G-EU J. RATHBVN,
Attorneyat-Law,
Main Street, Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.
UALL & M'VAULEY,
Attorneyi-at-lAW.
Office in Nw Brick Building, Main Bt
&ldwaj, Elk Co., Pa. Tn2tf.
L UCORE & ItAMliLEK.
Attorneys-at-Law, Ridgway. Elk
County Pa. Office across the hall from
the Democrat establishment. Claims
for collection promptly attended to
Jne. 16 '70.
Vll AXLES 11 OLE
Watchmaker, Engraver and Jeweler
Main street, Ridgway, Pa. Agent tor the
,1owe Sewing Maohine, and Morton Gold
?eu. Reptiring Watches, eto, docilh
ie ratno accuracy as heretofore. Satis
fact? jo guaranteed. tlnly
J, 0. W. BAILEY,
ATTORSEr-AT LAW.
ltnu1. RIdgway, Elk County, Pa.
Agent for tn Traveler's Life and Aeol
Jient InKuranoe Co., of Hartford. Conn.
J A3! EX D. FULLER TON,
Surgeon Dentist, hating permanently lo
cated in Rigvav, offer hii profeeeionsl ser
vices to the cittieus of Ridgway ana sur
rounding countr. All work warranted.
Office in Service & Wheeler's Building, tip
stairs, first door to the lift. 73-n-8iMy
G. G. MESSENGER,
Druegiit und PartnacetiMst, 3. W. corn
of Main ami Mill sued". Kidgway, Pa.
ruli assortmslit of carefully selected For
oien mid Domestic Dings. Vrewiptioni
carefully dinpenssd at .ill hours, dny or
bight.
2'. & HARTLEY. M. I).,
Physician ami Surgeou.
Other in Dl-r.g iiie. corner Broad and
M'tin StJ. Hejidiiice corner Hrond 8t.
opposite the foil. ge. Oflioe ho.iis Irom
6 to 10 A. M. and from 1 to 8 P. M.
Tln'Jyl.
jTs. KURD WELL, M. D.,
FajIcciio rhytician and Surgeon, hasresnoT
H hi" otlioe from Centre street, to Mail el.
l'iditway. Ph.. in the second story or the
brick building of John Hall, oppo
site Hyde's store.
tWo hours:-! lo 2 I'M 7 to 9PM
HYDE II 01 HE,
KtixiwAt, EL Co., Pa
V. fl. SCI! RAM, Proprietor.
i i.r..i ihn tmtrnn'ie'B heretofore
io liborally bestowed upon him, the new
ontion to the coailort iw mu.,i....
guests, to merit a continuance 01
fttno.
Oa 30 Ibil'.'.
;. o. fa r.
LUMBER A'D.I"8L'nA2fCE COM
MISSION BROKER,
AMD
GENERAL COLLECTION AUENT
.So 2Ct5 Walnut Place,
(,310 "Walnut ytr?et.)
PIIlLADELVlIIA. PA.
n 41-1 v
11. HA r.v.
Di Goada, Kotioas. Grfoeries
and Gorm-al Varioty,
FOX ELK CO., PA.
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V III Ilf.
J .i;Li:v. M. I.
n. II II t HI MAS, M, 1),
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RS. EAliLEY ii 11 ART MAX.
nr. V. n. nartmnn. fhrmcrlv nf St.
Marv'a. baa associated himself with M.
i'. llnrloy, M. D. in the practice ot
medicine at Ridgway. Ry close at
tention in business they hope t' re
feivo u lilv'i'itl shave of the patronage
rf the public. Dr. W. B Ilartnnin
tan be found at Mil bourn, iither at his
room, over the post-office, or at Dr.
