RIDGWAY, TA., AUG. 23, 1878.
Notes.
Cool mornings and evenings now.
A heavy rain storm here yesterday.
It la lawful to shoot squirrels after
September 1st.
Veal was plenty at the wreck on
Saturday night.
Elderberries are ripe. It Is not
yet time to cut elders.
Apples are likely to be a scarce
and dear article this season.
Croquet is not played to an alarm
ing extent in Ridgway this season,
The Ridgway borough petition
will not be presented until the Novem
ber term of Court.
The potato tops are nearly all
dead, and the yield of this necessary
crop promises to be very light
There is considerable sickness in
this village, although we hear of no
cases of a dangerous character.
About these days our farmers are
busy plowing their ground prepara
tory to sowing the winter wheat crop,
Another railway article appears in
this issue. These articles will be con
tiuued until the subject is written up.
There is some talk now of killing
all the Indians and all the Indian
agents, after which our Indian wars
will be a thing of the past.
Company H went to Lakeview,
Chautauqua lake, on Tuesday last,
The boys will have a pleasant time,
and we regret our inability to go with
them.
The Democratic politicians are
very busy at present. Next Saturday is
the time for the primaries, and the
Tuesday following the convention will
be held.
There lain Philadelphia a baby, not
a very remarkable thing, but when it
is known that the baby only weighed
sixteen ounces when fourteen days
old, the wonder is complete, Such ia a
fact.
The Ridgway Dramatic .Society
will give an entertainment at Hyde's
Opera House on Tuesday evening,
September 3d, 1S78. Two plays will
be given, "The Last Loaf," and " The
Boys of 177G." The performance we
Lave no doubt will be well worth hear
Ing. Admission 25 cents ; reserved
seats 35 cents.
The new county of Lackawanna,
which has been cut off from Luzerne
by the popular vote of last Tuesday
week, has a population of 83,000, .and
includes two cities Scran ton ana Car
bondale 10 boroughs, IS townships
and 72 election divisions. Its extreme
length is 37 miles and extreme breadth
22 miles, while its area is 340 square
miles. Its assessed valuation is $io,-
645,478.
Supt. Black, of the Cascade Mines,
near St. Mary's, and another reliable
gentleman, state that there Is appar
ently a great commotion in the bowels
of the mountain about one mile east
of St. Mary's. The sound, like heavy
thumping, is spasmodic, and during
the sound there is a perceptible trem
bling of the earth. Many people have
visited the place and agree in the state
meat There are no mining excava-
tions in this mountain, and what
causes the strange commotion is un
accountable. Cameron Press.
The new fee bills for sheriffs, pro-
thouotaries, clerks of theseveral courts,
registers and recorders, passed at the
recent session of the Legislature, ap
plies to all counties having more than
ten thousand and less than one bun
dred and twenty thousand inhabitants
It makes a universal reduction of the
fees, and will lessen the value of the
several offices to a considerable extent.
The reduction in the sheriff's fees will
M0 to 50 per cent., those of the pro-thonvtai-y
30 to 40 ier cent, and those
of the lecher and register 20 per
cent. -
In the twenty .Qftij congressional
district, composed oi clarion, Arm
strong, Indiana, Forest b. Jefferson
counties, the Democrats hVe nom
inated J. M. Guffey, of Clarion, and
the Greenbacks James Mosirrove. A
Harry White has been endorsed by all
the counties, and has no opposition,
he may fairly be considered the Re
publican nominee, although he has not
yet received the formal ratification of
the district conference. Four years
ago Geo. A. Jenks, Democrat, was
elected in this district over White bv
( 11,627 to 11,109. In 1870 White received
jo,i5ii, and jenKs 13,397 votes.
A freight train was wrecked be
tween Shawmut Station and Dagus-
cahonda on Saturday night. The
train broke in two nieces. The ene-l
- o-
neer of the front piece discovering
something wrong sent a brakeman
back to ascertain the cause. As soon
as the brakeman discovered the train
had uncoupled, he signaled the engi
neer to stop. The engineer of the
pusher on the back piece not knowing
anything was wrong, went ahead as
usual, and when he reached the front
part of the train the cars commenced
puing up at a fearful rate. Eight or
ten cars were thrown from the track,
containing wheat, corn and merchan
dise. One car contained fifty-seven
veal calves, fifteen were killed outright,
and five wounded so badly that they
were killed to put them out of misery.
