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Births, Marriages & Deaths from the Carbon Advocate 1886-1887 Births, Marriages & Deaths From The Carbon Advocate, 1886-1887 This is the seventh in a series of vital records extracted from the Lehighton Newpaper, The Carbon Advocate. Like the previous parts, 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 14, Number 7, Saturday, January 2, 1886 Our Neighborhood in Brief. George Judge, of Luzerne county, who died in Pittstown township on Thursday evening, 22nd ult., served in the Legislature in 1877 and held several local offices. He was a Democrat. Our Neighborhood in Brief. Charles Saeger, aged sixteen, son of one of Allentown's prominent citizens, died Tuesday morning. He fell off a wall six feet high on Monday and struck on his head, producing concussion and fracture of the skull. Our Neighborhood in Brief. Elias Morgan was killed on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, near Chain Dam, on Wednesday night of last week. The body was cut in two, the head cut off and mangled beyond recognition, the arms and legs crushed and the clothing literally torn to pieces. Our Neighborhood in Brief. George Diehl, the yard-master at the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Station, Tamaqua, boarded a passenger train on Saturday to save himself a walk of five hundred yards to his breakfast. In jumping off the train he was thrown under the cars and his leg was cut off. He remained unconscious for several hours and then died. Our Neighborhood in Brief. The barn of James Wilson, in Scott township, Lackawanna county, was burned, with three horses and its contents, on Tuesday night. Mr. Wilson was fatally burned in trying to save his horses. Our Neighborhood in Brief. By the premature explosion of a blast in the tunnel of the Pottsville and Mahanoy Railroad at Horse Shoe Bend Monday night, the foreman of the work, named 1 Cook, and a laborer, Patrick Tray, were instantly killed. Our Neighborhood in Brief. Malachi Brennan, aged 40 years, started from Hazleton Sunday evening to walk to his home, near Shenandoah. Monday morning his dead body was found lying near the Lehigh & Susquehanna Railroad crossing at Tresckow. A Coroner's jury found that he had been frozen to death. Obituary. Patrick Brady of Beaver Meadow was hurt in the Jeanesville mines several weeks ago and the following day was taken to Penn's Hospital Philadelphia for treatment, having sustained a fracture of the leg. After his arrival at the hospital the treatment afforded him was of such a character that he improved rapidly until Monday of last week when, much to the surprise and astonishment of the attending physicians, he was suddenly seized with an attack of pneumonia of the most virulent type, and notwithstanding that the best medical skill in the institution had been called to his assistance, he sank gradually until his sufferings ended in death last Saturday morning. The sad news was telegraphed to his mother at Beaver Meadow, and the remains were brought to this borough on the evening train and conveyed to his late home, followed by a number of sorrowing friends and relatives. Deceased was the son of the late Michael Brady of Jeanesville at which place he was born about twenty-eight years ago and where he continued to reside until last spring when he removed to Beaver Meadow with his mother. He was a brother of Miss Mary and Messrs. Edward and J. T. Brady, of Beaver Meadow. The two former are school teachers and the latter is one of Banks township school directors. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon and interment was made in Saint Mary's cemetery at Beaver Meadow.-- Hazleton Plain Speaker. Beaver Run Items. Rev. W. K. Wieand, formerly pastor of the Evangelical church at Lehighton, was married on the 22nd inst. to Miss Lizzle F. Baker, both of Reading. Fatally Hurt. Aaron Romig, of Allentown, hired a team Saturday to drive into the country with his family. He had returned and left his wife and children at their home, when within half a block of the livery stable one of the shaft bolts dropped out and the shaft fell on the horse's legs. The animal, which had hitherto been a gentle and safe one, began to kick and run towards the stable. In rounding a corner the team struck a post and Romig was dashed violently against the wall of the stable and had his skull fractured. Jacob D. Rice, who for sixty years was an Odd Fellow and for forty years a Mason, died at Pottsville Wednesday, aged eighty-two years. Mr. Rice was a member of many secret societies and held positions of honor in all of them at the time of his death. He was Tyler of Pulaski Lodge, F. and A. M., and occupied similar positions in Mountain City Chapter and Constantine Commandary. He was the oldest Noble Grand of the Odd Fellows in the State. MARRIED. HALL-RIMBACK.