Thursday, riov. as. lets.
. Local Notes
-ttttiriy November is nearly at an
fend. -
Christmas comes oil Wednesday
this yeaf.
Bank up yburceliars ahd get ready
for wlnteft
Get your cbrri pdpper ready for the
long winter evenings.
" -rAn adjourned terrii of. Court will
' be held on December Oth.
A sheet of paper and an envelope
.. for a pen ny, at this office.
Sunday was a delightful day. Just
cool enough to make walking delight
ful; Muddy rbuds make those having
" teaming to do Wish for a run of sleigh
ing. .. That seasoned wood we spoke of
last week has aol put in an appear
ance. Potatoes soil at from 80 to 90 cents a
bushel. They will be higher next
Bpring.
There is a bad piece of sidewalk in
frout of the Pat Malone property on
Main street.
"Be good natured'1 is a good hiotto,
but another good one is "never put up
Btove pipes."
Spelling bees are expected to rage
Vith more or less Violence during the
boming Winter. Let them rage.
The Advocate contains more
reading matter than any paper in Elk
county. Subscribe rioW, and you will
never have cause to regret it.
Venison ought to be plenty in this
market. This we are led to say from
the number of men we see carrying
guns and following by gamey looking
tlogs.
The weather prophets are at a loss
to understand this weather, as it per
sists in turning out in many cases ex
actly opposite to the way they pre
dicted. . Note heads, letter heads and bill
heads put up with Mead's celebrated
blotter tablet, at this office. Call and
get 500 note heads, which we almost
give away.
RidgWay was not made a borough
at the recent term of court because it
Would add two delegates to Democratic
conventions in the future. At least so
We are inforriiedi
' There is talk of erecting a number
of new building in this place the
coming season. We arc glad to hear
it, and hope that it will not be many
built up.
' The thing we most delight iil is to
have a person put us on the buck, Who
has never paid us a dime, and say how
glad he Is to see us get along. Tulk is
cheap, but the kind we talk of is dis
gristing; ' " ' "
The attendance at the Methodist
church last Sunday evening was very
large. Anyhow, it was a very large
evening. Next Sunday Rev. Talbot is
going to tell more about hell and who
furnishes the brimstone, etc.
: That cow which was once loose in
the court yard is loose now no more
forever ; which fuct we are only too
happy to announce. . We have lost a
prolific source of local intelligence, aud
the cow has lost her pasture field.
Unhappy editor, disconsolate bovine.
Company H will meet for drill
every night this week. The new re
cruits are getting along finely, and the
whole company will be in good shape
to attend the annual inspection at
Meadville next Tuesday. The com
' pany will muster about forty wen aud
two officers.
Elk county will be out of debt by
January 1st, unless something extraor
dinary transpires. Then we will have
a new court house; and need enough
Hi urn
enough in its day, but it will not do
for the present time. Its days of uso
fulhessttrU.pust. Let it give way to a
respectable structure. What say you,
Messrs. Commissioners ?
The oil excitement in this vicinity
seems to have died entirely out, not
even a live coal remaining to remind
us that we once had such an excite
ment. The day will likely come, how
ever, when Ridgway will be an oil
town, but until the price of the crude
article advances from its present low
atate the tieveldpment of new territory
will not be carried on to any great ex
' tent.
The depot at Kane wan braked into
on Friday last, at noon. The thieves
entered through the men's sitting room
Into theticket office and took eighteen
dollar in money. The robbery occurred
while O. B..Lay, the ticket agent, was
at dinner, . and the audacity of the
thieves in committing the crime in
broad daylight shows them to be old
bands at the" business. No arrests have
beenlinade.
The question Is often asked, what
will we do when the lumber and burk
are gone from our once dense forests?
Kaise stock, we answer. And it seems
that cattle and sheep could be raised
on these hills, and be abetter and more
lasting source of wealth than have
been the forests which iiature so abun
dantly1 provided this country. We ex
pect to see the day When Elk county
will be noted for her stock raising and
dair y interests.
-Win, McCollum, the blitid musi
cian, will give one of his select euter-
HiDmtnu at me uoun xiouue next
Saturday evening. There will be an
entire cha nge of programme from any
concert be has before given in this
. place, and those that have heard him
can testify that the performance will
be well worth attending. The admis
sion is placed at the low price of twen-
ty-flve gents. Don't fail to hear him.
Thursday night last a sneak thief
stole four gallons of oysters from J. W.
