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OM it. liATHBUX,
Attorney-at-Law,
Main Street, Ridgway, Elk Co., Ta.
11 ALL & M' CAE LEY,
Attorneys-at-Liw.
Office in New Brisk Building, Main St
Ridnway, Elk Co., fo. 8n2lf.
i UCOllE & HA Mil LEX.
Attorneys-nt-Lnw, Ridgway, Elk
f V.nntr p.. onifo n cross the hall from
the Democrat establishment. Claims
fur collection promptly attended to
Jne. 15 '70.
V HAUL ES 11 OLE H,
WatolimnkoT, Engraver nnd Jeweler
Main street, Kidgway, Ta. A(sent for the
How Sewing Machine, nml Morton Gold
tn. Repairing Wntchos, eto, dorrwilh
) tamo accuracy as heretofore. Suits
tACtiin guaranteed, vlnly
J. 0. W. BULKY,
ATTORNEY-A.T-LAW.
vlniu1. Ridgway, Elk County, la.
Agent for the Trateler's Life and Aooi
Jlent Insurance Co., of Hartford. Conn.
JAMES D. FULLER TUX,
Surgeon PonliRt. having permanently lo
cated in Rigway, offers Ms professional ser
vices to the citizens of liidgway ano s.ir
rounding country. All work warranted
Office in Service & Woenler's Building, up
stairs, first door to the left. 73-11-82-ly
G. G. MESSES (i EH,
Druggist and Parinn'ieutiei, N. W. eornei
of Main and Mill strep'?. Kidgwuy, 1'"
full assortment of carefully neluclrd For
sign anil Domestic Druses, rroscriptions
earefully disputed at all liuurs, day in
Bijlit. vluov
T. S. II ART LEV. SI. D.,
Physician aim Surgeon.
Office in lriifi Store, corner llrond and
Mau St?, Heaidciico corner Broad St.
opposite tho Ccll.-ge. Oluca hour! Ironi
8 to 10 A. M. aud from 7 lo S 1". M.
Tlniiyl.
J S. 1J OK DWELL, .V. D.,
Eclectio Fhysiciiin and Surgeon, liu remov
ed his office from Centre stieet, to Mail st.
Ridgway. l'a,, in the second stnry of the
Dei brick building' of John 0. Hull, eppo
litq Hyde's store.
Offieo hours: 1 to 2 P M 7 to 9 V M
HYDE 110 CSX,
RinownT, Ei.k Co., Pa
W. n. SCHltAM. Proprietor
Thankful for the patronage heretofore
o libernlly bestowed upon him, the new
proprietor, hopes, ty paying strict a.-
f.ani.inn to lue cuuiiuil uiu ivcii vucu 01
guests, to merit a continuauco oi tbi
ame. Oct 80 1800.
E. G. FA I
LUMBER AXD INSURANCE COM
MISSION BROKER,
a:-i)
uhnehal collection agent
No lit'tt Walnut Place,
(810 Waluut Street,)
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
n 11-ly
F. W. HAYS,
UVAI.K IN
Cry Goods, Notions, Crrcerije.
and General Variety,
FOX ELK CO., PA.
lu47tf.
k. k. ciacsii.
Dealer in all kinds of cabinet ware,
wood and cane neat chairs, kitchen
und extnutiou tallies, wood and marble
top stands, wood aud marble top
bureaus, whatnots, looking ghuwos,
wood and marble top chr.mber suits,
mattresses, spring bed bottoms, bed
steads, cribs. Lai'erty's metal lined
wood pumps, frc, &c. Cane teats re
placed with perforated wood stats.
Weed sewing machine reduced from
$U5 to $4-r, the best machine in the
market, and picture frames made to
order. Also a larae assorted Mock of
ready ruado coffins constantly on hand
and trimmed at shortest notice- All
the abovegood are sold at panic price.
Ware Rooms in masonic building,
- Ridgway Pa.
v7n61t,
"EW LIVER V STABLE
IN
RIDGWAY .
DAN SCRIBXER WISHES TO
Inform the citizens of Ridgway, and
the public generally, that he has
tarted a Ljvery Stable and will keep
GOOD STOCK, GOOD CARRIAGES
and Buggies to let upon the most
reasonable terms.
figy He will also do job teaming.
Stable on Broad street, above Main
All orders left nt the Post Olllce will
receive prompt attention.
