fc.
- QEO.A.BATHBUN, ,
Att6rney-at-Law,
Main Street, Rldgway, Elk Co., Pa.
HALL fe ATCADLET,
Attorneys-at-Lw.
Office in New Brisk Building. Main
St
ftidirwav. Elk Co.. Pa. v8n2tf,
LUCORE A HAMBLEN.
. ... a t t
Elk
fin. rr rifflwi anenu tho Vinll from
the Democrat establishment. Claims
for collection prompuy auenaeu
Jne. 16 78.
to
CHARLES HOLES,
Watchmaker, Engraver and Jeweler
Main street, Ridgway, Pa. Agent for the
rlowe Sewing Machine, and Morton Gold
en. Repairing watches, ete, doiewim
to same aocuraoy aa nereioforo. Bans
taotlaa guaranteed. vlnly
J. O. P. BAILEY,
ATTORNEY-ATLAW.
vlnxui. Rldgway, Elk County, Pa,
Agent for the Traveler's Life and Aeoi
- 4ent Insurance Co., of Harltora, uonn.
JAMES D. FULLER TOM, . ,
Surgeon Dentist, having permanently lo
eated in Rigway, offers his professional ser
viees to the citizeus of Ridgway and eur
rounding oountry. AU work warranted
Office in Service & Wheeler's Building, up
stairs, Brst door to the lea, 73-n-82-ly
G. G. MESSENGER,
Druggist aud Parmaceuttsl, N. W. cornel
of Main and Mill Btrects, tudgway, fa.
full assortment of oarefully aelected For
sign and Domentio Druga. Prescriptions
sarefully dispensed at all hours,, day or
night. vtnay
T. S. HARTLEY. M. I).,
Physician ana Surgeon.
Office la Drug Store, corner Broad and
Main SU, Residence corner Urond St
opponiu the College. Office hours lrom
6 to 10 A. M. and from 7 to 8 P. M.
vln2yl.
J. S. BOND WELL, At. D.t
Ecleoiio Physician and Surgeon, has remov
ed his office from Centre street, to Mair st
Ridgway. Pa in the secoud story of the
ueir brick emitting or jonn u. nan, oppo
site Hyde's store,
Offieo hours: 1 to 2 P M 7 to 9PM
HYDE HOUSE,
Ridowat, Elk Co., Pa
W. H. SCIIRAM, Proprietor.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore
a liberally bestowed upon him, the new
proprietor, hopes, by paying strict at
tention to the comfort and convenience ol
guests, te merit a continuance oi the
same.
Oct SO 1)509.
e. a. fa r.
LUMUER AND INSURANCE COM
MISSION BROKER,
AND
O KNERAL COLLECTION AGENT
No 2C6 Walnut Place,
(CIO Walnut Street,)
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
w 41-ly
'. IF. HAYS,
DEALS . IN
Dry Goods, . Notions, Groceries-
and General Variety,
FOX ELK CO., PA.
Farley . O.
v1u47tf.
i:. k. GitKsir.
Dealer In all kinds of cabinet ware,
wood aud cane seat chairs, kiti-hen
end extort! ion tublog, wood and marble
top stands, wood and marble top
uurt-uuM, wiiaiiimg, KtOKirifr fililtSKes,
wood and marble top chamber suits,
mattresses, spring bed bottoms, bed
steads, cribs. .Lafertv's metal lined
wood pumps, tc, &c. Cane seats re
placed with perforated wood seats.
Weed newinir machine re1iwei1 from
$05 to 4, the best machine in the
market, and picture frames made to
' order. Also a large assorted stock of
ready made eofhtis constantly on hand
ana trimmed at shortest notice. All
the above good are sold at panic prices.
ware ttooiiis in manonio building,
niugwHy 1 u.
v7n5R.
EW LIVERY STABLE
IN
RLDGWAY .
DAN SCR1BXER WISHES TO
Inform the citizens of Itidirwav. aud
the public generally, that he has
tarted a Lfvery Stable and will keep
GOOD STOCK, GOOD.CARRIAGES
and. Buggies to let upon the most
reasonable terms.
( J&"He will also do job teaming.
Stable on Broad street, above Main-
All orders left at the L'ost Offlee will
receive prompt attention.
Aug20I871tf
JF YOU WANT-TO BUY
GOODSCHEAP
GOTO
JAMES H IIAGERTY
Main Street, Rldgway, Pa
DBY GOODS, NOTIONS, BOOTS
SHOES, HATS AND CAPS,
GLASS AND QUEENS
WARE, WOOD AND
WILLOW-WARE,
- TOBACCO AND CIGARS
A Large Stock of
Groceries and Provisions
The BEST BRANDS of FLOUR
Constantly on hand, and sold aa cheaD
as the CHEAPEST . y
JAMES H IIAGERTY
County Officers.
