The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-02-08

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PoLIricAL.- The Republican Executive
Committee have called a meeting at OAK
/ Hall for this evening to nominate delegate.
to the ward convention, while Constable
| Painter has posted up the borough election
proclamation. DR.. Trimmer was taking a
| glance at the situation here on Wednesday
Probably one of his missions was to see what
effect the evil bodings of certain Wilkes
Barre prophet through the columns of O
Stroudsburg journal had produced upon Car
| bon county politics. Now, we never take
much stock in desiring to become prophet
/ as history points a warning finger TO the
/ fact that prophets and Bad-lucS were inva-
| riahly chums-that part of their schooling
was to become experts in the art of fasting,
and not unfrequently they had to place
themselves as subjects in the hands of artists
who practiced as fine art the profession Of
dismembering peoples heads and bodies, to
the serious Inconvenience of both head and
! body.-nevcrthcless, in contradiction to this
Wilkes-Barre seer, we cannot desist from ut
tering little prophesy. We predict that
Major Klotz will spend the remainder of
his days in the U. S. Congress, unless, a Ia
Simon Cameron, in extreme old age, he
decides to vacate in favor of his son. This
prophecy is drawn, not so much from di-
I
fact that the Major never slips backwards
| any.
A MODEL GALLows. - Sheriff VIM. II.
Wright, of Philadelphia, and q party of
six gentlemen, including Supt. Perkins
and Asst Supt. Richardson, of Moyamen-
sing pri son, were here on Tuesday and
Wednesday, for the purpose of visiting our
Jail, and taking the dimensions and de-
sign of the gallows used in executions, a
similar engine of death being needed in
few days, in Philadelphia, for the hang
ing of Sayre, the wife murderer. Sheriff
Wright pronounced. the galows a model
one, and q carpenter whom he brought
with him took pattern Of it, with a
view to duplicating it, On Wednesday
the party invited Sheriff Raudenbush 10
dine with them at the Mansion House.
CARELEss.- A deed from Daniel McGee
and wife to Patrick McITugh, for half of
lot No. 2S, Second Ward, executed the
18th of Oct, 1860, was found, few days
since, by Reg. and Rec. Phillips in the
Commissioners office, and the deed has
never been recorded. Such instances as
this shows the carelessness of people; for
an unrecorded deed, to hold property with,
is not worth the paper it is written on.
Patrick MclIugh, or his heirs, would do
well to look after this nineteen years-old
deed.
THE WILL CAsE.-Yesterday final hear
ing of the counsel was had before Recorder
Phillips, Judge of Probate, in the matter
of the will of the late Magdelina Paine
who, few weeks before her death, be-
queathed her estate to Father Jos. Heinan.
Albion Stole, on behalf of q relative in
Germany, files a caveat against probating
the will, on the grounds of non con,pOS
mentus of the demisor. 1t is claimed that
a former will gave 5000 to this German
relation. Decision of the Court next week.
SMALL TALK.-A quibble has been raised
in the Second Ward over the right to post
up and publish the borough election pro-
clamation. Constable Walker caused to
be printed and posted in that ward the
usual proclamation, but Constable Painter
caused a similar one, bearing his name,
to be posted; at this the Second Ward
officer took exceptions.
The fire-plugs having been frozen up
during the continued cold spell, Marion
steamer, on Thursday morning, was en-
gagged in thawing them out.
"A something that, to "a man up q
tree" resembles a labor-strike, has been in
progress during the week in the Office of
the Mauch Chunk Democrat.