The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-07-20
OUR SISTER TOWN.

m bliss oalhe baury was visiting ALE
- town friends during the past week.
a Webster Wciss.and family, of Betbl
hem, were visitors in town over Sunday.
= Joseph Rex sports a valuable blac
horse snapped from Ed. Peters, the Joel
ey. - 49, =
& Mrs. r. ]. Hongen and Mrs. Geore
k Wentz, of Union Hill, spent Sunday wit
a Weatherly friends.
n The Lutheran and Reformed Sunda
e School picnic has been postponed unit
Wednesday, the 24th instant.
!. Squire Chester A. Buck did busnes
a in the City of Brotherly Love during thi
week about drawing TO a close.
Henry Christman. Of the Fort ALE,
House, has 'swapped'' his pacing hors
BLACK Frank'' to a Hazleton party.
Joseph Rex and William Beaver tool
In the encampment on Tuesday and took
squint at the latter's cousin, Gen. Beaver
The members of Ebenezer Evangelical
Sunday School will picnic in Klotz's grove
FRANKLIN township, on next Wednesday.
1t is likely that Charles Roth, superin-
tendent of the Evangelical Sunday School,
will DELIVER his farewell address on the COM
ing Sunday.
ALLEN Oplinger, of Cherryvile, has
been installed as clerk in Nathan Snyder's s
dry goods and grocery establishment over
the canal bridge.
Rev. G. II. Egge, of Germantown,
Phila., sojourned with acqualntances here
this week. The reverend gentleman was
formerly pastor Of the Evangelical church
at this place.
"A delightful party including WIN F.
Bierv, 7. J.. Seifert, T. j. Nusbaum and
Misses Minnie Peters, Carrie Deibert and
Lille Gpth enjoyed the pleasures of Say
lor's Lake on Sunday.
The Rascalyille, base ball sluggers win
do MP the Soldering aggregation Saturday
afternoon in Franklin township. BY the
way, RascalYille is the aesthetic. name ap
piled to the vicinity of Phifer's store.
The Rockway Record is the name of a
new paper published in the above town in
the state Of New Jersey by---a nickle you
can't guess. Why, the irrepressible George
Q. Deats. He has the 'Stroller's' sympathy
in his new afilic;ion. - ,t,fsys
Miss Gertie Horn who SO successfully
Taught in Franklin last year has been elect
cd teacher of the PRIMARY school Ia this
borough. Miss Horn, though young, has
shown q apeculiar aptitude for theIprofession
in which she has launched and her SUCCESS
is gratifying to, her many friends.
DIR. J, g. zerndesires, through the col |
umns Of the ADVOCATE, to express his sin
cere thanks to hepeople Of weissport and |
vicinity, who so promptly and faithfully as
sisted in checking the spread of the fire on
his premises on last Friday. He. also feels
himself under many obligations to those
who helped rescue his run away team from
their perilous position on the railroad
bridge. 80. /
Stephen Solt, a prosperous Franklin
township farmer. is the proud owner of a |
COW which few days ago gave birth to a |,
five legged calf The odd limb is attached
to the right fore leg, starting at the knee,
and reaching the, ground. 1t is well formed
and perfect in every particular, and the calf
instead Of dying seems to enjoy the otdityl
OF the situation-and is fourishingly in fine
style. ~ s# ~
james Kelley, the leader of the gang
OF tramps arrested at Mahoning yard a few
weeks ago, by Constable Setter, was brought
from Easton Tuesday and giving hearing
before Squire Buck after which he was
taken TO the county prison. He is said to
be tough looking customer, and Detective
Johnson would like to him for numerous
Expectations in Northampton county,pro-
Tiding Fred Horlacher will withdraw his
charges.
DIR. j. G. Zern's team of ponies took
fright on Friday afternoon and run away;
lear the Emery Wheel Works the carriage
became detached and the horses relieved
'f their load darted up the hill and run {
'long the tracks and on to the iron trestle
bridge, which structure they had almost /
'ressed when caught between the crevices.
The animals were sextricated from their /
'erliOus position much bruised and scared e
'ut not seriously injured. +
The large stable beloning to DR.. j. q. a
fern and Jacob Straussberger, located In d
he alley between Franklin and White Sts., 7
aught fire Fridey afternoons in some un-
'nowR manner and was. burned to the I
round. The alarm assembled several hun
red people who worked valiantly to prevent
lie hames from spreading to adjoining
roperties. AT the time of the fire the h
uilding contained several tons of hay, one
leigh harness, carpenteriDg tools, and o
orse belonging 10 Charles w. Laury, the
aker' The animal was saved, but the d
table and other contents went up in smoke
ggresating'a total loss ofnearly or quite a
900 on which Zern holds an insurance of
ome $500. ii