Aug201871tf
XF YOU WANT TO BUY
GOODSCHEAP
GO TO
JAMES II HAGERTY
Main Street, Ridgway, Pa
DBY GOODS, NOTIONS, BOOTS
SHOES. HATS AND CAPS,
GLASS AND (J UE ENS
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 as cheap
Ma the CHEAPEST
JAMES H HAOERTY
Township Officer.
Judge of Election G. R. Dixon.
Inspectors M. E. Lesser, H. H.
Wensel.
Justices of the Peace Charles Mead,
Jas. D. Fulierton.
School Directors O. B. Ornnt, Jas.
Gardner. O. T. Wheeler. N. T. rum
mlngs, W. 8. fervlee. Eng. j. Miller.
Supervisors John Guluack, Daniel
M'Govern.
Treasurer W. II. Hyde.
Assessor M. S. Kline.
Auditors Will Dickinson, James
Pen Held, J. 8. Powell.
Clerk-M. S. Kline.
Constable Geo. D. Messenger, Jr.
Call at this oflice for writing paper
and envelopes.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
KstTATE of John MTiiRker, lute of Kox
township, Elk county, 1'h., ileceuHcil. I.KT
TKfto OK ADMINISTRATION luiviiiK licen
granted to the uixlrrsluned upon tho until es
tate nil persons lnik'ljieil to said estnto ore
re(uestetl to tmikc payment, and those
having claims to present thorn for sel
tlemtnt. JACOB M'CAl'LEY, Admr.
UUU0.
TO CONSUMPTIVES.
The advertiser having been permanently
cured of that (trend disease, Consumption,
by a simple remedy, is anxious to make
known lo his fellow sufferers the means ot
euro. To all who desire it. he will send a
copy of the prescription used, (free of
charge) with tho directions for preparing
and using the same, which they will find a
Shbb Cu ie for Coksumptjon, Asthma,
Bronchitis, ie.,
lir;ies wishing ths prescription will
please address. Itev. E. A. WILSON, 1H4
I'eun., Williainsburgh, N. Y.
Appleton's American Cyclopedia.
Vol. 8 of this admirable work Is just
out, making it half complete, as there
are to be 16 in nil, of 800 pages each,
one being issued in two months. It
makes a complete library, and no one
can a fiord to do without it who would
keep well informed. Price $0,00 a vol
ume in leather, or 7,00 in elegant
half Turkey. C. K. Judson. Fredonhi,
N. Y., controls thesale in Elk county.
Address him for particulars.
sep!7-tf
"Winter is upon us. which ia a re.
minder that you need an ovtrcout.
M'Affee will ui-ike you one cheap
SPECIAL NOTICES.
1B YAK DYKE'S SULPHUR SOAP.
UK. VAN DYKE, whose life long
sjEotALnr. and world wide reputation for
CUIftKQ SKIN KI8KASES, has endeav
ored for veers to comb: Mi an kiilhnai.
tbeat.'IIvNt, lie has aecomplislicJ litis de.
piliilile iiibi i.t in the prepuratiou of his
coni" Uinl ''.SI'I.I'IIUU fi(JA I'.'' the merits
of which are spoken of by thousands; it is
highly recommended to all our readers,
l'rice 25 Centra Cuke; a Box ('nree Cukes;
60 Ceng. Sunt by Malt., (prepaid) on
sfcf.ipt or mice Olfine, N. 5iu St.
WiioLRALii Uu'ut, 400 N. 3d St. 1 hiladel
phia. I'a. Sold by DKUCUIST.
n2lyleow.
tice.
All persons are hereby forbidden
selling goods to, or trusting any person
on my account, without my written
order, asi will pay no debts thus con
tracted after this date.
Kidgway May 2, l5,'7.-ly
-SIIiXINt-HY AM) IH!i:fcS2rAKW1tr'
MR?. J. n. KELT, Kersey, Eik
Co., I n., takes thin melhod of an
nouiKir..t to the citizens of Eik
county, that she lias on iiund an as
sortment of fashionable millinery
.oi!n wliich will be isold cheap. Aim)
drer!jniakiiir in all its brandies.
Agent lor Dr. J Pail & Co's Petent
Ivory and Lignum Vita Eye Cups.
.Send for descriptive circular.
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tiiuts i;nd Arrcarag'es.
1. f ubscrihci w ho d" not pivo erpress
notice to the contrary, are coiihhleicd with
ing to con tin uo iheir suhso . iptiou.
