"Local and Miscellany.
Var Time at ltttlgtcay.
Erie Express East 12:45 a. m.
do do West 8:84 a. m.
do Mail East , 6:16 p.m.
do do West 3:21 p. m.
Local Freight Kant 9:40 a. m.
do do West 7:30 p. m.
Elk lodge, A. Y. M.
Stated meetings of Elk Lodge will be
held at their hall on tho secoud antj fourth
Tuesdays of each month.
J. K. WHITMORE. Sec'y.
I. 0, 0. T.
The Regular meeting of Ridgway Lodge,
No. 256, held every Wednesday evening at
their Lodge Room.
H. A. Parsons, Sr., Secy.
jy
AGENTS FOR TEE ADVOCATE.
The following named persons are authorized
gents for the Advocate to receive subscrip
tions advertising or Job work, take pay there
for and give receipts.
Wiljox. A. T. Airmen, J. L. Brown.
pane. Frank W. Merck.
Johnsonsburg. Isaac Haoaw.
6t, Marys. Chas. McVeas.
Centreville. Homer B. Leach, Mnj. Burke.
Caledonia. W. P. Smith, By A. Wised.
Bennezette. Jons C. Bad, J. . Brown.
Shawmut. John Farrer.
Spring Creek. A. W. Irvin.
Highland. Levi Ellotiiorpe.
Horton. D. C. Oyster, N. M. Brpckwat.
Younq gentleman may be pleased to learn
that it is jiei)ing fashionable for bride to
live one year with their parents.
Ik a velocipede race at Indianapolis lately,
mile was made in three minutes and six
seconds.
Lumber is so scarce in some parts of
Kansas that thieves steal planks from the side
walks. JtrpiTKR, the largest of the planeis, is now
our evening star, and will continue so until
the 17th of April.
Said an ,aged man : Some folks always
complain about weather, but I am very thank
ful when I walieup in tho morning to find
any weather at all.
Advestists announces that things terres
trial terminate on the 10th of next July.
Whoop ! Wo will enjoy one mure glorious
Fourth befae the en 1 cometh.
Whits kid gloves are no longer fashion
able for full dress occasions. Light yellow.
cream or lavender are the "correct" colors
now in vogue.
Mr wife'a choice, and the whole' fnmily pre
far it, Mrs. S. A. Allcu's Improved (new
ttyle) nair Restorer or Dressing (in one totllc.)
Evry Druggist sells it. Price one do'.lar.
The belief appears to be now very generally
entertained that there is a fine prospect for
fruit this seBon, as the buds have not been
matcrally injured.
Sfh Advertisements. Please see adver
tisement of Wilcox Tanning & Lumber Com.
pany in to-days paper. They have an i:u
roense stock of goods and are selling very
cheap.
QjE;rB.n the Gallows. Twitchell, the
murderer of Mrs. Hill in Philadelphia was
found dead in his cell yesterday morning,
having taken poison. He was to have been
executed yesterday.
UK -lit h of April, being the fiftieth anni
versary of the pope's having said mass for the
first time, grand demonstrations of congtatu
lation are expected from jtfl parts of the
Catholic world, accompanied by valuable
testimonials of love and respect.
Women are said to have stronger attach
ments than men. It is not so. A man is ofien
attached to an old bat; but did you ever know
of a woman having an attachment for an old
.bonnet T Echo answers " Never ! "
Teachers Institute. This Elk County
Teachers Institute will he held in St. Marys
,on Monday the 19ih inst at 2 o'clock P. M.
.and continuing until the following Saturday.
Arrangements have been made with the citizens
and hotel keepers so that teachers will not be
at any expense while attending the Institute.
The ofEciul notice of the County Superintend
ent will be found in another column.
Rxv. David W, Flanders, of Bradford City,
Canada West, who for the last ten years has
.occupied the position of Secretary of the
Messiah Conference, Bpeaking of the " Maca
,moose," says : "Asa remedy for scrofulous
complaints it is seldom if ever equaled; as a
general Tonic and Blood Purifier it has no suc
cessful rival. Its medical virtues require only
to be known to be valued.
tcciDENT. There was an explosion in Dr.
