson, is one of the most
beautiful pieces of music rpublished.
Any music dealer will mail it to you on
receipt of price, so cts.
The attention of our readers is di-
rected to the advertisements in the col
umns of to-day's ADVOCATE. Those in
need of anything in theil line will Go
well to give them call
Thursday. November 25, will be
celebrated as Thanksgiving Day, those
OF our merchants who propose closing
their places of business on that day will
please hand in their names for publica-
ton.
The Rev. j. f. Freeman will preach
in the Reformed church in Wessuort,
next Sunday evening on the subject,
"The Young Men Of our Age" The
young are especially invited. All are
welcome.
There will be communion services
at the Big Creek church. at 10 a. M, ,
Sunday. Rev. Freeman will also ad-
dress the members of the Sunday school
in the afternoon upon the SUNDAY
School Teacher"
The newly erected Metallic Paint
mill, of Messrs. Rutherford, Barcley &
Co., at Lehigh Gap are now in opera
tion. The new works have a capacity
of turning out 5000 to 1000 tons of fist
class paint per anum.
John Rabenold who recently broke
in the Lehigh Valley depot at Stems
vile, and robbed the office of consider
, able money, was found guilty in the
Lehigh county court. and sentenced to
two years in the county jail.
Look out for him! A man is re-
| ported to be travelling through various
sections of the State imposing upon the
people by asking for contributions to-
ward the erection of monument over
the grave of Samuel j. rilden.
/ The production of anthracite coal
: for the week ending Nov. was 7O1 1874
tons, against 76S, ,557 tons last year. and
: from Jan. to NoY. 6, 27,07l $50 tons.
) as against rs, 1893 tons during the
corresponding period of last year.
A small frame structure was swal
: lowed up by a cave-in at Wiggin's s
Patch, near Shenandoah, on WedneS,
day. Great excitement prevailed for a
: time as the cave-in occurred near where
considerable valuable property is To-
Gated.
Ella Lentz, aged about Is years. died
A; at Mahanoy City this week of consump-
ton; her remains were brought to this
place and inferred in the Gnaden Huel-
ten cemetery. Deceased was daughter
; of the late Lewis Lentz, and formerly
resided in this place.
-Rumor has il that an annual tom
mage of 10000 tons of coal from the
William Penn and Thomas collieries, in
r the Shenandoah Valley, and one other
| colliery in the Mahanoy Valley will be
. transferred from the Reading to the
Pennsylvania railroad in whose in
, terest the colliery has been bought.
"A poor man frequently talks about
how much he would do for his fellow
men If he were rich. After he strikes
Oil, however, he generally forgets that
he doesn't represent the entire human
, lace, but consoles himself, by taking a
pleasure ride in one of David Ebbert' 5
easy riding garages. Livery North
street. Terms moderate.
The four bridges of the Thomas
Iron company crossing the Lehigh Val
ley tracks at Hokendauuna, have been
raised fully eighteen inches, and all are
now considered safe. These bridges
have been the cause of a number of
deaths-being SO low that trains passing
underneath reached almost to the lrestle
| work: The improvement will, no doubt,
greatly please railroad men.
Every glorious act of great life
starts forward an eloquent fact. DIR.
Bulls Cough syrup is the glorious act
of life's study, and it is a positive
ldCt tllhJ IL SlanuS without q rival.
Hope for a season bids the world fare
well, when man finds himself in the
relentless grasp of neuralgia. but he
smiles and takes heart when his wife
/, brings bottle of Salvation Oil.
1t is rumOred in railroad circles
, that the Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany intend to build a new line from
| Ashland to Pittsburg. The new route
is chartered under the name of Seaboard
: and Atlantic Railroad, and it will have
one advantage over the other roads
, from the fact that il can be built with
out atunnel. This will greatly increase
the facilities of the Valley Company.
! Go to the New York
Millinery for your Hats and
Bonnets - Alvenia Graver,