The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-03-31
From Mauch Chunk,

=RprDIueT Bn1lllnA claims TO De ONtTTuu VIII
work Glad to hear IL.
Miss Hannah Yaeger, of this place. is absent
at Bethlehem, visiting at her sisters'.
Mr.. Henry WOOdring, ] am informed, de
sres to retire from the hotel business.
-Cpptain Fox of Easton, was the first to pass
the weigh lock since opening of navigation
The clock in the bar.roOm refuses TO tick
and so does the attendant behind the bar.
MIR i, r. Cooke, the coal dealer, has been
anseut on business at Philadelphia for nearly
week.
AT several late public sales of household
goods, the articles sold brought but q trift
ABOVE nothing.
Mr.. Oliver Crilley, who is about to relin.
quish the tobacco business, will remove to Up
per M8uch Chunk
The public schools of East Manch Chunk
closed yesterday Cause want Of funds to con.
ttnue the term.
Several East BLauch Chunk families will
next week leave for Arkansas, or Arkansaw, as
1t is more generally called.
If rumor should prove correct, William Dit.
erline Will soon figure in the capacity OF IN
structOr of the Hibernian COrnet Band
The subterranean tin-shOp is no more MIR.
Dletscne having removed his traps TO the alti-
tude Of Upper Mauch Chunk, on Thursday.
Twenty one of the members of the Prince
ton College Glee Club partoOk OF the hOspltali-
ties of the Mansion House Oh last Saturday.
M. John r. McGinley, who has been ailing
for year or so, is growing worse. and for some
Wbth6 pdsb HIS Dbbu uudDlo W lbbNb HIS Ubu
On diligent inquiry 1 learn that there will
be but few removals this spring, a fact which,
no doubt, will be highly approximately the bug
gers.
Herman stoll, Jake Miller'spolte assistant,
cOntemp ating trip to Europe, will leave the
tonsorlal establishment Of the latter on or about
the LIST of May.
Mr.. Q. A. Rex, now supposed safely arrived
in the Holy Land. remembered his fiends with
anO0Ler Of his lengthy eplstles before leaving
Cairo, EGYPT.
Major Klotz is pushing his improvements
as RAPIDLY as their nature does permit, and soon
some of his tenants may expect to step down
into the basement.
Squire Becxhart of East Meuch Chunk, on
Tuesday last took his muoh promising scion
"JaSey" to n ew York City to get an education.
Sensible in the Squire.
ON last SATURDAY, Mr.. @. A. Weiss succeeded
Mr.. j. Wilbur Dodge as ticket agent in the T..
V. Il, r. office at MauCh Chunk station. We
congratulate Mr., Weiss on his promotion.
Mr.. G. 4. Schneur and wife, who usually
run the Mansion House Bazaar, nave returned
to town, and contemplate opening their variety
establishment at the beginning OF the season.
The household goods of Mr. w. II. Roberts,
late of the firm OF j. a.. Salkeld q Co.. were on
Thursday shipped to Lancaster, where Mr.. r.
has acquired an interest in locomotive works.
MIR. j. Il. smith. of Upper Mauch Chunk,
will occupy the dwelling vacated by Mr.. w. II
Roberts, and Alex. Robinson and family the
premises in the occupancy OF ]. W. Hyndman.
". u. n.
st. Johns (Germanl Lutheran Congregation,
but now in charge of flock in HeidelOurg, LIE.
hign county, visited Mauch Chunk on Tuesday.
The cross suits between Mertz and Wen.
bTecht having been amlCably settled, scandal.
mOngerS attending the ensuing term of Court
will have to do without the interesting tid.bits
expected.
The Lehigh Valley operators contend that il
the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company would
only reduce its tolls, they would be able to com.
pete with Ill other parties at a fair margin OF
profit.
What is said to have been a rabid dog
caused quite sensation in the second Ward on
last Tuesday forenoon, and general anxiety was
only relieved when 1t became known that the
"Daste" had been killed.
Counselor p. ]. Meehan, in recent cOnver
sation with yellow Jack, ascertalned that The
latter ha1 nothing 10 do with the engagement
OF MIR. LVelie as counsel to bring his case be
fore the Supreme Court.
Judging from appearances, there will short
ly be dissolution Of partnership between the
present proprletOrs of the American House, as
Onehali mi erest in the furniture and fixtures Of
that house is advertised 1or sale.
Assistant Paymaster and head of the Cana
Depal tment of the Jersey central Raili oad Co..
sam. kutGer aud aids. have removed their quar-
tels from tle First National Bank building Il
tine office at the foot OF Susquehanna street.
Monday nights storm played sad havoc
with the roof covering Patrick Lawless' resi-
Uence near the weigh.lOck. A few more gusti
would have annihilated 1t completely and lef
A spice between Mr.. Miller, of Uppel
MauCh Uhunk aud Mrs Annie Viewer, OF Eas
Mauch CHUNK, is the latest event in The matrl
mOnal me l wOt of. Jointly they have q tami
ly Of ten young 'uns TO start on. Encouraging
thisl
The propIietors Of the Mauch Chunk Hote
ana Columbia House are actively engaged a
preparations for removal, the former TO Shame
KIN, ana tne latter to occupy the formers place
A certain Mr. Carr IS mentioned as the futur,
proprietor of the Columbia House.
resdng in Wisconsin, induced Mr.. j. W. Dodgl
| to leave Mauch Chunk, on Saturday, to lie u
his bed SIDE He was, however, too late TO SCI
hlm once more alive, as shortly after the SON
| departure news OF the fathers death reache,
| hun.
AT meeting of the creditors of Mr. F1she
| Hazard, held at the Mansion House ON Wednes
day afternoon, all but Two, 1t is SAID, COnsente,
| to the extension Of time asked bv him, wberea
| all who appreciate the worth and business ca
pacty of that gentleman are glad. Mr.. IL. will
therefore, continue operations as though moth
ing hau happened.
| -Needessly scared by bank failures in othe
| places, a frightened East Maucb Chunker TIN
| week Withdrew his deposlts tsOme el7,00Ol frO1
| the Second National of TINS place. Whether Il
| doing so he was wise or otherwise, the tutur
! Wlil cell don't believe he was. as our bank
| rank among the safest and best managed inst
| tntiOns in tine State,
The rumOred suspension of Mr.. Fishe
| Hazard, although quite unexpected, caused bu
| little surprise, as all were well aware tha
| miuing had been poorly paying, II not lOsin
| business for q year or so. Mr Hazard, how
| ever being by AL considered a gentleman {
the sternest integrity. his misfortune elicit
general sympathy, anu The hope that he ma
| yet be able 20 compromise with his creditors
universally induged in.
| "A new church editice, for the acCOmmOdi
ton 1T the membership of ST. Johns LutheIa
! Congregation, is about being erected in Uppt
| Muucn Chunk. As they wlll in all h1eIbOO,
now dispose of the old stone fore on West BroaC
| way at "A handsome price, financial diGiculue
are not anticipated. The new editice will be
! plank, but its dimensions have not yet Officiail
| Tanspred. Ground would have been broke
on Monday if the weather. clerk had not issue
an Injunction against all proceedings on tha
day.