fc. - QEO.A.BATHBUN, , Att6rney-at-Law, Main Street, Rldgway, Elk Co., Pa. HALL fe ATCADLET, Attorneys-at-Lw. Office in New Brisk Building. Main St ftidirwav. Elk Co.. Pa. v8n2tf, LUCORE A HAMBLEN. . ... a t t Elk fin. rr rifflwi anenu tho Vinll from the Democrat establishment. Claims for collection prompuy auenaeu Jne. 16 78. to CHARLES HOLES, Watchmaker, Engraver and Jeweler Main street, Ridgway, Pa. Agent for the rlowe Sewing Machine, and Morton Gold en. Repairing watches, ete, doiewim to same aocuraoy aa nereioforo. Bans taotlaa guaranteed. vlnly J. O. P. BAILEY, ATTORNEY-ATLAW. vlnxui. Rldgway, Elk County, Pa, Agent for the Traveler's Life and Aeoi - 4ent Insurance Co., of Harltora, uonn. JAMES D. FULLER TOM, . , Surgeon Dentist, having permanently lo eated in Rigway, offers his professional ser viees to the citizeus of Ridgway and eur rounding oountry. AU work warranted Office in Service & Wheeler's Building, up stairs, Brst door to the lea, 73-n-82-ly G. G. MESSENGER, Druggist aud Parmaceuttsl, N. W. cornel of Main and Mill Btrects, tudgway, fa. full assortment of oarefully aelected For sign and Domentio Druga. Prescriptions sarefully dispensed at all hours,, day or night. vtnay T. S. HARTLEY. M. I)., Physician ana Surgeon. Office la Drug Store, corner Broad and Main SU, Residence corner Urond St opponiu the College. Office hours lrom 6 to 10 A. M. and from 7 to 8 P. M. vln2yl. J. S. BOND WELL, At. D.t Ecleoiio Physician and Surgeon, has remov ed his office from Centre street, to Mair st Ridgway. Pa in the secoud story of the ueir brick emitting or jonn u. nan, oppo site Hyde's store, Offieo hours: 1 to 2 P M 7 to 9PM HYDE HOUSE, Ridowat, Elk Co., Pa W. H. SCIIRAM, Proprietor. Thankful for the patronage heretofore a liberally bestowed upon him, the new proprietor, hopes, by paying strict at tention to the comfort and convenience ol guests, te merit a continuance oi the same. Oct SO 1)509. e. a. fa r. LUMUER AND INSURANCE COM MISSION BROKER, AND O KNERAL COLLECTION AGENT No 2C6 Walnut Place, (CIO Walnut Street,) PHILADELPHIA. PA. w 41-ly '. IF. HAYS, DEALS . IN Dry Goods, . Notions, Groceries- and General Variety, FOX ELK CO., PA. Farley . O. v1u47tf. i:. k. GitKsir. Dealer In all kinds of cabinet ware, wood aud cane seat chairs, kiti-hen end extort! ion tublog, wood and marble top stands, wood and marble top uurt-uuM, wiiaiiimg, KtOKirifr fililtSKes, wood and marble top chamber suits, mattresses, spring bed bottoms, bed steads, cribs. .Lafertv's metal lined wood pumps, tc, &c. Cane seats re placed with perforated wood seats. Weed newinir machine re1iwei1 from $05 to 4, the best machine in the market, and picture frames made to ' order. Also a large assorted stock of ready made eofhtis constantly on hand ana trimmed at shortest notice. All the above good are sold at panic prices. ware ttooiiis in manonio building, niugwHy 1 u. v7n5R. EW LIVERY STABLE IN RLDGWAY . DAN SCR1BXER WISHES TO Inform the citizens of Itidirwav. aud the public generally, that he has tarted a Lfvery Stable and will keep GOOD STOCK, GOOD.CARRIAGES and. Buggies to let upon the most reasonable terms. ( J&"He will also do job teaming. Stable on Broad street, above Main- All orders left at the L'ost Offlee will receive prompt attention. Aug20I871tf JF YOU WANT-TO BUY GOODSCHEAP GOTO JAMES H IIAGERTY Main Street, Rldgway, Pa DBY GOODS, NOTIONS, BOOTS SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, GLASS AND QUEENS WARE, WOOD AND WILLOW-WARE, - TOBACCO AND CIGARS A Large Stock of Groceries and Provisions The BEST BRANDS of FLOUR Constantly on hand, and sold aa cheaD as the CHEAPEST . y JAMES H IIAGERTY County Officers. President Judge-Kon. L. D. Wetmore Associate Judges Hons. Geo, Ed. Weis, and Julius Jones. Sheriff Daniel Scull. Treasurer Jacob McCauley. District Attorney-C. H. M'Cauley. Co. Superintendent Geo. R. Dixon, Prothonotary, Ac Fred. Schoenlng. Deputy Prothonotary W. S. Horton. Commission ere Michael Wedert, W. H. Osterhout, George Reuscher. Commissioners1 Clerk W. 8. Horton. Auditors W. H. Hyde, R. I. Spang ler,, George Rothrock. Call at this office for writing paper and envelopes, i ' ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. ESTATE of John Af'Cusker, late of Fox township, Elk county, Pa., deceased. LET TERS OV ADMINISTRATION bavin, been S ranted