The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-07-25
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The Doings Of n Lively Town Briefly Chroni-
cied in Short snip-snap order by the
Stroller and Ohum.''
New black-boards will be placed i'm
our school rooms
William Schweibinz mourns the
death of fine horse.
Paul Buck lost valuable colt by
death one day last week
John Weiss is building q large new
barn to meet the big crops.
-Seager sold a car load of water
melons in two days last week
The genial r. J. Hongen did bust
ness at Allentown ON Monday.
Mrs. Robert Graver, spent Sunday
very pleasantly with her parents
Ruben Zimmerman, of Union Hill,
did business at Fogelsville this week.
For rent cheap-A dwelling in East
Weissport. Apply to Dr. P. A. Andrews.
Mrs. r. j. Hongen, of Union Hill,
spent Monday with Slatington friends.
The Messrs Lovetts are the owners
Of fine horse and colt purchased from
Daniel Stroll,
The electric lights are going up,
and in few days the town should be
known as the little Electric City.
We still hear some of his friends
say that the Republicans should make
r. j. Hongen Jury Commissioner.
Rev. 1. j. Yotter will preach in
School Hall, Sunday morning at the
usual hour. All are invited to attend.
Henry Christman and wife will
leave Sunday for Niagara Falls, where
they will spend a few days viewing
natures wonders.
1t is said that Austin Boyer has
leased the dwelling formerly occupied
by j. D. Benninger and will fix up the
same for his office, &c.
Len. Wagner, on the east side, has
an order to build 500 feet Of the com
bination picket fence for Maurice
Bowman, of Bowmanstown.
Some people in Weissport who are
in the habit of borrowing the ADvo-
CATE, should stop it. ST. pays for it for
% weeks. Get it and be Independent.
The Choral Society, of the Evan
gelical Sunday School, will hold their
picnic in Franklin Park this Saturday.
The weather last Saturday being very
unfavorable.
Charles Roth and family returned
to their home in Hamburg, Monday,
after pleasant sojourn of few days
with old friends and acquaintances in
the neighborhood.
Seemingly the water question is a
dead letter. Why? The opportunity
was the best the town ever had. Let
some of our enterprising citizens get to
work and push matters.
David Kreamer, of Lehlghron, mas
just completed a number of excellent
jobs in this neighborhood including
Snyder's store and Ruch's residence.
The workmanship is excellent
John Zern, Hiram Rickert, Dr.
Kutz and Henry Drumbore formed a
happy piscatorial party the other day
to Lizard Creek. They returned
loaded with the speckeled beauties.
The widow of the late Peter Dreis-
bach died at her home in Franklin
township, on Sunday. She was aged
about seventy years. Interment was
made Wednesday. Rev. Wuchter
off1ciated.
The heirs of the late DR.. Kast are
looking up their estate which was ad-
ministered by Anthony Beers, formerly
of town, now of Alabama. They claim
that "eppes is letz" in the settlement and
of course want it righted.
The Central Railroad Company
should certainly place a guard gate at
Geisel's lock-it is'one of the most dan
gerous railroad crossings along the
line. The proper parties should report
this matter at the earliest moment. 1t
is important.
1t is very likely that the famous
Rev. Madison Peters, who is now serv-
ing fashionable metropolitan congre-
CATION at large salary, will be in at
tendance at the installation of his
brother, the Rev. Morgan Peters, as
pastor of the Reformed church in this
town and at East Mauch Chunk. The
installation and ordination will be done
by members of the East Penn classis.
All things come to those who wait
Levi Horn, for the Lehigh Coal &
Navigation Company had men at work
digginga ditch to connect the stagnated
| old pond between canal and railroad
with the sewer. This will, we hope,
completely do away with a nuisance
that for years has been almost intoleP-
able. The matter was reported to the
State Board of Health few weeks ago,
and it is thought that, the company
hearing of this, at once commenced
work on removing the disease breeder
Now, they should do something with
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