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RIDGWAY, TA., AUG. 15, 1878.
rcrsoiinl Notes.
Mrs. J. II. Ross Is homo on a visit.
. M. E. Lessor's house Is nearly fin
ished. A hawk comes every day at two
o'clock on a visit to L'oufs Bi'etidel's
chickens.
Ab. Malin is building a new barn
611 his farm.
Jim. McCliuiey drives Into town
With a flourish.
C. V. Gillis, wife and bnby Were in
town last week.
. Ezra Dickinson arid wife are mak
ing quite a visit.
W. 8. Service shipped a large pile
6f paper rags on Tuesday.
Our old friend Charley Burns was
in town first of the week.
Jas. Maginnls is building anew
fence with stone foundation and iron
posts.
Mrs. J. D. Fullerton has charge of
the singiDg in the Episcopal Sunday
school. . Capt. John Ernhoutand Mr. John
Murphy, of -Wilcox, were in town yes
terday. John Fannin, Jr., has quit Dan.
BcrilAi'er, and gone to drive team in
the woods;
, . N6w we will have a borough. Dr.
Hartley Is circulating a petition for
that purpose.
He bought a ring for $25, but she
went back on him all the same, and
kept the ring.
Mrs. Edit?)'? of file Advocate lias
taken h'6'f annual pilgrimage to the
home of h'ef youth.
Lieut. C. H. Rhinos seems very
happy with' his new Baby. He'd
rather ft had been a boy,
Toni. N ootf's pump works all right
now. The leaving out of a valve was
the caifseof failure before:
A. E. Gofr, Jeremiah Elliott, P.
yt. Hays, Dr. Strressley, and Philip
Wilhelm in town this week.
M. T. French arid J. W. Taylor
are busy putting up a fence across the
front of the McNulty lot, now owned
hy Horace Little.
. It won't do for Ridgway Wan
derer ' to be caught near Bowers' place
after ten O'clock, unless he wants to
Sleep in the cellar the rest of the night.
Otis Keltz and Libb6iiV Luther
picked twenty-eight quarts of black
berries apiece oh Tuesday, from eight
6'clock until six, and walked about
five miles.
. At a recent meeting of the officers
6f the M. E. Church, a resolution was
passed' that a festival would be given,
during court week in September, for
iUe benefit of Rev. II. V. Talbot.
Isaac Coleman, aged about 81 years,
who lives near Brandy CiVmp, drove a
horse and buggy to this village and
back 011 Thursday last. Mr. Coleman
father-in-law of James l'enlield, was
6heof the fiest settlers in this county,
Arid also a soldier of the war of 1812.
Birth'
, BifiNES. On Saturday, Aug 10. '78,
to' Mr. and Mrs. C. 1. It hints, of this
place, a daughter.
Kotos.
-a.
:A good time now to pull up weeds.
f The potato crop promises to be a
light one this fall.
Note heads very chvhp at this of
fice. Cull arid see the stock.
Potatoes are selling here from
Eighty cents to a dollar a bushel.
Teachers examination in Ridgway
Saturday, 24th Inst., 0 a. sr.
A- number of our citizens attended
he chui'ch dedication at Kane 61V Sat
urday last.
Another batch of new subscribers
received at this office. We still have
room for more.
The bank of Nevada has sold 1..
206,000 ounces of fine silver to the
Government.'
Visiting cards as low as 25 cents.
post paid, at this oHlee. Our new
Spencerian script Is the "boss."
Company II talks pt going to
Lakeview, Chautauqua lake, on Atig.
26th, to go Into camp for ten days.
A Victoria dispatch says the
Chinese bill has passed, taxing China
men forty dollars each per annum.
Preparations are being made to-
frarisport $7,000,000 from San Francisco
to New York as third-class mail mat
ter.
Blackberries ard' selling in this
market as low as three cents. About
five cents seems to be the prevailing
price.
The number of voters registered
in Ridgway township is 882. See
that your name is on the list at least
two months before the election.
The moon's partial eclipse was
plainly discernablo at this nlace on
Monday evening. Some people thought
me moon was obscured by a cloud.
Lost. On last Saturday evening,
between J. H. Hagerty'a aud Judge
Dickinson's a Garnet Pin. Any one
leaving the same at the Postofflce will
be liberally rewarded.
Samples, a new, full and extensive
line, at McAfee's. Call early and pick
out your fall suit. Suits furnished at
low prices, and fits guaranteed. One
hundred and fifty samples to select
from.
There is some talk of operatim? ia
coal mines near Wilniarth. A Boston
company have the matter in hand
and have been prospecting for several
days past. This company is composed
f part of the old Shawmut company.
Pennsylvania & Erlo Railway.
continued.