to the undersigned upon the said es ile all persona Indebted to said estate are requested to make payment, and those having claims to present them for set tlement. JACOB M'CATJLEY, Admr. n34t6. Ladies' Shoes, Gaiters and Rub bers, a large variety at P. fc K's. T7T0C0NSUMPTIVES. The advertiser, having been permanently cured of that dread disease, Consumption, by a simple remedy, is anxious to make known to his fellow sufferers the means ot cure. To all who desire it. he will send a copy of the prescription used, (free of cnargej with tne directions for preparing ana using the same, which they will nod Sens Ccri for Coksuhptiok, Asthma, Bboncbitis, Ac, Parties wishing the prescription will please address, Uev. E. A. WILSON, 194 fenn., Williamsburgh, N. Y, KEROSENE OIL 110 Fire Test at 20c per Gallon. Diamond Head Light Oil, at only 25c per Gallon at the West End Stoe. Applelon's American Cyclopedia. Vol. 8 of this admirable work is just out, matting n nair complete, as there are to be 1G in all, of 800 pages each, one being issued in two months. It makes a complete library, and no one can anom to cto witnout it who would keep well informed. Price $6.00 a vol ume in katlier, or $7,00 in elegant nun i urKey. u. iv. juoson. redonia, N. Y., controls the sale in Elk county. Address him for particulars. sep!7-tf Winter Is upon us, which is a re. minder that you need an overcoat M'Affee will make you one cheap SPECIAL NOTICES. DR TAN DIKE'S SULPHUR SOAP. DR. VAN DtKE, whose life long sticialitt, and world wide reputation for CURING SKIN DISKA8ES, has endeav ored for yeers to comdinb an eztebhal treatment. He has Accomplished thia de sirablo besi lt in the preparation of his compound -'SULPHUR SOAP." the merits of which are spoken of by thousands ; it is mgmy recommenced to all our readers. Prico 20 Cents a Cake; a;Boz (three Cake) 60 Cents. Skst (by Mah, (pre-paid) on beoku-t op price. Office, 60 N. 5ih St. WnoLESALB Dkpot, 400 N. 8d 8t. Philadel phia, Pa. Sold by DRUGGIST. n21yleow. Go to POWELL fe KIME for your flour, feed and pork, and everything else in the provision line. . N. O. MOLASSES FOR COOK- ing, also choice avruu alwavs on hand ut : -: ' POWELL KIME'S. SUGARS AT POWELL AND KIME'H are high to be sure; but still area It: tic cheaper than at any oilier store in town. A NICE LOT OF NEW PRINTS ut POWELL 4 KIME'S, only eight cents per. yard. FLOUR, PORK, FEED. CORN- Moal, Oats, always on hand at POWELL & KIME'S at bottom pri ces. Notice. All persons are hereby forbidden selling goods to, or trusting any person on my account, without my written order, as I will pay no debts thus con tracted after this date. M. T. FRENCH. Rldgway May 2, 1877.-ly MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING. MRS. J. R. KELTZ, Kersey, Elk Co., Fa., takes this method of an nouncing to the citizens of Elk COUIltV. flint, sha lllia nil hnrnl nn aa. sortmeut of fashionable millinery huuus wiuL-ii win oe soia cneap. Also dressmaking in all its branches. Agent for Dr. J Bail & Co's Patent Ivory and Lignum Vitas Eye Cups. Send for descrintive circular. nl7yl. CANNED GOODS Peaches. To matoes. Cherries, and Plums at the store of Powell & Kinie. Laws Relating to Newspaper Subscrip tions aud Arrearages. 1. Subscribers who du not give express notice to the contrary, are considered wish' ing to continue their subscription. 2. If subscribers order the discontinu ation of their periodicals.lhe publishers Dray continue 10 send tnem until all arreari are paid. 3. If subscribers negleot or rents take their periodicals from the office w) tney are direoUd, they are held respo Die until tney have settled their bills, ordered them discontinued. 4. If subscribers move to other claos without informing the publishers, and tbl papers are sent to the former direction? tney are held responsible. 6. The courts have decided that "refus ing to take periodicals from the otfioe, or re. moving and leaving them unoalled for is prima facie evidence of intentional fraud." i. Any person who reoeives a newsnaner and makes use of it. whether he has ordered it or not. Is held in law to be a sub scriber. 