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GEO. A. liATJIBUX,
Attorney-at-Law,
Main Street, Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.
HALL ct- AT VAC LEY,
Attorneys-at-Liw.
Office in New Brick Building, Main Si
Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa. v8nUU.
L VCOlll! & MRLEK.
Attorneys-at-Law, Ridgway, Elk
County Pa. Office across the bull from
the Democrat establishment. Claims
for collection promptly attended to
Jne. 15 '70.
VUAHLES HOLES,
Watchmaker, Engraver and Jeweler
Main street, Ridgwny, I'a. Agent for the
Howe Sewing Maoliine, and Morton Gold
- n. Repairing Watches, eto, donewith
e tame accuracy as heretofore. Satis
.'act i 3a guaranteed. vlnly
J, 0. IK BAILEY,
At'TOttNEV-ATLAW.
vlnxul. Ridgway, Elk County, I'a.
Agent for the Traveler's Life and Acoi
Jent Insurance Co., of Hartford. Conn.
JAMES D. FI LLER TON,
8tirgeon Dent int. having permanently lo
cated in Kigway, offers his professional ser
vices to the citizens of Ridgway ana sur
rouuding country. All work warranted
Office in Service & Wheeler's Huilding, up
stairs, first door to the If It. "iu'ii ly
o. a. messes a ek.
Druggist and Parmiiceutist, N. W. cornet
of Main mid Mill streets, Uidgway, I'a.
full assortment of carefully selected For
eign and Domestic Drugs. Prescriptions
carefully dispensed at ill hours, day oi
night. vln3v
T. S. II MIT LEY. M '.,
l'hysiolan ana Surgeon.
Office iu Drug Store, corner Broad and
Main (St. Residence curlier Broad St.
opposite the t.'olU'ga. OttieH hour trom
8 to 10 A. M. and from 7 to S I'. M.
vln-Jyl.
J X. HUH I) WELL, M. V.,
Eoleotio Physician and Surgeon, has remov
ed his otiicc lrom Centre street, to Mair et.
Ridgway. l'ii in tho second story of the
lie brick building of John 0. Hall, oppo
site Hyde's store.
(Jlttea hour:-l to 2 I M 7 to it l M
HYDE 11 U IKE,
Riiiowat, Elk Co., Pa
W. 11. SO 11 11 AM, Proprietor
Thankful for the patronage heretoforv
S3 liberally bestowed upon him, the new
proprietor, hopes, by paying sirict a
toution to the comfort and convenience ol
guests, to merit a continuance oi th
same.
Oil 80 lKtill.
LUMBER AXD.IXSL'RANCE COM
MISSION' BROKER,
AND
GENERAL COLLECTION AG EXT
Xo 2ft! Walnut Place,
(Slti Walnut Street,)
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
n -il-ly
W. HAYS,
UK ALU IK
Dr Goods, Notions, Grrceries.
and General Variety,
FOX ELK CO., PA.
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w. j bkm:v. m. U W. II IHK1MAS. M. I),
iRS. EARLEY A HAUTMAX.
Dr. W. . Hartmati, formerlv of St
Mary's, lias associated himself with M
J. Earley, M. D. in the practice of
medicine at itulgway. Jsy close at
tention to business they hope to re
ceive a lihcrul share of the patronage
of the public. Dr. W. B. Hartnian
can he found at all hours, cither at his
rooms, over the post-orlice, or at Dr.
M. J. Earley 'h Drug Store. Dr. M. J.
.Earley can be found ut the residence
of Dr.' C. it. Earley, or at his Drug
Store. Surgery, and diseases of
women and children a speciality.
E. K. (iULStl,
Dealer in all kinds of cuhinet ware,
woodund cane i-eat eliairs, kitchen and
xtention tables, wood and marble top
tands, wood and marble top bureaus,
what notx, looking glasses, wood and
marble top chamber suits, mattresses,
prins bed bottoms, tied steads, cribs,
Laferty's metal lined wood pumps,
Jtc, &c. Cane seats replaced with
perforated wood scats, Weed sewing
machine reduced from $(i- tp S4j, the
' aest machine in the market, and pic
ture frames made to order. Also a
largo assorted stock of ready made
coffins constantly on hand and trim
med at shortest notice. All the above
goods are sold at panic prices. Ware
Rooms in masonic building, Ridgway
Pa. . von4'Jtpdapri!7'77.
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LIVERY STABLE
IN
RIDGWAY .
DAX SCRIBNER WISHES TO
inform the citizens of Ridgway, and
the public generally, that he has
started a Livery Stable and will keep
GOOD STOCK, GOOD CARRIAGES
and Buggies to let upon the most
reasonable terms.
tsaTHe will also do job teaming.
Stable on Broad street, above Main
All orders left at the Post Office will
receive prompt attention.
Aug-JOlS'ltf
" ERRORS OF YOUTH.
A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years
from Nervous Debility , Premature De
cay, and all the effects of youthful indiscre
tion will, tor the sake of suffering hu.
inanity, send free to all who need it, the
rOif e ind direction fur making the simple
remeijf by which he was cured. Sufferers
wishing to profit by the advertiser's ex.
penence can do eo by addressing in perfect
confidence.
JOHN B. OODEN,
42 Cedar St., New York.
A NICE LOT OF NEW PRINTS
ot POWELL 4 KIME'S, only eight
enta per. yard.
