The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-08-14
Our Neighborhood in Brief.

Tuesday.
"A party of young ladies aud gentle.
men OF this place, pcnicei at Glen
Onoko last Monday.
Samuel Losch has been chosen
chairman of the Schuylkill county Re-
publican committee.
The temperance people of Scbuvl-
XIII county propose publishing a weekly
paper at Shenandoah.
-,Wost Bethlehem expects to receive
Borough charter at the September
term of the Lehigh county court.
The Evangelical camp meeting in
Weiss grove, across the river from this
place, closed on Thursday night.
"A substantial board walk is being
lald III front Of Chas. Rhoade's grocery
store at the upper end of Bank street
I'VE regret to note the illness of our
townsman Fred. Leuckel, who has been
confined to the house for the past several
weeks.
1t is expected that the Kickanoo
indians, now located at East Maiich
tnunk, viii shortly pitch their tents in
this borough.
See that the gutter in front of YOUR
residence is kept clean; it may be the
means OF preventing & malarial epidemic
III our borough.
The Mahanoy Record saws, ,.The
thunder Of the Prohibition campaign
fever6erates IN st. Clair ard the light
ming flashes IN Shenandoah"
Mrs. Nicholas John. of Audenriel.
VINO was bit by rattle snake last Mon
gay IS now suffering with temporary
INSANITY supeiInduceI BY fright.
Mrs. Otto. Of Towamcnsing. will
please accept our thanks for a beautiful
bouquet OF very c!'pice flowers which
she left at our residence one day this
week
daniel Muth, aged siXty-three years,
residing in SteinSViiie, Lchigh countv
committed suicide Mon lay morning by
shooting himself. lie was carpenter
by trade. ~'''N'
"A temperance meeting will be held
on the public square, in Weissport, This
tSaturdayl evening, the 14th inst Rev
Nm. Major and olhcrs are to speak.
All are invited to attend.
John " olfc, aged seventy-piubt
years, was struck and killed by an engine
nuhday afternoon while flying switch
was being MADE in South Laston. His
mead was nearly scyeicd from his holy
Sonic people will find fault where
others would newer think of looking for
It. But everybody who rides in David
EOberts easy carriages seem to be Der
iectly satisfied Livery on North street.
TeruS low.
"A stable belonging TO DR.. SAWYER.
ot Allentown, was fired by an inccudiary
Monday night and was COMPLETELY do
Stroycd, together with lot of harness
Ihis makes the seventh incendiary for
Allentown this year.
Mine Inspector RoleFiek. of ,hr
Hazleton district reports for july six
!eeh accidents six OF which were fatal.
During July alone The number of fatal
accidents we're half as many as during
the previous six months.
For The week ending Aug. 7. there
we're III ,4sl tons OF coal shipped over
me Lehlgh Valley railroad, making a
Total to date of i, lI0,3 ,343 tons, and show
ing an increase of 4O6, ,533 tons compared
with the same time last year.
Many OF those who drive dc net I'm
hers'and that the law gives the right of
way 10 pedestrians. \ man or woman
VINO Is crossing the siseet is not Obliged
10 look ont fer the man who is drawing
team, bat II just the reverse.
nv heN' james "A. Little, having
spent the last two weeks al South Beach,
~ ~ eEJoyins the ocean waves and
sea bre2zes, has returned home to re-
sumo his pastoral duties az Hoken-
uauqua, lrontOn and fullerton.
1T IL expected that our town win Lc
crowded with men of sporting uropIivi-
ties from all sections OF The State for
The next several days, owing to the two.
days of field sports which open to-
morrow Saturday at the Driving Park.
Mrs. Caroline Hough. of Mahoninr
Valley, mother of Oliver Hough of llis
borOugh, died on Tuesday evening, the
10Th inst, in her 72gd year. The funer
al will take place this (Frdavl afternoon
at 80 and proceed to st. Johns Gene
terry.
Among the charters granted al the
state Department at Harrisburg, Mon
day, were the Donaldson Iron C0mnanv
of Emaus, Jehigli county, with cani,
tai OF 100000, and the Allentown
foundry and machine company capital
SOD, 900.
Castles of the knights of the Golden
Eagle are ilow Instituted at Audenripd.
iottsville, Tamaqua, summit Hill.
Allentown, Bethleheui, Mlcungip, Seran- !
ton, LehightOn and Shenandoah. The
society is growing rapidly and already
has a membership of $4,000
The following members Of Carbon |
Castle X, q. H. No. Ill. of this place, |
were present ct the institution of Packer
Castle X. u. L. at Bethlehem, last Fri |
day evening. Dr. &. z. Horn, Geornp
Stocker, II. V. Mortimer, Jr.. DUug !
Miller and l.. A. Werner.
Some malicious individuals entered
Mrs. Joseph Obert's flower garden, on
Bank street, last Sunday night and com |
pletely destroyed the flower beds by |
tearing ap and breaking off sonic very |
valuable piaRts. The perpetrators. ii /
apprehendedI s'iould be severely dealt ,
with
Tile meeting of the Veteran Associ- |
alton which takes place at Berwick on /
August 10 promises to be the graKdest |
attalr OF the kiRd that has taken place .
Tor many yeafs, Reduced excursion |
rates oyer all railroads. Old soldiers |
and their friends should not fail TO |
attend.
At a recent meeting of our town |
council Joseph 0bert presented a bill /
Tor damages sustained Sy HIM, by the /
upsetting of wagon while crossing the
gttter on South street near the square.
His claim was ignored Il seems TO be /
the prevailing opinion of many of our
citizens that MI. Obert, while burgess
of our town, should have looked to this /
very matter.