The Elk County advocate. (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, March 13, 1879, Image 3

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    mu Jlfonvfc,
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 187
Local Sotes
Mud.
. Rnhlna
v, .w.vii$ lUi
Sugar parties.
Congress on 18th.
Maple sugar weather.
St. Patrick's Day 17th.
Plant onions next month.
Trim your fruit trees soon.
Prime dried beef at Morgester's.
Save your linen duster for awhile.
Ye editor six years married on 17th
Eggs are down to 20 cents a doxen
Plenty of snow yet remains in the
Woods.
Last Sunday and Monday were
pleasant days.
Two 3 pound cans tomatoes for 25
cents at Morgester's.
Writing paper and envelopes for
ale at this office cheap.
Hyde's saw mill is running this
Week and has plenty of water.
The Western Union telegraph
office now has a brnn new sign.
Bradford now seeks to become the
County seat of McKean county.
All the hens are laying at the top
of their speed, and some of 'em in
bests.
All the nronhets rtronhesv that this
One weather will "be paid for" before
March is out.
Rafting in and running lumber
will give employment to many of our
Idle men in a few days.
Mrs. O'Herln, of St. Mary's who
was so badly burned, we are informed
has since died of her injuries.
Elk creek and the Clarion river
are at a high stage. The ice has gone
out and we expect tidings of great dam
age to property on the lower waters.
The blue Jay and robin are taken
in, in common with the rest of hu
manity, and are singing and hopping
around, near the middle of March,
as though the cold winds of this
blustering month were things of the
past.
St. Mary's oil company is deter
mined to thoroughly test the territory
in that vicinity. The shares are put
at the moderate price of $5 each, thus
enabling persons of moderate means to
become prospective millionaires.
Sunday all the men and boys were
sitting on the platforms in front of the
stores, chewing tobacco, telling stories
and whittling. The platform in front
of Service's hardware store looking as
though a dozen carpenters had been at
work for $ 3.50 a day, and were bent on
earning their wages.
House-cleaning time has'eome,
the time when two meals a day is the
rule, eaten on the elbow of a stove
pipe, while the dust from the parlor
carpet covers your bread and fills your
nostrils. Of course Job had trouble,
who said he hadn't, but did his wife,
Oh suffering stranger, ever clean
house?
The advent of spring uncovers and
shows up to good advantage the un
sightly piles of ashes and rubbi.th heaps
that have accumulated during the
winter. The snow is like charity
while one covers a multitude of sins
the other covers a multitude of abom
inations The moral of this short
story is that you should embrace the
first opportunity to remove all the un
sightly and unhealthy objects of which
we speak.
Michael Kelly, a nephew of Mrs.
Thos. McTigue, of this place, has been
visiting at his aunt's house since about
the time Thos. McTigue died. Last
Monday he helped himself to (200,00
belonging to the widow, and took mail
west at 2:33. The loss was not discov
ered until some time in the evening,
when Sheriff Oyster was informed of
the robbery, and at once telegraphed a
description ofthethief to Warren, Erie,
and Buffalo. Tuesday morning the
Sheriff received a telegram from the
flY. Inf t TIIU T( 11....
vmci wi i. uugo an juiig, culling mat
Kelly had been arrested at that place
at about eight o'clock, and took mail
west Tuesday afternoon with a war
rant for the culprit.
Walter Rickard, aged about 13
years, youngest son of Jas. Rickard,
was seriously injured at the landing
opposite Eagle Valley mill, on Satur
day last. He and his father were
hauling a stick of timber cut from Jas.
Gardner's big pine of which we speak
in an other place. The sled had upset
once, by which mishap the father
received several bruises. Again as the
sled -neared the landing it struck
skid, .throwing young Rickard
to the ground with the sled and
heavy stick of timber on top of him.
His feet were sticking out on one side
and his head on the other, the snow in
which he sunk saving his body from
L . i i i x !..!.. rnu ! I-
was raised from the prostrate boy, but,
before he could be rescued from his
perilous situation, the hold of the men
slipped and again the heavy timber
covered him. The next effort at
rescue was successful, and the bruised
boy was taken home. Dr. Bordwell
was sent for and bound up the wounds.