Ayer's Laboratory yesterday, which caused
'some excitement in the vicinity. Ayer's Pills
re manufactured under an enoimus pressure
iu .kj uuubi , ft.nv nuiuu Bumcumes
prove too weak for the compressed forces, and
burst with terrifio violence. Fortunately .the
pieoesdp not fly far, bo that do one has ever
been burt by tliem. The action is .more like
ice than powder; bat.it makes Tills wbioh all
the world acknowledge are Pills Daily Journal
Lowell
" Wb dejire' that it should be clearly under
stood that we do. not hold ourself responsible
for the subject matter of .coinmunicaliohs that
appear in this paper: Some men are ai much
attached to the bantlings of their brands a
mother is to her first child, and to refuse to
insert their articles would be to give .mortal
offense. Short communications, on any sub
ject of interest to the publio are always ac
ceptable And cheerfully iuserted if written so
as not' to require transcribing before being
plaoed in the hands of the compositor, but
.sourrilous, jersoqal cooimuuioation are thrown
in the waste paper basket aud no further notice
taken of them.
Newspaper LAW.--Tbe pernsal of the fol
lowing law, relating to newspaper?, will ao-
quamt our readers with Important facts t '
2. Subscribers who do not gijre express
notice to the contrary, are considered as wish
ing to cqntinue their subscriptions. , , .
2. If subscribers order the discontinuance
of their papers, the publisher may continue to
send It to them till all that is due is paid.
8. If subscribers neglect to take their pa
pers from the office to which they are directed,
they are held responsible till they have settled
their bill and oriiered iheir paper discontinued.
4. If subscribers move to other parts with
out imforming the publisher, and the paper is
sent to ihe former direction, they are held re.
sponsible.
6. Refusing to take a paper from the office,
or removing and leaving it uncalled for, is
prima facie evidonce of intentional fraud.
6. A postmaster neglcoting to inform the
publisher when a poper is not taken from the
office, wakes himself liable for the subscrip
tion price.
N. B. Delinquent subscribers would do
well to cut this out, or else commit tho above
to memory.
The Chicago Tribune is wisely preparing the
minds of all the farmers and present holders
of whoat in store, for low prices the coming
season. It shows them that in London and
Liverpool the price, of wheat, low as it has
ruled for the past eight or nine months, is
again failing, owing to the arrival ,of grain
laden vessels from the Orient regions. Odessa
is pouring in wheat, and the neighboring
ports are sending forth their grain in numerous
vessels, while the news conies that California
has a very large surplus crop, which she must
export, and prom'ses to do greater things
next season.
Libberai, Salaries. An exchange says :
Tho European sovereigns named below get the
following salaries, in addition to the free use of
a dozen palaces apiece :
Alexander II ...$8,250,000 or $2-", 000 a day
Abdel Aziz 6,000,000 or 18.000 a day
Napoleon 111 5,000,0(J0or 14,2,9 a day
Francis Joseph 4,010,000 oi 10,000 a day
Fred. William 1 3,000,000 or 8,210 a day
V'ctor Emanuel 2,100.000 or 6.810 a d;iy
Victoria 2,200,000 or 6,270 a day
Isabella 111 1,800,000 or 4,G43 a day
Leopold 600,000 or 1,6-13 a dny
. Immfbiately after our last snow storm, the
following was perpetrated by a new beginner
iu the poetic line :
"Softly, softly, while wc slept.
Came the snow flakes gently down,
Came and sorrowfully wove
A shroud of white for the buried town ;
We rose with feelings grand and intense
Aud hired a middle aged Anglo-African
ahoveliit to clean, our side-walk off, for fifty
cents."
JotlN AnAMS wnq rpnmrlc-il.ln ns nn
early riser, as a great smoker, and as a
lover of cider. It was common with him
to rise at three or four o'clock in the moiyi
niir, and read, smoke-, and drink cider for
one or two hours before tho rest of the
family was stirring. When he went out to
iit.e, he was never at case unless he had
with him his owu pewter plate to eat from
U was his invariable custom to take the
latter article with hi'ii whenever ho "went
Laughter. No man who has once
iieartily and decidedly laughed can bo alto
gether irreclaimly bad. How much lies
iu laughter tho cipher key wherewith wo
ieci dier the whole man ! Some men wear
in everlasting barren simper ; in the smile
if others lies a cold glitter of ice ; the
'ewest are able to laugh what may be called
laughing, but only sniff aud titter from the
throat outwarJ, or at least proiluco somo
whiffling, husky cachination, as it they
were .laughing through wool, the man
who. cannot laugh is uot only fit for treason,
stratagems atid spoils, but his whole life is
already a treason and a stratagem.
