G. A. HATIIBUM, Allorney-at-law, Ridgway, Pa. 2 2 If. HALL & At CAULEY, Attorneys- at-Liw. Office in New Brick Building, Main 81 Ridgway, Elk Co., fa. 8n2lf. L UCORE & HAMBLEN. Attorneys-ut-Law, Ridgway, Elk County Pa. Office across the hall from the Democrat establishment. Claims for collection promptly attended to Jne. 15 "76. J, O. W. BAIL EY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. tlnio1. Ridgwsy, Elk County, Pa. Agent for the Trsyeler's Life and Aooi dent Insurance Co., of Hartford. Conn. JAMES D. FULLERTON, Surgeon Dentist, having permanently lo cated in Rigway, offer a his professional ser vices to the citizens of Ridgway ana sur rounding country. All work warranted. Offioe in Service & Wheeler's Building, up. stairs, first door to the left. 73-n-32-ly G. G. MESSENGER, Druggist and Parmaceutist, N. W. cornei of Main and Mill streets, Ridgway, Pa. full assortment of carefully selected For eign and Domcstio Drugs. Prescriptions carefully dispensed at ill hours, day or night. ln3y T. S. II ART LEY. M. D., Physician nnu Surgeon. Office iu Lirug Stoic, corner liroad and Main St, Residence enrner Broad St. oppoHitetue College. Ollioo hours trom 8 to 10 A. M. and Hum 7 to 8 P. M. vln2yl. J. S. HUH DWELL, M. D., Eclectio Fhysicinn and Surgeon, has remov ed his otlice from Owre street, to Mair si. Ridgway, Pa,, in t lie Bccoud story of the new brick buildiug of John Q. Hall, oppo site Hyde's store, Olheo hours: 1 to 2 V M 7 to 9 P M HYDE HOUSE, Hiuqwav, Elk Co., Pa. W. II. SCIIUAM, Proprietor. Thankful for the patronage heretofore so liberally bestowed upon him, the new proprietor, hopes, by paying strict at tention to the comfort and convenience cl guests, to merit a continuance oi the same. Oct 80 18G9. KERSEY HOUSE, Centkbvilie, Elk Co., Pa. John Collins, Proprietor. Thankful for the patronage heretolon so liber illy bestowed upon him, the new proprietor, hopes, by paying strict at tention to the oomfuri aud convenience of guests, t merit a continuance of I lie same. P. W. HA YS, lIKALB. IN Dry Goods, Notions, Groceries. aad General Variety, FOX ELK CO., PA. lUirlcy f. - vlnlTtf. E. K. (ill EMI, Dealer in all kinds of cabinet ware, woodand cat to scut chairs, kitchen ami t-xtentioii tallies, wood and marble top stands, wood and marble top bureaus, what nnts, looking glasses, wood ami marble top chamber suits, mattresses, spring bed bottoms, bed steads, cribs, Lat'ei'ty's metal lined wood pumps, fcc, &"c. Cane seats replaced with perforated wood seats, Weed sewing machine reduced from 6(-" to $V, the best machine in the market, and pic ture frames made to order. Also a large assorted stock of ready made coliins constantly on hand and trim med at shortest notice. All the above goods are sold at punic prices. Ware J looms m masonic' hutiuing, riidgway Fa. v5ii49tpdupr27'77. CHARLES HOLES, Watchmaker, Engraver and Jeweler Main street, Ridgway, Pa. Agent for the Howe Sewing Machine, and Morton Gold Pen. Repairing Watches, etc, docewilh WORK FOR THE UNEMPLOYED. The Thistle Edition la the only fully Illustrated EditiSn of fir natter oeott's WAVERLEY NOVELS of American mnkA. nd iu "tli best. cumuli oi mo uesii r-ngnau uuveuni. The books are standard, and will sell for all time. The mechanical execution is of the best. The price is of the low est. Agents wanted eweywhere, to whom liberal terms and exclusive ter ritory are offered. Forty-eight volumes, averaging 400 pages each, and containing nearly 2,000 illustrations will complete the series Subscribers supplied with two volumes (a complete work) monthly, Elsven jIosths' Deliveries (21 vol umes) are now ready. Price-in cloth gilt extra per volume $1.50; Half Tur Eey gilt top $2.26. For terms etc ad dress E. J. HALE & SON Publishers 17 Murray Street t'ew York. JOB TTTORK We are now prepared V to do all kinds of JOB WORK, Envelepes. Tags Bill-heads, Letterheads neatly and cheaply executed. Office 'in Thayer & HagerLr's new building, Mail street Ridgway, P. 1 mi Mmmh. THURSDAY, JULY 27TH, 1870. Rates of Advertising. One column, one year $75 00 k " " " ...... .......... 40 00 1 " 25 00 15 00 Transient advertisements oer sauara of eignt unes, one insertion I, two inser tions, $1.60, three Insertions, $2. Business cards, , ten lines or less, per year $5.