The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-08-26
BEAVER MEADOW.

John Cole mas left for Wilkes Barre.
John was the star pitcher for the
Bowery team and will be very much
missed.
Banks township schools opened on
Monday with nearly the same corps OF
teachers. A large crowd of pupils
were in attendance at all the schools.
Miss Maggie Gallagher is visiting
friends in Jeddo.
Miss NoraDolan, of Sugar Notch, is
visiting her cousin, Miss Jennie Ber-
gan.
Miss Lizzie McCafery, Of oilDanvillie,is
a Lewiston visitor. She is visiting her
sister, Mrs. II. j. Boyle.
Bloomsbury plays at Jeansville on
Saturday. They have arranged a
series of four games. Allentown club
plays on Saturday.
Bernard Gallagher, seven year old
lad, fell Sunday, near his home and
broke his arm.
VIM. J. Gallagher of Lewiston re-
ceived his commission as postmaster
on Wednesday. "Billyn is the right
man in the right place and will make
good postmaster.
Miss Mary A. Gallagher, returned
home to-day from Freeland where she
visited friends.
Misses Maggie and Bertha Mcbride
accompanied by Miss Lena Briggs re-
turned home from Brooklyn yesterday
They report a Jolly time. Miss Briggs
is one of Brooklyn's accomplished
young ladies.
John McCarty OF Pleasant Valley
returned home to-day. He spent a
week among friends here
P. +. Mcdarvy of Hazleton Beaver
Meadow resident in ye oldeR times
was visitor here on Wednesday.
Miss Jennie McHugh and Miss Jennie
Mcdonald, of Dushore, two pretty
young lassies who have had many
admirers in town returned home on
Tuesday.
William Connell, Of Berwick street,
they lynx-eyed guardian Of second
base for the BOwery team is lying sick
at his home.
Water Is very scarce article here
abouts. All the collieries are badly in
need OF IL. Carter & Co. have pumps
placed on the mountain pumping all
the waste water from their dam to the
works. Coke & Co. have 10 pump feed
water from Mud Run swamp, a dis.
tanee Of three and half miles from
their colliery. At Evans & Cos. works
the same state of affairs exists. The
upper portion of town has TO depend
entirely on the down town springs fol
suilent fresh water 10 answer house
hold purposes. A weeks rain would
bea God-send TO the town.
The delegate elections for to attent
the county convention takes place il
Banks township on Saturday, Sept. "a
The convention comes of at Maucl
Chunk on Sept. 4th. The leading can
didate that Banks will put forth fo
office is James NJ. Bresiin, Of this plRc
for register and recorder. Mr. Bres
lin, although his parents were old tlm'
residents, came here TO teach in LeYis
ton about five years ago. Hewas thel
comparatively a stranger, but by tn
force Of his character and close apph
cation to the duties incumbent upol
him, be soon made friends and a nam
for himself among people that vii
send bis delegates TO the convention
IL Is the first time in q number O
years that Banks township has sOugh
an important nomination such as RI
gister and Recorder, and now Ml
Bresllu, only at the solicitation q
three-iourths of the Democrats Of tn
township, consented 30 become a car
didale. he now has the indorsemer
of nearly a united Democracy, and hi
nomination means the nomination d
the strongest man brought forward /
the county and that the ticket wi
receive, not only the full Democrats
vote, but a large Rep0blosn.vote froI
this end IN the election next month.