The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-08-09

Local CasIet Of Live Happenings PER-
sonal and Otherwise.
Excursions are on the increase.
Six prisoners are in the county prison.
-East Mauch Chunk has $50 taxablcs.
Court crier Dr. Bowman is still on the
sick list.
-Whooping cough prevails among the
Juveniles
-Mauch Chunk, 1st and 2nd wards, has
1869 taxables
Argument court convened Monday and
adjourned Tuesday evening.
Mt. Pisgah Council, Jr. o. U. A. NJ,
will 60 to Shenandoah and participate in a
demonstration on September 3.
-Campman Post, 0l. G.. A. r., will
participate in the annual celebration of
Grand Army Day at Mahanoy City.
Squire j. j. Boyle is in Pittsburg this
week as a delegate from ST.. Aloysious to
the state session of the n. A. b. Society.
Lewis Nesley has resigned the asses
sorshp Of the first ward. He is county
treasurer aspirant on the Democratic side.
Capt w. l. Connor and family, of the
east side, will take mp residence for some
months ensui ng at Peckville, I.ackawanna
county, Pa.
Billy Adams, of Allentown, will run
his eighth annual excursion to Glen Onoko
and the Switchback on Saturday, 10Th
instant.
While walking on the railroad near
the Mansion House, Friday night Hun
garian with an unpronouncible name was
struck by No. passenger train on the
Central and so badly injured that he died
soon after
Prof. j. P. Ro wland, formerly Of East
Mluch Chunk, now of the American Bust.
ness College, Allentown, commenced a
series of lectures on "Politeness and Eth
quett" to the students of the nsituation
last Thursday.
1t is said among those who are sup.
posed to know best that Stangley will not
be granted a new trial, and that he will be
sentenced at the October court. Like
Stangley we. too, think they are foolng
around good bit with him.
Constable John Schrunk, of Allen
town, on Tuesday morning arrested James
Astrim, of this city, on a criminal charge
preferred by Clara Keiser, of the former
town. James gave bail in the sum of $500
for his appearance at the September court.
George Beinaman, of the east side, re-
Gently cut himself in the finger with the
sharp point of a cork screw with which he
was drawing the cork from bottle of shoe
polish. Afterwards blood poisoning set in
and his arm has swelled to twice its natural
size and he suffered great pain,
Thomas Ferry, brakeman on the
Jersey Central railroad was badly injured
at White Haven on Saturday. He was
Tightening the brake, when the chain slip
ped and he was thrown under the cars,
the wheels of which passed over and crush
ed both legs so badly that amputation was
necessary. He is now at St. Luke's Hos
pital, Bethlehem.
The rule for new trial for StangleY,
the self-confessed murderer of Mrs. Sybilla
Walbert at Weatherly last October, who
was found guilty at the April term of our
county courts, was argued before Judge
Dreher, Monday. Strong argument was
made by his lawyers, Messrs. Bertolette
and Barber. The Judge took the papers
and will likely not render an opinion be-
fore the October court.
1t may not be generally remembered
that Hon. w. M. Rapsher was the choice
of Carbon county for State Senator in 1885,
to ill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
tion of Senator Biddes, but such is the
fact. Mr.. Rapsher's conferees were DR.. j.
G. Zern, of Weissport; James McGinty,
Esq, of Lansford, and Ashabel Hofecker,
Esq, of Weatherly. The next year 1886
DR.. zern had the conferees for Senator.
This distinctly recalls the fact that Mr..
Rapsher has been in the field as a Sena'
torial candidate longer than Dr. Zern
J Men who are in a position to know conf
IDENTIFY assert that Mr. Rapsher has his
: political fences built strong and high this
year, and that he will easily win.