BIDGWAY, PA., APRIL 11, 1878. Notes. Oct your cats ready to place nrountl four grope vines. Pigeons are said to be nesting In Highland township. Hnnk Wensel Is the first man In this ptace thnt had his garden plowed. Why don't you come In and see our new shoo boxes with patent fas teners?. The engine for the oil well near James Gardner's has been hauled on the ground. The Ridgwny Township Audi tors are auditing the township ac counts this week. N The weather Is again pleasant and those having gardens to make are lin proving the time. The Lenten1 Services In Grace Church are well attended and create considerable interest. mat w uninrtn trout story we published In our last Issue was one of Fred Wilmarth's sells. The court square, in a few years, will make a .neat public park. The trees are all grooving and doing well bix persons were taken into full membership at the Presbyterian church lust Sunday. The pound party at the Methodist parsonage last Friday evening was a very enjoyable affair. jriyucs new pinning mill across the mill race is going up rapidly The size is -JSxnb feet, and two stories high. Ridgway may yet be an oil centre, Who knows? We firmly believe that oil will be found In paying quantities in this section. The location of Hyde's large planing null will undoubtedly raise the rate of insurance on Main, street property. The roads are fast drying up, and Its a pity some of the yahoots that go about the streets at night 'could not profit by the example. Jake notice that we publish oirtns, marriages, and deaths free of charge, besides we will consider it a favor if Ministers, Doctors, and Jus tiees will send us these items. Hie accommodation train will again be put on the P. & E. R. R about the 20th. .So we are creditably informed. This will be good news to he traveling public. several of our weather prophets predict snow and cold weather some time this summer. If the prophecy conies true the peas we planted last Monday will be apt to get their noses frozen. TheM'Kean Miner tells of land being sold in Smethport for $10 a foot front. That's nothing laud has sold here for nearly 50 a foot front, Ma ginnis giving $1000 for 21 feet on Main street. The attention of Auditors, Consta bles, and others interested in township offices is culled to the article which we publish this week from tlfe lirook ville Republican In relation to the publication of township accounts. Mr. Bird, who taught school in the Holobough school house a year or two ago, in Fox township, this county, died on Tuesday, March 1, 1ST8 on his farm in the neighborhood of Coudersport, Potter county, being up wards of seventy years of age. He is the father of L. Bird who resides at Penflcld, Clearfield county. Ike, the butcher's dog, hud a brother once, and now that brother is no more. He became too familiar with Gil. Wheeler, one day last week, so much so that Geo. Cooky could not make the purp let go. Finally his hold was broken as also was his head by a grub which Gil. used us an argu ment against such dogoned freedom. Major Noble of Erie, paymaster of the troops, who served during the riots last summer, was here on Friday evening last. Company H received $1056,67, as follows: Captain, $100,00; First Lieutenant $125,00; Second Lieutenant 116,07; Orderly Sergeant $32,00; two Sergeants $27,00 each; two Corporals each $25,00; and twenty-three privates each $23,00, giv ing the above aggregate. The boys were all well pleased.. Mall west just escaped being thrown from tho track on Saturday last, at the curve nearly opposite the Osterhout road. A mule hitched In a cart was standing near the track, while the cart was being loaded with dirt. The train frightened the mule which at once started toward the track and reached It about the same time the train did, and the next was a mule and cart performing eleight-of- band performances in the air. The mule was not much hurt, but the cart was a total wreck. Fortunately no damage was done the train. Messrs. Geo. A. Rathbun, and C. E. Willard are now engaged in mak ing an abstract of all deeds recorded in Elk county from the time of its for mation to the., present. They have been at the work since last full and now have the work of making ab stracts about one-third . completed. After the abstracts are made an index of the names of grantor and grantee, a huge work in itself, will be arranged, od besides the names will be given ail the dates, location of land, aird. in tact, a brief