The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-06-23

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Short Cherry crop this year
Encourage home enterprises.
Thursday was the longest day.
-All the news-the ADVOCATE.
Trade dollars only bring 05 cents.
Summit Hin will be borough.
Take in the Switch back Saturday.
strawberry festivals are blooming.
--Slatington is 70 have fire department.
The stores are showing fire works and
crackers.
Our agricultural friends report every
thing brisk
There is not single or double vacant
dwelling house in town.
The soldiers monument movement at
Allentown progresses slowly.
Elevator alarm clocks are the best; sold
by Z. II. Hohl, Mauch Chnnk.
Full line of Ingram and Brussels car
pets at V. Schwartz, on Bank street. If
The National Council Daughters of
Liberty will meet at Allentown next Sep
tember.
Boys pants from 25 cents upward at
Sondhelms One Price Star Clothing Hall,
Mauch Chunk.
-Lehighton is to have Daughters of
Liberty organization, also society of the
Kings Daughters.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
announces quarterly divided of Ia per
cent payable July 10TH.
-SeeTsucker coats and vests for men and
boys from 81 up at Sondheim's One Price
Star Clothing Hall, Mauch Chunk.
"A local passenger train leaves the l..
V. r. R., depot here at 1 :15 T. M. every
day for Mauch Chunk and Glen Onoko.
The site selected at Hazleton by the
Commission for the erection Of a new
miners hospital was last week approved by
Governor Beaver.
"A new counterfeit silver dollar is in
circulation. This one is said TO be very
clever imitation and apt to deceive the un-
wary. Look out for it.
The Sunday School Convention Of the
East Pennsylvania Reformed Chassis was
held Tuesday in.the Towamensing Church,
Of which Rev. T. A. Huber is pastor.
"A well-known fact: David Ebbert
hires out the nobbiest looking rigs in this
section of the country. Prices are moder-
ate. Livery on North street. Suppose
you drop around and see him.
-Four ounces of saltpetre dissolved in a
pail of water and sprinkled on the cucum.
Der vines, is said to be an excellent prep
aration for destroying the little black in.
sects that infest them at this season.
Harry c., infant son of George H.,
and Ella Kemerer, died at their residence
on Bank street, Wednesday evening, aged
about eleven months. The funeral will take
place at D. m. this Saturday, 23rd instant
we have the best all-wool $40 suits ir
this region and guarantee each clothing
buyer will save at least 25 per cent on every
purchase made of Sondheim, the Merchant
Tailor, of the One Price Star Clothing Hall
Mauch Chunk.
Mrs. Geggus, mother of John ant
Lewis Geggus, of Northampton street, diet
Wednesday after several weeks illness
Deceased was aged about 78 years. TIL,
sorrowing relatives have our sympathy ii
their bereavement.
AT Hollow, on Sunday afternoon
at 80 clock, the 1. o. G. T. of this plac,
will hold Gospel Temperance Meeting, t,
which the people of Nis-Hollow, Eas
Penn and vicinity are cordially invited. 4
good programme will be rendered.
The attention of the people of Sunni
Hill, Lansford and vicinity is directed t.
the fact that George F. Huntzinger, of ah
popular Switchback Restaurant, is author
lied by us to receive subscriptions ant
moneys for the CARBON ADVOCATE.
!: "A new ruling of the Post Office De
partment provides that postal cards tha
are uncalled for will be returned to tn
writer, at the end of thirty days and tina
advertised letters will be held but tw
weeks instead of four, before being sent t
the dead letter Office.
TO keep cool this hot weather is a yer
easy matter--Sondheim at the One Pric
Star Clothing Hall, Mauch Chunk, has
= large line of alapaca, serge and mohai
coats and vests which he is selling at sue
low prices as will enable everybody to pu
chase. Call at once.
! An artesian well 800 feet deep on tn
= farm of E. II. Koch, in East Greenvll'
Montgomery county, has capacity of tw
barrels of water per minute Lehighton
: more favorably located for the securing
IL water by this system than Is Greenvill
= So keep the enterprise moving. We mu
J. have the water.
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