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THURSDAY, APRIL H( 181.'
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One Square Three Week 2.00
Kuril additional Insertion 50 cents a square
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line for ech additional Insertion.
HEtfaY A. PAR30N3.J3.. Pronrietsr.
Gus. Rohde the Popular
Barber Still Ahead.
LOOK AT HIS PRICES,
Shaving with Uay Rum 10 cents
Hair Cutting 13 cents
Shompoo 15 cents
Dry Shampoo .10 cento
Moustache Dying 15 cents
Shop corner Main and Mill streets,
Tiidgway, Pa.
Satisfaction guaranteed every time.
lApril 17th la Easter Sunday.
Hunker Hill Chow Chow In two
gallon pails at Morgester's.
-rOur Clarion river lumber article is
postponed for want of facts.
There will be Easfcr service at the
M. E. chtirch next Sabbath morning
and evening.
For farm, road, or lumber harness,
eiugle or double, give Jacob Butter
fuss a cell.
If you have any work in the line
of upholstering send It to Jacob But
terfuss' harness shop.
The Lutherans are having a
picket fence built in front of their
church and parsonage on South street.
The work 011 Jacob Butterflies'
new building opposite the Bogart
House, is being rapidly pushed for
ward. Take-it-Easy and Live-Long are
brothers, and are related to Ayer's
Sarsaparilla, which has lengthened
many a life.
The Reading Circle meets every
Monday evening In the school house
at half past seven sharp. All are in
vited to attend.
Our lumbermen have been wait
ing for a flood, which came Tuesday.
Yesterday morning the water was
rising rapidly, and the fear now is
that there will be u bank-sweeper.
In a few days Powell & Kime, of
the Grand Central Store, will com
mence to receive their large and
varied stock of new good for spring
and summer trade. Wait for their
elegant new stock before making pur
chases. New Gooda at Morgester's this
week:
100 pound Saner Kraut.
1 keg Fine Pickled Tongues.
J case pure Horse Radish.
100 pounds urime Clover and Timo
thy seed. . .
X barrel prime sweet potatoes.
Congregational.
A Congregational minister from
Obcrlin College, Ohio, will preach irr
the school house on next Sabbath the
17th Inst. Hours of service 11 A. M.
and "i P. M. Sabbath school im
mediately after morning service.
Renort of the Third la'paitmeut of the
lf idgwav Graded School for the month end
ing April ll.lNSl.
TEACHER
Emma V.. Ross
31 2-5 !U
The hiirliest elavs-standlng obtained by any
pupil in room No. ft it
'1 ho following nre the mimes of pupils bo
longing to said room who received more than
0 per cent, nt the monthly e.xuiiiiniitlou for
ciuss-suinding.
"K" sub (irade Jessie Lnnioreux KiU;
Minnie Kclieeiiiiuc 111.
"K" tirade Willie (19: Frank Wells 9fl;
I.ora Iluks OS; Nellie Iloiaday ihi, Alice Dim
med Mi.
"(" Grad John Ileeley lOOjlames T)nly Kir,
John Duly 1)1: John Kgler t'i; Minnie Syki.-s
1.
"H" Grade Twilda Messenser 91.
TriiHiil Martin Cunningham.
Visitors Misses Mry Lathv, Agnes Bar
rett, Nrtllie Itlilnes, l'rof. Geo. H.
Dixon, and Mrs. H. Itoss.
One hundred boxes Imported Sar
dines. 25 boxes American Sardines
Also new cuse Lobsters and Salmons
at Morgester's.
List of Letters
Remaining in the Ridgway postofilee,
Elk Co., Pa., for the week ending
April 11.1SS1.
'Black, Mack
Bauer, Anteny
Brown, Ada
Clark, Austus 11.
Cypher, & Co.
Carson, Louis
Forsgren, O,
Oarnce, Bell II. Mrs.
Goodwin, F. F. (2) .
Hendrich, George
Himes, Joseph H.
Hendricks, Nettie
Lane, Geo. J.
MeColgin, W.
Miller, Louis P.
, McWerton, Aggie Miss
Richard, A. J.
Persons applying lor letters will
please say advertised.
J. H. HAGERTY, P. M.
Ridgway Borough Organized.
The town council met at the Pro
thonotary's oflice the first Monday
of April. Owing to the absence of
Mr. Osterhout they adjourned to Sat
urday, April 9, 1881. Meeting on Sat
urday in pursuance of the adjourn
ment a permanent organization was
efl'ected by electing C. H. McCauley,
President, and W. CHealy.Seeretary,
J. H. Hagerty was selected as street
commissioner. G. W. Nichols, M. E.