Morgttster, together with the tub in
which Was tho crock that contained
theni; The crime was committed at
about half-past nine or ten o'clock In
the evening, the oysters being on the
platform near the store of the grocery.
The thieves might have had decency
enough to return the tub and crock.
Sneak thieves entered the store of
Robert I. Campbell, by the back win
dow, Oil Friday night. Several boxes
of Cigars, one or two heW hate, canned
goods, and several Other articles to the
amount of $80 Were taken No In
surance, but If the thieves attempt the
trick again they will need to be in
sured. It is about time the sricak thief
business Was ended in this village. A
dose of buckshot in the bodies of the
miscreahts would doubtless do much
toward breaking up the nuisance.
Progress U the name of a new
weekly just Issued in Philadelphia, by
that Veteran journalist and able Writer,
John W. Forney, and the Work bears
In unmistakable lines.the impress of
that master mind. Progress is issued
every Week, at $5.00 a year, ahd its
twenty broad pages are full of interest
ing and instructive reading matter for
men and women. Nothing to equal
this newspaper has ever been issued in
this Country, arid we have no doubt
the enterprise Will be, as it richly
merits, a paying one. Send for u
specimen copy, It will only cost you 10
cents, Address John W. Forney, 7th
aud Chestnut streets, Philadelphia:
Santa Claus about these duys looms
up before the little ones as the father
of all good things, aUd they count with
many happy thoughts the long, long
days that are tJ intervene before the
great Christmas day arrives. What
visions of sweetmeats, toys, sleds,
dishes, drums, dolls, etc., etc , rise up
before them, and yet we all know that
their experience is the experience of
mankind, that there is more joy in the
anticipation than' in the taste of the
fruit. Christmas and Santa Claus arc
always young to the children, and it is
well that it is so, for do not the re
membrances of Christmas in time of
youth make us forget harder strife in
inbr! mature years ?
Thanksgiving day, and all the peo
ple should be thankful for the many
good things they have received during
the past year. This custom of getting
together oncea year to thank the giver
of all good for his mercies during the
past year is a very appropriate uud
pleasant one, an. smyMto make all
people a little Vjpter in the year to
come. After uli$ holidays.' are very
beneficial to niorals. and we have, per
haps, tdo feW of them. A little relax
ation from the cares and strifes of life
help it ninri to forget ills troubles or
give him more strength to combat
them. This morning, f.t 10 o'clock,
there will be services at the Methodist
chiirch and ft sermon by Rev. H. V.
Talbot. Let all attend.
On Sunday ntjjht, just as the Meth
odist congregation Were going home, a
bright blaze was seen in the direction of
the lower end of South street. Yeeditor
thought at first that his house was on
fire, and wondered how it would seem
sleeping in the chicken coop. On get
ting nearer the fire our fears were dis
solved, as we saw that the wood shed
at Prof. Dixon's house was in flumes.
The shed was within a few feet of the
house, and with seasoned wood piled
between the'tWo buildings. In a few
minutes the bucket brigade succeeded
in putting out the fire, the amount of
damage being a demoralized shed, a
few cords of wbod aud an ash barrel.
The ash barrel will explain away all
mysteries that might be connected
with the fire A barrel of kerosene
oil was in the shed, which was ablaze
when M. S. Klirie ami, B. I. Tay
lor rolled it out into the lot, thus
saving the oil, and at the same time
removing a dangerous substance from
the flames. No telling what damage
might have resulted had the oil barrel
exploded, but the likelihood is that
many of the people standing near
would have been seriously injured.
The fire was lively for a few minutes,
and hud there been any wind to speak
of we would now have a first-class
local. As it is, we warn ull persons
against having barrels for storing ashes
anywhere hear the house.
The never ceasing tread of the
tramp is enlivened daily by the mur
ders, stealing and other crimes the
aforementioned individual is guilty of.
Unprotected women are his best hold,
and when the man of the house is
away he dictates to the ladies of the
house, if they be timid ones, the kind
of food and the quantity ho will have
set before him. What we shall do with
this nuisance is a perplexing question,
that even our wise lawmakers are una
ble to grunt a satisfactory solution. To
feed them seems to increase their.race,
as their instinct leads them in droves
to the place where they have been well
treated, until they become an alurming
nuisance. Of course, we can't kill
them as we would rats, mice, and other
annoying animals, but we can at least
refuse them food, until they have
shown a willingness to allow a little
moisture to gather on their brows
while they engage in some task where
by they can earn their food. The idea
of starving them .will be a good one
until they shall learn to respect those
who are their benefactors. Not long
since a tramp was supplied at a house
in this village with a good lunch, but
he remarked that he wanted ho "d d
hand outa," and then threw it away.
