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ItlDQWAY, FA., AUG. 8, 1878.
Notes.
Oren Ithines' boy has been sick for
a week post.
Hattle Oyster, the Sheriff's little
girl, is nick.
Note heads very cheap at this of
flee. Call and see the stock.
The slaughter house on Powell's
farm is a sweet-scented posy.
Miss Jennie Gresh was unable to
appear at the concert Friday night.
Sheriff Oyster has exchangad his
old piano for a new one, made by Lin-
denian Sons, New York.
Thomas Malonc, oldest son of Tat,
Malone, has commenced to learn the
printing trade at the Democrat office,
John Casserly is suffering with
toothache. Although a strong man,
the toothache makes him look sad.
J. O. W. Bailey and family have
arrived after an absence of several
weeks. We understand that Bailey
has been sick for some time.
tiuite a circus on the streets of our
village last Sunday. Those who wit
nessed the equestrian display seemed
eatisfied that they had their twenty
five cents' worth.
Rev. H. V. Talbot succeeded in
raising one hundred dollars in the M.
E. Church Sunday night, to apply on
the payment of the church debt.
Since Sunday lie has increased the
sum.
Butterfuss & Bechtold are now
engaged in making and repairing
boots and shoes at low prices, at But
terfuss' harness shop, Masonic build
ing, Read their card in another col
umn, and then give them a call.
Mrs. Judge Horton, aged seventy
six, walked to Judge Whitmore's resi
denee from this place, a distance of
more than a mile, one day last week
Mi's. Horton, as will be seen by this, is
still hale and hearty, despite her recent
illness.
The rollers at Oterhout tannery
took exceptions to our correspondent's
article in our last issue. We wish to
say that no slur whatever was intend
ed, the whole thing being a harmless
joke, and that the feelings of any
person should he hurt we regret.
The dedication services of the
Presbyterian Church at Kane will be
lield on the arrival of the afternoon
trains Saturday, Aug. 10th. Return
trains to Warren, Wih-ox and Ridg-
way will be provided in tiie evening,
All are invited to attend.
Curiosity Box.
Riijgway, Aug. 0, '78.
Ritlgway ought to be a Borough.
A policeman very much needed
nhout the corner of Bowers' furniture
store about 10 o'clock i if.
The editor of the Democrat is
about putting up a common string tele
phone from his office to a corner room
in the Hyde House.
A telephone line is going to be put
up from Hartley's drug store to the
mice of V. H. Osterhout. Hartley
olid Osterhout are the projectors.
A certain kind of sk'kii'ss is very
prevalent among several of our
prominent citizens. The doctors have
diagnosed the disease correctly, but
have noc as yvt found a remedy to at
leviute it. It is said tliat in the end it
always prove fatal.
"Uene," don't get mad about that
common atriiig telephone. The Dr.
says he was never in better humor in
his life than when he heard that your
string broke. Gene,'1 you are happy
when circumstaneea suit your temper,
hut the Dr. is more excellent, because
he can suit his temper to any circum
stances.
Whoever blows the whistle at
Grant & Horton's tanucry must be a
first cousin of Gabriel, for lie attempts
to raise tho sinners at 6 o'clock a. m
not only at the tannery, but also in tiie
41 borough' of Ridgway. Brother
Grant, hold on to the whistle. We are
not ready to be resurrected ; some who
rise at that whistle will never be raised
by Gabriel's mighty blast
It is advisable for the owners of
cows in the " Borough '' of Ridgway to
keep them off the street and getting
in people's gardens, or something else
will be done with them than driving
them to the pound if there Is any.
There is no doubt but that damages
will be exacted if a cow with white
and black hair should trespass in the
future. Friends, take notice, and gov
ern yourselves accordingly.
Young ladies and gentlemen had
better, in the future, take their moon
light excursions in some other place
than in the cemetery. A repetition of
such conduct as was enacted a few days
ago will be punished by the exposure
of the individuals. Be careful, boys.
Girls, take warning.
Dr. Hartley lias been on a very
successful piscatorial excursion to Lake
Erie. He has brought to town some
of the finest specimens of black bass,
white fish and pike it has been our
lot to gaze upon in a long time. In
strong contrast with Bro. G., the Dr.
has not had occasion to use any " an
tidote" for "snakebites," as he has
never been bitten yet.
We call attention to the miserable
sidewalk in front of the fouudry. "A
word to the wise is sufficient."