Lesser, and P. T. Brooks, were nom
inated as candidates for street com
missioner, but as neither of these
gentlemen got a majority of
votes on the first three ballots, the
name of Mr. Hagerty was proposed as
compromise candidate, when an
other ballot resulted In his election.
The council then adjourned to meet
Wednesday, April 18, 1881, at Hall &
McCau ley's oflice.
Personal Items.' "' '
Mrs. A. H. Head is quite eerlously
ill.
H. Little returned home Satur
day. Henry Blesh, of Benezette, was in
town.
James Riley, of St. Marys.was in
town on Tuesday. .
W. C.;ilealy has arrived safely
from his recent trip to Florida.
James Penfleld Is too slck to be out
of the house at present writing.
V. H. Osterhoutreturned home
from New York City last Week.
Rev. J. A. Hovls, of Centrevllle,
visited Rev. S- M. Clark this week.
Miss Edith Hartley, of Buffalo,
is visiting her uncle, Dr. T. S. Hartley
at this place.
Miss Kittle Whitmore,'rof this
place, is visiting friends in Kane, Mc
Kean county.
Miss Ll.zie Lloyd.of Kane, vis
ited Miss Kittle Whitniore of this
place last week.
Mr. Broughton and family have
removed to Foxburg;where they will
reside in the future.
Mr. Egler, the pop man, now
occupies the store-room formerly oc
cupied by Mr. Bullers.
Wm. C. Maloney, who has been
working at Kane for some- time past,
was in town last week.
J. C.Nichols, who has been visiting
his parents for some time pust returned
to Olean on Friday last.
Jerry Singleton is having a new
front added tojliis building on the
west comer of Main and Mill streets.
J. W. Morgester is building an
nddition to his store to extend back SO
feet. G. W. Nichols is doing the
work.
John P. Decker, and William
Fannin, whom we have noticed as hav
ing broken legs, are rapidly recover
ing. R.V.Kime.of the firm of Powell &
Kime, and B. T. Chapin, of Brock
wayville, departed for New York City
last Friday.
Miss Lizzie Dalton, of Piue Grove,
Clarion county, who formerly lived at
this place, lias now returned and is
living at Mr. D. S. Luther's.
Mrs. J. W. Eyster, nee Luther,
returned to her home in Erie on
Saturday last, after a visit of several
days with her mother who is quite
seriously ill.
M.Cohen.and Philip Brownstelne
of the firm of Cohen Bros. & Brown
steino, are now in ew York city.
They will open up their new stock of
goods on hand in about a week.
There was a very pleasant sur
prise at the M. E. parsonage Ridgway.
Pa., Tue-day, April 12th, several
ladies took posesJ-ion and generously
entertained the pastor and his
family. Thanks to the ladies and to
the generous donors of about $35 in
cash and valuable parcels.
BIRTH.
Vaitoiian Saturday, April 0. 18Bl,to'
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Vaughan, a
daughter.
Thursday morning last, April 7, in
company with Dr. D. V. Crossmire, of
Kane, and Dr. Bordwell of this place,
and behind Dr. Bordwell's new team,
we took a sleigh ride (and the sleigh
ing was excellent) to Grant's tannery
to witness a surgical operation on .the
leg of John May, a man of perhaps
fifty four years. At fifteen years of
age Mr. May had a fever sore near the
ankle joint, which broke and finally
healed over. Since which time his
leg has troubled him more or less.
Several months ago his leg became so
lame that he was unable to work, and
wn confined to the house enduring
great pain. An examination disclosed
the fact that the bone of the leg from
near the knee joint aud below was be
coming' porous aud carieous, and from
the heat of the outside, and the great
pain endured by the patient the pres
eneeof pus was suspected which had
no way of escape but tli rough the bone
which difficulty would in time ex
tend to the knee joint, when a loss of
the limb or perhaps life itself might
ensue. It was decided to make an
artificial opening which operation
was performed by Dr. Crossmire as
sisted by Dr. Bordwell. The patient
was placed under the InUuenee cf
chloroform, a diagonal Insertion of two
or two and a half inches made a few
inches below the knee, when the
trephine was brought into requisition
and a circular piece of the carieous or
necrosed bone was removed from the
tibia. The object of the operation was
to allow the matter to escape and give
it a chance to heal up from the bot
tom. As the piece of bone was re
moved the pus oozed from the hole
showing that the leg was in a bad
condition. The operation was neatly
and quickly performed. Dr, Bord
well has charge of the patient and
thinks he will fully recover from his
lameness and that a pennant cure
may be effected. About four weeks
will be required to heal up the wound.