We are unable to give a very close
guess as to the loss, but fifteen hundred
to two thousand dollars would no more
than cover it. Some butchers from
St. Mary's bought the calfskins at two
cento a pound, thereby making a little
money, as the hides are worth in the
market from eight to teuceutH.
Personal otes.
Sam Is back.
J. B. Johnson is home again.
Rhines has opened his billiard
hall.
He carried a bundle of cloth under
his arm.
Horace Little is spending a few
days in our village.
Charles Holes has some very large
and fine tomatoes.
Doc. Fullerton's swing cost him
Just ninety-five cents.
A man told us the other day that
our garden was weedy.
Powell & Kime have adopted the
ready-pay system In their store.
Charley Matthews' fence has taken
a mechanical lean toward the side
walk.
The cricket sings a sorrowful tune
as he thinks of summer's lengthening
shades.
A dog stole Capt. Schoening's
Sunday roast, and the Captain was
not pleased about it.
Miles A Noon have finished plas
tering the Sheffield school house, and
came back here yesterday.
J. S. Powell has made a new top
for a hack for the Brock wayvillo stage
hue, now owned by Jacob McCauley.
Gen. R. C. McGill, of St. Mary's,
called in to see us last week, and is
looking hale and hearty as ever.
Miss M. Frank Stout, for some
time in the employ of James McAfee,
tailor, Is on a visit to Lock Haven.
Nothing like keeping batchelor's
hall. We have tried it a couple of
weeks now, and speak from experience.
Mrs. Miles has been away from
home three weeks, come back again,
and we never knew a breath about It.
Those weeds fn J. Powell's lot
had been cut down several days in
fact, were down when our article was
written.
'.." Hagerty has sold his stock of
1 . . . f " 1 1 a. 1 r i i i I .
gouus to jvicuioin . jucuecmu, anci
purposes retiring from the mercantile
business.
Nelson Jackson, bar tender at the
Ridgway House, is now minus a shirt
and three gold studs, all" taken by a
chap representing himself as one of
Custer's soldiers.
That poetry we received from a
certain correspondent last week is not
of sufficient general interest to admit
of publication, although full of point
and pith to those unfortunates who
were there.
On the wall in a certain merchant
tailoring establishment in this citv U
displayed a sign " Positively All Goods
roiu on Time." We presume that
tailors are like printers and shoe
makers, with plenty of hard cash, and
synipatny tor a moneyless man.
Ten cent pieces appeared to be
plenty on our streets the other day
.Several parties, ladies as well as sen
tluiuun, utoopod to ooixjuer, but, on
reaching the shining treasure, were re-
mniueu oi tne trite out adage that "all
is not gold that trlistens." as the tin
foil of which the piece was made
crumbled in their grasp. Those were
naughty men that originated that
f i
joae.
.cuwin urayston. miller, was
shaved on one side of his face in quick
order last Monday. He was working
around the smut machine, when his
whiskers came in contact with part of
the gearing, completely striping one
sine oi nis race before letting go. He
was not aware that he was caughl
until the machine loosed its hold : and
probably, had the whiskers been a
nttie stronger, the result would hav
been much more serious.
Thomas H. Rhines did some tall
pike fishing last week. Monday fore
noon ne caugnt four; Tuesday fore
noon two Wednesday all dav two
Thursday afternoon two. makinir ten
pike in all, weighing on an average
five pounds each, would make fifty
pounds or hsli. He has caught two
turtles, one weighing fourteen and th
other sixteen pounds. Altogether, he
caugnt tnis summer seventeen pike,
four between rock edy and Spriug
ureen edy; the rest between Bea
ureen ana (spring creek edies. We
call this good fishing, and if any one
can neat it, we would like to see their
score. To finish up with, he killed
large rattlesnake on Tuesday.