This Company was formed by the
consolidation of the Buffalo, Bradford
and Pittsburgh R. R. with the Fitts
burgh, Buflalo aud Rochester Hi R.
and the Brandy Camp R. R., and the
agreement of consolidation was filed
July 20th, 1875.
The officers of the company, elected
last spring, for the ensuing year, are
as follows:
President Col. II. W. Stebbins.
Secretary C. II. Dewing.
Treasurer A. M'Kinney.
Construction Committee Col. E. S.
Bowen, Hon. C. R. Enrley, Leveret t
Sallonstall.;
Directors L. Saltonsfall, E. S.
Bowen, E. M. Clymer, A. R. Macdon
ough, C. R. Earlcy, A. McKinney,
The Buffalo, Bradford and Pitts
burgh R. R., chartered in 1859 was
finished in 18G0 from Carroilton on
the Erie Railway to Gilesviile in
McKean county, Pennsylvania, a dis?
tance of 26 miles gague of road six
feet weight of rail from Carroilton
to Bradford 45 lbs., from Bradford to
Gilesviile G2 lbs. The Company also
graded a branch to the west of their
main line some six or eight miles iu
length, but never laid the track upon
it. The total cost of the road is re
ported as being $2,800,000 which
amount seems to include the cost of
some equipment, the cost of certain
lands, interest on bonds and $1,000,
000 capital stock. In January 1800 the
road Was leased to the Erie Railway
Company for a term of 499 years at an
annnal rental of $40,000, the lessees
guaranteeing the interest . on the
bonded debt of $583,000 bearing seven
per cent. Interest aud maturing Jan.
1, 189d.
The Elk and McKean R. R. Co.,
afterwards know'il as the Pittsburgh,
Buffalo and Rochester R. R. was char
tered in 1871 when Jno. G. Hall, Esq.,
was our Representative, and has eX'
pended a large amount of money in
making surveys of the different routes.
The Brandy Camp R. R. Co. was
chartered in 1872 through the Instru
mentality of our present Representa.
tive Dr. C. R. Earley, and is an im
portant factor in the consolidated
company.
The Buffalo, Bradford & Pittsburgh
R. R. was built forthe express purpose
of reaching the bituminous coal fields
at the nearest point. Daniel Kings'
bury, well known as the owner of a
large body of land in this county, also
owned a great deal of land in McKOan
county ; he was one of the directors Of
the road and assisted largely in its con
struction. But the hopes of the pro
moters of the enterprise were not
realized owing to the meager and pre
carious supply of coal found iu Mc
Kean county ; and, as early as 1SG9
steps were taken toward extending the
road into the fourth coal basin. With
this object in view a line was run and
the ground was thoroughly examined
to the summit, near St. Mary's, fnit
nothing further was done by this
Company until after this consolidation
above referred to. The route ulti
mutely decided upon, passing, through
Wilebx and Ridgway, leaving that
pari of the road already built, and run
ning (!ovu Three-mile Run, cros.se
the Kinztia, and then follows tho ridge
in n southeasterly direction around the
heads of Marvin Creek to the head
waters of the West Clarion. After en
tering Elk county the line passes
through the following warrants: In
Jones township, Nos. 2G73, 3143, 3140,
H117, (Wilcox), 3111, 3014, S257. In
Ridgway Township, 3200, 3285, (Wil-
marth), 4850, 4,851, 4852, 4800, 4859, 4803,
48U8, f Ridgway), 4SG7, 48G9, W. B. Ken
nedy, Wm. Kennedy, 4278, 4285, 4281
In Spring Creek Township, 5795, 5791,
2971, 2963. In Snyder Township, Jef
ferspn county, 2903, 2918, 5804, 5793,
3985, 8930, 130, (Brockwayville), 31, 35,
32'.t, 4397, 4398, 4399, 181, 70, 170, 1534
In' Horton Township, Elk coHiity,
44:.', 4272, 4400, 304, 555, 206, 4390. In
Fox Township, 4244, 4215, 4092, 4091,
4083, 4094, 4086'; Also, two warrants
in' Clearfield county, besides some
small unnumbered warrants in Jef
ferson arid Elk counties. But the ex
tent of country tributary to this road
is not limited to the warrants through
which it runs, and would be more
nearly arrived at by taking the entire
townships through or near which it
passes. Elk county was organized
April 18, 1843, from parts of Jefferson,
Clearfield and McKean counties. The
population in 1850 was 8,531, in 18G0 it
was 5,915, in 1870 it was 8.4S8. At the
same rate of Increase we should now
number 10G73 ; and in 1880 the popula
tion should be about 11,237. The total
number of taxables iu the county as
ascertained from an examination of
tax lists is 2,700. The total area of the
county is as follows :
Assessed as unseated, 405,804 acres.
