a
O. A. RATHBUN,
Attorney-at-Uw,
Ridgway, Pa. 2 2 If.
RUFUS LUCORE,
Attorney-at-tair
Bidgway, Elk Co., Ta. Offioe In
Hall's new Brick Building. Claims for
Colleotion promptly attended to.
t3nl1y.
HALL & MCAULEY,
Attorncys-at-Law.
Office in New Brick Building, Main St
Eidgway, Elk Co., Pa. 3u2tf.
J, 0. IP, BAILEY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
vlni!ol. Ridgway, Elk County, Pa.
Agent for the Traveler's Life and Acc)
dent Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn.
JAMES D. FULLER TON,
Surgeon Dentist, caving permanently lo
cated in Rigway, offers his professional ser
vices to the citizens of Ridgway and sur
rounding country. All work warranted.
Offioe in Service & Wheeler's Building, up
stairs, first door to the left. 73-n-82-ly
CHARLES HOLES,
Watchmaker, Engraver and Jeweler
Main street, Kidgwny, Pa. Agent for the
Howe Sewing Machine, and Morton Gold
Pen. ltepBiving Watches, etc, donowith
he same accuracy as heretofore. Satis
faatioa guaranteed. vlnly
G. G. MESSES GER,
Druggist and Parniaceutist, N. W. cornet
of Main and Mill streets, Ridgway, Pa.
full assortment of carefully selected For
eign and Domestic Drugs. Prescriptions
carefully dispensed at all hours, day or
ight. vln3y
T. S. HARTLEY. M. D.,
Physician ana Surgeon.
Office in Drug Store, corner Broad and
Main Sts. Residence corner Broad St.
pposita the College. Office hourj from
8 to 10 A. M. and from 7 to 8 P. M.
vlnliy 1.
J. S. LORD WELL, M. D.,
Ecleclio Physician and Surgeon, has remov
ed h! oflicc from Centre sivent. tJir (,,
Kidgivny, l'u in the second story of the
neir brick building of John ti. Hull, oppo
site Hyde's store.
Otlua hours: 1 to 2 P M 7 to 9PM
HYDE HOUSE,
Riduway, Elk Co., Pa.
W. II. SCllRAM, Proprietor.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore
a liberally bestowed upon him, the new
proprietor, hores, by paying strict at-
lenlioa to tiie comtort uud convenience oi
guests, to merit a continuance oi the
same.
Oct SO 1800.
KERSEY HOUSE,
Ck.ntulvillb, Elk Co., Pa.
John Collins, Proprietor.
Thankful for the patronage hercloiort
so uberilly bestowed upon uiru, the lien
pro prietor, hopes, by paying strict at
teution to the coiufon and convenience
ef guests, t merit a continuunce of the
same.
r. W. HAYS,
DEALEu IN
Dry Goods, Notions, Groceries.
and General Variety,
FOX, ELK CO., PA.
Earley 1'. it.
vlnl'tf.
RAILROADS.
PENNSYLVANIA KAIL ROAD
Philadelphia & Erie R. R. Division
WINTER TIME TABLE.
ON and after MONDAY, MAV 21, 1875,
the trains on the Philadelphia &
iie Railroad will run as follows:
westward.
KANE ACCOM Waves Renovo..... 4 85 p m
" " ' Driftwood.. 5 65pm
" " " Emporium ti 55 p in
" " " 6t Marys... 7 55 p m
" " " Ridgway... 8 25 p m
" " Wilcoz 0 05 p m
arr at Kane.. U Slip m
BRIE MAIL leaves Philadelphia 11 55 p m
" " " Renovo ......1105 am
" " Emporium 1 10 p m
St. Mary's 2 00 p m
" Ridgway 2 lid p m
Wilcox 2 68 pm
" arrive at Erie 7 50 p m
EASTWARD.
KENOVO ACCOM leaves Kane... 8 00 a m
" Wiloox 8 33 a m
" " Ridgway 9 25 a m
St Marys 10 01 a m
" " Emporium 1105 am
- ' Driftwood 12 15 pm
' Eenovo 1 40 p m
JERIX MAIL leaves Erie 11.20 a m
' " " Kane .. 3 45 p m
i " Wilcox 4 08 p m
" " " Ridgway 4.45 pm
" " " St. Mary's 6.10 p m
' ' " Emporium C.05 p m
" Renovo 8.25 p m
" " arr. at Thiladephia... 6.60 a m
Renovo Accom and Kane Accoin connect
salt and west at East with Low Grade Di
vision and li N Y & P 11 It
WM. A. BALDWIN.
Qen'l Sup't.
Frh family Groceries, and Canoed
fai at A K'. Th tavt aid
baft.
THURSDAY, JAN. 27TII, 1870.
