The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-23
THE COUNTY SEAT.
UARBON's CAPITAL IN FULL SUMMER
LOVLINEss.

a Special writer Tells the story of lhe
Week In Breezy Sentences. Personal
and Otherwise.
Miss Irene TAFT, of Weatherly, is
visitor here.
Sheriff Joe Webb is nursing "a
Rheumatic arm.
There are only eight prisoners in
Carbon's Fort Webb.
Miss Maggie Brady, of the east
side, is visiting at HaAeton.
Prof James Bevan aud family are
visiting in Schuylkill county.
Miss Clara Nagle, of White Haven,
is visiting Miss Laura Arner, on the
east side.
st. Johns Reformed church of
Allentown will picnic at Glen Onoko
on the 2Sth.
Rev G.. w. DUNCAN, of the NJ. H.,
church, Lehighton, was visitor in
town for few hours on Wednesday.
George c. Boyer, district deputy
grand regent of the Royal Arcauum
was in town Monday evening inspect
ing the order.
DIR. George Mayer was this week in
attendance mt the meeting of the New
Jersey and Pennsylvania Dental So
cieties in session at Cressona Springs.
The Republican county committee
met here on Monday and after trans.
acting the preliminaries agreed on
August 8 as the day of holding the
nominating convention of the party.
Burgess Davis, of Lansford, was in
town Monday, George is talked off as
a candidate for the Legislature on the
Republican ticket. The Welsh have
had no representation for many years
and this would he their opportunity.
A Hungarian named Herbert from
Lansford is in Jail charged by his
boarding house mistress with attempt
ing to commit rape on her daughter.
The case will very likely he settled and
the nausating particulars will not he
made public
-Mauch Chunk will have big time
on August II if the arrangements now
in making are in any way successful.
The event will be the celebrating of
the twenty-iirst anniversary ef Mt.
Pisgah Council, Jr. O. U. \. NJ, of this
town The indications are that fully
GOO0 to 5000 people will be here. In
the evening there will be grand time
at Glen Onoko. All the bands and
drum corps in the neighborhood have
been engaged and the town will be fun
of galore
The County Commissioners have
their same old trouble with the cor.
porations who think they are assessed
too high for valuable coal lands that
can't be bought at any price, and the
court will have to again decide the
equity of the assessments. We hope
this time, there will be II disposition
on the part of the judiciary to he with
the people. Heretofore coal lands
have been assessed too low entirely
when compared with the assessment OF
farming land in the lower end.
OK THEIR ANNUAL OUTING; The choil
of st. Josephs Catholic church of East
Mauch Chunk, observed their annua
excursion on Thursday by taking I
trip over Mumford's famous Switch
back Railroad. The party was mad,
up of the members, as follows: Misses
Annie Bush, Clara Bosha, Celia Wagner
Lena Steadey, Celia Sweibinz, Mar!
Engesser, Rose Oppold aud Messrs
Frank Engler, Geo. Betzler, OFT,
; Betzler, VIM. f. RAIDER, John RAIDER
Maurice Eichorn, Ed Schlegel, Franl
Dirkis. The choir was attended b,
Rev. Father Heinan. While at Sum
, nit Hill they made their headquarter
at George f. Huntzinger's famon
p Switchback Restaurant where th
hours of the afternoon we're delight
fully spent by the members of tn
: choir, They left Summit Hill on tn
late train and arrived home tired Will
q the days enjoyment but all well please,
with the entertainment in which al
had participated.