Hearing a terrible racket on the
street on Friday evening last we poked
our head out the window and discov
ered Page Priudlo and thceditor of tlm"
Democrat havincr a vervjinimated
11.1 I'll IV ill t lull . .1 1 I ... -
v"i.nioiuiii uuwutuu arucie which the
aforesaid editor had written, to which
Pago had taken exceptions. At first
the conversation was very loud on the
part of the party of the first nnrt. lint.
as a large crowd of men gathered
arouuu to witness what all thought
would result in a fisticuff, the tones
became gradually lower and lower,
like the girl's lamp that turned Wn'
down, down, until you could scarcely
see a light at all, this conversation
grew weaker and weaker, and finally
winked out. Verily, the editors have
a hard row to hoe.
Pkepaked Cocoa n itt in Ti.rt.t
Tin Package, at the WEST END."
Henry ArmitBrown nn r pi,ii
delphia's most accomplished young
men, and a polished orator filial rrt
Aug. 21st, at the age of 34 years.
On Sunday afternoon no a imtuwaa
admitting some gentlemen into the
main entrance to the Clarion jail the
prisoners made a rush for the door, and
five made their eseane. All wnnhi
have got away, but one nrisoner
jumied forward and closed the door,
and prevented the rest from escaping.
The sheriff was away from home.
Among the five whoescaped were pris
oners incarcerated for high offenses.
Slate Notes.
Henry Wonders.of Indiana c6unty
was fatally kicked by a horse."
Some Erie partlea are trying to
raise $3,000 to bore a test well for oil
near that city.
Wm. Phares, aged ninety-five
years, died In Bucks county recently.
Three years ago he went on a gunning
expedition.
Joh'nny Steel, (Coal Oil Johnny)
at one time a millionaire of the oil re
gions, is now clerking in a grocery
store in Dennison, la.
Mary Ann Bradley, aged seven
years, was burned to death at Pothole
Saturday afternoon, by the explosion
of on oil can, while trying to kindle a
fire.
The nrojiprt.v of tlifl Messm. Boah.
pf the late Reading savings bank, is
pieugea for the spziu.oo" note given by
them and fifty-five per cent, divi
dend. At nttsburg on Saturday James
Egnn, an ex-policeman, shot himself
accidentally through the heart while
cleaning his revolver, and died in
stantly.
A wooden canal is to run through
the Pittsburgh exposition building in
order that the various models for im
proving the Ohio river may be advan
tageously displayed.
The farmers of Somerset county
are complaining of tramp outrages.
Reapers and mowers are the chief ob
jects of attack, and a number have al
ready been destroyed.
David F. Caldwell, of Tyrone, for
merly of the firm of Lloyd, Caldwell
& Co., bankers, filed a voluntary pe
tition in bankruptcy recently. His
liabilities are $192,000 and his assets
nominal. His creditors number 4(30.
Milton Allen, an old farmer, of
Canton township, Bradford county,
recently left the country, and his
whereabouts are unknown. His wife
has been bed-ridden for thirteen years,
and it is thought he left in order to
avoid supporting her.
Twenty persons filed petitions in
bankruptcy at Pittsburgh on Thurs
day. This is the last month forgoing
Into bankruptcy. The repealing act
passed at the bust session of Congress
goes into effect on the 1st of Septem
ber, and then the petition mill will
cease to grind.
Hugh P. Shelter, cashier of the
bank in Lewislmrg, Union county, for
fifteen years, was arrested recently at
Mount Joy, on a charge of embezzling
between 50.000 and $G0,0O0. In de
fault of $20,000 bail he was committed.
He had been residing for some time at
Charleston, West Virginia.
The Standard oil company are lay
ing a pipe line from the Cosmos oil
works along the Allegheny Valley
railroad to the Standard works, in
Pittsburg, a distance of nearly three
miles. This line Is to draw the refined
oil of nine refineries to the Standard
ard works, where it will he barreled for
shipment.
James E. Brown, .of Kittanning,
is the fortunate purchaser of one of the
most elegant mansions in the west
that of S. Dune Kams. The sheriff of
Greensburg sold on Monday this rest
deuce, which is stated to have cost
something like $100,000, for $10;015,
Thursday last Peter McMannus, a
.Moiiie Maguire on trial at Suubury on
a charge of murdering Frederick Hcss
er, at Coal Run, Dec. ISth, 1875, was
found guilty of murder in the first de
gree. He is the twenty-first Moltie
Maguire convicted, and will doubtless
suiter the extreme penalty of the law.
