RIDQWAY, PA., SEPT. 19, 1878. Notes. Politicians will soon be busy. Pooches are going out of season. Grapes are coming Into market. Look out for frost In a few weeks. The sidewalks about town are lu a horrible condition. This a very busy court week, and a great many people are in town. Frosts on Little Toby this week. No particular damage done, however. Cool mornings and evenings, to gether with short days, remind us that Winter will soon be king. A pint of peanuts, one at a time, was sold at auction on change at Porker's for the fever fund. Amount realized, ?3-'0 80. Mr. Hyde has had a new picket fence put up around the lot between his two stores. With a new coat of paint put on by Brown, the fence pre' sents a neat appearance. The Democrat to the contrary not withstanding, the tomato crop in this section is excellent. In fact, every person owning tomato vines have all of that delicious fruit they can use. Another shingle or so, and the old court house will be good for the next centurv. By-the-way, Isn't It about time the old rats' nest was superceded by a structure of more comely appear ance. Gus. Llghtenheld, a young attor ney of Pittsburgh, has received intelli gence that an uncle In Germany died recently, leaving a will in which he is made the heir to an estate worth $200,000. The majority of delegates elected in Centre countv to the Democratic County Convention are in favor of A G. Curtin for Congress in preference to P. Gray Meek, editor of the Dcmo- . cralio Watchman. Patric Boyd, of Philadelphia died last week from the effects of a blow dealt by George Baizley. His assailant, who is In custody, claims to have made the assault in the defence of a woman with whom the old man was quarrel ing. We have received a well-edited newsy and well printed sheet front Beverly, X. J., the Beverly Banner This is a new paper, and is edited by L. W. Perkins and J. K. Hafley. Mr, Haffey is well known to many of our readers. A Norman - Percheon stallion owned by Mr. Stone, of Tiona, Warren county, was In town on exhibition last Monday. He is a noble animal, dapple grey color, 18 hands high, weighing 1675 pounds, eight years old. Jack Winterbottoni drove the horse from Tiona to Ridsrwav. a distance of 38 miles, in about eight hours, and he ar rived fresii nil thouirh he had traveled but a short distance. A few days ago deeds were executed and delivered to S. C. T. Dodd, Esq. Trustee, for the lands, freehold and leasehold, embraced in the late Taylor Standard suit. There were eighty deeds in all, embracing about eight thousand separate tracts of land, con tainlng eight hundred thousand acres or thereabout. The writings cover several thousand pages of foolscap. We doubt whether a larger job of convey ance is on record. These lands are ul ti mately to vest in H. L. Taylor & Co. free of trust. Franklin Spectator, There was a terrible flood in the Allegheny river last week. On Satur day Messrs. Powell & Kline received telegram from the man in charge of their lumber that he thought he could not hold it. Another telegram was received on Sunday morning that the lumber was safe. Mr. Powell started for Pittsburgh on Tuesday. At Mead ville the streets were flooded, and through Canada and in other sections of the country heavy rains and sud den rises in the streams are reported, attended with great loss of property and in some cases life. At this place we had some heavy rains but no con - slderable rise iu the streams. Clariuu District Camp Meeting. The Clarion District of Erie Con ference have bought thirty-five acres of land of Samuel Wilson, Esq., one mile from Strattonville, Pa. It is a beautiful camp, well watered and finely located. Lot 80x50 feet sold for $10. About fifty have already been sold. The first service on this new ground was conducted by Rev. B. F. Delo, Sept. 4th. Rev. Delo is pecu liarly adapted to the work of conduct ing a camp meeting. Better order I never saw. There were about twenty-live ministers present, and under the leadership of Presiding El der Delo, everything moved oil' and went through in perfect harmony. They have a beautiful preacher's stand, used for preaching and singing. The singing, under the skillful hand of Mr. Excell was, at times, melting. The preaching was good. There are several fine cottage, one built espec ially for the ministers, and presented to them free of charge. The hotel was kept by Mr. Hanagher, formerly from Ridgway. He is a