discription of the Iund, so that any title can be looked up in a very few minutes. They calculate that the number of deeds will reach nearly seven thousand, and that i a year or more will yet be necessary for the completion of the work. ; Persons?. Notes. Jerry Sheehan is plowing his farm.; jv. :, . . ; Orange blossoms at Grace Church on May 7t h r-rter Houghtalling sleeps in the court house " : -lapc woouwara's girl has been named Estella. O. B. Fitch made considerable mnple sugar this season Miss Frank Stout, of Lock Haven, is now talorlng for M'Afee. Mrs. Maglnnls is on a visit to friends in Stuben Co., N. Y. Curt. Barrett has concluded to stay at Centreville a while longer. Meals at all hours and bread and butter for Saturday night lunch Doctor Bordwell has planted 800 grape vines on his farm this spring, Pat Daley and his men are put ting In a geat many new ties near the depot, Mrs. J. O. W. Bailey has gone on a visit to friends at Hammond. Tioga county Several of our citizens were very particular about keeping lent. This is a joke. Dave Mulqueen's girl was ehris- tened on Monday last and given the name Kate, How many pontes make a horse ? Referred to the committee on vice and immorality. Ed. Gray and G. C. Brandon's son were in our office last Saturday. Call again boys. Louis Brendle has had the Inside of his store room newlv minted. A needed improvement. w. F. Mercer, formerly of Mercer Bros., butchers, will move his familv to Baltimore next week. W. B. Smith Is now working for W. S. Service. He expects to stay all summer, and we hope he will. Geo. Woodward's garden on Main near Depot street has been beauti lully arranged by John Fannin. M'Afee don't like it because the grate in Ills new stove only lasted about two weeks. A great grate Matthews, of the Ridgway Market House has moved into the corner re cently occupied by B. Lamoreaux. Rev. I. Breiiemaii is very- punctual about collecting pay for the monthly dues of his ladies' society. Joe Metz has purchased a ten acre farm of Dickinson Bros, west of the mill. He intends raising turnips and poultry. Miss May Little, who is attending school at Painsville, Ohio, after visit. ing here for a week, returned on Wed- nesday hist. joim i iynn has suffered more or -w . . - I less wiih pain in his head since the stone fell on him while diinring Geary's well. Lawyers Bailey and McCauley ueiu uie urst dtook trout ot the season on Thursday last. They hooked them Irom Mohan run. Mr. Xichols has moved from I'owell s house, corner of Mill and Centre streets, to the Cobb house next above the cemeteries. Supervisors Sherman and Gardner intend to build the bridge, on the Os- terhout road across Elk creek, about the first thing they do. Charles .Mathews has two roosters and one pullet, white bantams, and the roosters are the greatest little vil lains to crow we ever saw. Captain fechcening'g new Grand Square SWO piano has come and i beauty it is. Perhaps the finest in strument in Elk county. iKiviu l iiayer, wno has been an invalid for a number of years, is now feelingquite comfortable. We noticed him at the door a few days ugo. Col. Luther has returned from his pigeon hunt, bringing with him sev erul dozen squabs. He reports the pigeons as plenty and pigeon hunters ditto. Grove Messenger wishes us to cor rect the statement made two weeks ago "that he often keeps his drug store open," and we cheerfully take back all we have said. B. P. Mercer has kalsomined painted, and neatly arranged the old place on Court street, where he now dispenses steak, roasts, and surloius to his customers as formerly. Thomas Noon is raising potatoes from the seed. This is the third year, and next fall he expects to have several bushels of dinner potatoes ; he may call them twelve o'clocks. There are some neat specimens of gentlemen's sewed shoes in J. S. Powell's show window, the hand! worn ot bam uiark, who, for neat work and good fits is hard to beat, sawyer Bailey is also a chicken fancier, an old hen of his stole her nest under Cal. McCauley's barn, and had enough eggs under her for a goose, and succeeded in bringing out four chicks. , SherifT Head is digging a cellar under his house on Depot street. He wheels the clay to the front part of his lot, and says that he by the time he has a wheel barrow load out he feels like resting. Orderly Horton, besides belne Commissioners Clerk, Constable and tax Collector, has purchased some land near Bradford, and has given