- Advertisements payable quarterly. Arrival and Departure of Kails. Eastern Daily exoept Sundays; ar rives at 2:22 p. m., leaves at 6:16 p. m.; Western Daily except Sundays; leaves at 2:22, arrives at 5:16 p. m. Brookville Daily except Sundays arrives at 12 m., leaves at 2:30 p. m. Spring Creek Arrives Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11 a. m.; leaves Wednes days and Fridays at 9 a. in. Lodge Meetings. Elk Lodge, No. 379, A. Y. M meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month in Masonic Hall. Elk Chapter. No. 230, 11. A. M., meets the third Tuesdayof each month in Masonic Hall. Kunpp Commandery, No. 40, K. T. meets the fourth Thursday of each mouth in Masonic Ball. County Officers. President Judge-Hon. L. D. Wetmorc Associate Judges Hons. J. K. Whit more, Chas. Luhr. Sheriff Daniel Scull. Treasurer Jacob McCauley. District Attorney J. K. P. Hall. Co. Superintendent Geo. R. lilxon. Prothonotary. &c Fred. Schnening. Deputy Prothonotary W. H. Horton. Commissioners Michael Wedert, W. II. Osterhout, Ueorge Reuscher. Commissioners' Clerk W. S. Horton. Auditors W. H. Hyde, R. I. Spang ler, Ueorge Hothrock. Township Officers. Judge of Election Will Dickinson. Inspectors James Penfleld, P. R. Smith. Justices of the Peace Charles Mead, Jas. D. Fullerton. 8chool Directors 0. B. Grant, Jas. Gardner, O. T. Wheeler. N. T. Cum mings, W. 8. Service, Eug. J. Miller. Supervisors O. B. Fitch, Jas. Riley. Treasurer W. H. Hvde. Assessor M. S. Kline. Assistant Assessors Geo. Dlckinstm, John Wulnisley. Auditors J. H. Hagerty, James Pen field, J. S. Powell. Clerk-M. S. Kline. Constable J. W. Morgester. (.'hurdles. Lutheran Rev. I.Rrcuncman, pas tor. Services every alternate Sunday, in both English and German, at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday school at 10 n. in. Geo. Walker, Superintendent; J. O. W. Bailey, assistant. Grace Episcopal Rev. Win. James Miller, rector. Services every Sunday at the usual hours, 1 1 a. in. and 7 p. in. mi n nay sciioot at ni a. m. All arc cordial ly invited to attend. Seats free. Methodist Rev. Win. Martin, pastor. Services evcrv Sundavatll a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday school at '.'.jo a. m. l-j. iioiiuduy, superin tendent; Geo. R. Dixon, assistant. Young Folks' Bible Class at 3 p. m. Roman Catholic-Rev. Father Manor pastor. Services every other Sunday at 10 a. m. XEW TIME TABLE P. ii E. It. R. Commencing Sunday, July 2nd, 1870: WILCOX. Mail East " West Phila. Express East , Erie Exptess West Day Express East Niagura Exp.ess West niuawAT. Mail East , Mail West Phila Express East Erie Express West , Day Express East 4:37 p m . 2:47 p m .. i:.58 j) m .. 5:;:(j a m ,. 0:27 a in . 8:33 p ni - 5:12 p ni . 2:11 p m 1:28 p m . 6:00 a in . 7:00 a m . 7:51 p in Niagara Express West , ST. MARY'S. Mail East 5:37 Mail West 1:40 Phila. Espiess East 10:48 Erie Express West 4:30 Day Express West 7:23 Niagara, Express West 7:21 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE Board of Directors of Jones School District for the year ending June, 1878 SCHOOLS. Whole number of schools 6 Average number of months taught 7 3-5 TEACHEKS. No. male teachers employed- 4 " female " " .. 2 SCHOLARS. No. male scholars attending all schools 110 " female ' " 118 Average daily attendance of scholars 100 Percentage of attendance 80 TAXES LEVIED. Amount school tax levied $2,150 00 " building tax levied 000 00 RECEIPTS DUEIXO YEAH. State appropriation 270 93 From collectors 471 tl Collected by treasurer 1,108 78 From County treasurer 67 60 Total $2,078 07 EXPENDITURES. Repairs - 190 60 Teachers' wages 1,825 00 Fuel and contingencies 242 10 Treasurer's commission - 60 20 Secretary's salary 80 00 Cash in treasurer's hands-.... 19 95 Total. .. $2,363 75 Expenditures over receipts. $285 68 RESOURCES. Taxes due from all sources.... $3,419 05 LIABILITIES. Orders outstanding $2,891 22 Resources over liabilities $528 73 Value of real estate of district $7,000 A. T. ALDRICU, President. Attest : J. L. Brown, Secretary. Jones, June 19th, 1876. A GOOD WORK. A Startling Cfcuse of Debility and Sick ness fully explained in a large octavo Trea tise by Dr. O PHELPS BROWN. 21 Grand Street, Jersey City, N. J' EVERY MAN A P1J WUMA3 wno is ailing in any way should send and get a copy at onoe. as it is sent free, prepaid Dy man. Address the author as Above. TGnl240t LOCAL K0TES. Doadays. Oool nights. Th flies are plenty. How the gnats do bite. Nbvkh borrow trouble. Chbrriks are almost gone, EAT'frult rather than meats, Fkaches are now In market. Subscribe for the Advocatk. Therr are four parrots in Ridgway. Frost at Kane on the night of the Zkl. OCR postmaster is a great bird fancier. Thrrr are several brevet-Mrs. in town. Tin crop of corn this year will be excellent. The streets arestill uaed to pasture cattle in. Last Sunday the weather was comfortably cold. Thr school house yard is growing up to weeds. New potatoes are in market at sixty cents a peck. Last Tuesday morning was cold enough for a Are. Wheat bran is said to be a remedy for the cabbage worm. Linen dusters were at a discount the firs1 part of the week. Raspberries have sold on our streets at six cents a quart. Eight cents a quart Is the price now asked for huckleberries. The time for county nominating conven tlons is soon at hand. Last Thursday the thermometer marked 94 degrees In the shade. The sliver trade dollar Is