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES
J. S. BORDWELL is Local Agent for all
kinds of Fruit and Ornamental Trees
Shrubs. Roses, Flowers &o-, from the best
Nursery lr the stale of New York. Buy at
home and save money. v5n37m3.
Address
OP
J. F. lIAKTKANFT
ON THE OCCASION OF HIS SECOND IN
AUGURAL AS GOVERNOR OF PENN
SYLVANIA, ON THE 18jTH DAY OK
JANUAHY, 1870.
Gentlemen of the Senate rind House of
Representatives and Fellow Citizens:
Three years ago, when the oath of
ofilee was administered to mc as Exc
eulive, I, took occasion to express the
sense of my Itiflnitc obligations to the
leoplo of the Slate who had honored
nie with repeated proofs of their con
fidence and good opinion, and it
would he unworthy affectation if I did
not now renew my acknowledgments
to tlte same generous constituency,
who, after three years' stewardship of
the highest ofllee in their gift, have
called me again to assume its impor
tant duties.
The eontiniRHl favor and indexible
support my conduct of public affairs
lias received from the citizens of the
Commonwealth, bespeak from me in
return, the utmost zeal and fidelity in
their service, and my highest ambition
will lie reached if my administration
will be remembered as an honorable
one thi'.f studiedand provided for their
best interests. I still have as exalted
an opinion of the great trust you have
conferred upon me as when iirsl con
fronted with its novel and grave re
sponsibilities, and despite the experi
ence had, am none the less distrustful
of my abilities to meet, its require
ments, but whatever may be my other
deficiencies, I do not know what it is
to be wanting in attachment to my
State or af lection for her people who
have distinguished me with so many
obliging and conspicuous marks of
partiality.
I am not unmindful that the wel
fare and progress of a State depend
less upon' its government and rulers
than upon the habits and circumstan
ces of its citizens, mill that no meas
ures of administration can produce
any substantial good unless they are
dictated by public, opinion or are be
gotten of the public necessities. A
people must be ripe or reform can
work them no permanent benefit. In
vention may exhaust itself in contri
vances of public utility and rulers may
be never so wise in their devices, but
if the dispositions and intelligence of a
people are tin prep j.i'l'U tor-thu recep
tion of remedies they will not take
root in their allections or affairs.
Imbued with these convictions, the
maxims for the conduct of my admin
istration were easily formed. It was
only necessary to resolve that its acts
should have no selfish taint, that they
should be colored by no personal
predilections or warped by any favor
ite theories, and that inspired in-iiher
by fear nor favor they should aim to
reflect the people's will. With the
lights With which Heaven has en
dowed me I have striven to adhere to
these maxims, and if at any time I
have failed to conform thereto it has
not been from lack of patient invest!
.ution and honest exertion or of a ten
dor and jealous regard for the honor of
the (State but from a misconception or
misapprehension of the wishes or
needs of her people. In the future
then, as in the past, as the Executive
of the Commonwealth, I can have no
interest to serve that is not her inter
est, and can embrace no doctrine or
embark in any cause that will not ad
vance the material prosperity and pro
mote the enlightenment of her citi
zens. My opinions upon the questions
that ellect the government of the
State have been presented in my an
nual message ami it is unnneeessary
to again refer to them.
When we look around us, gentle
men of tiie Legislature, how various,
multiform and intricate are the inter
ests of our great Commonwealth.
Certainly it is a proud distinction to
be chosen to administer the affairs of a
State that has within her limits so
many of the elements of empire and it
behooves us to see to it that neither
its dignity or prosperity sutler through
any default of ours. Let us remit no
effort that will enlarge tlxe happiness
or benefits of her citizens; let us be
distinguished by loyalty to her inter
ests, by a jealous care of her institu
tions, a liberal understanding of and
provision for her neccessities, by hu
mane attention to the wants of her
poor airtl alllicted, and enlightened
treatment of her criminal classes, and
by a tolerance of opinion, political and
religious, so that when we are dis
charged of our trusts we can deliver
them to our successors with the appro
val of our consciences, and, let us hope
with the blessings of a grateful people.
With this renewal of niy obligations
as your Executive, I invite the earnest
ami active co-operation and counsel of
all good citizens, and implore that my
official acts may have the sanction of
Divine Providence.
Many refrain from purchasing and
using stamped envelopes, sold at the
post olllee, under the impression that
they are without value when any er
rors has been made in the direction.
But we learn from the post office in
tills city (New York,) that any
amount of envelopes, large or small, if '
misdirected, will he redeemed if pre
sented in a whole condition. Postal,
cards are not redeemed uutler any consideration.
llialf.gjm
From the Warren Ledger.
An Act Authorizing Appeals From
Assessments.
The following hill has been recently
offered in the Senate by Mr. Mc
Mullan, which lias been nead in place
reported back from Committee, and
was on first rending last Monday.