The boy's nose was broken, which
seemed to be the only broken bone,
and the only thing feared was from
possible internal rupture. At last ac
counts he was recovering as rapidly as
possible. Since the above was iu tyye
we are informed that the upper end of
the stick rested on a ridge of Ice, while
the boy Instead of landing in snow
was thrown on the icy road. Those
present say the space, between the
ground and the timber, in which he
lay, did not exceed six inches.
. Personal Notes.
Miss Jennie Gresh was homo on a
visit
J. S. Powell has a flue sand-paper
finish on his hair.
Henry McCready, of Kane, was In
tilts village on Tuesday.
Postmaster Hagerty's baby, Is now
considered out of danger.
James McAfee will move Into the
Lutheran parsonage this week.
Doctor Hartley will set out a
number of bird houses this spring.
Mrs. Cha9ley Slade is visiting at
the residence of the Coleman sisters.
Philip Leaser's children, after an
illness of several weeks, are rapidly
recovering.
Mrs. W. S. Service has returned
from a long visit to friends near Blng
hampton, N. Y.
Wm. Dniley, fromOsterhout's tan
nery, is going to raffle off a watch, a
dollar a chance is the sum asked.
Jas. Gardner cut down a pine tree
last week that measured 6J feet in
diameter and produced 750 to 800
cubic feet of timber.
J. D. Badger, formerly telegraph
operator at this place, has been trans
ferred to Daguscahonda, and Frank
Bowker takes his place.
Mrs. Fuller, ye editor's mother-in-law,
after a stay of several months, re
turned to her home at Edinboro, Erie
county, last Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. N. T. Cummings and G. T.
Wheeler have returned from the east
ern cities and bring with them a large
stock of goods for the new store in the
Service block.
James Maginnis' youngest child,
a boy only a few months old, has been
very sick for a few days past, so that
its life was dispnirod of. It is now in a
fair way to recover.
James Maginnis has purchased of
Horace Little the piece of land at the
lower end of South street known as the
McNulty lot, and yesterday set out 16
shadetrees on the front of the property.
Grove Messenger still mourns be
cause we accused him of being a Re
publican. Now, if the Republican
party will forgive us this time we will
never, no never, do so again.
Laura J. Blakely, formerly editor
of the St. Mary's Gazette and well
known to our citizens, who now lives
at Louisville, Ky., passed through
this place on Monday last on a visit to
St. Mary's.
Miss Dora Irwin is now at home
on a two months' vacation. She speaks
in high terms of the parents and
children of the Dry Saw Mill school
where she has just finished teaching
a term. Miss Irwin will return at the
end of the vacation to teach the sum
mer school at the above named place.
MARRIED.
Reed Jones On Tuesday Feb.
2oth 1879, at the M. E. Parsonoge. by
Rev. H. V. Talbot. Mr. Dan Reed
to Miss Hattie N. Jones, both of
Ridgway.
Card Harps On Tuesday
March 11th 1879, at the M. E. Parson
age, by Rev. H. V. Talbot, Levi Card, of
Roulette, Pa., to Miss Etta Harps of
Ridgway, Pa.
Hewitt Morey. On Saturday,
Feb. 22d, 1879, by Rev. J. W. Martin,
at Brockwayville, Mr. H. P. Hewitt
of Toby to Miss J. M. Morey, of
Daguscahonda.
Fresh eggs 20 cents a dozen at
Morgester's.
A new telephone line between the
post office and the Western Union
telegraph office.
Send $1.50 to this office and get
The Advocate one year and a chance
In our drawing.
The meetings at the M. E. Church
still continue with increasing Interest.
All are cordially Invited to attend.
Oil well No. 3 on the Kinzua, is
reported as producing forty barrels a
day. Such was the report here yester
day. James McAfee, Merchant Tailor,
has a full line of spring and summer
samples. Suits made as low as $15.
Call at once and take your pick.
Evidence in the Curtin-Yocum
contested election case on the part of
the contestee before Notay H. M.
Powers, at Geo. A. Rathbun's office
on Saturday next.
The Elk Democrat's report of the
Tracy murder trial was a very com
plete and satisfactory one. We doubt
if any other paper contained as graphic
and well written an account of that re
markable trial.