Harness oil aud axle grcese at
Jacob Butterfuss'.
M. Shipmau,an unmarried man
about 23 years of age, was Injured in a
serious manner at Whistletown, Wed.
uesday, April 6. As he was drawing
logs on a sled with a long bolster, he
slipped off, perhaps striking on his feet
when the bolster struck in such a
manner as to double him up in a space
under the bolster of 8 or 10 inches.
The horses stopped at his command;
when taken to the house the man was
in a bent position the result of a par
tial dislocation of the back bone. Dr.
Bordwell was sent for and on arriving
bent the man forward still more, and
set his back. The patient will, with
out doubt, fully recover.
' ROSE3. r -
To raise roses lu perfection, it ia
needful to feed them well and place
them In the full sunlight, and not.
where they will be shaded by tree or
shrubs. After they have bloomed
prune them closely, and aim when
they commence to leaf In the early
spring. The beds in which they are
planted must be very rich with well
decomposed compost, dug to the depth
of at least two feet. In making a rose
bed, It is a good plan to take off the
soil for two or three feet in depth
and fill the cavity with good ordure
well rotted. Then add six inches of a
foot of very rich soil with a mixture
of sand. After the plants are set,
mulch them with long litter from the
stable. This will keep the roots moist
and cool during the heated term, and
make a healthy growth of brauches
and flowers.
After the June flowering has passed,
all monthly roses should be severely
pruned and the new growth cut back
two or three inches, also the old
branches should be cut away. The
handsomest flowers always spring
from fresh growth from the roots; and
to make these start vigorously the
knife must be 1'reely used. 2 For a few
weeks, your pets may seem shorn of
their glory, but soon they will renew
their beauty aud give you plenty of
flowers; while if you permit the seed
buds to form, it will stop the blossom
ing in a great degree. Therefore, as
each rose fades, cut it off, or belter yet,
cut it oft' while in bloom.
From the branches which are
pruned new plants can be raised. As
a rule, ail cutting should be taken off
just below a bud or joint; and they
should be selected from young growth
rather than from the old where the
bark has become hardened. Try to
snap the branch. If it bends without
breaking it is too old to grow easily;
but if it snaps off at once it is in the
right condition to strike root quickly.
Leave one or two buds above the bot
tom one, and trim off two or more of
the lower leaves, as they will wilt
easily and thus injure the cutting.
Clear sand kept very moist is the
best soil in which to strike cuttings,
and they can be placed in a pot only
an inch apart, and put up in the shade
for a few days. Warmth, an even
temperature, and moisture, are es
sential for root-growth. It will take
from three to four week to develop the
roots, and then the plants can be
placed in lich soil with a little sand to
lighten it, and soon they will be
good, stocky plants. Floral Cubi-ntt-
Railroad ExIcuhii.
We give our readers the following
from the Bradford vVaof Wednesday
for what it is worth:
Information from an authentic
source confirms the report that de
finite arrangements have been con
cluded for the extension of the Buf
falo, Bradford A Pittsburg branch
(now more generally known as the
Bradford branch of the Erie road)
from Alton southward, at least as far
as Jolmsonburg, or a distance of proba
bly seventy miles. The extension
will be built under the charter of the
Wilcox & Howard Hill Improvement
Company. The New York, Lake
Erie & Western Railroad Company to
supply the funds. Gen. Thomas L.
Kane remains president of the Wilcox
& Howard Hill Improvement Com
pany, which looks as if it was cor
rectly surmised that the Pennsylvania
railroad company was a party to the
arrangement.
The Barnes line has been adopted.
It is a decided improvement on the
old W. & H. H. I. Co. line in several
important particulars. From Alton
to Howard Hill instead of going
around on the ridge via. Ormsby's
which occasioned a great loss of dis
tance, it goes toward the KiiiKtia di
rect, crossing the valley six miles be
low the head of the creek, on an iron
bridge 3ui feet high aud 2,000 feet
long. By these means no grade Is
lot. Two miles of ten feet each re
present the only ascending grade be
tween the Howard Hill region and
Alton. But one summit is made in a
depression a mile west of Howard
Hill. All undulations are wiped out.
Only a singly line on the curve equals
four degrees.