Curljle. Oh a certain occasion, " Damon and
Pythias has been played -in a theatre iu
Washington. In the last "act, as Damon
was about to be led to execution, straniug
his eyes in the effort to discern hia friend
in the distance and asking. " Is he
coming ? " a locomotive whistle sounded
close by. '.'He'll be here onhe next
train," shouted a wag, and in an iustant
the emotion was changed to laughter.
Lawns. Grass lawns, newly made,
must not be so closely mown as old tuif
but mowing niusi be performed with regu
larity, or it is impossible to obtain auniform
vefvety green surface. To mow close a
well. established turf is to encourage the
fiue grasses and kill out the coarse kinds
Salt and plaster are good manures. Use at
tho rate of one bushel of plaster and three
bushels of salt to the acre, and sow just
before a rain.
A devotee of liacchus was overheard
the other uight thus addressing his hut,
which had fallen from his head : " It I
pick you upf 1 fall ; if I fall, you will not
pick me up ; the,n I leave you j " aud he
staggered proudly away.
In the last illness of the witty George
Column the doctor .being later than the
time apoiuted, apologized to his patient,
saying that he had called in to gee u .mm
who had fallen dowa a well. " Did he
kick the bucket, doctor ? " groaned
Col man.
When a man and woman are made one
by a clergyman, the question is, which is
the one 1 Sometimes there is a long
struggle between tbeiu before the matter is
finally settled.
" Do you think thut raw oysters are
healthy ? " asked a lady of ber physician
" Yes," he tepliod. " I never knew cue
to complain of beiog out of health in my
life."
m
Misfortunes are moral bitter, which
frequently restore the healthy tone of the
ruiud after it has been cloyed and sickened
by the sweets of prosperity.
The Printing Office.
This is a very eood niece towotk in as
many of tho ablest and best men of our
country can testify, but in no other placo
! at.. I I . i r
m luu worm is ineie to uttlo demand ior
oafers and idlcra as in a nrintinr office :
for a priutets work, aboye aluicst aoy other
requires his undivided attention, and if ha
desire's to do welj jdlers around him are a
great annoyanco. And idlers are gener
ally not Batu-fied unless they handlo things
aiound them, or receive some attention
torn others ; honco the poor nrinter is
often compr.llpd to explain and show every
thing about tho office, even down to " type
lico." " . iV
These remarks however have not refer
ence to persons who nsk to see the wonders
ct the printing office, who " look sharp
and touch nothing " and talk nothing ex
ccpt to the proprietor or when they are
taiKcu to. itiefo are welcome ior tliev
will never cuter a composing room without
asking, and they will strictly observe the
rules given them.
Ihe press being acknowledacd as one
of the mot powerful elements of ctvtl'za.
inn, no one should p,iS3 through life with
out seeing one, as well ns the little bits of
luctal that have surh power for "weal or
woo " and tho manner in vftiich they are so
nimbly handled ; hut let us leave von into
a little secret. All are aware that many
great tueu biiiicnced ihejr career as
printers apprentices, but romcoiber thb
when you enter a composing loom that if
you find thcra a boy or young man who is
very communicative and reauv to fcton the
busy fingers to wait on you v.usolieitated, or
when you hear him siug, whistle or fie-
q'leutly ask questions of the other boys,
you may rest assured that tho person bo-
toro you will never be a Dr. lTaukiin, a
Horace (jreeley or a J . V. Forney.
It is estimated that thcro arj two
hundred aud Jtwfjuty.five thousand thresh-
ng machines in the United States, without
counting flic school inarms.
Tub principle difference betweeu a
luxury and a necessity is the price.
Some of the Chicago dealers are 'adul
terating lard 'oyjft process of mixing water
with it, by which they can undersell the
market by two cents per pound. Ihconly
test is by remeltiug thejlard.