M. J. Earlev'a Drug Store. Dr. M. J.
Earlev can' be I'-uuid nt the residence
of Dr. C. R. Earlfj, or et hid Drug
(Store. Surgery, 'und diseases of
tvameu audcbildnu h ppocialltvi
e. k. mr.su,
Dealurluuil kind of I'uhifnl ware,
troodand cane aer-t chairs, kitchen and
Mention lahlts, wood anil umrblo top
tands, wood Pt?d 1'iuvbh: top Imreaus,
h'hat notx, Jwklng gUwen, Wood and
tnarblo top cliuiuber n:tM, mntlreeses,
prim? bed bottoms, bed ttcadb, cribs,
Lafunv'K metal lined woud pumps,
J;C., Catie s-i-ttts repluced With
ocrl'oratcd wo- d Meats', N ceil sewing
aiachine mitincd from f6f to t-io, the
oest inueliim; in the market, und pic
ture frame? made to order. Also a
larpo assorted stock of rendy mude
coti'ms constantly on hand and trim
med at shortest notice. All the above
f oodf are eold at pauiu prices. Ware
Rooms In masonli; building, Ridgway
I'u. v;m4t'lrjdapr27,77.
.TEV LIVERY STABLE
IN
RIDGWAY .
DAN SCRIBNER WISIIE3 TO
Inform the citizens of Ridgway, and
the public generally, that ho haa
btarted a Ljvery Stable and will keep
GOOD STOCK, GOOD CARRIAGES
and Buggica to let
upon the most
.reasonable terms,
2TIe will also do job teahilng.
Stable on Broad street, above Main
All.orders left at the Post Office Will
receive prompt attention.
Aug01S71tf
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from Nervous Debility, Premature De
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recipe and direction fur making the simple
remedy by which be was cured. Sufferers
, wishing to profit by the advertiser's ex.
per.euce can do so by addressing in perfect
eonfiienjo.
JOHN B. OQDEN,
42 Cedar St., New York.
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Rldyway Public' Schools
Principals report for month ending
March 21st, 18
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85
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TEACHERS.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. li
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HIOH HCIIOOL DEPARTMENT.
At- re.
tntl port
ant'c in t.
A GRADE.
A v. I Oen
cla's PTHl
sta'd aver
Inn. ngo.
Ida Luther
Carrie V. Luther
Helen M. Little
May M. Littlo
Jennie M. Sheeley
Julia Flynn
Alton It. Chnpin
Jennie Gresh
Lizzie J. M'Cnulev
11 GRADE.'
Hattic E. Minds
Tillie C'uitninlium
Ida M. Olmsted
Dorle Irwin
Minnie M. Service
Rhoda Wilcox
Bessie Steele
Orin Head
Oscar Gardner
Thos. J. Malone
Dosie Rhine1?
Willie Mensenger
Otis G. Kelt
Lowis W. Ely
Mich. Meenan
Albert Fitch
Emma OlmstM
C GRADE
Katie O'Connor
Emma E Ross
Aggie Burrett
Nellie E. Schram
Joseph Jnekaou
Lewis Lesser
E J Luther
Ira C Sherman
Daniel Ii wlu
Charles Johnson
Jack E Burrett
Adelbert Avery
Michael O'Connor
Fred Ely
Clyde Kitno
Lizzie Walker
Willard M'Vean
Clara Brooks
Florence Stafford
Chas Mceri an
Lorenda Warner
Ada Young
D GRADE
Maggie Shean
Muggie Flynn
Addie Bordwell
Lizzie Shack
Viola Neill
Henry A. Pnino
Dan Cunningham
John Shuck
Elmer Gardner
Michael May
G C Kiine
Patrick Holland
Willie Median
Willie T Neil 1
Edward Paint?
Russel HurtiiKtu
HOI 90!
fH' 100
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70
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100 100
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loo'ioo
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Arthur Horton
D. SUB-GRADE
Ella Lubv
23 108' 67 G..
Ella Kiine
Rosepha Meycra
Mack Kiine
Eddie Powell
John Hetilev
Minnie Kline
Annie Kline
Jennie Hall
Amanda Liudgren
NN'illie Schrnin,
Chauncev Wilcox
Kittle W'iiitmore
Edward Bailey
George French
Henry Keennn
Josie MiMsc-tigcr
Willie Luther
Johnnie G Whitmorc
Rollan Cook
John Lubv
Martha AValluT
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1 N'TK R M KDIATK Pnt'A RT.M EXT.