SHERIFF'S SALES.
BY virtue of sundry wrlln of fieri facia'
alias fieri facias, venditioni exponas,
levari fscias, alias levari faolas, and testa
tum fieri faoias, issued out of the Court of
Common Pleas of Elk County, and to me
directed, t Daniel Bmtll, High Sheriff of
sld county, do hereby give notice that I
will expose to publio sile or outcry at the
Court House, in Ridgway, at one o'olock
P. M. on ,'
MONDAY. MAY MTU, 1877. j
All the following described Ut of land
situated In thelowmdilp Bf Fo, county of
Elk and Rtate Of Pennsylvania, bannded
and described as follows, to witi Com.
inencing at a post nt. 'he northwest corner
of John Moyer's land j Ihenoe west by
lands of TRsao Hays for'y.two and Ibree
fnurths (42) rods more or less to a post,
thence south by other Ian Is of said Knos
Hays one. hundred and seven (107) rods
moro or lea to tv beech tree: thence east
partly by lands of A. Lindner seventy-two
(72) rods more or less to a hemlock tree ;
thence north five (5) rods more or leastoa
pest; thence west by lands of Thomas A.
Gross twenty-nine and one-fourth (20J)
rods more or less lo a hemlock tree ; thence
north by lands ofT. A. Gross and John
Moyer one hundred and two (102) rods
more or less to the place of beginning, con.
taining thirty (,'iO) acres more or less, be
ing part of warrants No. 4083 and 4091 ,
excepting, however, to the parties of the
first part all the mineral rights also, one
half (J) acre of land in Fox township, Elk
county, Pennsylvania, bounded and des
cribe 1 as follows to wit" Beginning at a
pnst on Jacob M'Csuley'e line, seven and
three-tenths (7 3-10) r?ds south of the
northwest corner of a certain saw mill lot,
sold by Jacob M'Cnuley to J. W. Hays;
thence nor:h sevety.one (71) east eleven
(11) rods to a post on tin line of P. W.
Hays' mill lot ; thence north seven and
ihiee tenths (7 3-10) rods to Jacob M'Cau
ley's liuo ; thence north seventy-one (71)
degrees west eleven (11) rods to a post,
the above mentioned northwest corner of
aforesaid mill lot sold to J. W. Hays by
said Jacob M'Cauley ; thence north seven
and three-tenths (7 3-10) rods to 'he place
of beginning, containing one half (J) acre.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property of Esther Arner and John Aruer,
at suit of Matthew Smith.
ALSO. All that certain piece or parcel
of land situated in Jones township, Elk
county, Pennsylvania. bounJed and des
cribed as follows: Beginning at a birch
tree corner ; thence north fifty -six and one
half (o(i.l) rods to a post corner; 'hence
west fifty-six and onc-luilf (oGJ ) rod lo u
post coiner ; thence south fifty-six and one.
liulf(oO') rods to a post corner; 'hence
east fifty-six and one-htlf ''() rods lo the
place of beginning, contniniug twenty acres
of land and being part of warrant No. 3293,
upou which is erected a Iwo-story fruuie
dwelling house, 20 feet front by 20 feet
deep, with wing or shed, 14x20 feet, one
!ory high
Suite 1 Htil taken in execution as the
property of John A. Anderson, at suit of
Wilcox Tutiuing Company.
ALSO. All the right, title, interest,
claims and demand of defendant in and to
i lie following discribed hind: All that
certa!u piece or parcel of hind situate iu
the village of Uidgway, Elk county l'eim
sylvruia, being the west pari of lot No. 141,
beginning at the southwe-it corner of lot
No. 142, occupied by Chas. Mead, a post iu
Hie north line of South street; thence
westerly along the north line of South
street thir'y (iiO) feel ; thence northerly
puraltel with the east line of lot No. 141
one hundred and sixty (Hill) feet to the
alley thence easterly along the south line
of said alley ton post, ihe northeast corner
of lot No. 1 11 and the north-west corner of
lot No. 142; thence southerly along the
ivjst line of said lot No. 142 one hundred
and sixty (100) feet to the place of begin
ning, containing forty-eight hundred (4SD0)
i(Uere feet of land more or lets, on which
is erected oe one.: lory nod a half frame
dwelling house, 20 feet by 24 feet.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property of W. ri. Service, ut mil of Ouriio
I). Willis, Adi&iuistrutrix,
ALSO. All that, certain piece of land
aiiuaivd ill (he village of lieuzclic. Kilt
cuuuty, Pennsylvania and uuiiibercd ou
the piu' ol said village as No. it on Second
Mreel, belli sixty (lid) feet front on
,-ecotnl street and extending one hundred
and fifty (l.'i(l) firet i.i depth to nil alley,
bounded mi ilie imp Invest by Second street
and on iho northeast by lot No. 7, being
ihc same premises oynveyed to said parlies
of the first art by Keuben Winslow, Sr..
and w.fe, by de;d dated July 2S:h, LSlili,
recorded in Deed Hook "L," page 000, &.C.,
upou which is erected one two-story frame
house, 10x24 feet, with cellar and wing at
tached. 14x20, oue and one-half stories
high.
fcized ahd taken in executhu as the
property of Dennis Taylor, at suit of E.
Fletcher ahd lii'o , for use of Johnston Si
Drevillici.