Ben. Lamoreaux Is happy. Why?
because he has plenty of work.
Our genial friend and lawyer, J.
O. W. Bailey, has just returned from
his western tour. The question.
"Where is Bailey?" can now be
answered, "at home."
KlOGWAY WAKDEEEB.
Fox Township Notes.
Fox, Aug. 6, '78.
Good 'weather for haying, with an
occasional thunder shower.
Born, Aug. 80, to Mr. and Mrs.
Lute Keller,' a son.
We had quite a destructive hall
and wind storm Aug. 1st., which passed
over our township, from which we
make the following notes: The tin
harvested crops from Hays Kyler's to
Mrs. Thomas Cross', on the top of the
Hogback road, were more or less In
jured. On the other road, Andrew
Shiver's corn and potatoes were con
siderably cut down with hail. Tcter
Thompson's crops were most all de
stroyed, and fences blown down.
Some eight rods of Simon Thompson's
fence blown across the road Into an
other field, and the boards spilt and
scattered In all directions. J. R. Tay
lor says he had more chopping done in
five minutes than he could have done
himself in a week, but his oats were
threshed a little too much. Conrad
Moyer, Jr., plank blew off the bridge
where he drives in his barn, that was
spiked down, but did not injure the
barn, and the hall broke most of the
glass on one side of his house. U. W.
Rogers had all his oats and corn de
stroyed, and Borne four or five acres of
timber blown down, and his fences
were blown from the foundation in
places. John Myers had his best cow
killed, and his orchard and fences
more or less damaged. P. W. Hays'
fence was badly demoralized, a portion
of his orchard blown down, and some
of his second-growth hickory so badly
twisted that It won't make axe-handles.
J. S. Hyde hod quite a large tract of
timber across the Toby Creek, towards
the mountain, blown down, and what
is generally called a regular windfall.
The house that Thomas Hewitt lived
in, on the Joseph Rogers farm, was a
portion of it blown to pieces, and the
main part unroofed and moved about
twelve feet off the foundation, and
their stove and dishes all broken to
pieces. Mr. and Mrs. Hewett, their
two little children and a hired man,
barely escaping with their lives.
SXUBB.
Wilcox Notes.
Wilcox, Pa., Aug. 6, '78.
Mrs. Wilcox had an attack of
paralysis Saturday afternoon while
walking alone in the front yard. She
succeeded in getting on the veranda
floor, where she lay in an unconscious
state when discovered by Miss Elmira
Horton, who summoned assistance,
and got her into the house. Dr.
Straight was immediately sent for, and
she had so far recovered on Sunday as
to be able to walk a little by holding
on to a chair, since which time she has
continued about the same.
The National Greenback party had
a meeting Saturday evening to ap
imint delegates to the County Conven
tion, which meet at Ridgwuy on
Tuesday, Aug. 6th. Esq. John Par
sons was cIkkkmi Pivsldent, and O. M.
Montgomery, Secretary. On motion
of Martin Sowers, R. Brennan and
M. Fearu were unanimously chosen
to represent this township in nomina
ting candidates for the fall campaign,
and. this morning they started for
Ridgway to assist in devising means
by which we can all have our pockets
full of greenbacks on eight hours'
work a day.
A party of ladies and gcutlemeu
of this place, while, fishing in the
East Branch of the Clarion rl'.er, or
eight or nine miles from here, and in
the woods, a mile and n half from any
house, were suddenly cut off from all
communication with the outer world
By a rapid rise of the river, caused by
a tremendous rain storm, which con
tinued with terrific force during the
whole night. The party sought shel
ter in an old camp, where they stayed
all night amid the howling of the tem
pest, and the imaginary howling of
wild animals. ,Nor were their troubles
at an end in the morning, for they
found the'water had risen six feet, and
it was impossible to cross with their
team, and there they stayed the long
and dreary day, and another dark and
dismal night, only to awake in the
morning and find the river still too
high to ford. But the gentlemen suc
ceeded in getting the ladies over the
stream, in the after part of the
day, and in getting supplies for them
selves and team, and another night
they spent in the dark woods, with fit
ful slumbers and frightful dreams of
ghosts, hobgoblins and the ferocious
wild beasts of the forest. The fourth
day came, and with it a successful at
tempt at crossing the stream ; and just
as the sun had closed his labors for the
day they came into town, weak and
weary, wet and sour.
E. O. Aldrich came home from
Bradford on Saturday, sick with
typhoid fever.