ADVERTISEMENTS
COUNTY . INSTITUTE. The Elk County
Institute will be held in the borough. of
St. Marys, commencing oii .Monday the 19th
day of April at 2 o'clock P. M. and will con
tinue until the following Saturday. The
teachers of the comity are earnestly requested
to be in a tendnucj at tho opening of tho
session, and those who intend becoming
teachers are invited. Professional Gentlemen
have.been iuviled to assist and have proia-.std
to attend. JAMi'lS BLAKtLY, '
n21i2 Couaty Superintendent.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of a writ of &cvaria Ficias, issued
out of the ccurt of common pleas of Elk County
and to me direel ed. I will expose to public
sale or outcry nt the Court House in P.idjpvay
on MONDAY April 20th 18GD at 1 o'clock P.
M. the following desui ibed property to-wit :
All that messuage or toimcuieut 'uein u two
story frame building .eighty feet long and
seventy-two loot wide erected for a sawmill
and -manufactory of lumber, laihs, pickets
&o. Situated upon end together wii tbe
following t.tvo described pieces of land situaied
iu Bciiiiuser township Elk County Penusyl
vania. lit-ginning nt a water beech supposed
to be t lie south cast corner of the two acre lot
conveyed to the " Benzinger Coal cud Iron
Company "by Anthony Hanliauser, thence
north fifty-four and a half degrees west (N.
31J W) twenty-one and three tenths rods to a
post (21.3 rods) thence north fifty-seven and
a quarter degrees weit N 67J V) flfteeu and
nine tenths (lo.O) rod-: to the center of t he new
Brussels road, tlieuee cast thirty a.nd six totalis
rods (uO.Orods) ulong the center of Eu'nl road,
thence south twen y-one rods to the place of
beginning Containing one acre and one hun
dred and rifiy-threc cud seven-tenths perches
(1 A. 1G3.7 perches bo the Eauie nioro or less.
Aho, one other piece' of ground on tho north
westerly side of tho Benzinger Coal and lriu
Company's rail road track courses and dbtan
res as follows : from the water beech north
fifty-four and a half degrees west (N W)
twenty-one .nd three tenths rods (21 ii rods
to a post on the north easterly side of the
nferesuid ruil road trnck, thence south thirty
two and threcfourths degrees west (S 323 V)
across the rail road fifty feet to a post on tho
south westerly Bide of the railroad. Said post
being tho north east corner of tliofithiu do
scrioed piece of ground. Beginning ut said
post thence south thirly two aud three-fourths
degrees west (S 82J W) six and four-tenths
rods(0.4 rods) to a post, thenoe north nl'ty
suven and a fourth degrees west (V 67 W)
thirty and six-tenths rods 30.11 rods to the
center of the neiv. Brussels road, thence east
along said road nine rods, 111 n south titty -seven
and one quarter degrees east 57J E ten and
seven tenths rods 10.7 rods to a post, theuce
north thirty-two and three-fourth degrees
east N 32JE1 one and a half rods 1 J r-ds
to a post, thence south fifty-seven and a quarter
degrees east fS C7J" E aloug the south
westerly silo of rail road twelve and four
tenths rjds 12.4 rods to the place of begin,
uing. Containing one hundred and fifty
square perches 100 sq. per be the same more
or less.
Seized and taken in execution as tho prop
erty of the Benzinger Coiil and Iron Company
at the puit of G C. Harvey, A. II. Bett, aud
P. B. Melick doing business as 0. C. Harvey
&Co '
JACOB McCAULEY, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office Ridgway, April 1st 18b9. 21.
K
ERSEY HOUSE,
CtNTKiviLLE, (Elk Co., Pa.
II. B. Leach, l'roprietor.
Thankful for the patronage berototor eCo
liberally bestowed upon him, the new pro
prietor, hopes, by paying strict attention to
the comfort and convenience of guests, to
merit a continuance of the same.
vlu201y.
DK. W. W. SHAW Practices Medicine
and Surgery, Centreville, Elk county
Pa. " mar-22'66-ly.
1 ENVELOPES, LABELS & TA08 neatly
2j printed 1 1 the Advocate Othco.
JobPbimtino of every description doje
promptly at this office, and in a style un
equalled in this section of the State. Entire
tisfaotion guaranteed.
PTIILADEI,! HIA EEI3 BAILEOAD.