Several cases have occurred in bur per
sonal knowledge where these gentry
have thrown away the food which they
bad begged. While we are loath td
advise the withholding of food from a
hungry man, if he be deserving, yet
we think there is a line somewhere
that people will be compelled to draw
for self protection. Wc aro not much
in favor of tramps, anyway.
Personal Notcs
Will Nichols is home" again from
Kane.
Prof. Dixon shoots rats in bis cel
lar window.
itorace Little will Visit for a few
weeks in this village,
Prof. Dixon will h&Ve no more ash
barrels aroulid his premises.
M. E. Lesser has moved Into' his
new home across the creek.
Ida Luther has twenty-one schol
lars at the Laurel Mill feehool.
John Stout has been under the in
flueuce of a cold for several days.
Sam Clark bas a tame cat, and a
great mouscr is that Belf same cut.
B. I. Taylor, bf Kendall Creek,
McKean county, is in town this week.
A great big fat sheet of paper and
an envelope for a penny, at this office.
Orderly Hortdn Is having a fearful
time making ramrods and wipiug
sticks.
C. H. McCaulcy rendered us valu
able assistance in copying the court
proceedings.
The wife of Rev H. V. Talbot has
been absent from town on a visit for
several duys.
J. S. Powell has sold his Slock of
ladies' and childrcns' shoes to j. S. and
W. II. Hyde.
H. M. Powers will celebrate the
ninth anniversary of his marriage on
December 29th.
Horace Little has purchased of
Henry Souther the hill above the
Catholio church.
'John VanOsdall has bOilght a hoe
and a long handled shovel, his first
purchase toward farniihg implements.
John Meeiiati and Joseph Bailey
are again at home. They have been
selling trees and shrubbery for Chase
Bros.
J. N. Browii is still working on
the Montmorency farm house. Will
Curthbert was up helping him for a
few days.
L. F. Powers is repairing Prof.
Dixon's wood shed. Next time that
ash barrel will beset out in the middle
of the lot.
Running a newspaper for glory is
a good deal like walking Up hill to ride
down again. Here goes' for the glory
all the same.
James McAfee and family went to
Lock Haven to attend the funeral of
Miss Ke'lier,"an account of whose deuth
appenrs in uunother colUinn.
J. S. Powell bas been suffering
with a severe cold for several days,
part of the time being scarcely able to
be out of the house. Wo hope he will
soon feel better.
Judge Julius Jones dropped into
this office hist week for a pleasant chat.
Hope he will call often. With his 62
years he is still erect and activis as
many it nian at forty.
"-Brother Brandon was down to see
us again this week, but that old arm is
still getting no better fart. He says
the St. Mary's mines are shipping a
great quantity of coal this winter.
Capt. Scbcening will commence
his fourth term as prothonotary, etc.,
on January 1st. A twelve years lease
of an important ofl'cc shows what the
people think of a man us an efficient
officer.
Messrs. Annie M. Irwin and Tillie
ClaWges, who have been boarding at
G. Gr. Messenger's and going to school
for the past month, leave this week to
take charge of schools in Spring Creek
township.
Joe Bowers thought his bob-tailed
cat was lost, but he left him alone and
he came home With the stump of the
tail behind her. It isn't a her cat, but
wc must make rhymes at the expense
of truth sometimes.
G. W Nichols has the job of put
ting up a barn for Mr. Meese, of the
Centennial House, Kane. The frame
work Mr. Nichols will (Jo at B. F.
Ely's mill, this place, the lumber to be
shipped to Kane after it is framed.
Henry F. Darlington, editor and
proprietor of the Bucks county Intelli
gencer, was stricken witn paralysis
Saturduy morning. He remained un
conscious during the day and night,
and died Sunday morning at four
o'clock. The funeral will take place
to-day.
The Clearfield Republican nomin
ates Hon. Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio,
for President, and Hon. Wm. A, Wal
lace, of Pennsylvania, for Vice Presi
dent. The Democratic party in 1880
might go a long way and nominate a
much inferior ticket than the one
which the Republican proposes;
James Pcufield received a slight
bruise on the left arm at the Are Sun
day night He was standing on the
fence at the rearof the shed pulling off
the roof boards when he fell Off back
wards, oiieof the boards following him
and striking his arm. He also burned
bis hand taking hold of a burning
board.