President Judge-Kon. L. D. Wetmore
Associate Judges Hons. Geo, Ed.
Weis, and Julius Jones.
Sheriff Daniel Scull.
Treasurer Jacob McCauley.
District Attorney-C. H. M'Cauley.
Co. Superintendent Geo. R. Dixon,
Prothonotary, Ac Fred. Schoenlng.
Deputy Prothonotary W. S. Horton.
Commission ere Michael Wedert, W.
H. Osterhout, George Reuscher.
Commissioners1 Clerk W. 8. Horton.
Auditors W. H. Hyde, R. I. Spang
ler,, George Rothrock.
Call at this office for writing paper
and envelopes, i '
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
ESTATE of John Af'Cusker, late of Fox
township, Elk county, Pa., deceased. LET
TERS OV ADMINISTRATION bavin, been
S ranted to the undersigned upon the said es
ile all persona Indebted to said estate are
requested to make payment, and those
having claims to present them for set
tlement. JACOB M'CATJLEY, Admr.
n34t6.
Ladies' Shoes, Gaiters and Rub
bers, a large variety at P. fc K's.
T7T0C0NSUMPTIVES.
The advertiser, having been permanently
cured of that dread disease, Consumption,
by a simple remedy, is anxious to make
known to his fellow sufferers the means ot
cure. To all who desire it. he will send a
copy of the prescription used, (free of
cnargej with tne directions for preparing
ana using the same, which they will nod
Sens Ccri for Coksuhptiok, Asthma,
Bboncbitis, Ac,
Parties wishing the prescription will
please address, Uev. E. A. WILSON, 194
fenn., Williamsburgh, N. Y,
KEROSENE OIL 110 Fire Test
at 20c per Gallon. Diamond Head
Light Oil, at only 25c per Gallon at
the West End Stoe.
Applelon's American Cyclopedia.
Vol. 8 of this admirable work is just
out, matting n nair complete, as there
are to be 1G in all, of 800 pages each,
one being issued in two months. It
makes a complete library, and no one
can anom to cto witnout it who would
keep well informed. Price $6.00 a vol
ume in katlier, or $7,00 in elegant
nun i urKey. u. iv. juoson. redonia,
N. Y., controls the sale in Elk county.
Address him for particulars.
sep!7-tf
Winter Is upon us, which is a re.
minder that you need an overcoat
M'Affee will make you one cheap
SPECIAL NOTICES.
DR TAN DIKE'S SULPHUR SOAP.
DR. VAN DtKE, whose life long
sticialitt, and world wide reputation for
CURING SKIN DISKA8ES, has endeav
ored for yeers to comdinb an eztebhal
treatment. He has Accomplished thia de
sirablo besi lt in the preparation of his
compound -'SULPHUR SOAP." the merits
of which are spoken of by thousands ; it is
mgmy recommenced to all our readers.
Prico 20 Cents a Cake; a;Boz (three Cake)
60 Cents. Skst (by Mah, (pre-paid) on
beoku-t op price. Office, 60 N. 5ih St.
WnoLESALB Dkpot, 400 N. 8d 8t. Philadel
phia, Pa. Sold by DRUGGIST.
n21yleow.
Go to POWELL fe KIME for your
flour, feed and pork, and everything
else in the provision line. .
N. O. MOLASSES FOR COOK-
ing, also choice avruu alwavs on hand
ut : -: '
POWELL KIME'S.
SUGARS AT POWELL AND
KIME'H are high to be sure; but still
area It: tic cheaper than at any oilier
store in town.
A NICE LOT OF NEW PRINTS
ut POWELL 4 KIME'S, only eight
cents per. yard.
FLOUR, PORK, FEED. CORN-
Moal, Oats, always on hand at
POWELL & KIME'S at bottom pri
ces.
Notice.
All persons are hereby forbidden
selling goods to, or trusting any person
on my account, without my written
order, as I will pay no debts thus con
tracted after this date.
M. T. FRENCH.
Rldgway May 2, 1877.-ly
MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING.
MRS. J. R. KELTZ, Kersey, Elk
Co., Fa., takes this method of an
nouncing to the citizens of Elk
COUIltV. flint, sha lllia nil hnrnl nn aa.
sortmeut of fashionable millinery
huuus wiuL-ii win oe soia cneap. Also
dressmaking in all its branches.
Agent for Dr. J Bail & Co's Patent
Ivory and Lignum Vitas Eye Cups.
Send for descrintive circular.
nl7yl.