Cattle are still pastured in our
streets, and the sidewalks bear ample
evidence of their daily walk. The
sidewalk near the Exchange hotel, is
about the worst in town. How long
shall this nuisance be borne ?
The Commissioners are now on a
tour of observation or inspection of the
court housees and jails of other
counties. No doubt now exists of the
erection of a court house and Jail in
this place during the coming summer.
We have faith enough in the present
board of Commissioners to believe that
they will erect buildings with a view
to their use for many years to come,
and that the structures will be sub
stantial and neat.
Mrs. O'Herln, the wife of Michael
O'Herln, who reclines in the jail at
Ridgway, and an account of whose
brutality we gave a few weeks ago, is
literally dying by inches from burns
received at the hands of her husband.
We are told that the flesh is falling
from her bones, and the poor woman
suffers untold agonies. All hope of
her recovery Is given up. She re
mains in an unconscious state most of
the time. There is certainly no pun
ishment too severe for such hellish
work. BU Mary's Gate tie.
The Little Folks Concert.
The concerts given at the Opera
House on Saturday and Monday even
ings by the little folks, under Ibe di
rection of their teacher, E. V Hcelsche,
were moderately well attended, and
well worth the price of admission.
When we consider that the class have
been organized but little more than
a week the success of the exhibi
tion is all the more wonderful. While
we are disinclined to praise one above
another where all did well, yet we can
not refrain from naming a few as de
serving more than ordinary notice.
"Popping the Question," by Gus.
Woodward and Mamie Bchrenlng elic
ited, as It well deserved, the applause
of the audience; Mamie's lisping voice
adding a charm to her really excellent
singing. " The Prima Donna and her
Cavalier," by Lola Hartley and Carol
McAfee, was a neat little performance,
the young cavalier acquitting himself
nobly and the little Miss singing in
sweetest strains. "Milkmaid and
Dandy," by Clarice Bordwell and
Willie Sehram was excellently ren
dered, the dandy being hard to beat,
while the singing and acting of the
milkmaid was all that could be de
sired. " Prayer Granted," in which
Mattle Healy sang the solo, was as
nearly perfect as such short practice
could make it. " Duet from HoBlsche's
German Opera, Baron Elder,' " by
Prof. Hoplsche and Katie Gresh, was
good In all respects, Miss Gresh's sing
ing and gestures being very creditable.
"Folks that Put on Airs," by Gus.
Woodward, would have done credit to
a professional. "When Ye Gang
Awa, Jamie, by Nellie Jockson and
Willie Sehram, is worthy of great
praise, and the encores of the audience
attested to the appreciation in which
it was held; Miss Jackson is certainly
gifted with as sweet and beautiful a
voice as it Is easy to conceive, and
with proper training she will yet be a
singer among thesingers, while Master
Sehram deserves great credit for the
excellent manner in which he carried
his part; to our way of thinking this
little song was the sweetest, neatest
and best rendered of all, and if no
other piece had been given we would
have been well satisfied that the price
of admission was well expended.
"Scene from the Brigand Pardon,
Forgive," in this Mrs. Fullerton did
herself great credit, and showed that
singing with her is a talent that could,
with proper training, reach high
grounds; It was excellently rendered,
and stamps this lady as one of our best
singers and Ridgway can boust of
many ladies who are singers of no
mean degree. " The Months and 29th
of February," twelve girls and a boy,
was a neat little song and chorus in
which the acting and singing was very
good. " Lady of Beauty," on Monday
night, did not seem toamountto much
at first, but the wind up was heurt
rending. Prof. Hcelsche in the "Mul
ligan Guards" (an instrumental piece)
suited the audience and demonstrated
that he is a master of the piano. In
his "Bonnie Annie Laura" the
audience were convulsed. Not wishing
to be too extravagant in our meed of
praise we will say that nothing in
Ridgway, for many a day lias given
more general satisfaction on such short
notice. In a few weeks the adult class
will give an entertainment, which
we are satisfied will be au abundant
success.
Thecommissioners having in hand
the erection of the new Middle district
penitentiary, at Huntingdon, met at
the Girard House yesterday to award
the contract for building the reservoir
and laying water pipe. They were in
session from eleven o'clock in the
morning till eight in the evening.
There were forty-three bids altogether.
They ranged from $5,165 to $20,000.
