The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-24
THE COUNTY SEAT.
An Interesting Letter From the Capital
Politics and what Not.

An interesting Letter From the Capital
Politics and What Not.
NoULDERs ON A RAMPAGE. On Sur
day James Connolly, Thomas Hennine
John Ebelhard and George Gillespie
moulders in the Lehigh Stove Foundry a
Lehighton, were in town and at Gle
Onoko seeing the elephant and monkeyin
with The majesty of the law. While pass
ing up the railroad, between here and. .Eas
Mauch Chunk, a boatmau on the cana
threw a stone at one of them, when Con
nelly fired into the crowd from whence th
stone came. From here they went h
Glen Onoko and got into a row with Johi
Brighton, who refused to furnish then
with drink. They also beat Condy GILES
pie, watchman at the Glen Station, whit
took exceptions to some of their remarks
They were havlnga gay old time of i
when Lehieh Valley detectiye Charles w
Lentz and W. d. Bernhard arrested then
in their bilarity and took them to the
county prison. Eberhard paid fine of 81
and was released. Connolly and Hennine
are still in jail, while Gillespie got off with
some PLAUSIBLE excuse.
CALL FOR COUNTY MEETING The
following call for county meeting has
been issued by e. M. Mulhearn, Chair
man of the County Committee A meet
ing of the Republican County Committee
will be held in the Court House, at Mauch
Chunk, on Saturday, August "a, 1880, at
O'Clock, p. NJ, for the purpose of appoint
ing Judge and two inspectors for each
election district, to hold and conduct the
Delegate Elections on day to be designa-
ted by the committee. Also fix the time
for holding the County Convention for the
nomination of candidates, and TO transact
such other business as may properly come
before it.
MAUCH CHUNKS CANDIDATE. This
towns most available candidate for the
nomination of Associate Judge by Dem
ocratic convention, at this particular time
seems to be Samuel B. Price, a lifelong
and thorough Democrat. His first vote
was cast forty-four years ago. He was at
one time chairman of the County Commit
tee, and has always been worker in the
cause of Democracy. He is gentleman
who possesses the energy and time to de-
vote to the position and would bring to the
bench ability, intelligence and long expert
ence.
DIED William G. Morris.
Coal Auditor for the Lehigh Valley Rail
road Company for a number of years died
suddenly on Sunday morning. of apoplexy
He was aged about fifty.three years and
was resident here since 1854. Interment
took place on Wednesday afternoon-the
offices being closed during the period of in
terment. He will be succeeded by W. w.
Weaver, for some years assistant Coal Aud
itor.
PROMINENT VIsIToR..-A well-known
Carbonite in town on Wednesday was
County Superintendent of schools T. A.
Snyder. of the thriving borough of Lehigh-
ton. He came to this county hardly de-
cade ago first as public school teacher and
upon the expiration of Co. Supt. Balliets
official period he was elected without op-
position, as was also the case at the last
election held by the school directors of the
county.
ARREsTED.-County Detective Jerre r.
Dimmick, of town, on Wednesday arrested
Elisha Bennett, engineer, for carelessly and
negligently causing the death of William
Gearing who was killed at Penn Haven
junction about two weeks by an engine
colliding with caboose In which he was
sitting. The arrest was made under the
act of March %, 1865.
PERSONALITIES. B. Spall. q kindly Old
lady nigh three score and ten, from Brook
lyn, N. Y, was visiting her son the genial
John Spall, head clerk at the Armbruster
House, during the week. John was form.
erly man-'o- war 's-man, a restauranteur
in Brooklyn and has travelled the country
extensively.
He PAID THE CosTs.--James MCKINLEY,
a boatman from Bristol Pa, got loaded
with benzine Monday and insulted the
wife OF Harvey Groupe. He was arrested
and paid 1925 for his little indiceItion.
Mckinley was Mauch Chunker forty
years ago and knew Asa Packer when he
worked on the canal.
ON VAoA.-J. M. Ross, book-keeper
for G. A. Rex & Bro, popular Bon Marche.
Broadway, will leave for a well earned va
cation either this week or next He will
visit Philadelphia and other places OF in
lerest-occupying week or ten days time.
j. s. Fisher, Esq, of: Mauch Chunk,
who in all probability will receive the nom-
ination for District Attorney at the Demo-
cratic convention in Carbon next month,
was in town yesterday -Hazleton Speaker,
Tuesday.
Over the Lehigh Canal from Mauch
Chunk, for the week ending August 10th,
1889, there were transported 6,220 tons of
coal; corresponding week last year, u, 1872
tons.
Argument Court will be held on the
first Monday in September.