There is no doubt but that.it will pass.
Such a law is greatly needed, and if
this bill becomes a law Senator Me
Mullan will have the thanks of the
whole State fof having originated it:
Suction 1. Be it enacted by the.
Senate and Home of Representatives nf
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
General Assembly met, and it in herein
enacted by the authority of the. same.
That nny owner of real estate in this
Commonwealth in counties of less
than two hundred and fifty thousand
inhabitants who may feel aggrieved
(V nny future assessment of his real
estate, may appeal from the decision
of the county commissioners to the
court of common ideas of the county
within which such real estate may be
situated, and for that purpose may
present to the said court within thirty
days after the passage of this act, and
in all future cases within thirty days
after the county commissioners shall
have acted upon said assessment, a
petition signed by him or his agent or
attorney setting forth the facts of the
case, and thereupon the said court
shall proceed at the earliest con
venient time, to he try them appointed,
and of which notice shall be given to
the commissioners of the proper
county to hear the said appeal and the
proofs' in the case, and shall make
such decrees appraising or reducing
the assessmet complained of as to the
judges of the said court shall deem ae
quitablo, having regard to the valua
tion and assessment made of other
real estate in said county so adjusting
the assessmelinteoiiiplained of that it
shall be equal in proportion to its
value in all parts of said county as
nearly as may be the costs of said ap
pear shall lie' appointed as the courts
may direct. J'rorided. That said ap
peal shall be deemed good and sullici
ent if said petition shall be filed in the
office of the prothonotary within the
thirty days aforementioned, Provided
furttcr. That the appeal shall not
'prevent the collection of taxes and in
case of any reduction of satd tax the
overplus thus paid shall be returned.
The following item forom the Hunt
ingdon SS'ews shows the importance of
publishing dissolution notices: "The
many friends of M. P Doyle, the effi
cient pastor of the U. B. church of
this place, sympathises with him and
family in the deep financial afHiction
which has visited them. Mr. Doyle
was a member, until recently of the
firm of Dover & Doyle, engaged in the
milling business at Mount Union,
which failed a few weel's since, lie
fore the failure, however, Mr. Doyle
had withdrawn from the firm, but is
now held equally liable witli his part
ner, because the notice of dissolution
is not published."
A Grange of the order of Patrons of
Husbandry was organized in Horton
Township on the evening of the 19th
inst. by T.S. Strohecker of Coopers-
town Venango Co., District Deputy for
the counties of emmgo Elk & Mc
Kenn.
The Grange is composed of twenty
five Charter members. The following
officers were elected.
W. II. Hoi ion, Master.
A. 15. Spark Overseer.
A. E. Alden, Lecturer.
II. C. Burchlield, Steward.
S. M. Dundy, Assistant Steward.
It Keller, Chaplin.
T. Burchficld, Treasurer.
J. G. Harris, Secretary.
C. Chainberlin, Gate Keeper.
Mrs. J. Burchfield, Ceres.
Mrs. A. D. Alden, Pomona.
II. Keller, Flora.
Lady Asst. Steward, Miss LillyAl
den. Name of Grange "Colohio" the In
dian name for beautiful valley.
Number of Grange about 610.
Counting the Votes. On Thursday
last a Week the two House of the
Legislature went into joint committee
for the purpose of counting the votes
cast for Govercor and State Treasurer.
Lieutenant Governor Latta acted as
president of the convention, and Mr.
Newmeyer, of the Senate, and Mr.
Parker, of the Houseofliciated as tel
lers. After the count tellers reported the
following as the result of the election
for Governor.
John F.Hartranft had 404,17-3 votes;
Cyrus L. Pershing had 20:,14o votes;
It. A. Brown, 13,214 votes.
The following was announced as
the result of the election for State
Treasurer:
Henry Itawle had 302,87.5 votes.
Victor E. Pioiette had 293,130 votes.
E. F. Pennypaeker had 12,4i8 votes.
The convention then adjourned.
A Missing Pkudlki4. In the lat
ter part of October, Mr. Louis Levi, n
peddler of ready made clothing, left
this city with a two horse wagon, and
a stock of goods valued at about lifteen
hundred dollars, for a trip through the
eastern counties of the state. One of
his horses was a roan and the other
spotted. He was last seen by his
brother-in-law, Mr. J. Jacobs, at Em
porium, about the 29th of November,
and he informed him that he expected
to return home about Christmas. He
was then traveling in the direction of
St. Marys and Warren. Since that
time he has not been heard of and his
prolonged absence as well as silence
leads to the suspicion that ho may
have been fouly dealt with in those
wild mountain regions. He was only
about twenty-one years of age. Any
information regarding him will be
thankfully received by Mr. J. Weis
bine, of Williunisport. ' Newspapers
throughout the country will confer a
great favor on the relatives and
friends by making reference to his
mysterious disappearance. William-
sport Bulct'ji.