gentleman, and very courteous ; board good. One dis etinctive feature of this camp meeting was, the officers considered, that preachers were worthy of their hire, and boarded both preachers and their wives. It is estimated that on Sunday there were at least five thousand peo ple on the ground. The receipts at the gate amounted to $125. Clarion District Camp Meeting was a success, and will be so long as B. F. Delo re mains its leader, and whoever wishes to spend a pleasant and profitable va cation had better put in a week at this ylace.. Personal Kotes. Mrs. Rathbun is home again. Miss Eliza Brooks has returned. Mrs. W. W. Wilbur, of Warren, is in town on a visit. Mrs. Wensel's mother and sister-in- law are visiting at Wensel's. Miss Ida Luther Is now teaching the Laurel Mill school. The epizootic was prevalent among the boys " last Saturday night. Hugh McGeehln has purchased the Pat. Malone property of D. C. Oyster. Mr. Orrle Keltz, brother of Otis Keltz, the well-known Dutch come dian, was visiting in the village last week. Ed. J. Luther commenced the printing business in this office on Mon day last. About two weeks ago a boy came to the home of Mr. Bechtold, the shoe maker, of the firm of Butterfuss & Bechtold. Harry Head is scaling logs for Mr, Lock, who has a job on the Wilcox Tanning Company's land near Da guscahonda. James M'Govern's girl baby, about two months old, died on Saturday, and was buried in the new Catholio ceme tery on Sunday. H. R. Wilson, W. A. Rogers, A. W. Gray, George Winslow.Thomas Burchfteld and a number of other gen tlemen called on us this week. Ed. Gray, formerly an employee of the Democrat office, Is now work ing on the Gazette for Brandon. He was in town on Monday night. At the Clarion Camp-meeting, spoken of by a correspondent in an other column, Rev. H. V.Talbot, of this place, succeeded in raising $122,00 toward pajing the debt on the Metho dist church at this place. R. Rulofson, of Strattonville Clarion county, formerly a resident of this place, writes here to a friend that his daughter, a young lady of eighteen, fell and broke her back, on Thursday last, and that she was crazy and blind. The worst result is feared from the accident. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, brother-in- law and sister of the late J. O. W. Bailey, were In town last week putting his effects In order. This couple and Mr. and Mrs. Bailey were married at the same time brother and sister of one family marrying the brother and sister of the other family. Our old-time friend, Thos. M. Jones, formerly an employee in the Democrat ollice, now city editor of the Harrisburg Telegraph, called in to see us on Tuesday, with his brother Harry, also an employee of the Telegraph. We were glad to see Tom., and also pleased to note his success in obtain ing a lucrative and pleasant situation, which he fills ably and acceptably. Died. Mover At his residence in Fox towliSMp, L'U-mhr Oonod Moyer, aged about 87 years. Caledonia, Pa., Sept. 9, '78. Editor Advocate : Dear Sir: The paragraph that ap peared in the Advocate Sept. 5th, announcing the committal of Adam Chase by Esquire Gray to the county jail on a charge of rape on the person of Annie Askey, is not altogether cor rect. The girl in question, it seems, while on her way home from school was in tercepted on a lonely mountain trail, and brutishly outraged by Adam Chase, aged twenty years, who has fixed his guilt beyond a doubt, by a voluntary confession of the heinous crime. The victim of this licentious mis creant is a quiet, respectable, unas suming girl, 14 years of age, much beloved and respected by all who know her. itape is an awiui onense a crime that has its counterpart only among the foulest crimes that disgrace human records. Whether this be a clear case of satyriasis or not on the part of the unfortunate hoodlum, charged with the perpetration of such a fiendish out rage, it is much to be regretted that the good name of the place in which the diabolical deed was committed should be tarnished by a crime so revolting Information relative of a sad and shocking case of brutal wife-beating near Medox Run, Sept. 6th, is received, the full particulars of which will be given. Truly yours, Justice. In Mercer county butter packers are able to buy all the butter they can handle at seven and a half and eight cents per pound. Norman Pierce, of Corry, together with some other gentlemen, have leased 300 