circulating quite extensively in this village. Evert Republican and every Democrat should take the Advocate. Why don't some of our subscribers bring us some wood on account? The foot-bridge that crosaes Pop's run, on Centre street, needs repairing. The County Treasurer's and Commission ers' office are kept open every day. We have noticed the venerable Judge Qillls on our streets for several weeks past. The adjourned Treasurer's Sale of Un seated Lauds takes place August 2rtth. A man killed nineteen rattlesnakes, on Boom mountain, one day last week. Ladiks wishing visiting cards neatly printed will do well to give this office a cull. The silver dollar is worth at present only eighty cents in gold or ninety cents in green backs. As teachers of penmanship some of our prominent men would not prove very sue cessful. The postage rates have been changed so that you can send an ordinary newspaper for one cent. Wb aro under obligations to Wm. Walker and J. D. Parsons for a nice lot of "speckled beuutles." AVE understand that J. L. Brown will be a candidate for the Democrattc nomination for the Assembly. Nearly all the the boys, from ten years and upwards, in Ridgway are addicted to the use of tobacco. Look out for mad dogs any dog that wouldn't be mad at this kind of weather de serves to be shot. AVk have some some very desirable space for town advertisers to occupy; please make a note of this fact. Tame pigeons are very plentiful about town, and devote much of their spare time to "raising" vegetables, Ridoway will be well represented at the Centennlul. Many of our citizens have been there and many more are going. Thk fuu of catching ball on the street when the thermometer marks 03 degrees in the shudc is not apparent to the ordinary mind. Our heart goes out in pity when we Bee a youug lndy tied back so tight that she is unable to go down three steps without fulling. Six ieka dollars a month and board is the wages paid to many of the men in this sec tion. This seems much like antl-bellum prices. There has been a few cases of scarlet fever in town, and several cases that were reported as scarlet fever have turned out to be some thing else. The chances are In favor of the nomination or Hon. Jno. G. Hall, by the Democratic party of this district, for the office of State Senator. "Live and let live" is a good motto, and ap" pllcable to those persons who write their hand-bills in preference to patronising the printer. ' Wk were surprised, the other day, to hear a lddy wish that theold-fushloned plain dress, sans flounce, sans bustle, sans pull-back, sans everything, would again come into fushlon, C. W. Barrett's youngest child came very near dying last week from an overdose of paregoric. The paregoric was said to be nearly pure ladunum. We noticed some tobacco plant growing In a garden at the corner of South and Elk streets, the other day. This, we believe, is the only tobacco raised here. Now the diminutive bov duis both hamu on his stomach, and rolls his eyes in sorrow, as he thinks of the sinfulness of this wicked world and the lndigestiblllty of greeu apples. On Monday evening last the lust section nf Empire freights east was thrown from the track, near Scahonda sidlnir. lv a i.r,kn axle-, sixteen cars were demolished. Mall east was delayed here some time by the acci dent. Last week Wednesday Miss rinra nmnbi had her left eye badly injured by a stone, thrown by a boy. while sha una iinino n the stoop in front of her father's residence. The practice of throwing stones, indulged in oy small Doys, should be stopped. It should be known to everv rnn tuirino up anestray that the same must ha imm.n. atcly advertised by publishing a notice in the manner prescribed by law. A person who Keeps an animal without advertising it is liable to be indicted by the Grand Jury and punished accordingly. MB. UUIAH RODQEIIS. Of Fnx tnunihlni Elk county, can boast of nine children' seventy grand children, and fortv i-ot grand children. Mr. Rodgers is 85 years old- is nuie una neany, ana can relish a good Joke yet as well as any other livlnir num. Tf should, by all means, be represeu ted at the centennial. uazeite. A nbw test well will be put down at once not far from the Schults well near Wilcox. Mr. Bchults presented the new company. composed of laboring men, with his engine and other fixings, and transferrajj to them on aix-inousanu-acre lease. The Bchults well proved to be a "dry hole," after being torpedoed, at the depth of aoou feet. Last Monday while Dr. T. S. Hartley and James Penfleld were charging the soda foun tain in the rear room of Hartley's drug store. the generator, with the gague marking 202 lbs., exploded with a loud report. The car bollo acid, used In charging the fountain, was dashed into their faces with great force, com pletely enveloping the gentlemen with the fiery