The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-08-21
Our Neighborhood in Brief.

rattlesnake bites.
An early winter is predicted by some
enterprising prophets.
There are seventy prisoners confined
in the Luzerne county jail.
White Haveu's shoe factory will
commence operations about Sept. 1st.
Frederick Brinkman, of this place,
lost valuable horse by death one day
last week.
Allentown is raising a company
which will be offered to the government
to fight Mexico.
Michael Givens will succeed p. +.
Mulharen, of Mauch Chunk, in the rail-
road mail service.
-Incendiarism is becoming of so fire.
quent an occurrence at Bethlehem as to
alarm the people.
The editors, publishers and printers
of Luzerne county will have their annual
excursion to Glen Onoko on Sept. %.
Timothy measuring six feet in
length is specimen of Mahoning Val.
ley growth, left at this office by VIM. II.
Heilman day or two ago.
An interesting account Of the "Sun-
day ride" by "Franklin," is unavoida-
bly, crowded out this week. We will see
that it finds place in our next issue.
The employees of the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation Company who were in. .
jured at the Lansford boiler explosion
recently are recovering as rapidly as can
be expected,
The cutters along Bank street are
in very dirty condition. In many
places stagnated water sends forth its
malarial stencil. We call the attention
OF our supervisor to this matter.
Mills Mehrkam, promising theo.
logical student Of this place, preached
very interesting sermon to a large and
appreciative audience in the st. Jacobs
church, at Weissport, last Sunday even
ing.
town, while walking on the Lehigh
Valley railroad track near that place
last Thursday evening was struck by the
engine Of an excursion train and in
stantly killed.
For the week ending Aug. IA, there
were ia, $50 tons of coal shipped over
the Lehigh Valley railroad. making a
total to date of 1924, 1913 tons, and show
ing an increase of 427, ,537 tons compared
with same date last year.
The Salvation Army has left Beth
lehem. The Star says of their labors
there: "The converts were few and far
between and have almost all returned
to the ways of old, for things that are
born of the flosh are bred in the bone. {"
Rev. VIM. Major, pastor of the NJ.
L. church, will commence a series of
doctrinal sermons on next Sabbath
morning, The first will be on, The
Fall of Man." This will be of unusual
interest, and all who can should 20 and
hear it.
The Catasauqua Valley Record en-
tered its seventeenth year last Thurs
day; and among other things promises
its readers decided improvement,
geographically, some time soon. The
Record is always welcome visitor to
our sanctum.
Samuel Hontz, of Paekerton, met
with serious accident at Perth Amboy
last Wednesday. While shifting train
he was thrown on the track, the wheel
OF a car striking him breaking his leg
and crushing his foot. He was taken
TO his home, where be is getting along
as well as can be expected.
The Lehigh Coal and Navigation
Company is TO extend its Lehigh and
Susquehanna Railroad (leased by the
Jersey Central aud through it by the
Reading) to Scranton. These companies
have heretofore used the Union Coal
Company's road under a twenty year
contract, beginning in 1866 and expiring
in November next.
If our people would 60 over into the
old Bertsch woods, along the Lehigh
river, they would hereafter give all
tramps the "grand bounce" Scattered
around are no less than three or four
pailsful of good, wholesome bread, bis
cult, meat, cake and pie, which has
been begged from our people and then
thrown away. "Bounce" the tramps!
The Postmaster General has issued
instructions to postmasters that on and
after October l every post,ofiice in the
country, no matter how small must
maintain special delivery service for
all kinds of mailabe matter. 1t will be
left to the discretion of postmssters how
they shall get matter delivered promptly
for eight cents a package, but fair
warning is given that postmasters will
be held strickly responsible for de-
lays.
The members of ST. Marks Sunday
school, of Harper's district, Northamp-
ton county, will hold their annual pic
mic in Keck's beautiful grove, on the
road leading from Lehigh Gap to Dan
ielsville, on Saturday, August 2s. Every
thing possible VIII be done by the gent
lemen in charge to make the day one Of
genuine enjoyment for all who attend,
Should the weather prove unfaVorablt
on that day the picnic will be postponed
until Saturday, September 9TH.