. i
Nine jurors in a panel of twelve
will be permitted to return a verdict,
according to the new constitution of
Tvxas.
Ridgway Tnbllo Schools.
Principal's report for month ending
December. 6th, 1875:
pS P- a!
i H ti ti i ii
TEACHERS & fill
? ? r '5 T
Mias B Wib
cor 8 88 71 82 27
Miss A P Tay
lor 2 68 49 B0 26
Mr and Mrs J
B Johnson 1 72 6!) 63 OH 26
8iimr7"T"218 183 87 79
Names of those neither late nor ab
sent during the month.
moir bCiioot, pkpartment.
Tlios. J. Malone, Jos. Jackson,
Henry Paine, Ira C. Sherman, Alton
It. Chapin, Edward Paine, Otis G.
Kelts, Alfred Sherman, Daniel Irwin,
Patrick Holland, Orin Head, C. A.
Olmsted, Charles Johnson, Willie
Meennn, Eddie Luther, Jas. Cunning
ham, George French, Hattie Hinds,
Julia Flynn, Emma Itoss, Maggie,
Shean.
INTERMEDIATE DEPATtTMEJfT.
Kate Leary, Maggie Flynn, Sarah
Gorton, Frank Earley, Gussie Wood
ward, Willie Schrani, Willie Luther,
Josic Messenger, Ada Malone, Flora
Irwin, Nellie Jackson, Joseph
Weaver, Etldie Horton, Johh Whit
more, Nora Malbney, Hannah Ma
loney, Kate Meenan, Minnie Miles,
Willie Moloney, Henry Keenan.
l'KIJIAKY DEl'AHTMKXT.
Saddle Scull, May Scull, Ahnie Me
Govcrn, Lizzie Flynn, Nora Mohney,
Gk'mii Johnson, Freddie Hartley,
Parker Willis, Coryell Itoss, Clarice
Bordwell, Edith Sherman, Anna
Walker, Maud Miles, Lily Gardner,
Edolph Froburg, Frank Paine, Chas.
Lesser, Preston Mercer, Eddie Hola
day, Warren Irwin, Frank Oyster,
Johnnie Daley, Martin Cunningham,
Jerome Gorton, Thos. Daley Chas.
Slight, Wallace Dill.
Names of those best in deportment.
HIGH SCIIOOJ, DEPARTMENT.
Willie Geary, Alton It. Chapin, C.
A. Olmsted, Willie Median, Chas.
Meenan, Thos W. Jackson, Thos. Gii
louly, Daniel Irwin, Alfred, Sherman.
May Little, Helen Little, Kentt
Powell, Emma Ross, Julia Flynn,
Ella Leary, (Minnie Service, lthoda
Wilcox, Addio Hyde, Dora Irwin.
INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT.
Eddie Powell, Harry Gillis, Lizzie
Shack, Holland Cook, Willie Luther,
Bertie Lindgrome, Amanda Lind
grome, John Whitmore, Charlie
Leary, Henry Keenan, Giles Wick
wire, Katie Meenan, Ada Malone,
Kittle WhitinofO.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
Willie Barrett, Johnnie Daley,
Charlie Slight, Frank Oyster, Jerome
Gorton, Daisy Kime, Maud Miles,
May Scull, Laura Williams, Eddie
Holaday, Warreu Irwin, Nora Moh
ney, Maud Kime, Sadie Scull, Mary
Sack, Wilkie C. McCracken, Mary
Johnson, Caloit Seymour Charlie
Williams.
The following are the names of
those Who passed the best examina
tion at the close of the month.
HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
A Grade. Willie Geary, Carrie
Luther, C. A. Olmsted, A. It. Chapin,
Alice M. Sinionds.
B. Grade. Michael Meenan, James
Cunningham, Helen Little, Minnie
Service, Itena Powell.
C. Grade. Thos. W. Jackson, Thos.
J. Malone, Ida M. Olmsted, Dora Ir
win, Eddie Luther, Emma Olmsted,
Clyde Kime, Oscar Gardner.
1). Grade. Daniel Irwin, Charlie
Johnson, Emma Boss.
INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT.
E Grade. Maggie Flynn, Lizzie
Shack, Mack Kime, Harry Gillis,
Eddie Powell, Rolland Cook, Frank
Earley, Daniel Cunningham, Henry
Keennn.
F Grade. Willie Luther, Willie
Schram, Annie Kline, Gussie Wood
ward. G Grade. Bertie Lindgrom, Aman
da Lindgroin, John Whitinore, Katie
Meenan, Eddie Horton, Minnie Miles,
Flora Irwin, Sarah Gorton.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT
B Grade. Lizzie Flynn, Sadie
Scull, Matie Sherman,
C Grade. Glenni Johnson, Eddie
Holaday.