acres of land, three miles south of Erie, to sink test oil wells. xne jiarristnirg Telegraph says " The largest quantites of the worst applejack (whiskey) made in this country is distilled in Fayette county." In Chester county, a month ago two cows were bitten by an enraged dog. On Saturday last the action of the animals convinced the owner that they had hydrophobia, and he prudently killed them. A first class sensation was created in Richmond, O., (near Stubenville) by the elopement of Joseph Swan, aged fifty, with a girl of twenty. Both par ties are highly respectable and belong to excellent families. Swan was a mar ried man and has a son as old as Miss Retta Campbell and was a candidate forSheriffon the Republican ticket last election. The parties have been sus pected for some time and closely watched so they bought tickets for St. Louis on Wednesday and departed in a hurry. . TcmiRjlvnniA & Erto HaHnoy. No. 4. Continuing our description of the mineral deposits at and near the head of Johnson's Run we compile the fol lowing from a report of Joseph Lesley, Esq., dated January 17, 1805, relative to the "Roberts Tract" in warrants 2588, 2G10, 8293 and 3290. " The coal measures are divided into four systems; the lower coals (sub-conglomerate), the middle coals, the barren measures, and the npper coals. The first-named comprise those coals lying under the great conglomerate (No. XII of Penn sylvania Burvey.) These coals in S. W. Virginia and S. E. Kentucky are strongly developed in number and thickness, but are not so in Pennsyl vania. The coals found on your prop erty are in the middle system, which comprises three groups, each taking the name of the locality where it has Deen best studied. The lower, or Tionesta group rests directly on the great conglomerate, and Is separated from the middle one by the Tionesta sandrock, which supports the Clarion group capped by the so-called Freeport sandstone, which last serves as the base of the third or Freeport group, the whole being divided from the ' Barren Measures' by the tripplc-bedded mass of the Mahoning sandstone. The cele brated ' ferriferous limestone,' with its overlying iron-ore, occupies a position about midway of the system, aud in the Clarion group. The coal seams lie in waves running parallel in a direc tion southwest and northeast; but they do not, in this course lie horizon tal; on the contrary, they rise in the direction northeast, and as the surface of the country does not rise in that di rection as rapidly as the strata, the crests of these waves are cut olF, thus leaving troughs or basins containing coals, which have been represented as fingers. These fingers have been num bered from one to six. Iu the fifth finger or basin, and in that part of It known locally as the ' Johnson's Run Basin,' is located ' the Roberts Tract You will see by the following section that the strata of your property belong to the middle coal system, and to that part of it lying below the Freeport sandstone. In making this section, I would say that, owing to the wildness of the country, the roundness of the hills, with but few terraces, the almost entire absence of rock exposure in any force, and the few examinations made, it will be necessarily imperfect, but accurate enough to warrant the in vestment of capital In a thorough ex aiuj nation. SECTION. GO feet. Top of Pistner Hill. Coal, thickness not deter mined. 50 3 ft. 2 in. coal, ' Gas vein., 44 f 1 ft. 6 in, 7 " 0 " U " 4 " iron ore. Limestone. coal,found at LimeKiln 25 Coal, thickness not known. Cool, "Lime Coal,' place nor thickness accurately determined. Coal, thin seam. Coal, thin seam. 80 1 3 ft. 0 in. coal, lower cannel. sandstone, slates and shales 3 ft. 6 in. coal, Shaft vein. 18 20 1 2 ft 0 in. coal, ruinous. 2 ft. 6 in. coal. cannel and bitu- 20 " 20 1 4 ft. 0 in coal, 1 Bond vein.' 16 ' 2 ft. 0 In. coal. Tionesta sandrock. 0 " coal. slate and shale or balls. 2 " coal. compact gray sandstone. 6 " coal, shale and Iron ore. serai, conglomerate. 