The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-03-15
THE COUNTY SEAT.



sonal and Otherwise.
SHERIFF Hiram p. Levan was attending
10 official business in Banks township this
week.
The Union News Company have built
. fancy news stand at the north end Of the
Central depot.
For the Register and Recordership E.
r. Siewers, Esq, will probably have ex-
Sheriff Q. w. Lentz as his principal COM
petltOr.
The Switchback railroad will be re-
opened during the first week in May, by
about which time a number of substantial
improvements will have been completed.
1t is very generally conceded that Hon.
W. N. Rapsher will have the Judicial Con-
ferees from this county, without opposition.
Will Monroe county do likewise? Why
not2
District Attorney Joseph S. Fisher
has been admitted to pr actise at the Phila-
delphia Bar. Mr.. F. is recognized as one
of Carbon county's brightest Young lawyers
and is rapidly rising in the profession.
Levi Horn, of Franklin, was this week
awarded the contract to remove several
foot Of the embankment fronting the new
bridge on the Lehighton side, In order to
give more room for the passage Of vehicles.
For County Treasurer, Samuel Car
penter, John Conway and Lewis w. Nes-
ley are each striving to convince the public
that they should have that sugar-coated
plum, instead Of j. T. Mulhearn, of Lans-
ford, or DR.. J. G. Kramer, of Millport.
But plums are not ripe yet.
Nelson Deppe, of Albrightsvilie, has
purchased the good will and fixtures of the
Mauch Chunk House, paying for the same
$780, A. d, Keller, the present proprie-
tor, will move to Bethlehem on April 1st
and take charge Of the Marshall House, re-
Gently purchased by him for S11,00o.
Hon. Michael Cassidy is rapidly be-
coming an important factor at the Bar.
He was at Lansford, Rockport and Hazle-
ton during the week transacting business
for the law firm Of which he Is a member.
He is said to be noted for his strong com
mon sense and for being a safe adviser.
Prof. Harrison is having the best Of
success In teaching languages. He is a
live, practical instructor. His class In
French is composed Of DR.. J. A. Horn,
Messrs. Fifer and Carter and Masters
Charles A. and Willie Rapsher. His class
in German is more than four times as large.
Under the caption of estate Political
Notes" last Saturdays Philadelphia Press
says Of our esteemed townsman: "Ex-
Senator Allen Craig is presented as Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor in the Le
high Valley. He is man of recognized
ability, but he has not been much at the
front in politics Of late years"
The Pattenburg tunnel, in New jersey,
is about completed. II is model of scien-
tiflc skill and has cost the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company about $350,0OO. The
tunnel is almost a mile long, and the part
not cemented is through solid rock. Chief
Engineer Steadman, of this town, has been
experimenting the work and the result is
creditable to his ability.
--On the 18th instant the twenty eight
assessors in the townships and boroughs
Of the county we're officially notified by the
County Commissioners to call at their Of
fee in the borough of Mauch Chunk on
the 22nd instant and receive the assessment
books for their respective bailiwicks. The
books have been nicely copied from the tri-
annual assessment last year by the Com
missloner's efficient clerk, the genial Thos.
Arner.
Our townsman Hon. W. M. Rapsher
has achieved wide and enYiable reputation
as strong and attractive writer and deep
thinker. The mere fact that the great
magazines of New York and Philadelphia
gladly accept all his productions, speaks
for itself. Such periodicals of worldwide
fame and circulation, that seek only the
writings of the abest and most disting
uished men. His articles on the great ques
tions Of the day in the North American
! ReuietB, the gaeatest and most famous
magazine in the world; some in the Neu
York Standard, others in The Philadelphia
! Record and a brilliant array In Curren
Comment and Legal Miscellany, periodical
whose readers and circulations are not con
fined to the American continent, but who's
readers number tens Of thousands beyon'
! the seas, constitute such a solid monumen
, to his ability and genius as he and his man
: friends and felloW-cltizens may well fee
proud Of.