J. If tnbsci ihers order the discontinu
aiion of their periodicalB.tho publishers may
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are pnid.
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t:ike their periodicals from the oflice where
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ordered them disconi inued.
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without infurin!nn the publishers, and the
piipci's are sent to the former direction,
they are hold responsible.
6. The courts have decided that "refus
ing to take periodicals from the otliee. or re.
moving and leuving them uncalled fir is
prima facie evidence of intentional
iruud."
H. Any person who receives a newspaper
and makes use of it. whether he has
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sent to the publisher.
EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE.
ESTATE of Edwin Paine, late of
Ridgway township, Elk county, Ra ,
deceased. Letter of fidminintrution
having been granted to the under
signed upon the baiil estate all jieisnns
indebted to Ktid estate ure requested
to make payment, and thoise huviuir
claims to present them for ssett lenient.
CATHERINE PAINE,
n32t0 Executrix
"the sun.
1878. SEW YORK. 1S7S.
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friends and weilwUliers every where, that it is
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page sheet of 60 columns. While giving the
news of the day, it also contains a luiae
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yeur.
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the t'anudas. and beyond. Kinety ihoutsuud
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IN3URANCE AGE1TCY.
OK
P.' B. WACHTEL,
St. Mary's, Pa.
The largest agency in either Elk or
its adjoining counties, representing
through his General Agents about 30
responsible and prompt loss paying
companies, among the principal ones
are the following:
NORTH BRITISH A MERCAXTILK,
a.-osa essets $32,533,612,
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Capital. 500,000.
GERMAN AMERICAN. NKW YORK,
Assets SJ.OOO.OOO.
TRAVELERS, a.lfe and AccUtet) CONN.,
A:seto ,20o,ooo.
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goods 42 Main SStreet
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Note paper aud envelopes at tutu
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velop for a. cent. . .
State Holes.
The School Directors of Carlisle pro.
hiblt the scholars making Christmas
presents to the teachers.
Franz Becker, aged 21, who has been
living near South Bethlehem, has
been missing since Sunday. lie is
not of sound mind.
Sharles S. Speakmnn a student at
Lafayette College and a member of
tlieEaston Grays, has been appointed
a cadet at West Point.
About forty persons have Just left
York, Mifflin. Huntingdon aud Klalr
counties to settle in Kansas. They
went under the direction of coloniza
tion agents.
Hon Joseph Nicely, of Dewart, the
last Associute Judge of Northumber
land county, and a man of unexcep
tionable character and integrity, died
on Tuesday evening.
Dr. A. P. Heichold, of Jefferson
county, special agent of the Treasury
Department, is having a hard struggle
to keep hi9 seat, lie has been re
moved and reinstated twice within
Nix months.
At the opening of court at Norris
town yesterday Adolph Stribolski
pleaded guilty as an accessory after
the fact in the Elm Station murder,
and was sentenced to pay a fine of
JuOO and undergo an imprisonment of
one year at labor in the Montgomery
County Prison, to bo cotnputedj'rom
the 20ih of August last.
Shenandoah, December 13. A terri
ble mining accident occurred at the
West Shenandoah Colliery, owned by
the Philadelphia and Heading Coal
and Iron Company, to-day. A young
man named Martin Hannessy and his
father were working in the same
breast, when a ton of coal fell from the
roof upon the young man, crushing
him into a shapeless mass. His
father was not injured. The accident
occasioned a suspension at the colliery.
A gang of eight robbers, who broke
into the store at North Star, in Alle
gheny county, and carried off nearly
all the contents in a wagon, having
pleaded guilty, were sentenced In the
Criminal Court at Pittsburgh yester
day. Six of them were given six
years and nine months in the peniten
tiary. Two boys, fifteen years old,
were given two years each in the
workhouse. When the robbery was
committed the citizens and officers
pursued the gang, who were uruied.
They showed fight, and took refuge in
a coal mine. They were smoked out
with sulphur. Most, of them are from
the eastern part of the State.
