Births, Marriages & Deaths from The Carbon Advocate 1873-1875

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Births, Marriages & Deaths From The Carbon Advocate 1873-1875
The first newspaper published in Lehighton, was the Weekly News, which ran from
January, 1872 to the fall of 1873. One issue has survived, that bearing the date of March 8, 1873
in the collection of the New York Historical Society.
The subject of this extract, The Carbon Advocate was the second newspaper published in
Lehighton, with the first issue dated November 23, 1872. Of the first year of publication, only
one issue has survived, that of May 17, 1873 which is also held by the above mentioned New
York Historical Society. There is a complete run of issues available on microfilm beginning with
the issue of November 22, 1873, and ending at the end of 1894. No issues from 1895 to the end
of it's publication in 1924 are known to have survived.
The State Library of Pennsylvania has the most complete collection of The Carbon
Advocate on microfilm. The Dimmick Memorial Library in Jim Thorpe and The Lehigh County
Historical Society in Allentown also has some on microfilm.
In extracting the births, marriages & deaths, I have not included the following types of
items:
1. Items that did not pertain to Carbon or the surrounding counties. I excluded anything west
and south of Berks County, and south of Lehigh & Northampton Counties. I generally included
anything north of Carbon county.
2. Estate notices.
3. Murder trials.
4. Coroner inquests when they are not part of the original death notice.
In extracting these records, I have copied items as completely and exactly as possible. I
have not attempted to correct any spelling errors. If I felt a need to add any text, I did so in
brackets. Although most of the papers on microfilm were easy to read, there were some times
where the image quality made things difficult. Because of this, researchers are advised to consult
the original records.
Volume 2, Number 1, Saturday, November 22, 1873
Married, In Parryville, on the 28th ult., by Rev. J. P. Miller, Archibald Phifer and Mary Ann
Zundle, both of Parryville, Pa.
Married, By Rev. A. Bartholomew. On the 25th ult., James P. Dorwort and Mary L. Weaver,
both of Franklin twp.
Married, By Rev. A. Bartholomew. On the 26th ult., Josiah Hontz, of Weatherly, and Sarah
Cath. Gerhart, of Packer township.
Married, By Rev. A. Bartholomew. On the 9th inst., Daniel Reinerd and Mrs. Polly Hobbes,
both of Mahoning twp.
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Married, By Rev. A. Bartholomew. On the 15th inst., Franklin Hahn, of Towamensing, and
Miss Catharine Hartman, of Franklin township.
Died, On the 24th ult., in Packerton, Catharine Louisa, wife of Joseph Saile, aged 39 years, 4
months and 23 days.
Died, In Franklin township, on the 30th ultimo, Maria Anna, wife of William Thomas, aged 41
years, 10 months and 17 days.
Died, In Lehighton, on the 7th inst., Henrietta, wife of William Waterboer, aged 41 years, 10
months and 21 days.
Volume 2, Number 2, Saturday, November 29, 1873
Killed on the Rail. John Henderson, an employe at Packerton, had occasion to go to Mauch
Chunk, on Monday last, to correct an error in the pay roll, and returning by way of the railroad
track, when crossing the iron bridge, just above Packerton, he was overtaken and struck by the
engine of the 11:2 a. m., down passenger train. His body was completely severed and otherwise
mangled. Death was instantaneous. He is said to have been a single man, and to have no
relations in this section of the country.
Railroad Accident. About nine o'clock Wednesday morning, as passenger train No. 3, on the
Danville, Hazleton and Wilkesbarre railroad was approaching Hazleton from Tomhickton a
switch stand broke under the tender of the engine, throwing the train off the track, and damaging
the baggage car and the platforms of the passenger cars. John Mears, a freight conductor, who
was on the platform at the time, was fatally injured, and died shortly after, and several other
persons were more or less injured.
