The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-04-01
From the County Seat,

Town is again crowded, in conse.
quence of the murder trials.
The first issue of the Daily Demo.
crat made it's appearance on Tuesday
morning,
Members of the bar from Easton,
Pottsville and Allentown were in at.
tendance at Court on Tuesday.
A motion was filed and submitted
to the Judge without argument for
change of venue in the case of Kelly.
"A wax boquet is on exhibition at
the American hotel, and will be ratified
at one dollar ticket. 1t is valued at
s75.
Grand Dictator, j. A. Pain, of the
Knights of Honor, of Pennsylvania,
visited Onoko Lodge of this place on
Monday evening.
MIR. N. II. Bobllts, of Pottsville,
was on Wednesday morning appointed
stenographer during t!e Kelley murder
trial, to hold his position at the pleas
ure of the Court.
Rev. Virgins, of the NJ. f. church
left for his new quarters this week.
Some will miss his genial presence at
Court, where he was wont to be during
all its sittings.
e. NJ. Mulhearn, Esq., made an
affidavit that an organization, known
AS the minutemen, existed in this place,
which tended to create undue excite
ment as regards the trial of Edward
Kelly.
DR.. B. S. Irwin, on Monday eve.
ming, at meeting of OnOkO Lodge,
knights of Honor, was elected represen
tative to the Grand Lodge, which meets
at Erie on the l1th Of next month.
The mother of Kelly tainted and
fell to the floor soon after the prisoner
was brought into Court, on Wednesday
last. She was taken to an adjoining
room, where efficient attendants were
summoned to care for her wants.
james Harvey tried on Tuesday
for the larceny Of $3.50 from Mumpher
& Co., and found guilty, was, on
Wednesday sentenced to two years in
the Eastern Pehitentiary, at either hard
labor or solitary confinement, and pay
$50 fine and costs of prosecution.
On Thursday of last week, a twelve
year old son of Barney Curran, living
in East Mauch Chunk, had one aide Of
his head badly cut by coal car through
some inadvertency. DR.. DeYoung was
called and performed very excellent
operation, which was necessary for the
safety of the boys life.
AIR. Sol Smith, carpenter, resid-
ing on Race street, at work at Mrs.
Polk's, on Broadway, shaking carpet
on Tuesday about l O'Clock p. m,
while standing on ladder or steps,
leaned over too far, and fell, breaking
his right leg between the knee and an
kle.
I'm the case of Thomas D. Ross,
convicted twice of fornication and bas-
tardy, and falling to get a third trial
was on Tuesday p. m. sentenced to pay
all the costs OF prosecution lying in eX-
pense, seventy FIVE cents per week till
the child arrives at the age of four years
and sixty cents per week the remainipg
three years until the child is seven
years old.
Mrs. Anna Hine, late Miss Anna
Albright, who was married about three
months ago, died at Washington, d.
O., [, on Tuesday night last. Her remains
were brought to her former home, at
Gen. Albright's, on Monday evening,
at 7-10, and on Tuesday, at 2 p. m,
funeral took place attended by many
relatives and friends, Bishop Simpson
and Rev. Virgins otficiated.
Butcher O'Donnell, of East Mauch
Chunk, In order to get into the meshes
of the law, ON Monday evening beat
and kicked Mr., ELIAS Schick, eonfec-
toner, on Susquehanna st. The facts
which brought about the scuffie will be
fully developed during a court trial.
1t WAS with some difficulty that O'Don-
mel was caught, having taken heels as
soon as he was reyenged on Schick.
About 8 O'Clock, however, the butcher
was brought before Squire Yeager
who, on reading the charge against
him, demands ed $500 bail, which O'Don-
nell furnished by his father going secu-
rlty for his appearance at Court, o.
Donnell used very bad language while