Col. Wilcox came home Sunday
morning. He drove from Bradford in
the night
Pete.
Mrs. W. S. Service has gone on a
visit to friends at Binghampton, N. Y.
Tal. Cuthbert drives at the other
end of the Brookville stage line, and
Jim McCauley at this end.
James Magi uu Is' saloon was en
tered by the rear window on Saturday
night, and cigars and tobacco taken to
the amount of $20 or ?25. This is the
fourth time Maginuls has suffered from
sneak thieves.
Mrs. Ernhout's musical concert at
Hyde's opera house on Friday night
was attended by a large and apprecia
tive audience. The performance
throughout was good, and, with few
exceptions, excellent The duet by
two little folks, Lillie Ernhout and
Frank Oyster, was received with re
peated outbursts of applause by the
audience.
" "' Elk Connty N. 0. L. Party.
PROCEEDINGS OF TUB COUNTY CON
VENTION. Tuesday, Aug. Gth, 1878, was the time
fixed by the County,, Committee for
holding the County Convention at
Rhine's hall, at half past one of thnt
day.
The Convention was called to order
by Capt. J. Woodward, Chairman of
County Committee, who stated the ob
ject of the meeting to be selection of
county officers, naming of candidates
for State Senator and Congress, ap
pointment of County Committee, etc.
Geo. A. Rathbun, of Ridgway, was
elected temporary chairman, and
Henry A. Parsons, Jr., of Ridgway,
and C. S. Luther, of Fox, temporary
secretaries.
LIST OP DELEGATES.
Credentials of delegates wero re
ceived as follows :
Benezette D. W. Delloss, D. A.
Seward.
Fox James Donnovan, W. T. Mere
dith. Horton H. C. Burchfleld, H. B.
Shontz.
Jay A. W. Gray, Lafayette Copp.
Jones Richard Brennan, Michael
Fearn.
Ridgway Geo. A. Rathbun, J. B.
Rice.
Spring Creek M. Shanley, Hiram
Elselman.
On motion the temporary organiza
tion was made permanent.
NOMINATIONS FOR ASSEMBLY.
W. H. Horton, of Horton township,
was nominated by acclamation.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
B. F. Ely, received ten votes, E. K.
Gresh three, and G. T. Wheeler one.
All the candidates being of Ridgway
township.
On motion, the nomination of B. F.
Ely was made unanimous.
The nomination for Prothonotary was
passed for the time.
COMMISSIONERS.
D. W. DeHass, of Benezette. re
ceived seven votes, Martin Perrin, of
bpring ureek, received ten votes; W.
E. Hewitt of Fox, received five votes,
and J. W. Brooklns, of Jay, two votes.
The nomination of D. W. DeHass
and Martin Perrin were made unani
mous. COUNTY AUDITORS.
Henry Blesh, of Benezette, and
Charles Holes, of Ridgway, were
nominated by acclamation.
JURY COMMISSIONERS.
Geo. Thurston, of Jay, received four
votes, and Jerry Mecum, of St. Mary's,
six. Mr. Mecum declared nominated.
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
Geo. W. Clinton, of Horton. nom
inated by acclamation.
STATE SENATOR.
Geo. A. Rathbun was unanimously
nominated as the choice of Elk county
for the Senatorial nomination for this
district, (formed of Cameron, Clarion,
Forest and Elk,) with power to up
Kjiiit his own conferees.
CONGRESSIONAL.
On motion, the County Committee
were empowered to appoint Congress
ional Conferees.
PROTHONOTARY.
By a vote of Ave to six, three dele
gates not voting It was decided to
place in nomination a candidate for
Prothonotary, for which position C.
S. Luther, of Fox, was nominated by
acclamation.
COUNTY COMMITTEE
was selected as follows :
Chairman Capt. Jus, Woodward,
Ridgway.
Benezette H. R. Wilson, C. H.
Winslow.
Fox Wm. McCauley, N. G. Bundy
Horton A. J. Allen, Geo. W. Clin
ton. Jay J. M. Brooklns, Martin Clover.
Jonej Jerry Wells, O. M. Mont
gomery. Ridgway Capt Woodward, G. T.
Wheeler.
Spring Creek M. S. Shanley, L. B.
Elliott
On motion, the Convention ad
journed iiie die.
Freaks of the Wind.
