The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-05-25
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Local Gossip Cleaned from various Sources
by our "stroIler,"
John Bush is improving his Franklin
residence by additions.
Percy, a sou of .l,seph Peters, Is re-
ported on the sick list.
j. M. Detweiler spent Sunday with
Soudertown, Pa, friends.
The frst Sunday under the blue law
regime passed very quietly.
Adam Eaches is building large and
commodious barn on his Franklin pro-
perty.
Squire Chester Buck returned home
sick from fishing excursion on Monday
evening.
DIR. Zeigenfus and family, of Philadel-
phia, were guests of Dr. p. Alfred Andrews
over Sunday.
Henry Christman, at the Fort Allen
House, has a good double team for sale.
Call and see him.
james Zimmerman and wife, of
Macungie, were guests of Reuben thinner.
man over Sunday.
The genial Jacob Straussoerger does
the honors gracefully at the Mansion House
bar, Mauch Chunk.
- Vim. Weeder and Miss Magdaline
Snyder, of Mauch. Chnnk, were guests OF
George Fl. Enzian on Sunday.
-R. j. Sewell and wife and Miss Ella
Nay Snyder, spent Sunday very pleasantly
with Geo. Laury at the County Seat.
DIR. j. G. Zern and family returned
home Monday from very pleasant coach
ing expedition through Berks county.
The pulpit in the Evangelical church
was ably filled on Sunday evening by
Henry Miller, blind local preacher, of
Mauch Chunk.
-'JohnRehrig, Jr., East Weissport, is
the agent for the Improved Victor Washer
Best in the world. Try It before purchas-
ng anV other. Apr. 3m.
"A one horse team driven by Oliver
Smell run away on Tuesday morning
Smell was thrown from the wagon and
slightly injured by the wheels passing over
his body.
john G. Kern, of Slatington. an en-
ployee in Snyder's planning mill, is nursing
thumb minus the first knuckle, caused
by coming in contact with the sharp edge
of circular saw.
William Kindt, of Plainfield, North
ampton, county, having secured situation
his family hither during the coming week.
They will occupy Ed Solt's new house on
Union Hill.
There is some talk of holding the
annual camp meeting of the Evangelical
Association at Bowmanstown again this
year, but the matter will not be definitely
settled until the meeting of the district con-
vention at Hazleton in June.
johnny Nothstein, young son of Ed
Nothstein, employed in Snyder's planning
mill, had the thumb on his right hand
badly lascerated by too close contact with
buzz-saw. AS result he has the men,
ber nicely bandaged this week.
The undersigned has for sale large
lot OF FENCE PosTs, FIREwooD, and
ARBoR PosTs In large quantities, which he
is prepared to furnish at lowest prices,
Gallon or address, GEORGE II. ENzIAN.
Weissport, Pa. mar23-3m"
AT the sale of carriages and harness
IN Cherryyille on Saturday Henry Christ
| man sold eleven carriages and five single
sets of harness. He left for York, Pa,
this week TO buy in another stock and con-
templates holding a similar sale in the
course of few weeks at the same place.
Solomon Yeakle, of town, is perhaps
the first man in the county to rect flag
poll in honor of the Prohibition cause.
The STROLLER" expects to see the grand old
stars and stripes float to the breezes from
the mast head ct an early day-a bold and
open challenge to the vices of the nine.
teenth century.
| The viewers appointed by the court,
Non. A. j. Durling, of Lehighton, John
Craig. of Lehigh Gap, and and Lee Wills,
of Weissport, in the matter of erecting an
independent election district in Franklin
township, will meet at John Rehrig' hotel
on Friday, May 81, to hear argument for
and against the proposed scheme.
The band of English gypsies in East
WesspOrt have been plying their vocation
| with results quite profitable since tn cir
location in that section. Quite number
OF Young folks in the community attest by
sly bushes that the mysteries of the hidden
future have been PARTLY unveiled to them
by lucky guesses made by the gypsie for
tune tellers. One strange feature is that
almost every damsel has two admirers, one
with dark eyes and one with eyes of color
blue, &C., &c.
Miss Mary Whitehead, the Superinten.
dent of the Primary department of the
Evangelical Sunday school has been
teacher of the class for the last five years,
and during this time has not missed a
single Sabbath session. The class numbers
about seventy scholars, and under her
management is in a very prosperous con-
dition as might be expected from such an
efficient and devoted teacher. Her assist
ant teacher Is Miss Lena Hongen, and DUR
ing the session of the school the class is a
little hive of industry. If another teacher
in the county can show better record we
should be very glad to hear it.