.WINTER TIME TABLE.
Tkrugh and Dirctt Route between
I hilaihtyhui, lialtimjra Hurrh
lurg, Williamsport, and th
GREAT OIL REGION
of Pennsylvania.
KLEOANT SLEEPING CARS
On all Night Trains.
ON and after MONDAY, NOV. 25th,
the trains on the Philadelphia 4 Erie
Kailroad will run as follows :
WKSTWA Hl.
Mall Train leaves Philadelphia ..10.45 p. m.
" " "' Ui.lgway .......... 3.21 p. m.
' " arrive at fcrie B.ol) p. m.
Erie Exp leaves Philadelphia 11.60 a. m.
" ' . " Ilidpway 3 34 a. m.
" " arriyeat Krio 10.00 a. m
sastwaro.
Mail Train leaves Erie 10.55 a. m.
" " " KidRway 5.10 p. m.
" 'f arrive at t'uilai a 10.00 a.m.
Erie Express leaves Ei le p, m.
" " ', Vidgwny 12.4i a. m.
'.' " ar-at Philadelphia 4 20 p. m.
Mail and Express connect with (jil Creek
and ' 'A'.b'Rheny lliver Hail Rod. 11AO
UACE CHECKED THROUGH.
Al.KKED L. TYLER.
General Superinlendeut.
JOHN G. HALL, Attorney at law, Kidg
way. Elk county Pa. ' mar-22'60 ly
H
ENUY SOUTHER,
Attorney-(it-Law
(feb2'oH),
lvidgway. Pa.
A
LPINK II OU.SH, St. Mary's Pa., Her-
man Krctr, Proprietor. sug'J titi
DR. W. JAMES BLAKKLY Physician
and Surgeon, St. Mary's, Elk county
Pa. mar-22'tiOly.
17111 A NK. S. UA lUtliTT, Attoruey-at-LaW,
; Clearfield, Peun'a. Will piactiee ia
1.1k and Cameron courties.
Lscp'J, uo-y .
I EXECUTIONS, SUMMON.?, PUBPffi.
mis, Warrants, &c, on hand and for
sale at this oliice.
H. VOLK, Manufacturer and Dealer
y, in Iigtr Beer, opposite tho Railroad
Depot, ht. Mary s, 1.1k county l'a.
Mar-22'C0-1 .
JO. IN 0. IIAT.L JAS. E. V. HALL,
HAI.L, & BllO.
Attorneys -at 1 r Law
Slf. MARY'S :
EENZINGER P. O. ELK COUNTY, PA
September 20, 18G0. ly.
fy Office and residence opposite the
Jan. on I entre St., Kidgway, l a. Prompt at
tent ion will be (riven to all calls. Office hours
7 to 8 A. M- ; 12 to2 P. M. ; aud C to 7 P. M
Mar. 22, CO tf.
njlllAVER HOUSE,
B RIDGWAY, PA.
DAVID THAYER, Proprietor.
The undersigned having fitted up a large
au oonimodious hotel on the southwest
corner of Centre and Mill streets, with good
and convenient stabling attached, reppect-
i fully solicits the patronago of his old friends
and the pul lio generally.
decl3 0(j ly DAVID TIIAYER.
TTYDE HOUSE,
Ji r.mowAT, Elk Co., Ta,
M. V. JIOGrtE, Proprietor. .
Tlienkftil for the pntronaee heretofore so
lilrcrally bestowed upon him, the new pro
prietor, hopes, by paying strict attention
to the comfort and convenience of guests, to
merit a continuance of tho same.
Oct 21 ltiOG.
T7IIANXLIN HOUSE
V Sr. Mat's, Pa.
LARGEY ot MA LONE, Pnorn's.
The proprietors respectfully r.r.k tho attention
of (heir friends and tho publio in general to
their iargj and commodious hotel. Every
attention paid to the convenience of guests.
11. LARGEY,
miy:'.M3jS l y J. A. w ALONE.
17 NC II AN G E HOT E L,
i rtIDGYrAY, FA.
J. HALEY Proprietor.
This hotel ii pleasantly situvted ou the
banks of the Clarion River and Elk Creek,
at l'ie lower end of tho. village, Mr. Ilcaly will
spare no pains for the cunvenio.ee of his
guests. He invites one and all to give him a
call and try his liouae,
Sept, 17th't;7-ly.