Miss Kate Keiler, daughter of
Peter Keller, of Lock Haven, died at
New York City, N. Yj on November
20th. Miss Keller has been failing in
health for many months, and spent
several weeks this summer in Ridgway
in the Vain hope that the bracing at
mosphere of this section would im
prove her heulth. She was but sixteen
years of age.
Its no funeral of ours, of course,
but it don't look right to see six- beau
tiful young ladies marching home from
church Sunday evening arm in urni,
while six young gentlemen walk be
hind them, also arm in arm. If we
were a boy again you can bet that
there would be one young lady With a
hPflit Rven if another young fellow had
to co It alone. We never was much of
a Shaker any way.-
Kotcs.
Elected candidates Irl Jefferson
county print cards of thatiks in the
county papers to those persons who
supported them. Who ever heard of
candidates thanking the voters after
election ?
Tho announcement that Wm. R.
Humphrey, defaulting secretary of the
New Roclielle, N. Y;, savings bank,
has been sentenced to tett years im
prisonment, is one we are most happy
to hear. Let the great reformation
proceed.
It fs now claimed that the body of
the dead milllbnaire, Stewart, is se
curely fastened under lock and key.
Judge Hilton hits offered a reward of
$10,000 apiece for the arrest of the five
persons supposed to have been engaged
in the robber,
Tho tustlcoverVailderbllt's Will is
still going on in the New York courts.
The satisfaction of accumulating mil
lions in order that people may abuse
you after death is not a pleasant one,
yet men will persist in piling up their
millions by grinding the face of the
poor. After all, it seems that great
wealth is d great wrong.
Every now and then some ehan
writes to the newspaper A'r a recipe to
prevent hair from coming out. If
men would go home from the lodge
before midnight, with their legs sober,
their hair wouldn't coine out so rap
Idly. We always go home early, and
we have more hair now than the dav
we were born. Renovo Record.
The failure of the' Bank of Glasgow
together with other causes, have oper
ated to make times terriblv hard
throughout England. Hundreds, of
inch and women have been thrown
out of employment, without a cent
saved up for a rainy day hiid with a
hard Winter staring thein in the face.
Unless some relief is speedily ofibred
great distress will ensue.
Kane is promising to be a place of
considerable importance before long.
The finding of oil within a few miles
of that village awakening a new ac
tivity within the breasts of the resi
dents. Some building has been going
on there this fall, and the spring prom
ises to show n great improvement in
this line. A large number of new
buildings are talked of as sooti as
spring opens.
"What,'' the young man asked the
young woman wlio was waiting for
him to ask for his hat, "what do I put
you in mind of?" "A Frenih clock,"
she said softly. And pretty soon he
arose and went on his way. The next
morning he called on an eminent horo
loglst and asked hini Vhat was the
distinguishing trait of a French clock.
The horologist said, "Why, it never
goes." And the young man was sore
ly cast down, and he grieved, and told
no man of his hurt. Hawkcye.
A man died in Philadelphia the
other day worth a cool $10,000,000. He
allowed himself lio social enjoyment,
was strict in his attention to business,
worked more hours than any of his
clerks, went to church occasionally,
was known to but few outside his busi
ness relations, saved his money, and
died worth the above sum. The game,
it seems, is scarcely Worth the candle,
and yet We all hasten to be rich. Is It
not better that we have some little en
joyment than thai we amass a fortune
to be quarreled about
The Poultry World says: "The
value of poultry flesh comparatively,
is not so various in different breeds of
fowls, as some of the books aud certain
partial writers on tho subject aim to
make it out. Well fed fowls of any
breed, and such us have all need for
their comfort and thrift, from chicken
hood upwurd, make excellent poultry
for market, or for the private table.
And there is no perceptable difference
in the taste of the flesh of the domestic
birds, so fur as we could distinguish."
The food on Which fowls are fattened
makes as much difference in the qual
ity of the flesh as the breed.
Obitnarf.
