The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-12-21
FROM MAuCH CHUNK.
Our Usual Hurricane of Live Local Bressea
from the County Capital.

Our usual Hurricane OF Live Local Broone
from the County Capital.
-Proihnotary and Clerk of Courts Esse
was on a business trip to Allentown Wed
nesdav.
The Hotel Wahnetah at Glen OnokC
will be sold at assignee sale on the otl
proximo.
sheriff Levan on Wednesday sold the
personal property of Frank Heiza. on
North street, East Mauch Chunk.
CLERK Arner, for the Commissioners,
on Wednesday paid W. L. Scott, OF
Nesquehoning, 81 for fox scalp, subject
to the new law passed last May.
Improvements to be made at Glen
Onoko next year will be the innovation of
gigs and skiffs on the Lehigh river in the
neighborhood of the Nallnetah.
The Y. NJ. c. A. haye opened free
reading room In the old broadway House
wi h hours from $50 to 10 p. m. All the
leading daily and weekly periodicals are
kept on hand for perusal.
New county bonds issued by the
Commissioners since our last report, are
as follows: z. f. Clark, Lehightun, two
of $3.50 each; the Ladies Aid Society Of
Weissport, two of $3.50 each.
Henry Schiery, aged about thirty-flve
ears and unmarried. was this week taken
to Philadelphia by his brother for medical
treat ment for alteration of the mind from
which lie has been suffering for some time
past.
Attorney Joseph Fisher and COUNTY
Detective Lentz we're at Weatherly the
greater part of this week looking up evi
dence in the Walbert murder, which case
will be tried at the January term of our
county court.
Ex-senator Craig, of this city, was In
Philadelphia last week, and the newspapers
here said of him that his ability and
integrity are so marked that he is Ia ked
of for almost every prominent office there
is to fill from Congress up to Governor.
Cards are out announcing the coming
marriage of Miss G. Leisenring and DR.. +.
q. lbach prominent professional man.
The contracting couple reside here, and
will continue to do so after their return
from nuptual tour. They will have the
best wishes of many friends.
The st. Aloysious Society will elect
new officers at their regular meeting ON
Sunday. The order is in better financial
condition than ever before and has a men,
b 6ership in good-stanling numbering 150.
James j.. Boyle, Esq, is the present
efficieEt president Of the society and has
iabored earnestly for its success and to
him much credit it due.
-Rex's Bon Marche is crowded Just now
with suIh an aggregation of holida,
bargains that purchasers from almost every
{ own and vi lage In the county throng the
counters. In he large show windows are
displayed attractive goods but they are
no criterion to the pile and piles of season
able articles on Tn inside. Your visit to
Maucu Chunk will be lost if you don't call
and see them.
Proposals for building the wing walls
and filing in the approaches at t e new
ron bridge. LeDightop, were received by
the Commissioners as follows, and granted
to the lowest bidder on Monday: Leopold
Movers, masonry, 81 per yard, filling, so
cents per yard; Miller & Stermer, masonry,
81 90 per yard, filling in, 80 cents per vard;
Nj. Bauman, masonr, S.. 40 yard, filling
ln,9O cents per and; Horn & Reber, mason
r 50 uer yard, filling in, 40 cents per yard.
AT an unusually interesting and. well
attended meeting of the Catholic Lyceum
held in their rooms on Sunday afternoon
last the following question was debated,
''Was there greater field for oratory in
ancient than modern Iimes?' The sub.
ject was hand ed affirmatively by Messrs,
A. Daugherty, George McGovern and
Joseph Corby; negatively by D. C. Null
heran, james j. Bo, lie and G. W. Dolan.
Condy Hagerty, of Hazelton, and Frank
Tree and II. N. Sweeny, of town acted as
judges and decided in favor of the
negative.
On Friday last seven prisoners cou-
yicied at a late term of court, we're re-
leased from the county Jail, having served |
their respective terms for larceny Of sever
al kegs of lager beer from Hor iacher's
bottling establishment at Lehighton last
summer. They were Michael =, cCrea. j. |
H. Short, Vim Murphy, VIM. Sweeny,
Owen McDermot, Edward Welsh and Geo.
Brown. OF the seven, only two we're able
10 sign their names to the dgment ex-
empton notes TO which prisoners unable
o pay costs in their cases must attach
their cognomens. II is piece of red tape
business, for it is doub :ul IL any of the
hundreds on file in the Commissioners
office have eyer been paid or eyer will be.