'cither late nor absent: Clarice
Bordwell; Nelly Jackson, Ella Wil
hams, Flora Irwin, Sadie Scull, Alice
Neil!, Bew-ie Scribner, Hannah Ma
loney, Lizzie Flynn, Gussle Wood
ward, Wallie Dili, Coryell Ross,
Glenn! Johnson, Josie Weaver, Geo.
Shack, Charlie Scribner und James
May.
TViose ti-ho rxci lkd in scholarship :
E Grade : Ada Malone, Alice Neill,
Flora Irwin Guasle Woodward.
F Grade : Bessie Scribner. Ella
Williunis, Lizzie O'Brien, James May
G Grade : Georgo Shack, Louis
Egler, Coryell Ross, Gletiul Johnson,
Wallie Dill, Lizzie Flynn, Sadie
Scull.
PHIMAHV DEPAftTMF.XTi
Names of those present every day.
Benuie P. Little, Charlie Lesser,
Eddie Holaday, Warren Irwin, Willie
Shean, Albert Gorton, James Daly,
Johnnie Dalj, Eugene Willard,
Johnnie Hartnian. Mary Sheening,
Clam Willard, Nellie Holaday
Sanies of those who excelled in scholar
ship.
B Grade ! Eddie Holaday, M'arren
Irwin, LouielRhines, Eugene Willard.
C Grade : Willie Cunningham,
Frank Wickwirej Frank R. Oyster,
Annie M'Govern, May VanOrsdtill,
May O'Brien.
Perfect in Deportment i Libbie
May, and Lena Hawkey.
Promotions : Warren Irfcin, Eddie
Holuduy and Louie Rhines were pro
moted from the Primary to the Inter
mediate Department.
Visitor : It aflbrds me grCut pleas
ure to be able to state that about fifty
persons visited the schoolit during the
month a large majority being patrons,
Iu closing thi report we desire to
express our thuuka in behalf of the
teachers and pupils of the High
School Department, to Dr. Hartley,
J( O. W. Bailey Esq., Mrt. J D. Ful-
lerton and Miss Ada Young, together
with the class of little girls from the
Primary Department, consisting of
Maudie Hime, Clara Willard Hattie
Oyster, Belle Hartley, Mary
Bchcenlng, Daisy Klme, Nellie Hola
day and Maudie Miles, who so kindly
came to our school room, and gave us
such a rich treat in form of a mnsical
entertainment. Such little bright
foots, with the happy thought thev
bring, are like oases in the lives of
teacners ana pupils ana will long be
remembered and cherished by all who
were present.
J. B. JOHNSON, Principal
THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 187?,
(lossip,
Eggs are eggft.
Plenty of water.
Next Sunday is Easter.
Yesterday van rery windy
Subscribe for the Advocathc
Last Sunday was Palm Suuday
Rafting and running Is now the or
der of the day.
Tho County Musical Convention Is
In full blast here now.
The Wilcox school report will ap
pear in our next isue,
Men are paid ft. 25 to run to Spring
Creek on a raft and walk back.
J. 8. Maginuls Is excavating in
front of his saloon for a coal hole.
Sometime next month we expect to
have a real live oil well In Ridgway.
"From darkness light" printing
ink is the businessman's light house.
If you earn one dollar and spend
two the chances are you will never be
rich.
A robbin was warming his toes, by
blowing on them, on South street yes
terday.
Two more new subscribers last
week, and still we have room for
more.
There lssaid to bo strong surface in
dications of oil on the hill Ride above
Osterhout's tannery.
"Winter Btill lingers In tho lap of
Spring." The expression is entirely
new and copyrighted.
There Is no kind of a job in the
printing line that we canuot do. Call
and see our samples.
H. S. Thayer is having his new
store fitted up for a WHHamsport firm.
See their announcement in another
column.
Ladies If J'ou want nice visiting
cards give the AdvocatA office a call
Come in and see our new script and
our Damask and Glass visiting cards.
To-morrow evening there will he a
grand concert.at the M. E. Chtiich.uii
der the direction of J. William Suflein,
who lias beeu holding a Musical (.'on.
vention at this place since Monday.
