fJM.it A A M 1 M-I W T T Ar
j Attorney-at-Law,
r Vf..f CIA A 1-ftf.l lll. m i,
ZM fc M'CAULET,
Attorneyg-at-Lw.
Office in New Brick Building, Main St
Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa. v8n2tf.
L UCOItE & HAMllLEN.
Attorncys-at-Law, Ridgway. Elk
County Pa. Office across the hall from
the Democrat establishment. Claims
for collection promptly attended to
Jne. 16 '76.
CHARLES 1IVLES,
Watohmaker, EngraTer and Jeweler
Main street, Ridgway, Pa. Agent for the
dowe Sewing Maeblne, and Morton Gold
en. Repairing Watches, eto, dotswith
le same aoouraoy as heretofore. Satis
faction guaranteed. tlnly
J, 0. W. BAILEY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
vln2.yl. Ridgway, Elk County, Pa.
Agent for Uie Traveler's Life and Acoi
Jent Insuranoe Co., of Hartford, Conn.
JAMES D. FULLER TON,
Surgeon Dentist, taring permanently lo
cated in Rigway, offers his professional ser
vices to the citizens of Ridgway and sur
rounding country. All work warranted.
Office in Service & Wheeler's Building, up
stairs, first door to the left. 73-n-82-ly
G. G. MESSENGER,
Druggist and ParniaoeutiBt, N. W. cornel
of Main and Mill streets, Ridgway, Ta.
full assortment of carefully selected For
eign and Domestio Drugs. Prescriptions
carefully dispensed at all hours, day or
night. vlnSy
T. S. HARTLEY. M. D.,
Physician ana Surgeon.
Office in Drug Store, corner Broad and
Main St". Residence corner Broad St.
opposite the College. Office hours from
8 to ID A. M. an 1 from 7 to 8 P. M.
vlnJjl.
J. S. BORDWELL, M. D.,
Eclectic Physician nnd Surgeon, has remov
ed his oflice from Centre street, to Mait st.
Kidgway, Pa in the second story of the
new brick building of John G. Hall, oppo
site Hyde's store.
OlB.!0 hours: 1 to 2 P M 7 to 9 P M
HYDE HOUSE,
RinawAT, Elk Co., Pa
W. II. SCHltAM, Proprietor.
Thankful for the patronage heretofort
o liberally bestowed upon him, the ne
proprietor, hopes, by paying strict at
tention to the comfort aud convenience ol
guests, to merit a continuance oi the
tunic.
(lit 30 I860.
E. O. FA Y.
LIT Mil 12 It AXD.INdUItAXCE COM
MISSIOX UltOKEK,
AND
OEXIMtAL COLLECTIOX AO EXT
Xo 210 Walnut Place,
(.110 Walnut Street,)
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
n H-ly
'. II'. II AYS,
DEALS. IN
Dry Goods, Notions, Grrceries.
and General Variety,
FOX ELK CO., PA.
Vartctf I'. O.
vln 17l f.
NEW STOItli
IN R1DGWAY.
SILVERMANN & Co's
BAZAAR of WILLIAMSPOUT.PA.
have opened a large stock of Millinery
nnd Fancy Goods, Notions, Gents
Furnishing Goods, Picture and Motto
Frames, Hair Switches, &c, winch
they will sell at prices within the
reach ot all.
Don't fail to call and examine their
full and complete stock before puivhas
iiiK elsewhere. Jtenieniliel' the place
next door to the Post-office. nloin3.
LI VERY 8TA15LE
IX
RIDGWAY .
dax scnrnxER wishes to
inform the citizens of ltidgway, and
the Diihlin irenerallv. that hu has
started a Ljvery fctaule and will keep
GOOD STOCK, GOOD CARRIAGES
and Busies to let upon the most
reasonable terms.
fiIIe will also do job teaming.
Stable on Broad street, above Main
All orders left at the Post Office will
receive prompt attention.
Aug201871tf .
"F YOU WANT TO BUY
GOODSCHEAP
GO TO
JAMES II HAGERTY
Main Street, Ridgway, Pa
DBY GOODS, NOTIOXS, BOOTS
SHOES, HATS AXD CAPS,
GLASS AXD QUEENS
WARE, WOOD AND
WILLOW.WARE.
TOBACCO AXD CIGARS
A Large Stock of
Groceries and Provisions
The BEST BRANDS of FLOUR
Constantly on hand, and bold an cheap
ad the CHEAPEST
JAMES H HAGERTY
THURSDAY, JULY 118777"
The following time table has gone
into effect on the P. 4 E. R. R. for
this place.
Erie Mall West 2:11 P. M.