All the pupils in room No. 1, are re
quested to pass a written examination
at the end of the mouth, ten questions
on each branch being given, and 33
test-words pronounced in spelling.
The names Of thoso who passed the
best examination in the High School
are arninged according to their respec
tive merit, those being best appearing
first in the list. The following were
perfect'at the examination in the sev
eral branches named. Willie Geary,
May Little, Julia Flynn, Clyde Kime,
Hattie Hinds, Oscar Gardener, in
spelling; Jennie Gresh, Alice Simonds
in Written Arithmetic; Ida Luther,
in Grammer; Carrie Luther in Alge
bra; Chas. Meenan and Minnie Ser
vice in Geography; Michael Meenan,
and Helen Little in History; James
Cunningham nid Thos. J. Malone, in
Mental Arithmetic.
The school was visited by H6il. J.
W. Phelps, C. S. Luther, Charlie
Earley, Mary Horning, Florence
Osterhout, Eug. J. Miller, 6. B.
Grant, Jerome Powell, W. S. Service,
w. xi. uscernout, anu ueo. n. uixon.
J.B. JOHNSON, Principal.
Postmaster - General Jewell
ays that if the committee which is
about to make inquiry into his depart
ment will show him where he Can cut
off any expense he shall be glad to do
so without the necessity of legislation.
The same disposition will be found
manifested itself in several of the
other departments
Subscribe for the ADVOCATE and
we will be happy.
OBITUARY.
Death of lion. J. Y. Honk.
The above named gentleman died at
his residence in this place yesterday
morning, Jan. 20, 1870, at eight o'clock,
aged about fifty-five years. Mr. Houk
has been in feeble health for the litst
three years, and for six months past
has been confined to the house. For
several years past he has been a citizen
of this place, and has held at various
times positions of honor and trust, nnd
Was at the time Of his death Associate
Judge of Elk county. Deceased was a
man of intcglty and open heartedness
and enjoyed the esteem and respect of
all with whomhe came in contact; be
gintug life with nothing he had by in
dustry and economy became possessed
of a comfortable fortune. The friends
of the deceased have the sympathy of
the entire community in thelrnfltictlon.
Texas is the first State in the Union
to appoint electors for the Presidential
campaign: Two Democratic electors
for the State at large were chosen by
the recent Constitutional Convention.
It is estimated that on an average,
ten washed or fraudulent stamps are
mailed daily nt each of the 33,000 post
olllces in the country, involving A loss
to the Treasury of $3,613,500.
Tobdco o Cigars, Candy, Cranberries,
Lemons, Oranges, Honey, and other
Faney Groceries, and fMissecllanies,
including, Furs, Books, and Stationary
for .sale at the Kcw York Store. Call
there or send stamp for a catalogue of
Albums, Books, Pictures, and Station
cry. For a straightforward plea to the
question of "Guilty, or not guilty?'!
commend us to that Missouri chap on
trial for murder: "If your Honor
please, I am guilty, I killed the man
because he tookfmy gat from me. She
was about the only thing I hnd, an' I
didn't want to live after she went, an'
I didn't want him to live neither, an'
I should be much obliged to your
Honor if you would hung me as soon
as possible."
From the Port Allegany Reporter,
we learn the following particulars of
an accident in Norwich township, Mc
Kean county, by which Mrs. C. It.
Burdick lost her life: Mr. Blirdlck
had gone to bed and Mrs. B. was pre
pared to follow him, but when she
tried to blow out the lamp it exploded
into a thousand pieces and covered
her body from tier neck down with
burning oil. The explosion awoke
Mr. Burdick and he jumped from his
bed to find his wife surrounded by a
mass of flames and trying to tear her
clothes from her. With rare presence
of mind Mr. Burdick grtlsped a bed
quilt, nnd wrapping her up in it,
smothered the Humes. But it was too
late, she was fatally burned, and only
lived twenty two hours after the acci
dent. Dr. Freeman was sent for, and
upon his arrival did all that medical
skill could do to alleviate her suffer
ings, blit.the injuries were too severe to
save her life. The funeral services
were held on Sunday.
Peterson's Magazine for Febru
ary is before us, ahead of all others,
and containing, as a Supplement, a
fine large-sized steel engaving, after
Col. Trumbull's celebrated picture.