ALSO. All that certain tract or pa reel of
land siiuuteJ in the town of Caledonia, iu the
lownsliip of Jay, county of Elk and Stalo of
i'euusylvuuiu, knowu as the Caledonia Hotel
property, bounded and described as fol
lows : Peginning at a post set for the cer
tain point of lo. No. 5, sold to Benjamin
lirownlee f'-om Reading and Bartlus ;
thence west along the middle division of
warrant No. 02j fifteeu and niue-tenllis
(15 0-10) perches to a po3l ; thence south
forty-three uud one-half (4.'M) degrees east
len and Bcven-tcuths (10 710) perches to
the northwest side of township road ; thence
north forty-six and one-half 40 J) degiees
east uloug said township road eleven and
eight-tenths (11 8-10) perches lo the place
of beginning, containing about sixty-three
perches, upou which is erected one two
story frame house, 18.0 feet and basement,
with wiug 18x30 feet, iwo stories high, with
cellar an t kitchen attached, 10x20 feet and
barn, 24x24 feet.
Seized and taken iu execution as the
dropeny of Luther Lucore, at suit of li- E.
.Morey, for use of Erasmus Morey.
ALSO. All that certain tract of land
situate in Bcuezette township, Elk county,
State of Pennsylvania, known and num
bered as number five thousand and one
(500) hud bounded us follows, viz: On
the north by wurrunt forty-nine hundred
and ninety-six (4'JOU;) on the east by war
rant five thousand (5000 ;) on the south by
warrant five thousand and ten (5010,) and
on the west Lv warrant five thousand aud
two (6002.)
A LSO. The oue undivided half part of a
oertain tract, piece or parcel of land situate
in Jay township in the county of Elk and
State of Pennsylvania, bounded aud des
cribed as follows, to wit: Beginning at a
beech corner ; Ihence north seventy degrees
east ninety peiches to a small hemlock ;
thence south about nineteen degrees east
one hundred, seventy four and a half
perches more or less lo a maple ; Ihence
south about seventy degrees west eighty
eight perches more or less to a post, aud
ihence nirth tweuly degrees west about
one hundred seveuty four and a half
perches to llie place of beginning, continu
ing ninety-eight acres more or less, and
beiug the purport nttuber four (4) of the
Morris Webb estate.
ALSO. The undivided half part of a
certain other tract or piece of land Bituate
in Jay township, in the county of Elk and
State of Pennsylvania, and in great lot
4893, bounded and described as follows, to
wit; Beginning at the northeast corner
of said g-eat lot 4803 ; thence west on die
line of said lot 4803 bo far that a due south
line to the north line of th lot or piece of
land belonging to Charles Gardiner, which
is csrt of the aforesaid great lot 4803, and
from thence ea-t on the north line of the
aforesaid Onrditer lot lo the east line of
the aforsaid gri'st lot 48U3, eo that a line to
the place of beginning will make and oon
tain ninety-three aores and three-fourths
of an acre, striot measme.
ALSO. All that certain tract of land
situite In Jay township, Elk county, part
of warrant No. 4803, oontalning two hund
red and seventeen acres more or less, beiug
the same assessed iu the name of Wood
ward a Piniiey.
Seized and taken la eteoulion as the
property of Hiram Woodward, A. U Fin
ney and 8. D. Barrows, at suit of John
Tudor, now for use of Isaao Breneman.
ALSO. All that certain piece or parcel
of land containing two hundred and seventy
five (275) acres, situated in Beuszette town
ship, oouniy of Elk, State of Pennsylvania,
beiug part of warrant- No. 6181, which was
sold to John Brooks, of first part, by the
treasurer of blk county, by deed dated June
9th, 1850, and was looated by Edward Vos
burg, by lines marked on Ihe grounds, be
ginning at the ooruer on the narth line of
warraut 6181. about one hundred and
ninety-eight (198) perches from Ihe north
west comer of said warrant; ihence east
about one hundred and forty-five (145)
p;rches lo a corner; thence south three
hundred and twenty (320) perches to a cor
ner ou the south line of said warraut;
Iheuca along Ihe said line one hundred and
forty five (145) perches to a corner ; thence
north to the place of begiuuiug.
ALSO. All that certain piece or parcel
of hind situate, lying and being in Beuezette
township, Elk county, Pennsylvania, de
scribed as follows: Beginning at a post,
said post being the northeast corner of il.
Johnson's lands ; thenco south along the
said 11. Johnson's eisl line one hundred
and two (102) rods to a post; thence north
fiiiy-four (54) degrees west niuety-one (91)
rods to a post on the line of Ihe railroad;
i hence north forty-five (45) degrees east
seven (7) rods ; tlionoo north thirty-eight
(38) degrees east twenty-one (21) rods;
ihence thirty-four and one-half (3JJ) de
grees east lourteeu aud three-teuths
(14 8-10) rods; thence north thirty-two
(32) degrees cast seventeen and two-tenths
(17 2-10) rods to a post ; thence east thirty.
seven (37) rods to i lie place of beginning,
containing twenty (20) acres and ten (10)
perches, being more or less. They reserve
one-half the coal aud mineral rights to
Ralph Johnson, Jr.