CANNED GOODS Peaches. To
matoes. Cherries, and Plums at the
store of Powell & Kinie.
Laws Relating to Newspaper Subscrip
tions aud Arrearages.
1. Subscribers who du not give express
notice to the contrary, are considered wish'
ing to continue their subscription.
2. If subscribers order the discontinu
ation of their periodicals.lhe publishers Dray
continue 10 send tnem until all arreari
are paid.
3. If subscribers negleot or rents
take their periodicals from the office w)
tney are direoUd, they are held respo
Die until tney have settled their bills,
ordered them discontinued.
4. If subscribers move to other claos
without informing the publishers, and tbl
papers are sent to the former direction?
tney are held responsible.
6. The courts have decided that "refus
ing to take periodicals from the otfioe, or re.
moving and leaving them unoalled for is
prima facie evidence of intentional
fraud."
i. Any person who reoeives a newsnaner
and makes use of it. whether he has
ordered it or not. Is held in law to be a sub
scriber.
7. If subscribers nt in advance, thev
are bound to give notice to the publisher at
the end of their time, iftbevdonot wish to
continue taking it otherwise the publishers
are euthorized to send it on, and the sub
scribers will be held responsible until aa
express notice with payment of all arrears.
sent to the publisher.
EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE.
ESTATE of Edwin Paine, late of
Ridgway township, Elk county, Pa.,
deceased. Letter of administration
having been granted to the under
signed upon the said estate all persons
indebted to said estate are requested
to make payment, and those having
claims to present them for settlement.
CATHERINE PAINE,
AS2.6 - Executrix
INSURANCE AGENCY.
OF
P. B. WACHTEL,
St. Mary's,' Pa.
The largest agency in either Elk or
It? adjoining counties, representing
through his General Agents about 80
responsible and prompt loss paying
companies, among the principal ones
are the following:
NORTH BRITISH MERCANTILE,
Prosi assets $32,538,612,
ETNA, OF HARTFORD, CONN.,
Asset OTK- $7,000,000,
FIRE ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA
Assets $4,000,000
NIAGARA, OF NEW YORK.
. Assets $1,600,000.
SnAWMUT, ROSTON, MASS.,
Capitalil-ooo.ooo.
GERMAN AMERICAN, NEW YORK,
Assets $2,600,000.
TRAVELERS, (Life and Accident) CONN-
Assets $i,ao&,ooo.
n30yl.
XEWTIME TABLE OF THE PA E rTr.
commencing Monday, Sept. 24, 1877.
WILCOX.
Mall East............ - 4:13 p m
" West 2:60 p m
Day Express East 6:22 a in
Niagara Express West 8:22 p m
KIUOWAT.
Mail East - 4:49 p m
Mail West 2:19 p ru
Day Express East 6:60 a m
Niagara Express West 7:45 p m
sr. mart's.
Mail East 6:18 p m
Mail West 1:57 p m
Day Express East 7:20 a ni
Niagara Express West 7:18 p in
Township O Ulcers.
Judge of Election G. R. Dixon.
Inspectors M. E. Lesser, H. H.
Wensel.
Justices of the Peace Charles Mead,
Jas. D. Fullerton.
School Directors O. B. Grant, Jas.
Gardner, G. T. Wheeler. N. T. Cum
iigs, W. 8. Service, Eng. J. Miller.
Sapervlsors John Gulnack, Daniel
M'Govern.
Treasurer W. H. Hyde.
Assessor M. S. Kline.
Auditors Will Dickinson, James
Pen Held, J. 8. Powell.
Clerk-M. S. Kline.
Constable Geo. D. Messenger, Jr.
QUOTATIONS
White. Powell &
Co.
BANKERS AND llKOKF.Rd,
No. 42 South Third Street.
Slocks and Bonds Bought aud Sold on
Commission.
Philadelphia, Dec, 4, 1877.
" ask an
1881. o Ill im
do '65 J and J 1061 1061
V. 8.
do
do
do
do '67
do '68
do ............ 109 1 io9j
Ill 1152
108 109
10-40, do coupon,
do Paoifio 6's cy
New 6's Keg. 1881...
' O. 1881....
" 4i, Reg 1891 ...
" " o. 1891 ...
New Vt Reg. 1907."
.120 liOJ
1071 1074
io
lu8
c.
1907..
a 10ii-
103
102j
Gold lo-,
feunsylvama '&z Wl
Kding jbj i(U
Philadelphia & Erie 0j loj
Lehigh Navigation. - 181 189
do Valley 891 89 i
IT..i.J n - ... . .... .
uii ueu iv iv oi ri J ......... ex. aiv
Pittsburgh, T. Buffalo It, K ...