We have all read of great tornadoes
and whirlwinds, but they generally
occur at a distance, and so do not in
terest us as much as did the one wit
nessed last Thursday in Horton town
ship. The large building at Brandy
Camp, known as the Plumber Little
house, size about 32x40 feet main part,
two stories high, with a back addition
attached used for wood bouse and
stable, owned by J. 8. Hyde, was
completely demolished. The barn was
unroofed, apple trees torn out by the
roots, and a great amount of timber
belonging to Mr. Hyde blown down
and destroyed. In the parlor a large
looking-glass survived the storm,
while the rest of the furniture joined
the general pile of kindling wood.
Two currents of air appeared to meet
at the Little house, one from over the
hill near Chamberlin's, and the other
between the Brandy Camp Hotel and
the building. Rafters were carried a
quarter of a mile and driven into tho
ground with terrific force. The build
ing was unoccupied at the time save
by four men who had taken shelter
from the storm, all escaping serious in
Jury with the exception of Mr. Lowry.
who was considerably bruised. The
duration of the storm was said by eye
witnesses to be not more than two min
utes, but its work of destruction ter
rible. The Brandy Camp Mill, also
owned by Mr. Hyde, was badly broken
up. From reliable estimates Mr.
Hyde's loss is set down at $5,000, which
does not include the timber destroyed,
The same day, at the Elk Lick, R.
Mahoney, Chris Mays and one or two
others, were taking shelter near a barn,
when a tree came crashing through it ;
they narrowly escaped, and took shel
ter under a bridge.
Visiting cards as low as 25 cents,
post paid, at this office. Our new
Spencerian script is the " boss."
FcnnftylTanU and Erie Railway.
Much inquiry has recently been
made in regard to the Pennsylvania
and Erie Coal and Railway Company's
road, partly for the purpose of getting
at the facta, and, we regret to say,
partly for the purpose of finding fault
because the road has not already been
built. Amongst those who are com
menting unfavorably upon the efforts
now being mado to secure the com
pletion of the road, there are proba
bly not many who have fully consid
ered the amount of money required to
carry out such a project; the num
ber of men who must necessarily be
Interested in some shape or other be
fore such an amount can be raised, and
the great diversity of views that must
be talked over, explained and recon
ciled before these men will consent to
act According to the Railroad Man
uel, edited by Edward Vernon, the
first action taken towards building the
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad was in
1887. Surveys were made, but. noth
ing further accomplished for a long
time; and, as many of our readers
will remember, the road was not com
pleted until 1884, a space of some 27 or
28 years. It is true, a number of
years have elapsed since the first move
was made toward getting a road from
our Elk-county coal fields direct to the
northern markets, and it is without
doubt among the possibilities that it
may be some time yet before it is built,
but the friends of the road ought not
to feel discouraged because they do not
see the ties being laid. The road would
probably be in operation to-day had
not depression in all kinds of business
intervened to prevent parties from in
vesting, and notwithstanding the un
favorable times, much has been accom
plished. Numerous Geological and
other scientific examinations and re
ports have been made showing the
quantity and quality of the coal and
other mineral deposits along the line
of the proposed road; and, for the pur
pose of bringing these matters in a
more practical wy before those
who profess less faith in Geological
reports than in practical results,
tons upon tons of the coal have been
mined and sent free of cost to various
parties to be actually tised and proved
for making gas and steam. We who
live here in the midst of the coal and
see it used every day, know just what
its qualities are but when we talk to
a person who is entirely a stranger to
this section of the country, it is not an
easy matter to convince him that we
know anything about it unless we ac
tually produce the results we claim.
We intent to publish (perhaps next
week) some extracts from these re
ports, and will, at the present time,
merely say that they all represent the
coal as being most excellent in quality
and almost Inexhaustible in quantity.
Besides having accomplished this
much towards letting capitalists know
that we have a quality of coal for
which there is now, an must continue
to be, an active demand, and this de
mand will innure the prosperity of the
road. Much lias been done, and
a large amount of money has been ex
pended, in making the preliminary
surveys. A nuinberof lines have been
run from points in McKeun county,
following different routes south to the
coal fields. The results have been
fully compared, and the company now
has reasonably accurate information
as to the length and cost of construct
ing upon each route. Two of these
routes passing through St. Mary's were
quite direct, and, in some respects,
very favorable, and the disposition to
build through that place was so strong
that a large amount of money was ex
pended in thoroughly examining the
country along these routes. It was as
certained that the line would cross sev
eral summits, or ridges, making it
necessary to adopt heavy grades some
times in favor of, and sometimes
against the trade and that natural ob
stacles would be encountered which
would sender the construction of a line
through St. Mary's more expensive
than a longer route along the Clurion
river. The St Mary's route was,
therefore, reluctantly aban doned, and
examinations were begun along the
East and West Clarion, resulting in
adopting, as the most favorable route,
the line through Wilcox. The sur
veys show that the main line, in order
to accommodate the anticipated busi
ness, will be 101 miles in length, of
which 26 miles are already built from
Carrollton to Gilesville, leaving 74
miles to build, which the estimates
show can be built for about $20,000 per
mile, or at a total cost of 91,405,000.
