The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-24
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a Local Bngket OF Live happening ref-
sonal and Otherwise.
The newspaper proprietors and editors
Of the Lehigh Valley TO the number Of ten
met in one Of the parlors in the Mansion
House on Monday morning at eleven
O'Clock and effected a preliminary organi-
zation Of the 'gEditorial Association Of the
Lehigh Valley" Il. s. Rinker, of the
Mauch Chunk Times was elected temper
ary president and Geo. W. Mortimer, of
the CARBON ADVOCATE, secretary. The
names of the following editors present
were enrolled d. j. Godschalk, Star, South
Bethlehem; f. II. Rauch, Democrat,
Mauch Chunk; II. S. Rinker and o, 3,
Sigley, Times Gazette, Mauch Chunk;
G. W. Mortimer, CARBON ADVOCATE,
Lehighton; H. f. Brown, Lebigh Vaueg
Comet, Bethlehem; George Maue, Sentinel,
and W. A, Bobb, Plain Speaker, HazletOn;
DIR. A. II. Horn, National Educator,
Allentown, and P. f. Faust, Herald,
Weathery. The next meeting will be
held at the Hotel Allen, Allentown on
Monday, June is, at ten o'clock a. M,
d. j. Godschalk, II. E. Brown and George
Maue we're appointed committee to draft
constitution and by-laws to be presented at
the next meeting. The meeting proved a
delightful affair and II It can be taken as
criterion of what the future of the associa-
ton will be, hearty good fellowship VIII
reign supreme. Dinner was served at
the Mansion House between one and two
o'clock in Mein Host Kelsers best style,
the editors being the guests, of the Maueh
Chunk newspapers.
The jefferson Club was organized here
on last Saturday evening with large mem
bership of leading Democrats. The officers
elected are as follows: President, Hon.
Allen Craig; vice-presidents, j. S. Fisher
and A. j. Durling; secretaries, f. r. Sic
wers, A G. Blakslee and John Ross; trea-
surer, Samuel b. Price; executive COM
mittee, Messrs. Rapsher, Rauch, Esser,
Boyle, Sharkey and o. A. Clauss. Two
elegant rooms in the new electric light
building have been fitted up for use.
The monotony in the political whrlgig
was relieved this week by the announce
ment that Daniel Cannon, a staunch old
Democrat of Lehigh township, would be a
candidate for County Commissioner. Mr..
Cannon is perhaps one of the strongest
party men in the upper end and would
make good official. The pay of Com
missioner is 50. so per day under the new
law, with the county to pay all necessary
expenses 1t makes pretty nice plum.
"A grand musicale in Concert Hall on
Tuesday evening by our own talent was
much appreciated by the large audience
present; sixty voices joined in the grand
chorus under Prof, @. H. Webb, and filled
the large room with burst of melody sucf
as Mauch Chunk meyer heard before
Among those who took prominent part il
the entertainment we might mention Pat
CorbleY, Tom Boyd and Bob Kline.
Prominent among the editors here OF
Monday were d, J. GodschallS of the Soutf
Bethlehem Star, and H. E. Brown, of tn,
Comet, Bethlehem. The former is perhaps
one of the most pugnaciously aggressive o.
the editorial writers and newspaper men o
the State, and gets into war because III
can't help it,. The latter is hrimful O
bright ideas, and both are jolly good fellows
j. W. Raudenbush, of Lehignton: Col
John Craig, of Lehigh Gap, and Josiat
Williams, of Lansford, were appointed las
Court to view the Lehighton- Weisspor
bridge. The Commissioners have notified
them to attend to the duties of their ap
pOintment on next Thursday morning a
ten o'clock. They will then report to tn,
June Court.
The Church of the Immaculate Con
ception was thronged on Friday morning
r the occasion being the confirmation service
conducted by Archbishop Ryan, of Phila
delphia, in which 400 boys and girls partic
ipated. In the afternoon similar service
5 were held in the Catholic church at Eas
2 Mauch Chunk,