four leases to put down wells. Hone the Orderly may find lots of oil. W. C. Healy has returned from his annual trip to Florida, and looks quite well. The present winter was not as agreeable to Mr. Healy as have been the other ones spent In the land of flowers. Cold rains, and an unusu ally steady cold weather, seem to have prevailed in Jacksonville to the dis comfiture of travelers. i Sofas. Eggs 16 cents a dozen. Tomatoes 16 cents a can at J. H. Hagerty's. Dan and Jim M'Govern are haul ing ties every day on Ed. Grant's con tract. The grass looks green, and all veg etation seems thankful for last night's warm rain. Always make out a man's bill on paper, and as the cost Is a trifle have bill-heads printed. Tho Republican County Com- jnlttee meet at the Ridgway Bank to morrow at 2 o'clock, P. M. The services at the Catholic church this week have been largely attended, the eloquence of Rev. Father Vincent being noticed by all. The People of Ridgway, get their clothing at the same prices at home, that they would in Philadelphia by crlvlnor Hin A (rant U A order. The Washington Post thinks this a great country because Congress ad jonrned for a ship launch, and when a man takes a little drink in Virginia they ring a bell. Several more new subscribers That's right the more we get the bet- ter we'll make the old Advocate, if we don't have a new suit of clothes in a dog's age. The receiver's sale of the Dagus cahonda lumber, an advertisement of which appeared in our last issue, and which took place last Thursday, April 4, amounted to $3300,50. Less than the cost of sawing. M'Afee, the tailor, cn be found on Main street, over Powell & Kime's store, and he guarantees a fit. Those misfits, spoken of in the Advocate, were made for persons who sent out of town for their clothes, The law now before the Legisla ture compelling liquor dealers to use the Molrett bell punch proposes to tax - -' . . u - ItlVUUUllU 11,1 ,1111 I. U II . , ,, , s ... uuc-uau cems, ano eacn glass or ale, beer, or porter half a cent. It is luutme revenue irom nquor V "' "'.-. .i " ...t ... uijc.auuu in Virginia wan satisfactory results, and the Legisla tures of Maryland, New York, Iowa, Kentucky and other States are awake to the importance of such a law and will undoubtedly puss it. The law has already passed the loweriiouse in New York Friday evening, the Ctli inst.. was the occasion of a very nleasant stir- prise to the members of tho M. E. Par- sonage. The first intimation thev re- ceived of what was coming was a chorus of voices joining in the words, "Hold the Fort," etc. Immediately .. 1", . 1 ' J 1 .. . u 11X1 lms lue Jrt was tanen by the 0esieffers, .whom the inmates readily recognized as a company of friends. The members of the party seemed to be burdened, and their was a general movement towards the culinary de- Ijuriinent. ine result or the move ment was a pyramid of packages. which upon after inspection proved to contain many articles pleasant to the palate and serviceable in the house- hold. Several hours of real enjoy men were spent In social conversation and merry games, when our company bade us good night, leaving us rich in the enjoyment of the evening, rich in the possession of a circle of warm friends, and to entertain pleasant mem ories of the event. W. H. S. An accident by which two of Daniel Scri liner's horses were drowned, and two persons nearly lost their lives, oceured ut Whistietown on Monday morninu hmt. w w rnttiurn and Geo. Cooley had had the horses. and hack for nleaaure rldino-. nrl nn rT " the morning in question were sending me team nome by a young man, son of Andrew Jackson, who was occom panied by Mrs. Delos Dollivar. As the team drove on the bridge at Whis tletown, young Jackson discovered a team at the other end of the bridge and as it was not wide enough for the two teams to pass, endeavored to back off the horses in his charge, when the occupants of the hack were thrown into the water on the upper side of the bridge, and the hack and horses tum bled in on them. Several persons, who witnessed the accident hastened atonceto the place expecting to find the persons drowned, but in a few minutes they were rescued. The horses, however, being unable to ex tricate themselves from the harness, were drowned. Messrs. Mattison and Cooley have made Mr. Scribner whole for the loss of his team. THE CLEAR UREEK- "CATASTRO PHE." It is known that not long ago the depot on the B. & S. W. railroad known