The contractors bidding were from all
parts of the state, Philadelphia, Pitts
burg, Harrisburg, Huntingdon, Potts
ville, Reading, Lock Haven, Columbia,
and Lancaster. From Philadelphia
and Pittsburg the principal number
came. A Philadelphia firm, Samuel
H. Collon Sc Co., got the contract,
their bid being the lowest $5,165.
This bid was rather a surprise to the
commission, as they did not expect
the work could be done for that price,
and some are still of the opinion
that the contractors cannot make any
thingoutof thecontract. The security
required must be equal to the full
amount of the bid. The reservoir must
be large enough to contain 060,000
gallons of water. The amount of iron
pipe to be laid Is 3,300 feet, eight-inch
size. AU the members of the commis
sion were present yesterday. Charles
Thomson Jones presided. Williams
port G. St R.
The new Presbyterian Chapel,
over Messenger's drug store, was
formally opened on Sunday last. The
day was all that could well be desired.
Morning and evening the Chapel was
filled to its utmost capacity. The
number that can be comfortably seated
in this new place of worship is about
250, and more can be accommodated
by placing chairs in the aisles. The
seats are easy and the room tastefully
arranged. The carpenter work was
done by Messrs. Jackson & Bowers,
and the kalsomining and painting by
W. S, McVey. By day the large
windows on either side and at the
end of the room let in a flood of light.
By night two large chandeliers make
It as light as day. The doors at the
top of the stairs are hung with double
acting hinges, so that in case of fire
the Chapel can speedily be vacated
without danger to the audience. The
windows are adorned with neat curtins
which help to give a home-like appear
ance to the room. The Presbyterians
can certainly congratulate themselves
on having an attractive and beautiful
place of worship.
Our new gold-edged visltag cards
are the nobbiest thing yet. Call and
see our sample.
. Proposed Railroad Extensions.
From the BrookVUle Republican.
We clip the following from the Pitts
burgh Commercial Gazette of last
Thursday, from whloh It appears
that an effort Is being made to have
the Foxburg, St. Petersburg and
Clarion Narrow Gauge Railroad ex
tended through to the Bradford oil
district. 'During the past few weeks
we have heard many reports concern
ing the location of the road, some of
our citizens who claimed to be posted
in the matter asserting that Brookville
was to be taken In on the mute. It
will appear from this extract that we
are a little "off the belt," a line
through Forest county being proposed:
"A project is on foot to extend the
narrow gauge railroad from Foxburg
to Parker, and thence to Hilliard Mills,
to connect With the Shenango Valley
road, and eventually connect with the
Pittsburgh, New Castle & Lake Erie
road which will give a continuous line
of narrow gague from this city to the
northern oil fields. A controlling in
terest in the Emlenton, Shlppenvllle
& Clarion road has been purchased by
the Foxburgh, St Petersburgh &
Clarion Rail Road Company, and the
two roads will hereafter be run by the
latter company. The line will soon be
extended through Forest county to
McKean. $50,000 of the $100,000 re
quired having been subscribed by Mrs.
Mary Fox, and the remainder will
probably be taken by Phyladelphla
parties who are Interested In oil and
lumber lands lying between Clarion
and McKean1"
They seem to have the railroad fever
in other portions of our country, as
would appear from the following taken
from the Du Boise City Courier: "A
continually recurring period of rail
road fever is a fixed principle of every
town in the country, Du Bols included,
and just now the town Is suffering
from its favorite malady. It is asserted
and not without grounds, that a rail
road will be built through this valley
in the near future. The cause for
accepting the theory Is based upon the
Erie road and a few less important
companies. Some of the leading men
of these companies have purchased
large quantities of coal lands in Elk
and Jefferson counties, and In order to
get out the coal a road must be built to
some accessible point in Toby valley.
