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time the old rats' nest was superceded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.