40 30 40 The partjof this section, from the dotted line down, is obtained from the Rej)ort of A. F. Dalsen. The upper portion is from a personal examination made in the summer of 1864. It will be seen that the coal measures in the Johnson's Run basin measure .at their thickest part 443 feet exclusive of the conglomerate sandrock, and that, ac cording to Dalsen, they contain seven coal veins below the Shaft vein. Now, assuming that the Shaft vein is the equivalent of the so-called 6-feet vein ' in the two basins (4th and 3d basins) to the eastward, then we may con fidently count on three out of these seven as being of workable thickness. Dalsen gives the one under the shaft as 2 feet 6 inches in thickness ; also, one localy called the ' Bond vein,' which he reports as being from 4 feet 6 inches to 5 feet thick. The 'Splint vein' Is also reported by the same gentleman as being under the conglomerate. As the result of my own examinations in the next basin east, I can say that one of these veins measures (taking an average of numerous openings) 3 feet 9 inches. Another vein 2 feet 10 inches; and in Bennett's Branch the lowest vein is a double one, and shows 3 feet 6 inches of good coal. Above these seven veins, which, if found else where in the basin, must be in your property, are five more, well estab lished, to which are to be added prob ably four more, the existence of which is believed in by many. Eighteen feet above the 'Shaft vein,' at a point on Johnson's Run. the so-called 'Lower cannel vein' has been opened, and measures 8 feet 10 inches in thickness, the upper part of it presenting a can nel vaDwearance. One hundred and one feet above the last is found another, the thickness of which has not been determined, and 26 feet above it is a 16-inch vein of coal mmediately un derlying the ferriferous limestone. In these 126 feet, between the Shaft vein and the lime are surface indications of two small veins, and also the vein udthe 'Lime1 coal, which is said to measure 3 feet. Mnety-seven feet above the limestone, near the top of Pistner Hill, Is a coal vein of unde termined thickness. This leaves but two veins to be described, which, with the Lime vein, will form (for present practical working) the chief value In coal, of the Roberts Tract. The Shaft vein underlies the whole 298 acres of this property, and although presenting no outcrop above water level, can still be practically worked by means of a shaft. It has been opened at numerous localities at LaFayette, under the name of the Daves vein; at Howard Hill, where it takes the names of Barnes and Dalscn vein, and where It measures 8 feet 7 inches in thickness. I also saw it opened near Bunker Hill, in the ex tension of the Johnson's Run basin, where it measured 4 feet 9 inches, in cluding a thin parting of slate. Im mediately across the valley of John son's Run, west from the Roberts' Tract, this vein has been well opened, showing a thickness of 3 feet 6 inches of good coal, it, with the ' Lower Can- uel' vein and intermediate strata, presenting the following section : 8 feet. Lower Caunel' coal.J Shaly sandstone. Hard, gray micacious sandstone. Shaly sandstone. 18 feet. Blue shale. Brown shaly sandstone. Black slate. Shale. 3 " Shaft vein. Sandstone. It presents everywhere in this and neighboring basins similar peculiar!- ties, one of which is the thin slate, parting near the bottom, making thus a lower bench, which is cubical and bright in fracture, as is also the upper portion, at this locality, so at others, I have found it associated with the vein above it at about the same dis tance. About 177 feet above the ' shaft vein is the so-called 'Gas vein,' which covers about 113 acres of the 298 contained in the tract. This vein has been opened a short distance to the north of the tract, near the St. Mary's road, in a small branch putting into Johnson's Run from the east, and shows the following section : 8 feet, Shales containing iron balls. 1 " Black slate. 3 ft 2 in. Coal. 2 " Fire clay. Calling this vein 3 feet thick, and giving it an area of 100 acres, and the shaft vein 3 feet thiclt, with its area of 298 acres ; and adding to this tlie Lime veins at 2J feet thick, over a probable area of 140 acres, and the Lower Caunel ' at 21 feet, (all of which estimates of thlckess are at the lowest figures), over an area of 298 ucres, you will have the following re sult as the amount of coal contained in them ao th'k solid con net ain't. 