The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-17
OLD MAUCH CHUNK
Special Reporter Catches Crisp Local
News Goesip on the Fly.

Special Reporter Catches Crisp Loca
News Gossip ON the Fly.
ROMANTIC WEDDING.-Perhaps one d
the most romantic marriage ceremonies
that will ever grace the calendar of sucl
auspicious events was solemnized while go
ing at the rate of almost a mile in thirty
seconds over the famous switchback gravi
ty railroad on Saturday evening during 9
moonlight excursion over the road giyer
by Mrs. T. l.. Mumford TO party o.
friends. The wedding was unexpected
impromptu and unthought of but wa'
nevertheless welcome diversion. TIL,
happy couple thus united while speeding
along, are Miss Nellie White, an accom-
plished lady of New York City, and JohT
LongleY, of the City of Brotherlv Love
The ceremony was performed by friend
Of the groom who is a justice of the peace
in the latter city.
| FATAL AcCIDENT-By the colliding oi
engine 81 with the rear end of local freight
train drawn by engine 4O1, running between
Mauch Chunk and Delano, last Friday
VIM. Gehring, of Upper Mauch Chunk,
had both legs cut off and was otherwise SO
badly injured that he died before medical
assistance could be secured. Martin Christ
man, Of East Mauch Chunk, on the same
train, had one leg cut off and otherwise
received severe injuries. He is now in st.
I'uke's Hospital, Bethlehem. with Fred
Stroll who also sustained serious bodily
injuries. To look into the acciden Squire
Boyle has empaneled the following jury
of inquest: E. H. Rauch, foreman; Chas.
Schueble, George Shick, P. +. Murray,
Frank Meighan and Jonas Sondheim, who
find after due deliberation that.
The SHEBIFF's BoARDERs Confined
in the county prison under the care of our
popular sheriff, II. P. Levan, are fourteen
prisoners awaiting trial and serving time
for various offenses. Without an excep.
tion the gentlemen retained" speak most
praiseworthy of the care and attention
given them by the sheriff. Everything is
neat and clean and monotonous quiet
perVades that robs the prison of the ghastly
history connected With the hanging of the
Mollie Maguires ten or more years ago.
GOOD LOOKING LAssIEs.-An excursion
from Reading on Wednesday numbered
over thousand people and fully testified
to old Democratic Berks county's reputa-
tion for buxom and beautiful iasses. They
enjoyed themselves as only big hearted aud
jolly Pennsylvania Dutch girls can when
on picnic. One fact in connection with
excursions coming here is that the best
looking girls always squint their optics on
our good looking county officials
DATE FIxED.-The Prohibition county
meeting will be held In the Court House
on Saturday, September Sth, when business
appropriate to the furtherance of the Pro-
hibition cause will be promulgated. The
State Prohibition Convention conyenes at
Harrisburg on the 2Sth of the same month
and Carbon county will be represented by
delegate W. A. Seigfried, of East Mauch
Chunk, and j. M. Ross, of town, secretary
of the county committee.
ALWAYS ON THE Go.-We refer to the
ever busy clerks in Rex's popular Bon
Aarche who are kept on the go from morn
ing to night, waiting on customers from all
oyer the county, who come to town to take
advantage of the sacrifice sale of remnants
now going on in this well-known head
quarters for rare bargains.
DEATHS DoINes. AFTER an illness of
two weeks Mrs. Francis Cole, highly re-
spected resident of Broadway, died Satur-
day afternoon. Deceased was aged about
sixty-three years. Interment took place
Tuesday, large concourse of sorrowing
friends paying their last sad respects to
the deceased.
STATEMENT FLED.-Joseph Fisher,
Esq, attorney for County Detective j. r.
Dimmick in the SANDER case, whereby
Paul Kiefer, Jr., is sued for $4,000 dam
ages, has been filed with the Clerk of
Courts. In all likelihood the case will be
put in the hands OF arbitrators.
To WED.-Cards are out for the wedding
of Miss Diana S. Belford, the accomplished
daughter of James Belford, lately of Mauch
Chunk, to Mr.. Edmund Ii. Carhart, the
wedding to take place in the First Presby-
terian church, Belyidere, N. j., on We'd
nesday evening, August 21st, 1889.
COUNTY MEETING.-The annual Demo-
cratic county meeting will be held in the
Court House, here, next Monday at one
O'Clock, at which time the usual customary
business of appointing new county COM
mittee, fixing the date Of delegate election.
&C., will be transacted.
REsTINe.-Clerk of Courts, George W.
Esser, was spending several days this week
with his family at Asbury Park, N. j,
During his absence the duties of his office
were correctly attended to by Joseph
Fisher, Esq.
CONFERENCE.-The Mary, The eldest
daughter of Sheriff Hiram P. Ieyan, is re-
covering from a long and serious illness
superinduced by blood disorder.