Nlnirnra lilmram Wuf 9. (ft P t
Local West. R.an a t'
Erie Mall East 4:49 P. M.
Day Express East 0:60 A. M.
Local East 8:45 P. M.
July Is a sultry month.
The dog Ike seems to be ahead.
The 4th was a pleasant day here.
Rainy weather first of the week.
Subscribe now for the Advocate.
Raspberries have made their appear
ance.
A occasional tramp Is Been in our
streets.
For your note-heads cull at this
office.
Cull at this office for writing paper
and envelopes.
New potatoes arc in the market at a
very high figure.
Cherries are plenty in this market
at 10 cents a quart.
Our farmers are busy muklng hay
while the sun shines.
The Brockwayville mall now starts
from this place at 6 A. M.
Great many of the shade trees on
Main street are dying.
C. B. Gould of the Cameron Preen
was in town last week.
Our friend W. B. Smith, who Is now
at Emporium, spent the 4th here.
The potato crop In 'this section
promises to be immense.
Parsons, the Printer, has moved
into his new house.
Ed. Paine has been confined to his
room for several weeks by sicknes3.
Several townships have omitted to
publish statements as required by law.
Week ago last Saturday night Fox
township was visited by a heavy full
of hail.
The Commissioners of Elk County
will meet in their office on Friday,
July 20th.
ine uiorious -un seems to be a
popular day for the tying of Hymen's
silken bonds.
Some boys broke a large limb oft
one of the trees ia the court yard.
Such mischief should cease.
J. S. it W. H. Hyde will build a
stone warehouse ut the reur of their
new store 20x08.
Our Wilcox correspondent writes an
interesting letter this week, giving
some local history.
Quite a number of our citizens at
tended the celebration at St. Mary's
on the -Mil.
Jas. Rogan, who has been announced
as a Democratic candidate for Sheriff,
was In town last week.
The picnic and dance at Dickinson
Bros, burn on the 4th was largely at
tended and in every way u complete
success.
Bennetts Branch Union S. S. Asso
ciation meets in the Methodist Church
at Pen field on Friday, July 20, at l;:;0
P. M.
County Treasurer M'Cnuley had the
misfortune to cut his foot last week,
and is now obliged to walk about with
the aid of crutches.
The old store at the corner of Main
and Mills streets has been newly
shingled, and the old "cheap cash
store" sign taken down.
A tramp printer invaded our resi
dence tills week and we set him to
work on some rye bread and onious,
and then he departed saying he would
seek some spring in the country
where he might quench his thirst.
Printers seldom take any liquid
stronger than water.
On the 4th at Warren, Junies
Rhines took the prize of $-'.00 for a
single jump, making eleven feet and
eleven inches. The Warren Mail says
James Ryan, of Ridgway, took the
prize. We cull the JVrilVuttentloii to
the mistake. The Mail says the jump
was eleven feet four inches, which is
seven Inches less than the actual
jump.
The Itt. Rev. J. B. Kerfoot D. D.
Bishop of the Diocese will visit Grace
Church on Sunday next, at which
time the Rite of Confirmation will be
administered. Services ut the usual
hours 11 A. M. and 7 J P. M. The
Confirmation will take place at the
morning service. Also on Saturday
the 14th at 7 o'clock P. M. the same
Rite will be administered in the
church at Eurley. All are cordially
Invited to attend.
Married.
Clyde Waite. On the 4th of
July 1877 by the Rev. I. Breneman at
the home cf Mr. Waite near Portlund
Elk Co., Pa., Mr. Wm. T. Clyde to
Miss Alice Waite, both of Portland.
A Good Disinfectant.
One jKHind of green copperas,
disolved in one quart of water and
poured down a water-closet, will effec
tually concentrate and destroy the
foulest smells. On board ships and
steamboats, about hotels aud other
public places, there is nothing so nice
to purify the air. Simple green cop
peras, disolved in anything under the
bed, will render a hospital or other
place for sick free from unpleasant
smells. In fish-markets, slaughter
houses, sinks and wherever there are
offensive gosses, dissolve copperas and
sprinkle it about and in a few days the
smell will pass away. If a cat, rat or
mouse dies about the house and sends
forth an offensive gas, place some dis
solved copperas in au open vessel near
the place where the nuisance is and it
will purify the atmosphere.
Tllcox 5ote.
Fine growlnj weather.
The black eye frost gave vegetation
is nearly cured, though Esq. Aldrlch
snys thiugs on his farm look a little
sick yet, well, It is good enough for
him he ought to know better than to
have a farm out of town. Every man
should locate his farm in the village so
he can cover it up frosty nights.