substance. Doctor Hartley's arm, and one side of bis face, were terribly burned; Mr. Penfleld seemed to have received the full effect of the acid directly in the face, and for a time it was feared he would lose his eyesight, and, indeed, bad it not been for the efforts of Dr. M. J.Earley, he certainly would have lost the sight of one, if not both, his eyes. At last accounts Mr. Penfleld was rapidly Improving. New Rates of Post je. THE NEW POSTAL ACT PUT INTO EFFECT. The new "Postal Act" passed by the present Congress has gone Into effect. The most important section is No. 15, which reads as follows: "That transient newspapers and magazines, regular publications de signed principally for advertising pur poses and for free circulation at nonv inal rates, and all printed matter of the third-class, except unsealed cir culars, shall be admitted to and trans mitted in the malls at the rate of one cent for every two ounces or frac. tional parte thereof, and one cent for each two additional ounces or frac tional part thereof; and the sender of any article of the third class of mail matter may write his or her name arid address thereon, or on the outside thereof, with the word "from" above or proceeding the same, or may write briefly or print on any packages the number and names of articles enclosed. Publishers of and newspapers and peri odicals may print on the wrappers of newspapers or magazines, from the of fice of publication to regular subscrib ers the time to which subscription thcrajo has been paid, and addresses upon postal cards and unsealed circu1 liirs may be either written, printed or affixed there to attheoption of the sen der. On concealed circulars and all mall able matter of the third class, other than that designated in the foregoing section postage will be charged as heretofore, one cent for each ounce or fraction thereof. Keep Cool. Somebody who has had hot weather experience in Indiu recommends the pith hat occasionally seen in our streets, which has a ring inside to fit the head, leaving an open space for ventilation. He also says: "If people were to shut up and darken their houses in the coolest hours of the morning leaving only apertures enough for ventilation and to those apertures apply, us folks iu India do, loosely-woven iuuts of fragrant gross, and keep them wet. every breath of air coming into the house would take up the moisture, and the temperature within would be reduced many de grees." The Day You WERii IJokn. Here is an infallible method of discovering the day of the week on which a given day of the month any number of years pievious occurred. To the number epiesenling your age at your next bii thday add one fourth for leap yMirs; this amount divide by 7, and the re mainder counted back from the day of the week on which you were born. For instance, on your next birthday you will be 24 years old. This divided by 4, and the quotient, 6, added to 21, gives 30, the amount, which divided by 7, the number of days in a week, gives four weeks and the remainder of two days. Now, if your birthday in 1876 comes on Monday, count back two days, and you have the day on which you were born, Saturday. An Important Law. Thu follow ing section of a luw recently passed by Congress and approved by the Presi dent, will en'ccluully crush out the lottery swindles that have so long cursed our land: "That it shall not be lawful to convey by mail, nor to deposit in a post office to be sent by mail, any letters or circulars concern ing lotteries, so-called gilt concerts, or other similar enterprises ottering prizes, or concerning schemes devised and intended to deceive and defraud the public for the purpose of obtaining money under false pretenses, and a penalty of not more thun five hun dred dollars, with cost of prosecution, is hereby imposed upon conviction, in any Federal Court, of the violation of this section." It will be observed that by this umcudmcnt letters and circu lars relating to all lotteries, without regard to the charucter of such lot teries, are declared unniailable, and that the depositing of such letters or circulars in a post office to be sent by mail is an offense to be punished, upon conviction, by a line of not less than one hundred, nor more than five hun dred dollars, and the cost of prosecu tion. On Friday evening last, an alterca tion took place on Sixth street be tween James Dean, butcher, and George liriaijs. engineer of the Iteuovo Hotel laundry, about a claim against the latter, that came very nearly resulting in a murderous affray. 