But two practical routes have presented
themselves ; the one is down the
Clarion River from Ridgway to the
mouth of Toby, following the stream
to the coal beds at Its source. The
other route is by Falls creek or Du
Bois, crossing the summit of the
mountain near the line of Lane's board
road, and down the Rattlesnake branch
to Brockwayville, which is one of the
objective points. Now a still more
feasible plan, It is argued, will be to
construct a continuous route from
Ridgway, or some other point on the
P. & E. road, by way of the Clarion
to intersect the Low Grade at or above
Du Bois City. From that an exten
sion would lu all probability be made
to open the coal fields of Punxsu
tawney, which are among the best in
the State "
The division of Renovo into
wards, makes but a few trifling
changes in our former rules of govern
ment. Each ward is made a separate
election district. The burgess, assist
ant burgess, justice of the peace,
auditors, high constable and school
directors will be elected by the con
current votes of the two wards. Each
ward will be entitled to three members
of council, a constable and an assessor.
Those in office remain until the ex
piration of the terms for which they
have been elected. The law also
provides that on the first Friday after
each borough election held in boroughs
divided, the judges of election of the
various wards shall meet at the place
of meeting of the town council, at 9
o'clock a. m., and canvass the votes
cast for officers elected by the concur
rent votes of the various wards, and
declare the result of such election, and
grant certificates to the persons elected.
Renovo Record.
Lucy Ann. Ordway, aged 17 years,
died last Saturday, 1st Inst, at the res
idence of J. C. Chandler, on North
Creek, in Shippeu township. Miss
Ordway had been Working at Mr.
Chandler's about two weeks, and
during most of the time had been feel
ing quite unwell. Thursday night
deceased was taken ill with a pain
in her head and sickness at the
stomach. Her sickness continued un
til her death although there was
nothing alarming in her symptoms,
and she was able tobe about the house
a portion of the time.-; Saturday morn
ing she got up and ate her breakfast,
and afterwards laid down upon the
lounge and went to sleep. About 8
o'clock, while the family were at break
fast, deceased's little sister went Into
the room, and found Miss Ordway in a
spasm; she called the family, and
they found her apparently dying
She continued unconscious most of
the time untill 8 o'clock, Saturday
afternoon, when she died. Dr. Heil
man was sent for but did not arrive
until after her death. Before death,
some red spots appeared on her face
and arms, and remained until her
burial, giving her such a fresh and
life-like appearance that many of her
friends and neighbors did not believe
she was dead. Dr. Freeman, of
bmethport, was sent for, and inter
ment delayed until Tuesday afternoon.
When Dr. Freeman arrived unmis
takable evidence of death had devel
oped, but the life-like appearance re
mained the deceased being to all ap
pearance in a sweet sleep her face
flushed, the color of ears and lips as
fresh as in life. The funeral took place
I uesday afternoon. Cameron iYe.
Canned lobsters, salmon, clams
and cove oysters at Morgester's.
Killed by a Tree. Uriah Guss,
a farmer, ' living on Tuscarora creek,
two miles west of Port Royal, Juniata
county, was klliedon the 33d ult.,
under peculiar circumstances. A
large oak, with great spreading
branches, standing on the edge of the
creek, on a bank fifteen feet high, had
been cut down the day previous. His
son was hauling home these branches
for fire-wood, while he was trimming
up the top of the tree. There was a
large limb on the lower side and a
smaller snag on the upper side on
which it rested, keeping the top of the
tree up in the air tde trunk thirty
feet from the stump being six or eight
feet from the ground. This top no
doubt seemed to him to rest securely.
He cut a small limb that proved to be
the last prop of the lower large limb
and the whole trunk turned around
suddenly bringing the heavy limbs of
themain trunk sweepingdown towards
the stream. He ran from this when
observed, Bhaplng his course in order
to avoid a brush heap that had accum
ulated. Yet this was the fatal spot.
At a distance of eighteen feet a heavy
limb came down upon him, crushing
him to the Ice, for he was now on the
creek. His ribs were crushed In, the
back broken, as were also his leg and
arm. The whole body was crushed
In a heap. The son so found him on
his return, after fifteen minutes it
being only three hundred yards from
the house. The lad cut off the limb
but life was goue. Though so crushed
yet there was no outside flesh wound.
Uriah Guss was a farmer, in good
circumstances. He had been a carpen
ter by trade, exceedingly ingenious as
a mechanic, had been an expert axman
and had cut thousands of trees In his
day. He was fifty-eight years old, and
leaves a family of twelve children,
half of whom are married. He was
a brother of Prof. A. L. Guss, of this
borough. Huntingdon Globe.
