The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-03
Carbon Advocate
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, q, 1892.
wEATHERLY.
A Budget OF Local News From Lively
Borough.

A Budget OF Local News From Lively
Borough.
The public schools of town opened
on Monday for nine months term
An additional school will be opened to
relieve the over crowded condition OF
the schools. At meeting on Wednes
dav night the board purchased five
International Dictionaries for use in
schools and adopted Reeds Introduct-
ory Language Work to be used in place
of language tablets which were dis
placed. The salaries of all the teachers
were raised aud the schools opened
with bright propects for another year
of successful work.
Mrs. David Evans and daughter
Hattie, are on visit to friends at
Morea, st. Clair and Pottsyille.
Nearly all the losses resulting from
the great fire have been adjusted with
the Insurance Companies. Among
those not adjusted is the loss of Mr.
BonssF, dealer in groceries whose store
was burnt in Dr.. Tweedle's building.
Miss Susie schOonOyeF, 10 with
friends at Wilkesbarre, this week.
Susie and Eva Lord, are with
friends at Cressona and Pottsville.
Preparations are being made for a
concert to be held In the Reformed
church early next month.
The senior class in the Weatherly
high school is as follows; A, f. Miller,
Stewart Brong, Warren Vandyke,
Jennie Welch, Grace Eadie, Mary
Dewitt, Mamie Davis and Maggie Nc
Clellan.
Joseph Schuler, Valley brakeman
had his left arm badly crushed be
tween the bumpers of two cars at
Packerton the other day.
This time it was not the crayor
portrait man, who held forth the tempt
ing bait, but couple of cigar men
Their modus operandi was as follows
With bundle of boxes each contain
ing 100 cigars they approached indi
viduals, merchants, and in faot any one
According to their representation the,
were selling cigars worth Sl5 per hun
dred for $3.50. Dexterously slipping
cigar from the centre OF the buncl
with bow aud an insinuating smile
you VIII be asked to try it. 1t is hard
Iy necessary to say that it was gooC
But when you got box at your owt
price, for they sold as low as sl.75
box, it would be found that while tn
core of the bunch was all right, the II
paainder we're sbominable. About 80
ct the least, must have been taken on
Of the town by the rascals.
"A meeting of representative cit
zens was held Saturday evening in Il
office of Reed & Lovatt's silk mill, fC
the purpose of organizing a fire d
partmsnt. w. B. Lovatt, superintel
dent of the mill, was elected phairma
Rev j. p Moffat and Thomas Drumb,
were elected secretaries. Mr.. ova
stated the object of the meeting, aft
which addresses were made by Messl
Moffat, Captain George II. Jones, Re
Masonheimer, Samuel Croll, lie
Wagner, Thos. Hall and others. 4
we're enthusiastically in favor of I
object Of the meeting. The followi
preamble was then read by secreta
Drumbor: "We, the undersigned ci
zens of Weatherly, in meeting asse
bled, realizing the necessity of havi
an organized body of men in times
fire, and being desirous Of renderi
every assistance on such occasions
the unfortunate sufferers and the co
munity in general, do hereby agree
form ourselves into an association
be known as the -- and v
be governed by the rules and regu
tions to be adopted at some futl
meeting" On motion of Capt. Jol
the preamble as read was adopted.
motion committee of FIVE, of VIII
the president was TO be chairman, '
appointed by the house to draft
laws for the consideration OF the org
ization at the next meeting. Mes
1. W. Miller, Thos. Hall, Samuel @
and Lawrence TgFleton we're ehos
On motion Thursday evening OF
week was selected for the next meet
at s o'clock in the silk mill office.