A Man Killed. Amandas Hagerty, a trackman in the employ of the L. & S. Railroad at Mauch
Chunk, was killed at that place Wednesday afternoon. As No. 4 passenger train, which remains
there about twenty minutes to allow passengers to take dinner, was backing to the station,
Hagerty, who was repairing a switch at the time, did not notice or hear it approach, apparently,
and was struck, two of the wheels of a passenger car running over his body and severing it in
two. He died almost immediately. The remains were taken in charge by the railroad company.
--Morning Herald.
Big Creek Items. The wife of Mr. Aaron Schnell departed this life on the 18th inst., after a short
illness from typhoid fever, aged 35 years, 8 months and 2 days. She leaves a kind husband and
four children to mourn her loss. The funeral took place on the 21st at St. Paul's church, Revs.
Bartholomew and Hennike officiating.
Mauch Chunk Items. Mr. W. W. Weaver of the Lehigh Valley railroad office, was married to
Miss Annie Righter, at the Presbyterian church, on Wednesday afternoon of last week at two
o'clock, Rev. Edsall Ferrier officiating, and Mr. Edgar Twining of Mauch Chunk acting as
groomsman, and Miss Allie McCreary, daughter of G. B. McCreary, Esq., of Philadelphia, as
bridesmaid. Upon the entree and retiring of the bridal party Mr. W. R. Rutler executed a fine
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wedding march on the organ. The altar was beautifully decorated, the bridal attires were
handsome and appropriate and the church was filled with spectators to witness the ceremony. A
reception was held at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. T. F. Righter, where elegant
refreshments were served up and a large number of rich and valuable presents were bestowed by
the friends of the happy pair.
Mauch Chunk Items. On Monday of last week, a boatman from New Hope, named Johnson,
was knocked down and run over by the 4.25 p. m. passenger train on the Lehigh Valley railroad,
near the Beaver Meadow pockets, at the east Mauch Chunk bridge. His leg was cut off and his
body considerably mangled. He died the next morning at one o'clock. He slipped out of the way
of a coal train only to be struck by the engine of the passenger train.
Volume 2, Number 3, Saturday, December 6, 1873
Local and Personal. John Andreas, a German, on Tuesday last, at White Haven, attempted to get
upon a moving train, when he slipped and fell beneath the cars; one of his leg was cut off, and he
died in a short time afterwards.
Married, By Rev. A. Bartholomew. On the 23d ult., Charles A. Zimmerman and Miss Leah V.
Kunkel, both of Franklin township.
Married, By Rev. A. Bartholomew. On the 30th ult., Stephen L. Sherer, of Lower Saucon twp.,
Northampton county, and Miss Mary Ann Zellner, of Mahoning township, this county.
Married, By Rev. A. Bartholomew. On the same day, Dallas Bowman and Miss Emma Noll,
both of East Penn township.
Volume 2, Number 4, Saturday, December 13, 1873
Local and Personal. Mr. Lyman Hakes, well known throughout this State as a great criminal
lawyer, died in Wilkes Barre, Monday morning, aged fifty-seven years. His disease was acute
softening of the brain. His remains were taken to Delaware county, N.Y., for interment.
Mauch Chunk Items. Mr. Charles Leisenring, of E. Mauch Chunk, and a brother of Hon. John
Leisenring and A. W. Leisenring, Esq., died at his residence of dropsy on Tuesday afternoon
last, aged about 38 years. The funeral took place from his residence on Wednesday afternoon, at
two o'clock, and was largely attended. Rev. E. Ferrier, of the Presbyterian church, officiating.
Mr. Leisenring for the past two years had been confined to his house nearly all the time. He at
one time was agent for the DuPont Powder Co., and was one of the firm of J. Beighe & Co.,
boatbuilders. He was well known throughout the county, having resided here all his life. He
leaves a widow and several children.