That part of the Hi? from Wilcox to
Ridgway, a distance of 14 miles, would
be parallel with the Philadelphia and
Erie railroad, occupying, probably,
the opposite side of the river. The ar
rangement has been made with the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
whereby the Pennsylvania and Erie
Coal and Railway Company acquire
the right to run their trains over this
part of the Philadelphia and Erie
Railroad, and also over that part ly
ing between Ridgway and St Mary's.
The Company is thus enabled to avoid
building over this 14 miles, which con
sequently reduces the length of main
line to be built to 61 miles, for which
they will require but $1,220,000. If
compelled to do so, they can even
commence transporting coal from the
mines near Earleyville and St Mary's
with a far less immediate outlay than
that Their road is already built from
the mines of the Northwestern Mining
and Exchange Co. to Daguscahonda
station, on the Philadelphia and Erie
Railroad, from which point, as well as
from St Mary's, they would,. under
the arrangement with the Pennsylva
nia Railroad, be enabled to run their
trains to Wilcox; they would.therefore,
only have the distance of 20 miles, from
Wilcox to Gilesville to build, which
would only require about $400,000 for
construction, and perhaps $200,000
more for equipment, making $000,000
In all.
The distances between points along
the line surveyed are as follows t
Cnrrollton to Glint villa, (built,) miles
Gilesville to Wlloox 20 "
Wiloo to Ridgway, (built,) 14
Ridgway to Mouth of Toby 8.64 -
Month of Toby to Rattlesnake; 11.63 "
Rattlesnake to Fall's Creek 8.04
Rattlesnake to Tunnel .12.41 "
At Carrollton the road connects with
the New York, Lake Erie and Wes
tern Railway (an abbreviation for
what was formerly known as the Erie
Railway) by which route the distances
from Carrollton are as follows: To
Dunkirk, 62 miles; to Buffalo, 68
miles; to New York, 407 miles. A
connection will also be made at Car
rollton with the Rochester and State
Line Railway by which route the dis
tance to Rochester will be 104 miles.
At the south end of the route connec
tion will be made with the Low Grade
Railroad near Fall's Creek, from which
point the distances are as follows : To
Reynoldsville, 7 miles ; to Brookville,
22 miles; to New Bethlehem, 42 miles;
to Brady's Bend, 66 miles. Coal is now
hauled from Brady's Bend to Roches
ter, a distance of 283 miles. From
Brady's Bend to Rochester via. Fall's
Creek, Ridgway and Carrollton the
distance is 259 miles, a saving of 24
miles In distance, from Brady's Bend.
From the Northwestern Company's
mines the distance to Rochester is 185
miles, a saving of 08 miles in distance,
and to Buffalo the distance is 148 miles,
a saving of 08 miles.
We have endeavored to make a com
parison between the estimated cost of
the proposed road and the cost of some
of the roads in operation near here and
give some of the results below ns ob
tained from the published statements
which have been returned to the
proper State officers in New York
and Pennsylvania, and sworn to as
being correct We do not give them
on account of any supposed inherent
value, but merely as a matter of curi
osity. Taken from report of 1876 of Secre
tary of Internal Affairs of Pennsyl
vania :
Phtla. A Erie R. R. miles. Cost, $-26,185,158
Erie Rail way 460 103,783,281
Total.........747 8129,928,446
Or an average of nearly 174,000 per mile.
From reports of 1865:
Phlla, A Erie R. R. 287 miles. Cost, $17,682,706
Erie Railway......... 459 " " 41,858,232
Total..... - " $59,510 ,998
Or an average of nearly $80,000 per mile.