Haying has commenced and Jeff
Brown has the bo crop,- he snys
he cut four tons to the acre on land
,iln(i,..i,cui mowed twice a your, for
six years. Can anybody beat that ?
The fourth passed off very pleasantly,
a fine display of bunting, fire crackers,
squib, and fun and frolics were the
order of the day with a dance in the
evening at the Wilcox House, and a
supper such us Patcrson always gets
up which is as much as to say one that
can't be beat in this county.
Picnics are nice things but when
they occur on Sunday they do not add
very much to the morals of a place.
The two fatal accldeuU that occurred
here a few days agi naturally brings
to mind the many accidental and
sudden deaths that we have had at
this place in the last ten or fifteen
years, and I will give those that most
readily come to mind. First in the
list was a man frozen to death while
intoxicated one Christmas night. An
other was frozeu while going through
the woods towards Smethport. Lu
cius Wilcox wus accidentally shot by
a Mr. Williams." John Market was
shot while hunting deer in the woods
by a lnun named White, Mr.
White wus tried for murder and bc
qulted, the jury finding accidental
shooting. A German was killed by
a fulling tree while peeling burk. A
colored man was also killed in the
same way. A It. R. Contractor by
the name of Davis was killed by a
collision of flat cars ut the depot. A
man wus run over by the cars a little
west of the depot and instantly killed.
Victor Verbeck was drowned in the
pond. A Swede boy, tv child und
Lawrence Nearing were also drowned
in the pond. A man was, drowned be
low the dam. A man was killed by a
blast in a well. Another man was
frozen to deatii between here and
Highland. A man by the name of
Cotter was killed by n Mr. Derr in a
fight, Derr fled from the country.
Jack Gregun lay down on a lounge
one Christmas day and died in a few
minutes. Louie Walters wus killed
by a falling tree while driving logs
in the creek. A Swede fell from the
trestle works ut the saw mill and wus
killed. Two boys living a little out of
town were drowned iu the pond at
Wilmurth. Thomas Richards shot
himself. A man by name of Hoover
went out in the woods to hunt deer
and has never been heard of since, his
gun was found six or eight yeurs af
terwards standing against a tree
several miles from any house. Win.
Decker had a child suffocated with
smoke A child of X. ' Schumaker
wus scalded in a tub of hot water und
so was a child of George Wliitemans.
Lars Henry wus killed by the kick of
ahorse, and then there is the two 1
gave In iny last article which makes a
pretty lurge list foru place no larger
than this. PETE.
Potato hugs make us twiceglad.
Flies are too numerous to mention.
D. C Oyster had new potutoesu week
ago.
The Episcopal held a picnic in
Eurley V orchard to-day.
Visiting cards printed with our new
script are elegant.
John R. Kime is announced as a
Democratic candidate for Sherilf.
From the loth to 20th of July is the
time to sow turnips.
The Silver Cornet Band have en
gaged Prof. Chus Brack us teacher.
The umount of Internal revenuo collected
In I lie brie district during June was sw,.
U7,4j.
Doctor iSarlcy'a doe ".Fannie" gave
birtn to two fawns a few duys ago.
The are pretty creatures-
We learn that a new military or
ganization to be known as Co. H is
being started at St. Mary's.
J. S. Hyde is clearing a large piece of
lanuu on Uie nougu una Keuiiy tract,
about u Hundred, ucrcs we believe.
The hay crop in this section is
abundant, probably as large us ever be
fore liar vested.
Slncu the death of Dr. Wallace, pension sur
geon .H Krle, dozens of applications have
been made for the place. Two of these appli
cations bore date the very day of Wallace's
death.
Work on the new road, connecting
Broad street with the roud pust Oster-
nout's tannery, is soon to be com
menced- .
Harry Heud cut his foot badly yes'
terday with an nxe, almost severing
the great toe. He was working at
Beach Bottom.
A mientlon of decided Interest has been
submitted to Judxe Ualliralth, of the Erie
Common I'leas. An ell'ortwaa Hindu to tax
the unfinished Catholiu Cathedral on the
ground that II is uoji:ci to taxation until
actually used for reltuloun wornhip. 'jhe
Lounty Luinroissionera were in doubt and
ure waiting tne judge s uecision.
We overheard a young man explain
the tunning business to u couple of
younc ladies on tne cars near Wilcox
yesterday, He very gravely informed
them that abide was first plueed in
ilin . on.l than a lt.i'AI" liurlr atwl
then another bide, and another layer
of bark ana soon.