A movement is on foot at Harris
burg to secure an intelligent reform in
the laws of Pennsylvania relating to
the collection of debts. Since the
repeal of the national bankrupt act,
Pennsylvania, like the other states of
the Union, has been compelled to
rely on the local insolvent laws that
happened to be in force. In the
abseuce of a general bankrupt law the
State laws at once take effect. In
respect to its laws for the collection of
debts, Pennsylvania is, perhaps,
worse off than any of the other States.
In this State to day there is practically
no method by which the creditor can
collect his debts without great litiga
tion if the debtor desires and endeavors
to avoid payment. The Insolvent laws
now on the statute book are in all
essential respects the same as were In
existance 100 years ago. In other
directions the laws have been reformed
and improved as defects have been
revealed in the light of experience,
but it still continues to be impossible
for a creditor to obtain any degree of
justice in the Courts of Pennsylvania
if his debtor is inclined to interpose
obnt motions. As it is now, no mode
of procedure exists whereby a debtor
can be compelled to disclose the true
condition of his affuirs, and it is Im
possible to prevent preferences on the
part of the debtors in the disposal of
their property. l'hila. Record.
The Democrats of North Carolina
went into office as the party of "re
trenchment and reform." But the
annual ordinary expenses of the last
Republican administration were $102,
060 ; while those of the next succeeding
Democratic administration were $110,
220 in one year, and $104,833 in another.
Whereat the real reformers of that
party arn very indignant; but the
regulars listen to their complaints and
smile.
Quite likely your subscription to
i he advocate has expired. Then,
why not send us $1,50 for next year,
and get a number in our drawing.
No county paper makes as good an
offer to subscribers as The Advocate.
Specimen copies furnsihed free.
"A PUBLIC BENEFACTOR"
Office of Nichols t Hlelner, 48 Pine St
i, w New York City, Nov., 13, 1678.
Da. M. M. Fexnkk, Fredonia. N. Y
for nilllousneHa and Dyspepsia for years Mv
friend Hon. H C. Lake, of he Newark Cu
torn House, Induced inn to try your lilood
I.il'Ol Hnmmlu un.l V" ...... ., ri' . . . 1 . . . . .
rod and
the use
------ -. .... ..j uiiu 1. 1 y c j uuju, J I V rne
Of tWO b()tllP I havn Sll.tnlnn.l .
freshing relief. I look upon it as one of tha
re-
Kreaient iiemedles of the day, and you as the
compounder of the snme, as'
In. . . . . .... .-.... . .
pumlcbenefac.
Commissioner of Excise for New York nit.,
. x uui a liuiv. .viii. n
Dr. Fenner's Blood and Liver Rem
edy and erve Tonic mav well
be
called "The conquering hero" of the
times. It is the medical triumph of
the age. Whoever has " the blues "
should take it, for it regulates and re
stores the disordered system that gives
rise to them. It always cures Billious
ness and Liver Complaint, Jaundice,
Dyspepsia, Constipation, Headaches,
Fever and Agce, Spleen Enlarge
ments, Scrofula, Erysipelas, Pimples,
Blotches and all Skin Ebuptions
and Blood Disorders; Swelled
Limbs and Dropsy; Sleeplessness, Im
paired Nerves and Nervous Debility;
Restores flesh and strength when the
system is running down or going into
decline; cures Female Weakness and
Chronic Rheumatism, and relieves
Chronic Bronchitis, and all Lung and
Throat difficulties. It does these things
by striking at the root of disease and
removing its.
Dr. Fenner's Improved Cough
Honey will relieve any cough In one
hour.
Dr. Fenner's Golden Relief cures
any pain, as Tooth-ache Neuralgia,
Colic or Headache in 6 to 10 minutes
and readily relieves Rheumatism, Kid
ney Complaint, Diarrhoea, Dysentery.
Dr. Fenner's St. Vitus Dance Spe
cific. One bottle always cures. For
sale by Drs. T. S. Hartley and D. B.
Day.
A full line of choice groceries,
eheap for cash at Morgester's
Awarded the Highest Medal At Vienna
and Philadelphia.
E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO.
691 Broadway, New York,
Opp. Metropolitan Hotel,
Manufacturers, Importers and dealers in
Velvkt Fbailks, Albums Gbapho-
ftCOPBS.