Mauch Chunk Items. Miss Annie Keuhner died, in Mauch Chunk, on Tuesday night, of an
affection of the liver, aged about 37 years. She was a daughter of the late John Keuhner, an old
resident of this town. She was quite well known in this vicinity as a skillful seamstress, and of
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late years had been ailing considerably. Her remains were buried in the Upper Mauch Chunk
cemetery on Friday afternoon, Rev. Noble Frame, officiating.
Drowned. At 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon last, while five little boys skating on a pond in
Westwood, a suburb of Pottsville, Schuylkill county, the ice gave way, letting them into the
water. The brakeman of a passing train went to their rescue, and saved two of their lives. Three
were drowned, Samuel Simmons, James Finn and Francis Roppert, aged respectfully 6, 11 and
12 years. The father of James Finn was drowned in the same pond six years ago.
Mine Accident. An accident occured at No. 3 Slope, of the Honey Brook Coal Co., near
Audenried, at seven o'clock on Saturday morning of last week. Two men were instantly killed
and several others seriously injured. The car was about being let down the slope when 15 men
got in. Just as they started and got over the tip, the staple ring broke, the car went down about
170 yards and landed among the skids, throwing all out, killing Alex. Brown and John
Richards, and three others have since died from their injuries.
Married, On the 27th ult., at the residence of Rev. D. K. Kepner, in Slatington, Joseph Folk and
Carolina Nothstine, both of Lehighton.
Died, At Bowmans, on the 1st inst., Mr. John Mihm, aged 77 years, 1 month and 29 days.
Volume 2, Number 5, Saturday, December 20, 1873
Deadly Assault.
Friday evening, after six o'clock, in fron of Charles Lahm's saloon, on Broad street,
Thomas Gannon was shot by Henry Deitrich, of Ebervale. The circumstances attending the
case are about as follows: A number of men from Ebervale were in Lamb's eating oysters, when
a teamster from Ebervale opened the door and said he was struck, and repeated the remark that
he was struck and was hurt, upon which the party from the back room came through the main
saloon to the door. Deitrich, drawing a revolver, opened the door and fired two shots at parties
standing on the sidewalk. The first shot struck Gannon in the shoulder, well up toward the neck.
Some one raised the cry, "Catch him! he shot the wrong man!" whereupon Deitrich was
arrested by Jere. Weber and John Meiss, of the borough police, and taken before Thos. Coburn,
Justice of the Peace, who committed him to the lock-up. At 7 1-2 o'clock Marshal Shilthorn and
others appeared before the Justice and represented that the wound was slight--in fact, of no
account, and offered to bail Deitrich out for any sum to the extent of $100,000. The Justice
accepted bail in the sum of $400 for his appearance this morning at 10 o'clock. No sooner had
bail been accepted than word was brought to the Justice that the man was dying, whereupon the
Justice waited upon Dr. W. R. Longshore to ascertain the truth, when the doctor told him he
must not take bail, as the man's condition was critical, whereupon the Justice withdrew the bail
and ordered Deitrich's commitment until the result of the injuries was ascertained. This morning
he was taken to Wilkes-Barre by Constable Dunn and Policeman Weber and Meiss.
The wounded man's statement is that he was going up town and stopped in fron of
Lahm's to speak to a friend; saw no difficulty with any one; that the door opened and Deitrich
appeared, pistol in hand, and fired two shots; the first struck him as he was standing with his left
side toward the door, some few paces distant; the force of the blow knocked him around so that
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he was facing Deitrich when the second shot was fired. He had had no words with any one; had
never spoken to Deitrich. The parties were all sober, and no previous trouble had occurred to
lead to such an event. Our reporter could not see the teamster, who, it was said, was struck in the
beginning of the affray. For a while the excitement on the street was intense; but after it was
found that Deitrich had been placed under arrest the second time, it quieted down, and all
seemed satisfied to let the law take its course.--[Hazleton Daily News, December 13th
Brutal Murder in Hazleton.