The road will be built in first class
style, steel rails, oak ties and stone
ballast being used throughout in its
construction. It is intended to carry
heavy freights at minimum cost. As
suming three or four mills a ton per
mile for the actual cost of transporta
tion, the readers of the Era may
readily calculate the cost at which the
Erie, paying seventy-five cents a ton
for mining, wtn afford to lay down
coal in Bradford. The extension of
the road as indicated above is a fixed
fact. Work will be commenced as
soon as the weather will permit.
Above the distance from Alton to
Johusonburg is given as 70 miles.
We believe this is the entire distance
from Alton to Falls Creek,
Pigs' feet by thepound or 25 pound
keg at Morgester's.
Convention of School Directors
to elect County Superintendent.
To the School Directors of Elk County:
Gentlf.men: In pursuance of the
fortv-third section of the act of 8th
May, 1854, you are hereby notified to
meet in convention, at the court house
in Ridgway on the first Tuesday in
May, A. D 1881, being the 3rd day of
the month, at 1 o'clock in theafternoon
and select, viva voce, by a majority of
tne wnoie numner or uirectors present,
one person of literary aud scientific
acquirements, and of skill and experi
ence in the art of teaching, as county
superintendent, fur the three succeed
ing years; determine the amount of
compensation for tne same; and certify
the result to the State Superintendent,
at Harrisburg, aa required by the
thirty-ninth and fortieth sections of
saia act. '
Geo. R. Dixon,
Co. Supt. of Elk county.
April Utb, 1881.
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Communications.
Dear Editor: It is fun to have
per.ns go for pach other in the col
umns of a newspaper? isn't it? It is
not at all likely that any blood will
benplltor that they will even hurt
each other; besides it makes the
paper so much more interesting. You
had no Idea how I felt honored, when
reading your last paper, I saw that
some one had taken notice of my re
ply to "Asterisk." Had nothing
more been aaid about It, I would have
thought that my communication was
too Insignificant to be taken notice of
by intelligent pcrsons.But,behold,even
"Asterisk" himself thought it worthy
to be answered However, the "beau
tiful shade trees," that were once upon
the Lutheran church property, but
are alas no more, are beginning to
present a serious aspect. The article
In your last paper on the subject
smells of the' law. Indeed, so strong
is the scent, that oue might almost
suppose it came from a law office.
Now the law Is a very uncomfortable
thing, especially when one has tres
passed It. To smack one on the
mouth with the law is little less than
"shut up." To be threatened with
a room in the Western Penitentiary is
rather a severe rub,yct the compassion
of the writer is clearly manifest in
the fact that he allows me- to select a
room, which Is not often done, I shall
be sure to select one which is not en
cumbered with such "beautiful shade
trees." I was aware of the law pro
hibiting tho destruction or injuring of
trees, be'bre "Asterisk" drew my at
tention specially to the fact, having
once stayed with a country squire, who
at least pretended to know something
about it. No doubt "Asterisk" will
cry, that makes it ail tho worse. But,
the trees described by the squire were
ornamental shade trees, planted and
reared for that special purpose along
public thoroughfares. According to
the Interpretation of the law by
"Asterisk," an old scrubby tree would
never dare to be cut away, in order
that a new one might be planted in Its
place. It has been wondered why it
was not a case of trespassing the law
in the first instance? And it was sug
gested that a school boy acts much in
the same manner, having tried to get
off a joke on one of his companions
and being worsted in tho attempt he
threatens to tell the teacher. It was a
good joke politely to intimate that the
Lutherans wore lunatics, but when
that joke rather re-echoed, it was not
half so much fun.
But, laying aside all Jokes, the
Lutherans by no means cut away
those trees in contempt of the
law, nor to aggrevate any person, in
deed they would bo sorry if anyone
should think so. The fact, that this
is a new Borough, suggested to them
that new improvements should be
made, and if a little patience will be
exercised, they will plant as many
treea as they cut away and perhaps
one more. A higher than human law
says: "And now the axe Is laid unto
the roots of the trees ; therefore every
tree which bringeth not forth good
fruit is hewn tlown, and cast into the
fire.". A Lf THEiiAN.
Nomitiiiug Ab-iiit tlio Arrest of De
Forest Weld.
The N. Y. Tribune of tho 20th in
stant contains the following: "De
Forest Weld, a dry goods merchant of
Jamestown, N. Y., was arrested on
March 23, on au order granted by
Justice Lawrence in a suit brought
against him by Bates, Reed & Cooley,
of No. 3t3, Broadway, to recover u
balance of account due for goods
alleged to have been obtained by
means of fraudulent representations,
Mr. Reed, in his affidavit upon which
the order was made, says that Mr.