Northeru Central ex. div
Central Transportation
Nesquehouiug..'
North Pennsylvania, .
120J 121
1
1U 17
81 81 J
46 46
86J S7j
At the millinery establishment of
Mrs. N. T. Cummings, the ladies of
Rldgway and vicinity will find a large
assortment of fashionable batsS
feathers, etc. Hats pressed over at
reasonable ra tea and at short notice
Rooms over R. I. Campbell's Store
Main Street. Give her a call.
Hides, Sheep Pelts, aud Calf Skins
wanted at 42 Main Street
FRANK SETTELLE.
SLEIGH BELLS AND WHIPS.-
a nice little assortment, vat
POWELL & KIME'S.
Administrators' Notice.
ESTATE of Jacob Oval, late of Jay twp
Elk countv.Pa.. deceased. LETTER.TK.TA-
MENTARY, having been granted to the un
derxigued upon the said extate all pei-Kons
indebted to said eHtate are rcnumtled to make
payment, and those bavinK.clalms to present
them for settlement.
J. M. BROOKINS. I ...
ELIJAH L.
BROOKIN8.
n38W.
Paper Rags taken
in exchange for
goods 42 Main Street.
T nVFRCi BOOK of KNOWLEDGE.
J-iV-S V Ct IU or Secrets of Love. Court.
ship and Marriage 8ho wing how to get raar
riod, live happily obtuln beulth, wealth and
diutinctlon, and appeor to advantage In no
ciety auO pages aoo.ooo aold. Mulled for 10cU..
n l'ostage Htamps or Currency. Aildrees,
Newark, N. 1.
I nr. r U-31lP-llSL is
COMPANY.
GIVEN awayi:s
rea-
per A PREMIUM 8TEEL ENGRAVING,
pa-
j-nuuea "una r luuing oi me Miviour in tne
Temple" with the WORKING CHIIRPH.
A 24 Page Religious Family Newspaper, ue
voted to Household tlieSuuday Bchool, Music
and General Church Work. On 8 month's
Ulul for liocts. AGTS. WANTED. Address.
J. 13. BREWER, 7 AO Warren til.. New York.
novinain.
THE SUN.
NEW T0BK.
1878.
A the time approaches for the renewal of
Bultocrlp.iong, THE 8UN would remlud Its
t'rlu.is and wellwlshers everywhere, that It is
iu.aIi a candidate for their oiiniidri-tl(.n unrl
support. Upon Its record for the past ten
years Krelics for a continuance of the hearty
sympathy and generous co-operation which
have hltl-frto been extended to iifroin every
quarter of be Union.
The Dally Bun is a four page-sheet of 88
columns, pries by mail, post paid, 65 cents a
mouth, or 80.50 Per year.
The Sunday edition of Tbe Bun Is an eight
page sheet of St) ooluninB. While giving the
news of the daj It also contains a large
amount of literary and miscellaneous matter
especially prepared )Xr it. Tun Sunday Hum
has met with great eiVxwss. Post, paid S1.2U a
year.
r. . .
The Weexly Sun.
Who does not know 'Che Weekly Bob t
It circulates throughout the United States
the Cauadas. and beyond. Ninety thousand
families greet its welcome pages weekly and
regard It In the llgbtof guide counsellor, and
friend. Its news, editorial, agricultural, and
literary departments make it essentially a
Journal lor tbe family and the fireside.
Terms I One Dollar a year, post paid. This
price, quality considered, mkkeslfthe cheap
est newspaper published. For clubs of ten,
with Ut) cash, we will send an extra copy free.
Address PUttUBUKA OV TH E SUN,
... . .YorfcUt-
1
878.
THURSDAY, DEC. 6, 1877.
Sotes.
One of Palne's horses died the
other day.
The turkeys will now have a few
days rest.
Try the Pared Peachet at the
West End Store.
Neat note-heads printed cheaply
at the Advocate office.
Shipping tags, with or without
strings, at the Advocate office.
Note paper and envelopos at this
office. ' A sheet of paper and an en
velop for a cent.
John O. Hall has been confined
to the house since the November term
of court.
Jerry Thompson was kicked on
the wrist by one of Paine's horses
yesterday.
The Advocate office has the
credit of turning out first-class work
In the Job printing line.
Mack Kinie is Improving, and the
chances now are that he will recover
from his unfortunate accident.
The Butler county sheriff case
will be argued on its merits before the
Jauuary term of the Supreme Court.
Oyster, Kinie and Burke men buy
their Stoves and Tin Ware at 42 Main
Street.
Two marriage notices in this Is
sue. You see", the cold weather brings
'em to it.