" " seated, 112,563 "
Total unseated & seated 518,367 "
The total number of taxables in the
six township which are most Inter
ested in the construction of the Toad,
and which would contribute directly
and most largely In its support, is
2332, or more than 86 per cent, of the
whole county, and the area of these
six townships is as follows :
townships
ACHES.
Uns'd Sea'd Total.
46,498 17,734 64,232
22,795 19,986 42,781
25,217 11,057 30 274
74,703 11,047 80,350
50,839 7,61.1 58 350
28,600 10,278 88;938
248,712 78,213 820.925
Benzinger,
Fox, -Horton,
-Jones,
-Ridgway,
Spring C'k,
Or, more than 63 per cent, of the en
tire county.
All the lands in these six townships,
assessed as unseated, are heavily tim
bered, except a small amount of " bar
rens " and some land which has been
cut over for bark, so that the amount
of unseated timbered lands would fall
short of 248,712 acres; but a large por
tion of the land assessed as seated is
covered with timber, so that we are
safe at putting the total amount of
timbered lands In these townships at
2.-)O,0oo acres. The best hemlock lands
will cut from 15 to 18 cords of bark
pet acre, wh'ilo thft hard wood lands
will average from 5 to 10 cords. If we
assume the avcrago of both to be 10
cords per aero, we have a total pro
duction of 2,500,000 cords. Putting
20 cars in a train, It would require 10,
000 trains to haul this bark to the tan
neries. The annual consumption of
bark at the throe principal tanneries
In Elk county is as follows t
Wilcox Tannery, Wilcbx, 20,000 colds
Osterhout's " Ridg'y, 12,000 "
Grant Horton " " 8.000 "
or, in all, 40,000 cords. Each cord of
bark will tan 10 sides, weighing on an
average 20 lbs each. These three tan
nerics, therefore, have a capacity for
manufacturing annually 4,000 tons of
leather; and the above six townships
have bark enough to keep them going
at that rate of consumption for about
02 years. (The fact is thus inadver
tantly developed that it is necessary
for these tanners to raise families of
boys Instead of girls.)
It is the experience of parties en
gaged in the bark business, that for
each cord of bark there Is also obtained
on an average 1200 feet of hemlock
logs, suitable for sawing into bill stuff,
boards, plank,; &c. The amount,
therefore, of hemlock logs in these six
townships is 3,000,000,000 feet. To haul
which would require 81,000 trains, of
20 cars each. The different mills along
the line of this road, and their sawing
capacity, are as follows :
Wilcox Co.'s Mill, 12,000,000 feet.
Wilmarth " 5,000,000 "
Whistletown " 5,000,000 '
Eagle Valley 2,000,000 "
Hyde's " 1,000,000 "
Dickinson Bros. " 3,000,000 "
Laurel " 5,000,000 "
Elk Creek " 2,000,000 "
Daguscahonda " 5,000,000 "
Kaul's " 5,000,000 "
Mill Creek " 2,000,000 "
.Portland " 5,000,000 "
Blue Rock " 3,000,000 "
Galusha's 2,000.000 "
Alexander's " 3,000,000 "
Lane's " 3,000,000
DuBois " 14,009,000 "
Kcystono " 5.000,000
Firman's " 600,000 "
Mead's Run " 3,000,000 "
Short & Hortons" 3,000,000
Brandy Camp " 2,000,000 '
Kersey " 500,000 "
Total capacity 90,000,000 "
Showing that these mills can bo run
for 33 years on the hemlock alone of
these six townships, to say uothingof
the immense quantity of pine, poplar,
cucumber, cherry, ash, maple and
other valuable timber. It will also be
observed that we have not included
those portions of McKean, Jefferson
and Clearfield counties which are con
tiguous to the road, in our computa
tion, which should, perhaps.be doubled
in order to show tho entire amount of
that sort of business along the line of
the road.
Curiosity Box.
Ridgway. Aus. 13.. 78.
The bridge is receiving a coat of
paint.
The printers, shoemakers, harness
makers and tailoiw ara on a strike for
want of beer.
P. T. Bunkum, our Water Com
mission, and clerk of the' weather, has
been superintending the rocky con
struction of the south side of the new
Elk creek bridge, which, in ouropin
ion, is about ten feet too wide.
We are informed that our worthy
postmaster has been dubbed Deacon of
tho First M. E. Church of this place.
We congratulate Bros. Greshaud Olm
stead, and think the Deacon will fill
the exalted position with pleasure to
himself and satisfaction to the congre
gation, of which he forms a part.
