The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1874-05-09
NIamCh Chunk Items.

MauCh CHUNK Items.
On Monday morning mule, attach
ed to a cart, while passing around the
bridge work over the creek at the side
and rear of the market house, fell thro'
the wood work, a portion of 1t being
old and decayed. and 1t took some 90
men hard and presistant efforts to ex-
tract his muleship from his dangerous
position.
Zellner, the photographer, who has
lately located in Kline's Building, Sus-
quehanna street, has fitted up one Of
the most complete establishment Of the
kind in the Lehigh Valley.
A number of the Marion Hose
boys and several friends attended the
Grand Ball of the Marion clnb at
Musical Fund Hall, Philadelphia, on
Thursday evening. They were receiv-
ed in the happiest manner. ex.Sheriffs
Painter and Raudenbush accompanied
the party. The former, presenting the
the members of the society with q sing
ing catbird and cage, and the latter
6 entleman gave them lively red fox.
John Brighton, Lewis Armbruster, T.
]. Morrow AID T. Petey were with the
party.
A special court was held on Monday
last, only the associate Judges Houston
aud Wentz being present; 1t lasted
about two hours, and several matters
were argued but held over to the regular
term of June court for decision.
The clerks in the Freight office at the
Lehigh Valley r. II. Depot, are at pre-
sent wearing mashed thumbs, which
seem to be rather fashionable Just now.
Mr.. F. G. Kline is tearing out the old
stone chimney way from the inside Of
his residence, and dumping the stone
plastering from the second story into
the street by means of a wooden schute.
1T the Sheriffs sale of the John Reed
property, located at Penn Forest, Ed win
Reed bought the two tracts of woodland
for 500, and the farm after being bid
up to 5000, was postponed until next
court.
e. NJ. Mulhearn, Esq. has opened a
law office under the American Hotel,
in the room lately occupied by j. Miller
as Q barber shop.
Mr.. ii. j. Woodring, of the "New
American House," refusing to pay a
back gas bill of some $50, contracted by
former proprietor. has built himself
gasoline apparatus, and will supply the
hotel with gas 200 per cent. cheaper
than the Gas Company can. Other
hotels are going to follow suit.
A well is being sunk on the noun.
tain top, near the site of the Mountain
Home, and 1t is expected water will be
reached at a depth of 30 feet. 1t Is now
some 20 feet deep.
Mr.. l.. Dreisbach and wife passed
down the L. V. Il. r. to Catasauqua
on Monday aftereoon from Lewlsburg,
on the return from their wedding tour,
and arrived,home, at the Mansion House,
the same evening, where they will In
future reside. An elegant silver fruit
basket, filed with choice fruit and flow
ers was found in their room upon their
return, on which was cast bearing the
following significant inscription "The
compliments of the Marion Club. E.
X. SEWERS, Secretary"
Collins, the marble worker, has erec-
ted a new building, at his yard, on
Susquehanna street, which he uses as a
workshop.
Miss M. L. Bradish, with her well
trained pupils, rendered the beautiful
fairy cantata of Laila. at Rhoads' Hall,
on Tuesday evening, to large and ap-
preciaiive audience. A whole host of
pretty little Misses took part in the
singing, and Prof. Lewis II. Weiss as.
cOmpanied the singing with music on
the piano.