AND VIEWS,
ENGRAVINGS,
CHROMOS,
PHOTOGRAPHS.
And kindred goods Celebrities
Actresses, etc.
Photographic Materials.
We are Headquarters for everything la
the way of
STEREOPTICONS AND MAGIC
LANTERNS,
Being Manufacturers of the
Micro-sclentlflo Lahtere,
Stereo-panopticon ,
University Stereepticon,
Advertiser's Stereopticon,
Artoptlcon.
School Lantern, Family Lantern,
People's Lantern.
Each Style beihg the best of its class
in the market.
Beautiful Photographic Transparen
cies of Statuary and Engravings for
the windows.
Convex Glass. Manufacturers of
Velvet Frames for Miniatures aud
Convex Glass Pictures.
Catalogues of Lanterns and Slides,
with directions for using, sent on re
ceipt of two cents.
jtgyCut out this advertisement for
reference.
THE
TOLEDO B LAD E.
Nasby's Paper.
BEFORE YOU subscribe for
any other pa
per send for a specimen copy of The
Toledo Blade. It is a Mammoth
Eight-Page Weekly Paper, of sixty
four columns, filled with carefully pre
pared reading matter of interest and
value to people in all parts of the
United States.
SPECIAL FEATURES.
All the departments which have
made The Blade so popular all over
the United States, will be regularly
continued, namely: The Popular
Letters of that distinguished Demo
cratic politician, Rev. Petroleum V.
Nusby, which are written expressly
for The Blade ; our Household De-
fartmctit, a rich depository of practical
11 formation upon subjects of interest
In every home ; a Young People's De
partment; a Religious Department,
embracing the weekly Sunday School
Lesson ; Charming Poetry ; the Bright
est Wit and Humor ; the Best Stories,
Original and Selected; Answers to
Correspondents, and the Latest News
from all parts of the world, The
Blade circulates largely in every
State and Territory in the Union, and
is everywhere recognized as the largest
and Best News and Family Paper pub
lished anywhere. Try it and you will
never willingly be without it.
Among the new features for this
winter are a series of
Andersoaville Prison Sketches,
by one who was there. A new Serial
Story was commenced November 14th.
Another one will commence in Janu-
ERMS. Single cony, her vear. H2:
five copies, 11.75 each : ten or mora
copies, $1.65 each, and an extra copy
with every club of ten. Specimen
copies sent free. Send for one. Ad
dress TOLEDO BLADE.
Toledo, Ohio.
FIFTY TBOTOAITO B0023.
FOR BALE AT HALF PRICE.
Wp are ttnw nfFpHnw in (Via nutvltn
postage prepaid, at one-half the regular
l r. 1 1 1 . . - I .
li iueb, uujr muunuiiu vuiuuifs 01 cnoice
books, comprising History, Biography,
Fiction, Poetry, Humor, Medical, Re
ligious and Scientific Works, editions
of Standard Authors, etc., etc. These
books are selected by ouf Mr. Locke
(Nasby) from the shelves of the lead
ing publishers of the country, are all
new and fresh, and are the identical
editions handled by the retail book
sellers. We have mailed thousands of
these books to all parts of the country,
and every book sent Out is warranted
to be exactly as represented and to
give entire satisfaction,
CATALOGUES FREE
We have printed a large and com
plete catalogue of our books, arranged
by subjects, and on application will
mail copies free to any address. We
shall also be glad to send free specimen
copies of The Blade whenever asked
to do so. All iwmmi. KwKm. im
, ( 1 ' M.ug iu au-
vertisemeht are cordially invited to
send us by postal card or otherwise the
umucB m inemseives ana mends
Address TOLEDO BLADE,
Toledo, Ohio,
Business Cards.
Ratea ml Advertising.
Oneoolumn, one yeftr...,...i....i.i..' J 55
Q m .i,ni..iii.. 25 00
Ohm" ', 16 00
'mnnlent sdvurtlopmenU per square of
eight linen, one Indortloll tl.two insertions
It!), three Insertion 12.
Buslneia cards, ten lines of lets, per jreer
Advertisements payable quartern' .
seo. a. rathbun
attorney-at-laW.
Main street, Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.
hall. . m'cauley
attorney-at-law.