1 he claim was one of long standing, and when Biiggs was solicited to pay it he cooly repudiated it, with the ad ditional remurk that "he (Dean) could not get the money, and he guessed he was unable to lick it out of him." At this remark Deuu struck Briggs with his fist; the latter having an open knife in his hand at the time. No resistance was offered by Briggs, when the parties separated, Briggs going home and Mr. Deau to J. Shindler 4 Co's store. About twenty minutes afterwards, Briggs returned, armed with a loaded revolver. As soon as he espied Mr. Deau, (who was standing under the awuingof the store door, conversing with a number of men) he cocked his revolver and raised it to take aim when Mr. Deuu run into the store room. Briggs followed him until he came within easy range, when he again raised his revolver( and fired the ball striking the door within a few feet of Mr. Dean. Briggs then left, in the direction of his home. A warrant for his arrest was imme diatley issued by 'Squire Chesnutt, and placed in Constable Sanders' hands, but up to this writing Briggs has not been found. Jtenovo Jleoord. In a match game of base ball, yes terday, at St- Mary's, between a nine from Harrlsburg, and the J. K. P. H. nine of St. Mary's, the acore stood: Harrlsburg 14; J. K. P. II . . From the Cameron Press. Lost In the Woods. Last wesk we announced that a child aged seven years, son of Dennis Hebcr, had disappeared on Wedncs- day, and up to the time of going to press on Thursday, had not been found. The child left home early Wednes day morning, and got into a wagon belonging to a Mr. Reese, of Potter county. The boy was carried as far as Allen Russell's, up the Portage, and left In the road by Mr. Reese. Judge Ross took the lad into his wagon and brought him down as far as Mrs. Lu corc's just above the Portage bridge, and started him towards town. The little fellow was traced into the Buf falo R. II. Yard, and from there up the Plank Road Hollow, beyond the residence of Mr. Stoncnian, and was lost sight of abont 2 o'clock in the af ternoon. When the Press was de livered, it became extensively known that the child was lost and our citi zens very generally joined in the search. The woods in the vicinity of the child's disappearance were thor oughly searched during that day and night, but nothing could be found of the lost child. Friday the excitement became in tense, and the agony of the parents was almost unendurable. Systematic efforts were organized Friday morn ing, and about one hundred men started for the woods, and iu the com pany were some of our oldest and most experienced hunters, with dogs to find the trail of the lost boy. The search was continued all that day and night, and the party returned with no tid ings of the poor lost child. Saturday increased efforts were put forth. The boy had been in the woods three days and nights, and the question was frequently asked, "can he be alive?" Every part of the woods for miles around hud been thoroughly seurched, and the stoutest hearts be gun to full, yet the efforts of our kind citizens were not relaxed, and the search was kept up until late Saturday night, when the different parties came in, and the search was vitually aban doned. When the fuct became known that the search had been abandoned, there was a feeling of sadness throughout the town. Mothers wept as they pressed their loved ones to their bosoms, and many a prayer was of fered for the restoration of the lost child. The boy had been in the woods four duys and nights. Could he be alive, and if alive was he dying from hunger and fatigue? The thought was agonizing in the extreme, and few of our citizens slept that night. Sunday morning, at day-break, John Norris started for the woods, de termined to make one more effort. On his wuy Mr. Norris overtook Peter Norton and Ed Mills, and t he three went together. They proceeded up what is known as the Little George Run, and when about a mile and a half from Plunk Road Hollow, through a thick growth of under-brush and briars, Mr. Norris saw a place trumped down, and a number of little play houses, apparently recently made, and a short distance from there, close by a log, under some bushes, the little fellow was discovered, asleep. Mr. Norris immediately took him in his arms and hurried to restore him to his fruntic parents. He carried the boy fully three miles, only stopping once to give the child some water, which the little one piteously begged for. The news soon spread through the town uud there was general rejoicing. The child says he went to the place where found, the first night, and re mained there during the time he was in the woods. He found plenty of berries, but got no water, He heard parties calling him some of the purty coining within a few feet of him, yet he kept quiet, probably through fear. The poor child was in a very weak condition, and probably would have been unable to even pick berries after that day, on account of having no wutcr during the time he was lost. The tlesh on his feet and hands was terribly lacerated by the briars and bushes, and he is suffering severely on that account. Too much praise cannot