7. If subscribers nt in advance, thev are bound to give notice to the publisher at the end of their time, iftbevdonot wish to continue taking it otherwise the publishers are euthorized to send it on, and the sub scribers will be held responsible until aa express notice with payment of all arrears. sent to the publisher. EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE. ESTATE of Edwin Paine, late of Ridgway township, Elk county, Pa., deceased. Letter of administration having been granted to the under signed upon the said estate all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make payment, and those having claims to present them for settlement. CATHERINE PAINE, AS2.6 - Executrix INSURANCE AGENCY. OF P. B. WACHTEL, St. Mary's,' Pa. The largest agency in either Elk or It? adjoining counties, representing through his General Agents about 80 responsible and prompt loss paying companies, among the principal ones are the following: NORTH BRITISH MERCANTILE, Prosi assets $32,538,612, ETNA, OF HARTFORD, CONN., Asset OTK- $7,000,000, FIRE ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA Assets $4,000,000 NIAGARA, OF NEW YORK. . Assets $1,600,000. SnAWMUT, ROSTON, MASS., Capitalil-ooo.ooo. GERMAN AMERICAN, NEW YORK, Assets $2,600,000. TRAVELERS, (Life and Accident) CONN- Assets $i,ao&,ooo. n30yl. XEWTIME TABLE OF THE PA E rTr. commencing Monday, Sept. 24, 1877. WILCOX. Mall East............ - 4:13 p m " West 2:60 p m Day Express East 6:22 a in Niagara Express West 8:22 p m KIUOWAT. Mail East - 4:49 p m Mail West 2:19 p ru Day Express East 6:60 a m Niagara Express West 7:45 p m sr. mart's. Mail East 6:18 p m Mail West 1:57 p m Day Express East 7:20 a ni Niagara Express West 7:18 p in Township O Ulcers. Judge of Election G. R. Dixon. Inspectors M. E. Lesser, H. H. Wensel. Justices of the Peace Charles Mead, Jas. D. Fullerton. School Directors O. B. Grant, Jas. Gardner, G. T. Wheeler. N. T. Cum iigs, W. 8. Service, Eng. J. Miller. Sapervlsors John Gulnack, Daniel M'Govern. Treasurer W. H. Hyde. Assessor M. S. Kline. Auditors Will Dickinson, James Pen Held, J. 8. Powell. Clerk-M. S. Kline. Constable Geo. D. Messenger, Jr. QUOTATIONS White. Powell & Co. BANKERS AND llKOKF.Rd, No. 42 South Third Street. Slocks and Bonds Bought aud Sold on Commission. Philadelphia, Dec, 4, 1877. " ask an 1881. o Ill im do '65 J and J 1061 1061 V. 8. do do do do '67 do '68 do ............ 109 1 io9j Ill 1152 108 109 10-40, do coupon, do Paoifio 6's cy New 6's Keg. 1881... ' O. 1881.... " 4i, Reg 1891 ... " " o. 1891 ... New Vt Reg. 1907." .120 liOJ 1071 1074 io lu8 c. 1907.. a 10ii- 103 102j Gold lo-, feunsylvama '&z Wl Kding jbj i(U Philadelphia & Erie 0j loj Lehigh Navigation. - 181 189 do Valley 891 89 i IT..i.J n - ... . .... . uii ueu iv iv oi ri J ......... ex. aiv Pittsburgh, T. Buffalo It, K ... Northeru Central ex. div Central Transportation Nesquehouiug..' North Pennsylvania, . 120J 121 1 1U 17 81 81 J 46 46 86J S7j At the millinery establishment of Mrs. N. T. Cummings, the ladies of Rldgway and vicinity will find a large assortment of fashionable batsS feathers, etc. Hats pressed over at reasonable ra tea and at short notice Rooms over R. I. Campbell's Store Main Street. Give her a call. Hides, Sheep Pelts, aud Calf Skins wanted at 42 Main Street FRANK SETTELLE. SLEIGH BELLS AND WHIPS.- a nice little assortment, vat POWELL & KIME'S. Administrators' Notice. ESTATE of Jacob Oval, late of Jay twp Elk countv.Pa.. deceased. LETTER.TK.TA- MENTARY, having been granted to the un derxigued upon the said extate all pei-Kons indebted to said eHtate are rcnumtled to make payment, and those bavinK.clalms to present them for settlement. J. M. BROOKINS. I ... ELIJAH L. BROOKIN8. n38W. Paper Rags taken in exchange for goods 42 Main Street. T nVFRCi BOOK of KNOWLEDGE. J-iV-S V Ct IU or Secrets of Love. Court. ship and Marriage 8ho wing how to get raar riod, live happily obtuln beulth, wealth and diutinctlon, and appeor to advantage In no ciety auO pages aoo.ooo aold. Mulled for 10cU.. n l'ostage Htamps or Currency. Aildrees, Newark, N. 1. I nr. r U-31lP-llSL is COMPANY. GIVEN awayi:s rea- per A PREMIUM 8TEEL ENGRAVING, pa- j-nuuea "una r luuing oi me Miviour in tne Temple" with the WORKING CHIIRPH. A 24 Page Religious Family Newspaper, ue voted to Household tlieSuuday Bchool, Music and General Church Work. On 8 month's Ulul for liocts. AGTS. WANTED. Address. J. 13. BREWER, 7 AO Warren til.. New York. novinain. THE SUN. NEW T0BK. 1878. A the time approaches for