"The Declaration Of Independence,"
the Centenial Gift of the publisher
to his subscribers for 1870. The plate
is very carefully engraved, with Jifty
six potraits, and can be taken out and
framed, if dsired. It is a picture
which every family ought to possess;
and every family, therefore, ought to
suCBcribe for "Peterson." Besides
this costly Supplement, there is the
usual steel-plate, and a charming one
it is, called "Snow Birds;,, a colored
steel fashion plate, double size; a col
ored pattern; and more thaii a score of
other embellishments of fashions, c,
&C. There is also an Illustrated article
on the "Signers of the Declaration,"
with a fact-simile of part of the original
Declaration, an engraving of Han
cock's chair, an engraving of fable on
which the Declaration wassigned, &c,
&c. "Peterson" is one of the few
magazines Unit gets better and better
the older it grows. We remember it
as a boy, and now it is sprightlierand
more beautiful than ever. We have
no doubt it will live td celebrate its
own Centennial, atid we confess we
should like to live to see it. The price
is but two dollars a year, postage free,
with great deductions to clubs. Ad
dress Chas. J. Peterson, Sou Chestnut
Street, Philadelphia.
"A Century After."
Part Nine.-
Keeping pace with its predecessors
in the beauty of its typography and il
lustrations, Part IX. of this most ex
cellent and desirable work is now is
sued front the press. Prominent
among tiie most effective of its charm
ing eiigravings are the Charitable In
stitutions of Philadelphia, its Hospit
als, Girard College, University of
Pennsylvania, the .New Building of
the Young Men's; Christian Associa
tion, and the Lincoln Monument.
Part X. will be published before the
close of the month, and the subsequent
issues of the work will be given to Il
lustrations of important localities in
the State, with the exception of the
final number, which, as a fitting Close
to "A Centuary After," will contain
vews of the Exhibition Buildings
from original sketches. Mr. Btod
dard's graceful, descriptive letter-press
of these beautiful and wonderful
triumphs of architectural genius and
the entire correctness of the draw
ings will be to the fortunate possessor
this tasteful volume du enduring
souvenir of the great Centennial Ex
position of 1870.
To be completed In Fifteen Parts', at
Fifty cents each.- Sold only by sub
scription. A splendid chance for
agents, who are wanted everywhere
in the State.
Residents of localities where agents
have not been appointed can subscribe
by addressing Allen, Lane & Scott
and J. W. Lauderbach, Publishers,
No. 233 South Fifth Street, Phildel-phia.-
Svbscribe for the ADVCCATE and
you will be happy.
rUBLIC CHARITIES.
Recommendations of the State Board.
The report bf the Board of Public
Charities, upon the applications for
State aid, hus been made to the Legis
lature and printed in pamphlet form.
The following are the principal ferjom
mendtlonst For the Western Peni
tentiary $27000 was haked and ap
proved. Of this $1,500 for repairing
sewef. Average number bf prisoners,
405J. For the Eastern Pehitentiary
$35,000 was asked, and $31,675 ftp
proved; this Includes $1,500 for repairs.
The amount allowed fof salaries Of of
ficers, $20,075, is ad ihcrense of $2,075
oVer last yeat1. f here were 739 prison
ers October 1; average, 034. For the
House of Refuge, Philadelphia, 40,
500 -Was asked, and 40,000 approved.
Number of Inmates September 80,
1875,488.
For the Western Pennsylvania Re
form School, Washington county,
$168,500 is approved, $150,000 of it to be
used in removal purposes and erecting
buildings at Morgan Ka
For the State Lunatic Ilbsjiltnl, llar
risburg, $57,288, including $15,000, for
existing indebtedness, $10,000 "foi1 im
provements and repairs," and $7,288
"for purchase Of land." The board
reflect somewhat upon the manage
ment of this institution, and refuse to
approve the amount flpked for pur
chase of land adjoining, as Well as the
$15,000 for paying debt. As to the lat
ter, the Board demanded a detailed
statement. The condition of the
wards and patients is said to be "very
much below that presented at either
the Dixmont or Danville hospital,"
while the average cost for the 'mainte
anee of patients is considerable greater.
For the DanVilld Hospital for the In
sane, $96,000 was approved, including
$75,000 for completing a wing now
partly built.
For the Hospital for the Insane, now
building at Warren, $12-5,000 is recom
mended. For the Dixmont Hospital
$44,000 is asked and approved. The
other appropriations recommended
are for the Women's Hospital nt
Philadelphia, $25,000; for Society for
Alcviating the Miseries of Public
Prisons, Philadelphia, $3,000; Lacka
wanna Hospital, Scranton, $5,000;
Wilkesbarre Hospital, $12,500, condi
tioned that the managers raise a similar
amount; Institutions for the Deaand
Dumb, Philadelphia, $252,000, includ
ing $100,000 toward the erection of
new buildings; Training School for
Feeble-Mi tided Children, Media, $38,
000, including $15,000 for building;
Philadelphia Instution for the Blind,
$45,000; Philadelphia Industrial Home
for Blind Women, $2,000; Pennsylva
nia Working Home for Blind Men,
Philadelphia $5,000; Philadelphia Or
thopaedic Hospital, $20,000; Western
Pennsylvania Institution for the Edu
cation of the Deaf and Dumb, $16,000.