Wm. H. M'Fadden, Philadelphia
water department, charges six clerks
with systematic robbery by making
laise entries. Fifteen thousand dol
lars have been traced. Chief M'Fad
den says the amount will probably
reach hundreds of thousands, and that
the robbery has extended over a period
of tenyears. The clerks have been ar
rested.
Mr. J. E. Hawker Is going to fight
the department of public instruction
with a mandamus for refusing hii
commission as superintendent o
schools of Hyde Park. His examina
tlon has been written, and will b
printed for the information of tho
public. Hawker's orthography is said
to be very defective.
On Wednesday nlirht while Dr
W. B. Dewess. of Mverstown. WHS Oil
his way home from a trip to Shaeffers-
town, nis team was stopped, and
dastardly attempt made on his life by
a masked man. The doctor spurred
hie liorsa forward and cucanori, the
i.ii .
niguwayman nnng several shots
him as he retreated. This is the sec
ond attempt made on the doctor's life
Mrs. Margaret Graham, of West
unesicr, agea ioa years, went to Oak
land cemetery the other dav and swnt
several hours in cleaning up the tomb
stones marking the graves of her de
parted menus. After scourinir and
cleaning them thoroughly the old lady
picked up her implements and wended
her way back to West Chester at a
lively gait.
Application was made recently to
J udge Cadwallader on behalf of Wil
liam H. Blumer, of the firm of Bl
mer & Co., of Allentown. for leave
iof
ka,
absence sUty days to visit Nebrask
but the Judge would not assent to
lit.
William H. Blumer & Co. were bank
s, doing business in Allentown.
Their liabilities at the time of susnen.
slon amounted to about $800,000, yet
the assets which have fallen into the
hands of the assignee have not yielded
more than enough to pay the court
charges and other necessary expenses.
ah tne money round Jn the bankii
house was less than one dollar, and
it
a
was wrapped up in a corner of
drawer.
Fancy note paper and envelonps
in boxes at this orhVe.
Pennsylvania ft Erie Railway.
CONTINUED.
It has been already phown that the
distance from Buffalo to Falls Creek by
tne line of this road is igo.8 miles.
From Falls Creek a route has been ex.
amlned following the Sandy In a
southeasterly direction to the summit
between the Sandy and Anderson
Creek, and thence down Anderson
Creek to Curwensville, making the
distance from Carrollton to Curwens
ville 110 miles, and from Buffalo to
Curwensville 178 miles. At Curwens
ville the llneconnectswith the Tyrone
and Clearfield railroad, by which road
it is 44 miles to Tyrone on the Penn
sylvania railroad. The distance from
Buffalo to Tyrone would be by this
route 222 miles. The distance between
the same points by way of the Buffalo
New York and Philadelphia railroad,
the Philadelphia and Erio railroad and
the Bald Eagle Valley railroad, is as
follows: Buffalo to Emporium, 121
miles ; Emporium to Lock Haven, 74
miles; Lock Haven to Tyrone, 55
miles, or, in all, 250 miles, a difference
of 28 miles In fuvor of the Pennsylva
nia and Erie railway. Curwensville is
placed In the second coal basin, which
runs parallel with the other bitumin
ous basins of this region. The natural
outlet for the coal of this basin, and
also for the first basin, is to the east,
from which It may be inferred that
this road, even if built to Curwens
ville, would carry little or no coal
north from that region. The deposits
of bituminous coal which this road
crosses, and which lie to the weat and
south of it, have been compared to the
human hand the solid continuous
portion to the southwest forming the
palm; while, as we go toward the
northeast the strata rise and partly
disappear, leaving whatreniains in the
shape of long strips, or " Basins,"
represented by the fingers of the hand.
Still further toward the northeast, the
strata still rising, one coal vein after
another disappears until finally near
the line of New York even the lowest
workable ones are uo longer found.