The wonderful increase in the re
ported cost is partially explained in
the report of the Philadelphia a Erie
Railroad for 1876, in which it is stated
that the amount of all charges in ex
cess of receipts is included in the re
ported cost of the road. To our unso
phisticated views it looks as if this
way of keeping books might cover
much crookedness. At all events we
think the reports quite valuable for
waste paper. Some few of the reports,
however, do not show an annual In
crease as most of them do, and we
have selected a few which have the ap
pearance of only giving the actual cost,
as follows:
Buld Eagle Valley ...51 .2 miles. Cost, $ 1.050,000
Bcllerte & 8. Shoe. ..21.2 ' " 323,201
Mimin Center Co.12.8 ' 252,491
Mont Alto... 10.5 " " 219.473
E. B.S Wayneslmrrfn.S " " 259.000
Cumberland Valley 74.0 " " 1,131,037
Total 18fuT " " $3,235,292
Or, an average of $17,310 per mile,
which, it will be observed, is less than
the Pennsylvania & Erie Railway
Compuny's estimate of the probable
cost of their road.
In our next issue we will try to
show that we have at this end of the
road an immense supply of most ex
cellent coal, and at the other end of
the route there are a great many ex
cellent places to burn it. . .
Shape's Assets.
From the Now York Herald.
The recent apparent disposition of
the creditors, or some of them, of
Walter H. Shupc, editor of the Advo
cate, to crowd him down, seems to
have resulted in a determination on
his part to erect a statutory barrier
against them. He filed in the United
States Circuit Court yesterday his vol
untary petition to be declared a bank
rupt His entire indebtedness is set
down in his petition at $69,620 58, by
far the greater portion of which is for
deficiency on foreclosure of mortgages.
His largest creditors of this character
are Hulton fc Brother, of Rockland
county, for$9,860, partially secured by
mortgage; Andrew Luke, of No. Ill
Fulton street, this city, $12,000, of
which a portion is secured by an as
signment of a claim of Mr. Shupe for
$3,000 against the estate of the late
John Hancock. Mr. Luke has another
claim for $35,000, of which $20,000 is
for deficiency on foreclosure, and on
which there is $6,000 interest Hultin
& Co. hold a second claim for $8,000,
covered by notes. Margaret Hengster,
of Rockland county, holds a claim for
$3,000, deficiency on foreclosure. The
balance of his debts consist of sums
less than $1,000, of which the judg
ment in the Marine Court for $211 62,
on which he was recently examined, is
one. His assets are put down at $387.
This Includes the two notes for $87,
and $25, respectively, which were
mentioned in his examination already
published. To these he adds his li
brary, valued at $200, and his ward
robe, valued at $75, the latter being ex
empt by Statute.
Beans of excellent quality at J.
H. Hagerty's.
The Latest Thing Out is Lard
in Coffee and Tea Pots, at the WEST
END STORE.
If you like Clam Chowder, you
will find excellent Quahauos, prime
and Fresh, at the WEST END STORE
Slate Notes.
Every flour mill In the State Is
busy.
Horse cholera Is prevalent 1 n North
umberland county.
The Wheat fields of Bradford Co.
contain white mice.
Fanners in Chester county offer
25 cents for ground-hog scalps.
The Woodvale woolen mills, in
Johnstown, will shortly suspend op
eratlons.
The disease 'among horses, first de
veloped lu Berks county, in spreading
eastward.
King, Son fc Co., of Pittsburg, are
filling a large order of glass for South
America.
It is estimated that the recent wool
clip will circulate over$2,000,000 among
the farmers of Pennsylvania.
The creditors of Lloyd, the Al
toona banker, who failed some time
ago, are having a great deal of trouble
to determine how the estate shall be
handled.
The three-cent beer men in Pitts
burg are beginning to make inroads in
the ranks of the opposition. From
the Saloon Keepers' and Brewers' As
sociations fresh converts have been
made within a very few days.
Israel Erb and Uriah Moyer were
arrested and placed in Middleburg jail
on Saturday, charged with the murder
of John Knisler and wife, of Adams
township, Snyder county, some months
ago. A third party informed on them.
Z. T. Owen, a milkman, living at
Plymouth, Montgomery county, dis
appeared on Tuesday, and nothing was
heard of him by his family till yester
day, when they learned that he had
been injured on the railroad at Wlssa
hlcken, and was In a Philadelphia
hospital.
The tenth annual reunion of the
Eighty-third Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry will be held at Titusvllle,
with Appropriate ceremonies, on the
second Tuesday In September. Invi
tations to attend will be extended to
all honorably discharged soldiers and
sailors.
