The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-10-19
MAUcE CHUNK CLIPS.


our Usual Quoto Of Local and Personal
Gossip From the County Seat.
Marriage license No. 1908 was issued
by Prolhonotary Esscr on Wednesday
morning.
Mrs F. Evans. Of Tunkhannock, and
Miss Lizzie Deitro, Of Ashland, are visit
ing Judge Sroh's family.
Col Chapman, of Calasauqua, presi-
dent of the Cstasauqua & Fogelsvile Rail-
road, was in town Monday
Nathan Letter, who was struck by a
freight train at the H'eissport crossing a
week ago is around again.
Henry Schelling, "a clerk in Miller's
store, held the ticket that drew the gold
watch chanced off by the Crescent Canoi
Club last Saturday.
keystone Commandery, X. g. T., ac-
corlpanied b. the Germania Band. of
Reading, run an excursion to this place
and Glen Onoko on Wednesday.
w. +. Miller was brought here from
Allentown, on Tuesday, ON a warrant
sworn ont by his wife for deserion. The
matter WAS amicably settled in SQUIRE
Boyle's Court By the parties concerned.
-E. j. Quinn was arrested or Tuesday
on the info nation of A. L. Hagaman, the
Singer Sewing Machine agent of Lehigh'
ton charging him with collecting money
under false representation. After hear
ing before Squire Boyle Quinn was com
milted.
Our county courts have been in session
during the week. but the business done
lacks interest to the general public. The
cases on the trial list consisting in the
main of assault and battery and f. and b
cases, which with one or two exceptions
were either settled OF continued
DIR. B. S. Erwin was married to Mis-
Florence s. Cook, an accomplished youns
lady of Germantown, Pa, on Wednesday
afternoon at the residence of the brides
mother Mrs. DR.. Charles Cook, in German
town. The happy couple will sail from
New York for Europe on Saturday in the
Burgoyne. They will spend severa
months in tie old college of Wurziaburg
Bavaria. We join with their host o.
friends in wishing them pleasant toui
and long life of unalloyel happiness.
Empty freight engine No. 4O4 wa
wrecked at the weigh lock between Maucf
Chunk and Packerton, on the Lehigh
Valley Raj road on Sunday evening. TIL,
engine ran into an open "bind" swltcl
and, leaving the rails, plunged down ;
high embankment. The engineer, Pete
Mccarthy, and his fireman jumped befor,
the engine went over and escaped injury
A little boy named Howard, VINO was rid
ing with tie fireman, went over with th
engine, but escaped with only Sigh
scad. The engine TUNED clear over, will
the wheels in The air The wreck cause'
considerable delay % trains.
Mr. John F. Bleckley, of MauCl
Chunk, ,;died at the residence of his father
Wm. Bleckley, OF 500, Noith 7th stree,
Allentown, Sunday morning, Mr. Bleckley
who had for quite time been grea
sufferer from neuralgia, went to Allentowi
on the Saturday Immediately precedin
fair week, in the hope of obtaining med
cal relief there by homeopathic treatment
in which he had great faith. As tproved
however, his malady was too far advance
10 be benefited by medicine, and he gre
gradually worse until death came TO hi
relief as stated. The remains were take
to Lehighton on Wednesday morning
and deposited in the Lehighton Cemeter.
Services took place at the M. E. church, 4
10 a. m, and we're largely attended b
relatives and friends.