These basins are. curved and nearly
parallel, and have' been numbered
from the east toward the west, the east
ernmost one being called the First
Basin. The Philipsburg, Snow Shoe
and Farrandsville coal fields aro in
this basin. Curwensville' Clearfield,
and Karthaus are in the second basin.
The dividing line between the second
and third basins would cross the pro
posed line of this road probably on
Warrant No. 2002. Reynoldsville,
Fall's Creek, Dubois aud nearly the
entire length of Bennett's Bianch,of
the Sinnemahoning are in the third
basin. The dividing line between the
third aud fourth basins is crossed by
the line of the railroad on the ridge
between the Rattlesnake and Fall's
Creek. St. Mary's, Centervllle and
the entire valley of the Little Toby
down as far as Galusha's and most all
of its tributaries nr in the fourth
basm. The dividing line between the
fourth and tho fifth basins crosses the
Little Toby aud the line of the rail
way between Galusha's and Blue
Rock, crosses the Shawmut railroad in
Warrant No. 4392 ; crosses Elk Creek
and the Philadelphia and Erie railroad
near the mouth of Mohan Run, and
continues northeasterly, passing nearly
midway between St. Mary's and Jobn
souburg. The coal fields about Port
land, Johnsonburg and New Flanders
are In the fifth basin. The dividing
line between the fifth and sixtli basins
is not as well defined as the divisions
east of it ; it crosses the Philadelphia
and Erie railroad, the Clarion river
and the line of this railway not far
from Wilcox, thus leaving all the re
maining coal fields to the north of this
point, along the line of the railway, in
the sixth basin. The divisions be
tween the various basins have been
treated as " lines," but in reality the
separations are in some localities so
wide that there are large tracts of land
lying detween the basins, in which no
coat Is found. The important streams
run sometimes lengthwise and some
times across the basins in deep, and, in
some instances, quite wide valleys,
from which tho coal has nearly, or
quite all, disappeared. It, therefore, be
comes necessary, when estimating the
quantity of coal in a certain district,
to make very liberal deductions from
the entire area in order to allow for
these valleys and separations. The
hills and ridges, in some instances
only a few feet wide on top, widen out
as we go down toward the streams;
consequently, the first vein of coal
which we meet in going down will be
considerably less in extent than the
vein which lies below it and the
second one, in turn, will spread oyer a
smaller area than the next one below
it and so on down to the lowest which
will bo tho largest in area of all. If,
by any process, the tops o these hills
were worn away, of course the upper
most strata and veins of coal would
disappear first, leaving only the lower
veins in the hill. From all of which
it will readily be seen that, in the ab
sence of actual measurements, there is
ample room for a diversity of opinion
as to the amount of coal that may be
contained in any particular, tract or
locality.
Yellow fever still raues with terri
ble violence in Grenada and Vicks-
burg, Miss., and Memphis, Tenn.
Cases are reported at Washington,
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The
horrors in the Southern cities are be
yond description, and hundreds of
people are dying tor want or medicine
aud nursing. The disease is spreading
with terrible rapidity, and still coining
North. The great dailies are filled
with column after column of the
names of victims, in the different
Southern cities.
A Card.
We desire to say to our numerous
friends and patrons that owing to the
Impossibility of collecting outstanding
accounts, we find ourselves unable
longer to do a time trade, and there
fore from this day forward will sell
only for cash or ready pay. We will
endeavor to keep our stock full and
complete in every department, and
will sell at the very bottom of the
market. We will not be undersold.
We trust our friends will at once see
that this change in our manner of deal
ing will be to the mutual advantage of
both buyer and seller. At least, by
greatly reduced prices, our customers
canuot fail to reap large benefits from
the ch ange. Powell A Ki m e.
Ridgway, Aug. 22, 1878. 2w
Jury List.
SEPTEMBER TERM, 1878.
GRAND JUROnS. .
Julin Tut Me Benescltc Twp.