At the old West End Store you can
now buy, fresh every day, white,
brown, and rye bread. This bread is
so much like home-made bread that
you will like it. You can get the
bread at all hours of the duy, and
when you call for it which is a great
convenience. You can also find ut
this pluce an assortment of groceries,
etc. Lard at 12 cents a pound aud
kerosene at 25 cents a gallon. Don't
fail to trive the bread a t'ial, it wi 1
save keeping up a fire this hot
weather, and prove as cheap in the
end as tbougu you maae your own
bread.
Correspondence.
Mb. Editor : As the nature of my
business calls me away irom notne
and picking up items by the way my
first stopping place of importance is
the county seat of Elk Co., Ridgway.
After passing a very pleasant
with my old friends Gt and
Hagerty which are two "Jy Allows
well met, if found In go- ir,
which mood I foun-1" posseu
on to Wilcox -w lvfT- filing as
ever ond drtlln8 out the necessaries of
me ana Having a good time generally,
am again on the fly towards Kane. I
found C. V. Gillls at his post dealing
out pills and quinine, and always
ready to treat, (but not with whisky)
his many friends and others iu a
gentlemanly manner. I leave this
gent reluctantly bul I hope to meet
him again, and take my leave on the
afternoon train. After leaving Kane
my first stopping place of importance
is Sheffield a very sensational town of
its size especially at this point. After
supplying the wants of the inner man
at the Williams House, a first class
hotel in all its appointments, newly
painted and furnished throughout,
kept by W. W. Mursh u very ull'abte
gentleman of wide proportions who is
ready and willing nt ill times to muke
his guests feel as if tliey were at home
in the science of vhleh he excels.
While here I learned of the arrest of
two parties, one for hiring a horse and
buggy of a Warren gentleman and not
paying for its use, and the other for an
assnult and battery, the latter more
scared than hurt and with but a slight
scratch upon his si in, arrested his
assailant but, endorsing the papers oy
thejustice, who probably was a little
mixed of holding open court for six
duys on a civil suit, Hie trial did not
come off, much to the chagrin of the
plaintiff who thought, probably, to
make a little capital out of it, und by
sticking his nose in other peoples busi
ness, would probably liave got a,
severe flogging had not some of the
railroad employees come to his rescue.
The former arrest of horse and buggy
was u gent who was formerly tele
graph operator ut Sheffield station.
The parties 1 understand all reside
here und whether by mutual agree
ment or accident took the early or af
ternoon truin for Warren, of course
heir shopping wus vuried und long be
fore it was wdone, and the accommoda
tion being on time they were left und
upon the street theymet by accident or
otherwise, the ladies of course were
anxious to get home, it being Satur
day, and the gent of the wire suid he
had n horse und buggy and thut they
could go along with him, but in the
meantime went und hired one of a Mr
Williams saying to him thut the lady's
husband would pay him for its use,
Horse and buggy at once procured und
everything supposed to be satisfactory
oil' they started for the place of their
destination, Sheffield, arriving some
time iu the smuil hours of the Subbuth
morning. But the husband of the
lady not sending the scrip u bill was
sei-t notifying him of the transaction
of which he was not aware of. Of
eourse the mutter was looked into, a
warrant was issued for the gent of the
wire, he was arrested taken to War
ren, tried, found guilty, but money
with him just then being rather tight,
but plenty .before; leaving town, wus
lodged in juil over night, but in the
morning the requisite umount being
furnished by the gent's father he sees
again the wide world before him, (it
seemed larger to him than before) und
came home to the bosom of his young
wife a sadder If not a wiser man. Af
ter transacting my business ut Shef
field I took the eurly train for Wurren
which is the terminintion of my route
anil after closing up my unfinished
iKirnon oi business I take my leave lor
home by same route, und if 1 ever puss
mutwuy agum win eenu you items
Hoping I have not tresspassed upon
your columns i ciose.
The number of Murnhv fIuiktsi Iu Harris
bum has rcui-hcd about 3,uou,
Lieutenant Diillls, of the Twenty-fourth
Int'uiitry. lound the liiaraudlim 1.1 mm In
diums from liilkepie county .Texas, and drove
tuuiu across luo mo uranuu wiiu Heavy lass,
Colonel I'errv. while on his way to General
Howard, was attacked and twelve out of
nil ri y were Kiiiea.mil rcniiorcciueuis came
and uiey drove bucK tne induing.
The military from Covington who were
sent to Uravson. Kentucky. toarret the L'n
derwood gang reached Underwood's houite
early in tne morning mid captured George
W. and John Underwood and u negro. The
remulnder of the gang bad tied.