ALSO. All that tract or parcel of land
situate iu Ihc town of Beuezette, cuunly of
EIk and Stale of Pennsylvania, knowu as
part of warrant fifty-four huudred and
eighty (5180.) bounded as follows: Be
ginning at a stake uud stones iu Stephen
hollow iu the south line of said lot ; Ihence
north twenty (20) degrees west sixty (OU)
rods to the Siuuurjaliouing creek ; Ihence
west fifty (50) rods; thence nonh sixty
nine (00) degrees west fifty. eight (5S tods
thence north seventy-eight 78 degrees
west thirty-two 32 rods- thence west
tony 40 rods; thence south seventy-five
75degiecs west eighteen 18 rods to a
posbou the west line of said lot ; thence
south ninety-seven and forty one-hun l-
rcdilis '.7 4U-1UUJ rods lo a tiemlock in the
southwest corner of said lot ; thence east
two hundred twen'y-three and fifty-eight
one-hundredths 223 oS-100 rods iu the
south hue of said lot to the place of begin
ning,, upon which is erected one two-story
dwelling houso 20x30 feet, with addition
10x18 feet, frame barn, 40x50 feet, und
well of water.
Seized aud taken iu execution as the
property of Martin Euz, at suit of D. J.
M' Donald & Co.
ALSO. All that eertuiu tract of
land in the town or settlement of tit.
Mary's iu the county of Elk and State
of Pennsylvania, situate on Elizabeth
road ; thence west one hundred and
thirty-three (13;!) perches and one
third Ik) of a perch to a post ; thence
south thirty (30) perces to a post;
thence east one hundred and thirty
three 133 perches and one-third '(
of a perch to a post; thence north
thirty L:!0 perches to the place of be
ginning, containing twenty-live (25)
acres and being number two on
Elizabeth road in the map or plan of
the town or settlement of St. -Mary's,
upon which is erected oneone-story
log house, 18x24 feet, and frame bani,
lSx3ii feet.
Seized and taken iu execution as the
property of Car. Schneider, ut suit of
Casper Eniniert.
ALSO. All that certain piece or
parcel of land situated and being in
the township of Jay, in the county of
Elk and State of Pennsylvania,
known and described as follows, to
wit: Commencing at the southeast
corner of Mcribtih U. Lucore farm,
where the new road starts and runs
through the orchard, on the old farm
formerly owned by licujamin Legget,
now deceased, and being part of war
rant number four thousand eight
hundred and forty.four (4844; thence
along the south line of said old farm
or warrant No. forty-eight hundred
and forty-four 4844 east sixty-four
rods to a stake ; thence north to the
north line of said old farm; thenee
west along said north line about fifty
rods to the northeast- corner of Re
becca C. Morey's farm which is a
part of said old farm, and from
thence south along the east line of It.
C. Morey's farm to a stake on the
road ; thence along the road, tluough
the orchard, to the place of beginning,
containing fifty-one and one-fourth
51 J J acres more or less, upou which is
erected a two-story frame dwelling
house, 20x20, and one log barn, 24x30.
ALSO. One other tract of land,
situated in town, county and State
aforesaid, and being part of said war
rant number four thourand eight
hundred and forty-four 4844,
bounded und described as follows, to
wit; Commencing at the northwest
corner of Ueorge W. Iluller's farm at
a stake in the road, running thence
easterly along the road between H. Z.
Leggett's and O. A. Iluller's farm;
thence easterly along said Iluller's
line to the east line of said old farm
about forty-eight 48 rods more or
less ; thence north along said ea-st line
to the not beast corner of said old farm;
thence west along tho north line of
said old farm to the northeast corner
of the ubove lifty-one acres of land ;
thence south along the east line of
said fifty one acres of land to the
place of beginning, containing thirty
six 3(i acres more or less.
Seized and taken in execution'as the
property of E. F. Morey, ut suit of J.
li. Coryell.
ALSO All that certain tract piece or
parcel of laud in Benzinger township, Elk
Co., Pa. on St. Michael's ltoad.
Beginning at a post on said St. Michaels
Road ; thence south 54 east following the
line of St. Michael's Road, thirty perihes;
thence south 40 west seventy perohes to a
post ; thence north 64 west thirty perches
to a post ; thence north 40 east seventy
perches to the place of beginning, con
taining thirteen acres and being so muoh
of the northerly part of number two 2 on
St. Michael's Bead iu the map or plan of
the town or settlement of St. Mary's.
Upon whioh is erected a log dwelling house
18x20 fern 1J stories high and a frame barn
80x40 feet. "Said land is all improved, and
is under fence ; has au orchard thereon,
and a good living spiing of water and is
about J ot a mile from Bt. Mary's Borough.
beized and Uken in Execution as the
property of Yost Wehler at the suit of
Joseph WUhelm'
This last above described property to be
sold at the Court House iu Kid g way on
Friday, June 1st, 1577, at one o'clock I.
M.
TEHMS OF SALE.
The following must be Rtrletly com
plied with when the property is struck
off:
1. All bids must bo paid in full,
except where the plain till' or others
lien creditor becomes the purchaser,
in which cases tho costs on the writs
must by paid, an well ns all liens prior
to that of tho purchaser, and a duly
certified list ot liens hIiiII bo furn
ished, Including mortgage searches on
the property sold, together with such
lien creditor's receipt for tho amount
of the proceeds of the sale, or such
portion thereof as he shall appear to be
entitled to
2. All sales not Nettled Immediately
will be continued until six o'clock P.
