The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-12-13
LOCAL SANDWICHES.

--Read sweenys ad
--Go to Rishei's foI photos.
Holiday gifts at Hohfs hauch Chunk
JewolrY Store
Full line of Ingram and Brussels car
pets al Henry schvar "a.
Painter Frank Yeinland has the con
tract TO paint the new hosiery min.
Trinity Lutheran Church will elect
new church officers en- Sunday, 2sthinst,
This week three car loads Of hogs were
slaughtered at obert's Pork Packing estab-
lishment.
"A letter received this week from Fred.
Brinkman, Of New York City, tells US that
he is 0. X.
-Graining and Decorative Painting
walls and ceilings. All work ueately done
by w. G. Banta, Lehighton, P. o.
-Hazleton is to have street railway.
Oyer $4,000 Of the stock is already sub
scribed. Does Lohghton tumbleP
Our public schools will close for the
holiday vacation on the oath and reopen
on the arst Monday following January lst,
1891.
Il. F. Kleppnger will build a frame
dwelling house next to John Acker's on
Bankway Ed Christman has the con
tract.
Choice new designs in bead neckchains
and bracelets at Hohps Mauch Chunk jew
elry store.
When you pay your taxes for 1890
there will be an addition of FIVE per cent
You might have saved this had you liqui-
dated up to the 10th.
The interior of J. w. Raudenbush's s
liquor store has been nicely repapered AID
painted, The work shows the artistic
ability of Frank Welnland.
james Fatznger, who blows the alto
horn in Arion Cornet Band, fell on a
slippery side walk the other night and cut
a cash three inches long in his chin.
-Lehigh Fire Company meets at the Of
fee of j. g. H. Seaboldt, First street, on
next Wednesday evening. All members
ars requested to put in an appearance.
Henry Miller's new planning mill will
be put in operation sometime during the
early part of the new year. It will give
employment to twenty or more hands.
The jingle of the merry sleigh bells
made happy music during he past week.
Here we are reminded that DaYid Ebbert
hires out the nobbiest rigs at lowest prices.
Richard Davidson, New Philadelphia
butcher, has mysteriously disappeared.
Nothing has been seen of him for week
and his relatives fear that he has met with
foul play.
1t is rumor that soon, very soon, one
of Lehighton's fairest daughters of Eve
will wed young man from up the road.
Some one says she lives on Third street
and is the daughter of -.
AT Sweeny's Corner Store you can buy
grapes, apples, bananas, oranges, lemons,
all kinds of nuts, figs, dates and fine con
fecuons. Don't buy until you see Bob's
fine line of holiday necessarles.
Ed Campbell, Crit Coon and Frank
KliDger were dashed over the boardwalk
into tho swamp, while coasting on the hill
at the Exchange one night recently, They
still live though badly bruised.
Patrons of Terpschore will notice in
another column of this issue the advertise.
ment of Mr. Howard Martz who has large
classes in dancing and department In
Allentown, where he is pleased to see all
visitors
Prof. A, S. Miller who lived in Lehigh.
ton some years ago is now professor Of
English Language and Literature In
Wichita, Kansas, University. Many ole
friends hereabouts offer congratulations on
his rapid advancement.
The Board of Directors of the Lehigl
Valley Railroad Company met Tuesda,
and declared the usual quarterly dividend
of IA per cent. payable January Is, 1891
to stockholders as registered on the book
of the company at the close of business
Tuesday.
The Methodist Episcopal Church OIL
sonth First street was re-opened to tn
worship of God on last Sunday after under
going a number of improvements. Th
edifice IS now one of The very prettest il
Lehigh Valley, and the pastor, Rey. G. W
DUNCAN and the congregation can well fee
proud of 1t.
The Bethlehem Iron CompanYs stee
mills, which shut down a week ago for a
inde6uite period, we're started up Monda
morning, aud the 1000 men are again a
work. The resumption is due to larg
orders received day or two after the shu
down, and which will keep the plant i
operation the greater part of the winte
We don't know whether the tw
inches of ground put on north Secon
street, is meant for grading purposes or no
Some months ago, if we mistake not, th
same amount of road bed was removed
put the street in grade. This is one Of IL
n funny things however and we won't Try
explain It.
Holiday shopping has begun and mar
folks 90 TO stores in search of articles sui
* able for gifts, An examination Of the stoC
in local stores is to be commended and e
pecially those who advertise in tho Adv
CATE. A saying Of money and time m,
be effected in many cases by giving our a
yertisers a call.
= Navigation on the Lehigh Canal h
1d been closed for the season, and boatm,
We hieing homeward with their mule tear
al for the winter. About fifty loaded Doat
ca we're ice bound between Bethlehem Al
Mauch Chunk last week, reached tn,
destination with the aid of ice plov
a., which we're kept at work day and night.
er or Council will meet on Monday eve
be ING next having adjourned from Tuesd
nd last owing to Institute Among the II
.n- portant and necessary things for lh
a. consideration we would kindly sugges