'Gas Vein,' 100 3 ft.. 46K,750tns &51,fitt3 tns 'Short " 2 SU" l.ti,lM7 " 1,22.LH5 " '11,1 me' " 150 2)t ' 545,9.17 " 439.45:1 " Cannel" 298 2 " l.l(il,uU2 " 873,047 " Total net amount of con.1, after deducting 25 per ipnt. for waste. uillars. &C, 2,886,328 The f eriferrous limestone before men tioned extends over 140 ucres of your property, a short distance to the north it has been stripped, quarried and burnt, and has associafed with it a band of iron ore lying immediately on it, and a vein of coal immediately under it. This limestone is in solid bank, nearly eight feet thick, audi consider it of very great importance. The iron ore band is a regular coal measure carbonate 19 inches In thickness, and is the only iron ore band in this part of the State that can be depended on A careful analysis of this ore should be made, it being more necessary than of the coals, as they have been proven to be excellent, as will bo seen by the accompanying analysis made by Dr, Crcsson of coal supposed to be from the 'Lime' yein: Coal No. 2. Specific Gravity, 1,807. Volatile matter in ton, - - 842 lbs Coke, .... 1,398 ' Ash from Coke, - - 25,20 Sulphur in ton of coal, ... 16.8 " " coke, - 7.08 " " coke from ton of coal, 4,8 " volatilized per ton coal gas making, - - - 12. Coke from ton of coal, 87 bushels. Weight per bushel, - 37.8 lbs. Value of fuel, 95-100 of standard. Gas per ton, - 9184 cubic feet. 429.7 lbs spermaceti Value of coal for gas-making, 0,992 (as compared with standard ton of Pitts burg coal choice sample.) This coal, and coal No. 1 Gas vein are very similar in appearance with the standard coal, and the probabilities are that both these coals will Improve when the mass of the vein Is reached and that the product will be identical with that from the best Pittsburg pits, aud able to compete with them for every purpose for which that coal is now employed.' The Roberts Tract may be said to occupy the center position in the John son's Run basin ; the coal measures are thicker in this basin than in any lo cality to the west, northwest, or north of the railroad, and as this basin is the practical frontier one, it necessarily has advantages over all others in near ness to market. The only coals now being mined and seeking a market are those of St. Mary's which are the lowest coals of the measures, and are distant 129 miles from Erie. The Da guscahonda coals, in the same basin as lost named, will have to be carried 131 miles before reachlmg Erie, and the Shawmut mines (in Little Toby basin) are still further, being 136 miles from a market on the Lake." The only point in the 5th basin, where coal has been mined to any ex tent, along the line of this mil way, is at Johnsonburg. We have no Geo- logical report concerning this imme diate locality, or, of the balance of the 0th basin through which this road runs, other than has already been pre sented, and will at this time merely add that active mining operations were begun at Johnsonburg shortly after the date of the report from which we have just been quoting. The coal was re ported to be of good quality, and was readily sold, but after mining some 4000 tons the operators became finan cially embarrassed, and suspended shipments. Until quite recently noth ing further was done with these mines but we learn-they arc now about to bo re-opened under a different manage ment. Angust OH Operations. Bradford is still the scene of activity, while In the lower country, so far as fresh operations are concerned, noth ing whatever is being done. In Brad ford 142 wells were finished in August, with aggregate daily yield of 2,305 barrels. Three dry holes wcro found. In Clarion county but eight wells were completed during the month, with a production of 71 barrels. In the Venango, Crawford and Warren district, twenty-five wells were fin ished production seventy-eight bar rels; dry holes three. Butler and Armstrong completed but thirteen wells, aggregate production 179 bar rels, and two dry holes. The total pro duction of the new wells completed in August is 2,032 barrels. The number of wells drilling on September first in the districts named, are as follows: Bradford, 132 ; Clarion, 16 ; Venango, Crawford and Warren, 17 ; Butler and Armstrong, IS, making a total of 183. In the same fields 241 rigs were up and building. Taken as a whole the ex hibit shows but a slight change in operations from those of July. Ten dry holes are reported, being a decrease of sixteen from the July number. The greatest activity in the northern re ion is observable along Knapp's and Indian Creek and tributary streams 'he production for the entire re- ion remains at about 40,000 barrels a day. The production outside of the re gion is as follows : Green county, 34 barrels of heavy oil; Smith's Ferry, 245 barrels; various districts in Ohio, 213 