The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-09-25
MAUeH CHUNK WHISPERS.

The Switch Back season is about
over.
General Chas. Albright is stump
ing Ohio.
Law suits before the Justices are
plenty.
Tuesday last was gala day for
the bloods.
The hunting season is enjoyed by
many of our citizens.
r. A. Packer and bride were in
town on Sunday last.
Quite row occurred on Tuesday
night last on Susluehanna street,
The foliage on our mountain sides
is beginning to turn to an aried color.
w. G.. Freyman, ESQ.,, paid some
4,500 for the d. X. Shoemaker prop
erty.
The Republican and Democratic
County Convention will be in order
soon.
The boatmen still complain of the
loading, and have poor hopes of the fall
loading.
--Drs. Vaincent and Whteman, two
eminent divines were in town on We'd
nesday last
Our town was thoroughly serenad-
ed on Wednesday last by German
Band 0tiperanD.
Several accidents occurred at Pack
erton, the early part of this week. No.
body seriously hurt.
The Arlon Musical Club, is max
ing rapid progress under their able
perceptor, the DR..
MFR. Milton Robinson returned after
q protracetd stay with his mother at
Williamsport. Pa
e. Il. Siewers Esq, has very ex-
celent collection of the members of the
Carbon County Bar.
Mr.. w. Plumb has very excellent
model of his patented coal jig, to be
seen at the Mansion House. n
Squire Quinn who is contrdctirg
on the Sandy Run branch, was in town
this week, and looked well.
John Thompson, as "Zikes, the
Snowman" will perform at Rhoad's
hall Oh MODudy, tuc ~ilu.
Several fisticuffs took place during
the past week in our borough limits.
So say the Upper Mauch Chunk people.
Mr.. SINNERS. local editor of the
Summit Hill Intelligencer has vacated
that position and returned TO Mauch
Chunk.
Hon. j. b. Kelley, of Pottsville,
was in town on Wednesday last. Mr..
Kelley is one of the COUNSEL in the mur-
der trial. $3.50
Mr.. o. II. Wheeler, our "American
Tichborne," was in town ON Wednes-
day last. Mr.. Wheeler was the first
District Attorney in Carbon.
Mr.. Samuel Carpenter and bride
returned from al extensive tour, and
are ABOUT locating in one of Mrs.
Behms' houses on Broadway.
1t is rumored about here, that Chas.
O'Connor, New York S greatest lawyer,
is to be concerned for the Common
wealth in the j. p. Jones murder trial.
Hon. II. B. Wright, chairman of
the Democratic State Central Commit
tee, was in town on Wednesday last.
Mr.. Wright was on his way 10 Phila-
delphia.
Governor Jno. +. Hartranft, and
Judge q. l.. Pershing, nominee for Gov
ernor ON the Democratic ticket, stop
ped at the Mansion House on Friday
night last.
The reading room of the Y. NJ. c.
A. is to be found open in Rhoad's Hall
every Saturday evering. The room is
excellently fitted up in every manner
that can be desired.
The exhibition to be given by the
young men of st. Joseph's Church, of
East Mauch Chunk, on the 3Gth of this
month, promises TO be first class, as
every thing to wake it a success is re-
sorted to.
H. Keller Sigman, who shipped on
board of whaling vessel some two
years ago, Is reported in the New Bed
ford (Mass.) papers to be drowned.
Mr.. Sigman formerly lived at this
place, and leaves wife to mourn his
loss.
1t may be well for the Justices of
the Peace throughout this county to
know that If they do not make their
returns to the Prothonotary's Office
within ten days after the hearing or
commitment, they are liable to penal
ty of $500 under recent law.
j. II. Siewers, Esq, agent for the
Penn Mutual Life Ins. Co. of Philadel-
phia, paid to the widow of tie late j.
w. Macrea, the sum of 81, 900 on Tues.
day last (; the Knights of Honor paid
her the sum of 81, 900, and the Conduc-
tors Union pail her the sum of 50, 900.
The pic mic of the Phoenix Cornet
Band, on Tuesday last was grand af-
fair, bright and early the "boys" could
be seen parading the streets in their
gay uniforms, and making the air re-
sound with well selected music, COM
posed purposely for the occasion. AT 10:
80 am the band with a committee start
e for the depot TO receive the Lehigh
Hook & Ladder Co.'s delegation from
Lehighton. This delegation put IN its
appearance with promptitude, and their
neat looking uniforms were highly COM