Sad Accident. Yesterday, about
noon, an accident befell Mr. William
Steele, of Union township, while un
loading a load of straw at the stable of
Mr. John Mills, ou Cherry alley, in
this place, that resulted iu instant
death. There was no one present to
see the occurrence, but from the indi
cations he was standing with ouo foot
on the wagon and one on the sill of
tho window of the stable, and his foot
slipping off' the wagon he was thrown
to the plank on the alley, his head
and neck striking first, dislocating
the lattcr,,with the result indicated
A break iu the plank just tit this point
leaving an opening some two feet
deep, and in which he seemed to have
struck, may have caused the fatal re
sult. A daughter of Mr. Mills first
discovered him lying on the alley,
and communicated the fact to others,
when he was promptly taken up and
removed to the house of Mrs- Furley
mother-in-law of the deceased, and in
telligence of the terrible accident con
veyed to the friends at home ; and
soon afterward the grief stricken wile
was with him, and the scene of the
uieetine was sufficient to have touched
a heart of adamant. Durintr the af
lernoon hundreds of our citizens, and
persons in attendance at court, called
to seethe deceased, and a general ex
pression of sympathy and condolence
was given, Mr. Steele having beeu a
favorite with a large circle of acquain
tances. A.Craig, Esq., in the absence of a
coroner, summoned a jury, and after
hearing all the evidence In the case
reudered a decision iu accordance with
the above facts.
Later in the afternoon the body was
removed to his home, aud to-morrow,
at 10 o'clock A. M.,it will be followed
to the grave. He leaves a family of
eight children, three of whom are
married and have homes oftheir own,
and the remaining five, together with
a wife aud aged mother, who has ar
rived at her ninetieth year, constitute
the home so suddenly and unexpec
tedly thrown luto mourning for one
they so dearly loved. Brookville He-
publican.
The Story of a Baltimore Tramp.
"At Ptnryvllle I went to a house
with a brick In my hand, and asked
the lady if she would please be so kind
as to put some butter on it.' The re
quest excited her curiosity, aud she
asked: "Why do you want to put
butter on a brick?" I told her I was
going to eat it. 'Surely,' she suid. you
are not o hungry as to eat a buttered
brick? Come into the house and I
will give you food.' I bagged a square
meal, for which I had set so slick a
trap. In the western section of the
State I asked for something to eat at a
house and was refused. I thet begged
for a looking-glass, which aroused
curiosity to know what I would do
with the mirror. I replied, 'I want to
see myself starving to death.' They
then gave me what I wanted."
JUuuch Chunk Gazette.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
LADIES CLOOKS, at Mrs. N. T.
Cummings, also ties, collars, cuffs,
hosiery, gloves, and a general assort
nient of Ladies' fancy goods. Re
member the place over It. I. Camp
bells btore, Main street. Call and ex
amine before purchasing elsewhere.
(Bill Jutaafe.
THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1877.
Kotos.
Fresh beans at J. II. Hagerty's.
Read our Wilcox notes this week.
There will be no pnper Issued from
this office next week.
Robbing hen roosts Is a low busi
ness, and yet there are people who do
it.
We are informed that there in a
case of diphtheria nt Ostcrhout's tan
nery. Who rung the court house bell at
half past twelve o'clock last Saturday
night?
niQGWAY HONEY.
Strained and with the Comb at
the West End Store.
A new line of dress goods at J. H
Hagerty's- Call and sec the elegant
new stock.
The new breech-loading trims for
Company II are expected to bo here
in a few weeks. -
A little daughter of Peter Irwin
died at Osterhout's tannery last Tues
day evening of diphtheria.
Christmas nnd New Years are like
wise hard on tho turkey family, and
the knowing ones roost high.
Monday evening next, Christmas
Eve, Company II, will hold a dance
at Magiunis' Hall. Supper at the
Hydo House.
P&ti CAM-25ES.
See the Caramels, Cocoauut nnd
Taffy Candies, at W. E. Store.
Don't forget the Company II,
dance on Christmas Eve. Tickets
two dollars including supper at the
Hyde House.
We do all kinds of job printing
cheaply and neatly. Give this office
a enil and get our estimates before
purchasing elsewhere.
We copy an article from the
Brookville Republican containing an
account of the sudden death ol'Wui.
Steel. Mr. Steel was a brother of
Mrs. M. L. Ross, of this place.
The oil excitement nt Wilcox still
coutiuues and without doubt oil will
be found at -that point in paying
quantities. The land is being leaseil
by speculators as rapidly as possible.
Choice Cigars and Cigarettes for
presents at the West End Siore.
Our readers who may want to
learn about (he Far West are referred
to the advertisement of the A'c.nr.us
Earmcr, an old established and popu
lar journal in the West. It is pub
lished at the Capitol oftlie Slate.