M-, at which time all property not
settled for will again be put up, and
sold at the expense and risk of the
person to whom it was first stuck ofl",
and who. In case of deficiency at such
re-sale, snail make good the same, and
in 110 instance will the deed bo pre
sented iu court for conflrmnttou un
less the bid Is actually settled for with
the (Sheriff as above stated.
DANIEL SCULL, Sheriff.
Sheriffs Office, Hidgway 1
Pa., Mav 1, 1H77.
See Purdou's Digest, 0th, edition,
page 410.
viz.
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THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1877.
Count jr OMecrs.
President Judge-Hon. L. D. Wetniore
Associate Judges Hons.. Geo. Ed.
Weis, and Julius Jones.
'lierilf Daniel Scull.
T reasu rcr Jacob .l cCaule v.
District Attorney C. II. 'M'Cauley.
Co. Superintendent Geo. R. Dixon.
Prothonotary. &c Fred. Sehrpning.
Deputy Prothonotary W. X. llorton.
Commissioners Michael Vedert, W.
II. Osterhout. Ueorge Reuscher.
Commissioners' Clerk vv. S. llorton.
Auditors W. II. Hyde, U. I.Spang
ler, George Rothrock.
Township Offlccrs.
Judge of Election Will Dickinson.
Inspectors James Pentield, P. R.
Smith.
Justices of the Peace Charles Mead,
Jas. D. Fullerton.
School Directors O. H. Grant, Jas.
Gardner. G. T. Wheeler. N. T. I'uiii-ming.-i,
W. Service. Eng. .. Miller.
Supervisors 0. 15. Fitch, Jas. Riley.
Treasurer W. II. Hyde.
Assessor M. S. Kline.
Assistant Assessors Geo. Dickinson.
John Walmsley.
Auditors J. H. Hagerty, James Pen
field, J. S. Powell.
Clerk -M. ,s. Kline.
Constable 1. W. Morgester.
State "otes.
The dogs of Johnstown have been
registered for purposes of taxation.
The York Dinpntr.h announces that
the Charlie Ross excitement there is
closed.
Joseph Glassncr, of Somerset county,
mauufactuced 1,700 pounds of maple
sugar during the season.
Some of the oil operators in the
Clarion districts shut their wells down
011 Sunday and allow the pay of their
pumpers to go on.
A grave in Pikeland township,
Chester county, is marked by a stone
which bears the date of 1000. The
name cannot be deciphered.
Nicholas Hill was Instantly killed
at Farrandsville, Clinton county, the
other day, falling into a culvert a dis
tance of twenty feet.
Adam Hart, the youngest son of
John Hart, one of the New Jersey
signers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence, lives in Lycoming county.
He is 80 yeiys old.
Newton C. Musselnian, ex-president
of the insolvent Union banking com
pany, Philadelphia, has been held in
$10,00.) bail on a charge of embezzle
ment. On Friday evening John A. Miller,
a freight conductor on' the Pennsyl
vania railroad, was struck by a briidge
while on top of a refrigerator car. He
was missed at Derry station, western
division, and was found prostrate and
dead on the refrigerator car.
While walking with his father Wil
liam Morgan, of Erie, was shot in the
head on Friday evening. The ball
entered above the eye and emerged at
the back of the head, causing fatal in
juries. The shot is supposed to have
been fired by some one hunting iu the
vicinity.
Frank Dunn, of Conneautvillo, was
out gunning the other day, und be
coming tired, sat trpon a fence to rest.
The rifle slipped backward out of his
hand, and when tho butt struck the
ground the charge was exploded, and
the ball in its flight cut the extreme
point of Mr. Dunn's nose off.
Tyrone, Pa., May 6. A fire at Wal
laceton, Clearfield county, yesterday
destroyed 3,000,000 feet of pine lumber
und about 25,000 shingles. About 100
feel of the railroad track was des
troyed, delaying trains an hour. Four
telegraph poles wero burned, inter
rupting communication a short time.
Loss about $20,u00 ; partly insured.
The temporary loan ordinance
passed by the Pittsburgh Councils
sometime ago has become a law with
out the signature of the Mayor. New
bonds will now be issued to raise
money to pay the interest due on the
1st of April.
Williamsport is again talking about
a lire alarm telegraph. Ex-CounciU
man Smith, of that city, has an effec
tive invention of his own, which he
proposes to put up with comparatively
no cost to tho city, but there are some
members of the Councils who don't
want Improvements at any price.
The Episcopal Convocation of the
Diocese of Central Pennsylvania
will assemble in St. Luke's Church,
Scranton, Tuesday evening, Juno 12
The diocese contains eighty parishes
and each parish is entitled to turee lay
deputies. There will he about eighty
clergymen in attendance and one
huudred und fifty lay deputies, mak
ing the assemblage a very important
The water In a wny-slilo watering trough is
too shallow fursulchlal purposes,
Jones Township statement will be found In
this Issue.
Potato bugs have appeared.
The oourt yard looks neat and clean.
Doctor Enrley has tho flnost croquet ground
in Ridgway.
Dan Surlbncr has moved into the old Hums
house.
Jerry Thompson has moved Into Frank
Dill's old house south of the planning mill.
Remember the Advocatm omoe Is tho
placo to get all kinds of Job work cheap.