the renewal of Bultocrlp.iong, THE 8UN would remlud Its t'rlu.is and wellwlshers everywhere, that It is iu.aIi a candidate for their oiiniidri-tl(.n unrl support. Upon Its record for the past ten years Krelics for a continuance of the hearty sympathy and generous co-operation which have hltl-frto been extended to iifroin every quarter of be Union. The Dally Bun is a four page-sheet of 88 columns, pries by mail, post paid, 65 cents a mouth, or 80.50 Per year. The Sunday edition of Tbe Bun Is an eight page sheet of St) ooluninB. While giving the news of the daj It also contains a large amount of literary and miscellaneous matter especially prepared )Xr it. Tun Sunday Hum has met with great eiVxwss. Post, paid S1.2U a year. r. . . The Weexly Sun. Who does not know 'Che Weekly Bob t It circulates throughout the United States the Cauadas. and beyond. Ninety thousand families greet its welcome pages weekly and regard It In the llgbtof guide counsellor, and friend. Its news, editorial, agricultural, and literary departments make it essentially a Journal lor tbe family and the fireside. Terms I One Dollar a year, post paid. This price, quality considered, mkkeslfthe cheap est newspaper published. For clubs of ten, with Ut) cash, we will send an extra copy free. Address PUttUBUKA OV TH E SUN, ... . .YorfcUt- 1 878. THURSDAY, DEC. 6, 1877. Sotes. One of Palne's horses died the other day. The turkeys will now have a few days rest. Try the Pared Peachet at the West End Store. Neat note-heads printed cheaply at the Advocate office. Shipping tags, with or without strings, at the Advocate office. Note paper and envelopos at this office. ' A sheet of paper and an en velop for a cent. John O. Hall has been confined to the house since the November term of court. Jerry Thompson was kicked on the wrist by one of Paine's horses yesterday. The Advocate office has the credit of turning out first-class work In the Job printing line. Mack Kinie is Improving, and the chances now are that he will recover from his unfortunate accident. The Butler county sheriff case will be argued on its merits before the Jauuary term of the Supreme Court. Oyster, Kinie and Burke men buy their Stoves and Tin Ware at 42 Main Street. Two marriage notices in this Is sue. You see", the cold weather brings 'em to it. John R. Kline Is now night watch man in Hyde's new mammoth build ing. Our Bread Customers will be grati fied to know that we have made ar rangements for a permanent supply at the West End Store. Services in the Lutheran church next Sunday, German in the morning and English in the evening. A cor dial invitatiion is extended to all. THE WEST END GALLERY will be closed after the Holidays, therefore attend togettingyour pictures in time. Remember the Reduced prices and excellent quality of the work. The regular session of Congress commenced last Monday, and the next day the daily papers printed she mes sage which contained 13,000 words and was telegraphed from Washington to New York and other points in 45 minutes, 10 wires being used. Teachers' Institute at St. Mary's, commencing on the 17th lust., and continuing four days Dr. J. J. VII lers will deliver his mirth-provoking lecture ''Funny People We Meet" on Thursday evening, 20th inst. An ex cursion will leave Ridgway on the mail and return by special in the evening after the lecture. . . j. ne v arren Mail tins week con tains seven or eight columns telling all about tho .dedication of the new Warren county court house. The dedication speech was made by Hon. S. P. Johnson, the oldest practitioner at the Wu.rren bar. When will the Ad vocttk contain an account' of the dedication of Elk county's new court house? C. B. Gould of the Cameron Frees was in ourofllce on Monday, and says he is going to resume the publication of the From as soon as new material can be procured. We have also re ceived the tire edition of the Fress an extract from which we give in another column. We also notice that tbe Independent, published at Em porium, failed to volunteer any assis tance in the emergency, an act deserv ing of much censure, and one un known in the history of newspaper courtesy. We know that should the Independent be unfortunate, In the future, the Fress office would (it once be placed at its disposal. Last Saturday, Percy Schultz, a son of M. M. Schultz