We have just received a new in
voice of bill-heads, note-heads, letter
heads, lugs, and envelopes. Our new
Ceniennial note is superior to any
thing we have had before for business
note heads.
The Christmas Trco Festival of
the Sunday School of Grace Church
will be held on Monday, Christinas
Eve, nt 7 o'clock. Also on Christmas
Day there will be service and sermon
at H o'clock A. M. All are cordially
invited to attend.
fch the: children.
Just Received Another Invoice for
tho Holidays of those Pure Candies'
at the West End Slore.
Ed. W. Gray, for three years ami
a-ha!fan employee in the Democrat.
office, lias quit the oilice and gone
home. Ed. has been an attentive ap
prentice and we have no reason to
uculit hi being a good workman. He
has our wi.-h for his future success-
The weather the first days of the
week was a grand improvement on
Mark Twain's New England weather,
especially in the way of variation.
Not a day of sleighing in this section
yet this winter, and most of the time
the weather 'is as mild and lamb-like
as spring.
Attention Company II. The of
ficers and members of Company H,
17th Reg. p. N. ii. are ordered to meet
at the olllce of the 1st Lieutenant on
Saturday evening, the 22d inst, at 7
o'clock. Business of importance will
come before the Co.
L O. W. Bailey, 1st Lieut.
STEREGSCOIPES AKD V!WS.
A full stock of the chociest nuhli.-n.
Mons at the West End Store.
Parents, you do your children nn
injustice when you allow them to run
the streets nights, aud wero t-onie
parents aware of the manner in which
their boys amuse themselves, as for
example like the performances of last
Friday night in front of the "Advo
cate building," they would keep a
close watch over them.
The Brookville Graphic comes to
our table greatly improved and en
larged to a seven-column sheet. We
wish the Grtqihic succeta, as it de
serves, being one of the spiciest ex
changes on our list, and as it is printed
on the old Advocate press the paper
seems to be a relative of ours, a sort of
half-cousin, you know.
We notice, in our State notes, the
death of Hon. Joseph Nicely tho last
Associate Judge of Northumberland
county, and a man highly esteemed iu
that section. The funeral was one of
the largest ever witnessed in Nor
thumberland county, upwards of
eighty carriages being in the proces
sion. Deceased was an uncle ofD. C
Oyster, Esq. of this place, who atten
ded the funeral.
VASES. '
Select useful as well as attractive
presents -See The Handsome Vases
etc. at the The West End Store at very
low prices.
Counterfeit iNotc.
AN EASY METHOD OP DETECTING
THEM COUNTERFEITERS BLUND
ERS. Washington, December 11. A list
of counterfeit national bank notes, ar
ranged by Receiving Teller Under
wood, of the National Bank Redemp
tion Agency, will soon bo issued. An
examination of an advance copy re
veals tho following facts:
The counterfeiters have so far neg
lected to pay any attention to the
name of the Register on the genuine
notes. All the twenties on the Mar
ket, Merchants, National bank of
Commerce, Shoe and Leather and
Tradesmen's National Bank of New
York city bearing the name of L. E.
Chittenden asgltegister, are counter
feit. The genuine notes on these
banks all have the naiao of .S. B
Culby as Register. This is also the
case with the 2o on the Onctlia Nsi
tional Bank, of Uth;a, New York. All
five dollar notes of the following
banks, bearing the mime of S. B
Colby as Register, are counterfeit:
First National Bank of Aurora,
Illinois; Canton, Illinois; Chicago,
Illinois; Paxton, Illinois, and North
ampton, Massachusetts. All the
genuine fives on these banks have the
name of 1,. E. Chittenden as Register,
with tho exception of the First Na
tional Bank of Paxton, Illinois, on
which is printed the name of John
Allison as Register. Tho counterfeit
ten ou the Muncio National Bank oi
Indiana has the name of Allison as
Register and Spinner as Treasurer,
while all genuine Issues have either
the name;of Colby ami Spinner or Al
lison and New. All tens on the First
National Bank of Lockport New
York, aud First National Bank oi
Poughkeepsie, New York, having the
name of S. B Colby, as Register, are
counterfeit. The genuine notes heal
name of L. E. Chittenden.
OYSTERS.
A full supply for Christmas At the
West End Store.
Wholesaln Poisoning.