Joseph Kronncwettor .Bcnxlngcr '
Goorgo Kuglcr " "
Joseph Corbe '
John Crelg, Jr '
James C. Wharton Fox "
George W. Talor " "
Adam Keminerer, Jr "
Joseph Chamberlain Horton '
N'ntlm Hippie. "
John Brown ' "
Ollvlh Dodge Jny '
Michael Miller " "
Ferdinand Wonk Jones "
A. A. Clay " "
John M'Crndy. Ridgway "
John P. Curtis "
.Tunica Fcnfield " "
Alvn Mule-horn " "
James llowcn EprlnjC'k '
John Dollingcr St. Mary's Dor.
Jerry Puuhis "
John Groll ' '
James Cotter , " "
TRAVKK.HE JUItOHS. .
Owen Biglin Benedetto Twp,
W. T. Wuinwrlght ' '
II.C. Hothrock " "
Nicholas Kronnewcttcr Benzliigcr "
William Gross " "
John Nlssell " "
Louis Hanhauscr " "
Joseph Hanes " '
Charles Hitter "
Charles Schneider " '
Joshua Sykos ' "
Andrew Kaul " "
Michael Schubert " '
Michael Schoeberi ' " '
George Gregory " "
Charles A. Brown Fox
Franklin Showers " "
Muthias Spooler, Jr " "
Andrew Shriver " "
Uriah W. Rogers .. " "
Henry Largey .' " "
James A. Mohan " "
Franklin Hewitt " "
Daniel Corbe " '
N. F. Apker " '
Jacob Moyer " "
Levi Ellithorpo Highland. "
Milton Price Hortou
J. C. McAllister " "
J. W. Brown Jay "
Michael Dill, Jr Jones
Joseph Tamblnl - " "
William Painter Millstone "
G. D. Donuhue "
Charles Mathews Ridgway "
D. D.Cook "
J. B. Rice.. .. " "
Frank MeGloln
E. K.Gresh
E. C. Barrett '
D. R. Kline '
B. P. Mercer '
.1. F. Dill
Charles Mead
Henry Foclitmun si, Mary's Bor
L. W. Glirord
John Gerber ,
Anthon Jesbcrger "
John Forster
Fred. Keuoto
Frightful Accident. We learn
from the Sellnsgrove Times that a
frightful accident occurred at Gross'
steam saw mill, near Shamokin Dam,
on the 0th inst., by the explosion of
the boilers. Charles Elliott, Engineer,
on returning to the mill after dinner,
discovered that the water in the boil
ers was low. Instead of drawing the
fire, he recklessly or ignorantly filled
the boilers with cold water, the ter
rible result of which he did not live
long enough to know. There was a
terrible explosion and the air was filled
with all sorts of debris. Elliott was
thrown one hundred feet distant into
a pile of wood. His body was
mangled and dead. A boy named
Charles Freymeyer was blown one
hundred and fifty feet into the canal
and was instantly killed or drowned,
John Gross, one of the owners of the
mill, was blown a considerable distance
against a heavy log, and was badly
scalded and dead when found. Wes.
Freymeyer was knocked senseless and
severely scalded, and Isaao Fetter had
his head badly cut both expected to
die. Jacob Hendricks had his hands
scalded. The mill was ruined com
pletely. Uowe Sewing Machines.
Among the great variety of goods ol
every description for sale at
Powell & Kime's
Will be found an assortment of the
celebrated Elias Howe, Jr., Improved
Sewing Machines the best machine
now manufactured they having been
appointed sole agents for Elk county.
They will keep on hand Tuckers,
Corders, Hemmers, Braiders and Ruf
flers, Needles, Sewing-machine Oil,
Thread, &c, &c. Will also furnish at
any time detached parts for said ma
chine. All at greatly reduced prices,
and will be sold on accommodating
terms with approved security.
- Ridgway, Aug. 20, '78. tf.
A regular Rip Van Winkle was
shaken up and brought out frm his
repose of years last week in the per
son of Mr. David Gcarliart, of Porter
township, a man who has arrived at
his fortieth year, has always resided
within the limits of this, county, but
who has not been to the county seat
for a period of thirty-three years. We
presume he noticed a few changes in
the place. Brookville Republican.
The State Board of Agriculture
will meet at Titusville u September
10.
The coal men of Pittsburgh sub
scribed $1,135 to the yellow fever relief
fund.