--In Hazleton, Dec. 24th, by Rev. E. A. Bauer, Mr. Samuel Hall and Miss Kate Rimback, both of Jeanesville. Volume 14, Number 8, Saturday, January 9, 1886 Our Neighborhood in Brief. A very enjoyable birthday surprise party in honor of Mrs. Jacob 2 Walters, came off at their residence on South Lehigh street, last Friday evening. A large number of folks were present and enjoyed themselves until a late hour. Our Neighborhood in Brief. Cards are out for the marriage of Miss Louisa Schwartz, daughter of Mr. V. Schwartz, to Mr. Andrew Bayer. The ceremony will take place at 9 o'clock a. m., on the 19th inst., at Sts. Peter and Paul's church, this borough. Our Neighborhood in Brief. Michael Riley, a well-to-do farmer of Preston township, Wayne county, was found near his house New Year's morning murdered. A deep gash was cut in his neck and his head was horribly mangled. An axe, with which the deed had been committed, was found near his body. He was married about two years ago, but his wife and infant were absent, visiting her parents in Clinton, and he was alone at the time of the murder. He had just sold a lot of butter, a yoke of oxen and received two hundred dollars in money which had been loaned, having altogether in the house about five hundred dollars. This is missing and it is supposed he was killed for the money. He was aged about 33 years. Our Neighborhood in Brief. John Balliet, aged 68, a wealthy resident of Slatington, died suddenly on Tuesday of heart disease. Towamensing Items. Augustus Noll was made extremely happy several weeks ago by his wife presenting him with a little boy. Towamensing Items. Mrs. Franklin Boyer, of Parryville, died last Saturday. MARRIED. MANTZ-BIELMAN.--On Dec. 25th, 1885, by the Rev. I. E. Graeff, Mr. Charles Elwin Mantz, to Miss Lydia Bielman, both from near Kepnersville, West Penn, Pa. MARRIED. ZELNER-WOLFRAM.--At the English Lutheran parsonage, Hazleton, by Rev. J. Wagner, Dec. 31, 1885, Mr. Daniel S. Zeiner of Hazleton, and Miss Kate E. Walfram of Audenried. Volume 14, Number 9, Saturday, January 16, 1886 Our Neighborhood in Brief. Valentine Smith, aged 50, residing at Penobscot, an engineer on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, dropped dead of heart disease on his engine at Rockport Saturday. Our Neighborhood in Brief. Our neighbor, Mr. David Kreamer, was made happy one day last week by his wife presenting him with a "bouncing baby boy." We are pleased to state that both mother and child are doing well. Our Neighborhood in Brief. At four o'clock Friday morning Ford, the engineer at Thomaston Colliery, near Pottsville, went down the pumping slope to oil the machinery. At daylight he had not come up yet, and a man descended to look for him. His hat and oil can were found hanging on the machinery. The rods which afforded the only foothold over the water-filled slope were very oily, and the conclusion was reached that he had slipped off and was drowned. After 3 working all day his body was a night drawn out. It was grappled sixty feet below the surface of the water. Our Neighborhood in Brief. Late on Tuesday night Adam Becker, while top-filling No. 4 furnace of the Bethlehem Iron Company, was burned to death. Robert E. Wright Dead. Robert E. Wright, the oldest member of the Allentown bar, died Sunday morning at 8 o'clock, at Allentown, of pneumonia, after an illness of about twelve days. His condition since the previous Wendesday had been critical and his death was not unexpected. Mr. Wright was born at Carlisle November 30, 1810, and when sixteen years of age entered a drug store at that place. In 1828 he came to Allentown and entered the drug store of the late John B. Moser, with whom he remained three years.
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