TWENTY-THREE PERSONS TAKEN ILL
A1TLK EATING PUDDING.
Wilkesbarrc, Pa., December 1"
The borough of Whitehaven, iu this
county, was this morning thrown into
a fever of excitement by a startling
event. Ou Thursday last a farmer,
named Fairchild, completed his fall
slaughtering, and, as is customary,
remembered a number of his friends
aud relatives by sending them liver
puddings made in the usual manner,
from portions of the slaughtered ani
mals. After these gifts had been sent
to the various friends in question the
members of Mr.Fairchild's family (five
in number) were taken suddenly ill,
aud as soon as possible a physician
was summoned, who pronounced the
general malady to be the result of
poison, occasioning in all the patients
fits of vomiting and terrible contor
tions. The physician investigated the
matter aud camo to the conclusion
that the family had been poisoned by
the liver puddings. In the absence of
all chemical examination he could not
tell file nature of the poison.
As soon as it was ascertained that
the poUnn was contained iu tho pud
ding, word was sent to the parties to
whom donation had been forwarded,
but in many cases the intelligence
came too late, us it was discovered
that no less than twenty-three persons
in Whitehaven were suffering the
most intense agonies as the result of
eating the poisoned dainty.
bale advices to-night from the ex
cited community lead to the belief
that several persons will die. Two
well-known physicians of this city
went to Whitehaven this al'teinooii
on special calls. The belief is that the
poison originated iu the copper kettle
used in preparing the pudding.
DRESSED CHICKENS."
Fine Large Cornd Fatteue Dressed
Chicked for the Holidays, at the
West End Slore.
Excellent prunes nt Hageity's-
Eggs are a scarce community in
this market.
This has been an exceedingly
open season for successful deer hunt
ing in this section.
There is oil at Wilcox, and un
doubtedly in paying quantities, and
why not here? We believe there is
auu we hope to chronicle the com
mencenient of nrenaratioiis to
Iiorj ugly test the Ridgway oil fields
CAXE.
Iced, Pound, and Sponge, Black
Fruit Cukes, ulso, Mince Pies. All
Elegant goods at the West End Store.
Tramps are numerous about this
place. To make them tarn their
bread betoro they eat it is true charity.
A convenient wood pile and a con
venient ax, together with an Invit-n.
lion to the lazy galoot of a tramp to
niuuige, is a gooel recipe for the
tramp nusiauce.
SHOES.
Ladies will remember our full line
or snoes all sizes and qualities at
The West End.
Christmas aud New Ynar'i.
are legal holidays.
Buckwheat flour sells at four
cents a pound.
Mud abountis In our streets, and
were it not for the plank road they
would be well nigh impassible.
rrvDaniel Scribueris buiiJingon an
addition to the barn ou the old Burn's
place.
This moderate weather has made
a perceptible difference iu the matri
monial market, but the first cold snap
will show a decided improvement.
-The concert given by M'Collln, on
Saturday evening at the court house
was attended by a large audience and
all eeeuaed to be well pleased.
W.lcox Graded Schools.
Principal's Report for month ending
December 12tb, 1877.
2i
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P. t
KlJf 3
IS
TEACHER.
p a.
a 3
Miss Euln Schultz
10
Miss Winnie G
Murphy.
W. 11 Prldeaux.
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Summary. I 8 7 90 40
The standard used in the following
markings is 100 which number denotes
perfect recitations,- &c.
Tho highest average clans standing
during the month is 100 the lowest
2S. Tho highest general average 100
tho lowest 61.
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First Division.
"A" GRADE.
Ella Locke
Amanda Wilcox
Jessie Parsons
Dora Starks
"B" GRADE'
Ktitie Murphy
Mattie Locke'
Ada Miller
Martha Gro:tt
lantha Schuitz
Mary Schrincr
Johnnie Murphy
Eugene Parsons
Freddie Aldrich
Eugene Beckwith
"C GRADE
Eva Sehriner
. Seorge Sehriner
100 100 100
100; j.S; 98
09
00
P8
99
100 Oil ()8
loo.iuo lool
100i P8j 02
100 1001 98
I100 1W 97
jl0fl on; i)8
! U'i! 011.100
j 100 100 100
1 1 oo loo n-t
95 1 9(5
00 i 03
921 97
04; 98
97 j 93
90 100
90 07
SO 80
93 95
90 08
so loo; oo I
f:ioo 95
loo,ioo!ion
I
I
I
1
100,100; OSI 94 P8
101:100 OS K4i fin
Eddie Wells
OS lOO'lOO! 001 97
K0. 00 no 72j s;i
100 100: 941 89i OO
80.100'lOOi 00! 03
Walter Widning
Villiani Miller
Mary Muttotigh
Second Division
"A" GRADE
Bernie Murphy
100; 09! ri8
lOOj 9oi 92
1001 041 92
100 100 80
90
96
95
94
95
60
89
95
80
Grant Allen
Frank Brown.
