The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-08-04
The Carbon Advocate
SATURDAY. AUGUST a, 1889
Current Events Epitomized.

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--Patronize home trade.
Keep your cutters clean.
--Tramps are great nuisance.
1t is unlawful to shoot robins.
The Methodists held their pic mic on
Wednesday.
"A reliable watchmaker;-D. S. Book.
opposite the Public Square.
Go to Val. Schwartz's for all kinds OF
furniture. Prices very low.
Full line of Ingram and Brussels car
pets at v. Schwartz, on Bank street. If
Advertise with us. The ADVOCATE is |
read by 1900 bona fida subscribers every
week.
August is the last summer month and
Is known and spoken of as Weinkoch, the
wine press month.
Encourage manufacturing industries to
locate here. We have ample room for all
such improvements.
--Rollin Wilbur Lodge, Brotherhood of
Locomotive Flremen, was instituted here
last Sunday with large membership.
--Kemerer & Swartz haye in stock the
largest line of bed room and parlor suites
to be found in this section, Prices low
The members of the Reformed Sunday
school, on I.ehigh street, will pic mic at
Glen Onnko on Wednesday, August 9Th.
In many of the adjoining towns the
hurgesses have notified saloon keepers to
close their respective business places at
midnight
Rev. ]. Alvin Reber was on last Sun
day installed, by committee of Lehigh
Chassis, as pastor of the Reformed church,
on Lehigh street.
james e. Mcdaniel delivers an inn
mense load of white oak fire wood blocks
In Lehighton for $1.80 and in Weissport
for 81 .s5. Order now. =
In another column Of to-day's paper
will be found Heilman's phosphate adyer
tisement.. Farmers and all Others needing
first-class fertilizers should not fail to read
1t carefully.
The old wooden bridge across the Le-
high river here, which happily is soon to
be replaced by handsome iron structure,
was erected In 1882, Immediately after the
0eatructlYe IreSneJ.
Station Agent NJ. o. Bryan, after
several months vacation for the benefit Of
Of his health, is back al the L. & s. depot
again, where his numerous friends will find
him as generous and accommodating as
eyer.
Miss Matte, daughter of Tax Collector
schadle, of Bank street, while chopping ice
With hatchet, on Monday, accidentally
/. cut off the fore-part of her left thumb.
The accident is painful and unfortunate
one.
The attention of the people of Summit
Hill, Lansford and vicinity is directed to
the fact that George r. Huntzinger, of The
popular Switchback Restaurant, is author
lied by MS to receive subscriptions and
moneys for the CARBON ADVOCATE.
Should you hear any man making a
war Of words upon loca! newspaper
make up your mind that he either owes II
for subscription. or else he has never con
tributed single cent towards its support
and expects 1t to do great deal for him.
The "Bandana'' cigar is the very
latest campaign novelty that has made it,
appearance In town. OF course, they arr
for sale at Reber's popular drug store
They are said to be, by those who puff
them, the best cigar for the money. Tr.
one.
The supervisor has done very com
msndable thing during the past few week
In raising the several crossings along Banl
street. More Improvements of the sam
substantial order will be fully appreciate
by the taxpayers and travelling publ
generally.
Rev. A. s. Kline, of the Evangelics
church has resigned from the pastoral
owing TO serious throat trouble which ha
lately developed The reverend gentlema
will move to Allentown where he has Ell
tered partnership with p. Wannemakel
dealer In hats, boots and shoes.
Oscar Swartz, Engineer Bartolet an
John SwaItz. of town, firmly believe in IL
scriptural Injunction to increase and mu
tiply, for several days ago their good wiv'
presented each with handsome, bouncin
and healthy baby who give promise of Ion
life. We are pleased to say that the motl
era and children are doing well.
1T is now a crime in this state for Al
person to sell, circulate or keep on hand
any news stand or any other place OF sa
any obscene, vulgar or indecent paper
books OF periodicals. The penalty is 81
fine and Imprisonment in the county j
for two months. The law went into etfe
July 4th. Who win decide on the charact
of the literature?
Since 21st OF June-the longest day
the year--the days are decreasing at t
rate OF ten minutes per week, which ra
Of contraction will be maintained un
December 21st-the shortest day in
ysar-when they win again begin to sh'
increase, reaching their greatest length
June. As yet the decrease in daylight
hardly perceptible, but in another mor
or two q marked difference will be
served.
The Hazleton Standard says: Hu
Ferry, Of Yorktown, is prominently m
toned as the next candidate of the Den
Gratis of Carbon for the legislature. HI
Ia the strongest man the Democrats can
forward, and viii have no trouble TO m;
the prize. He is acceptable 70 independer
labor men and Democrats, and should
friends succeed IN placing him on
Democratic ticket, We will have Gle
honest and intelligent representative at
State Capital from this section next |
ion.