barrels. West Virginia, 830 bar rels: Barren county, Kentucky, 175 barrels. Derrick. A New Mail Law. There is a ruling of the postofflec de partment which will come into force on the first of October, which is not generally know, but which is very in teresting. After that dateall third class matter can be registered at the same rates as that charged for registering letters, viz: ten cents. Third class matter comprises all articles of wear ing apparrel, &c, and the rate for car rying is one cent for each ounce, in packages whose weight is limited to four pounds. You can order a dozen shirts in San Francisco, aud hav them registered, thus insuring against loss, and the total cost of transporta tion will not exceed from twenty-five to thirty-five cents. There is another grade of third class matter, such as books, pamphlets, etc., for which the charge is one cent for every two ounces. This also can be registered. The public will find this now system to be wonderfully convenient, and will make use of the mails in sending thousands of packages which are now carried at high prices by the various express companies. The latter will undoubtedly object to this interference with their business, but the only re sult will be an immense increase iu the bulk of the mails and the employ ment of additional forces in the de partment to handle it. You can send just aa many packages as you please and register each of them, the only re striction being that each must weigh but four pounds. All who are familiar with the workings of our courts are aware that a vast amount of useless litigation is the result of a free-and-easy way of conducting business. Nothing is easier than for men to honestly differ regarding a matter of which they have no record. The following well-timed paragraph from the Potter Enterprise should be heeded : " Business carried on verbally sometimes answers every purpose, but in many cases it is inex pedient aud frequently results in trouble and litigation. Put all con tracts in writing and take receipts for all monies put out, however trifling the amount may be. Mauy misunder standings result from the loose way in which important business matters are talked over, and after each party has put his or her own construction on the contract, the matter is dropped with the expression of "all right" from each. In many cases It proves "all wrong" and affords a little job for lawyers, juries and courts. If persons persisted in putting their agreements in writing, much litigation would be avoided." Howe Sewing Machines. Among the great variety of goods of every description for sale at - . Powell Si Kime's Will be found au 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, Heinmers, 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. " All kinds of job work, as cards tags and envelopes, neatly printed at this office. Wedding cards too neat for anything. Slate Notes.' A man named Maynord waskloked to death at Rcnovo by a horse. Thomas Callahan was fatally In jured by the premature explosion of a blast in Blair county. ; In Philadelphia nearly $70,000 have been contributed to the yellow fever relief fund in Pittsburgh about $18,000. Alexander Campbell, one of the Mollies hung at Mauch Chunk last summer, Is to nave a tombstone seven feet high. The Hyde Park central school building was touched off by an incen diary the other night, entailing ou the Ity a loss of $8,000. " Refugees from the yellow fever districts" are making their appear ance in different parts, and generally prove to be swindlers. Contributions for the yellow fever sufferers in the South, sent from many parts of the State to Philadelphia, amount daily to about $5,000. A few days ago Charles Buxton, a mile and a half from East Conemaugh, Cambria county, fell from a precipice twenty-five feet high, and was killed. The gold excitement in Bucks county has been revived. v hat is supposed to be gold dust has been dis covered in a mine seventeen feet deep. Judge Rowe,of Franklin county, las sentenced three tramps to the pen itentiary for three years for an assault on a man, given an muiviuuai a two years' sentence for killing a man, and the Chambersburg Herald complains that this is not even-handed justice. In the great council of the United States of the Independent Order of Red Men, at their annual session held in Baltimore, Morris II. Gorham, of Pennsylvania, was elected Great In- cohonee, which means the '' biggest