Weld represented to him that he had
made about 5:150,000 in the retail dry
goods trade in the country, that lie
then came to the city aud engaged in
the wholesale business ami lost it all,
aud that he then went back to the
country, where he had since made
about 5150,000. Upou the strength of
tli is statement the firm gave him a
line of credit for $12,000. While this
credit was still running Lyman Mal
lory, a lawyer, was sent out to James
town to inquire into tho condition of
Mr. Weld's affairs. Mr. Mallory, trust
ing to representations made to him by
Mr. Weld, reported that the latter was
worth $150,000, and that it would be
safe to give him a credit for $26,0W,
and his credit with the firm was ac
cord i n g I y 1 n c reascd.
Mr. Weld between November, 180,
and March, 1831, bought of the firm
$17,000 in goods on four months, credit.
On this last date he made an assign
ment, and specified preferences to an
amount exceeding the whole of his
assets, and on the same night con
fessed judgment for more than $100,-
060 to U. B. Claflin A Co., who were
also among the number of preferred
creditors.
Mr. Reed alleges also, on informa
tion, that Mr. Weld, just prior to his
assignment, uougniou credit stores in
Meadville and Titusville. Pennsylva
nia, for about $150,000, and that tiie
Clafiin iudimients have been filed in
both these places. Mr. Weld is further
charged witli Having irauuulently se
ere ted during the six months prior to
his assignment $100,000. The arrest
was made in Jamestown, and Mr.
Weld gave bail in the sum of $20,000,
Onions sets. New onions and old
onions at Morgester's.
A full line of garden and flower
seeds at Morgester's.
The Earthquake on the Isle of Chios.
London, April A despatch from
Chios, dated Thursday eveuing, says:
Kliirlit shocks of earthtiuake continue.
Large quantities of blankets, goods
and medicines are shipped from Svia
by each steamer. Two hundred sap
pers nave left i'lneus iu a gunboat to
bury the dead. The number of dead
is variously estimated at from 4,000 to
o,wu. the lniurea are more- man
& i i- .u 1. 1,,.
twice me numuer ui luune kiiicu.
An Incroasod Death Rate.
WRY HOUR HAVK T)IKI THIS YEAR
THAN IN THE SAME PERIOD I If 18H0.
Dr. John T. Nagle, Registrar of
Vital Statistics, has Just completed the
record of deaths In the city of New
York for the first three mouths of the
present year. The total number of
deaths was ,10o, which was 2.201
more than for the corresponding period
of last year. The records show that
there was an Increase of 410 deaths
from scarlet fever, 138 deaths from
diphtheria, H4 deaths from cerebro
spinal fever, 88 from small-pox, 109
from croup, and 42 from malaria. The
number of deaths in January of the
present year was 3,138 ; In February,
2,820; and in March, 3,141.
With the purpose of ascertaining
the cause of this apparently alarming
Increase of mortality in the city, a.S'a
reporter called upon Health Commis
sioner Jaueway yesterday and in
quired whether there was any official
explanation. Dr. Janeway said (
"New York City is not alone In its
increased rate of mortality this year
as compared with last year. The
records show that many other cities
have had the same misfortune. The
Board lias caused a table to be pre
pared showing the comparative death
rate of foreign and American cities for
the first three months of 1880 aud 1881.
it appears that the death rate of
the first week In January in New
York in lsio was 24 in 1,000. In 18S1
it was 27 in 1,00. In Philadelphia
the death rate was 18.(33 iu 1880, Hnd
24.81 in 1881. In Brooklin the deatli
rate 20.4.5 in 18W, and 24.12 in 1881.
In St. Louis the death rate was 1154
in 1880 and 19.7 in 1881. In Baltimore
the death rate was 18.08 in 1880 and
22.90 in 1881. All these cities show an
increased death rate in some cases
greater than that of New York.
These figures refer only to the first
week iu January, but the figures for
other and later weeks show a similar
state of facts. Taking the week end
ing February 19, tho death rate in
New York was 24.30 in 1,000 in 1880,
mid 2!M in 1,000 in 1881. In Phila
delphia the death rate in that week in
I8t0 was 17.94, and in 1881 it was 25.61,
so on through the other cities there is
corresponding increase In the death
rate as compared with that of last
year."
"How do you account for this?'!,
'There are many things that have
contributed to the increase. In the
case of diphtheria, which has prob
ably been no worse than in 1875, the
cause lias been defective plumbing, and
the extreme cold winter as much as
anything. Diphtheria has been pre
valent In Boston and Brooklyn, even
more than In New York."