SOMETHING NEW!
House, Siin and Crnamental Painting.
T HE SUBSCRIBER WOULD R E-
spcctfully inform the citiieus of Elk
county that ho has just started in the
above business in Ridgway, and feel confi
dent that he can please all who may favor him
with their custom. GRAINING, PAPER
HANGING AND CALCI MINING DONE ON
SHORT NOTICE AND IN THE no at fashion
tiblo and improved manner and style. Orders
left at this Office or at the Banking House of
Souther, Willis & Souther will be promptly at
tended to.
W. P. WILLI AM3,
M.iy-17'C-ly.
TVTAIr-S, SPIKES, HINGES, El-JTSTS,
locks, bolls, and all kinds ot builder's
materials in general can be had cheaper at
the St. Slary's Hardware Store than any
other place iu Elk counrty. (n'J8'C7)
All orders for Stoves and Hardware
will be promptly attended to as soon
us received, at the
12't!7 ". St. MARY'S HARDWARE STORE.
CARDS, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads, Tags,
Handbill.-, 6lo., done in a neat manner,
and at Ihe lowkst pkicr; FOR CASH, at
the-Elk Advocate Printing Oliice.
JF YOU WANT 'M BUY
CLOTIIIJl'G for the JlUUon
Ge to A. DURLACHER,
DIALER IN
CLOTHING ! CLOTHING
GENJS' FURNISHING GOODS,
HATS, CArS,' BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS,
TRAVELING BAGS. &e.
ST. MARY'S, ELK COUNTY, TENNA
Jan218C8lypd iB
LANK8 of all kinds
ret sals at this of -
fie i.
EW ST01U3.
The subscriber been Iav in inform t. ..tit-
tens oi Kidgway and ' vicinity that he has
opened a store where may be found
rFHFUMEItr, FANCY GOODS,
TOILET ARTICLE3.
STATIONERY,
FINE CONFECTIONARY,
OYSTERS, ORANGES, LEMONS, in season.
nl2 vltf J. 11. BAIRI).
LOOK HERE I
WATCHES. JEWELRY & SILVERWARE.
"1HARLES HOLES, rraotlcul Watchma
J ker. Jeweler and Eno-raver. iilwn
ElK county, r. The subsciiber bens leave to
announce to the citiieus of Ilidgway and
vicinity that he is prepared to do all work in
his line on vhort notice and at reasonable
rates in the very best manner. Shop in H.
3, Thayer's Store. Special attention paid to
cnjrraving.
lie has also on hand a large assortment of
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry and Silverware
which be otfers for sale on reasonable terms.
Give him a call. nev7'ti7tf.
A TTEXTIOiV MILL O WNfRS !
'M1E EAGLE TURBINE WATER
J WHEEL, patented July 30, 1867. is
supeicr to any wheel in use. The under.
signed have the agency for said wheel iu the
State of Pennsylvania, and can recommend
it as being the best manufactured. For
further particulars, and circulars, inquire at
our foundry in Kersey, where machinery,
min-g"nug, castings ami steam engines will be
made to order ht reasonable prices. We expect
by giving satisfaction in our work to receive
a good thare of publio patronage.
J. F. ROBERTSON,
It. BELL
Kersey, Elk Co.. Pa., ianlO lSGSpd.
piCKl& CAMERON,
Lc3ses of tho Mines of the Eersey Coal
Company.
Miners and Shippers of.
BITUMINOUS COALS !
Of supci ior quality, for
OAS, GENERATING STEAM, MANUFAC-
- TURE OF IRON, SMITHING AND
DOMESTIC C3E.
Aro prepared to receive Ordcts and make
contracts for theso woll.koowa coals.
OFFICE, KERSEY, ELK .CO., PA.
Kersey, Pa., March 12, 1803. vln!7lf.
A
GENTS 'V ANTED
A BOOK OF GENERAL INTEREST TO ALL
CLASSES
RECOLLECTIONS of a Buy LI IE.
BY
HORACE GREELEY.