The concert promises to be one of great
interest, and well worth going to sec.
Admission 35 cents.
John D. Lcc the Mormon butcher
was executed, at the scene of the
massacre, on Friday lu.t. In 1857 a
party of emigrants wi re brutally mas
sacred by Mormons und Indians un
der the leadership of Lee. He leaves
a long confession implicating Bri.Hbani
Young, and others high il authority
in the Mormon Church.
II is stated t licit the new army bill,
to be submitted to the house at the
extru session of congress in June, will
provide for a force of only 17,000 men
and an appropriation of a little less
than S37,ooo,ooo. It will provide that
uo money xhall be paid pauy railroad
for the transportation of property or
troops of the United States where
such railroad received a land grant on
condition that it should be a public
highway tor the use of the Govern
ment. Tin: Rksult ok a Neui.kct of
Dity. The borough auditors ot
Chester Springs, Cambria county
have got themselves into a peck of
trouble, through their own negligence.
It seems, says the Johnstown Tribune,
that their failure to comply with the
law requiring them to publish the an
nual statements of receipts aud expen
ditures of that district bus induced
some of the taxpayers to enter suit
against them, and the chance are that
the fine which attaches to neglect ol
this nature will be imposed. It is
rather rough on the Auditors, but
they should understand their duty
properly, and then there would be no
risk of this kind. There are, no doubt,
several towuships in this county
where the law Is a nullity as far as
making annual statements public are
concerned, and it behooves those in
terested to attend to this matter, or
they may likewise sutler a like ordeal.
New Store in Ridgway.
Silverman & Co., the well known
Millinery end fancy Goods firm 01
Williamsport, Pa. have rented the new
Siore Room next to the Post Office at
Ridgway, and will on or about the
10th of April, open one of the Largest
Stocks of Millinery, Fancy Goods
and Notions, In this part of the Stale.
They have a wide known repu
tation from their Williamsport store,
as being first class Merchants, lair in
their dealings and as regards selling
Goods cheap, they cannot be beat, due
advice will be given on what day they
will open the store. A fine display
ot GooUs and great Bargaius may be
expected. Their slock will comprise
the following Goods;
Ladus' aud Children's trimmed aud
untriuiiueU Huts and Bonnets, Silk
Ribbons, Laces, Feathers, Flowers,
Black' Eugiisit Crapes, Crape ana
other Veils, bilk Velvets, Velveteens,
Velvet Ribbons, Lace Scarfs, Old
Ladles' Cups, ChiiUreus' Lace and
Merino caps and Copes, Linnen Col
lars and Cud's, Roughiugs, Siik& Lin
nen Hand'kf's, Ties, Silk and Worsted
Fringes, Corsets, Bustles, Hoopskirts,
Embroideries, Kid aud other Gloves,
("Parasols, Pocket Books, Hair Goods,
Jewelry, Hosiery, Ladies and Genu'
Satchels, Ladies' aud Children's ready
made Suits and Undergarments,
Picture and Motto Frames and every
thing belonging to a first-class stock
of Millinery, Fancy Goods, and
Notions
Fearful Disaster. ,
Under date of March 27. we find an
account of the breaking of another
reservoir. We give a few extracts 1
Tho StftfTordville reservoir belonged
to tho reservoir company, com
posed of the owners of mills on the
stream below. The clam was raised
six feet during the winter, und tho
storm last night tilled it for the first
time. Close by the reservoir stood the
satinet mill of E. A. Converse j hext
was the shoddy mill of J. Bastihe;
then the machine shop of S. A. Lldon.
A mile lower down was the Phiionix
nianyfacturing compnny's cassimerc
mill, at Hydeville, and three miles be
low there the Glen Mills cotton warp
factory stood, at Glenville. TlieCon
ncrsville manufacturing company's
cnssinieremill nnd G. M- Ives' granite
mill for making cotton goods were on
the stream nt Stnfford Springs, about
five miles from the dam. The reser
voir was about a mile nnd a quarter
long and averaged a quarter of a mile
iu width. Thetlani was about twenty
feet high, but short, the s( ream bed be
ing narrow for some distance below
The water is the head of the Willi
mantic river. Years ago a dam on a
tributary stream above here gave way
and caused great damage.