Henry Townsend Darlington, pub
lisher of the Bucks County Intelligen
cer, died at his residence in Doyles
town. Sunday morning, from the
effects of a stroke of paralysis which
he suffered twenty-four hours before
his deuth. Mr. Durlington was one of
the best known and most generally
respected of the newspaper men of the
interior. He was born in Birmingham,
Chester countyj September 17, 1832
His family, who' were members of the
Society of Friends, cairfe to this coun
try from England soon after the arrival
of William Penn. At the age of sey
entcen years he entered the office of
tho Village Record, at West Chester,
and shortly afterward he formed
partnership with Euos Prizer, under
the firm name of Prizer & Darlington,
for the publication Of the Record,
Having purchased the Bucks County
Intelligencer, they removed to Doyles-
town in 1S55. In 1804 Mr. Prizer died
ana Mr. Durlington became sole pro
prietor of the paper, which he made
one of the most reliable and influential
newspapers in the State. He has been
somewhat active in politics, but never
held office higher than town council
man. He served in the state militia
in 1802 aud J 863. He was, for two or
more terms, the president of the Penn
sylvanla editorial association, and has
been, for many years, secretary of the
Bucks County Agricultural Society,
He was married September 9th, 1857,
to Susan Darlington, of Chester coun
ty, by Whom he had several children
He was an amiable and accomplished
gentleman, and will be widely and sin
cerely mourned. Patriot
They haVe in Lock Haven what is
known as "hen parties." The girls
have a party all by themselves, no
gentlemen being admitted. To be re
venged on the beauties, the boys pro
pose to have "rooster parties." We
i never was much of a rooster anyway.
Court Proceedings.
COJtjtEJrdlJfO MONDAY) KoV. 18, 1878.
Hdii. L. D. Wctmore, presiding!
Associates Hons. Geo. Ed. Weis and
Julids Jones;
CIVIL LIST;
Trimble, Britton & Wttlnwrigbt Vs
Miles Dent. Appeal front award of
arbitrators. Hall & Aides for plain
tiffs; jenks fc McCauley for defendant.
Verdicts for the plaintiffs In the sum
of $130.18.
ARGUMENT LIST.
In the matter of the appeal of Ser
geant township, McKean county, Pa.,
from the order of justices removing
George Brown from the township of
Bcnzinger. Ruthbun for appollalits;
K. P. Hall for Berizlnger township.
Continued,
Horace Little, executor bf the last
will and testanient of Dalliel Kings
bury, deceased, vs. Leverett Salton-
stall, J. Francis Tuckermah and M. R.
Wendell, trustee, etc: Ejectment.
Hall & McCauley for plalntifl'; Rath
burn for defendants; Judgment for
plaintiff1.
L. F. Powers Vs. Daniel Crabtree.
Rule to show cuuso why a new triul
should not be granted. LucoieA Hani-
blett for plaintiff; Hall & McCauley
for defendant. Rule discharged.
Commonwealth Vs. George W. New
ton. New trial granted and defendant
to enter into his recognizance, with
one sufficient surety, each in the sum
of $400, for defendant's appearance at
next term.
The township of Ridgway vs. W. H.
Schram aud V. 8. Wheeler. Rule to
show cause why judgment should not
be opened. Hull & McCauley for
township ; Lucore & Hamblin for de
fendants. Contintied.
The Cdmmonwealth of Peiinsylva-
ia vs. Horace Little, et ul. Rule
to show Cause why judgment should
not be entered for want of sufficient
affidavit of defense. J. K. P. Hall for
the rule; Lucore & Hamblen, contra.
Rule absolute. '
Bcnzinger township vs. John G.
Krelg. Petition to stay writ of ven.
ex. Kulc to snow cause grantea. nan
for the rule; Souther contra; Rule
absolute.
Johnston A Brevillier Vs. ti. T. Lay.
Petition to set aside ven. ex. Rule to
show cause granted; Rathbun for the
rule ; Hall & McCauley Contra. Rule
discharged.
CRIMINAL LIST.
Commonwealth vs. Mrs. Anna Hal-
lagan. Assaulting Deputy Sheriff
Weusel. Verdict, guilty. Defendant
sentenced to pay a fine of $10 and
costs.
Commonwealth vs. John Bromley.
False pretense. Verdict not guilty.
Defendant to pay one-half the costs,
and prosecutor, J. S. Hyde to pay the
other half.
Commonwealth v; John Kelly,
Clarence DeMunn and John Russell.
Riot, affruy, mid discharging firearms
under act of 1876. Verdict Kelly
guilty as indicted. DeMunn and Rus
sell guilty on first and second counts.
