The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-01-07
From the County Seat.


Weekly prayer meetings were held in
all the Protestant churches Of this plsce,dur.
ing the week. The meetings in st. Psuls
NJ. E. church, were earnest, spiritual aud
hopeful We trust that they will end in
glorious revival, 20 much needed in the
church and community.
Thus far we have had delightful win
ter. Only few days. We fear, however,
that should the weather remain open aud
old it will prove detrimental to the winter
crops. AS bread is the staff of life we hope
we may soon haye snow sufficient to protect
the crops during the remainder Of this win
ter.
The hurry and hustle during the holi.
days is over and business has again assumed
its normal condition. Seemingly dull csus-
ed by an extra rush during the holidays.
WIN. Bethel, late OF Williamsport, now
Of Pullman, ILL.,, brother.in.law of A. W.
Vananda, made a short stay with E. X.
Stroh and family Of this place, while on bis
way To Washington, D. C.
On last Monday morning the newly
elected Commissioners hud scarcely arrived
in town, before they were surrounded and
beseged by number of applicants for the
position Of county clerk. Who personally,
and by their friends, publicly and privately
interviewed and button holed each Coin
missioner personally. Sometime during the
'lay said Commissioners were duly sworn,
and entered upon their respective duties,
with closed doors, whtre they remaiiitd but
a short time, when it was snnounoedj TO the
chsgrin and disappointment oil the nnfor
tunate, that Thos. s. Beck, OF Lehighton,
was offered and bu6 accepted the appoint
tnept, at the enormous SUN of $40 month
only about half the amount OF the usual
salary. What tremendous stretch to econo-
mize. We hope that it will be general,
equally affecting the appointing power ns
well as those appointed. For 1t is said that
it is poor rule that will not work both
ways. The crisis is. ended, and the rubicon
is past and all feel like sayIng,much thanks
for the relief. No one has lecn mortally
hurt, and yet several were more or less
wounded. The depth Of the wound will in
all probability not be fully known uutil the
next political campaign, when we fear it
will break out aud manifest itself in the
ballut-box We will wait and see, Tor so it
Ills ard can't be no 'user. The quicker the
sooner,
Now for q committee Of one hundred,
Fully equipped, organized and numbered, :,
| Aud shoulder u shoulder, and arm in ann =,
Working iur II pplllIcsl rOtuim,
PIlcn III aud "iay un Maclulf
Aud slutled be he who first cries enough"
j. A. Renmel, one nl the clerks in the
post office here, spent New Years Day in
Claymonr, Del, among his friends aud re-
turned h"ns "n Tuesday evening, happy hs
Iie, but laUurlng under tie incorveIiiGncr
"f "A slight cnd.
-Jaines Ii. lIandwerk, the newly elected
Register sud Recorder, entered upon his du
ties on Monday lust by app"iiting his pre-
drcrssur, Bernard Phillips, his deputy ah
ACT mure magndninI"us than the Democrat.
Ic party c"uld be permitted to display. We
fear that II will prove unsatisfactory to some
OF the Republican party, notwithstanding
the fact that Mr.. Philips is II very clever
,nan and presumably unuhjectlonable, but
SIMPLY from the fact that the Democracy
make 1t a rule when in office 10 clean out
everyboiy aud everything that is the least
tainted with Repfblica nisin, hence the dis
satisfaction. We Rnuw whereof We speak,
The walls aud ceilings of the new Con
cert Hall are now being lrescoed neatly and
beautiful iu design, and when completed
will De, comparatively speaking, one OF the
finest halls in the Lehigh Valley.
William r. Stroh vac made hatbY on
last Wednesday morning by his wiie pre-
'enIing him with u promising young son.
We congratulate the young mun on this ad-
dItion to his family and new member OF the
baUe are bUth doing we'll.
-StrangeI but nevertheless true, that it is
much easier i0t stranger, who is conpora
lively unEnUwni To secure u POSITION in any
department of our borough. or from any
company or rorprationj than those who are
well known, and whose integrity and com
pentency cannot be gainsaid.
Thereby prnving the old adagei
From sad experience bnrn,
THAT mans nhumanity Ia man,
Makes countless millions mourn"
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