People in Montgomery county are
still hunting for those wolves. A
goodly company of sportsmen assem
bled at the Frunklinvllle hotel on
Tuesday to search for the animals. It
is said that another company, num
bering about forty hunters, has been
organized a few miles from thatvi 11
age. At a meeting of the Reading Com
mon Council last week one of the
members, Mr. John C. K. Heine, in
terrupted the proceedings by insisting
in a boisterous way that some one had
stolen his spectacles. He refused to
be quieted, and finally after a fierce
struggle with an officer he was ignom
inious thrown down stairs.
Mrs. Henry Hlnkle, living on the
line of the Lehigh Valley Railroad,
two and a half miles below Weatherly,
Carbon county, on going to the cellar
on Sunday last heard the sound of a
rattlesnake She called for assistance,
and her husband came with a candle,
when they discovered a snako en
deavoring to devour a rat, which It had
swallowed all but the hind parts. The
snake had fourteen rattles.
Speaking of the probability of the
tax-payers of Pittsburg nominating a
ticket, the Dispatch of that city says :
" There are four tickets in the field
already. The addition of a fifth will
only assist in still further dividing the
torces opposed to the regular Republi
can ticket, and so favor its chances of
election. The more opposition candi
dates there are the brighter is the out
look for the Republicans."
The resumption of work at the
mills near Philadelphia, where the
special fibre paper on which green
backs and other Government issues
are printed, is only temporary. The
Treasury Department needed an addi
tional lot of paper on which to print
the new 4 per cent, bonds, for which
there is such an unexpectedly large de
mand, and its order has enabled the
mills to resume temporarily, after sev
eral months of idleness.
Rev. John Moffett, of Smithfleld,
Fayette county, is a naughty preacher,
according to reports. A month ago he
married Mrs. Hunnuh Freeman and
went with her to Baltimore. After a
two weeks' debauch he disappeared
and has not since been heard from. He
had managed to get possession of ail
her means, which seemed to have con
sisted of a certain amount of ready
cash and two drafts, one for $1,000
and the other for $500. These he got
her to indorse, and then, it is alleged,
surreptitiously abstracting them from
her trunk, made them payable to him
self and negotiated them and pocketed
the proceeds, leaving her in a strange
city, almost penniless. It is discov
ered since that he has victimized a
number of the brethren at Smithfleld
in sundry small amounts, amounting
in gross to about $200.
Married.
Prince Sykes At the M. E. Par
sonage, this place, Tuesday, Aug. 6tb,
1878, by Rev. H. V. Talbot, E. M.
Prince, of Smethport, McKeau, Co.,
and late sergeant in the U. S. regular
army, to Miss Lizzie A. Sykes, of St
Mary's, Elk county.
Penfield, Pa., July 26,'78.
Editor Advocate :
You and your readers are invited to
attend our annual S. S. Jubilee and
Basket Picnic at Weedville, Aug. 10.
Excursion rates are granted from
Driftwood and points between there
and Weedville. You can be on the
grounds three hours, and leave by the
regular evening train. Brass baud to
be in attendance.
Nellie Bird, Sec'y.
Boned Chicken, Turkey, Ham
and Tongue, splendid for Lunch or
Fishing Parties, at the WEST END
Rata of Advertising.
One column, one year ait
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Husiiiess vard. ten lines or less, per year
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Business Cards.
GEO. A. RATHBUN.
attounky-at-law,
Main Htrcet, Illdgwny, Elk Co., la.
HALL M'CAULEY.
ATTO!iNEYS-AT-LAW.
Office In New Hrlck Building, Main Street,
Itklgwuy, Elk Co., Pa. v3n2tf.
4. O. W. BAILEY.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Ridgway, Elk Connty, Pa. Agent for th
Traveler's Lift) and Ace.idc.nt Insurance Co.,
of Hartford, Count-Went. vln25yl.
' LUCORE & HAMBLEN.
ATTORNEYS AT-LAW.
Illdsway, Elk County. Pa. Office across
the hall from the Dkmochat estnlillnhment.
Claims for collection promptly attended to
Jno.lS-1878
E. Q. FAY.
LUMBER AND INSURANCE COMMIS
SION imoKEIt.
And General Collection Agent, No. 308
Walnnt Place, (318 Walnut Btroet.) Philadel
phia, Pa, nll-ly
Q. Q. MESSENGER.
DRUGGIST AND PARMACEUTIST.