"How as to malaria?"
"I think there has been some dc-'
fective classification in that respect. I
have known several cases where the
deaths resulting from other causes
have been attributed to malaria. One
cause of malaria has been the neces
sity for keeping houses closed. People
nave sacrincea ventilation to Keep
warm, in some cases 1 think the air
in the house worked nn from the
ground and produced muiariu. There
has been some digging that always
con tribute to maluria, especially in
summer.''
"How about tho filthy streets ?"
"It. is dillicult to suv how much the
filthy streets contribute to ill health.
1 Ucy arc less injurious in cold weather
and the temperature has not yet been
warm enougu to produce mueli n-r-
mentation or putrefaction. As the
weather grows wanner the tilth of the
streets will undoubtedly be a fruitful
cause of death. But the condition of
the streets does not account for the in
creased mortality iu this aud other
cities."
"What other causes are there?"
"In the cases of smull-nox we know
that that diseuse was the result of con
tagion from some workmen who came
from rhiladclphiaaiul some Italians."
"Jrlow anoiit tlw lung troubles ?"
"The extreme cold weather is re
sponsible for much of the pneumonia
and bronchitis. Such a severe season
also curries off un unusually large
milliner oi oni persons."
now auout tne levers V"
"We have observed that scarlet
fever sometimes skips a year. We
have appointed an additional number
of iuspectors to follow up and investi
gate i ne causes ot levers. These in
spectors are going into lodging houses
and oilier places where fever cases
abound, and not only taking caro of
patients, but removing the prolific
causes of fever "
"Do you find that the increased
deatli rate h among the poor?"
".much ot it is owing to the bad
ventilation of tenement houses. The
poor must save coal in the winter, and
they kept their rooms shut tight.
Children run from these warm rooms
to cold halls without adequate pro
tection, and lung troubles result.
There is also much sickness among
the adult population of tenement
houses from this cutise. But bad ven
tilation produces disease, whether
in the houses of the rich or the poor.
The rich, however, have a great ad
vantage because they generally get
more water. It, Is a prolific source of
disease in tenement houses that they
do not generally have water on the
upper floors during the winter. There
are some rich people s houses on high
ground that suffer from this cause.
Pneumonia and bronchitis are not
con tined to the poor."
"Do you tlii n, i of any other cause of
the increased death rale."
"There is, of course, the natural in
crease to be allowed. Our population
is growing all the time. Then you
mut recollect that the immigration
tliis year lias bteu unprecedented, I
do not know how much exactly, but I
know that some of the increase in our
death rate is duo to our increased im
migration. The deaths in our public
institutions have increased. Then the
lodgiug houses, whicli are centres of
disease in many cases, have contributed
a great many. On looking over the
death rate of Loudon I found that in
some weeks their rate for pneumonia
and bronchitis was greater than ours."
"lf we hud hud clean streets do you
not think our death rate would have
been smaller?"
"There can be no question that the
streets ought to be cleaned all the time
and that clean streets are healthiest.
There has been some ill health pro
duced by the suow and ice remaining
in the streets for so long a time.''
"How about the escupe of sewer gas
from the openings at the street cor
ners, that was spoken of at the
uooner Institute meeting?"
"That cannot be so. There are trans
at ull those corners to prevent tne
sewer gaa irom escaping turouirh the
openings. Sometimes in summer wo
cause them to be Hooded by the tiro
department when the water in the
traps evaporates, bit In winter no
sewer gas can escape from them.
There may ho effluvia from the deposit
in the traps."
"Is the Health Department taking
any steps te improve the health of tho
city -
"Yes. Additional Inspectors have
been appointed to trace out ihA nn, tana
of disease wherever developed." New
( York bun.
CENTRAL
State Normal School,
(F.ighth Normal School District.)
LOCK HAYES, CLINTON CO., Vk.
A. N. RAUB, A.M.,Ph. D. PrtnoipiL
This school as at present constituted
rffers the very best facilities for Pro-
tesHionai ana classical learning.
Buildings spacious, inviting and
commodious, completely heated by
steam, well ventilated and furnished
with a bountiful supply of pure, soft
spring water
Location healthful and easy of ac
cess
Surrounding scenery unsurpassed.
Teachers experienced, efficient, and
alive to their work.
Discipline firm but kind, uniform
and thorough
Expenses moderate.
Fifty cents a week deduction to
those preparing to teach.
Students admitted at any time.
