The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-10
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The Doings of a Lively Town Briefly Chroni-
cied In Short snip-snap order by tho
stroller ana Chum."
The Snyder planning mill is being
pushed rapidly
Squire Henry Campbell is said to
ice worry seriously ill.,
--Renbon Zimmerman is visiting
friends at Seipstown, i'm Lehigh Co.
Many OF our merchants are again
agitatiug the early closing movement
j. Frank Snyder and wife, OF
Mountain Top, are visiting friends in
town.
Amon Droisbach has gathered his
second crop of strawberries for this
year.
VIM. Snyder, of Delano, was circl-
ing among old friends hereabouts over
Sunday.
The enthusiasm over the orgauiza-
tion of an Order of Iron Hall has sub
sided somewhat
-Seager's Hail is ready for occu-
pancy The room win be rented to
societies cheaply. 8w@
Dr. p. A. Andrews has a straw
bdrry plant that is bearing fruit for
the second time this year.
We regret very much to note the
continued illness of Mrs. Josiah Ruch
who is again seriously indisposed.
Charles Fritz, of Lehighton, has
moved into the Olewine property on
the Franklin road, over the canal
bridge.
Miss Gertie, the estimable daugh-
ter of Contractor Horn, has returned
from a pleasant visit to Allentown
friends.
Joseph Ruch will be the leader of
the new band to be organized by Poho
POGO Tribe of Red Men. Joe can blow
good music.
"A A. Zeigenfus and Sylvester
Snyder along with their wives enjoyed
a pleasure ride last Sunday through
the picturerge Long Run.
Weissport young mon will get its
social club. There are eighteen of the
blue blood on the list and they have a
fund Of 800 TO start out with,
DR.. w. L. Kut2 will be Carbon
county's next Coroner if tho expression
of the people go for anything. The
doctor is just the man for the Office.
All the bonds, to the amount of
5GO00 of the franklin independent
School District have been disposed of.
The bonds bear interest at the rate of
four per cent.
Reuben Rehrig has opened a fish
and oyster house near IIeller's stove
store, where you can get the best in his
line at the very lowest prices Give
Reuben q call.
1t seems to be the general impress
sion in Franklin township that many
of our Republicans viii vote the re-
gular Democratic ticket-not the one
superintended by Mickey Cassidy.
-Arner & Sloyer, contractors, are
building large frame dwelling house
in Towamensing, for Paul Buck. This
firm has built quite number of hand
some residences during the past sum
mer.
All persons desiring to connect
themselves with the new Council Jr.
0. U. A. NJ, to be organized in Franklin
will please attend a meeting at Seager's
Hall on next Wednesday evening at Z
o'clock, when officers will be elected
and other business transacted.
Rev. I. A. Huber, the Reformed
pastor of this town, has received call
to Grace Reformed church, at Halle
ton, to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Rev. A. G.. Aszaman
We have not learned whether or not
the reverend gentleman will accept the
call,
The following letters remain I'M
called for in the Weissport post office
for the month of September: Leny
Philip, Joseph Richards, Ephriam
Schnell, Jos. Fink, William Hunsicker.
N. r. Deppe and Jacob Keiser. If
your name is on the list, call for your
letter.
Contractors Horn & Krum, who
built the new brick school house for
the Franklin Independent School Dis
trict, viii entertain the directors of the
township at turkey supper at the
Franklin Hotel ON Saturday evening
next. The affair will be toney and
don't you forget it.
Elias Miner is dead at the age of
76 years. Dissolution took place on
Monday evening at about seven o'clock
and resulted from general debility con
sequent to old age. lnterment was
made Thursday afternoon in the
Union cemetery, Rev. G. w, DUNCAN, of
the NJ e. church, Lehighton, ofT1ciat-
ing at the last sad rites Deceased was
born in Hamburg, Berbs county, on
| May 80, 1915, and was yet boy of
tender years when his parents moved
to Mauch Chunk, where, during the
war ofthe rebellion he was associated
with the late Gen Charles Albright in
the manufacture of shot and shell for
the government In 1865 he was as
sociated with Fatzinger, Roberts &
Collins as superintendent of their
| foundries in the same place. From
Mauch Chunk he moved with his
family on a large farm in Franklin
and a year later went to Catasauqua
where he had charge of the Union
foundry. He was at the latter place
but short time when he removed to
Weissport where he resided continue.
ously until the time of his death. In
the interim he was connected with the
Lehigh Stove Foundry, Lehighton, and
was manager and superintendent OF
Miner Bros, foundry, in this place
Mr.. Miner was one of the originators oi
the Lehighton NJ. Z. church and pro
minent in the circle of Methodistism
Deceased leaves three sons and ont
daughter, William, OF Philadelphia
Frank, of Atlantic City; G. D., of town
and Mrs Kate Wintermute, of Mauel
Chunk, his wife having proceeded hin
to the great beyond little more than
a year ago.
WEATHEHLy.