The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-09-28
MAHoNrNG LETTER.
Lively Batch Of Interesting Locals from
Our Regular Correspondent.

AS previously announced the Ne,
Mahoning Cornet Band will hold It's annu
al picnic on the afternoon and evening o
next Saturday, September 2Sth in Hopes
Grove. A game of base ball will be playe,
in the afternoon. The Band is famous fo
getting up good picnics, and the one I,
be held on Saturday will be no exception
TO the rule. If you want day of unalloye,
pleasure you will be on hand. Refresh
ments Of every kind are to be had on thu
grounds.
Our public schools will open for a siz
months term on the 14th Of October. We
hope that the farmers will see that all theil
work which the school children haye to do
will be done by that time so that the
children can attend school on the first day
and attend regularly. The term is short
and parents cannot afford to keep Their
children at home. Let the boys and girls
have the benefit of the full term.
Get that big pumpkin ready for the
Carbon County Fair next week. On other
years, the exhibits from the Valley were
among the best at the fair and drew a
good share of the premiums, still the num-
Der of exhibits could be greater il more
people took an interest in Che matter,
which they should. Let the exhibits be
greater and more varied this year than
ever before.
Rev. A. Bartholomew has five congre-
cations under his charge and the field is
Too large for him to do his work as he
would like to. He has therefore, called
meeting of the trustees and deacons of the
churches Of his charge to decide whether
another minister is to be appointed to help
him, or whether the churches are to be
divided into two districts.
"A very successful picnic under the
auspices of several Camps of the p. o. s.
of A., was held on Saturday at Mantz's
Hotel, in West Penn. The exercises con-
sisted of singing and speeches and were
very interesting. The New Mahoning,
RingGold, Summit Hill and Leiby bands
were present and made things lively,
-Obert & Hofford have sold their saw
mill machinery, with which, for the past
two or three years, they have converted
their large timber tract at Pleasant Corner
into lumber, to a firm which will remove
it to Virginia. John Yost has been en-
gagged by the new firm and will, in the near
future, move 10 Virginia.
e. .. Nothstein left on Friday for
Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster,
in which Institution he is member of the
junior class. On the same day Col. A. G.
Musselman left to enter Palatinate Col
lege, Myerstown.
Lewis Zimmerman is doing flourish
ing business selling carriages and wagons.
Thus far this season he has sold one hun
dred and fifteen; record which, fol
community like ours, is hard to beat.
Last week while Dennis Nothstein
was passing with his engine oyer the bridge
which spans the mill race at Hopes mill,
the bridge gave way and nearly threw the
machine into the dam.
Oak Grove Council, Jr. o. U. A. M,
which was but recently organized at
Pleasant Corner, ,alreadY has membership
of twenty-four and will receive more men,
bers before long.
The Mahoning school board will hold |
its regular monthly meeting on Saturday in |
the Pleasant Corner school house. The |
old school house and lot at that place will |
be offered for sale.
The picnic of Zimmerman's Sunday |
school which was to have been held on the |
18th inst, but which could not be held on |
account of the rain, will now be held on |
Oct. IL.
Daniel Christman, of Bloomingdale,
died'of apoplexy on Sunday night. Inter-
ment took place Thursday morning at st.
Peters church.
The ADVOCATE takes the lead here;
It's circulation in the valley is at least five
times as large as that of all the other pa
pers together.
-Amandus Henninger and wife, of AL
lertown, and Mrs. John Gemmel, of Cat
asauqua, were guests of DIR. p. D. Keiser
last week.
Owing to the continual increase of
business Mahlen Nothstein, our popular
blacksmith, will shortly erect new and
larger shop.
Miss Louise Fessler, of Lansford,
teacher of the New Mahoning school for
the ensuing term, spent last Sunday IN the |
valley.
On Tuesday evening, Oct. sth, the
Lutheran Pastoral Association will hold |
meeting in the Brick church, East Penn.
Frank Stanley and wife, of Franklin,
Pa, were visiting relatives and friends in |
the valley during the week.
john Hess will shortly move with his
family to Cherryville, where he has pur.
chased house and lot.
Thomas Musselman and family and
Daniel Kressey and wife we're visiting at
Scranton last week.
Quite number of persons from the
valley attended the Allentown fair this
week.
Our wheelwright, Albert Haldeman,
has just finished neat two seated car
Tiaee.
Ira Oliver and wife, of Weatherly,
were visiting Reuben Reinsmith last week.
Our farmers are busily engaged in cut
ting corn, digging potatoes, etc.
Mrs. Kate A. Nothstein spent several
days at Mahanoy City last week.
Miss Kate j. Arner was on a business
"Trip to Allentown on Monday.
H. b. Arner has just finished painting
Wilson Remaley's house.
The fall term of the Normal Institute
closed on Friday.
-Mahlon Nothstein picked pear from
one of his trees that measured twelve
inches in circumference and weighed
twelve ounces. DASH.
nat.