On Saturday night, between ten and eleven o'clock, David Storey, proprietor of a saloon
at the corner of Broad and Locust streets, was most brutally murdererd on the Harleigh road,
about three hundred yards from his own house.
The testimony elicited by the corner's jury was as follows: In the evening, about eight
o'clock, a party of young men entered Conrad Krapf's saloon, on Broad street, below Locust;
they were disorderly, and Mr. Krapf went for the police for protection; but finding none willing
to serve, returned home, when he found the party had gone away, and he was informed they had
stopped in Storey's. It seems there was considerable trouble with them in there, but finally they
were got rid of. A short time afterward Storey was informed that some party was taking his
horse from the stable, and he went out to prevent the taking of his horse and wagon. In a few
minutes he returned and took down a rifle and again went out, and was not seen again by the
parties in the house until found dead. The time of his last going out is fixed at about ten o'clock.
In the course of half an hour or so, some of the inmates of the house, becoming alarmed at his
long stay, one of them went out and quietly went up the hill on the Harleigh road. At the top of
the hill he heard sounds of a tussle, as though a party were beating a man. He came back and
reported, when, obtaining a revolver and a companion, the two went up the hil until they found
the body of Storey, still warm and bleeding. They at once returned and proceeded to raise help
to bring the body home, which they succeeded in doing at three o'clock.
They found fragments of the gunstock of the rifle Storey had taken out with him, but the
butt and barrel could not be found.
Drs. A. B. Longshore and J. R. Casselberry were called to make a post mortem
examination. The following is the report submitted by Dr. Casselberry, after examination:
"Found upon left side of head six contused wounds, ranging from 1 3-4 to 2 1-2 inches in
length, three of these being scalp wounds merely, the balance reaching the skull. At one, near the
crown of the head, a portion of the external table of the skull appeared to be clipped or shaven
off, leaving a loosened scale and an abrupt edge. At another, near the upper and back part of the
head, was found a fissure fracture 2 1-2 inches in length. At another, extending from the
supraorbial ridge to the temporal bone, was also a fissure fracture, reaching obliquely from the
base of the nose to the temporal bone. At the external angle of the right eye a very severe
contused wound, rupturing the eye ball, breaking the cheek (matar) bone from the temporal,
fracturing the upper jaw near its middle, and crushing it and the inner bones of the face back
against the anterior portion of the base of the brain; lower jaw fractured on left side, midway
between chin and angle; on right side near the angle. Fourth rib fractured on the left side, and
fifth rib dislocated, large contusion on right side over stomach and liver."
The jury held two sessions yesterday, and adjourned until to-day. The jury is composed
of the following citizens: Wm. Kisner, Jos. Greenawalt, Chas. F. Hill, W. W. Smith, F.
Landerburn, and J. C. Fincher.
The appearance of the body before and after washing was the most shocking ever
witnessed, the great, gaping wounds displaying the skull at every point. The jaw bones were so
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crushed that the teeth were loose in his mouth. Numerous minor bruises were found on his body,
showing that the struggle had been a long one, as well as a brutal one, to the end. Numerous
theories were started as to the manner of the murder, the most probable being that he followed
the crowd to make sure of their getting beyond the probability of returning and disturbing his
horse and wagon, and that the crowd turned on him, took his gun from him, and beat him to
death with it.
The above is taken from the Hazleton Daily News of the 14th inst. On Monday four of
the supposed murderers, who had been arrested, and had been identified as having been in the
saloon, were taken to Wilkes-Barre jail. Their names are Hugh McGlynn, Patrick Gallagher,
7th, Ed. Toy, and John McElwee, 2d.
Volume 2, Number 6, Saturday, December 27, 1873
Local and Personal. Rev. J. F. Wicklein, pastor of a church near Reading, Pa., was suddenly
killed a few days since under peculiar circumstances. Having gone gunning, his dogs ran a
rabbit into a hollow tree. With two companions he took hold of the tree to shake out the rabbit,
when instantly the entire trunk broke into three pieces and fell with a terrible crash, the upper
part striking Mr. W. on the head, crushing him to the earth and killing him instantly.