Hartford, Conn., March 27. The
losses by the ConverevllIe disaster are
'now estimated at from $500,000 to t'l,
000,000. One person, Richard Spedd
ing, a well known citizen nf Stafford
Springs, is thought to have been
drowned.
Stafford, Conn., March 27. All the
dams on the streams front Stnll'ord
ville, and till the bridges below the
Springs, arc swept away, making n
complete wreck of our valley. It is
thought otie or two lives are lost.
New York, March 7. The World's
special from Hartford says" the reser
voir which give way this morning at
Staflbrdvillc is about a mile long by a
quarter to a half a mile wide. Every
since the addition w:is put on there
have been fears of the dam. .There
cent filling was its first tc?-t. In. snite
of open gateway and other precautions,
a leak began about the waste pipe.
The water constantly made its way
through the dam along the edges of
the pipe, as laid been predicted, the
wall having been made of frozen ma
terial which the approach of spring
loosened. Men Were at work all day
.Monday trying to patch up the holes
and only stopped yesterday morning
when certain of failure. The water
driving the great iipe out of its place
tore the dam to pieces about six o'clock
and started down the valley, as is
usual in such etwes, The water chose
queer and unaccouulnblo paths, spar
ing some buildings directly in its way
while it tore 111 hers to pieces which
seemed sure to stand. Of twelve mills
on (he stream only two were carried
away, a third, the Granite mill, was
damaged while tho rest escaped. The
stream, beginning at Staflbrdville,
(lows through . Hydeville, Glenville
and Connersevilieand enters the Willi
mantic river at Stalford Spring. This
place with its ,IH)0 inhabitants, lias
become a summer resort on account of
its mineral springs. Its business i,
all incidciitial to the manufacturing
interests. The Hood washed about a
tenth part of the village out of exis
tence, including the most cent r:. I and
business portion. From the moment
the flood struck the town to its subsi.
deuce there was not ten minutes' time
yet the danmye done in that time was
more than can be made up in years if
it dot s not entirely prostrate tho com
munity there. Mr. E. C. Penney, of
Glen Mills, rode his horse down iu
front of the Hood and gave such warn
ing that no more than one life was
lost. The people had been expecting
the warning and at once found places
of safety, though the number in peril
was not great, the stream bed being in
a narrow gorge anil the houses out of j
danger. The whole community was
out to see the flood, which was a sight
never to be forgotton. The water did
not seem to be water tit all but ad
vanced, like a great mass of sticks and
stones, rolling over and over It
gouged a channeLihirty feet deep In
the road, tore up trees by their roots
nnd carried oil' soil from gardens, sub
stituting rocks so that its track is a
waste. Every dam on thestrcam was
carried oil', and instead of dill'usiiig it
self the volume of the Hood grew
greater until the Wiilimantio river
was reached. Uclow Stall'ord spriugs
the only damage done was the road
and bridges. The river was able to
absorb the Hood without further in
jury to property. The whole district
where the stream had created industry
is now changed to a waste channel.
Live lords are geltim; to be so com
mon a thing in New York and its
vicinity that people don't seem to
know how to treat them any more.
My Lord Bufort has recently had an
awful time. After spending ten days
in tho Tombs, where he was lodged
for some slight, indiscretions that it
seems even lords may be guilty of, lie
went to Jersey City, where he was
bounced about in a very unloruly ami
uhttiuilicd munuer. He was ousted
from his hotel aud slept in the police
station; his valet was arrested lor
peddling without a license; he was
luken in hand on the suspicion of be
ing a sneak thief, and finally both
were released because "the authorities
couldn't tell whether he was a fraud
or not." He probably is not a fraud.