Courses of study prescribed by the
State ; I. Model School. II. Prepara
tory. III. Elementary. IV. Scien
tific. ADJUNCT COURSES:
I. Academic. II. Commercial. III.
Music. IV Art
The Elementary and Scientific
courses are Professional, and students
graduating therein receive State Diplo
mas, conferring the following corres
ponding degrees: Muster of the Ele
ments iintl Muster of theSciences.
Graduute9 in the other courses receive
Normal Certificates of their attain
ments signed by the Faculty.
The Professional courses are liberal,
and are in t horoughness net inferior to
those of our best colleges.
The State requires a higher order of
citizenship. The times demand it. It
Is one of the prime objects of this
school to help to secure it by furnish
ing intelligent and efficient teachers
for herschools. To this end, it solicits
young persons of good abilities and
good purposes those who desire to
improve their time and their talents,
as students. To all such it promises
aid in developing their powers and
abundant opportunities for well-paid
labor after leaving school.
For catalogue and terms address the
Principal, or the Secretary of the
Board
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Stockholder's Trustees. J H Bar
ton, M D, A II Best, Jacob Brown,
S M Bickford, Samuel Christ, A N
Raub, R G Cook. T. C. Hippie, Esq.,
(t. Kentzing, E. P. McCormick, Esq.,
W. W. Rankin, W. H. Brown.
State Trustees Hon A G. Curtin,
Hon William Bigler. Hon. H L
Dieffenbach, Gen Jesse Merrill, J C
C Whaley, S Millar McCormick,
Esq
OFFICERS
Hon. William Bigler, President.Clear
tteld. Pa
Gen Jesse Merrill, Vice President,
Lock Haven, Pa.
S. Millar McCormick, Secretary,
Lock Haven, Pa
Thomas Vardley, Treasurer, Lock
Haven, Pa.
A Cross Baby.
Nothing Is so conducive to a man's
remaining a bachelor as slopping for
one night at the house of a married
menu and being Kept awake for live
or six hours by the crying of a cross
baby. All cross and crying babies
need only Hop Bitters to make them
well and smiling. Young men re
member this. Traveller.
List of Jurors.
Drawn for May term, 1881.
GRAND JURORS.
Benzinger Simon Brendel.Baptiste
Bauer, Aulhony Goetz, Valentine
Neihert, Jr.
Fox Peter Pantzer, Sr., Morti
more Keeley, George W. Connor,
Silas W. Moyer, Andrew Cross, Jr.,
Joseph Dollinger.
Horton A. B. Sparks, A. D. Aldin,
George S. Himes, Fred Burchtleld.
Jay George L. Thurston, James A.
Burke, Morris Flanders.
Jones A. C. Johnson.
Ridgway Samuel S. Wilson, T. B.
Johnson, W. W. Mattison.
Spring Creek Roderick Wescott.
St. Marys Frank Geyer, Matthews
Malone.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
Bcnzinger John Galin, Martin
Diepold, Andrew Glass, Nicholas
Dewald.
Benezette Joseph Entz, Newton
Johnson, Henry Blesh.
Fox John W. Moyer, Talbot
Thompson, Joseph Emmelt, John B.
Jones, W. A. Arthurs.
Horton Harvey Pursons.
Jones Enos Roeter, Frank Miller,
Millstone Thomas Slyholf.
Ridgway John Gillouly, A. Swartz
Ross, Virgil S. Wheeler. C D.C.Bow-
ers, John Kohler, Edward Bowers,
Jerome Powell, John A. Bankston,
Howard Gorton, Francis McGloin,
Charles Matthews.Peter C.Kemmerer.
Spring Creek Newman Crabtree,
L. L. Miller, Forbus Keister.
St. Marys Jodeph Windfelder, Sr..
Herman Tegler, Matt. Havs. John
Jacob, Peter Strubel.
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Main street, Rldgway Elk Co., FA;
Particular attention given to thi
examination of titles, also to patent
and patent cases.
hALL & M'CAULET .
ATTORNEY-AT-LAWi
Office In new brick building, Mala
street, Ridgway, Elk Co.j Pa; v82t
r. L. WILLIAMS.
Late of Strattanville), Physician and
Surgeon, Ridgway, Pa. Office In
Hall's Brick Building (up-stalrs)-References
J. D. Smith, H. L;
Young, R. Rulofsrin, Strattanvllle ;
Major John Kitley, W. W. Green
land, Clark n. Has practiced hIS
profession sccessfully for more thad
ten years.