The houso of Fetor Clark, who lives near
Moot Jack, was burned on Monday afternoon
Inst, with nil Its contents which Included
about S73 In money. Clark and his wllo Wore
away from the house, ut tho tlmo of the fire,
doing somo work on tho. plnoe, and when
they reached the houso they were unnbl to
save anything. Hols a hard working man
and we are glad to learn that about 159 has
been raised by subscription besides a
quantity of lumber to enable him to build
his house and commence uuew.
Laurel Mill Burned.
On Friday morning hist we wcro Informed
that Laurel mill, with alt Its machinery and
soma lumber, was burned 011 tho night be
fore The fire Is supposed to havo originated
from the boilers, but mmother theory Is that
an incendiary 11 red the mill. Tho loss Is
about $l()J0, without Insurance and Is chiefly
sustained by U. T. Whoeler. The ml 11 was
comparatively a new 0110, and contained
tOine valuablo machinery, a new circular
suw, costing about jrt and a new lath und
shingle mill had been put In only u few
weeks before the Arc. Piuee tho above was
in type Mr. Wheeler Informs us thut the Jen.
gi 110 was not much Injured by the Are, and
(luit the boilers are not duiiiuged In the least,
lie also says he thinks tho mill .will bo saw
ing lumber Inside of five weeks.
I. O. U. T.
State Deputy, Q. Wr, Brown, of Youngsvillc,
I'a., organized a new Lodge of Good Templars
at Wilcox, Tuesday evening, called Wilcox
Lodge, with '20 Charter Members, und the fol
lowing named offlccrs.
W. C. T. ,f. C. Malone.
W. V. T. Lnuru M. Iirovn.
V. S. W. Longrcen.
W. F. 8. Amanda L. Wilcox.
W. T. J. L. Brown.
V. C Bev. V. It. Hoffman.
W. M. 11. W. Campbell.
W. I. O. Mary Pruut.
W. O. O. Charles Bower.
W. II. It. S.-Mrs. Y. II. Hoffman.
V. L. II. B. Mrs. A. II. Brown.
V A. fs. Mrs. M. L. Mnlone.
W. D. M. Mrs. Laura M l'lierran.
1". V. C. T. Jcsslo Aldrich.
L. D. G. W. C. T. Frof. V. 8. MThemui.
Trustees. A. II. Preston, J. L, Brown nnil
J. C. Malone.
Night of meeting, Tuesday of each week,
Tho same officer reorganized Uidgway
Lodge, Lodge, No. 2i), I, O. G. T. Thursday,
evening, with -2 Charter Members, uiul tho
olUcurs named below.
W. C. T.-J. O. W. Bailey, F.sq.
W. V. T.-.Mrs. C. K. Holuday.
W. S.--Dr. James 1). Fullerton.
W. F. H.O. H. lluvls.
W. T. Doela niiine.
W. C.Inmes E. Pugh.
W. M.--G. V. Gardner.
W. I. G.Clurn Brooks.
W. O. ti. Daniel Irwin.
W. II. H. S.-Ada Young.
V. I.. II. S.-Kllu Wnde.
W. A. S.--Mrs. T. . Hartley.
W, V. M.-Mrs. Fannie F. Olmsted.
P. W. C. T.--C. E. Holndny.
L. 1). G. W. C. T.-Dr. T. 8. Hartley.
Trustees.--. A. Olmstead, C. D. Osterhout,
Dr. T. H. Hartley.
Night of meeting Wednesday of each week.
There are 12o,000 tons of ice in Pitts
burg and Allegheny. The annual
consumption is a little more than half
that iuantity.
SUGARS AT POWELL AND
KIME'S are high to be sure; but s'ill
are a liitlecheaper tliau at auy other
s'ore in town.
Capt. Jas. Woodwakd, sells the
Red River Dried Beef for "0 cents a
package, and we are free to confess
that it is the very best Dried Reef in
the market.
Mrs. Surah Reed, of Cumbria county
recently made un application for a
pension as a widow of a soldier of the
war of 1812. The other day she re
ceived over $1,000 from the govern
ment. Ri;v. N. Nohton, of Corry, will pre
side at the 3rd. Quarterly meeting of
the Ridgway M. E. Church on next
Sabbath the 13th inst. Services at
the usual hours morning and evening.
Sabbath School at 3 o'clock, P. M.
The Ckxtbal State Normal
School will open for a summer term
of It! weeks beginning May 10th, With
a full corps of competent professors
Students desiring to attend should ap
ply at once to the Principal, Prof. A.
N. RAUli, Lock Haven, Pa.
Teachers' Examinations.
Will be held as follows by Geo. R.
Dixon Co. Superintendent.
Caledonia, May 23rd.
Renezette, May 24(h.
Centreville, May 25th.
Brockjwrt, May2thh.
At 10 o'clock A. M. each day.
Some spiritual mediums who gave
an entertainment at Titusville were
arrested oh frauds and bound over for
trial. The indignant people deman
ded the return of their money, but the
manager escaped from a third-story
window iu the Parshall House and
carried all the money of the concern
with him. It is further stated that he
broke his arm in his escape. Thus far
he has eluded the vigilance of tho
police.
Powkll &. Kimk, tho well known
and extensive merchants of the Grand
Central store, are now receiving their
new Kpring goods, which to attempt
to enumerate would bo useless, al
though tho stacks of beautiful calico,
and other dress goods, is enough to
make any woman want a "new dress.