Wisth respect to the Eastern Peniten
tiary, Dixmont Hospital for the In
sane, and Philadelphia Deaf hnd
Dumb Institution, the board urge the
promp appropriation of the amounts
approved last year, but which failed in
the Legislature through accident.
The board recommend that in order
to prevent overcrowding in the East
ern Penitentiary a law be passed re
quiring counties in the Eastern dis
trict to confine in the county jails pris
oners whose sentences are for less than
two years. Among various wise sug
gestions the board call particular at
tention to the wholly inadequate ac
commodations for the indigent Insane
of Rhiladelphia, and it is urgently re
commended that adequate measures
betaken for their relief. Legislation
lookiug to the suppression of vagrancy
is also recommended,
Chicago. January 18. In the
Criminal Court this morning Henry
Davis, who murdered 1 Charles I).
Whylahd last Thanksgiving day,
plead guilty of manslaughter and wus
sentenced to twenty-one years in the
penitentiary. His counsel defended
him in a recent trial before a jury on
the ground of insanity, and the jury
disagreed On a Verdict.
Harrisburg, Jan. 20. The vote by
which the House refused to increase
the salary of the Supreme Judges
over the sums they now receive, is
generally accepted as conclusiveof the
fate of any proposition to increase the
salaries of Common Pleas Judges
throughout the State. It is doubted
if the PhiladelpJia and Allegheny
Judges w ill be voted more than $6,000;
some Representatives insist that the
limited shall he $-5,000 leaving the
courts to defermine whether this Is in
violation of the constitutional provis
ion, in the case of these Judges.
County Judges will probably get $4,-
000;
Cincinnati, Jahiiary 2,1 A Gtisette
special says Edward Williams, who,
with Mrs. Meetings, was arrested for
the mUrder of the latter's husband, was
taken from jail last night at Barbours
ville, West Virginia, and hanged by a
mob. The prisoners were assured by a
minister that sufficient evidence of
their guilt had been obtained, and that
the jail was surrounding by a mob of
excited people, but both denied any
complicity In the act, although the
minister continued prayihg with them
and asked a confession The mob An
ally forced the keys from the jailer,
took Williams out, placed him under a
tree in the court house yard, -to here,
with a rope around his neck, standing
on a barrel, he made a confession. He
expressed the hope' that the crowd
might bbtain God's forgiveness for
their crime as he had for his, ahd de
clared he was happily1 started ott his
journey home to Heaven. He died
after fifteen minutes of terrible agony.
Mrs. Meeting was then brought Out.
and placing her in front of the dead
murderer the crowd called for her con
fession. She said Williams had been
her paramour for three years; that she
had been trying for the past three
month to poison her husband, without
success: that Williams struck Meeting
on the head with an axe while he was
asleep, on Wednesday night, after
wards cutting his throat. She assisted
in destroying the evidences of the mur
der, and begged pitifully for her life.
Though the feeling was very strong
against her, and the crowd voted Un
animously for her execution, no man
could be found who would put the
rope around a woman's neck, and she
was returned to fail. Williams' hn.iw
was left hangihg until cut down by the
uiuuiiun mis luuruiug.
Couaty 8upninudeut, Oiu. K. I'ljul1
li holding BctuaaliOiHil Miie'iinfri)
throughout th County. Oat will b bel l
kt Kriy Ott Saturday tuning noil, at
Baughti' Mill! en Tu8day vnlhg Fab.
lit, at Arroyo Ott Thurlday toning Fob.
8rd, and at Toby on Ttloiday ovetiiDg Feb.
8th 1876.
BiREiirri Jirt. 23, 1876, To ttlo
Editor of tho Elk Cocrtt AbtocATi 1
oo by tholato Democrat that,Ex-Sonator
Billingfelt of Lanoaitor oounty, killed four
hogl which Weighed 0064 pounds. Last
wfcvk I received a letter from my Brother
Selah, of Will county, III. Informing ma
that ho had aold five hogs last Wednesday
four of thorn weghiag 2090 pounds tho other
per 100 bno weighed 300 potinds at $U,C0
pounds. Quito good porkora I think, per
haps somebody oan bCat that if lo send ir
Yours
ERA8MUS MORaY.
Some criticisms have bcert made oii
the scene witnessed at Newburg on
Sundoy evening) when many Of the
ladies in a large congregation kipped
tho revivalist preacher who was bid
ding them farewell after the last set
vices. It has generally been thought
that ovulatory performances between
the Clergy and fermale parishioners
were tabooed after the Beecher scan
dal. PerhanS. however, before saying
arty more about this Newburg inci
dent, we should mention tnai ine
preacher wbs Mrs; Vart Cbtt. Al
though this puts a slightly different
face upon the matter, still as tho
Chicago times Observes, "It was
wrong to throw so much precious kiss
ing away
Announcement.
