The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-02-21


county r nds.
Dan raver returned Saturday from a
business jaunt TO Wllkesbarre.
The brick work on seager's new addi-
tion will be commenced next week.
Charley Miller, OF town, has launched
In the buichering business In East Mauch
Chunk.
-Misseq Iva and Lucy Romig were
Weissporl 80 lg ladies at the County Seat
Saturday.
WIN. Heed. the popular young butcher,
Of Weisspcrt crcled in Philadelphia dur
Ing the week.
Miss S. e. Whitehead, the popular east
side Mlliner, was doing business at Allen
town on Tuesday.
sheriff Hiram p. Levan, of the County
Seat, was smiling and joking with old
friends in the township Tuesday.
Henry J. Shoemaker returned Monday
from CHERRY vile where he was In attend
ance Al the funeral of his father.
The new school directors for the Frank
lin Independent school dislrict are Ruben
Zimmerman and John F. Zern.
The protracted meetings, going for
some time past in Ebenezer Evangelical
church, closed sine die Sunday evening
One hundred trees win be planted in
The Public square, and the plot OF ground
devoted 10 Park will be otherwise improved
For she purpose of winding uD all
affairs, Council will hold an extra specla
meeting on Monday evening. BE present!
1t is The rumor Of the street that, if
Rev. Wuch.eT, OF the Lutheran church re
signs, he will accept charge in West Fenn,
Schuylkill county.
John Smith this week moved his
family to Texas where they will reside IN
the future They have the best wishes OF
many friends for prosperity in their new
home.
People on both sides the canal should
petition court TO have The l.. G. d N. Co,
erect bridge over the canal that VIII
afford both convenience aud safety to
pedestrians
This week Fred Horlacher loaded his
ice machine on a Central freight car and
shipped it to Tarbon Springs, Florida
where it becomes the property OF W. ID.
| Griffiths & Co.
Mrs. Benninger, widow OF the late
James d. Benninger, vas Monday taken
| seriously i'll at Walnutport where she was
attending the interment of her husband
Many friends here hope for her speedy le-
covery.
The first move of the Central Com
| pany toward improvements mentioned last
week, was to fill the ditch bet ween the
railroad tracks and the bridge with cinder
Don't stop at this, let the good work con
tinue.
Engine 32S run into the rear end OF
coal train drawn by Engine 33l last Satur
day on The Central road, midway between
this place and Parryville. No one was in
jured, but a number of cars were terribly
disocased.
On the 26th instant, our popular young
friend, Aaron SNYDER will wed Miss Lille
Guth, the accomplished daughter of Mrs
NJ. Culton. The young couple will live II
handsomely fitted up home on Unior
Hill, fourishing suberb of this lively
town.
On this 22nd instant, Rev Rhoads, o.
Ohio, will preach trial sermon before th,
Reformed congregation in this place, will
a view Of being elected to the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Rev. j. j
Stauffer, who, it is said, will go to Daupbii
county where h5 has been elected to la
cralive charge,
in Franklin they elected the following
officers: judge of election. w. q. Adams
overseer of the poor, l.. Dreisbach; tax col
lector, Milton Setter; asst, assessor, j. X
Rickert. W. ii. Walck; supervisor, Nathan
Biose: auditor. Stephen Solt school diree
tors, David Beltz. Paul Bower; inspectors
Frank Zimmerman Milt walck.
--Messrs. DeHart and Orton, auditor
for the Central Railroad of New Jersey
. were in town this week. They adjusted
+ the accounts of the late agent, j. ID
q Benninger, and transferred the same t.
Frank Heffelfinger. of Lehighton. for som
time past employed as special agent for tn
, company. The appointment is a good on
,; in every particular, Frank being thorough
i ly reliable and efficient
The ''struggle" Tuesday resulted a
= follows: justice of the peace, j. S. Miller
y councilmen, Milt Emery, Jacob Strauss
!; berger; school directors, Austin Boye
, Reuben MusselmaH, Chas. Laury; tax co
: lector, Sam We ch; judge of elections. wn
- Hollinger; inspectors, Bert Arner, H.
D. Shoemaker; Auditor, G. II. Nusbaun
N overseer of the poor, George Mo- er; ass
ID assessors, Milton Flory, Wm. Reed.
! "A few days ago when Charles Arne
of Union Hill, was running his engine ov
oi The road en- route to the old Maria Furna
Is ne met team at George Rapp's farm, al
e: in trying to give the driver half the roa
:, through some defect In the stearing tack
gave MIN the Whole OF IL, sending his e
el gine over an eight foot embankment in
Rapp's garden. The engine was OF
r. slightly damaged and was pulled mp on I
10 road next day by Lewis Miller's team
nO mules.
- The auxillery connected with the Lul
lie eran church, known as the Ladies' Fail
nd full Friends" gave an interesting and v,
pleasant chocolate feast' in school h
one evening recently. Mrs. Samuel We
carried off the hOnors for supplying
-. the best cake and choicest choco ate Il
'"s every thing else the Ladies Friends"
ess connected with this was a grand 500
irl success. The "Stroller" wouldn't mi
of taking in feast of this kind, Ell