John R. Kline Is now night watch
man in Hyde's new mammoth build
ing. Our Bread Customers will be grati
fied to know that we have made ar
rangements for a permanent supply
at the West End Store.
Services in the Lutheran church
next Sunday, German in the morning
and English in the evening. A cor
dial invitatiion is extended to all.
THE WEST END GALLERY will
be closed after the Holidays, therefore
attend togettingyour pictures in time.
Remember the Reduced prices and
excellent quality of the work.
The regular session of Congress
commenced last Monday, and the next
day the daily papers printed she mes
sage which contained 13,000 words
and was telegraphed from Washington
to New York and other points in 45
minutes, 10 wires being used.
Teachers' Institute at St. Mary's,
commencing on the 17th lust., and
continuing four days Dr. J. J. VII
lers will deliver his mirth-provoking
lecture ''Funny People We Meet" on
Thursday evening, 20th inst. An ex
cursion will leave Ridgway on the
mail and return by special in the
evening after the lecture. . .
j. ne v arren Mail tins week con
tains seven or eight columns telling
all about tho .dedication of the new
Warren county court house. The
dedication speech was made by Hon.
S. P. Johnson, the oldest practitioner
at the Wu.rren bar. When will the Ad
vocttk contain an account' of the
dedication of Elk county's new court
house?
C. B. Gould of the Cameron Frees
was in ourofllce on Monday, and says
he is going to resume the publication
of the From as soon as new material
can be procured. We have also re
ceived the tire edition of the Fress
an extract from which we give in
another column. We also notice that
tbe Independent, published at Em
porium, failed to volunteer any assis
tance in the emergency, an act deserv
ing of much censure, and one un
known in the history of newspaper
courtesy. We know that should the
Independent be unfortunate, In the
future, the Fress office would (it once
be placed at its disposal.
Last Saturday, Percy Schultz, a
son of M. M. Schultz of Wilcox, was
killed on a railroad in Alabama, of
which Mr. Tyler, formerly Supt. of the
Middle Division P. & E. R. R is the
Superintendent. He had both arms
and both legs broken, and died in a
short time after the accident. The sad
news was telegraphed to his father,
and the body sent to Wilcox by ex
press, arriving on Tuesday. The
young man was between nineteen and
twenty yaars of age and bad run away
from home to brake on a railroad,
while his father Is a man of wealth
and influence, being proprietor of the
tannery at Wilcox, besides owning
several thousand acres of land in this
county. The family have the sympa
thy of every one in their terrible af
fliction. John Donley a tramp, helped
himself to a blanket hanging in front
of Jacob Butterfu 88 harness shop, on
Monday last, and after sleeping on it
all night in the water tank sold it to
Nelson Jackson, bartender at tte
Ridgway House, on Tuesday morning
for one dollar,. A short time after
ward Jackson endeavored to sell the
blanket back again to Butterfuss
when tbe stolen property was at once
recognized, and a transfer made upon
the latter refunding the dollar pur
chase money. On the afternoon of
Tuesday, upon oath of Butterfuss be
fore Esquire Mead, Donley was given
a hearing upon the charge of larceny
and committed to the county jail for
failing to find bail in the sum of $100.
It was afterward discovered that he
bad taken a wrench, and several
other articles from Hyde's eavr mill
It la a good thing that ha has been
sent to jail, but he must needs be very
careful how he leans against the jail
walls, or he may find himself out In
the cold, the jail needs papering to
make the keeping of prisoners more
oertain. .
Delicate Surgical Operation.
A MAN CARRIES; A BELT HOOK IN
BIS HEAD FOR FIVE YEARS AN
INTERESTING HISTORY OF THE RE
MARKABLE CASE.
On Monday last Dr. J. 8. Bordwell
performed a delicate and neat operation
on the eye of H. M Goffofthis place,
removing therefrom a seven-eight
Inch belt hook, with a T on each end,
which had been Imbedded In the eye
for five years. Some five years ago
Gofr was working on a shingle mill
when the belt broke, and striking
him over the head, from the tear,
drove two belt-hooks, like the one we
hare mentioned above into his right
eye, and for two years they both re.
mained there when he had one taken
out, the person who performed the
operation not being able to discover
the second hook, and, In fact, ex
pressed the opinion that only one had
been driven in. Dr. Bordwell admin
istered chloroform aud with a pair of
tweezers took the hook out, with a
piece of bone clinging to it, without
having to cut the eye. The Doctor
says the hook had undoubtely gone
though the socket of the eye, and . so
far in that it could not be discovered
until it had worked itself forward.