George Marquardt, a German
tramp, was found dead in a barn in
the suburbs of Philadelphia.
VlOLATINO POSTOFFICE LAWS.
Probably the greatest excitement
which is created now-a-dnysamong our
people especially the ladles Is caused
by a violation of one of our postal
laws. This law provides for the send
ing of packages and parcels through
the malls at very low rates, but ex
cludes all written matter. Half a
dofcen words, or even less, enclosed In
a book, a parcel of worsted work, a
box of confectionery or flowers, or In
any other like manner, makes the
whole package liable to letter postage.
It Is not very comfortable to receive a
small parcel, generally of exceedingly
trifling value, and be obliged to pay
fifty to seventy-five cents on it, be
cause it contains a lino or two of wri
ting. Several decisions have recently
been made regarding writing, pencil
marks, etc., which should be heeded.
We hope that those who have riot
heard of the law excluding all writing
from packages sent by mall, will now
take notice of the fact and the
thoughtless will also spare their friends
much annoyance by remembering It,
Ex.
Disinfecting Foul Places. The
Advocate would call attention to the
Importance at this season of getting
rid of all vile smells about dwellings,
and make tills practical suggestion
"The article commonly used to disin
feet foul places Is chloride of lime, but
in realty it is not of much value". It
may and generally does remove bad
smells, but the cause still remains, as
the chloride simply destroys the
gaseous emanations. Tho much ad
vertised disinfectants are usually catch
penny nostrums, and unworth of
notice. One of the very best known
disinfectants is old-fashioned '"cop
peras," or sulphate of Iron, which can
be had very cheap. A barrel of cop
peras would weigh probably 300
pounds, and can be purchased at whole
sale price for a cent and a half per
pound. And every family ought, es
pecially in warm weather, to have a
supply of it on hand. A couple of
handfuls of copperas thrown into a
bucket of water will soon dissolve, and
It can then be used freely, and it is a
valuable disinfectant. The best plan
is to fill a half barrel or keg with water
and suspend within it a moderate-sized
basket full of copperas. In this way it
dissolves more rapidly than when
thrown to the bottom of the wooden
vessel, and thus a supply is always at
hand ready for use.
The Lehigh car and wagon company
of Stemton has received an order for
the construction of 500 house cars for
the Erie railroad.
While Mrs. Wm. Hake, mother of
a two year old child, was drawing
water from a well in York county the
infant fell to the bottom and was
drowned.
Awarded the Highest Medal at Vicuua
and Philadelphia.
E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO.
591 Broadway, - . New York,
Opp. Metropolitan Hotel.
Manufacturers, Importers aud Dealers In
Velvet Frames, Albums Grapiio
bcopes. STEREOSCOPES,
AND VIEWS,
ENGRAVINGS,
CHROMOS,
PHOTOGRAPHS.
And kindred Goods Celebrities,
Actresses, etc.
Photographic Materials.
We are Headquarters for everything in
the way of
STEREOPTICONS AND MAOIC
LANTERNS,
Being Manufacturers of tho
Micro-scientific Lantern,
Stereo-panopticon,
University Stcreopticon,
Advertiser's Stereopticon,
Artopticou.
School Lantern, Family Lantern,
People's Lantern.
Eueh Style boing the best of its class la the
market.
Beautiful Photographic Transparencies of
BUuiuary and Engravings for the windows.
Convex Glass. Manufacturer of Velvet
Frames for Mlniufbres aud Convex Glass Pictures,
Catalogues of Lanterns and BlUIes, with
directions for using, sent on receipt of ten
ceuts,
ut out lhi advertise meat for rcfi-K-uve.
rUalng.t
One!
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IvmiaiKiit. advertisements wr scinuro of
eight lines, one Insertion t, two Inser
ll.fiil, three JimevlkHis S2.
Business enrds, ten lines or less, per year
Advertisements payable quarterly.
Business Cards.
GEO. A. RATHBUH.
attorney-at-law,
Mnln Street, Ridgway, Elk Co, Pa.
HALL & M'CAULEV.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Oniceln New Brick Building, Main 6trot,
Ridgway, Elk Co., Fa. V3n2tr.