Euch sentenced to pay a flhebf $20 and
costs, nlid Imprisonment in the county
ail for three months.
Commonwealth vs. H. Blesh. Sell
ing liquor Contrary to law. Con
tinued. Commonwealth vs. James Kennedy.
Assault and buttery. Bill ignored, und
prosecutor, John Buty, to pay costs.
Commonwealth vs. Sylvester Mill-
Iron. Having venison in ills posses
sion out of season, and pursuing wild
deer with dogs. Bill ignored, and
prosecutor, Theodore Stiue, to pay the
costs.
Cotiilnon wealth vs. James Kennedy
Surety of the Peace. Defendant sen
fenced to leave the place within five
minutes, not to speak to the prosecutor
and leave the county. Prosecutor,
John Baty, sentenced to go home and
attend to his own business, add not to
speak to the defendant.
Commonwealth vs. J. W. Mead.
Return by constable for not repairing
roads at the proper season of the year.
Bill ignored. County to pay the costs.
HO AD MATTERS.
Review of road to lead from the
mouth of Wynkoop Ruu to Adam
Zimmerman's, In MillstOhe township,
John G. Hull appointed Viewer in
plitce of J. O. W. Bailey, deceased. E.
E; Willurd, John G. Hull and George
A. Rathbun, viewers, euch make a
separate report. No action taken on
the reports.
Petition of citizens bf Benslnger
township for a public road, to lead
from a point on a public road, at or
near the house of John G. Death, to
the school house on Rosely road, being
school house' No. 1. Eugeno Lentz
appointed artist, and Charles Weis and
F. X. Sosenheimer viewers.
Report of viewers oh the public road
from a point on the warrautline Which
divides the warrants No. 6027 id Ben
ezette township and Warrant 5028 in
Jay township to vllluge of Benezfeite,
Confirmed nisi, and ordered to be
opened fifty feet wide.
Report of viewers on public road to
lead from a point at or near the lauds
of Valentine Newbert and others to
lands of John Eckert and Martin
Sorg. Report approved and the road
not confirmed.
other Matters.
William M. Rightmyer, of Berks
county, admitted to practice in the sev
eral courts of Elk county.
Transfer of license of Morgester &
Jackson, Ridgway House, Ridgway
to Salyer Jackson".
Petition of citizens of Ridgway for
the incorporation' of said village. Pe
tition not recommended.
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENT."
The grand inquest of the Common
wealth bf Pennsylvania, inquiring for
the county of Elk In ail matters relat
ing to the same, do respectfully report
That they have acted upon all bills of
indictment, of which three were found
true bills, three were found not true
bills, and one petition not grunted.
We beg leave further to report I That
we nave Visited ana lnspecteU tue
county buildings, and find them in
good order, except the drain pipes in
the jail privies. We respectfully
recommend that the aforesaid draiii
pipM be" properly fixed at oiice.
We respectailly teridbr Our thanks to
the honorable Judges and District At
torney for their courtesy and assis
tance rendered us during our delibera
tions. Charles Luhr,
Foremani
State Xotca.
The Thomson House, Kane, being
closed, mall West now stops twenty
minutes for dinner kt Emporium, and
for supper at Corry.
The bite of A poisonous black
spider came Hear causing the death of
a Miss Johnson, in Bradford. The
bite Wits on thelip, and was done while
she was asleep.
The Bradford field is provided
with one hundred and forty-nine iron
tanks, with a capacity of about 2,50d,
000 barrels, while the wooden tankage
supplies eleven hundred thousand
more.
On Friday morning, at the Union
depot In Corry, while a funeral party
was taking the train for Erie, the plat
form gave way, precipitating tWenty-
five people into the sewer below. The
casket containing the remains was
burled In the rubbish. Several persoiis
were Injured; none fatally.
On niohduy, T. N. Hacket, While
filing a circular in his mill met with
an accident, which probably made his
hair stand on ends. He Was standing
over the saw wheii a boy, employed In
the mill, pulled the bell cord and the
engineer started the saw. He escaped,
however, with a severe cut on one of
his hands. It was indeed a narrow es
cape. Cameron Press.
At noon on Saturday, near Upper
Lehigh, when Churles Wenner, a
brakeman, attempted to step from one
ear to another bf a freight train on the
NescopCck fallroad, the coupling broke,
and he fell beneath the wheels and
had both legs cut off. While endeav
oring to extricate himself an arm be
came entangled aiid Was taken off.