New York, July 10. A special from San
Annlonle sii v 8 a train, en route from C'hibua.
hua to Ban Antonio, laden with specie, wan
attacked Hunday afternoon by thirty-live
white ana Mexican nipnwaymen on Klo
Creek, nrty-lwo miles irom Ban Antonio,
The train contained twelve Wiwoiih. and
twenty men were with It. After a desperate
ftuht the robbers were driven ott loiiiir
several killed and wounding Major liomo, of
the train. r rmiK urnnsiKer, auu amexienn
were killed and several others of the train
people wounded. No such outrage bus oc
elli rea since tne war.
Vlilnli Ivlllnm. A. Wnvnn ftmintv forma
on Thursday kissed liis family and suiJ
that he would be a dead man before night.
A thunderstorm was coming up. Kiilaiu
went out to turn hay. It begun to rain
He went to the pig pen near by and took
shelter. His pitchfork was on his shoulder,
A thunderbolt descended and struoli the
tines of the fork, melting tlieiu and passing
through the farmer's Dody, killing him in
stsntly and also a dog that was near kiln.
SeTeralof the leading events that marked
the fiscal year of ths National Government
which ended on Saturday last are of an
encouraging character, Not withstanding
the absence of detailed returns for the
latter portion of this period, it is known
that the balance of trade in favor of the
United States was much larger than ia any
previous corresponding year i that there
has beeu a large increase in the coinage of
the mints and in tne product of the precious
metals; that the receipts from internal
revenue exceed by several millions of dol
lurs those ol the previous year, aud that a
very considerable increase in the registry
of American vessels, caused in a large
degree by the solivily or the Iron-shipbuild
ing establishment ou the Delaware, has
been reported at the Treasury Department
mat tne national creait has also risen
rapidly is proven by the fact that after ne
gotitttlug a large number of bonds during
lueyearwuicn uear 4 per cent, interest
a new loan has beeu placed uuou th
market, with excellent prospects of success,
at the low rate of 4 per cent Forney's
From the Mauoh Chunk tI Oaaette,
The Death O'uonnor.
On the "i Inst., ns we have already
noticed Willlan O'Connor wus killed
OP the railroad below Lehigh Tan
nery. As there lias been an attempt;
to magnify this aooident into a Mollie
Maguire murder by someof the special
correspondents we publish a full ac
count of the nfTuir.
On the night of the 6th O'Connor
who lived at Lehigh Tannery, at
tended a dance at White Haven. At
the Inquest held by W. F. Steetcr,
Esq., the engineer of No. 49 down
freight testified that ho saw O'Connor
just above the bridge at Bridgeport.
When below Hayes Creek the crew
found that the train was pulling very
hard, and in a few minutes the en
gineer stopped the train and said he
could pull it no further. One of the
brakeman thought a car was off the
track. An examination was made by
the conductor ami the train hands,
and Samuel Wall, one of the brake-
man, saw O'Connor jump off one of
the cars. It was then found that the
brakes on twelve cars had been put on
and Wall charged O'Connor with hav
ing done it. O'Connor denied it and
at once became very abusive. Wall
stuck hlni in the face with the back of
his hand and was about to knock him
down when the engineer told him to
desist as O'Connor was drunk. The
conductor of the train picked O'Con
nor up and told him to go away from
the track or he would be killed.
When the conductor asked him where
he lived, O'Connor said East Maueh
Chunk. The former remarked that
that was strange as he lived In that
town and had not seen him. Pursuing
the subject further the conductor
asked O'Connor what his name was.
This he refused to tell. The night
watchman came up and the conductor
left O'Connor in his charge with or
ders to put hlni In the watch house for
fear he would be run over. The train
then went on.
The watchman's testimony was that
he heard the train stop and us itvus
something singulur wulked down nnd
saw the conductor. He then went up
the track and met a man, but he did
seemto be drunk. He did not see
anybody else but did find a pool of
blood near the railroad sill. He knew
nothing further.
The crew of the second section of
No. 50 discovered the body, about
seven-eighths of a mile below the
point O'Connor wus discovered on the
down freight, nt 4J o'clock, or three
hours ufterwards. He was lying on
the outside rail of the side truck about
fifteen feet from the main track on his
back, and was quite dead. The chief
wound was in the head. The entire
scalp was removed and was lying on
the back part of the head. A bruise
was found on the right leg and a slight
cut ou the left leg. The clothes were
much torn. The handkerchief watch
und hut of the deceased was found
icarly twenty ' feet away. The
opinion of Dr" Doyle was that O'Con
nor was killed by concussion of the
brain. It is supposed that he wus
struck by the early passenger train
which arrives here at 3:40 A. M. The
Coroner's jury found that he came to
his death by being struck by a passing
truin.
We understand that the friends of
O'Connor have fears that he was
foully dealt with, though there is no
evidence that such wus the cuse. In
any event he was not killed by Mollie
Magulrcs.