of Wilcox, was killed on a railroad in Alabama, of which Mr. Tyler, formerly Supt. of the Middle Division P. & E. R. R is the Superintendent. He had both arms and both legs broken, and died in a short time after the accident. The sad news was telegraphed to his father, and the body sent to Wilcox by ex press, arriving on Tuesday. The young man was between nineteen and twenty yaars of age and bad run away from home to brake on a railroad, while his father Is a man of wealth and influence, being proprietor of the tannery at Wilcox, besides owning several thousand acres of land in this county. The family have the sympa thy of every one in their terrible af fliction. John Donley a tramp, helped himself to a blanket hanging in front of Jacob Butterfu 88 harness shop, on Monday last, and after sleeping on it all night in the water tank sold it to Nelson Jackson, bartender at tte Ridgway House, on Tuesday morning for one dollar,. A short time after ward Jackson endeavored to sell the blanket back again to Butterfuss when tbe stolen property was at once recognized, and a transfer made upon the latter refunding the dollar pur chase money. On the afternoon of Tuesday, upon oath of Butterfuss be fore Esquire Mead, Donley was given a hearing upon the charge of larceny and committed to the county jail for failing to find bail in the sum of $100. It was afterward discovered that he bad taken a wrench, and several other articles from Hyde's eavr mill It la a good thing that ha has been sent to jail, but he must needs be very careful how he leans against the jail walls, or he may find himself out In the cold, the jail needs papering to make the keeping of prisoners more oertain. . Delicate Surgical Operation. A MAN CARRIES; A BELT HOOK IN BIS HEAD FOR FIVE YEARS AN INTERESTING HISTORY OF THE RE MARKABLE CASE. On Monday last Dr. J. 8. Bordwell performed a delicate and neat operation on the eye of H. M Goffofthis place, removing therefrom a seven-eight Inch belt hook, with a T on each end, which had been Imbedded In the eye for five years. Some five years ago Gofr was working on a shingle mill when the belt broke, and striking him over the head, from the tear, drove two belt-hooks, like the one we hare mentioned above into his right eye, and for two years they both re. mained there when he had one taken out, the person who performed the operation not being able to discover the second hook, and, In fact, ex pressed the opinion that only one had been driven in. Dr. Bordwell admin istered chloroform aud with a pair of tweezers took the hook out, with a piece of bone clinging to it, without having to cut the eye. The Doctor says the hook had undoubtely gone though the socket of the eye, and . so far in that it could not be discovered until it had worked itself forward. The wonder is, not that the man has lievedso long, but that he was not killed outright He says he has not felt so well since the accident as he has since the operation was per formed. Since the above was in type we have received the following correct history of the case: "H. M. Goff, while at work in a mill near St. Mary's about four years ago, received the injury. The main belt broke or separated at the ends where it was fastened together with brass hooks. The belt struck him over the head and two of the hooks passed into the eye and thrust the eye out. The eye was replaced by physi cians, but the hooks - remained in the socket. About too years after one of the hooks worked its way partly out and was extracted by a doctor in the eastern part of the State. The second made its appearance soon after, and many physicans were consulted. At last Dr. J. S. Bordwell performed the operation at his office on Monday, at 10 o'clock, assisted by Omer S. Davis. The eye holder was applied to hold the lids, when the hook was seized with a forceps and brooken loose from the bone which had grown around it, back of the eye ; then a small forceps was passed down along-side the shaft of tho hook, the muscles held apart and the hook withdrawn without in juring the eye. He is now happy." Holiday goods coming at the West End Store. Yesterday the rain rained, but this morning the weather is cold and snow is falling rapidly, and covering the earth with a mantle of white. The work of finishing Hyde's hall is fast approaching