He was theii dragged a considerable
distance and fell from a bridge thirty
feet high. He was taken to the Wilkes-1
barre hospital, where ho died.
Since the discovery of an overis
sue of Pennsylvania State bonds of
1S0;5, on August 7 between fifteen rind
twenty of these bonds of $1,000 have
been presented at the Treasury Depart
ment for redemption, but payment
was refused, for tho reason that the full
amount of the loan had been redeemed;
On November 7 one Warf received from
Philadelphiaand payment was refused.
Yesterday the same bond was sent on
by the Central National Bank of Phil
adelphia, presented, and again refused.
The bank then notified the Treasury
Department that if payment Was rei
fused the same course would bo pur
sued as In the case of a protested note,
and the bond was accord! rigly protest
ed. The State Treasurer will make A
reportof the matter to the Legislature,
and will publish in full the correspon
dence with bankers and financiers
upon the subject.
Pennsylvania's Congressmen;
The following is a list of the Repre
sentatives elected to the next Congress
from this State :
First district H. H. Ririgiiafn, Rep,
Second-Charles O'Neil, Rep.
Third Samuel S. Randall, Dem.
Fourth W, D. Kelley, Rep.
Fifth A. C. Harmer, Rep.
Sixth William Ward, Rep.
Seventh William Godscbalk, Rep,
Eighth HelsterCIymer, Dem.
Ninth A. Herr Smith, Rep.
Tenth B. K. Bachmun, Dem.
Eleventh Churles Albright, Rep.
Twelfth H. B. Wright, Dem.-
Greenbuek;
Thirteenth John W. Ryan, Dem.
Fourteenth J. W. Killinger, Rep.
Fifteenth E. Overton, Jr. Rep.
Sixteenth John I. Mitchel, Rep.
Seventeenth A. H. Coffroth, Dem.
Eighteenth H. G. Fisher, Rep.
Greenbacker.
Nineteenth F. E. Betzhoover, D.
Twentieth S. II . Yocuni, Green-
buck
Twenty-first Morgan R. Wise, D.
Twenty-second Russell Errett,
Rep.
Twenty-third Thotaas M. Bayne,
Rep;
Twenty-fourth W. S. Shallenber-
ger, Rep.
Twenty-fifth Harry White, Rep.
Twenty-sixth Samuel B. Dick,
Rep.
Twenty-seven J. H. Osmer, Rep.
Company E, Seventeenth regi
ment, is the name of the new organi
zation in Warren. Gen. Huidekoper
has ordered all companies of the Six
teenth and Seven teed th regiments to
be present at Meadville, next Tuesday,
December 3, for inspection and review
by Governor Hartranft. Accordingly
Captain Parmlee iutends to get com
puny E in as good marching shape as
possible this week, and drill meetings
will be held every evening at their
armory. The uniforms will not arrive
in time for this review, but there will
be three other Companies present
Without uniforms; The Sixtenth reg
lment comprises all companies around
Oil City. The Seventeenth embraces
all in the northern tier Of counties, as
follows i Company A, COrry, Captain
Brown; company B, Erie, Captain
Kurtis; company C, vacant, and 'will
probably be filled from Bradford ) com
pany D, Erie1, Captain Dodge ? com
pany E, Warren; Captain Parmlee
company G, Erie, Captain Wilsofi
company H, Ridgway, Captain Schoan
ingj company I, North Eust, Captain
Guy. WarreHMaU;
Business Cards.
Ratos of Advertisings
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bUslno8 cards, ten lines br less, per jrear
Aavcniscmentii paywum ,
GEO. A. RATHtiUff
ATTORN EY-AT-LAWi M
Main street, RidgwUy, Elk Co., Pa;
HALL NPCAULEY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. .. .
Office in new brick building, Main
street, Ridgway, Elk Co. Ta: V32tf
LUCORE HAMBLEN
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, ,
Ridgw.uy, Elk county, Pa. Office
across the hull from the Democrat es
tablishment. Claiihs for collection
promptly attehded to. jnelo,187t
Q. G. HESSENQER.
DRUGGIST & PARMACEUTIST,
N. W. corner of Main and Mill streets;
Ridgway, Pa., full assortment of care-r
fully selected Foreign and Domestic
Drugs. Prescriptions carefully dis
pensed at all hours, day or night.
t. 8. hartley, m. d.
Physician and surgeon,
Office in Drug Store, corner Broad
und Main streets. .Residence corner
Broad street, opposite the College.