'In one elegant octavo volume of over COO
pages, well printed on Cno paper, and illus
trated with tin admirable Portrait on Steel of
Mr. Greeley, with pictures of his various
Homes, ins Farm, Aic, &o-, together with a
beautiful portrait of Margaret Fuller, en
graved by Linton.
Mr. Greelev ha said of it T uT,nll
write anything else into which I shall put so
.... ...u.y.j. .ia uuui cmuiaoes views
eany iew i'.ngiana-settlement, the author's
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CHAS. S. GREEN & Co., No. 413 Chestnut
Street, Philad'a. Pa. . vlnl74t.
COURT PROCLAMATION. Whereas, the.
Hon. S. P. Johnson, President Jadgemid
Hons. B. C. Schultze and -Jesse Kyler, Asso
ciates, Judges of the Court r f Quarter Sessions,
Ornhaos' Court. Over ami Tn;. on.t n..
eral Jail delivery, for the trial of capital and
other offenses in the county of Elk, by their
preceiins 10 m uirecteJ, nave ordered the
aforesaid nampd Oniirin tnl l,l,i,.r, u;.i
way, in and for the county of Elk, on the
iuuuji ui April, ii Detng tne Sitith
(blV Of tllO month. nil In ,r)ntlnnn sntt wuU
Notice is hereby given to the Coroner, Justices
ni luei eace, anu L ons aDles of the Said county,
that they are by these presents commanded to
be then and there in their TirnriOP nAPnna at
ten o'olock, A. M., of said day, with their
inn, itsoruj mi inquisitions, and other re
membrances, to do those things which their
offices appertain to be done, and that all
Justices Of 8id eottnlv make r.tnrn. f .11
recocniianccs entered tntn hf,.r tl.m n it,.
Clerk of the Court, as per act of Assembly of
.uarcu tin joo-i. Ana tttose who are bound to
prosecute the prisoners that are or shall be in
th' iltil of the rnunlv nf Fllf tn I, ik..
and there to prosecute against them as shall
UCJUSl.
J ACOB McCAULEY, Sheriff.
Ridgwoy, April 2, nJOto.
LICENSi-S.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named persons have filed their applications
for Licenses in my office to April Sessions lfcC9
as required by the aot of 81st March 1850.
I. M. Weidert, Eating House, Jones.
Ii- M. Wellendorf. Tavern, St. Marys.
3. j. Keichard, Tavern, St. Marys,
' 4. Maloue & Largay, Tavern,' -t. Marys.
6. John Thompson, Tavern, St. Marys.
6. Jacob Cei be, Tavern, St Marys.
7. Patrick Jordan, Tavern, Centreville.
8. Samuel Vasbinder, Tavern, Jay.
9. W, A u ui an, Tavern, Fox.
10. Martin Entz. Tavern, Benezette.
II. J. Rogan, Tavern, St. Marys.
12. John VYachtle, Ealing House St. Marys.
13 Jas. Coyne, Tavern, St. Marys.
14. M. Rowers, Tavern, Jones.
15. C. Gill, Eating Hon, Fox.
10. Anthony A). Chase, Eating House, FoJ
20te, GEO. A. RAT HE UN, Clerk.
" r F. C. KRCMME. M. D..
J-l, FbysicUn and Surgeon, Ridgway Elk
vuiee aoove store or K. G. Gillie
Offioe hours from 8 to I0A. M. and 6 to 8 p.
M-. - vlnStf.
1 A TISITINQ CARDSNIATLT
Y 4 at tkii e.
JEXECPT.
iimvu ui 7iy-ry, my experiences, notions, con
victions, r.nd modes of thought, as these Recol
trcHor.s. I give, wiih small reserve, my men
tal i-;f,,.-w Tt. i v x.
oi
HARDWARE.
N
EW HARDWARE STORB I
The subscribers baye just 'opened In
ST. MARY'S
A new and Complete Stock of Heavy & Bhelf
HARDWARE ! I
And will keep constantly on hand a gteu
variety of
COOK AND HEATING S TO VEX,
Bar Iron, Sfeel Anvils, Bellowt, NetiUs
Horse Shod, Spring, Build
in j Hardware, &aws
and Files of Every Description
GUNS, TISTOLS AND CARTRIDGES,
Cntlcry, Plated Ware and House
Furnishing Goods. AU
kinds of Mcchan-
' ics Tools I '
TINWARE
Of every description," which will "be sold t
the LOWEST CASH PRICES.