Mauch Chunk Items. Mr. Thomas Patterson was married to Miss Sarah Deterline, at the
residence of Josiah Brown, in U. Mauch Chunk, on Christmas afternoon, at two o'clock. Rev.
Noble Frame performed the ceremony.
Married, On the 18th of November by Rev. F. T. Hennike, Mr. Ernst Justus Feisel and Mrs. Anna
Caroline Horbeldt, both of Weatherly, this county.
Died, In Franklin township, on the 18th ult., Senia, wife of Aaron Schnell aged 35 years, 8
months and 22 days.
Died, At Weatherly, on the 18th ult., Johann C., child of Gottlieb and Louise Schmidt, aged 1
year, 1 months and 9 days.
Volume 2, Number 7, Saturday, January 3, 1874
Local and Personal. While a boy was gunning in the woods, near Allentown, Tuesday, he found
the dead body of Charles G. Jacoby, covered with snow. A bullet wound in the head, and a
revolver near the body, with one chamber empty, indicating that Jacoby had killed himself, a
coroner's jury rendered a verdict of suicide. Jacoby was 62 years of age, and leaves a wife and
children at Hellertown.
Local and Personal. Two coal trains collied on the L. & S. Railroad, one day last week, near
Penobscot. The second brakeman on the empty train was so seriously injured that he died shortly
afterward.
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Volume 2, Number 8, Saturday, January 10, 1874
Local and Personal. Mr. M. A. Abbott, a gentleman widely known and very highly respected,
died at his residence in Bethlehem on Friday morning last week.
Married, Dec. 27th ult., by Rev. Mr. Loos, Mr. George L. Bradford, of Mauch Chunk, to Miss
Cornelia A. Bercaw, of Bath.
Married, Jan. 3d, 1874, at the parsonage of the Rev. A. F. Leopold, Mr. Frank J. Irvin of
Lehighton, to Miss Agnes E. Diebert, of Franklin township, Pa.
Married, Dec. 29th, by Rev. F. T. Hennike, Mr. William Henry Geisel to Miss Elizabeth
Kitterer, both of Lehighton.
Married, On the 14th day of December, by Rev. A. Bartholomew, Mr. Walter V. Krotzer to Miss
Sarah R. Zimmerman, both of Franklin township.
Married, On the 20th day of December, by the same, Mr. Milton T. Shappel to Miss Catharine
Frohnheiszer, both of East Penn township.
Married, On the 18th inst., by the Rev. Edsal Ferrier, George W. Esser to Izzie Simpson.
Married, December 25th, by Rev. A. Ziegenfuss, Peter Storm of Upper Towanensing, to
Rebecca Marlett, of Scranton.
Died, In Franklin township on the 2d day of January, Maria Magdalena Messinger, wife of
George Messinger, aged 69 years, 6 months and 16 days.
Died, On the 13th day of December, in Lehighton, Elizabeth, wife of Jerry T. Monthrop, aged
63 years, 2 months and 17 days.
Died, On the 17th day of December, in Lehighton, Abraham Ahner, aged 82 years, 6 months and
6 days.
Died, On the 23d day of December, in Lehighton, Lydia, wife of Joseph Frohnheisser, aged 75
years, 11 months and 15 days.
Volume 2, Number 9, Saturday, January 17, 1874
Local and Personal. The wife of Mr. Calvin Brodhead, of Mauch Chunk, died on Monday
morning last, at about nine o'clock. The funeral took place on Wednesday, and was largely
attended.
Local and Personal. Dr. T. C. Yeager, the Mayor of Allentown, died on Wednesday last.
Local and Personal. Joseph Richter, an old resident of Mauch Chunk, died on Tuesday morning.
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Local and Personal. The wife of Mr. Benjamin S. Levan, the great iron master at Coplay, died
Tuesday. She left a babe a little over a week old.