as Clear Creek, was aban doned. The morning train from Jamestown not long ago on passing the deserted depot slowly tolled the bell as the train was passing. , This incited the population of Clear Creek, and the "boys' were determined to get even with that train on its return The train reaches the station about seven o'clock in the evening, and all at once the headlight broke out upon a man stading upon the track. The bell was rung, but he moved not. The whistle for "down brakes" was sounded but still the man on the track moved not. Then a shriek of "toot I toot! toot J toot I toot! toot!" was sounded, the engine reversed, but all too late and the great iron horse struck the man hurling him far off the track. The train was stopped as soon as possible and backed up and the train hands got off prepared to raise up the mangled and lifeless body of some human being. They didn't care for the remains, as the man proved only to be a lost year "scare crow, taken from some neighboring corn held, t here hasn't we believe been any tolling since. Oowaada En. terprise. Wilcox Notes. whcox, April 0th, 1878. John Smith, of this place, brake- man on through freight was pulled off uis train ry me oeu rope hear Em- porlum yesterday, the train passing ov er mm, causing aeath instantly, wcu 18 "1B Js man who de .-cii ueorge rsmiui in nig burglaries at the Wilcox depot, and the only im- WiiiitBHgaiiist mm. Fred. Peters, of. Wilmarth, and formerly of this place, was thrown irom a car near Ludlow yesterdav. and was seriously, but It is hoped not fatally injured. Mr. Sturdevant, of this nlaee. re. ceived a telegram from Bradford yes terday that his son Charles fell from a derrick at eight o'clock, and was ore t . .... naps nuaiiy injured, The tools are not yet out of Em- hout & Taylor's well No. 1. No. 2 Is Hnwn nbot . ti,n..nj rLJ I . ... The rest of the wells are being pushed along with due diligence, and we win see wnat we will see. PETE. Birth. McGeeiiin. On Thursday. Anrll 4th, 1878, to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mc- I Geehin, of this place, a son. C'hnrch Directory. METHODIST CHURCH. Rev. W. H. Swartz, next Sunday. morning and evening at the usual hours. GRACE CHURCH. Rev. Wm, Jas. Miller, next Sunday, morning and evening at the usual hours. The subject of the sermon next Sunday evening at Grace Church will be, "The Burning Bush," Services commence at 7 J o'clock. LUTHERAN CHURCH. Sen-ices next Sunday, by Rev. I. Breueman. German in the morning and English in the evening. I n . J . 1 , i ""'""B" "u luwiisuip omcers elected at the election on the 19th ult.. will assume the duties of their several positions on the first Monday April, except school directors, who enter unon the upon the discharge of their duties on the first Monday of June. The law requires the board of auditors to meet on the first Monday of April, to audit the accounts of supervisors and poor overseers, and also direct that a report of their findings be pub lished in two newspapers, Imposing a penalty of $20 for a neglect of this duty. Since this law has been in force we have noticed quite a satisfactory improvement in the financial con. dition of a number of district tho niri and unsettled business being gathered up and put in a shape desirable for the I. ., ,, ... ... investigation ot the public, a process unncessary some years ago, and which was taken advantage of frequently, re tiring officials thinking it quite un necessary to make a statement of their accounts, the new officials ' usually finding on empty treasury and very little if any record to show what was done by their predecessors. It Is a proper law and is bringing about the exact condition of things for which it was intended. Judge Jenks, one year ago, in structed the constables to see that this law was complied with, and re port all who failed to meet its require ments, and it may be expected that a few of the negligent will be victims to the amount of the penalty unless they are more prompt in the future than they have been in the past. Brook- ville Republican, March 20, 1878, Teachers. iU n,l1 nn assortment of cards for rewards to scholars in Sabbath and rewards to scholars Day schools at the West End Store. Any publications of the American Tract Society not on hand promptly ordered. We have cured some of the worst cases of scalding by hot water and steam on record. By taking cold, the burns of the sufferers had become ag gravated, and being