completion They expect to have the hall ready by Jan. 1st- Just received at the First National Boot cfc Shoe Store a fine lot of hand and machine made French Glazed Kid shoes, made on seven different width lasts. Peter Man, while cutting straw with a straw cutter Friday night In H. S. Thayer's barn, got his hand under the knife and cut the thumb so near offthat Doctor Bordwell thinks It will yet have to be amputated. Excellent Cheese always on hand. The finest Oysters. Solid Meats. Fairbanks Lard, 8 5, 10, lb, packages. Babbitts' Best Soap. Cooking Apples at the West End Store. "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever." Our neat bill-heads, note heads and monthly statements al though not exactly a "joy forever" are, nevertheless very neat and tasty specimens of tbe "art preservative." Benjamin Malin who had his limb amputated on the 2d of Novem ber by Drs. Hoey and J. S. Bordwell, assisted by E. O. Bordwell, and since under the care of Drt J. 8. Bordwell has fully recorded, the limb healing lu thirty days. Patrick Goodman, who was com mitted to tbe county Jail at the No vember term of court succeeded in scaling the walls, in broad daylight on Thursday last.and was in a fair way to escape when Sheriff Scull intercepted his flight and again restored him to his old quarters. He was allowed the liberty of the yard and climbed tbe wall and sat on the top a few min utes before making the j u mp,as a person naturally would before jumping a dis tance of eighteen or twenty feet. The same night he almost succeeded in removing a stone from the wall and was again prevented from making his escape. Saloons on Election Day. By the Act of Assembly of 1872, inn and saloon keepers prohibited from dis pensing spiritous liquors, (or wine, either by gift, sale or otherwise, or any intoxicating beverage, "during the hours when, by law, in said district, the election polls are required to be kept open." Under that Act saloons and bars might sell before the polls opened and after they closed. A later Act of April 12th, 1875, (Pamphlet Laws, page 42) makes it unlawful to sell them these drinkables on any , election day at alL This Is the section of tbe latter Act, and now In force : Section II. That it shall not be lawful for any person with or with-, out license, to sell to any person any intoxicating drink on a day which elections are now or hereafter may be required to be held nor on Sunday, nor at anytime to a minor or to a person visibly affected by intoxicating drinks. This act closes out the sale of liquor on election day. - Wilcox .Votes. Wilcox, Pa. Nov. 28, 1877. - Oil well No. 8 was torpedoed last week, tubed, and pumped ten barrels in about three hours, when the pump got choked up and the tubing had to be drawn. While clearing out the well they lost the sand pump fished for It two or three days, but could not get it; put down the tubing again, yesterday, and pumped ten barrels last night when the pump got put of order again and they have to pull the tub ing. The well L believed to be good for fifteen cr twenty barrels, some placing it at a good deal higher figure, but when, O, when, the Lord only knows when, for nothing but bad luck attends every effort. Three sets of tools and two sand pumps now in the hole past recovery. Oil fills the well three hundred feet above all these tools. I am in hopes to be able next week to tell what the well will really do. PETE. Although the above letter was mailed at Wilcox on the 28th it did not reach this place until Thursday, 29th, after the Advocate had been mailed, when we received it on the mail from the east. The letter had evidently been carried by. ED. Wilcox, Pa., December, 8, 1877. A Singular Accident. Jerry Shea, an old man in the employ of the P. & E. R. R. Co. a; track walker was standing by the side of the road wait ing for a freight train to pass when justasacar loaded with lumber got opposite him the stakes broke and let the lumber off on the old gentle man, breaking one of his legs and bruising him badly, but It is thought not dangerously. Percy Schultz, a young man of about twenty, son of M M. Schultz, who has been spending a few months in the Southern States, was killed on the railroad Saturday morning, De cember 1st, near Montgomery, Ala bama. His friends have received no particulars of the