G. 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 dia
pensed at all hours, day or night.
vln3y
J. S. BORDWELL, M. D.
ELECTIC PHYSICIAN & SUP.G'Nj
Has removed his office from Centra
street to Main street, Ridgway, Pa., iri
the second story of the new brick
building of John G. Hall, west of thtf
Hj'de House.
Oflice hours : 1 to 2 P. M. "to 9 P.MJ
HYDE HOUSE. x
W. H. SCHRAM, Proprietor(
Ridgway, Elk county, Pa.
TMl n (1 z fll I for fill htilntlinna linrAti
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well informed. Price $5 00 in cloth,
$.)( in leather, or $7.00 in elegant
half Turkev. For particulars addressi
W. H. Fairchild, Portville, Catt. Co.:
N. Y.. who lias been dulv annointea
agent for Elk county by C. K. Judson;
general agent.
Is It Possible
that a remedy made of such common;
simple plants as Hops, Buchu, Man
drake, Dandelion, etc., make so many
and such marvelous and wonderful
cures as Hop Bitters do? It must be
for wheu old and young rich and
poor, Pastor and Doctor, Lawyer and
Editor.all testify to having been cured
by them, we must believe and doubt
no longer. See another column. Post:
Register's Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the fot:
lowing accounts will be presented at
the next Orphans' Court for confirma
tion: 1. Final account of Mary Meyer, ad
ministratrix of the estate of Philip"
Meyer, late of SU Marys, Elk county
Pa., deceased.
2. Final account of Wm.B. Hewitt;
and J. W. Mead, administrator of the
estate of Daniel Hewitt late of Jav
township. Elk county, Pa., deceased;
Fred. Schosxinq, Register.
ADKIINI STRATOR'S SALE
By virtue of an order of the"
Orphans' Court of Elk county, dated
Jan. 25, 1881, to me directed, I will
expose to sale at public vendue or out
cry, on the premises, in Highland
township, Elk county, on the 29th!
day of April A. D. 1881, at 10 o'clock
A. M the following described real es
tate of I). Graham, deceased. Situate-'
iu Highland township. Elk county,,
being part of tract No. 3780 and out of
the north-east corner of the same, be-,
ing all that part of said lot north of
Levi Ellithorp's and being 120 rods
east and west and 200 rods north and
south, containing about 1C0 acres of
land, subject to a contract made the
4th day of Oct. 1878, between D. Gra
ham and R. Underwood, for sale of 25
acres from the north bide of said
lands.
Terms made known on the day of
sale
W. M. Lindsay, Administrator.
n5 t3
CAUTION NOTICE.
All persons are hereby cautioned
not to purchase, or meddle with the'
following described property now in
possession of T. S. Kline, as it be-'
longs to me and is left iu his possession
for a time only : ouo team gray horses;
harness; one lumber wagon; tseparator
and threshing machine.
W. H. Horton.
Brockport, March 25, 1881.
S- Oirn-'ITKfiit. free to those who wiHli
' I to eii'iie In the mont pleasant and
"nroliuibiu business known. Kvorv-
thlng new. I'ttpititl not required. We
will furnish you everything. Sid r day unci
upwards is easily made without stay ingawuy
from home over night. No risk whtver.
Many new workers wanted nt once. Mtinv
are milking fortunes at the business. Ladle
make us much hh men, and young boys nnd
girls nitike great pay. No oue who i willing
10 woi K inns to mime more money every any
than can be made In a week ut ordinary
employment, 'those who engage fit ones'
will llnda short road to fortune. Address
H. 1IALLETT & CO.. Portland. Maine. nSWyr
Jam Poles.
Middletown X-Cut Saws.
Jeflurd's, White's and Mann's Axes.-
Tubular and 99 Lanterns.
Filks.
Diston'a X-Cut Saws.
Boynton's Lightning Saw,
Corn Poppers.
Coal Hods.
Stove Shovels.
Repairs furnished for any stovaL
Ax Handles.
Pick Handles.
i lb. Best Polish 10 cU. at No. 42f
Main street; n39
ESTATE NOTICE.
Testate ;of Joseph Scheider, late of
Zi Ridgway, township. Elk county,
Pa., deceased. Notice is hereby givea
that letters testamentary have been
granted to the undersigned, upon the
above named estate. All persons in
debted to said estate are requested to
make immediately, payment, audi
those having legal claims against tho'
same to present them without delays
in proper order for settlement.
Joseph Windfibe, Executor.
""-Prepared muetajco' by tbe ouart a
I Morgester'as