The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-01-16
FROM MAueH CHUNK


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By Special Correspondent Personal
and Otherwise.
MUST ASK FOR WHAT THEY WANT.
The Carbon County Commissioners
have, in accordance with the law, taken
IL upon themselves TO furnish the sup
plies for the various county offices in
the future, and accordingly have passed
a resolution to that effect Hereafter
it will be necessary for county officials
to secure a requisition from the Com
missioners before ordering work. This
new rule is adopted for the purpose of
equalizing the patronage of the offices
and also to put system in the expendi-
lures of this kind. This is what the
Record, Democrat and other papers
have wanted for long time and il re-
mains now to see how well they are
suited.
AND THE BISHOP WOULDN'T SHAKE.
Bishop Bowman, of Chicago, ILL.,,
while in town the other day, run up
against Rev. Sampsel, of Lehighton,
one of the livliest leaders of the minori-
ty. The latter held out his hand to
the Bishop but in return only received
a wicked look and a rebuke for his
effort at friendliness, the Bishop re-
marking that he didn't feel disposed to
shake hands with traitors. Well, con-
sidering the way Sampsel is worrying
the Bishop mebbe he was right. Even
with the clergy it is pretty hard to
follow out the divine law of "smiting
one cheek and then turning the other"
THEY WANT DAMAGES.
Proceedings have been instituted in
the Common Pleas Court of this coun-
ty, against the Jersey Central Railroad
Company for damages by Mrs. Alice
Trip, widow of Alfred Tripp, Carrie
and William Smith, parents of W. II.
Smith, Jr,, and Susan Pobst, widow of
John Pobst. The plaintiffs each want
$4,000 damages: These cases grew
out of the boiler explosion which oc-
CURED in the Mauch Chunk yards Of
the Central Railroad on the night of
June 30, 1891. 1t will be remembered
that engine No. 235, used as a shifter
in the yards, exploded shortly before
midnight, bringing instant death to
Engineer Tripp, Fireman Pobst and
Brakeman Smith and Gallagher. I'M
mediately after the explosion, the Dis
trict Attorney ordered on investiga-
tion, and the Coroner's jury heard a
great deal of testimony. The expert
witnesses examined the wrecked en-
gine at different times, and both were
of the opinion that the explosion was
caused by low water. The jury rem
dered a verdict in accordance with the
testimony of the experts, and in a sup
Elementary way scored the railroad
company for allowing defective rolling
stock to be in daily service. The YER
dict proper, however, was that low
water caused the boiler to explode,
and this shifted all blame from the
company to the employees who had
charge of the locomotive at the time.
Frederick Bertolette Esq, of town,
and Gen. w. II. Mccartney, of Wilkes
Barre, have been retained by the
plaintiffs, and expect to have the case
speedily tried. A summons was served
on Thursday by the Sheriff on Super
intendent Geo. W. Twining, of the
Lehigh of Susquehanna Division, who
is the agent in this State for the Cen
tral Company. The plaintiffs expect
to prove that the explosion was the
result of other causes, and that the
locomotive was we'll supplied with
water at that time. If they are able to
show this, they expect to be awarded
big damages.