accident save a tele gram from E. L. Tyler. His remains will be brought here for interment. This is a terrible blow to his parents and relations and casts a deep gloom over the whole neighborhood for Percy was a universal favorite with all classes, always having a kind word for every one he met, the poor as well as those in more favored circumstan ces, and was always ready to divide the last dollar with those in need. G- A. Jacobson's barn came near go ing up in smoke the other day cause, storing ashes in it Wnen will people learn that it is unsafe to put hot ashes in barns, and sheds connected with houses. Oil well No. 8 is pumping six or eight barrels of oil a day but it is badly filled up with tools and if they ever get it cleaned out It will certainly be good for fifteen or twenty barrels. . PETE. From the Press, (Fire Edition.) The Emporium Fire. That dreaded, but in Emporium familiar, cry of FIRE! was again heard sounding through our streets on Monday evening, last When people heard it they shuddered and hoped for the best, but their hopes were blasted when they ascertained the new brick block, the pride cf the town, on the corner of Fourth and Broad streets, was on fire. The fire, it is thought, originated from a defective flue, in the third floor and before assistance arrived that por tion above the Union Express office was entirely enveloped in flames. The fire company arrived promptly, but could do nothing, except to save the wooden structures in the immedi ate vicinity. The engine worked splendidly, throwing two large streams one on Sweazey's hotel on the east side of Fourth Street and another on the buildings on Newton's corner and adjoining. In fact every one worked with a will and received tbe thanks of all the loosers, includ ing those of your humblo servant. The building was occupied as fol lows: First Story. L. Taggart, drug store and post office ; H. T. Taggart, Assignee of Phelps & Matteson, dry goods, tc. ; Union Express Office; William Morrison, boots and shoes; Office of J. T. Lanlng, M. D., and office and bar-room of J. H. Scb.au backer's new hotel. Second Story. Sleeping rooms of hotel, and office ot Cameron County Presa. Third Story. Sleeping rooms of hotel and rooms of the Masonic frater nity. The following are the losses : J. L. Cook, on building, 918,000; insurance $10,000. Cameron Countu Fress. $3.- 500 ; no insurance. Emporium Lodge, A. Y. M., 51,500 3.r00 insurance. Emporium Chapter, $1,500 $500 in surance. L. Taggart, about $1,000, fully insured. J. H, Schanbacker, $300 uo insurance. H. T. Taggart, $160; no insurance. The other occu. pants sustained little loss. incidents. The last time our office towel was seen, it was making a desperate effort to getaway from tbe water. Saved. There was saved from the Fress establishment a small j ob press. several fonts of Job type, one case of long primer, and some wood type and the paste cup. When Mr. Newton's Herald office was burned, a few years ago, it will be remembered that nearly everything was destroyed, but in some unaccount able manner a wooden job stick got out uninjured. The same stick was in the Fress office at tbe time of the fire, and strange to say, escaped injury, but none knows how. Count, Weigh. Measure Everything you Buy at the West End Store. n42tf. . Slate Aotes. A short horn butfweTghing 8.000 pounds is te be raffled for in Berks county. Philip Lewis, Of MinenvilU, fell out of a second story window on Sunday and died an hour afterwurd. Over 10,000 boxes of eheeso ohaaged hands la Crawford and adjoining eonoties last week. Value from $60,000 to $70,000. Tho scrapings of a ehaserj wheel of a powder mill atTaniaqua took fire last week and John Kspner, Jeoob Reichslberger sod Milton Kepner wore dangerously burned. Joba Ulrioh, of Hughesville, eonvioted at Alleatowa last week of setting fir to bis flouring mill in Lehigh oounty, has been sentenoed to one year's imprisonment and a fine of $1. Tho Standard oil company will oreot a cooper shop in Pittsburgh, Where 7,000 barrels will bo made daily. Oil from tho refineries will be oonduoted to the premises in pipes and barreled. Tho AUentowa Chroniole nays that "there are more iron furnaoes in blast at this time than there were st tbe oorre- . sponding period last year in eastern Penn sylvania and iron men have a