They have also the exclusive agency in St,
Mary's for the
IMPROVED ORIENTAL
BASE. BURNING COAL ' STOVES
AND PARLOR FURNACES I '
Which have rccoived Four First Class Pre.
miums at the New' York State and it
er Fairs ; Also, the Great Silver
Medal at the Fair of tho Am
erican Institute, held in
' New York City,' 18U5.
They aro Perpetual Burners, only ov.t ;
being required to bo maa
during the season.
M. BEECIIER. J.
WM. H. COPELANLi.
nov28'G7 ly
l'ATRONIZE HOME INST1X VI i" TTF ":
FLOUR, FEED AND GR.A'
n"IIE subscribers having completci
IW.T
now
JL New Grist Mill in liidgwr.y are
prepared to furnish the people of tie
rounding country with
Flour of the Best Quail
ty
and of their own manufacture, at the lo.
market rates.
The attention of lumbermen and r
is called to our lacilitics for lun..
them with
'FEED OF ALL KISDK,
cheaper than it ran be bought any
place in tho county.
togrCAsu Paid vca Graiv.-'j
J. S. HYDE,
J. V. HOUK.
J. K. WHITMO'.U
November 7, 18G7tf
LOOK HERE!
CENTREVILLE TIN-SHOP.
"OIIN WAPI.E desires to make fcn..w:i
to' the citizens of Ceutrcvi'ii- atd t .-i
surrounding country that he has taken Ilia
shop formerly occupied by R. J. M-ihoo-y, nr
"McCauIey's Comer" in Centre d'e.-A'at. t
that he hopes bj paying strict aiun iTfi i-
his business and the wants of bi eu-'nninv,
to merit their patronage in his linn. II. I
neap on hand a large an,d well seltclnl ..-.tnrr-ntcut
,of .
Ciu and Itfft-grou uvf,
of his own manufacture, which be will wm rmt.
to be of the best quality. His stock cnnisi -i
of everything that is useful iu the tinwr- lino
about a house.
I ask .a fair trial, and if iny w rk dm-
not give satisfaction, my customt-rs !! rot b
obliged to take it. JOHN WAPI.E.
seplOitf.
J. S. BORDWELL, M. 1.
ECLECTIC i li y s .
1"Ue word eclectic means to ch. .. .,r
lect medicines from all tho dirt'-trni'.
schools of medicine ; using remcdit-H liiutaitf
safe, and discarding from practic- all tued -ciucs.that
have an injurious etiet on the h,t
tem, such as mercury, antinn.uy, kud, c!'.
per, &o.
I lay aside the lance tho old b!, o.l'.ette.-,
rolucer or depleter, and equalize tbe oircul.:.
tion and restore- the system to its imttm.t
state by alteratives and tonics. I ht here
after give particular attention to chronic din
eases, such as Rheumatism, Dyspepjia, l,ivr
complaint, Catarrh, Ne iralgia, disen,Mn of ti.o
throat, urinary organs, and all u'iaeus pecu
liar to females, &o.
CATARRH I treat with a new inst rumoni of
a late invention which cures every ctao. .
TEETH extracted without paiu.
OtUce and residence Sauth of the-ail rn
Centre St. Office hours from 7 to 8 a. ui 13
to 1 p. m j 6 to 7 p. m.
Deo. 23'G7.-ly. J.p. LORD WELL!
JOL'IS H. GARNER,
PRACTICAL MACHINIST.
Can be found at his Foundry at St. Mury'a
where he is ready to have all shou-wori iu
his line dona ou short notice. Si Mary's
Benzinger P. O , Elk CO., Pa. uiyl'fiS'ly
JOB WOllK of all kinds
J done ut this offioe.
aud
,destii-.
BLACKSMITH'S CARPENTER'S AND
joiner's tools .for sale cheaper than
the cheapest" at tbe Bt. Mary's I1Hm
Stor - . (OT28'fl7.)
GUNS, PISTOLS, EIFLES, KMVtS
pocket and table cutlery, of the be t
quality and most approved patterns, Terr
oheap at the Hardware Steretin Biberger's oU
corner m St. M-ry's. . .
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