H. M. P. & G. Oi M. are the hap
piest men in town after the few hours
of labor of each day is over. Their
business cares, of course, must weigh
heavily upon their brains during the
hours of labor allotted to them to trans
act it. After that comes the recreation
and tranquility of mind which men of
mighty caliber require in order to re
cruit their lost energy. But the former
of these two gentlemen was not quite
as happy as he might have been, as
when he was talking about the preach
ing in general of a certain Minister in
one of our .business places the other
day. It just happened that the Min
ister, of whom he was talking, was
just passing during the heated conver
sation, and heard the topic of discuss
ion. Immediately a stampede of the
parties was mads to the rear of the
store, when, one of the individuals,
called to mind the old saying, "that
the Devil Is always near when talking
about him," but, on the preacher hear
ing It, he wished the gentleman who
made the assertion to put it in a much
milder term, and say, " you speak of
angels, and you hear the rustling of
wings."
Ridgway Wanderer.
On Friday last Raymond, son of
J. M. Reed, of Clarion towDshlp, met
with an accident that may prove fatal.
In the act of jumping from a haymow
he fell on a hay fork), which was stand-
ingwiththe tines up. The tines en
tered his stomach. One of them was
crooked, and came out just below the
breast bone; the others extending sev
eral inches into his 6tomach. His
brother was standing near at the time,
and had some difficulty in extracting
the fork. At last accounts the young
man' was in a critical condition.
Clarion Jtcpublicatu
The lady school teachers of Titus-
ville are in demand. A dozen have
been married in two years
TWO DAYS AT KAKE.
On tho Summit of Hie Allegheny Moun
tains. Two Thousand Feet Above thb
Level op the Ska Description
of the Place General Kane
and the Thomson House Swed
ish Settlements.
Cor. Wllllninsport GmielUi i'ttillctln.
Knne, McKean county, Aug. 6.
Where is Kane? It Is 011 the summit
of the Allegheny mountains, in
McKean county, 153 miles west of
Williamsport, and 05 east of Erie. The
point where It Is located Is the highest
touched by the Philadelphia nnd Erie
railroad in Its passage over the Ap
palachian chain. It derives its name
from General Thomas L. Kane.
brother of the celebrated Arctic xex-
plorer, Dr. Ellsha Kent Kane, who
came here ns early as 1855 to look after
the Iniriiense landed Interests of his
father. At that time this entire sec
tion was a wilderness a terra incog
nila, and known as tho wildcat dl
trict. It was onttf frequented by bun
ters, on account of the abundance of
game, but to the outside world it was
scarcely known. When the Philadel
phia and Erie railroad was completed
the place soon became noted for the
extreme purity and salubrity of the
atmosphere. According to the early
surveys of the locating engineers it
was found to be 2,006 feet above the
level of the sea, but later calculations
place It at 1,021 feet. Thd ascent over
tho mountain is made by steep grades,
requiring two locomotives forall heavy
freight trains.
PECULIARITY OF THE SUMMIT.
This region is iocally termed the
Big Level, a name which originated
with the early hunters and explorers,
as it is a broad spread of gently undu
lating country, measured by an ex
tent from northeast to Bbuthwest Of
fifty or sixty miles, and an average
breadth of from four to eight miles.
Remarkable as it may seem it possesses
a fertile soil, which is shown by
the enormous size the timber has
attained, aud by the crops produced
by the farms which have been literally
can-ed out of the wilderness. Oil the
western slope of this great mountain
plateau all the waters fall into the Al
legheny river, and are carried to tho
Gulf of Mexico, whilst on the eastern
declivity they are received by the Sus
quehanna and borne to the Chesapeake
Bay. Here the primeval forests may
be seen in all their glory. The timber
consists principally of hard wood, such
as beech, cherry and a light sprinkling
of chestnut, with abundance of hem
lock, which grows tci enormous size.
The cucumber tree flourishes here and
reaches a great size. There is very
little pine, but considerable white
wood. The hemlock yields immense
quantities of bark for tanning pur
posts, but as it is only bringing 23,50
per cord at the present time, as little as
possible is stripped from the trees. In
collecting this bark there is necessarily
a great destruction of timber, as the
finest trees in the forest are felled, and
when the bark is removed, the trunks
are left to rot upon tho ground. Saw
mills at various points have been
erected, but they fail to consume more
than a tithing of the logs that are pro
duced. MOUNTAIN CITY.
When the Philadelphia and Erie
railroad was first opened it wan' intend
ed to erect largo machine shops, and
found a large city at this point, and for
a time great expectations were enter
tained. Here the western division,
which commenced at Erie, ends, and
here the middle, or mountain division,
which ends at Renovo, commences.