M hen a noble fraud has operated in
this country lie is not lodged in police
stations; he lias moved iu society cir
cles and found a sing lodging in the
warm heart of some American maiden
who ootcs. on lords and believes them
Just too sweet for anything. Bufort
was a real lord aud had no such luck ;
he was wailing for remittances from
his mother, who will be glad to know
that he is out of jail. The pity about
this lord is that he drinks, and on oc
casions of intoxication wants more
room iu the world than even genuine
lords are entitle to under our popular
system of government.i Hereafter
when wt hear that one "is as drunk
as a lord" we shall know what lord is
referred to PhHmhjphia Times.
Wilcox Notes.
Oil tVell Nflt 8 Is a decided success.
It flowed five barrels In fifteen
minutes at tht; end of which time the
valves became clogged with sand
which interrupted tho flow. Every
attempt to pull up the valves would
result iu a jet of oil almost as high as
the derrick. Old oil men unite in
pronouncing it, at the lenst, a hun
dred barrel well. When oil comes out
of a well as fast as a two Inch pipe will
permit it, there are no ifs fir ands
about it. Persons who go to doubt
come back convinced. The oil men
of Bradford arc seriously alarmed lest
their interest there be materially in
jured. Capitalists are here as thick as
flies around a molasses barrel. Horses
and vehicles arc iu great tlehland.
Squire Aldrlch came home from the
well on Saturday with three runners
Instead of four. Moral Boys when
you are Invited oot for a sleigh ride
don't fill Jtiur pockets with sand on
the home voyage.
Why is a certain young gent the
happiest man iu town? Because
hes) always W(h)innies with joy.
Mr. Si W. is thinking seriously of
becoming n partner In the firm of M.
Potter & Son.
Once I was happy but Sow I am
forlorn my nfibctions are all tattered
and torn since B-B-eame home iu
morn. Shakespeare.
Oh for a Utile skiff to row my shat
tered aflec'ions across the "long
gre(e)n" sea of matrimonial bliss.
Longfellow.
The young folks say the sleighing to
the oil well is povr, but the hugging is
delightful. Moore.
Yesterday frrcnonrl two young
ladies called tit a dry guodrt store on
Woodward avenue to look at, one of
the latest styles of circulars. The one
who wanted to purchase was amazed
and disappointed to find the circulars
made without sleeves or arm-holes.
"Well, that's the Kyle," sttld the
salesman, "and they are very popular.
They are meant to cover both
shoulders and arms." "I guess I
won't buy one,'' whispered the girl to
her friend. "If 1 had a beau how
could I take hold of his arm with that
circular on," "Why you goose" re
plied the other, "you let him put his
arm right, around you of course !
That what It's made that way fori"
"Mister, I'll take that circular!"
promptly observed the anxious party,
and she had it sent home. Detroit
1'rtc I'refi. .
By special request the young ladies
of this plaee always wear the above
mentioned circulars when they go
sleighing. Wilcox Free Frew.
Mr. E. A. is looking welher.)
Every time a certain youug gent in
town stumps his toe he cries in
anguish My Jessie! Ditto a young
lady Oh m(P;ercy ! I
Rev. Mr. Hoffman on last Sabbath
preached a very able sermon on
"Godliness is profitable unto all
things, having promise of the life that
now is, and of that which is to come."
Married ladies tire requested to ac
company their husbands to school
examinations especially evening ses
sions. JOE.
Wilcox, Pa.,- March 27th 1877.
Oilweil No. 8 is not fairly down to
business yet. They have had a great
deal of trouble, with the pump. Have
taken up the tubbing twice aud now
they think it is split and will have to
come up again. Notwithstanding all
this they have slaved twenty-five
barrels of oil in the lust week. There
is hardly a doubt but that it will be a
paying well when it gets in good
working order.-
A few days ago nt-ws came from the
oil well that it was flowing at the rate
of a barrel everv two minutes. A
party of would be oil princes hitched
a fast team to a light pair of pleasure
ooiis and away they da died for the
well. Visions of liquid wealth floated
through their brains. They talked
of nothing but oil. Discussed the
problem of the great oil belts, each
one was sure he knew just whereto
strike the jugular. On they Hew with
lightning speed, but what a change
etinieover the spirit of their dreams
when arriving at the well to find the
flow had flown and not a drop of oil
was it producing. Liko a spoiled
child she had settled down into one 01
her periodical sulks. All the coaxing
that could be brought to bear had no
elfeet not a tear would bho shed.
