The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-06-30
From nIauch chunk.

Major Robert Klotz's new building .
will soon be under roof.
The potato crop hereabouts prom
ises an unprecrdently large yield.
OF all the Mollie funerals, Camp
BELLS is said to have been the largest.
Mr.. Henry Beineman, sr., of East
Mauch Chunk, is said to be seriously i'll.
If rumor is correct, then Mr.. Il. f.
Kleppinger is about to remove to Sum
NIT Hill.
The special session of Court, al |
ready referred to elsewhere, will con !
vene on next Monday.
Mr.. Glen Hazard, of this place, is
about to enter the clerical force Of the
Dunbar Iron Company @
Thomas p, Fishers case will be
argued at the Pittsburgh session of the
Supreme Court, in October.
The tombstone of the late Mrs.
Caroline Rustay is the first that orna-
ments Evergreen Cemetery of East
Mauch Chunk.
Notwithstanding that the heated
term is at hand our hotels continue
empty, and the season is by all consd-
cred as likely to be failure.
james Carroll's remains now rest
quietly within the Il. G. cemetery, at
East Mauch Chunk. His funeral cor t.
egs was, probably, the largest ever seen
here. ...
An ice cream festival for the benfit
of the NJ. L. Church, held at the Mauch
Chunk public school house on Wednes-
day evening of this week, was tolerably
well patti onized for the times.
Boss Reichard has lately added a
number of new blocks to the machinery
at the wire works. The force, although
constantly employed, are only working
s hours per diem.
According to present appearances
the fight for the District AttOrneyship
will be confined to contest between
Messrs. E. r. Siewers, the present in
cumbent, and p. j. Meehan.
The L. V. RR. Co. having furnish
| ed transportation over their road free
of charge, Saturdays excursion must
have netted the exchequer of st. Luke's
hospital considerable sum.
The paymaster Of the Jersey Cen.
tral Railroad Company, on Monday and
Tuesday of this week, distributed an
additional ten per cent. of the back pay
due the employees. Every little helps.
The regular sessions of June term
closed on last Saturday. A special ses-
sion of Common Pleas will convene
shortly, when it is expected much of
the unfinished business will be disposed
of. ...... ......
"A tramp, for week or so employ
ed at Gerster's brewery, on last Satur-
day evening suddenly disappeared, as
did suit of clothing, a gun and re-
volver, the property of Mr.. Thomas
Gerster.
An extra train will be run over the
L. & s.. Div. this Saturday. evening"
between Mauch Chunk and Lehighton,
leaving the former at 1870, and return-
ing from LehightOn at the close of the
show"
Inspector Gen. Jno. D. Bertolette
is absent at Providence, r. l., where
he expects to remain until after the 4th
of July. The industrious Fred. Berto-
lette and wife are absent on visit to
Lewisburg, Pa.
The gallOws, which had remained
standing in the jail corridor until Tues
day, was taken down on the afternoon
of that day, and is again stored away
in one of the upper cells of the prison
for future use.
Although Fishers death warrant
has received the Governors signature,
and the 10th of September has been ap,
pointed as the day for his execution, il
is not considered likely by those best
informed that that worthy will be called
on to give up the ghost before Nov.
Poverty and distress among boat
men are increasing, so that it is no
/ longer rare occurrence to find mem-
bers of the craft begging for "chuck -
or prOvender. But there is better day
, coming. Soon the corn will be in ear,
, and potatO-vines dying-the rest your
n Imagination may readily supply.
District Attorney Siewers contem-
/ plates the taking of short vacation a
an early day, and so does your humble
{ correspondent, who expects to leave to
a day for the rural districts of old North
4 ampton to smell the newly-mOwn clio
! yer, listen to the clatter of reapers
. fight bumble- bees, etc, etc. And wha
p a world OF meaning sometimes there
i may be in these and so forthsl Aliunde
+ 1t gave us Hayes for President. 81
a hurrah for aliunde |
y Next to the Mollie Mcguire sXecu
!. tons, Saturdays excursion was thu
. most important event of last week. thl
q memory of which will long he cherished
. by many on account of its pleasant as
. sociations. Altogether it was probably
4 the largest excursion party ever gottrl
a up in this section. The number OF Ihos
q who participated between here ant
Hokendauqua was 1151, who were car
# ried in % cars The pleasant counten
a ance of your Reporter shOne conspicu
"a ously among those present, and his eve
smiling face fully attested the delight
4 equally shared by all.
- MRhOning DOttings.