The former is 95 miles in length, aud
the latter 100. Owing to the steep
grades oh both sides of the mountain,
it is the most expensive of the three
great divisions into which the road is
divided. It was found necessary,
however, to erect a roundhouse at this
point for the locomotives to bo kept
here, together with a machine shop
for light repairs. In course of time a
village grew up, whicfr now numbers
about 700 Inhabitants. It has a post
office, school houses, three sitiall hotels,
a Catholic, Methodist, Lutheran and
Presbyterian churches. The location
is a beautiful one, and the town will
undoubtedly attain a respectable size
in a few years. Already the impetus
given to trade by the development of
the Bradford oil field, about twenty
milis north, Is beginning to be felt
here. Within a few weeks ari oil well
has been put down at a point In the
Kirizua valley, about eight miles
north, Which is now flowing at the
rate of ten barrels per day. It is also
intimated that other test wells will
soon be suuk at a short distance from
the village, and if they should prove
successful the town will suddenly be
came a busy and thrifty place.'
THE THOMSON HOUSE.
The chief attraction at Kane is the
large hotel erected several years ago by
the McKean Land and Improvement
Company, but now ownod by General
Kane, and called the1 Thomson House,
in honor of J. Edgar Thomson, the
late President of the Pennsylvania
railroad company. It is a frame struc
ture, four stories high, with Mansard
roof, presenting a front of 161 feet by a
depth of 122 feet. Standing as it does
upon a gentle declivity, surrounded by
a neatly sodded enclosure of about ten
acres, with trees, evergreens aud par
terres of flowers, it present an invit
ing andcommandingappearance to the
tourist and pleasure seeker. One pe
culiarity of the building is that it is
constructed entirely of native woods.
Alt the doors, window frames and
heavy partitions are solid cherry,
whilst the broad stairways are of ash
and the floors are laid In cucumber
wood. A broad piazza sweeps arbund
two sides of the building Which h
Inviting. The parlor is Very large and
handsomely furnished, whilst the din
ing room Is of ample dimensions. As
springs of pure, living water abound
but a few hundred yards distaut, a
steam engine has been placed at one of
thein,'and water Is forced up to a res
ervoir In tho building, which supplies
the house. Every provision has been
made for the comfort of the guests.
The house is supplied with two fire es
capes; there is a well-arranged bow
ling alley In the grounds, and the bil
liard room in the house. Mr. C. E.
Kemp, agcntlenian of largo experience
in tho hotel business, is conducting the
house this being his second year. The
hotel will accommodate about two
hundred guests comfortably, but since
then the fame of the place as a delight
ful summer resort has spread over the
land. Mr. Kemp finds himself cramped
for room. Several times this season
the applications have exceeded the
limits of the house, and at tho present
time It Is comfortably filled. An ad
dition to the building Is already de
manded. Its original cost was about
$30,000, and with an expenditure of
$20,000 mo!, it could bo made one of
; the most charming of all our mountain
resorts. The- rarified atmosphere has
a peculiarly invigorating effect upon
those who breathe it, imparting elas
ticity to the body and- mind, and pro
moting the recuperation of lost health.
SOME OF THE ATTRACTIONS.
This wild region Is not without its
attractions aside from tho primitive
forest. Excellen t roads have been con
structed to Smetbport, the county seat,
and Ridgway, In the adjoining county
of Elk. The drive to Smetbport,
twenty-five miles, is described as par
ticularly fine, and so level that a team
can trot nearly all the way. About
four miles from the hotel is an aban
doned oil well, which is quite a natur
al curiosity. It was sunk to a depth
of 2,000 feet, when it was abandoned
oil account of not fir'dlug oil. When
the casing was removed the water
rushed in, and at intervals of about
ten minutes it is ejected by thegas, and
thrown to a height of one huudrcd
feet in a solid stream, when It falls like
the spray of a fountain. This phe
nomenon, which is accompanied by a
roaring sound, continues for four or
five minutes, when it subsides, and
then after resting for ten minutes, re
sumes its spouting again. Near Wil
cox, nine miles distant, is a gas well,
which i. quite a curiosity. There is
also one at Sheffield,' not far away,
which is of sufficient capacity to light
the whole town. But the principal
attractions are trout fishing and hunt
ing in season. All the streams are
filled With trout, and parlies come a
long distance for the sport of angling
for them. In the autumn many hunt
ing parties repair here to search for
deer, which abound in the Woods. It
is remarkable that no savage beasts are
found in these wilds, and rattlesnakes
and venomous insects are unknown
The only pest of the woods is a little
gnat called a "pungy," but it will
disappear in course of time.
THE SCANDINAVIANS.