more hopeful outlook." A gang of tramps laving taken possession of the Pennsylvania railroad traok houses ' at Wilmore and Conemaugh, Sheriff Ryan, of Cambria oounty, made a raid on them, capturing fifteen, -who have been looked np. Testimony is being taken in Philadel phia to decide whether the report of tho commission whioh reported Helmbold In sane is to bo set aside. The doolor it rep resented by Hon. George W. Curtis, of New York, and Hon. F. Carroll Brewster and Clarence Derringer, esq., Philadelphia. Jaoob Hunttinger, late president of tho Miner's trust oompany bank, of Pottsville, and bis son Albert, cashier of the bank, ebarged with conspiracy to defraud Thomas Kerns, prothonotary of Sohuylkill oounty, a depositor, out of $21,000, were last even ing fonnd guilty, after a trial of fifteen weeks. The case was taken to Reading on a change of vendue from Schuylkill oounty, and heard before Hon- J. Hagelman, presi dent judge of that judical distriot. At Pittsburg two privates of Company O, Nineteenth regiment, N. G. P., named Joseph V. Ritchie and George Clajburn, hive been oourt-martialed for desertion during the riots last July. Ritchie has been sentenced to thirty, and Clayburn to forty-five days in jail, both to forfeit all pay and allowances and to be dishonorably discharged from tbe servioe. The proceed ings have been approved by Major General Pearson, commander of tbe Sixth division. The men who have been committed to jail were on duty at Twenty-eighth street, and deserted immediately after the firing. This is tho first case in wbiob tho mem bers of tho State National Guard have been imprisoned by court martial. Tho members have twenty days in whioh to ap peal to the governor, but will probably not appeal. A Precocious Bobber. For several years past a sub-post office has been established in the lower part of the borough for the ac commodation of its citizens and a small boy employed to carry the mail matter to and from the main office, up town. On Saturday of last week the boy thus employed, offered a one dol lar bill at a grocery, which was at once recognized by the groceryman as a bill which he had put with $15 of other money into a letter directed to Buffalo, N. Y. The boy was at onco charged with breaking open the letter when he owned up and said that ho bad given away most of the money to other boys around town of about his own age. He then went home and got $4.00 of the stolen money which he had previously taken thero. He reported to his mother that he and another boy had found a pocket book, divided the money, the other boy keeping the book. In the evening after the robbery had been reported, most of the boys that had received portions of the money returned it Some had been making purchases with theirs, and instead of returning money returned the articles they had purchased. In this manner about half the value of the contents of the letter was recovered. On Tuesday of this week J. P. Felt agent of the Emporium flouring mill learning that a deposit of some $200, in checks sent to the bank had not been received by the bank, when he charged tbe boy with tbe robbery of the letter containing the checks, which he at first stoutly denied, but under fear of arrest and being sent to jail, he subcequently confessed to the robbery and that he had given the checks to his cousin (a young lad) who he said, gave them to his father. This seems to be corroborated by the fact that the father tried to get " of thecL oks cashed on Satur. Furthet de. velopmenta are exp ' to-day and the checks recovered.- porium -dependent. Married. Bechtold. Oster. At Ridgway December 3, 1877, by Jas. D. Fuller, ton, Esq., Mr. Albert E. Bechtold of St Mary's, to Miss Mary Oster of the same place. M'Govern. Shelvy. On Satur day morning, December 1, 1877, by Rev. Father Maher, at the Catholic Church, Ridgway, Mr. James M'Gov ern, to Miss Lizzie Shelvy, all of this place. Canned Goods. Choice Goods at low prices at the West End Store. , A slngle-plank sidewalk has been laid by Mr. Peter Irwin from tho . crossing near Hartley's drug store to the bridge over the. race. Now tha Supervisors should furnish another plank, and make it a two-plank walk. Our Motto; The Beet Goods and Lowest Prices at tbe "West End 8tore. n42tf. '
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