Local and Personal. The Bethlehem correspondent of the Morning Herald, on Saturday morning
last, says. "The funeral of Mr. Merit Abbott, whose death was previously announced in these
columns, was buried from his residence on Main street, this borough, at 1 o'clock yesterday."
The idea of the burial of a funeral is a new one in this section. Having buried the funeral, will
said correspondent inform the public what was done with the body of deceased?
Big Creek Items. Died, in Franklin township, on Friday, Jan. 9, Susan, infant daughter of
Augustus and Sabilla Walck, aged 8 months and 23 days. Interred at St. Paul's church, on
Monday, 12th inst., at 10 o'clock A. M. Funeral services by Rev. A. Bartholomew
Volume 2, Number 10, Saturday, January 24, 1874
Local and Personal. The Easton Express says. Mr. Edward J. Seip, generally known as Major
Seip, died on Friday at Nazareth, in the sixty-sixth year of his age.
Local and Personal. It is rumored in society that Mr. J. M. L. Dreisbach, of Bethlehem, will
soon be united in wedlock to Miss Horn, one of the most amiable and accomplished ladies in the
Valley. She is a daughter of Melchior Horn, Esq, cashier of the Catasauqua National Bank.
Volume 2, Number 11, Saturday, January 31, 1874
News of the Week. Pottsville, Pa., Jan.--A man named Bradly of Forestville was shot last night
by one Farrel while eating his supper. Farrel afterward cut the body in two and threw the
remains down an air hole of a deep mine near the spot. Mrs. Bradly gave an alarm, and the
murderer was arrested at Minersville and brought here. The cause of the murder is unknown.
Public feeling is much excited by the event.
News of the Week. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Jan. 24.--Yesterday afternoon, between 4 and 5 o'clock, a
miner was walking along the main street of Pittston on his way home from work, when a man
who was standing on the sidewalk, and who from his manner was evidently waiting for some
one, approached the miner and without saying a word drew a revolver and shot him dead. Some
half a dozen persons who were standing near and witnessed the murder attempted to arrest the
murderer, but with the revolver in hand he threatened to shoot any one who attempted to
interfere, and passing quietly down the street he dissappeared in an alleyway and nothing has
been seen or heard of him since. He is described by those who witnessed the occurrence as of
about five feet six inches in stature, with a scratch an the left cheek, a mark on the nose, of dark
complexion, with black hair and mustache. He was a stranger, never having been seen before in
Pittson. No cause can be assigned for the deed.
Sudden Death. On Tuesday evening of last week, says the Catasauqua Dispatch, our community
was startled by the announcement of the death of Mr. Solomon Biery, an old resident of this
place, who died in his 66th year. He was sitting in his chair at his residence, when he suddenly
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fell to the floor, and before medical aid could be summoned he expired. The sickness was
pronounced apoplexy, and his decease was unexpected. He has been a resident of this place all
his life, being a son of Mr. Fritz Biery, who kept the ferry known as Biery's, where the bridge
now stands. He built and kept the American Hotel, now Bogh's, for a number of years, but has
not for many years been engaged in any active business. One by one the old residents are being
called away, and soon the places which knew them will know them no more.
Married, At the residence of the bride's parents, in Millport an the 29th inst., by Rev. J. T.
Swindells, Mr. Milton Weiss of Weissport, and Miss Edna Hagaman, of Aquashicola.
The happy couple have our warmest congratulations upon this auspicious event. May
they have a prosperous and tranquil passage of life's sea, and find an anchorage at last beyond the
reach of storm or wave.
I saw two clouds at morning,
Tinged with the rising sun,
And in the dawn they floated on
And mingled into one.
I saw two summer currents
Flow smoothly to their meeting,
And join their course with silent force,
In peace each other greeting.