General Kane has taken particular
pains to induce hardy Swedes to settle
here and clear up farms. At present
there is a large settlement of them.aud
it is a source of surprise to notice their
success in clearing and cultivating the
laud. As observed before, the soil ;is
good on this table land, and produces
well. Potatoes grow finely, all kinds
of vegetables thrive ; oats, rye and
grass grow well, but the climate is not
adapted to the production of corn and
wheat on account of tho frosts, which
appear both late and early at this alti
tude. The country seems particularly
adapted to grazing purposes, as grass
grows well, and the raising of stock
and dairying may soon become prolita
ble. General Kane has made it a
point to admit no Swedes but those
whe can bring recommendations from
their pastors as to sobriety and indus
try. The resultis an excellent class of
settlers. Wild land is worth from $10
to $15 per acre, aud improved land is
quoted at from $35 to f 50. As an in
ducement to settlers, the payments are
made easy. Theso Swedes are, as a
general thing, religious, lhe,ir denom
ination being Lutheran. In the set
tlement they have school houses, and a
handsome frame church, where they
worship, and another is talked of.
GENERAL KANE'S RESIDENCE.
Half a mile, from the hotel, on a
knoll nearly 2,100 feet above the sea
level, is the handsome cottage of Gen
eral Kane, a glimpse of whicii can be
caught through an opening in the tim
ber by passengers from . the car win
dows as the train sweeps around the
curve in tho road. It is furnished in
luxurious style, and there, with his es
timable lady and interesting family,
ho dispenses his princely hospitality to
all visitors. For thirteen years or
more they have spent the summer at
this charming place. The great ideal
conception of the general has been the
founding of a magnificent park of
eight hundred acres at this point,
which shall be preserved as nearly as
possible in its primitive condition, for
the resort of pleasure seekers during
the hot' months of summer. The hotel
stands in this park. At present the
thermometer ranges at 60 degrees at
six In the morning, 72' at noon, aud
rarely passes beyond 75 degrees at
three o'clock in the afternoon, usually
the hottest part of the day. From the
roof of the hotel is an outlook from
which a fine view of tho great forests
are obtained, and in the evening of a
clear day, when the sun sinks to rest
in a sea of gold, tho scene is one of in
describable grandeur. There is little
doubt but the fondest dreams of the
general will bo realized, and that this
place will become, ere many y ears rolls
away, one of the most popular resorts
in the State. The purity of the air
alone is sufficient to establish Its su
periority over nearly every other place
in the motrafcai.-
HANDSOME CHURCH.
Standing within a few yards of the
hotel Is a neat littlo church, construct
ed out of light pink sandstone, With
white sandstono trimmings, which
blend handsomely. It Is In the Gothic
style of architecture, with Innumerable
angles, richly staindd glass windows,
and a high vaulted ceiling inside. It
Is, surmounted with a graceful little
spire, at tho basement of which is the
belfry. From a marble tablet near the
altar, and built in tho all, it Is learned
that the building was erected by Mrs.
Ann Gray Thomas, of Philadelphia,
in memory of her father, Thomas
Leiper, her mother, and other mem
bers of tho family. Mrsi Thomas Is
an aunt of General Kane, and is spend
ing the summer with his family. This
beautiful memorial church cost about
$13,000, and will he dedicated on Sat
urday, Aug. 10th, when it will lie pre
sented to tho Presbyterians of Kane by
the generous builder.
ELEVATIONS AMOVE THE SEA.
That the reader may be better able
to form ah idea of tho ascent and de
scent of tho mountains crossed by the
railroad, the followingfigures showing
tho elevations of Certain well known
points above the sea arc given from the
surveys of tho engineers, beginning at
Williamsport, and ending at Erie :
Feet,
Wllllninsport 50(1
Lock HnVcn 552
Kunovo 716
Emporium 1,011
West CrocU Hummlt I.BS2
St. Mury's 1,02S
nidgway 1,387
Knne, the Summit 2,1)21
Hendof Two-Mile Hun ...1,1)11
ShefTlold 1,324
Wnrren 1.189
Irvine 1.1U2
Youngsvlllc -jos
l'lttsrield I,23G
Garland l,2i)S
Corry 1,410
Logan's Suin'mi; 1,428
Lovell's 1,3113
Concord 1.372
Union 1.259
Le Iloeuf. l,2t)5
Wnterford 1,181
Jackson's 1,218
Lnngdon's 1,123
nolle Valley tl
Erie Depot B73
Surface ot Lake Erie 660
From this it is seen that Erie is only
G7 feet higher than Williamsport, ami
the level of the lake is only 50 feet.
Kane, however, the highest point of
the mountain, rises i.,515 feet above us.
GUESTS AT THE THOMSON HOUSE.
Among the numerous guests now
spending a season at the hotel the fol
lowing may be mentioned among the
Philadclphians : Rev. Matthew New
kirk and family ; D. Haddock and
wife; Rev. W. W. Farr and family ;
E. S. Shanlz and family ; Miss Emma
Kirk; Mrs.' William Haines; Mrs.