Office in new brick building, Mala
street, Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa. y82t
attorneys-at-law,
Ridgway, Elk county, Pa. Offloo
across the hall from the Democrat es
tablishment. Claims for collection
promptly attended to. Jliel6,lBY6
B. Q. MESSENGER.
DRUGGIST & PARMACEUTIST,
N. W. corner of Main and Mill streets
Ridgway, Pa., full assortment Of care
fully selected Foreign and Domestic
Drugs. Prescriptions carefully dis
pensed at all hours, day or night.
vln8y '
J. S. BORDWELL, M. D.
ELECTIC PHYSICIAN A SURG'N,
Has removed his office from Centre
street to Main street, Ridgway, Pa., in
the second story of the new brick
building of John G. Hall, west of the
Hyde House.
Onlce hours ; 1 to 2 p. M. 7 to 0 P.M.
MRS. H. T. SUMMING.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF NEW STYLE
HATH JVST RECEIVED
at Mrs. N. T. Cummings, also ties, col
law, cuffs, holsery, gloves, fthd a gen
eral assortment of Ladles' Fancy
Goods. Remember the place, In H. S.
Thayer's Building, Main street. Call
and examine before purchasing else
where.
APPLETON'S AMERICAN CYCLO
PEDIA. Volume 16 of this admirable work is
just out, making It Complete. Each
volume contains 800 pages. It makes
a complete library, and no one can
afford to do without it who would keep
well Informed. Price $3.00 a volume
In leather, or $7.00 iu elegant half Tur
key. C. K. Judson, Fredonia, N. Y.,
controls the sale in Elk county. Ad
dress him for particulars. sepl7-tf
HYDE HOUSE.
W. H. SCHRAM, Proprietor,
Ridgway, Elk county, PA.
Thankful for the patronage hereto
fore so liberally bestowed Upon him,
the hew proprietor hopes, by paying
strict attention to the comfort and con
venience of guests, to merit a continu
ance of the same. oct30'69
MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING,
MRS. J. R. KELTZ, Kersey, Elk
county, Pa., takes this method of ah
nouncing to the cltleens of Elk county
that she nas on hand an assortment of
fashionable millinery goods Which will
be sold cheap. Also dressmaking in
all its branches.
Agent for Dr. J. Bail & Co.'s Patent
Ivory and Lignum Vitte Eye Cups.
Send for descriptive circular. nl7yl
NOTICE Is hereby given that a pe
tition of citizens of Ridgway township
will be presented at the next Court of
Quarter Sessions of Elk connty for the
incorporation of a Borough of the town
of Ridgway.
Howe Sewing Machines.
Among the great variety of goods of
every description for sale at
Powell & Kime's
Will be found an assortment of th
celebrated Ellas Howe, Jr., Improved
Sewing Machines the best machine
now manufactured they having been
appointed sole agents for Elk county.
They will keep on hand Tuckers,
Corders, Hemmers, Braiders and Ruf
flers, Needles, Sewing-machine Oil,
Thread, fec, &c. Will also furnish at
any time detached parts for said ma
chine. All at greatly reduced prices,
and will be sold on accommodating
terms with approved security,
Ridgway, Aug. 20, '78. tf.
N
EW LIVERY STABLE
IN
RIDGWAY.
DAN SCRIBNER WISHES TO
inform the citizens of Ridgway, and
the publio generally, that he has
started a Livery Stable and will keep
GOOD STOCK, GOODICARRIAGES
and Buggies to let upon the most
reasonable terms.
6yHe will also do job teaming.
Stable on Elk street All orders left
at the Post Office Will receive prompt
attention.
Aug201C71tf
3 wanteJL
FOB OVft
GREAT WORK,
NOW IN FRESH,
THE IHBUSTRlAl
History of the United &ate3
Being a complete history of all the
important industries of America, in
cluding Agricultural, Mechanical,
Manufacturing, Mining, Commercial
and other enterprises. About 1,00(1
large octavo pages and 300 fine en
gravings. Ho Work Liko It Ever PttlliEhed
For terms and territory apply at once.
THE HENRY BILL PUB. CO.,
Norwich, Connecticut,
v8n40-6ni
CARDS, TAGS, ENVELOPES,
BILt ANfi tfeffER-HABij
A-t this erf iHk