Such be your gentle motion
Till life's last pulse shall beat;
Like summer's beam and summer's stream
Float on in joy to meet
A calmer sea, where joy shall cease--
A purer sky, where all is peace.
Married, On the 10th day of January, by Rev. A. Bartholomew, Mr. Charles Seeber to Mrs. Atra
Kiehammer, both of Penn Haven, Carbon Co.
Married, On the same day, by same, Mr. Jacob Fluck to Miss Emma Jane Miller, both of
Lehighton.
Married, On the 17th day of January, by same, Mr. William J. Siegel, of Easton, Northampton
Co., to Miss Sallena Correll, of Kresgeville, Monroe Co.
Died, In Lehighton, on the 27th inst., Edgar Eugene, son of A. S. and Mary E. Miller, aged 6
months and 6 days.
Died, On the 5th day of January, in Lehighton, Joseph Daniel, son of Andrew and Sarah
Campbell, aged 17 years, 9 months and 12 days.
Died, On the 23d day of January, in Lehighton, Eliza Etna, daughter of Alfred A. and Sebilla
Walbert, aged 3 years, 2 months and 24 days.
Died, At the residence of her son-in-law, T. L. Foster, in East Mauch Chunk, on Sunday, the 25th
inst., Eliza Worthington, relict of Asaph W. Pratt aged 69 years.
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Volume 2, Number 12, Saturday, February 7, 1874
Current Items. On Thursday afternoon of last week a portion of a roof of a coal mine in Plains
township, four miles from Wilkes-Barre, belonging to Hillside coal and Iron Company, fell in,
crushing beneath it a laborer named Patrick M'Donald. The body was not recovered until
Saturday.
Local and Personal. A young man named John Swartz, of Allentown, was killed on Thursday
morning last, while engaged with others in filling an ice-house. The ice was being raised by
means of a derrick. They had continued their work for some time, when a large piece of ice in
process of holsting broke loose and fell, striking young Swartz on the back of the head and neck,
as he was bending in the act of preparing another piece for holsting. He died almost
immediately.
Married, At the M. E. Church parsonage, in this borough, Jan. 29th, by Rev. J. T. Swindells, Mr.
J. E. Driebelbies and Miss D. Kemerer.
Volume 2, Number 13, Saturday, February 14, 1874
Local and Personal. Christian Boone, aged 18, was instantly killed at Mellert & Kinsey's
foundry, Reading, Monday, by an iron pipe which he was assisting to load on a wagon falling on
his neck.
Local and Personal. Alfred Tiley and Wm. Zinzer, employed at the Allentown Rolling Mills,
were smothered to death Monday afternoon, while at work fixing a valve at the bottom of a well
connected with the mills.
Local and Personal. Lieut. Robert Craig, U. S. Army, (brother of Col. John Craig, at the Lehigh
Gap.) was married to Miss Annie B. Mahon, in the Church of the Ascension, at Washington, D.
C., on Wednesday evening last. Lieut. Craig has been stationed at Washington for some four or
five years past, and the bride is from the same city. The wedding was a brillant affair, the
reception being attended by large numbers of the upper circles in society. Hon. Allen Craig, of
Mauch Chunk, brother of the groom, with his sister and niece, attended the wedding and
reception.--Democrat.
Local and Personal. On Monday last Peter Rahn, residing at Bowers Station, and engaged in
hauling iron ore from Lewis Rohrbach's mines, near Lobachsville, fell from his wagon when
about half a mile from his home, and was so seriously injured that he died on Wednesday. It is
supposed that the wagon, which contained three tons of ore, passed over his body. He was 42
years of age, and leaves a widow with children to mourn his loss.--Allentown Democrat.
Married, On the 2d inst., by the Rev. G. A. Struntz, Mr. Frederick Buelow and Miss Mary
Rickers, of Upper Mauch Chunk.
Married, On the 31st ult., by the Rev. M. Frankel, Mr. John Heinz and Miss Sophia
Meklenburg, both of Jeddo.
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