The wonder is, not that the man has
lievedso long, but that he was not
killed outright He says he has not
felt so well since the accident as he
has since the operation was per
formed. Since the above was in type we have
received the following correct history
of the case:
"H. M. Goff, while at work in a
mill near St. Mary's about four years
ago, received the injury. The main
belt broke or separated at the ends
where it was fastened together with
brass hooks. The belt struck him
over the head and two of the hooks
passed into the eye and thrust the eye
out. The eye was replaced by physi
cians, but the hooks - remained in the
socket. About too years after one of
the hooks worked its way partly out
and was extracted by a doctor in the
eastern part of the State. The second
made its appearance soon after, and
many physicans were consulted. At
last Dr. J. S. Bordwell performed the
operation at his office on Monday, at
10 o'clock, assisted by Omer S. Davis.
The eye holder was applied to hold
the lids, when the hook was seized
with a forceps and brooken loose from
the bone which had grown around it,
back of the eye ; then a small forceps
was passed down along-side the shaft
of tho hook, the muscles held apart
and the hook withdrawn without in
juring the eye. He is now happy."
Holiday goods coming at the
West End Store.
Yesterday the rain rained, but
this morning the weather is cold and
snow is falling rapidly, and covering
the earth with a mantle of white.
The work of finishing Hyde's
hall is fast approaching completion
They expect to have the hall ready by
Jan. 1st-
Just received at the First National
Boot cfc Shoe Store a fine lot of hand
and machine made French Glazed
Kid shoes, made on seven different
width lasts.
Peter Man, while cutting straw
with a straw cutter Friday night In H.
S. Thayer's barn, got his hand under
the knife and cut the thumb so near
offthat Doctor Bordwell thinks It will
yet have to be amputated.
Excellent Cheese always on hand.
The finest Oysters. Solid Meats.
Fairbanks Lard, 8 5, 10, lb, packages.
Babbitts' Best Soap.
Cooking Apples at the West End
Store.
"A thing of beauty is a joy for
ever." Our neat bill-heads, note
heads and monthly statements al
though not exactly a "joy forever"
are, nevertheless very neat and tasty
specimens of tbe "art preservative."
Benjamin Malin who had his
limb amputated on the 2d of Novem
ber by Drs. Hoey and J. S. Bordwell,
assisted by E. O. Bordwell, and since
under the care of Drt J. 8. Bordwell
has fully recorded, the limb healing
lu thirty days.
Patrick Goodman, who was com
mitted to tbe county Jail at the No
vember term of court succeeded in
scaling the walls, in broad daylight on
Thursday last.and was in a fair way to
escape when Sheriff Scull intercepted
his flight and again restored him to
his old quarters. He was allowed the
liberty of the yard and climbed tbe
wall and sat on the top a few min
utes before making the j u mp,as a person
naturally would before jumping a dis
tance of eighteen or twenty feet.
The same night he almost succeeded
in removing a stone from the wall
and was again prevented from making
his escape.
Saloons on Election Day. By
the Act of Assembly of 1872, inn and
saloon keepers prohibited from dis
pensing spiritous liquors, (or wine,
either by gift, sale or otherwise, or any
intoxicating beverage, "during the
hours when, by law, in said district,
the election polls are required to be
kept open." Under that Act saloons
and bars might sell before the polls
opened and after they closed. A later
Act of April 12th, 1875, (Pamphlet
Laws, page 42) makes it unlawful to
sell them these drinkables on any ,
election day at alL This Is the section
of tbe latter Act, and now In force :
Section II. That it shall not be
lawful for any person with or with-,
out license, to sell to any person any
intoxicating drink on a day which
elections are now or hereafter may be
required to be held nor on Sunday,
nor at anytime to a minor or to a
person visibly affected by intoxicating
drinks.
This act closes out the sale of liquor
on election day. -
Wilcox .Votes.
Wilcox, Pa. Nov. 28, 1877.
- Oil well No. 8 was torpedoed last
week, tubed, and pumped ten barrels
in about three hours, when the pump
got choked up and the tubing had to
be drawn. While clearing out the
well they lost the sand pump fished
for It two or three days, but could not
get it; put down the tubing again,
yesterday, and pumped ten barrels last
night when the pump got put of order
again and they have to pull the tub
ing. The well L believed to be good
for fifteen cr twenty barrels, some
placing it at a good deal higher figure,
but when, O, when, the Lord only
knows when, for nothing but bad luck
attends every effort. Three sets of
tools and two sand pumps now in the
hole past recovery. Oil fills the well
three hundred feet above all these
tools. I am in hopes to be able next
week to tell what the well will really
do. PETE.