And this is not all for there is no arti
cle, usually kept in a country store,
that you cannot find here. At night
the Grand Central is lighted up by two
new four lighted chandeliers, and
numerous side lights, giving the place
a cheerful and attractive appearance.
It is no wonder that Powell & Kime
have such a fine store and complete
stock of goods au they are extensive ad
vertlsers, and tho men who advertise
are patronized by the people who wish
to buy cheap with a certainty of get
ting fresh goods, and a largo variety
to select from.
Wilcox Notes.
Weather warm and fine.
Now plant your garden.
The tools are fast in well No. 8.
The Tanning Company are planting
two hundred and fifty bushels of po
tatoes this spring. How Is that for
Murphys? Won't they " bo cheap
next year?
"Egypt" is going to let the skunk
die, only gave one gasp in his last ar
ticle. Some fellows about here arc taking
In a little too ninth "sap" lately.
P.oys hadn't you better dry up.
Wonder If a man has a right to
make a mixture of alcohol and rasp
berry syrup, call it wine, and sell it
without license? I guess "Rob" is
looking after that chap.
Mr. Drown of Yotingsvllle, organ
ized a lodge of good Templars, here
last week with nineteen Charter
Members. Dully for Brown.
The Wilcox graded school has closed
its winter term. The teachers and
pupils got up a splendid entertain
ment on Saturday Evening, consist
ing of music, speaking, comic acting,
etc., which caused Mike Miller to
laugh so you could hear him a mile.
Briers, hushes, weeds, Ac., had
grown a foot or more on the last of
April at the burning gas well. Won
der if some enterprising chap won't
turn the ground to good account und
raise early vegetables for the market
next spring.
The Sunday Schools of Elk County
are holding their Annual Convention
ut this placo this week.
Fires are running in the woods.
The Tanning Co., had about fifteen
hundred cords of bark burned Monday
night. PETE.
The Harrisburg postmaster has been
made disbursing agent in connection
with the government building to be
erected in that city.
Near what Is known as the Gap, in
Lancaster county, there lives alone an
old African named Tilghnian Halyard,
who sustains himself by making and
selling baskets. He is 11 Democratic
hermit, who reads his Bible and favors
negro sufl'nige.
The brakemen on the coal and
freight trains of the Lehigh and Sus
quehanna Railroad have received of
ficial notice of a reduction of their
wages to the following figures per
day : Freight brakemau, $1.8-3 ; freight
llagmen, $2; coal brakemen, $1-70;
coal ilugmen, $1 83. The employees
rather expect a general reduction and
feel blue enough about it.
St. Louis, May 1. Ono of the most
extraordinary games of base ball on
record was played here this afternoon
between the St. Louis Browns and
Syracuse Stars, Fifteen innings were
played without scoring a run on eitbei
side. The game was remarkable
throughout for heavy batting, splen
did fielding aud unusual brilliancy of J
. . . -.
inuivniuai plays, uuu ceiseil only by
reason of darkness.
Harrlsburg, May 1. Governor liar-
tranft issued a warrant to-day for the
execution, ou June 21, 1877, of An
drew Laiiahan, of Luzerne count'',
for the murder of Captain Reiley, of
Wilkesbarre; also, for the execution ,
on the same day of the Mollie Maguires
Edward Kelly, Michael J. Doyle and
John Donahue, of Carbon county, and
Thomas Munley, of Scluiykill county.
Our grand old Commonwealth has
no trouble in obtaining loans ut a low
interest. Bids amounting to about
$17,ouo,000 wero made for S-8,000,000 of
her new five per cent. loan, and pre
miums of from three to four per cent
were oll'ered for the privilege of loan
ing. ltu ueiits accumulating in
nearly every other quarter, the liubili
ties of the Keystone State are steadily
diminishing, ana the period is not
very distant when all her bonded in
debtedness will be cancelled.
Exit a Monopoly.
THE SKWIKO M.4CHINB S0OX TO UK WITHIN
tUi MEANS 01' hVt.HY HOl'SKKKEl-EU.
Now York, May 0. The first of Mny
ushered in au event ot cveu greater
moment to many housekeepers than the
annual moving, namely, the expiration of
Ihc last important patent which enabled
the makers of sewing machines to keep up
their exorbitant prices. Tor years past
the large corporations have brought up in-
vculoi'3' pateuts und concentrated their
rights, thus enabling themselves to restrict
any such general manufacture s might
Interfere with their practical uionopoly,
The grsnd central puteuted feature, ihe
uecuie Willi en eye Dear its point, wus one
10 which all the makers paid royalty, aud
for self-protection they combined to drive
dangerous rivals out of the field. The
last of these patents iu which all the
varieties of siaudard sewing machines hud
a common luterest was the tour-motion
feed, and for months past the combined
corporations have been working for a re
newal of the patent, but renewal has been
denied. Already the principal cuuipunics
have begun to olfer their machines at
tweaty-fivo per cent, discouut for cash,
and ere long the Howe, Singer, and other
machines will be extensively made by
other companies than those that have hud
the monopoly, aud machines that cost only
ten dollars each will uo louger stll for
sixty.
James M'Dermoit, a printer aged 83
years, recently set up over acolumti of the
Wusbington Kepoiltkb. . That paper re
marks: "He worked ou the A'ki'outkh
nearly 60 years ago, aud we hereby chul
lenge the world 10 produce his equal."