With faces as long as a sucker rod this
party wended their way homeward,
w hen striking some bare ground In
the road they took a runner out of the
hind bob and over they all went into
the mud. Then they walked to town
through mud and slush the doggotulest
looking loi of men that ever a sleigh,
ing went and got slew FPITE.
Harried;
ELL IS G OO D W IN On Vied ucs
day March th, 1877, at the residence
of Hi ram Carina n, Portland Mills.Elk
Co., 1'a. by Janus D. Fullerton Esq.
vViudfiehl Ellis to Miss Martha Good
win, Portland Mills.
Norfolk, Va., March 24. The mam
moth excursion steamer Rockaway,
just completed at tho shin-building es
tablishment of O. W. Deaeh, was sue
cessfuily launched this evening. The
launch was witnessed by an immense
throng of eltixens who ave taking deep
interest in the success of the extensiv
ship-building industry but recently
started here. The Jtoekaway was
built for K Cornell White.of New
York, and is intended to ply between
that eity aud Rockaway Beach. She
is two hundred andninety-three feet
long, and is said to have more carrying
capacity than any other vessel engaged
in the exeursiou business in America.
The llockaway leaves for New York
to-night in tow of the steamer
Wyiuiuke.-
1-emiHj lvriHld Sewsi
TPS Pttxtort Itullins Mill ha rcAurhtx!
work.
Wllllnrtsport ti to havanew dally' Tan
Rcllufoo'inmlttoes hi Sdranton havetbylr
hnncM full.
A boot and shoo factory l to be entabllohed
at Wlllsboro.
Vallpy Furnace, at 8haron, ia runnlrg on
Bessemer Iron.
The Columbia and Port Deposit railroad
will be open for travel April 1st.
The Rcranton Times says that the tnlnes ttt
that suction are woTltlng on one-third time.
Nino thousand dollnrs have been sub
FDrlboi by the people of Oil City to erect
new opera house In that place.
The Huntingdon county treasury Con
tained almost ttt the last settltment,
and the county is vlrtualljut of debt.
TheScrnnton Fkee 1'kf.Ss Is disgusted be
cause the members from that district have'
not secured thopnssiigeof a now county bill.
There are ninety-two distilleries In the
Eighth district, composed of the counties of
llerks, Lebanon, Schuylkill and Lehigh.
A large dwelling and storehouse at Not
tinghafo Station, Chester county, was con
sumed l:y flro on the 13th Instant. Loss,
about J'U.l'OU,
The Heading paper state that since the 1st
of March there has been a general Improve
ment In the local freight business of the
Heading roml.
A child of Dr. Ulssenger, of Bowmansvllle;
Lancaster county, poisoned hlniiylf 011 Tues
day ly drinking a medical preparation in his
fathcr-'s study.
A colored ministor at Sewtohly has been
Huspruded for unbecoming conduct. lie was
too familiar with a man led stcr.
l'cter Nordic occasionally gives the Wll
liainspoi tors a church, but ho charges tbom
three dollars and a half lor gas.
The llom sditli' IlFil.M.n snys that e.-('f)ri-gressman
John TiHtorm Is about to enn-rtho
ministry.
The HnMv. ln lnccmnitlve work's nt. Philadel
phia have lately received an order for flvo
locomotives from Uracil and ono from
Austria.
The lower Siis.Ut.'l;anr.a river furnaces aro
mukinjrnboiU tv"-l!fihs of the Iron they aro
cajiable nf producing when running steadily.-
Water hits born let Into the West Branch
canal between Lock Haven and Wlllamsport,
and navigation M ill be ret umod on the 1st of
April.
The to?i:l receipts from the Girard estate for
the year 1.S7II were S710,i8.78. Uver 175,000 por
visited Girard college during the centennial
seasun.
On Friday last tho Oak mil coal breaker,
about live miles from Scranton, was burned
to U10 ground by incendiaries. It had not
been In use for four years past.