HEAD A CUES THEIR CA USE
AXD VU11E.
Billious headaches are caused by
the blood being overcharged with Car
bonaceous matter. It is commonly
culled "thick," and "impure." There
is too little waste, or effete matter
thrown off from the system, compared
to the nutriment taken into it. The
system may be likened to a stove.
Abundance of fuel bus beeu Intro
euced, and burning down the drafts
become clogged with ashes and cin
ders, and the fire burns only feebly
It must be cleansed, then the fire will
burn again. So with the system when
it becomes clogged. It must be
cleansed. iSoiue headaches ure nerv
ous i e. the nerves are irritated aud
weakened. They need a nerve medi
cine, but a nerve medicine will not
act when the system is clogged. Dr,
Fenner's Blood and Liver Remedy
and Nerve Tonic both cleanses the
system and builds up the nerves and
secures all those diseases by removing
the cause.
It causes the liver to throw off its
bile. It cleanses out the entire Alt
mentary Canal and rids it of worms
and other vermin thut inhabit an uu
healthy stomach and bowels.
It completely cleanses and purifies
the blood, und at the sumo time
strengthens and heals the JStomaeli,
Nervous System, Heart, Lungs, Kid
neys and all other tissues.
I)r. Feu n er can cure any headache
in a to iu minutes with his (jioiuen
Belief, but the Blood and Liver
Heinedy and Nerve Tonic prevents
their coming ou ugain by removing
the cause.
Manufactured by Dr. M. M. Fenner,
J? reuonla, JN. x .
For sale by dealers iu medicine.
Township Officers.
Judire of Election Will Dickinson
Inspectors James Pentteld, P. K
Smith.
Justices of the Peace Churles Mead,
Jas. D. Fullerton.
School Directors 0. B. Grunt, Jus.
Gardner, O. T. Whether. N. T. Cum-
mings, W. o. Service, Eug. J. Miller.
Supervisors O. B. Fitch, Jas. Biley
Treasurer w. n. yue.
Assessor M. S. Kline.
Assistant Assessors Geo. Dickinson
John Wulmsley.
Auditors J. H. Hagerty, James Pen
fiefd, J. S. roweil.
Clerk M. S. Kline.
Constable Geo. D. Messenger, Jr,
A pack of tip-top good envelopes
any color, cuh be obtnlned at thi
office, ever Powell & Kline's store fo
eight cents.
The Idaho Indians.
A TIGHT lit WHICH THE SATAOFg WRK
THRASHSn. HOWARU'S MOVEMENTS.
8am Framoibco, July C.
A press dispntoh from Portland says the
following dispatch litis just been reoeived
from 'Lewiston, via' Walla Walla, under
date of July 2 1
A courier just in from Kstnia says
Colonel Whipplo and his command had an
engagement with the Looking Glass band
on the Clearwater to-dny. Four Indians
were killed and loft on the field. Many
others were wounded. The squaws and
children took to I lie river and several wore
drowned. Fighting was still going on
when the oouriar left. The Looking Glass
band is estimated by the soouts to number
about four hundred. At 8 A, M. a courier
arrived, having left Genoral Howard's
camp on the night of the iOlh. The troops
bad made a crossing that day, and the
scouts who had been out in the bills found
the Indians to have gone down toward the
month of the Salmon river, nnd to be mak
ing for Grny's Crossing on the Salmon,
thenoe crossing Snake river at the mouth
of Grande Rondo. Dispatolies were for
warded to Walla Walla so as to apprise
persons in the Grande Ronde and Walla
Walla valleys, that they may be on the
lookout. A private letter states that Ihe
body of Lieutenant Theller had been found
and several other bodies near by a great
umber of empty cartridges,. which gave
proof that they sold their lives dearly.
Late Saturday some Nez Terces, Palons
and Spokemanos and some other northern
Indians held a council about ten miles
north of Coeur d'Alene Camp, on Hang
man's creek, At wliioh the murderers ol
Ritchie were present. A nnjorily of the
council approved of the killing, and a
minority hnd separated from the others and
wanted to go back to the reservation, but
were afraid to go lest they should be cl
acked by the whites. The Coeur d'Alenes
offer to send out ten mcu of their number
to aocompnny a fow nhite settlers to bring
in the murderers of Ritahie. The whites
havo no arms to spare to go with the Coeur-
d'Alenes and a messenger is in town for
arms.
5-20 Bonds.
Washington, July 5. The following is
he fiftieth call for the redemption of 5-20
bonds of 1805 and consols of 1805, issued
his attetnoon :
Trbascbt Departmknt, July 5, 1877.
