The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-02
NEWsY WEIssPoRT.


! he Doings of Lively Town. ny Chroti.
cied in Short snip-suap u,.sr by o
stroller" and Chum.
Fine silver watches II. Hohlis
Mauch Chunk.
The Weissport school poard will
meet next Monday evening.
Council meets in regular monthly
session on Monday evening.
Joseph Werner and wife, of Potts
town, are guests of friends hereabouts.
Religious services will be held Sun
day evening in School Hall, Rev. j. S.
Newhart will preside.
Miss Alice Krum is soiuurniug
with relatives and friends in Philadel-
phia
The finest grade in American Rail
way watches at prices that will aston
ish you at T.. II. Hollis, Mauch Chunk,
Miss Emma Beever has resigned as
clerk in the post office. Her successor
is Miss Hattie Markley, AN estimable
young lady of the east side.
Frank Laury drives "a handsome
new bay horse, purchased from j,
George Snyder, Allentown's we'll
known horseman.
Miss Scriber. with Mrs. b. K Cul-
ton, the popular milliuer for some
time past, has returned to Allentown.
Prof. Davis, of Lansford, who
taught the Franklin Independent Dis
trict High school for several years, was
in town on Tuesday.
The school board of this town has
levied the following tax rate For
building, FIVE mills; for school, nine
mills, this is a reduction of three mills
and will make quite a difference in the
total of taxes.
Mr. S. A. Weston, the night "brass
pounder" at the Terminal station, was
at Weissport Monday visiting relatives
and friends. He also spent few hours
at the Big Rock. He was met at the
depot by the Weissport band and
taken to Rehrig's Hotel where a ban
quet was served. Allentown Critic.
%. j.. Saeger is specially prepared
to cater to the picnic trade with fresh
fruits of all kinds, cigars, confection-
cry, peanuts, &c. Prices are lower
than what you can buy for i'm the city
Remember this, pic-nicers and call
and see him.
The CARBON ADVOCATE always
awake to the peoples wants has now as
finely an equipped job printing office
in operation In Snyder's new block, at
the Lehigh bridge, as can be run across
outside the larger cities. Presses
paper cutter and two hundred different
styles of type-tifty fonts being en-
tirely new together with Il large assert
ment of stationery, &C, enable Us to dc
your work cheaper than ever. Every
body is invited to call and see US.
The indications are that the con
vention of Carbon county Sunday
schools at Bowmanstown on July (
will be grand success. \ special train
will leave this town via the Jersey Cen
tral railroad at $40 a. m, on that day
On the same date the directors of the
Park Association will hold meeting
on the grounds.
Our borough council have passed
an ordinance granting the laying o
water mains through our streets. The
opportunity is now ripe for some live
spirited and enterprising party to sup
ply the town with water. Council ha,
signified their intention to subscribe
for seven or more fire hydrants, anc
its nickle to a peanut that oyer 20t
spigots can be supplied private families
and business houses within Il few
months after the water system is in
troduced. Who will put in the system
1t is rare chance for some one t.
make money on not very large in
vestment
Robert Rehrig and John Rehrig
Jr, of town; Harrison Bower, of lie
highton; Sheriff Joe Webb and o. L
Sigley, of Mauch Chunk, attende,
Paul banners big pic mic at Ston,
Creek last Saturday and they met Jalo
Hawk there. The latter gave an ex
hibition of deer shooting which wa
good enough to live on for month
and johnny Rehrig showed 'em how t.
shoot. He shot couple of flies off tn
wall first, then knocked down hal
dozen matches, one at time, place,
upright, and finally scared the life ou
of the natives by shooting the ashes OF
his brother Bobs cigar, They 20
home the same night.