The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-08-29
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The Doings ofa Lively Town Briefly Chroni
cled in Short snip-snap order by IN,
stroller and ohum."
Mrs. Sarah Mcdaniel, Of Ilansford
is visiting Andrew Weiss and family.
The heavy storm during Sunday
last did much damage among Franklir
farmers.
-Gebhart Kerner, who lives over tn,
canal bridge, is reported as quit,
seriously ILL.,
In less than five hours on Tuesday
Seager sold 400 baskets of peaches
That's hustling.
George Hagenbuch is building &
frame dwelling house on High street
Franklin township.
Seager's Hall is ready for occu
pancy. The room will be rented tc
societies cheaply. sw*
Our public schools opened Mon.
day with the able and efficient Prof S
w. Minnich in charge.
%. j. Seager's new hall is almost
completed. When finished it will be a
model of convenience.
Nathan Snyder has purchased
Irwin Kromer's dappie gray horse, and
Adam says he's d dandy.
Mrs. Elizabeth German, relict Of
the late Adam German, was visiting at
Nathan Snyder's this week.
1t is expected that Nathan Snyder's
new planning mill will be ready for occu-
pancy by the first days in December.
Oscar Christman, the liveryman,
recently sold fine dark bay horse to
II. j. Dancer, of Beaver Run Con-
sideration, $40.
Miss Ella Berlin, the popular
organist for the Reformed congrega-
tion, is spending few weeks with the
family of Rev. Stauffer, in the beauti-
full Lyken's Valley.
Commencing next week Charley
Boyer, now salesman in Snyder's
store, will take possession of the bakery
route now run by U. S. Rooms. We
wish Charley success.
-Lanlord John Rehrig, of the Frank
lin House, is sporting valuable gray
horse with a record down in the thirt-
les. The price was more then s2OOand
he was bought from Eli George, of Al
lentown.
This is the crowd that Weissport
sent to Niagara Falls, along with the
Elk excursion last Saturday; William
f. Biery, r. J. Hongen, Ed Solt, Doug.
Arner and wife, Thomas Arner and w.
H. Reber and wife.
There is said to be some genuine
all-wool and yard wide kicking and
growing in the Franklin township
school district over the appointment of
six female teachers out of the eight re-
quired for the district
Nathan Snyder and Charles Arner
will go to Huntingdon county next
week preparatory to the latter party
his portable steam saw mill to
the former place where Mr.. Snyder has
extensive lumber interests.
After Nathan Snyder has dropped
almost hundred thousand dollars
into the stocking of the Central rail
road company, they want him to pay
half the cost for building side track
to the new mill. That's cheek.
Constable Whittingham should re-
port to the grand jury at it's next sit
ting, the necessity of guard gates on
the Central railroad at the lower White
street crossing This is an important
matter and should not be over looked
"A party from this town and Lehigh-
ton who will attend the Kresgeville
camp meeting on Sunday next will
have among its number the foil owing
young gentlemen; S. Weston, William
Scofield, Asher Yeakel and Warren
Straussberger.
The water question is quiet. Our
people want to get together and push
this matter to an end. There is no
question but what we need the water
supply, and the best argument in favor
of it is that at present we have no
supply. Let the old spirit of enter
prise awake and push this matter,
-Weissport, not having heard from
the Lehighton Mertz for sometime,
now trots out the famous gourmand in
Ed Henning who masticated, on
wager the other day, two small chick
ems, tongue sandwich, half pound
bologna with bread and washed the
whole down with three glasses of beer
please move up head.
DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN: Christie
pher Groot is dead. He was born in
Monroe county GO years ago and at an
early age became resident of this
where he had always
been esteemed and respected by his
friends and neighbors. His illness
only dates back few weeks and death
resulted Saturday. Interment took
place on Tuesday afternoon. from the
Ebenezer Evangelical church, Rev l.
j. Reitz officiating at the last sad rites.
Deceased leaves widow, Mrs. Ange-
line Groot, a son Ed, and a daughter,
Mrs John Zern The "Stroller" tend-
ers warmest sympathy to the family
in the sad loss of faithful husband,
a kind and afectionate father.