The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-05-18
wE1ssPoRT AFFAIRS.
The Old Town and Community surro ound
ing Itemized by the stroller.

The Old Town and Community Surro und-
ing Itenized by the Stroller.
Mrs. DeterlIne. Of Ashley, was visiting
relatives here tlds week.
Cornelius Snyder, OF Allentown,
circled here on Tuesday.
Joseph Foulk, of the east end, is the
proud pop" Of baby girl.
Mrs. S. b. Brown was reported as
quite III during the past week.
George Laury and family, of Mauch
Chunk, were the guests of r. J. Sewell
over Sunday.
Miss Lucinda Smith, of Middle Creek,
Monroe county, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
David Dreisbach
Mrs. Thomas Arrer and Mrs. Owen
Boyer have returned from pleasant visit
to Philadelphia friends.
The employees in Snyder's planning
mill received their regular monthly Doodle
on Monday and Tuesday.
Paper hanger and painter Goth is exc
cutting some very handsome work for w.
w. Blakstel at Weatherly.
Peter Bell and wife, and Mrs. Ruch
and children, of Stemton, spent Sunday
with the genial c. w. Laury.
"A fourteen months old child Of John
Fritzinger was buried on Sunday. Funeral
services were held in the Chapel.
Miss Emma Boyer does post-office
duties with courtesy and correctness since
the resignation of H. j. Shoemaker.
John Rehrig, Jr., East Weissport, is
the agent for the Improved Victor Washer
Best in the world. Try it before purchas-
ng anv other, Apr. 3m.
The temperance lecture announced
from the pulpits TO come off in the cyan
gelical church ON Saturday evening has
been postponed indefinitely.
Henry j. Shoemaker. for year past
the courteous and oblging assistant post
master here, has accepted more lucrative
position with E. M. Williams in the Pack
erton offices.
--Nusbaum d Culton will manufacture
| ice cream in large quantities for private or
! picnic purposes. To do this successfully
they have put in steam engine to
run the machinery.
Supervisor Solomon Yeakel Is doing
commendable service with the street scrap
er in putting the streets in good condition.
Correct, let the good work go on; Sol. can
do 1t If anybody can.
The undersigned has for sale a large
| lot of FENCE PosTs, FIREwooD, and
ARBoR PosTs In large quantities, which he
is prepared to furnish at lowest prices,
Cali on or address, GEORGE II. ENzIAN
Weissport, Pa. mar23-3m*
The Mite Society of the Evangelical
congregation have nicely carpeted the large
auditorium In their church edifice. The
| Improvement is a commeDdable one and
| the members of the mite society deserve
praise therefor.
p J. Kistler and wife were called to
Meyerstown this week owing to the severe
| illness of their estimable daughter, Miss
Magma, who is promising pupil in the
seminary there. Numerous friends here
| hope for her speedy recovery.
Elmer Gilham, of Franklin, aged
twenty-five years, is lying seriously i'll from
the effects of severe cut in the leg in
| hicted while laying a pavement recently,
| The limb has become infiamed and his
blood poisoned so that chances for bis
recovery aro doubtful.
Presiding Elder D. A. Meddler,
preached his first sermons to large and
appreciative audiences in the Evangelical
church on Sunday morning and evening
The reverend gentleman is convincing
and earnest discourses with good com
mand of language, whether English or
| German.
Jeremiah Koch is back with the OLD
| folks at home'' after an absence of mole
than thirteen years, during which time he
has married and become prosperous
farmer in the state of Missouri. He has
changed considerable in general appearance
but not sufficiently to be stranger to old
time friends.
| The pei lion presented to the borough
council calling for the enforcement of the
ordinances regarding the closing of all
places of business on Sunday has been
acted upon and the proprietors of stores,
&C., have been notified to observe the law
in the matter They will be closed here
after it may not suit a good many, but
it's law, you know, and the law must be
enforced. Dye see?