be bestowed on Mr. Norris, who left his work, gave his time, night and day search ing for the child. He says the hap piest moment of his life was when he placed the poor child in its mother's Disgraceful Pkoceedinos. On Sunday lust Pine Grove School House, iu Burnett township, was the scene of a most disgraceful proceeding, more like what might have been expected of people one hundred years ago rather titan iu this enlightened- age. For some time an interesting and well attended Sabbath School has been held in this house, iu the absence of any other place to accommodate the school, and it appears that there was a party in the district opiosed to such use of the house, and at the time mentioned proceeded to forcibly eject the school, a party of men going in armed with pistols and bludgeons and driving out all engaged ia the exer cises, inflicting serious injuries on several officers of the school. On Monday information waa made before 'Squire Maize, by Mr. Jno. Agnew, andwarrautsissued for the rioters, who who will have an opportunity to answer for their conduct. A spirit of lawlessness, or opposition to religious worship and teaching, seems to exist in that community, a Sabbath School across the river hav ing recently lost all their library by theft. Brookville Republican. A disease similar to pear blight, is appearing ou the apple trees injuring them much. The diseased tree looks as if scorched by fire near the extrem ity of the branches. STATE NOTES. Mlllerstown Butler county, is said to have several cases of small-pox of a malignant type. Paper balloons, with fire attached, are not allowed to be sent in the air at Lebanon. It cost $o to indulge in an ascension. According to a report complied by the Oil City Derrick, the total number of iron tanks in the oil region is 484 with a total capacity of0,2i7,739 bar rels. An old Philadelphia negro was paid his wages -in silver halt dollars; he gazed benignly upon them as they lay in his lm, grinned as though in triumph, and the exclaimed: "Dat's de stuff cle rats can't chew." Philadelphia, July 24. The cupola on the roof of the Western Union Telegraph building in this city, which was used for the reception and pro tection of the wires running to the structure, was destroyed by fire about one o'clock thlsmoruing. interrupting telegraphic communication with this city by that., line. Fortunately the flames were confined to the rooi, and the loss, including that by water, will not exceed two hundred dollars. The Distribuling Committee of the Osceola Relief Fund have made their final report. It shows that the total amount of subscriptions received In cash was $12,7:!!) 70. The amount dis tributed in cash to sufferers 8,yil.u8, and for lumber, labor, merchandise, etc., $0,062,08, leaving in the hands of the committee $100,69, which, after paying for the printing of the report, will be handed over to the Osceola School Board for the benefit of the Common Schools. The trial of Hugh McGehan, Jiunc Carroll, James Konrty and James ltnvlp. ohnviroii with tlia TY1 1 1 tl 1 n of It1 V x....Mpt.M 114 iiiuiuvi J. B. Yost, has been in progress at Potts- vin. iue tommonweaitn, wnicn nas presented a strong case, closed on WeilnPHlinv. Tim trinl u-lll nmhnl.lv be finished on Saturday. The chief witnesses ior me uomnionweuitii were James Kprrkmn nlllt Julimii InI'nrlon Thomas Dully, one of the prisoners, i. r,...i . 1 . . ' cjcticu iu ue irieu separately, ana ne will be brought before court ut the next term. '1'hn pinltmnmlln Vntta. ville over the trial is intense. The lienrinir nf f "lmnnnf KL-iloa o.,,l (-j - .a v I H.i! HIIU John 1 ri-rsllhl'lirnl- nllna 1niii..n charged with the murder of Jacob rn1l.. dtj tr,i. -r. . ticuer, ueur muiiy run, rsrecKlioeK township, on Monday, June 12, took ulace at tht n til ft. nf M,iu..u li..ii:i,rr..- Esq., justiceof the peace, Churchtown) xjiiiiuiBier uuuiiiy. .cieven witnesses Wd'e examined, n. Inrn-a nnmhop nf others subpoenaed having been passed vii ill-count oi ine excessive neat, and the belief by the commonwealth that enough had been elicited to wur rant the committal of the accused, to answer at Court. Columbia Courant. A WOIIUin Who hn a utnrw) in tha Allegheny market took off her gold ring the other day to wash her hands. She nlaced tli rlnc in a Imlf i..b- measure, and when a customer came uiuiiK u moment niter to buy some potutoes, she forgot the ring, and used the measure without tukimr it. nut thus losing her jewelry. There are itiuuious stones in undent history about gold rings by the half bushel, but we believe it is not a common thing to sell them in that way in the Allegheny market. l'tttxhumh. Trie.. ffraph. On Thursdav nlcht. nf luuf. wnnlr n bear killed two sheep for Charles Wvckott". Of Kvlvnnlu nwir ilia hnrn One of the sheep or whut was left of it! iv ns usuu ior uuir, una two