Dodson and family ; Miss Rachael
Wctherill ; Miss Peters ; Dr. Lambdin,
managing editor of the Times, and
family; Samuel Smcdley; Mrs. Susan
Boyerand daughter; Mrs. A. E. Ash
burner, daughter and son ; Mrs. F. C.
Wilson; Mrs. W. H. Wilson; P.
McIIughand family.-
From Harrisbiirg: Rev. John Pax
ton and tanfily ; Hon. F. W. Hall and
family ; Hon. Francis Jordan and
wife ; Thomas L. Wallace and family;
Dr. D. W. Gross and wife; D. C'.Herr.
From Cleveland: Mrs. J. S. New
berry and family; L. F. Burgess and
daughter; C. Gay lord.
From Cuba: Martin B Dcschapclles
and family, Adolph Santa Maria, Wil
liam Santa Maria, Mrs. E. B. Dcs
chappclles, Miss Mary Laine. Senor
Dcschapclles Is an cxtensivo sugar
planter on the island of Cuba, and
this is the second season ho has visited
this placo with his family. They
usually remain until after the frost
sets in.
W. K. Mendenhall and wife, of
Washington City, are also here.
Among tho Williamsporters are Mrs
F. E. Embick and family, and Mrs.
Smith. John of Lancaster.
State 'otes.
Alexander M'Clintock, an es
teemed old citizen of Venango county,
was found dead in an oats held In
which ho had been working.
Edward Jenkings, a well known
coal man, was instantly killed at Mar
tinsburg, Venango county, by the ac
cidental discharge of a gun.
James Carlin, of Phoenixville, was
arrested for attempting to murder his
wife. He cut her throat very severely
but she will live.
Mamie M'Carty, of Williamsport,
a little girl, attempted to jjet out of a
boat by grasping a pier, but the craft
being carried rapidly down the stream
she was thrown into the water and
drowned.
Thomas George, a coal miner, of
Allegheny county, jumped out of a
window and was almost instantly
killed. Ho had been siek for some
time past with typhoid fever and was
out of his mind.
John Hawn, one of the Hawn
brothers, of Junhrta township, Hun
tingdon couhty, and the ono who was
severely beaten by the tramps who
robbed their residence, a few weeks
ago, died recently.
Paul Hoelt and two sons, resiilinrr
on Scotch hill, near Shamokiu, were
arrested on the charge of stealing cat
cle in the Mahauoy valley, across the
Schuylkill line. Helt and oue of his
sons named Henrv served a term in
penitentiary, have only been liberated
auout ten months, and are considered
desperute characters iu the coal re
gion.
In the oil reffions in Julv 205 wcll
were completed, which were produc
ing on the last day of the month 2,884
barrels. There were twentv-six drv
holes drilled in June; 272 wells were
finished. On the 1st of August there
were 238 rigs up and building, and 185
wells drilling. The daily production
iu July was 40,300 barrels: daiiv shin.
meuts from the region, 40,200 barrels;
total stock about 5,000,000 barrels.-
Rales of Advertising.'
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Oncfcolumn, 0110 year 9o r
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(S is no-
'lv.'.,.ai.,iii. n.ium-ilenii!iitH ier mnmro of
Ihrou IliwrHoiiw fi. ,
HukIir'ks cardK, (en lines or less, per year
. . ...
Advoi tlfi iiienis pnyaiMc quiH iwi v.
Business Cards.
G0. A. HAT MB U NT.
A TTOllN EY-AT-LA W,"
M'u'ht Pi reel, Hl'lway, Klk CoM lW
MALL WCAULEY.
ATTUIf'liys-XT:TAW. .
OIllcolii New Brick luilMYng'.'Mttln Btroct,"
Klilsiwuy, Elk Co., l'n. - v.ln'itr. -
J. O. W. BAILEY.
ATTOUNEY-Af-LAW."
KlilKwny, Elk (,'onnty, ft?.' , A'i;ctit nr tho
Traveler's Life and . Accident Insurance Co.,
of Hartford, Coinetleut. vlniKyl."
LUCORE & HAMBLEN
ATTORN KYH AT-LAW.
Rldicwny, Elk County Pa. Offlco across
tlio hull from thfl Dkmockat establishment.'
ClalmH fur collection promptly attended to
Jne.l.j-ISTO
E. G. FAY.
LUMBER AND INSURANCE COMMIS
KIUJN 11ROKKR.
And Oonorai Collection A no tit. No, 200
Walnut Place, (.110 Walnut Btrcet.) Philadel
phia, Pa. . . n41-ly.
G. G. MESSENGER.'
DRUGGIST AND PARMACKUTIST.'
N. W. corner of Main and Mill streets,'
luugwiiy, i-u., inn ussoruncni, oi careiuuy.
selected Foreign and Domestic Drujjs. Pro
scriptions eurerully dispensed lit all hours,"
day or night. vlnlty .
