The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-11-16
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That and the other and Writes, 90.
Miss Lizzie Rhi2er ia sojournlng wit
Easton fricncs.
The Krum farm In Trsnklln, ON whic
the famous Delcsmp slate quarry Is locai
ed Is still unsold.
Laura, eldest daughter of Willien
Beever, decd, 10 reported as being serious
ly III witt typhoid fever.
"A roomy double house on Union Hi
Is to let, with rent very low until Apri
lei. Apply to Daniel Grsver.
--Kattie Mover and Tillio German, o
Stemlersville, are visitors at the Johr
German residence in franklin.
bob" Hongen thinks that Il was the
meanest man IN the world who stole one Of
his Young pigs few evenings ago.
Save money by paying csshl A full
line of groceries and provisions az T. r.
Rex's, next to the Fort Allen House.
pricea the very lowest. 1-4t
%. J, Sseger will have new adycr-
tisement in mex. weeks ADVOCATE CALI
ing particular attention to big stock OF
apples and potatoes.
The several schools In East weissport
which were closed last week on account Of
the typhoid fever epidemic, ere doing busi-
ness again at the old stand.
Charles sMiller and family, of South
Easton, and Mrs. Ackernan, of Kaston,
were the guests of Messrs. VIM. Reed and
John +. Zern during the week.
Reuben Zimmerman and wife, accom-
panied by Paul Schabo and wife, spent
few days recently very pleasantly at the
old Zimmerman homestead In Fogelsyille.
Lehigh county.
Ed Geiger and Miss Lizzie Greeninger
will be married Saturday by the Rev. Abr.
Bartholomew. Ed has purchased home
in Mahoning township whore he and his
wife will reside.
William Knauss an employe in Nathan
Snyder's planning mill had the three first
fingers on his right hand cut off Monday
BY coming in contact with the knife of
planning machine.
r. j. Bongen has purchased the right
for several new counties and is pushing the
sale of the popular G ilbraith wagon pole.
In connection with this be is dong rush
ing "biz" at his blacksmith shop.
Buy the Gaibraith patent self. ceuter-
ing carriage and sleigh pole; will fit any
carriage or sleigh and can be attached and
adjusted in minute. r. J. Hongen, just
oyer the canal bridge, is the agent. Call
and see it.
Six acres of valuable property on
Union Hill is being surveyed and CONVERT
ed into building lots by Daniel Graver.
The property is known as the old Grayer
estate and is nicely located with front on
Weissport. The lots will be ready for sale
at low figure shortly.
Our population was increased this
week by the arrival of bouncing babies at
the bones of Harry Fenstermacher, R. j.
Sewell and Fl. ]. Shoemaker, which ac-
counts for the grand chorus-"Oh, it's
nice to be father, it's nice to be a father,
with bouncing baby upon your knee"
Probably the Oldest voter in Carbon
county is Messiah Ruff, of Franklin, who
will be 81 years old this month. He voted
seventeen times for President of the Unit
ed States-his first vote being cast for An
drew johnson. He Is an old hickory"
Democrat, born and dyed in the wool of
the teachings of Jefferson.
For the past ten weeks Mrs. Salie
Schrei6er has been confined to bed with
dropsy. She is perhaps the Oldest lady
resident on this side of the river, fof If she
lives until January 27, 1890, she will cele-
brate her SSrd birthday. She is relict OF
the late j. L. Schneider and mother to
Lewis, William and Mary Schneider and
Mrs. j. w. Gilham. For more than three
score years she has been resident of this
pla e, coming here when Sunday was hard
ly known and the country dense OF scrub
and brush.
The fair and festival last week under
the auspices of the Good VIII Hook and
Ladder Company WAS grand success
the efforts of the boys resulting in clear
ing net profit of about t400. The con-
testants worked hard and brought In the
following amounts; the collectors of the
most Doodle receiving the prizes: For the
organ. Lille Fatzinger, $139.20; Annie
Schafer, $92.15; Della Albright, $19.25.
For the bedroom suite, Lena Hongen,
| S91. 10; Cora Buss, $54.05. For the silk
dress pattern, Addie Cocherer, s24.65
Lizzie Nothstein, $l4,7O. FRIDAY evening
the Arion Cornet Band brought to the fes-
tival the liveliest spirits of Lehigh Hook
and Ladder Company, I.ehighton, in the
following persons: J. W. Raudcnbush,
Jon. Kistler, Ed. Raworth. James Ash,
Henry Schwartz, T. w, Clauss, ". G..
Clauss, Chas. Miller. AL. Campbell and
Messrs. Coon and Waddle. Everything
passed off in the most pleasant manner
which is to the credit of the committee
who deserve great complm ent fer their
earnest and continued effort in the FIRE
company's interest.