The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-03-14
ropIcs OF TOWN.

--WANIED-SlUVU GOOu SecuaAby'
Apply at this office.
-Tuesday next will be st. Patricks
Day. Do you celebrateY
Full line Of Ingram and Brussel
carpets at Henry Schwartz's.
The next holiday for our public
schools will be Good F'riday-27.
Adams Expressman Hagerman
drives a handsome new delivery wagon.
Our merchants are brushing up
and making preparations for the spring
season.
--Fifty-two days more of school, and
the youngsters already are counting
If YOU would succeed in business,
nlant an advertisement in the CARBON
ADVOCATE.
Solomon Yealkel, Of Weissport, has
taken possession Of his new home on
r. ]. Hongen, of East Weissport, is
confined to the house with severe
cold.
20. J. Saeger, Of East Weissport, has
had an artesian well sunk on his pro-
perty opposite the bridge.
John Hummel now occupies the
Trainer property recently purchased
by l. S. Koch.
Mrs. H. V. Mortimer, Jr., is re-
covering from a severe illness OF catar-
rhic pneumonia.
This section was visited by severe
rain and thunder and lightning storm
Monday night.
-L,eRighton should have a Board Of
Health composed of men not AFRAID 10
do their duty.
We offer Fine Felts and Wall Hang
inps 20 per cent, below city prices. 10.
f. Luckenbach Mauch Chunk
Buy newest designs and styles in
decorations, wall papers and borders
at Biery's drug store, Weissport.
With tho increasing amount OF
mud on First street the necessity OF
crossings become painfully apparent.
Indications are that large num-
ber of new buildings will go up in this
borough during the coming summer.
The two brick yards in the south
end start up operations as soon as the
weather settles sufficiently for that
kind of work.
Engineer AL. Sitter, of Third street,
has broke ground preparatory TO the
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Evangelical parsonage.
Some of the iron workers at the
Glendon Mills, Easton, get 80 cents
day; others, on half time, get $3.50 per
week. How protection does protect
after ALL
The vernal equinox falls on Satur-
day. March 21st, when spring com
mences, and the days and nights will be
of the same length.
win Mcdowell has been appointed
night dispatcher at the L. v. h. X
depot in this city. The appointment is
good one.
The necessary papers have been
made out and the genial Frank Z. Sem
mel will become the landlord of the
Gilbert House, at Weatherly, in a week
or two.
Our Geo. w. Mortimer has been
confined to the house during the past
week with a severe cold, but is now on
the way of improvement, and will in Q
few days again be interviewing his host
of friends.
Crane Iron Works laborers at Cat
asauqua are down to 81 day, and the
employees in the iron mines in Lower
Macungie have had their daily wages
reduced from 90 cents to 80 cents. This
is the way high protection protects.
The annual statement of oui
borough finances will appear in the
next issue of the ADVOCATE. 1t shows
receipts from all sources of S13,339.2i
and expenditures S12, l2026, balance Oh
hand sl21901 Bounded indebtedness
$1,000. 90, less cash in the treasury Sl2l9.
els s66S0.99.
-Lehighton can be electric lighted
at a cost of $50 per annum per light
This price is low enough for Council tC
give electric illumination some serious
consideration.
Among the fair ones of Allentown
Lehighton has the reputation of having
more handsome gentlemen than an!
other town in the valley. It's the truth
too.
-Specialties in Children's Suits
Handsomest and most complete line
over 20O0 suits now on our counters
fresh new and stylish. Koch d Shank
weller, Allentown, Pa.
On Monday afternoon while Laury'
team was left standing in front of |
house about mile from Weissport
they took fright and ran away. Th'
horses came into Weissport on gallop
and after making turn around th'
town were caught. No damage, bu
lots of excitement.
People say so, and it must be true
that Biery, Weissport, has the larges
new line of wall papers, borders and de
corrations in the county and the price
are very low.
The popular Arion Cornet Bant
talk of giving grand musical enter
tainment in the Opera House sometlm
in the near future. When the tim
comes our people want to give the boy
/ big patronage. They deserve it.
The FIRST National Bank has a SUI
/ plus fund of over $1,000 This show
= the wise and sagacious management Q
that institution which, also, has s1l7
, 356,12 individual deposits.
-"Cant yer give me sumthin," plead
4 ed a tramp on First street. ~ amt ha
; nothing to eat for week but warme
! over snow balls.n The best place to 81
cure fine team at lowest rates, is Davi
: Bbbert's livery, on North street.
Rev. G. w. DUNCAN has been r,
. appointed by the M. r. Conference I
the Lehighton andPackerton churches
! This will no doubt be pleasing to ou
!. M. e. people.
/ Eugene Everitt will be pleased
@ meet all his old friends at the Dolen
Il burg Hotel, on Monday evening, Marc
S 10th, on which occasion he will set 'ei
}; up for the boys. OF course you will |
v on hand.
70 Providing the weather is favorab
s, Saturday evening the popular Ario
IT Cornet Band will give one of the
a. always delightful musical treats fro
rs the balcony of the Exchange Hot6
= Communicated advice give
= to the parents of suspended boys, {
- home training, in your last issue,
y hereby thankfully received, and Il
Y author will in the future be honor'
Ie Y as q benefaetor by all good parent