Although the above letter was
mailed at Wilcox on the 28th it did
not reach this place until Thursday,
29th, after the Advocate had been
mailed, when we received it on the
mail from the east. The letter had
evidently been carried by. ED.
Wilcox, Pa., December, 8, 1877.
A Singular Accident. Jerry Shea,
an old man in the employ of the P. &
E. R. R. Co. a; track walker was
standing by the side of the road wait
ing for a freight train to pass when
justasacar loaded with lumber got
opposite him the stakes broke and
let the lumber off on the old gentle
man, breaking one of his legs and
bruising him badly, but It is thought
not dangerously.
Percy Schultz, a young man of
about twenty, son of M M. Schultz,
who has been spending a few months
in the Southern States, was killed on
the railroad Saturday morning, De
cember 1st, near Montgomery, Ala
bama. His friends have received no
particulars of the accident save a tele
gram from E. L. Tyler. His remains
will be brought here for interment.
This is a terrible blow to his parents
and relations and casts a deep gloom
over the whole neighborhood for
Percy was a universal favorite with
all classes, always having a kind word
for every one he met, the poor as well
as those in more favored circumstan
ces, and was always ready to divide the
last dollar with those in need.
G- A. Jacobson's barn came near go
ing up in smoke the other day cause,
storing ashes in it Wnen will people
learn that it is unsafe to put hot ashes
in barns, and sheds connected with
houses.
Oil well No. 8 is pumping six or
eight barrels of oil a day but it is
badly filled up with tools and if they
ever get it cleaned out It will certainly
be good for fifteen or twenty barrels.
. PETE.
From the Press, (Fire Edition.)
The Emporium Fire.
That dreaded, but in Emporium
familiar, cry of FIRE! was again
heard sounding through our streets on
Monday evening, last When people
heard it they shuddered and hoped for
the best, but their hopes were blasted
when they ascertained the new brick
block, the pride cf the town, on the
corner of Fourth and Broad streets,
was on fire.
The fire, it is thought, originated
from a defective flue, in the third floor
and before assistance arrived that por
tion above the Union Express office
was entirely enveloped in flames.
The fire company arrived promptly,
but could do nothing, except to save
the wooden structures in the immedi
ate vicinity. The engine worked
splendidly, throwing two large
streams one on Sweazey's hotel on
the east side of Fourth Street and
another on the buildings on Newton's
corner and adjoining. In fact every
one worked with a will and received
tbe thanks of all the loosers, includ
ing those of your humblo servant.
The building was occupied as fol
lows: First Story. L. Taggart, drug
store and post office ; H. T. Taggart,
Assignee of Phelps & Matteson, dry
goods, tc. ; Union Express Office;
William Morrison, boots and shoes;
Office of J. T. Lanlng, M. D., and
office and bar-room of J. H. Scb.au
backer's new hotel.
Second Story. Sleeping rooms of
hotel, and office ot Cameron County
Presa.
Third Story. Sleeping rooms of
hotel and rooms of the Masonic frater
nity. The following are the losses : J. L.
Cook, on building, 918,000; insurance
$10,000. Cameron Countu Fress. $3.-
500 ; no insurance. Emporium Lodge,
A. Y. M., 51,500 3.r00 insurance.
Emporium Chapter, $1,500 $500 in
surance. L. Taggart, about $1,000,
fully insured. J. H, Schanbacker,
$300 uo insurance. H. T. Taggart,
$160; no insurance. The other occu.
pants sustained little loss.
incidents.
The last time our office towel was
seen, it was making a desperate effort
to getaway from tbe water.
Saved. There was saved from the
Fress establishment a small j ob press.
several fonts of Job type, one case of
long primer, and some wood type and
the paste cup.
When Mr. Newton's Herald office
was burned, a few years ago, it will be
remembered that nearly everything
was destroyed, but in some unaccount
able manner a wooden job stick got
out uninjured. The same stick was in
the Fress office at tbe time of the fire,
and strange to say, escaped injury,
but none knows how.
Count, Weigh. Measure Everything
you Buy at the West End Store.
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Slate Aotes.
A short horn butfweTghing 8.000 pounds
is te be raffled for in Berks county.
Philip Lewis, Of MinenvilU, fell out of
a second story window on Sunday and died
an hour afterwurd.
Over 10,000 boxes of eheeso ohaaged
hands la Crawford and adjoining eonoties
last week. Value from $60,000 to $70,000.
Tho scrapings of a ehaserj wheel of a
powder mill atTaniaqua took fire last week
and John Kspner, Jeoob Reichslberger
sod Milton Kepner wore dangerously
burned.
Joba Ulrioh, of Hughesville, eonvioted at
Alleatowa last week of setting fir to bis
flouring mill in Lehigh oounty, has been
sentenoed to one year's imprisonment and a
fine of $1.
