The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-11-24
COuNEY SEAY CORRESPONDENCE
Timely Topics Fithily Written Up BY a YER
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satile ouillist.
-Tbc genial Squire Boyle spent several
DAYS at Sdasf Notch last week.
We eN sra soon 10 have an addition TO
our medical fraicrnity--Dr. j. y. Tweedle'
of weatherly, being about to remove to
town.
The new officials. elected at the No
vember election. will he sworn into office
and placed nnder bonds on the ist day of
January, 1880.
DIR. +. G. lbach, OF the Second Ward,
is about opening an Office in the rooms
formerly occupied 10y the late Dr. Horace
De Young, under the American Hotel.
--On Monday, Wednesday and Friday
evenings OF each week the school-room in
st. Johns Chapal, East Mauch Chunk. will
be open. it having been converted into a
reading room.
The Adams Express Company will
erect building 20x20 feet in close prox-
unity to the Lehigh Valley Depot to be
used for express purposes. Josiah Sendel
has secured the contract.
1t is said by those who seem TO know
that some of our capitalists have joined
with a number of NantIcoke, Pa, merchants
and will soon open National Bank at the
latter place.
Mrs. Frank Walter has had family
vault built in the cemetery, on the hill,at a
cost of between four and five thousand
dollars. The outside OF the vault is of
granite and the interior is lined with mar
BILE.
Mrs John Lynch's house at East
Mauch Chunk was set on fire Friday by
some children who had been left in an up
per room. The fireman rescued an infant
which lay on a burning bed, but not before
It had been severely, and perhaps fatally
burnt.
Constable George f. Williams was teS-
tifying in the Baranovtskl murder trial at
Pottsville this week. 1t win be remembered
that Williams arrested the murderer. at
Penn Haven Junction some months ago as
he was about escaping.
The residence of James Keifer, Esf.,
was forcibly entered by burglars on Mon
day night last and an overcoat, pair of opera
| glasses and several other minor articles
were stolen. The thieves forced an entrance
in the rear of the house and continued their
search for booty by the light of candle.
! The st. Aloylous Total Abstinence
Society have changed their place of meet
ing from Oak Hall to a commodious room
in Dolan's new building on Market Square.
In connection with the room for meeting
purposes they have fitted up and furnished
a room adjoining for library. The library
| is open at all times for the members of the
society,
Judge S. S. Dreher heard a case before
one of our Attorneys Tuesday. Speaking
of Judge Dreher reminds us that for almost
twenty years he has been familiar figure
In our courts-his hair having turned gray
in the service of the star-eyed goddess OF
justice His term will expire two years
hence and we have no doubt but what the
Judge W Ill be glad to retire after twenty
years continual service. You correspond
ent knows him as genial, pleasant, able
gentleman, well versed in legal lore, and
fully capable in the possession of all
requisites of occupying seat in the higher
courts.
Jury Commissioner Stemler with the
assistance of his clerks, put five hundred
names in the Jury Wheel this week ior The
year 1885, The proportion of Jurors al
loted each town is as follows: Audenrled,
II; Beaver Meadow, 90; East Penn, Is
East Mauch Chunk, 32; Franklin township
go; Kidder Nerth, 8; Kidder South, 8
Lansford, 43; Lausanne, 2; Lehigh, 8; LIE
highton, A; Little Gap, Z; Millport, 10
Mahoning. 10; Mauch Chunk, 1st Ward
"a; Mauch Chunk, 2nd Yard, 30; Mosque
honing, %; Packer, 4; Packerton, IL
Parryvile, 8; Penn Forest, I; Summit Hill
"A; Towamensing, IA; Weatherly, 40
Weissport, I.
The Board of Government of the Tota
Abstinence Union of The Scranton diocese
has decided to employ Attorneys c. c
Donoran and J. p Kelley of that city t
assist District Attorney Rapsher in prose
, cutting the employees of the Lehigh Vale.
Railroad Company who caused the Mu'
: Run disaster The trial will come off a
! tn. January term of our county courts AM
will no doubt attract widespread attention
As stated sometime ago in your columns th
= extreme penalty is 5000 fine and five year
I Imprisonment; but 1t is hardly possible tina
1 the extreme penalty will be inflicted in an
of the cases. The defense however, expec,
@ to deduce evidence that will result in a
4 acquittal, but in view of the facts presente
d to the Coroner's jury and the finding {
!. that body it is hardly probable.