traps were set in such a manner that is wus sup posed that it wus impossible for bruin to ge ta meal without getting a spring steel hug, but the bear was too cun- ...u6, vouijira me irujj uuu carrieu oil the sheep. A spring gun was set by me oiuer sueep. a wounded dog was the result. The bear is supposed to be the same one that killed eight of Mr. Wykoff's sheep hist year. 1'otter En terpriae. It is Droved llV tll'nptlmil fTimi-lotinn in all large towns that the actual ...... I... i pvpuiuiiou ueurs a constant rotio to the number of voting citizens, and the ComoUtUtion of ruilillhilirili ia a Illicit- Jem which can be very easily solved. ine proportion oi lnnabitants to votes is about H to 1- mul tho nnnn F tiiu city taken in 1870 and in 1873 shows .i..... .1.1.. i. ... i. . . . iuui huh rue applies to iiine practi cally without any variation. On that uums uur pupuiuuon must now oe very near twenty-nine thousand. The number of votes shown in the regis trv recently coinnleti'il la 4 Hod Multi plying this by ti we have 28,8iJ0, as the approximate number of inhabitants now in the city. Erie Dixputvh. We learn frnin tlm T.nb- Hot,n Democrat that the barn of David Alli son, in Porter township; Clinton countv. was struck hv H..M , . - " ' , ' J mi baturay atternoon. the 1st iust., and .i.. i ti.. i i .. . ... . uvouuj cu, riu uuu just put in iwenty- tWO loilds of tlllV M hii.il tnnntliiii. ...ill. a horse belonging to Wm. Beck, luO uusucis oi outs, to oi rye, : or wneat, 18 hums and a lot of other meat, a calf, buggy, lot of harness, and furm imple ments, was consumed. A number of horses wero taken out. There were liirhtinir-rods on eiir-h nt nf tha l.nrr. but the lightning that caused the con- uuuuou sirucK a straw sned some iony or imy leet away irom tne barn. Insurance on the barn mul cnntpiitu. 13,000. Thursflov tlip nrnncrtv nf tlio T a i-BBier wun.il eompuny, including real estate, muchiiierv nntl nerunnnl nrnn. city, were sold by Samuel Hess & Son, uueuoneers, ior i lie oenent oi me cred tois. The real estate and machinery which coht about, SiHll IHHI knocked down to Dr. Carpenter, for oi, uw. ine personal property brought about $5,000, Dr. Carpenter becoming me pumuser oi it. The Durcliaxe 1h murln in the internet of the stockholders and with the co operation of some of the heaviest. It is proposed to at once revive the busi ness and meu have already beeu set to work getting the machinery in order. All the stockholders will have an op portunity to tthara in tha nnuriiianuiru- ment if they avail themselves ot it pi umpu f . j. meu tyenctr. A dispatch received in the city at noon to day from Dilks Station, But ler county, stated that the fire at that place was still burnimr. and that the oil was fast being consumed. It also siaieu tout ail dunger or further dam. age is post, and that the amount of oil burned will not be over 70,000 barrels. Tax Barry, the notorious burglar and safe blower, who is now confined in the Erie jail, is in many respects noted man. His trial for the robbery and burning of the West Springfield post otdce, will come off probably this week. A bit of history never before published is that he wus raised by the famous and far-famed pugilist, John Morrissey, in fact we are told that he was his (Barry's) godfather. In con versation with a detective a few days ago, Barry Btated confidentially that he expected Morrissey here if politics would admit when he was tried and was confident that he would heln him out of his disagreeable scrape. Brio The Tramp Law. The tramp law passed by the recent Legislature and signed by the Gov ernor, among Its provisions declares that "All persons going about from door to door, or placing themselves In streets, highways or other persons wandering abroad aud begging, who have no fixed place of residence in tho township, ward or borough in which the vagrant is arrested; and all per sons who shall come from any place within it and shall be found loitering or residing therein, and shall follow no labor, trade, occupation or business and have no visible means of subsis tence, and can give no reasonable ac count of themselves or their business In such place, "are declared to be vag rants. Any person so found can be under section 2d of said act, arrested or caused to be arrested and compelled to labor upon any county farm, or upon the roads and highways of any city, township or borough or in any house of correction, poor-house, work house, or common jail, for a term of not less than thirty days, and not ex ceeding six months. Section eight provides "That all poor-houses, alms houses and other places provided for the keeping of the poor, are hereby declared to be work-houses for the purpose of this act; and it is hereby made the duty of the custodian or such buildings to provide work for such vagrants, and compel them to work