over the vital parts, the case seemed absolutely hope less. We used E. K. Thompson's Great Healing Ointment as directed cleansing the angry looking burns by dipping a sponge In warm Castile soapsuds, and squeezing it over the sores until thoroughly cleansed, then spreading the Ointment on a thin piece of cloth, and laying it gently on. This treatment was kept up for two weeks or more, and in a month or six weeks the patient was out doors as well as ever. Prepared by E. K. Thompson, xiiusviue, .ra. trice zo cents. Sold by Dr. T. S. Hartley, Ridgway Elk Co. Pa. J Fish. Take your old suit to go fishing and get a new one from Wanamakers. No trouble to show you the samples, at the West End Store (over 800 In number.) On Sunday afternoon last, while John Connelly, of Brooklyn, N. Y., was playing with his little son, aged j.iui.iuB, wno was in ms lap, ne playfully blew a puff of tobacco smoke into his face. The child coughed gasped for breath and fell back un conscious. In a few minutes it died from suffocation. The physician who was summoned said that the child had probably sucked the smoke into its throat and had been unable to dis charge it. The father became almost wild with grief. Meeting of the Republican County Committee. The Republican County Committee of Elk County will meet at the Ridg way Bank, in Ridgway, on Friday the 12th day of April at 2 o'clock P. M. Ihe presence of every member of the committee Is desired, as matters of importance will be under considera tion. J. O. W. BAILEY. . , ' Chairman. Director's Convention on May 7th. Oar Colony. We read In the papers of colonies formlnn to uo to Texas, the far west. south, and all the different points of the compass. For several months t project has been on foot in our midst, originated and carried forward through - the exertion and enterprise of Hon Jno. G. Hall. The whole plan would have been laid before our readers long ere this, had not the seal of secrecy been placed on our pen until such time as the fruit of the plan was ripe for the clucking. We will brleflv state the object and plan of the scheme as we understand It. Mr. Hall has several thousand acres of land lying west of this village in the section be tween the mouth of Island run and a point near the Reed farm on the Brookville road. It is proposed to lay this land ofr into twenty acre plots, and to give actual settlers one of these under certain conditions, and two of the plots to be reserved by the owner, and so on alternately; twenty acres given away and forty acres reserved, eeverai communications have ap peared In the Welt Bote, a German paper, of extensive circulation, pub- hsbed at Allentown, this State, in re- P'y to which more than an hundred letters have been received from differ- entsections of thecountry. In reply to those letters a circular was printed in German, and sent to each applicant. The circular giving a fair account of the county, as the kind of land, wood, water, etc., found here, it further set forth that this was not a land of milk and honey, but that a stout heart with a few hundred dollars to back it would undoubtedly enable a man to make for himself a home in the woods. The Surveyors are at work now lay ing off the land, and in a few weeks we may expect several families to come here ready to make a pleasant valley, busy with active energy.where now Is a silent forest. The settlement was intended, in the mind of its pat ron, to be one composed of Germans, as they are admitted to be an indus trious, frugal, and patient class, and these qualifications, are certainly needed to Skrve homes out of, and sup port families in the primeval forest. Several of those intending to come have been already on the land spoken of, and express themselves us well pleased with the land and are anxious to come as soon as the chance Is given them to locate their place. Of those coming nearly all have a few hundred dollars which is undoubtedly neces sary to have when starting In this kind of an enterprise, and In fact none others than those having sufficient money to start with are encouraged. The pine, popular, and hemlock tim ueri together with the hemlock bark, urc refiel'vel1 W the owner, and the set- tiers paid by the day for cutting the timber and peeling the bark thus giv ing them an opportunity to earn money to help them along. Two men from Pittsburgh have signified their intention of purchasing the forty acres reserved besides the twenty acres they get