By virtue of the authority given by the act
of congress, approved July 14, 1870, en
tilled "on act to authorise the refunding of
the national debt,'' I hereby give notice
'hat the principal and accrued interest for
the bonds herein below designated, known
as 5-20 bonds of tins act of March 3, 18G5
consols cfl8()5, will be paid at the treasury
ef the United States, in the city of Wash
ington, on and after the 5th day of October,
1877. and that Ihe interest on said bonds
will cense on that day : .
Coupon bonds dated July 1, 1805,
namely : $50, No. 11,001 to No. 17,000,
both inclusive: $100. No. 18,001 to No.
29,000, both inclusive ; $ 500, No. 18 001 to
No. 27.000, both inclusive ; $1,0C0, No
41,001 to No. 52,000, both inolusive.
Total coupons $7,000,000, registered
bonds redeemable at tho pleasure of the
United Slates after the 1st- day of July,
1870. as follows: Fifiy dollars, No. 501 to
No. 700, both inclusive; $100, No. 4,901
10 No. 6,400, both inclusive ; $500, No
4,351 to No. 5,200, both inolusive ; $1,000,
No. 1:1,601 to No. 16,500, both inclusive
$5,000, No. 4,351 to No. 5,000, both inciu-
sive ; fiu.ouo, no. oiui to no Hi-', doiu
inclusive.
Total registered, $3,000,000- aggregate
$10,000,000. The amount outstanding,
included in (lie numbers above, is $10,000,
000. All United States bonds forwarded
for redemption should be addressed to the
loan division, secretary's office, and all
registered bonds should be assigned to the
secretary of Ihe treasury for redemption.
Where parties desire checks in payment
for registered bonds, drawn to the order of
any one but the payer, they should assign
them to the secretary of tho treasury for
redemption on asoount of tho owner or
owners.
R. C. M'Cobmick,
Actiug Secretary.
Ko (jUABTEK' A man who looked as
dilapidated aa the last rose of summer went
into the Frauklin House recently, and with
coLfidcnce in human nature and himself
depicted in his every movement, strutted to
the gentleman present to trot out some of
his best brandy. Mr. Barr obeyed the
order wilh alacrity. Millionaires in rags
are sometimes 10 ne tounu in a mining
country, and Barr had learued by ex
perieuce never to despise a man because he
wears a ragged coat. The stranger poured
out and swallowed a glass of that best
Reigart brandy. Then he went down into
bis pocket for a quarter, as the barkeeper
and bystanders supposed ( but he didn't
bring up any quarter, but only a piece of a
pocket-hand kerchief that looked as if it
had spent years about the coal schutes.
Wiping his mouth and eyes with the rag he
drew a deep sigh and said to Mr. Barr who
nas now gating over his epeotacles :
"Have you heard about this terrible war in
Europe?" "Oh, that's too thin," replied
Barr, "hand out a quarter for that brandy,
you old sun. "failenoe, patience, my
friend," returned the "old stiff,'' can you
tell me why I am like the barbarian Turk
when be gets a Russian soldier in his
power j" "No I can't," snapped Barr who
was now getting mad. "Well, I'll tell you.
It's because I show no quarter," John
reached under the counter for a club, but
ere he could bring it to bear the man who
showed no quarter had vanished like the
baseless fabrio of a vision. Columbia
Courant.
Last week Mrs. Nancy Root, of Chester
county, while engaged in milking a oow
was attacked by a bull. She was thrown
to the ground and gored iu the most fright
ful manner iu the abdomon and sides and
would doubtless havo been killed but for
the appearance on the scene of a woman
who attacked the infuriated animal with a
pitchfork.
POWELL & KIME have a line lot
of dress goods, also all other kind of
I dry goods at low rates.
State Xotw.
There have been four bank failures in
Titusville in as many years.
In a Titusville store a wildcat was killed
the other night.
Mrs. Neubel, a Pittsburgh abortionist,
been senieuced to the penitentiary for
five years.
Randolph township, Crawford coHnty.
boasts of a bottomless spring of pure water,
about thirty foet square.
Judge Harding has deoided the prothono
taty case in Lurne county in favor of
Barber, the Republican incumbent.
A Luerno county man claims to hve '
pioked 258 quarts of strawberries from less
than one third as many plants.
Cvcr 500 newsboys partook of the din
ner in Philadelphia tendered them by Mr.
George W. Childs, of the Ledger.
The oil production in the region ws 3-5,-
000 barrels a day nnd the shipment 41,000
barrols daily during the last quarter.
Tho legislative committee, appointed last
session to .examine ana repuines'""'"
tho convict labor system in prisons in th.s
state is in session at Pittsburgh.