therein, when able, not less than six 'hours a day." Death from a Rattlesnake Bite. Portage, Pa.. July 20. On Monday morning lust Miss Sarah Goodloe. daughter of a prominent resident of this place, and two little girls, named Jennie Wagner and Laura Webb, went out in the Wyckoff Mountain to pick huckleberries. About ten o'clock the Webb girl re turned crying to the village, and said that Miss Goodloe had been bitten by a rattlesnake an was sick in the woods about a mile away. The young lady's father, accom panied by a couple of friends and Dr. Crane, husteiied to the spot, guided by the girl. On reaching it a fearful sight presented itself- Miss Goodloe lay in convulsions on the ground and was swollen to an enormous size. Dr. Crane at once tore her clothing loose and revealed the fact that the flesh had commenced to turn black, She was entirely unconscious and was at once pronounced beyond all human aid- The snake had sunk his fangs deep into the calf of her leg in two E laces, and one of them was found anglnc to her stocking. The doctor administered such remedies as are used in such cases, but the unfortu nate young woman died in a few minutes after the arrival of her father and party. Her limbs swelled so that the one bitten by the snake burst the skin. She died in the most intense agony. The circumstances attending the case are related by the little girl as follows. They were picking berries near the top of the ridge and had their pails neurly filled. Suddenly Miss Goodloe gave a loud scream, and. dropping her pail.ian wildly outof the bushes toward a plot of grass uearby, shouting. -My God my God, a rattle snake has bitten me!" She threw herself on the grass and commenced rolling and shrieking. The little Webb girl ran toward her and saw a portion of the snake, which seemed to be still attacking Miss Goodloe. About half of the snake, from the rat tles up, was exposed, and It was sound ing the latter in a manner denoting the greatest rage, The little girl, with singular bravery, seized the reptile by the tail and jerked it loose from Miss Goodloe, and killed it with a club be fore it got away. She then told the young lady that they had better start for home at once, and they hurried homeward, the two little girls assisting Miss Goodloe, who continued to grow il! from the effects of the bite, and finally dropped in convulsions at the spot where the Webb girl left her and hurried on for aid. The price of oil is reported at $2,45 and everything looks favorable , for operators. The Government will now recruit volunteers to fight the Indians. Gen. Sherman says he has enough soldiers. If this is so let him make use of them, and exterminate the pesky red devils us soon as possible. Indianapolis, July 20. Ezra Daw son, a well-known resident.of this city, shot and dungerously wounded A. S. Foster, a livery stable keeper, for the alleged seduction of his daughter, fif teen years old. Dawson's action is generally endorsed. St. Louis, July 20. The Globe Democrat' special from Leavenworth says advices received at Fort Leaven worth this evening froni Fort Lara mie state that a purty of four miners from the Black Hills on the way to Cheyenne had been killed, scalped and stripped by the Indians. One man named Laughlin was from St. Louis; two names, not given, from Alton. No dute is given. St. Louis. July 24. A Globe Denw crut special from St. Joseph, Mo., says: While James C. Cross was boat ing with five young girls on Contrary lake, near thut city, yesterduy after noon the boat was upset and all the girls drowned. Mr. Cross, while at tempting to save his dauhter, was seized with cramps, and was rescued only with great difficulty. The girls were from seven to sixteen years of age. New York, July 20. The heat con- timiPM IntpnRa. 'I'ha mnrtiilitv mnnn children is frightful. For the past ' . . . .1 . . .1...... 1 . .. .1 .. . 1 . At I I 1 IWCIUJ-UVC UUB IU UCHLUB OI CUUU- reu under five years of age has averaged neurly one hundred daily. Iu Brooklyn last week the deaths were 533, the largest death rate ever recorded there. Of this number 890 were children under five years of age. There were many fatal cases of sun stroke to-day. An eminent physician says that sweet oil is not only an antidote to the bite of the rattlesnake, but 'will cura poison of any kind, both on niaa and Deast." The patient must take a spoonful of it internally, and bathe the wound, for a cure. To cure a horse it takes eight times as much aa ' for a man. Instead of gulping down apint of Ice water, gargle your throat and mouth well with one-half of it, drink one half of the remainder, and throw the balance away. You may save your life by adopting this simple sugges tion, and win at the same time quench thirst more effectually than if the . whole ia drank.
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