T. S. HARTLEY, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND KURUKON.
Office In Drug Store, corner Iiroad and
Main Streets. Residence corner Broad
Street, opposite tho College. Oftlco hours
from 8 to 10 A. M. nnd from 7 to 8 P. M.
vlii'2yl.
J. S. BORDWELL, M. D.
ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.'
Has removed his ofllco from Cent.ro Street,'
to Main Street, Ridgway, Pa., in thb second"
story of thejiew brick building of John O.'
Hall, west of the Hyde Housq. . ,
Olllee hours : 1 to 2 P. M. 7 to B P. M."
MRS. N. T. CUMMINGS.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF NEW,
STYLES SPRING HATS JUST RECEIVED
at Mrs. N. T. C'ummings, also ties, collars,
culls, hoisery, gloves, and a general assort-,
inentof Ladles' fancy goods. Remember tho.
place in II. S. Thayer's Building, Main sti-col.
Call and examluo before purchuslinf else
where.
HYDE HOUSE.
W. H. SCHRAM, Proprietor,'
Ridgway, Elk Co.,Pn. ,
Thankful for tho patronage heretofore so
liberally bestowed upon him, tho new pro-.
prietor, hopes, by paying strict attention to,
thu comfort aud convenience of guests, to
merit a continuance of tho same,
oct.'W'O'J
riLLIMERY AND DRESSMAKING.'
MRS. J. R. KELTZ, Kersey, Elk Co., Pa..',
takes this method of announcing to the eitl
kciih of Elk county, that she has on hand an
assortment of fashionable millinery goods
which will be sold cheap. Also dressmaking'
in all its brunches.
Agent for Dr. J. Bail & Co's Patent Ivory,
and Lignum Vitto Eye Cups. Send for Ues-
erlptive circular.
nlTyl.
APPLETCN'S AMERICAN CYCLO-
F-EDiA.
Vol. 8 of this ndniirabld work". is Jiist out.
making it half complete, us there wo to bo lo'
in all, or 800 pages each, one being issued In
two months. It makes a complete library,'
and no one can nirord to do without it who'
would keen well informed. Price $0,00 a vol
ume in leather, cr S7,fK in elegant, half Tur
key. C. K. Judson, Fredonia, N.'Y., coiitrols.
tho sale In Elk county. Address him' for
piitlculars. gep 17-tf.'
E. K. GRESH.
DEALER In all kind's of cabinet ware.)
wood and cane seat chairs, kitchen nnd ex
tcntion tables, wood nnd marble top stands,'
wood nnd marble top bureaus, , whatnots,'
looking glasses, wood and marble top chain-"
ber suits, mattresses, spring bed bottoms
bed steads, cribs. Laferty metal lined':
wood pumps, &c, &c. Canp seats replaced1
with perforated wood seats. Weed sowing
machine reduced from $03 to 15, tho best ma
chine in the market, nnd nietnrn fi-nmna
made to order. Also a largo assorted stock of
ready made collins constantly on hand and,
trimmed nt shortest notice. A'lJ thb above
goods nre sold at panic prices' Ware Rooms
in masonic buildiug, Ridgway Pa.'
v7n51t.'
NEW
BOOT SHOE
SHOP.
BUTTERFUSS & BECHTOLD
Have associated themselves In tho'
boot and shoe business in the Ma
sonic building. Prices reasonable,
stock first-class, and work guaranteed.'
Repairing neatly and cheaply done!
Give them a call and be convinced.
n2jtl3.
Health and Happiness;
Heal 111 and Hanniness nr nrinslnaa w.oiii'
to their possessors, and yet tliey are -within
" icauu ui uvery one wno win use
WRIGHT'S LIVER PILLS
The only sure CURE for Torpid Liver,
Dyspepsia, Hcadacho, Sour Stomace,
Constipation, Debility, Nausea, and all Bil-
lint, a 1 1.1 ... '
uuo luujjimiuu nun jjioou disorders.
None eeuuine unless aiirnn,! i'U'm w..;t.,.
rinla-'' If your Druggist will not supply
tend 25 cents for one bo to Barrick Kel
ler 4 Co., 70 N. 4th St. Phila
n7v50yl.
At Hagerty's will be found a fresh?
lot of canned goods which he sells'
cheap.
The Latest Thino Out i r.mvf
in Coilbe aud Jea Pots, at the WEST
END STORE.
If you like Clam Chowder, yotf
will find excellent Quahauqs, prime'
and Fresh, at fhe WEST END STORE.
BONED Chickkv.- 'rrmxrmr. TT 1 r
and Tongue, splendid for Lunch or
Fishing Parties, at the WEST END"
Leans of excellent quality ai $i
H. Hagerty's