Injun." The discovery of copper ore in veins ten teet in tmcKness ou me South mountain in Frankliu and the upper end of Cumberland counties is creating much interest to parties own- rng land in that vicinity. Specimens of the ore are exhibited, averaging 90 per cent, pure copper. Miss Eleanor Paulhamus, daughter of Dr. Paulhamus, of Williamsburg, Blair county, was a few days ago bit ten by a poisonous snake known as t he "blowing viper." Every known an tidote for poison was given her, all to no avail, as she died shortly after being bitten. Altoona Is infested with house rob bers who go about at night chloroform ing innocent sleepers and carrying off all valuables they can lay hands on. The latest victim is Mr. Charles Ever son, who was robbed Wednesday night of money, silver spoons and clothing. Jacob Sallade, Esq., of Williams port, sued the editor of the Daily Ban ner tor libel. The' injurious publica tion consisted in a charge that Sallade's vote or influence had been purchased for SJ.OOU m connection' with some public improvement engineered by Peter llerdie. The jury acquitted the Banner man, and Sallade had to pay the costs. The Board of Education of Al legheny city recommend the introduc tion of the metric system of weights and measures in the public schools of that city. Theconimitteetowhomthe subject was referred states that all civ ilized counties with the exception of England and the United States, have adopted that system, and the last two named countries are preparing to udopt it, and our children should be made fully conversant with it as soon as possible. AVhile Miss Maggie Lewis, of Glendon, Lehigh county, was in the act of passing a cup of coffee to a per' son at the table, she felt a tickling sensation run the entire length of her arm, and suddenly the arm and hand became numb and perfectly dead, her hand closed, and the strongest man in Glendon is unable to open the fingers The arm and hand are perfectly sense less. Miss Lewis is a robust and healthy woman of eighteen years of age. The case has excited agreat deal of interest. At Brushkill Falls, Pike county, while a number of visitors were view ing them a daughter of Mr. Compton, proprietor of the Branch cottage, slipped and fell from the top of the falls to the bottom, a height of not less than ninety feet. The young lady, who is sixteen years old, was standing upon the brink of the precipice upon the east side of the stream, the highest per pendicular point there, leaning her arms upon the railing, when her feet slipped from under Iht, passing under the railing, and she was precipitated in the yawning chasm. Hopes of the lady's recovery are entertained. A very remarkable and interesting contest is about to take place before the Register of wills in Philadelphia. It illustrates again the lesson taught by the cases of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Alexander Stewart and others, still fresh iu the public memory. On Aug. 24th last, Robert Whittaker, an elderly gentleman, and a very wealthy retired woolen manufacturer, was almost in stantly killed by being struck by a Pennsylvania railroad train at Tacony, near Philadelphia, through the care lessness of his coachman, who was driving Mr. Whittaker iu the family carriage at the time of the accident. Before his retirement from business Mr. Whittaker was one of the largest woolen manufacturers in this country. rie was owner or mttauerville. a suburb of that city, which grew up around the Whittaker mills, which was also his exclusive property. He left an estate valued at between -,-000,000 and $3,000,000. Shipping tags with or without strings, printed or blank, forsale at this office. Business Cards.- GEO. A. RATHBUN. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Main Street, RUlgwa , Elk Co., Pa.. HALL & m'CAOLEY ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.. Office liv New Brick Building, Main Street,. Rldgwa , Klk Co., t'n. V3n2lf. L.UCORE & HAMBLEN. ATTORNEYS AT-LAW.-lliljvr , Elk Count Pa. Office acrot tlio hnll from the Democrat establishment Claims for collection prompt! .attended to J lie. 15-1876 E. G. FAY. LUMBER AND INSURANCE COMMI3-" SIOJ' BROKER. n..i rviUnntlnn' Airent. No. 206 And Walnut Place, (316 Walnut Street.) Phlladel phla, Pa. p11-' . Q. G. MESSENGER. DRUGGIST AND PARM ACEUTIHT. N. W. corner of Main and Mill streets,' Rldgwit , Pa., full assortment of carorull selected Foreign and Domestic Drugs. Pre- scrlptlons carefull dispensed at all hours," day or night. via J T. S. HARTLEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office In Drug Store, cornor Broad and' Main Sheets. Rcsldcnco corner' Broad1 Street, opposite the College. OHlce hours' from 8 to 10 A. M. and from 7 to 8P. M. Vln2yl. J. S. BORDWELL, M. D. ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Has removed his ollice from Centre Street,- to Main Street, Rid-rwa Ph., Iu thoseco' l)d; stor of the new brick building of JohnG.- Hall, west of the Hdo House Ollice hours : 1 to 2 P. M. 7 to 0 P. M.- MRS. N. T. CUMMINGS. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OP NEW STYLES SPRING HATS JUST RECEIVED ' at Mrs. N. T. Cuinmlngs, also tics, collars cuffs, holsor, gloves, and a general assort- ment of Ladles' fancy goods. Remember tno place In II. 8. ,T haor's;HulIding, Main street. Call and examine before purchasing- -clso ' where. HYDE HOUSE. W. H. SCHRAM, Proprietor, Rldgwa, Elk Co., Pa. Thankful for the patronage heretofore so ' liberally bestowed upon him, tho now pro- priutor. hopes, . puing strict attention to' tho comfort and convenience of guests, to ' merit a continuance of the siuue, oct-30'09 MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING. MRS. J. R. KELT., Kerso , Elk Co., Pa.. takes this method of announcing to theclti- ' r.ens of Elk count , that she has ou hand an - assortment of fashionable milliner goods which will be sold cheap. Also dressmaking In all Its branches. Agent for Dr. J. Bail & Co's Patent Ivor and Lignum Vitus Eyo Cups. Send for des-" criptive circular, n!7 1. APPLETON'S AMERICAN CYCLO PEDIA. Vol. 8 of this admirable work is Just out making it half complete, as there are to be 16 1 in all, of 800 pages each, one being issued in two months. It makes a complete librarS, ' and no one can afford to do without it who ' would keep well informed. Price SO.OO a vol- ' ume in leather, or S7.00 in elegant half Tur- ' key. C. K. Judson, Frcdonia, N. Y., controls the sale iu Elk cuuii . Address him for ' paticulars. sep 17-tf. E. K. GRESH. - DEALER in nil kinds of cabinet ware, wood aud cane seat chairs, kitchen and ex- ' tentlon tables, wood and marble top stands, -wood and marble top bureaus, whatnots, looking glasses, wood and marble top cham ber suits, mattresses, spring bed bottoms bed steads, cribs. Lafcrty's metal lined wood pumps, &c, &e. Cane scats replaced with perforated wood seats. Weed sewing machine reduced from 505 to $15, the best ma chine in tho market, and picture frames made to order. Alsoa large assorted stock of ready made colllns constantly on baud and trimmed at shortest notice. All the abovo ' goods are sold at panic prices. Ware Rooms ' In masonic building, Rldgwa Pa. v7n51t. All classes ;of mercantile job work neatly executed at this office. NEW BOOT & SHOE SHOP. BUTTERFUSS & BECHTOLD, Have associated themselves in the' 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. n25tl8. Health and Happiness. - Health and Happiness are priceless Wealth' to their possessors, and yet they are willuiy the reach of overy one who will use WRIGHT'S LIVER PILLS The only sure CURE for Torpid Liver, Dyspepsia, Ileadaohe, Sour Stomaclie.. Cousiiputiun, Debility, Nausea, and all Bu llous couiplaiuts aad Blood disorders. None genuine unless signed, "Wm. Wright,-Phila-'' If your Druggist will not supply send 25 cents for one box to Barrick, Hol ler & Co.. 70 N. 4th St. l'hila n7v50yl. NOTICE is hereby given that a pe tition of citizens of Itidgway Township will be presented at the next Court of Quarter (Sessions of Elkcounty for the' incorporation- of a Borough of the' town of Itidgway.- Executors' Notice,. ESTATE of Adam Kemmerer; of Fox township, deceased. LETTERS TESTAMENTARY having beeu granted to the undersigned upon the said estate, all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make payment, and those liaviug claims to present them for settlement without delay. u27t6. John B. Cuneo, Adm'r.. Executors' Notice.. ESTATE of Geo. Weis, late of St, Mary's Borough, Elk county Pa-, de ceased. LETTERS TESTAMEN TARY having been granted to the uu- dt-rsiirnpri mum thaaoi.t an sons indebted to said estate are re quested to make payment, and those having claims to present theiu for set tlement without delay. Juliana Weis, ) (ieorge Ed. Weis, V Ex'rs U2UG. Michael Brunuer.
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