Tho Standard oil company will oreot a
cooper shop in Pittsburgh, Where 7,000
barrels will bo made daily. Oil from tho
refineries will be oonduoted to the premises
in pipes and barreled.
Tho AUentowa Chroniole nays that
"there are more iron furnaoes in blast at
this time than there were st tbe oorre- .
sponding period last year in eastern Penn
sylvania and iron men have a more hopeful
outlook."
A gang of tramps laving taken possession
of the Pennsylvania railroad traok houses '
at Wilmore and Conemaugh, Sheriff Ryan,
of Cambria oounty, made a raid on them,
capturing fifteen, -who have been looked
np.
Testimony is being taken in Philadel
phia to decide whether the report of tho
commission whioh reported Helmbold In
sane is to bo set aside. The doolor it rep
resented by Hon. George W. Curtis, of
New York, and Hon. F. Carroll Brewster
and Clarence Derringer, esq., Philadelphia.
Jaoob Hunttinger, late president of tho
Miner's trust oompany bank, of Pottsville,
and bis son Albert, cashier of the bank,
ebarged with conspiracy to defraud Thomas
Kerns, prothonotary of Sohuylkill oounty,
a depositor, out of $21,000, were last even
ing fonnd guilty, after a trial of fifteen
weeks. The case was taken to Reading on
a change of vendue from Schuylkill oounty,
and heard before Hon- J. Hagelman, presi
dent judge of that judical distriot.
At Pittsburg two privates of Company O,
Nineteenth regiment, N. G. P., named
Joseph V. Ritchie and George Clajburn,
hive been oourt-martialed for desertion
during the riots last July. Ritchie has
been sentenced to thirty, and Clayburn to
forty-five days in jail, both to forfeit all
pay and allowances and to be dishonorably
discharged from tbe servioe. The proceed
ings have been approved by Major General
Pearson, commander of tbe Sixth division.
The men who have been committed to jail
were on duty at Twenty-eighth street, and
deserted immediately after the firing.
This is tho first case in wbiob tho mem
bers of tho State National Guard have
been imprisoned by court martial. Tho
members have twenty days in whioh to ap
peal to the governor, but will probably not
appeal.
A Precocious Bobber.
For several years past a sub-post
office has been established in the
lower part of the borough for the ac
commodation of its citizens and a
small boy employed to carry the mail
matter to and from the main office, up
town. On Saturday of last week the
boy thus employed, offered a one dol
lar bill at a grocery, which was at
once recognized by the groceryman as
a bill which he had put with $15 of
other money into a letter directed to
Buffalo, N. Y. The boy was at onco
charged with breaking open the letter
when he owned up and said that ho
bad given away most of the money to
other boys around town of about his
own age. He then went home and
got $4.00 of the stolen money which
he had previously taken thero. He
reported to his mother that he and
another boy had found a pocket book,
divided the money, the other boy
keeping the book. In the evening
after the robbery had been reported,
most of the boys that had received
portions of the money returned it
Some had been making purchases
with theirs, and instead of returning
money returned the articles they had
purchased. In this manner about
half the value of the contents of the
letter was recovered.
On Tuesday of this week J. P. Felt
agent of the Emporium flouring mill
learning that a deposit of some $200,
in checks sent to the bank had not
been received by the bank, when he
charged tbe boy with tbe robbery of
the letter containing the checks, which
he at first stoutly denied, but under
fear of arrest and being sent to jail, he
subcequently confessed to the robbery
and that he had given the checks to
his cousin (a young lad) who he said,
gave them to his father. This seems
to be corroborated by the fact that the
father tried to get " of thecL oks
cashed on Satur. Furthet de.
velopmenta are exp ' to-day and
the checks recovered.- porium -dependent.
Married.
Bechtold. Oster. At Ridgway
December 3, 1877, by Jas. D. Fuller,
ton, Esq., Mr. Albert E. Bechtold of
St Mary's, to Miss Mary Oster of the
same place.
M'Govern. Shelvy. On Satur
day morning, December 1, 1877, by
Rev. Father Maher, at the Catholic
Church, Ridgway, Mr. James M'Gov
ern, to Miss Lizzie Shelvy, all of this
place.
Canned Goods. Choice Goods at
low prices at the West End Store.
, A slngle-plank sidewalk has been
laid by Mr. Peter Irwin from tho .
crossing near Hartley's drug store to
the bridge over the. race. Now tha
Supervisors should furnish another
plank, and make it a two-plank walk.
Our Motto; The Beet Goods and
Lowest Prices at tbe "West End 8tore.
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