The YIHtcbar:-e Daily saysitls accounted
a Joke upon the Seruritonians that they went
to Harrisburg to divide the county and only
succeeded In dividing the city of iscranton.
The coal miners In the Wyoming region are
organizing associations for mutual relief aud
to protect themselves against sudden stop
pages and reductions In tho wages of labor..
J. M. Beugler, an Ingenious mechanic, at
WHHamsport, has Invented a jig saw for
fancy wood working that bids fair to make
him a wealthy man.
Twenty-two sheep were killed and tMrty
wounded in one night recently, in Mercer
county. The loss estimated at S200, tell upon
one man, Henry Brown.
The Item about Joseph illshow, of Wil
Uamsport, being 103 turns up every littlo
while, as it soi'ms to have dune for the last
ten years. Joseph, when shall we Mishow ?
A son of Mr. Sitgraves, of I'lttston, aged 11
years, committed suicide on Thursday by
hanging. He had been confined in a room
for some otfensc when he committed the rash
doed.
One ? tho stacks belonging to the Lehigh
Coal Company, on the Lehigh Valley ltaii
road, below East Putin. Junction, has been
put In blast, and preparations are making to
blow In tiio other stack.
Mr. Charlc Wister, of Germantown, lias
received from James Dufl'y, of Marietta, one
of the State Fish Commission, about two
hundred black bass, and deposited them,
alive and wriggling, in a stream near that
.suburb.
The Lchlfch l.ttr-Whesi WorSs, at Ffrrj
Dale, arc shipping orders for tho Great West
ern F.allwuy of England and nnrrow-gaugB
wheels for the Bench line on Long Island,
the Royal Land Improvement Company of
Virginia, tho Texas and Klo Grande Knllwoy
and others.
Tho Bedbank Furnace, the luvgest ;iron es
tablishment in Clarion county, will continue
to run, having purchased 22.003 tons of oro
from the sllgo Furnace Company. The Arm
has 17,500 tons of metal on hand, holding lor
higher prices.
While widow Campbell, of Carbondalo
was absent upon a visit to her son, under
sentence of death In the Wllkesbarre Jail, her
house was set on fire and burned by some of
the enemies of her son. This Is u most detes
table and mean revenge.
It Is stated on good authority that about
ol.iiOO tons of pig iron, which embraces tho
entire stock which tho company has had
pledged for loans nt Port Kiehmond and
Heading, wero sold by tho Heading coal and
Iron company yesterday to New York parties
at a price which Is understood by our infor
mant to beil-5 per ton.
The suprome court has decided that on a
louse of land made hi 1770 by Thomas Pen
nington to Jonathun Evans, for 60tf years,
during the term of the lease the lessee hud
no right to cut trees, or In legal phrase, "com
mit waste," A hopeful representative of the
original lessor bus thus protected tho rights
of his remote posterity.
Tho Benevolent Association of York hired
a stone quarry near that pluce, where a largo
number of otherwise unemployed laborers
have been kept ut work, ul ten cents an hour,
during tho winter. The result of Hie work U
estimated to be ubout threo thousand perch
01 broken stone, ready for piking streets or
rouds.
Joseph Parks, superintendent of the
motive power, on the Mountain Division;
Pennsylvania P.allroad, will this week re
ceive a consignment of brook trout and other
species of gmne-flsh, which will be properly
distributed iu the streams in tl e vicinity.
Mr; Parks Is a true disciple of Sir. Isuao
Walton, and will put his pets whero they
"will do the most good."
The President hits adopted a Very
frank, open plan, which will give sat
isfaction on all sides, in asking Secre
tary MeC'rary to prepare u complete list
of troops now stationed in the South.
This statement will show what a big
bugbear has been mado out of a very
little thing. Tho number will scarcely
exceed four thousand all told which
certainly it not a large enough number
to justify all tho hullabaloo that has
been made about it in the way nf
political capiat.
BUTTER AND LARD AT
P. & K'S.
FURS, A SMALL LOT AT
POWELL KIME'B.
FLOUlt, PORK, FEED, CORN
Meal, Oats, always on hand at
POWELL & KIME'S at bottom pri
ces.