Willie Sweet
Eddie Bevier
Tellie Brown
Oo 09 95
14 joo'iog!
611 99 1 02'
00 97! 901
Martin Brogan
Jackson Schultz
Minnie Whitemen
.rw 100,100:
Flora Weininir
100 um
85 1 97
100
90
100
John Leonard
84! 00
"B" GRADE
Hattie Whitemen
100 100; on' 97; 90
100.1'jO; 07 9:i 90
Oi: 9o 04' 94 04
S2j 9.5 loo 1 31 a
31; 99 09' 2-j, 61
CM' 98:100! 62! 77
100 100' 00! 07 ! 100
00 101)! 09! 92! 05
05.1011 100 90 08
01 lie Whitemen
jiliie Brown
Fannie Hartman
Alice Payne
iJia jA'onard
Edna Walker
John Flannnirnn
Willie Locke
Frank Bulle
ilOOi 09, 97 90 99
George Wein ing
Min tie WestcoU
95,100; PK 001 08
100,100 100! 95l 98
100 100 100 100:100
Lucv Starks
Charles Arminil
80! 99; 99
ri
8(1
O'l
73
95
Charlie Stolts
Charles . ndersou
Otto Sehriner
I V; 100 100
92:
021
Oil
! 32 luo ioo!
;l'ft: 90: 9,1
Townsend Cole
W. II. 1'iiIDI
1 Ua 98; 98
5(1.!
OA TK "rlnolpal.
Wilcox Xotes.
Wilcox, l'a., Dec. lsth, 1877.
elliO. 3 is not Ditmninsr. Thow
are cleaning it out and drilling out tho
sand pump. While doiug so they aro
bailing out, on an average, about fivo
barrels a day.
Ernhotit & Tavlor have n. i-Iy nr.
and will be drilling next week. They
are going to start two more wells soon.
Several thousand acres of land has
been leased and a half dozen wells- nm
to be started at once.
A quantity of nitro irlveerl nn ia
stored in a box near the road just out
of town, and the boys are stoning it.
1 1 Apect some uay ineir parents will
be raking the ground with a fine tootii
coin i) to una some pieces to bury.
uiu, men, wnat is the use of having
an oil town unless you have all tho
.. . .1
uiuiieru improvements ?
PETE.
Piauo and Organ Dealers mid Agents
Will certainly find it to their great
advantage to examine the immenso
and beautiful stock of leading makes
of Pianos and Organs just received for
the holiday trade, comprising the most
elegant assortment of new and unique
designs ever brought to this market,
and having bought for cash, and in
largo quantities, will guarantee lower
prices than can possibly be secured at
the factory. Our stock of over 200 in
struments of Decker Brothers, Dun
ham & Sons, Bradbury. Wheelock fc
Emerson Pianos, and Estay Cottage
Organs, Shoninger Organs, Pelubit,
Pelton & Co., and George Wood Or
gans we Intend selling off before the
Holidays, until which time the most
extraordinary low figures will be
given to insure the disposal of it all.
Please write or call at once, as lirt
come will be first served. Address, S.
Hamilton, 87 Fifth Avenue, retail
store; or 28 Wood Street, wholesale
storeroetms.
Died.
Cokbad. At the residence of Geo.
Walker, on Monday, December,
11th, 1877, Mrs. Mary Conrad, mother
of Mrs. Walker, aged 75 years and 8
mouths. Mrs. Conrad, was born on
tho 10th day of March 1S02 In Sand
hausen, Alsace, then under tho
French government, and came with
her family to the United States in 1817
and settled at Warren, Pa., where her
husband died in 18-53. She had only
two children one of whom died some
yearsago. She leaves seven teen grand
children and nine great-grand child
ren. She was buried last Thursday In
the Ridgway Cemetery.
Warren papers pleR-e copy.
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