Office hours from 8 to 10 A. M. and
from 7 to 8 P. M. vln2yl
J. 8. BORDWELL, M. D.
ELECTIC PHYSICIAN & SURG'N
Has removed his office from Centre
street to Main street, Ridgway, Pa., in
the second story of the new brick
building of John G. Hall, west of the
Hyde House.
Office hours : 1 to 2 P. M. 7 to ! 9 P.M;
MRS; N. T. 8UMHIN8S.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF NEW STYLES
HATS JUST RECEIVED
at Mrs. N. T. Cummings, also ties, col
lars, cuffs, hoisery, gloves, and a gen
eral assortment bf Ladies' Fancy
Goods. Remember the place, In H. S.
Thayer's Building, Main street. Call
und examine before purchasing else
where. HYDE HOUSE.
W. H. SCHRAM, Proprietor,
Ridgway, Elk county, Pa.
Thankful for the patronuge hcretd
fore so libefullv bestowed upon hinii
the new proprietor hopes, by paying
strict utteution to the comtort and con
venience of guests, to merit a continu
ance of the same. oct30'69
MILLIHERY AND DRESSMAKINGS
MRS; J. R. KELTZ, Kerseyj Elk
couhty, Pa., takes this method of an-'
nounciiig to tho citizens of Elk county,
that she has on hand au assortment of
fashionable millinery goods which will
be sold cheap. Also dressmaking iu
all Its brunches.
Agent for Dr. J; Ball & Co.'s Patent
Ivory and Lignum Vittfe Eye Cups:
Send for descriptive circulur. nl7yl
APPLETON'S AMErTcAN CYCLG
PEDIA. Volume 16 of this admirable work Is"
just out, making It complete. Each
volume contains 800 pages. It makes'
a complete library, and no one can
afford to do without it who M'ould keep
well informed. Price $3.00 a volume
in leather, or $7.00 In elegant half Tur
key. C. K. Judson, Fredonia, N. Y.;
controls the sale In Elk county. Ad
dress him for particulars. sepl7-tf
NEW
BOOT & SHOE
SHOP.
BUTTERFUSS & BECHTOLD,
Have associated themselves in the'
boot and shoe business M the Ma
sonic building. Prices reasonable;
stock flrst-cluss, ahd work guaranteed:
Repairing neatly and cheaply done.
Give them a cull aiid be conviiiced.
n25tl3.
Health ahd Happiness:
Health and Happiness are priceless
Wealth, to their possessors, and yet
they are within the reach of every one
who will nse
WRIGHT'S LIVER PILLS,
the only sure CURE for Torpid Liver;
jjyspepsiu, rieuaucue. t-our Stomach:
Constipation, Debility, Nausea, and alt
liii nous (jompiuints arm liiooci uis
orders. Node genuine unless signed
Win Wright, Phila. If your drug-'.
gist Is hot supplied, send 25 cents for
one box to Brtrrick, Roller & Co., 70 N;
4tn street, i'ulla. n7voyi
One hundred new Fall Samples
and the new Fall styles Fashion Plate
just received from Wan&maker's at the'
West End Store. Suits cheaper , thud
ever. A new feature Introduced this
season is the prepayment by W. & B. s
of the express charges upon all suits
costing $20 and upwards, where the
money accompanies tho order, Urns'
giving our citizens goods at Philadel
phia prices. Among the rules bf this
house
One Price'. . ,. f Cash Payrrtent. ,
Full Guarantee. Money Returned;
Howe Sewing Machines.
Among the great variety Of g6bds 6f
every description tot sale &t
Powell- Kime's
Will be found an assortment of the
celebrated Elias Howe, Jr., Improved
Sewing Machines the best machine
nbw manufactured they having beeri
appointed sole agents for Elk county;
They will keep oti hand Tuckers;
Corders, Hemmers, Braiders and Ruf
flers, Needles, Sewing-machine Oil,'
Thread, &c, Ac. Will also furnish at
any time detached parts for said ma
chine. , All at greatly teduced prices;
and will be sold off accommodating
terms with approved security:
Ridgway, Aug. 20, 78. it:
Billheads, letterheads, noteheadV
tags, cards and envelopes neatly kh&
cheaply printed at thfa office":
Hides,- ( Sheep .Peltej arid
Skin's waii ted at 42 Main street.
rank xh'tir.iiiifa
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