The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-08-22
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Lans ford is TO have "a cantats
"Conquei ed by Kindness"
The T. own of Lansford wants thu
railroad C, ,mpaDy TO give them BETTER
facilities.
-Lansfo cd pays its school teachers
as followss principal, $50; femelC
teachers, S3Tj.
The CO. anty bridge crossing the
Poho POGO. creek at Harrity will be
sold to-day, Saturday.
The mployees Of Rutherford &
Barckley, Miuport, were paid their
monthly earnings this week.
Harvey, a young son of Alvin Noll,
was accidently drowned in the canal at
Bowmanstown the other day.
-Menning, crazy man from Ash
land, is terrorizing Audenried people.
The police are trying to capture him.,
In the upper end, huclSleberries
sell for three cents quart Even at
that price they are drug on the
market.
-Tramps arrested for Illegal car
riding we're put to work on the repair
of Weatherly streets, last Friday. A
flrst-rate idea.
"A sand crusher has been erected
at Beavers Siding by William Grim, of
Hamburg, successor to Thomas Weaver.
The crusher is run with a fifteen horse
power engine.
The Lansford Record advertises
rafiles. The postmaster at that place
must be blind as a bat or awfully |
ignorant of the law. Is it one or the
other, or both?
An electric railway between Sum-
init Hill, Lansford and Tamaqua may
become a fact It would certainly net
good profits and benefit the towns on
the hill It should be pushed.
The fourth tri-ennial reunion of
the Normal Institute, of Normal
Square, will be held Saturday. The
on arrangements are Messrs.
1. E. Seidle, j. H. Longacre, w. o. Kan
der and A. j. Ballet.
Charley Rehrig, one of the strongest
Democrats down the road, is the owner
of a new bay horse through "swap" !
with Henry Miller, of East Penn.
has the best of the bargain, ,
The Reformed congregation, of {
Lower Towamensing, Rev. t. A,
Huber, pastor, will hold the annual
harvest home services on Sunday :
coming. The sermon will be {
delivered by Rev. J. w. Maberry, of i
Pa.
While at Millport the other day we
shook hands with jolly w. H. Stroll,
/ son of the late Nicholas Stroll who
vas the dad of 80 children with two
wives. One of the sons has 20 children l
ind w. H. has II children. There is 40 1
discount on this. If all the children I
ire as jolly as w. H. we would like to I
meet 'em. I
George Hultzer, of Towamensing, :
while at work for the Prince Metallic +
Paint Company in the same township, I
IN Friday last, fell down one of the /
mine shafts. The fall was =
orty feet. His left leg was broken be- L
,ween the knee and hip and he sustain l
ID other serious injuries. He will re- y y
over. P
Persons desiring to vote at the R
coming election should see that they .
re registered before September. I'm u
Ter the new registry law the duties of v
he assessors have been complied with,
nd one not on the list will have their A
Iame placed there only by personal ap- b
'lication to the assessor. r
Squire zeigenfus, of Millport, in B
ured his left leg some months ago and b
Or nine weeks after was confined to r r
ed-suffering great pain and being B
nable to walk. The Squire is able to B
ct about now and attend to his duties, n
ut his left leg is almost two inches II
horter than the right, He is aged 6S +
ears and was born and raised in the n
He's Democrat r.
Nova days when people want any y
hing they look in the newspaper to g
nd where to get it. If they want the G
ervices of painter, carpenter, =
laster, plumber, or any other me- #
hanic or tradesman, they expect to Il
nd q card in the paper. They look Il
or it, if they find one the advertiser YTrI
cts job. Hence the wise always ad- K
ertise. X
Bowman Sons sand quarries at Y y
owmanstown are working full time. X
he works were established almost a u
qarter Of a century ago by the father M M
the present owners, Maurice and NJ
Iodfrey Bowman, who, to-day, ship on R
n average of GO car loads of sand every I, y
lonth and give employment to about 81
hands. The loading of the sand is 81
one by Charles Rehrig. q