The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-02-10

-" who d'ye think will be our next town
counci, r. are wuiOs just Low on almost every.
| bOdy's iips and II that Analogous pelsOnage
| we're only wise they'd sfy nothing about IL. for
| surely they can't eXp-c, Others TO 40 DvlteI
than the persons that e an I'VE peen ~ long
| or Democrats. Why not let well enOuRh alone '
THAT the Phoenix Cornet Band should nave
| treaCed our fellow townsman Geo Won 20
serenade on his return from his wedding tour,
| viii not, Of course. be strange news 10 yOui w
serenades are rapidly becoming one OF our nAou
institutions and nlthougn noGig VI III nus ataT
YOU ana your readers will be perfectly saie IN
the conclusion that the party thus nonored on
Tuesday night came down handsomely
MIR. August Obprt and Miss Annie Dick
were on Monday forenoon last declared one IN
flesh" by Rev Father Heinen Of st, Joseph's Il
C. Church. Our COngratulatiOns' ETC.
And now-wonld you believe 1t James X.
Struthers sports a new nat and It's no exaggera.
tiOn TO sav that the Oldest limb OF the Carbon
county par looks by 25 years his junior.
Just at present the sheriff aud the minor
stars in tho constellation, the ConstaDlesi are
sad 60 be excessively bnsy.
Monday last, the day set for their depart
ure, eight young and middle aged men leIt tnls
place for the land OF prOmise-Texas. Iney were
booked for Columbus, and consisted OF the iol'
lowing VIM Sweeney, Chas. blcGeauy, JnO'
McGinley. Edwin McElroy, Crank C9yie, yno.
o'DOnnell. and DenLis MCKINLEY all Irish OF
OF IRISH descent, but all good fellows, ana as
Buch desel wing good luck. Capt. Scuuuer VINO
aiming for the Lone 81 ar state. The wish that
their example migh find imitatOrs appears 10
be universal: and why shouldn't 1t pc, When
inns region OF country IS acCursed with pOpu-
latiOn Tor IN excess OF any reasonable demand
No matter how much to the contrary NAV
nave been said upon the subject, majority OF
continue nnn,iI for NovPembeS and t6e H. a. ".
Coal Co. has not yet settled the back pay due
b0atmen for last seasons services.
Judging by the diminished number Of
mourners, both at st. Pau's NJ. e. church and
lhe evangelical church of U pper Mauch Chunk,
consider myself safe in the assertion that
sinners" are getting more scarce than they
nave been, 10 which ali should say Amen
"A man named Jno. Cummings, machlnist by
trade, employed at the Weathery shops, having
got chuck full OF bad whisKev, was, on Tuesday
eveniug,run over ana badly m9ngled by the ego
y. m L. V. Il. X. down passenger tram. When
picked up, his left leg was found to be almost
severed from his body ,necessitating subsequent
amputduon. lie never rallied and at a. m,
Dreatued his last.
And now third candidate for the Office Of |
constable appears on the surface IN the person |
OF Mr. John klsller. aud il general predictions |
NAV be relied on, he Is likely to be the success
ful man.
Mr.. Paul Hughes still continues confined to |
his residence, to ill to move about,
Admission to the county jail is no longer the |
easy matter It used to be under previous ad- |
ministratlOns, as visitors are no longer admit. |
ted except on Wednesday ANA even then none
Dut persons known to jailor or vouched 1Or by |
such, may enter. strict this, but then the Sher-
rlf probably KNOWS his own business best.
Mr.. ]. W. Reed, formerly proprietor of the |
American House, and late OF the Eagle House,
summit Hill, Is said to have rented the COum-
Dla House Of which he will take possession on
It's vacation by Judge Behler. who will succeed
John SchaUO as prOprie Tor OF the MauCb Chunk
hotel.
Much as has been said concerning possible
concert by the orphens Singing Society, we
now learn that when submitted to q vote of the
members at Wednesday evenings NEE ing the
project was voted down. ana thus the concert is
loOmed to end-in smoke.
= To avoid the necessity OF borrowing ma.
'hlne of the kind our county authorities have
Mr.. JOSIAH Sendel with the construc.
ION Of gallOws Tor the accommodation OF
whom it may concern.
"A I" Pound Party" held on last Tuesday
'venlng at the Packer residence, was numeT-
80 which will De given to the poor.
smallpox no longer existing here all fear of
!. further spread OF the contagiOn may be aDan-
loned.