The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-07-13
OUR LITTLE CITY.


Spicy Local Gieanings From the News
Hopper, Eittie Of Everything.
Fourteen prisoners are boarding with
Sheriff Levan.
-Wahnetah Hotel, Glen Onoko, has
thirty-two guests at present.
Ian Smith will build new dwelling
house on the vacant lot next to the Dim
mick residence in the Second Ward.
Leo, a Young son Of our popular cloth
ier, Jonas Sondheim, shot himself in the
hand with blank cartridge pistol recently.
Cashier S. s. Smith. of Llnderman's
National Bank. spent the glorious Fourth
with his family who are summering at AS
bury Park, N. j.
Daniel Cherdon was discharged from
the County Prison on Tuesday after sery-
ing fifteen months for throwing vltrol in
wife's face.
If Weatherly's crack base ball club can
make arrangements they will play Mauch
Chunk on the new ball grounds at Glen
Onoko, Saturday afternoon.
The next session of the State Teachers
Association will convene in Mauch Chunk,
sometime in July of next year and will
assemble the grandest body of intellectual
capacity eyer gathered In our midst.
Among the prominent visitors in town
your correspondent noticed John Miller,
John Zern and A. w. Marsh, of Weissport,
Squire Beltz, of Lehightop. and Percy
Faust, of the clipper WeatherIy Herald.
Peter and William Becker are out of
jail on $1,000 bail each. They come from
Beaver Run and will be tried for aggravat-
ed assault and battery on Henriech
Kreamer, of the same place, at the next
term of court.
w. II. Cook and bride have returned
from wedding tour of several weeks to
many of the principle cities. They will
make their future home here, Mr.. Cook,
holding responsible position with Rex &
Bros, Bon Marche.
-"H. N. S. Pinafore, or the lass that
loved Sailor" was performed with great
success by home talent on Tuesday evening,
If the thunder of applause that greeted the
performers can be taken as a correct crlter-
ion of its rendition.
Charles Weyhenmeyer, employed on
coal wharf at Coalport, stepped on an old
plank one day recently, and falling into
one of the pits struck his head. so severely
as to produce conclusion of the BRAIN
Under the careful treatment of DR.. Erwin
he is convalescing.
ANDY Davis Is huckster and halls
from the Second Ward; on Tuesday he
was at Franklin and having too much bug
juice on board was done up by gang who
didn't like his FRESHNESS" His eyes are
decorated in lovely manner, and are of
that shade of lilac so disagreeable to de-
posed fighter.
The Board of Pardons in session at
Harrisburg on Wednesday recommended
the pardon of DR.. G.. w. Frick and John
Burns who were conyicted in the Carbon
county courts ON the charge of abortion,
and are now serving their respective terms
in the Eastern Penitentiary. Frick is said
to be broken down in health and much of
a wreck of his former self. The details of
the crime are still well-remembered by our
people.
The East Mauch Chunk tennis club
are making the preliminary arrangements
for moon light hopat Glen Onoko some
time in the near future. A general invita-
ton will be extended to all clubs in the
Eastern Pennsylvania Association and the
event promises to eclipse all former social
affairs. The we'll knewn Allentown
orchestra will furnish dance music and
Marion band will render choice musical
selections. Refreshments will be served
at Hotel Wahnetah.
District Grand Chief II. v. Mortimer,
Jr., with the following Sir Knights: II. R.
Kreidler, L. A. Werner, Daniel Baltzer and
L. o. j. Strauss, as an installing team,
accompanied by r. L. Sweeny, Eugene
Everitt, Chester Buck, Charles Fritz,
Thomas Catall, Peter Kressley, David
Ebbert and John Stark, of Carbon Castle
K. G. E., of Lehighten, visited Wahnetah
Castle in Upper Mauch Chunk on Friday
night and installed the following officers
Past Chief--A. II. Buck; Noble Chief
J. Fruendt; Vice Chief-J. Spohn; High
Priest-H. J. Warncke; Venerable Her
mit-W. w. Wildoner; Sir Uerald-John
: Witt; Worthy Chamberlain-S. e. SterneI
Esquire-N. S. Bradley; Ensign-Herbert
r Hare; Worthy Bard-J Hentzler; Isl
l Guard-C Heldt; End Guard-P. Snyder
l Following the interesting ceremonies o.
e installation the visitors set down to &
, sumptuous repast to which all did NOR,
e than justice.