The oldest prisoner in servioo in tho
western penitentiary was roleased on tho
4th. He bad Berved eleven years and ono
month.
There Is to be a centennial oelebration
next year in Luierne county of the battlo
or massnoro of Wyoming. Committees
have slroady been appointed to that end.
Mrs. JoneB, the wife of!John P.Jones
who was murdered at Lansford by Kelly
and Doyle, denies that she ever asked tho
privilege of springing the lever that would
bang her husband's murderers.
A young man named Hicks, residing
opposite Connellsville, Fayotte county, was
fatally injured on the 4th by the bursting
of a cannon which he had charged with too
heavy a load.
In Armstrong county on Saturday night
suoh immense quantities of hail fell that
the ground had an ice covering long after
daylight on Sunday morning. A number
of cattle were killed by t'je hail.
Joseph Kinsler, a coal niiucr of Baldwin
township, Allegheny county, deliberately
committed suicide near the Stone House,
on Ihe Castle Shannon railroad, Saturday
morning, by banging himself to a tree,
The funeral of Miss Mary Hess, buried
in York county on Saturday, was attended
by nearly 400 people in 117 carriages,
Miss Hess, who committed suicide by
drowning, was to have been married soon.
The firm of Lyon, Shorb & Co., of Pitts
burg, succumbed to the panic three years
ago under an indebtedness of $600,000, nnd
on Tuesday they paid the last installment
to their creditors. They huvo paid dollar
for dollar with interest.
Judge Harding, of Luierne county,
recently sonteneed a man who had beeu
found "not guilty" to eighteen months' im
prisonment. He promptty revoked tho
sentence when infoimed by tho clerk of tho
courts that ho had incorrectly announced
the verdict of the jury.
The Cambria iron company is importing
iron ore from Spain at a cost not exceed
ing eight dollars per ton. It yields about
sixty percent, of pure mental. It oosts
less to import from Spain than to bring it
direct from the Lake Superior region.
Miss Norah Toothman, eighteen years of
age, engaged as hired help in tho family of
Hon. John H. Ewing, of Washington, Pa.,
committed suicide on Fr'.day by poisoning
herself. No cause is given for the act.
The supposition is it was a love affair.
In the great coal mining case, on trial at
Pittsburgh niuce the 22d of May, a verdict
was rendered ou Saturday in favor of
Grayson M. Prevost, of New Jersey, for
$128,808,41, the full amount claimed.
The jury deliberated only a little over two
hours.
At Litis, Lancaster county, a committee
has been appointed to oollect funds to pay
for the arrest and prosecution of the vaga
bonds with which Warwick township has
been so long overrun. Quite a sum of
money has been already subscribed to rid
the neighborhood of the tramps.
Earnest Kohler, vestryman of Zion's
Lutheran church, Lancaster, on Sunday
night was gngged aud robbed of about
$120 by three highwaymen. The money
was collected in the Sunday school of the
church. Mr. Kohler was on the way to
pay the money to the secretary of tbi Sun
day school when robbed.
Last Wednesday Louis Watters, of Alle
gheny, left home depressed in spirits. Oa
Saturday several boys fouud his dead body
in the Allegheny river. His legs were tied
together, and thus pinioned it is supposed
he threw himself into the river from a raft.
The suicide was the result of brooding
over the prospective loss of property pur
chased by him to which the title was
worthies?.
H. Y. Arnold, depnty collector of cus
toms at Chester, having refused to resign
at the request of Collector Tutton, Captain
Wm Frick has beeu sworn in, and on
Saturday there were two deputies on duty.
The attempted removal of Arnold has not
been approved by the treasury department
at Washington, aud Secretary Sherman oa
Saturduy telegraphed to Tutton to dolay
aotion in the matter.
Two robbers broke into the residence of
Phares Brubaker, Lancaster county, and
one of them approached Mr. Brubaker with
a caudle iu one hand and a pistol in the
other. The frightened oooupant frautically
arose from his bed and knocked down
several articles In the room. The burglars
feared that they would be captured and ia
their efforts to escape fell down stairs.
The thieves got away with only a few dol
lars. Joseph Tunnell a colored musician, of
Philadelphia, who voted the Democratic
ticket at the last election, was reprimanded
by a Republican tavern keeper named
Staokhouse on Sunday for his aotion. The
negro drew a razor from bis pocket and
threatened to cut Stackhouse if ho did not
cease his abuse. The latter, however, be
came more insulting, and was abiut to
clutch the negro, who immediately drew
the weapon across the abdomen of dtack
houee, literally cutting it open, making a
horizontal gash seven inohe? long and ex
posing the intestines. The injured man is
cxpeotcd to die.