gratis, thus showing that they, at least, are In earnest about the matter, The Messrs. Hyde have agreed to furn- itfh the luuibe1'. necessary for building, to those desiring it, taking a claim on the land as security, and giving a long time for the payment of the debt thus incurred. We predict that this enter prise will In the course of a few years give us, what Is much needed, In view of the fact that our forests are being laid low, our hemlock bark becoming scarce, and all our natural resources. failing us, a hardy, industrious and prosperous class of farmers who will add, year by year, to the weahh and stability of our county. This land with proper; treatment, will yield almost anything that you may wish, corn, potatoes, wheat, buckwheat, vegetables etc. And certainly no county is more naturally adapted to grazing than this, and the production ol butter and cheese, articles which will for all time command a liberal cash price in the markets of the world There is no natural reason why Elk county butter should not become as famous, as Chautauqua or Orange county butter. Then cheese factories will be another enterprise which will follow an abundance of milk as natur ally as the night follows the day, These things will give us a stable ex istence, and a steady supply of money, which will not depend so much on uncertanties as do hemlock boards and square timber. There is no fear, as many have tried to argue, of a race of paupers being foisted on the town ship, but instead a valuable class of frugal, industrious citizens. Rev. I. Breneman has been of great service to the enterprise in helping to receive and answer communications etc., and we will here state that in no other manner is he an interested party. As the work progresses we will lay before our readers, from time to time the de tails and the measure of progress. The Four Rules. aan rayment lived up to have made Wanamaker & Brown the LARG One Price Full Guarantee Cash Returned EST and most POP ULAli Clothing House in the world. Some good friend at Wilcox has sent us a diminutive specimen of an oil tank, bearincr the inscription: "For Haskill Oil Well care H. F Barbour." It will probably hold three gallons, not more, and thus we judge it is sent to us as a sample of the tanks in use in the "Wilcox Oil Field," and shall prize it very highly as a curiosity. We should Judge, how ever, from all reports that it is al together too large a tank for that territory. JcAean Miner. That Spring Suit. Can now be bought at a very low price by making a selection from Wanamaker's samples at The West End Store. A collisions of trains at Slating ton, Pa., on Friday last attended by the explosion of several oil tanks and a locomotive, caused the loss of five lives, and the distinction of two hun dred thousand dollars worth of prop erty. Postmasters of the fourth class are to be paid a commission on the amount of stamps canceled, according to the post office bill for the next fiscal year. nstead of on those they sell, as the ex isting law provides. This will put stop to the lively traffic In stamps by which dishonest postmasters have increased their salaries. Notice for Convention of School Direc tors to elect County Superintendent. To the School Directors of Elk countv Gentlemen: In pursuance of the May, 1864, you are hereby notified to meet in convention. at thecourt house. in Ridgway Elk Co. Pa. on the first Tuesday in May, A. D. 1878, being the i iu uuy oi me montn, at one o'clock in ine aiternoon, and select, viva voce, oy a majority or tue whole number ol directors present, one person of liter ary and scientific acquirements, and of skill and experience in the art of teaching, as county superintendent. tor three succeeding Years: riptpnnlnn tne amount or compensation for the same : and certify the result to th btate superintendent, at Harrlsburg, as required by the thirty-ninth and fortieth section of said act. UEO. B. DIXON. Co. Runt, of Kllr n April 11U, 1019 A It .i. . nn - List of Jurors. drawn for May term of court, com- .uvui;iiig wuuuuy iviay jsi, 10(0. GRAND. St. Marys. Gerhard Fochtman. Benezette. H. II. Wllann npnni. Benzinger . Bernard Wesnitzer, George Wendle, Simon Breindle, Henry Fletterman. J? ox. W. A. M'Kay. Thomas Sulli van, jeremian Hunivan. Horton. Henry Reedy. Highland. Robert Wonderly. Jones. John Weidert. J. O. John. son, Jr. Jay. John Gordon. Millstone. William Dunn. T-? iilrvwat' Afi.li.fn T a Brendle, W. C. Healy, Michael