State Superiuteade'ul Wickersham says
that many applications are now sent to
the department for the admission of child-..
recto the Soldier?' Orphan Schools that
have very Utile merit. They are all
signed by the officers of school boaids,
and, it would scorn, without much conoid
cratiou.
j STATE SAilAT'I-SCaOi)L COSVO-
The 13th Annual Convention of the
Pennsylvania Sabbath-School Asso
ciation will bo held in Harrlsburg,
Pa., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, June 12, 13 and 14, 1877.
Tho Rev. Llewellyn D. Bevan, LL.
B., late of London, and one of fhe fore
most Sunduy school men of England,
will deliver an Opening Address on
Tuesday evening. B. F. Jacobs, Esq.,
of Chicago, is expected to ppeak on
Thursday; Rev. W. F. Crafts will
give his address on "The Coming
Man is the Present Child ;". Mrs. W.
F. Crafts will present "The Ideal
Primary Class." Among distin
guished workers from our own State
who limy be expected to add to the in
terest and enthusiasm of the meeting,
are Rev. Richard Newton, D. D. (to
speak at a children's meeting ;) Rev.
George A. Peltz ; Presidents Cattell,
Wylie and Hays; Rev. H. W. War
ren ; Rev. P. 8. Helicon, D. D., and
many others.
Harrlsburg extends a hearty wel
come TO ALL FHIKXDS of Sabbath
schools throughout t lie State. Those
expecting to attend will please notify
S. J. M. M'Carrell, Esq., Harrisburg,
who is Chairman u the Connnitee on
Entertainment, before June 4th, and
they will be provided with cards in
troducing them to free homes during
Convention. Further information in
regard to the programme of tho Con
vention cati be obtained of the State
Secretary, Rev E. W. Rice, Philadcl
phia, or of Jas. W. Wier, Harrisburg,
Chairman of the Local Committee of
Arrangements.
Washington, Mny 4. The attention
of the postofllce department has been
called to the fact that certain pub
lishers of periodicals make it a prac
tice to send out under cover of their
publications advertisements printed
separately (sometimes on paper of dif
ferent si.e, and not even attached to
the periodicals,) the effect being to
save the diflcranees between the rates
of postage for magazines and those for
circulars.
The postmaster general holds that
this practice is an evasion of the postal
laws and that all such advertisements
must be considered as extraneous mat
ter, subjecting the entire periodical
with which it is thus sought to be in
corporated, to postage at the rates of
printed matter of the third class.
The postage is three cents per pound
on lienouicals anl eight cents per
pound for circulars, handbills and
similar advertisements.
Omaha, May 2. Crop reports from
Nebraska and Western Iowa, aro
favorable, only three indicating grass
hoppers in quantities. An increased
acreage is being sown, especially of
corn.
Washington, Mayo. The Secretary
of the Treasury will to-day or early
next week, issue the forty-sixth call
for the redemption of live-twenty
bonds. The amount to be called in is
not yet determined ou, but it may ex
ceed $10,000,(100.
St. Louis, May 2. Edgar M. Moore,
the boy who shot jjnd killled Mabel
Hall, a ballet girl, at the Theatre
Combine, about a year ago, and who
was convicted of murder and senten
ced to be hanged June 1, has had his
sentence commuted by Governor
Phelps to imprisonment for life.
New York, May 2. The New York
Petroleum Exchange opened their
rooms to-day for the transaction of
business. Thepresident delivered the
opening address, and he was followed
by representatives of oil companies
from this city and Pennsylvania.
Dispatches of a congratulatory char,
acter were read from the Oil City, Tit
usville and other Exchanges.
New York, May o. Tho Herald
says a meeting of aeronauts is to be
held in Philadelphia, in July, to dis
cuss the possibility of crossing tho
Atlantic by balloon. Also that
Charles 11. Grimly, and experienced
balloonist of this city, offers to attempt
crossing the ocean by balloon if somo
one will defray expenses for building
aud equipping tho baloon. Ho be
lieves he could reach Europe in four
days.
Wo are certainly entering upon a
new era when a Democratic Senator
of the United States talks in the fol
lowing strain. Hon. Benjamin II.
Hill, of Georgia, expresses the follow
ing opinion, while proclaiming his
determination to stand by President
Hayes if he adheres lo the same ideas : ,
"If I were called to designate tho
crime of all crimes in this generation,
I would say it is personalism in gov
ernment, by which I mean the uso
of the ofilces of government to pro
mote personal interests and ambitions.
Three-fourths of the evils that now
curse the country, and nearly all tho
perils that have threatened the Gov
ernment, have sprung from this great
crime. Thousands of ofllces havo been
made solely to provide places for
friends of members of Cougress. Mil
lions of money arc levied in taxes upon
the people annually to feed these sup
ple servants of some of our great men.
The President often finds himself de
nounced or hia nominations opposed
solely because they do not suit tho
purposes of these ring chiefs in Con
gress. How can we ever expect to
elevate the statesmanship of tho
country, reform abuses, and nationa
lize our politics, if even the high
position of Senator is to be degraded to
an agency for office-seekers and gen
eral political jobbery ?"Forney'a
FURS, A SMALL LOT AT '
POWELLS KIME'S.
DRIED APPLES AT
POWELL &, KIME'S.