We sre nutorized to attnbuce the
name of C.W.BARRETT as an lode-
pendent candidate for Constable' at the
'i'.. i.m ii.. V,)J v.. I.
15th 1870f
SEW ADtEItTISEMEXTS.
Notice.
All nartAnfl n.rA finrfthv Aftiitinned affaindt
.... J B
buying removing or in any way meddling
with a lot 01 nousonoiu gooaa in mo pos.
senlon of (1. MeCumey, of Spring Creek, as
I linve purchased the above namad property
at Shoriff'a Sale.
fclLAS MOHNET;
ring Creek, Jan. 26, 1876. n49tS.
EDT'U; J.S7ANS AGO.
NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN
Yohk, Penn'a.
SEEDS. Garden and Flower Beetls,
Grass Seeds, Seed Corn , Seed Potatoes,
Seed Wheat, Tree and Hedge Seeds',
&c. Bulbs, of all kinds, for Spring
and Full planting. BULBS.
TREES Standard and Dwarf Fruit
Trees, Grapes and Small Fruits,
Evergreens, Ornamental Trees aud
Shrubs, Roses, Hedge Plants, &Cj En
close Stamp for price list, 25o for
Full Descriptive Catalogue.
E. K. GRESH,
Dealer in all kinds of cabinet ware;
woodatf d cane seat chairs, kitchen and
extehtion tables, wood and marble top
stands, wood and marble top bureaus,
whot nofs, lobking glasses, wood ana
marble top chamber suits, mattresses,
spring bed bottoms, bed steads, cribs,
Laferty's metal lined wood pumps,
&c., &c. Cane scats replaced with
perforated Wood seats, Weed sewing
machine reduced from $65 to $45, the
best machine in the market, and pic
ture frames made to Order. Also a
large assorted stock Of ready" made
coillns constantly on hand and trim
med at shortest notice. All the above
goods are sold at panic prices. Ware
Rooms in masonic building, Ridgway,
Pu. v5n4Utpdapr27'77.
Financial. Statement of Millstorie
School District from June 1875, until
Jan. 15, 1876.
valuation of taxablm property.
Unseated Lands $86,027 0(1
Seated and Personal 10,646 00
total if&673 Ofl
Amount bf Mills Levied for
the year 1875 3
Resources as Per Last Report $3,183 33
Tax levied on unseated lands
for the year 1875, 198 00
Seated Lands aud Persbnal
Property 90 09
State appropriation for 1875, 53 94
Tuition from adjoining District 40 50
Interest oh judgment against,
Wm, Clyde 169 94
$3,741 91
EXPEDITURES
Teachers' Salaries Fuel and1
Repairs, $574 2-5
The Board of School Directors of
MilltttOllP Kchnnl Tliutrlnf muf rwl
, u aim ex
amined the accounts 6f the Treasurer
ana nnu tnem as above set forth this
10, aay or January 1876.
G. D. DONAHEY, President,
Attest.
Adam Zimmermnan, Sec'y;
Financial Statement of Millstone Town
1876 r theyear endlnO January, 3d
VALUATION OP TAXABLE PROPERTY"
Unseated I jftntU fti nor
Seated and Personal i9.'546 on
, , Total 65.578 00
Mills Levied for Roar! in ' W
Additional cash for " in
Mills Levied for Poor 3
Additional for Poor 7
ROAD TIT
Elk county Dr. to Township1
jur uiintnucu iax iteiurned
. for 1874 & 75, $1 080 cl
Supervisors, Br. to Township
to Stated Tax for 1873
391 71
mi t
Cr By unseated Road orders '
10 iownsnip Treasurer 535 00
To Balance due Township
from Elk County nnd Su
pervisors, ii847 6a
2 372 5
Dr. to judgineht against '
Township by Harrison Cuts
Interest and cost, 1,475 00
POOR TAX.
Elk County Dr. to unseated
Tax returned for the year
1874 & 75 854 43
Overseers, Dr. to Seated Poor
Tax for 1875 193 43
Cr. by orders;issued by overseers'057 43
of Poor 231 a
To balance Due Township"
from Elk eounty and over
Beera 82,6 50
xtml' th oridcreignedj auditors of
Millstone Township, Elk county, met
acording to law and certify thai we
have carefully examined the above ac
counts and rfnd them correct to the
best of our knowledge and belief.
Jan 8th 1876;
CAMPBELL BLAIR, ) .
G. C. T. HUFF. ' Auditors,
Attest, '
C. II. Hoffman, Clerk.- h49-t3,