Bailey. cip.ii.g wcbk. nuinuu iauguner. St. Marys. Edward M'Bride, Louis Gies, Joseph Han ha user. TRAVERSE. Benezette. Coleman T. Johnson, John Barr, W. H. Johnson. Benrtnger . Michael Neibert, Joseph Cheatle, Peter Wilhelm, Jacob Schneider, Jacob Nist, John N. Geitner.George Nissell, John Helndle, Joseph Schauer, Joseph Werner, Leonard Ritter. Fox. Peter Thompson, Talbot Thompson, Adolph Timm, Lawrence Mohan, Jr., John. Koch, Joseph An singer John Hershey, Henry H. Saw yer, Rcesman Meredith, Marshall Keefer. Horton. Willis Taylor, A. S. Hor ton, Jacob Fields. Jones. John Bonnert, J. 8. Weitoff, J. C. Meffert. Jay. Wm. P. Luce, William Rob inson, Ephraim Hewitt. Jay. John Turley, Charles P Chase. Ridgway. William Fannin, E. J. Miller, Minor Wiloox, G. G. Messeu. ger, James F. Garrett, James Rickard, George Dickiuson, Andrew Jackson. St. Marys. Fred Leoffler, George Young, Frank Aves, Frank B. Hall, Anthony Bosnninger. Paper Rags taken in exchange for goods 42 Main Street The articles appearing in the Elk Democrat and Elk Advocate signed by Rev. J. M. Gillette, and "A Catho lic." also Rev. J. M. Gillette's "Thanksgiving Sermon," are pub lished in a neat pamphlet, and for sale at this office for 25 cents. Send in your orders. A new line of dress goods at J. H. Hagerty's. Call and see the elegant new stock. The silverware delivered by the National-Plating Co. No. 704 Chest nut street, Philadelphia, is giving en tire satisfaction. All orders are promptly filled, and no one need hesitate about sending them money, Lutheran Observer, T HE SOCIETY STORE. A new store started in Ridgway un der the auspices of the ladies of Grace Church, with MISS A. E. M'ZEE. as Agent and Saleswoman, A fine assortment of goods on hand and selected with great care. KiMliUUlLtttlUES. LACE EDGE. FRINGES. HANDKERCHIEFS. LADIES TIES. TOILET SETS. LINEN SUITS. CHILDRENS SUITS SAMPLE SILKS. Machine silk, thread and needles. Also a fine lot of Dress Goods, Fancy work of all kinds. Framed mottoes &c, Ac. All cheap as the cheapest and goods warranted first class. Call and examine our stock. MISS A. E. M'KEE, Agent for the Society. ROSES. Eight beautiful Every, Immediate flnwArinir nml "Tho u uiuuuimg noses, ready for a . . v v. i t(i,ii. ivyi oue year, sent DostDuld hv mull nn ...( nt nt SEEDS 25 varieties of Choicest Garden." sent postpaid, by mall, on receipt of one dollar. r The Gardpn thb gabdem is an . . vfcllut;" elegant quarterly Magazine, devoted to the culture of Flowers and Vegetables. It is printed on line book paper, profusely illustrated, and contains a splendid Colored Plate of Flowers. Price 25 cents a year, and 25 cents worth ofSeeds free. Splendidly Illustrated Catalogue of Flowers auu v egeutDie eeeas ana nttnu for three cent stump. Special Pr Price List to Market Gardners fee. Wholesale Catalogue to dealers on aDDllca- tion, Address i A ,,rA.. . " BUM. FT.T.TIYTT A rv 114 Market St.. Pituuurah. P ulvtMt. Glad Tidhigss for the Weak, Nervous aua veimiutea. Our Latent IinDroved Keir.Antlnir Clvinla A ppllances are a speedy and Permanent cure for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Kidney, Liver aad Female Complaint. Nervous Prostra tion, Weak Lungs, Rack aud Spinal Irrita tion, and Kidney Diseases. Prloes, Waist Belt- 16.00; Spinal Belt, for Paralysis and Spinal Allmenis, (10.00, and upwards; Arm leu, Anklets, Head Bands. Knee Caps, (2.00 each; Suspensories, (5.00. Illustrated I'anin blet Free. Address. bLVANO-M EDICAL ASSOCIATION. if? East Ninth Street, Mew York, Rates ml Advertising. One eolnma, ens year..... MMNMNWtMt W " , . ' " WHHHMMMHMHiM W 00 Vi " " " ...............-.. 25 CO yt - . m h ............,.,.... is oo Trn1nt sdTvrtlmmenU pr quaro of, eight line, one lnrUon II, two Intar 11 -iO, tbree InMtrtioni i. Business card, ten Itnei or less, per year Advertisements payable qaarterljr. Business Cards. QEO. A. RATHBUN ATTOKNEY-AT-1AW, Main Street, Ridrwsjr, Elk Co., Pa. HALL M'CAULCY. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Office In New Brick Building, Main Street, Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa. V3n2t J. O. IV. BAILEY. ATTOrtNEY-AT-LAW. Ridgway, Elk Connty, Pa. Agent for the Traveler's Life and Accident Insurance Cot, of Hartford, Connetlcut, vlnSSyl. LUCORE & HAMBLEN. ATTORNEYS AT-LAW. Ridgway, Elk County Pa. Office across the hall from the Democrat establishment. Claims for collection promptly attended to Jne.l6-187fl E. Q. FAY. LUMBER AND INSURANCE COM Mrs. SION BROKER. And General Collection Agent. No. 300 Walnut Place, (3W Walnut Street.) Philadel phia, Pa. NEW MEAT MARKET. MERCER BROTHERS have moved their meat market from D. D. Cook's building to W. S. Service's hardware store, whera the Invite all wishing beef. pork, veal and sausage to give them a call. V7n47tf, O. Q. MESSENGER. DRUGGIST AND PARMACEUTIBtf. N. W. corner of Main and Mill streets. Ridgway, Pa., full assortment of carefully selected Foreign and Domestic Drugs. Pre scriptions carefully dispensed at all hours, day or night. vln3y T. S. HARTLEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office In Drug Store, corner Broad and Main Streets. Residence corner Broad Street, opposite the College. Office hours from 8 to 10 A. M. and from 7 to 8 P. M. vln2yl. J. S. BORDWELL, M. D. ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Has removed bis office from Centre Street. to Main Street, Ridgway, Pa., In the second story of the new brick building of John O. Hall, west of he Hyde House. Office hours : 1 to 2 P. M. T to 9 P. M. MRS. N. T. CUMMINQS. A LARGE ASSORTMENT of Ladles' Cloaks. at Mrs. N. T. Cummings, also ties, collars cuffs, holsery, gloves, and a general assort ment of Ladies' fancy goods. Remember tho place over H. I. Campbell's store, Main street. Call and examine before purchasing els where. HYDE HOUSE. W. H. SCHRAM, Proprietor, Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa, Thankful for the patronage heretofore so liberally bestowed upon him, the new pro prietor, hopes, by paying strict attention to the comfort and convenience of guests, to moiit a continuance of the same, oot30'69 Ridgway Oyster, Fish mmi Prniucm Markat. The undersigned having leased the build ing formerly UBod by Mercer Bros., as a Meat Market will occupy the same as a General Market House, and will constantly have on hand, Shell, Tub, and Canned Oysters, a variety of Fresh and Salt Fish, Foreign and Domostlo Fruits and Nuts, and all kinds of Produce. Canned fruits and Jelllls. Fresh invoices of Oysters and Fish Dally. A. C. MATHEWS 4 CO. MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING- MRS. J. R. KELTZ, Kersey, Elk Co., Pa.. takes this method of announcing to the citi zens of Elk county, that she has on hand an assortment of fashionable millinery goods which will be sold cheap. Also dressmaking In all Its branches. Agent for Dr. J. Ball 4 Co'a Patent Ivory and Lignum Vltce Eye Cups. Send for des criptive circular. nl7yl. APPLETON'S AMERICAN CYCLO PEDIA. Vol. 8 of this admirable work is just out making It half complete, as there are to be 19 In all, of 800 pages each, one being Issued la two months. It makes a complete library, and no one can afford to do without It who would keep well Informed. Price (6,00 a vol ume In leather, or (7,00 in elegant half Tur key. C. K. Judsou, Fredonla, N. Y., controls the sale In Elk county. Address him for patlculars. , sep VMf, E. K. (MESH. DEALER In all kinds of cabinet Ware. wood and cane seat chairs, kitchen and ex tent Ion tables, wood and marble top stands, wooa ana marble top bureaus, whatnots. looking glasses, wood and marble too cham ber suits, mattresses, spring bed bottoms, bed steads, cribs. Laferty'a metal lined wood pumps. Ac, Ac Cane seats replaced with perforated wood seats. Weed sewing machine reduced from (65 to (45, the beet ma chine In the market, and picture frames made to order. Alsoa large assorted stock of ready made coffins constantly on band and trimmed at shortest notice. All the above goods are sold at panto prices. Ware Rooms In masonic building, Ridgway Fa, V7n51t. Choice Rio Coffee, Costs but 23 cents at The West End. 1 C2AXC1 TO 1UZX SOUS U0HZ7, SURE. ''Cornoll's History of Pennsylvania" Now ready. Write for Agency at once. JOHN SULLY A CO.. Publishers. 725 Sansom Street. Philadelphia. n7iuiiui A New Supply. of London Layer Valencia Raisins. Oranges, Lemons, Figs, Prunes, at The West End. Groceries, fresh and good, and the best crackers at Hagerty's. Shipping tags are printed cheap at this office. Call on us. Neat note-heads printed cheaply at the Advocatk office. Diphtherial Johnson's Anodvna IJntmant win na tively prevent this terrthla disease, and wlU uwmv,j vurv uiuf nasi m ia Hn, informa lon that will save nuailtwuni rP k mail. Don't delay a moment. PrevanUoa (a beiwr than cure. I. 6. JOHNSON A 6oV. Bangor, Maine. . . ml.
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