N. W. corner of Main and Mill streets,
Utdgway, Pa,, full assortment of carefully
selected Foreign and Domestic Drugs. Pre
scriptions carefully dispensed at all hours,
day or night. vlnHy
T. S. HARTLEY, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON.
Office in Drug Store, corner Ilroad and
Muln 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 SUROEOM.
Has removed his office from Centre Street,
to Main Street, Ridgway, Pa., lu the second
story of the new brick building of John Q.
Hall, west of the Hyde House.
Ofltce hours : 1 to 2 P. M. 7 to 9 P. M.
MRS. N. T. CUMMINQS.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OK NEW
STYLES SPRING HATS JUST RECEIVED
at:Mrs. N. T. Cutnmlngs, also ties, collars
cuffs, hoiscry, gloves, and a general assort
ment of Ladles' fnncy goods. Remember the
place In H. S. Thayer's Building, Main street.
Call and examine before purchasing else
where.
HYDE HOUSE.
W. H. SCIIRAM, Proprietor,
Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore so
liberally bestowed upon him, tho new pro
prietor, hopes, by paying strict attention to
the comfort and convenience of guests, to
merit a continuance of the same,
ocWU'OO
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 Tor Dr. J. Ball A Co's Patent Ivory
and Lignum Vitie Eye Cups, Bead for des
criptive circular,
nl7yl.
APPLETON'S AMERICAN CYCLO
PEDIA. Vol. 8 of this admirable work Is Just out
making It half complete, ns there are to be 18
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 S0,00 a vol
ume in leather, or $7,00 In elegant half Tur
key. C. K. Judson, Frcdoula, N. Y., controls
the sale lu Elk county. Address him for
patlculara. gep 17-tf.
E. K. GRESH.
DEALER in all kinds nf pnhlnnl vara
wood and cane seat, chairs. kit.ehm nml at
tention tables, wood and marble top stands,
woou ana marble lop bureaus, whatnots,
looking glasses, wood and marble top cham
ber suits, mattresses, spring bed bottoms
bed steads, cribs. Laferty'a metal lined
wood pumps, 4c, 4c. Cane seats replaced
with perforated wood seats. Weed sewing
machine reduced from W5 to $45, the best ma-
cnine in the market, and picture frames
made to order. Also a lnnre assorted atjvtir r
ready made coffins constantly on hand and
ininmeu at snortest notice. All the above
goodB are sold at panic prices. Ware Rooms
in masonic ounuing, KlUgwny Pa,
V7nolt.
QUOTATIONS
or
White, Powell & Co.
BANKERS AftD BROKEHd,
No. 42 South Third Street.
Stocks and Bonds Bought and Sold on
Commission.
Philadelphia, June 11th, 1878.
BID. ASKED
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do 5-20 '65 J and J 104 J 106
do do '67 do 108 107J
do do '68 do 1101 ll(i
ao coupon ...107
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New 5's Reg. 1881
106
100
" " C. 1881
106
106
4J, Reg. 1891 . . 103 103
0. 1K91 1fiS ins
0. 1891
103
103
100
New 4's Reg. 1907
o. 1907...,
Gold ,
100,
101
100 29
101;
100:
80
Pennsylvania,
Reading ik,
151
rnuaaeipbta & Erie
-niiaueipbla & Erie 71 g
.ehigU Navigation- 161 lfi
do Valley ......... 87 88
Jnited R R of N J..- x. div-123 123
Left
1H
United 1
ruisDurgn, T. Buffalo R. R ... 5 6
Northern Central ex. div 14 lfi
Central Transportation 881 88,
1
wesquenoning 40 4b-
Horin renneylvania, 85 85
He'alth and Happiness.
Health and Hannlness nr. vipIamIamb W..1tl
to their possessors, and yet they are within
ui rccu 01 overy one wno wm use
WRIOUT'S LIVER PILLS
The only sure CURE for TorpiJ Liter,
Dyspepsia, Headache, Sour Blomiohe,
Constipation, Debility, Nausea, aud all Bil
lious complaint and Blood disorders.
None genuine unless signed, "Wm. Wright,
Phila-' If your Druggist will not supply
Bend 23 cents for one box to Barrick, Rol
ler a Co.. 70 N. 4th 8t. Phlla
n7v50yl.
At Hagerty's will be found a freMh.
lot of canned goods which he Bella
cheap.