4. O. W. BAILEY.
ATTORN E Y-AT-LA W.
Ridgway, Elk Connty, Pn. Agent for the
Traveler's Life antl Accident Insurance Co.,
of Hartford, ConnotlcuU vlu'Ajyj.
LUCORE & HAMBLEN.
ATTORNEY! AT-LAW.
Ridgway, Elk County Pa. Office across
the hall from the Dkmociiat establishment.
Claims for collection promptly attended to
Jne.l5-1RT0
E. Q. FAY.
LUMBER AND INSURANCE COMMIS
SION BROKER.
And General Collection Agent, No. 200
Walnut Place, (310 Walnut Street.) Philadel
phia, Pa. nil-ly
O. G. MESSENGER.
DRUGGIST AND PARMACEUTIST.
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. vlnHy
T. S. HARTLEY, Ml. D.r
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office in Drug Store, corner Broad anal
Main Streets. Residence corner Broad
Street, opposite the College. Office hours
from S to 10 A. M. and from 7 to 8 P. M.
vln2yl.
J. S. BOROWELL, M. D.
ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Has removed his office from Centre Street,
to Main Street, Rldgwa y Pa., In the second
story of the new brick building of John G,
Hall, west or the Hyde House.
Office hours : i to 2 P. M. 7 to 9 P. M.
MRS. N. T. CUMMINGS.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF NEW
STYLES SPRING HATS JUST RECEIVED
at Mis. N. T. Cummtngs, also ties, collars
cull's, holsor, gloves, and a general assort
ment of Ladies' fancy goods. Remember the
place In II. H. Thayer's Building, Main street.
Cull aud exnmlue before purchasing eiset
where.
HYDE HOUSE.
W. H. SCHRAM, Proprietor,
Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.
Thankful for the patronago 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,
oct30'09
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 & Co's Putent Ivory
and Lignum ViUe Eye Cups. Send tor des
criptive circular.
ul7yl.
APPLETON'S AMERICAN CYCLO
PEDIA. Vol. 3 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 in
two mouths. H makes a complete llbrarg,
and no one can ntl'ord 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. Judson, Fredonia, N. Y.t controls
the sale ia Elk county. Address him for
patlculars. sep 17-tf.
E. K. GRESH.
DEALER In all kinds of cabinet ware,
wood and cane seat chairs, kitchen and ex
tentiou tables, wood and marble top stands,
wood and marblo top bureaus, whatnots,
looking glasses, wood and marble top cham
ber suits, mattresses, spring bed bottoms,
bed steads, cribs. Lafurty's metal lined
wood pumps, Ac, &e. Cane scats replaced
with perforated wood seats. Weed sewing
machine reduced from $65 to US, the best ma
chine in the market, and picture frames
made to order. Alsoa large assorted stock of
ready made coffins constantly on hand and
trimmed at shortest notice. All the above
goods are sold at panlo prices. Ware Rooms
In masonic building, Ktdgway Fu.
v7u51t.
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.
n25tl3.
Health and Happiness.
Health and Happiness are priceless Wealth
to their possessors, and yet tbey are within
the reach of overy one who will use
WRIGHT'S LIVER FILLS
Tho only sure CURE for Torpid Liver,
Dyspepsia, Headache, Sour Stomae-s-,
Constipation, Debility, Nausea, and all Bit-
nous compiainis ana mood disorders.
None genuine unless signed, "Wm. Wright,
Phila-'' Ifvour Drutm-iHt will nnt iu
send 25 cents for ona hnr in Rm-rintr ui
ler a Co., 70 N. 4th St. Phila '
iWTollyl.
At Hagerty's will be found a fresh
lot of canned goods which he sella
cheap.
The Latest Thing Out ia Lard
in Coffee and Tea Pots, at the WEST
END BTORE.
If you like Clam Cmowdeb, you
will find excellent Quahauos, prime-
and Fresh, at the WEST EXP STORE.
Boned Cuickkn, Tukkky, Ham
and Tongue, splendid for Lunch or
Fishing Parties, at the WEST END
Beaiw of excellent quality at J,
H. Hagerty's.