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THURSDAY, SEPT, 11, 1879.
New Time Table. Under the new
ohedulo the mail and local freight
leave Rldgway station as follows:
MAIL WEST 2:33
" EAST ... . 6:05
LOCAL WEST - 7:60
EAST ... 3:26
, Rata of Advertising.
One column, on year $83 00
" " " 4( oo
K ' " " 00
' 15 0(1
Transient advertlficmenU per eqiinr of
Ight lines, one Insertion VI, two Insertions
6.60, three Insertions C2.
Business cards, ten line or less, per year
Advertisements payable quarterly
Local Kotei
Grapes.
Oysters,
Flies look sick.
Chicken thieves.
Qood-by summer.
Cucumber pickles.
Cold nights and mornings.
Cut off strawberry runners.
Chestnuts will soon be in market.
Soon time for the equinoctial
storms.
Potatoes are rotting badly in all
quarters.
Heavy thunder and lightning on
Monday night.
No jurors needed at the Septem
ber term of Court.
Service and communion service
next Sabbath in the M. E. Church.
Our new Octavo note is small, neat
and excellent paper, and price cheap.
The Episcopal Church looks very
neat since receiving a new coat of
paint.
It will be much as ever if the new
Court House is roofed before snow
Hies.
Buy your stationery at The Ad
vocate office. Large sales and small
profit.
The little flies will turn up their
little toes soon. No matter we will
season our coffee with ice.
Company H wenMw Erie on Wed
nesday mail to attend inspection and
review at that city to-day.
Two car loads of flour were demor
alized nearShttwmut Junction on Tues
day by a broken rail throwing Empire
freight from the track.
Call and examine stoves and
ranges at 42 M:iin St before purchas
ing. Some new and beautiful designs.
V. S. Sehvick, Agent.
Folks have always wanted some
thing that would stop a headache iu
an hour or so; and Dr. Day's Cure for
Headache 'In just the thing. 50 cts.
and t'l bottles.
Now for your winter suits aud
overcoats. McAfee has Just received
three hundred samples from three of
the most popular houses in New York
city. Don't fail to call and see them.
We go to press too early this week
to give definate report from the Maine
election. Davis the Republican can
didate for Governor lias a plurality of
the votes cast. It is conceded that the
election willgoto the Legislature which
undoubtedly Republican. The vote
in the State is the largest ever polled,
and the official returns may show a
different result than is now given.
The Elk Co., S. K. Convention held
a convention in this place last week.
The programme was carried out with
the exception that Rep. Lampe, of
Wilcox, was absent, and Rev. H. .
Burns of Brockport present. The even
ings were well attended. The follow
offlcers were elected for the ensuing
year: C. E. Holiday, President; Geo.
R. Dixon, Vice President; James
Pen field, Secretary; Daniel Irwin,
Treasurer. Executve Committee: G.
8. Hine, Brockport; Jos. Potter, St.
Mary's; J. C. Malone, Wilcox, John
Miller, Earley; C R. Earley, Ridg-
way.
Dent's Run and Dry Saw Mill Locals.
Weather is mild.
Peaches and apples are abundant.
A rattle snake was killed in R. F.
Smith's cellar.
Wre heard tell of a teacher who
laughed so loudly that he was heard
a half mile off.
R. F. Smith met a bear when
coming home from his camp on Dent's
Run.
Mr. Flick of Williamsport found a
dead bear in a pen which hud not been
watched.
The school at Dent's Run closed
August 27, and is expected to com
mence again in three weeks.
Ralph Johnson gave an ice cream
party.
Mullen stands no chance when
"Granddad'' is around."
Who ever heard of a side hill plow
with only one handle.
Did that young man come from
Somerset county?
It take an old ben to pick
cherries.
Two young men appeared to en
tov themselves traveling through a
swamp.
The WhlppoorwHl has not been
able to sing since she was down the
creek visiting.
The chickens could not have been
cooped with jo much grace had the
old hen thought of the distant one.
Did you say the red wagon brought
the reformation of "little brown jug?
Who could wish better musio than
to bear the "merry bees" sing.
John Wainwright and Mr, and
Mrs. Isaiah Pent were at Wayne camp
meeting. D. C I.
Personal Items.
Bev. Mercer has a new dog.
Mrs. Geo. R. Dixon la away from
home on a visit. '
J. C. Meffert, of Wilcox, was In to
see us last week.
Miss. Laura Moorchead visited at
Miner Wilcox's last week,
Mrs. Scrlbner has a fuchsia on
which she counted 175 buds.
Willie Geary and Jennie Hall are
attending school at Lewisburg.
Will. Hyde has returned from the
city with a large stock of seasonable
goods.
Miss Ella Wicks commenced
teaching the Gulnack school week ago
last Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Miller of
Galva, Henry county, Illinois, are in
town visiting Mrs. Thos. Johnson,
their daughter.
Arthur Little, C. B. and Frank
Earley went to Philadelphia on Mon
day. Arthur complains that the
weather here is too cold to suit him.
Charley will study law in the Quaker
city. Frank attends school.
The contest for the gold watch be
tween Messrs. Fred. Schoening, of
Rldgway, and J. L. Murphy, of Wil
cox, has been postponed untiH the
Christmas holidays when there will be
a fair held for the benefit of the Cath
olic Church. The contest for the
watch will no doubt be a very interest
ing one. We hope Captain Schoening
will be winner of the prize.
Yellow FeTer.
Memphis, September 8. Eight new
cases seven white and one colored
were reported to the board of health
this morning. Nine interments have
been reported since last night, among
the number Maggie Sulivan, Annie
M. Campbell, Archie Mills, Mrs.
Emma Arnold and James Houck, Jr.
. Wathington, September 7. The
official report on the subject of yellow
fever by the national board of health
says that at the close of the last week
Ihe outlook Is even more hopeful than
at the close of the preceding. The
fever is chiefly confined to Memphis
and to a limited district in New
Orleans, though one week into the
most dangerous season has been ad
vanced. An examination of the table
prepared by the board shows the out
burst and rapid spread of the pesti
lence the last weeks of August and the
first week of September, 1878, and its
present control and tendeucy to die
out at the points of first infection.
Up to date (Saturday last), there have
been but 20 reported cases in New
Orleans and 873 cases in Memphis,
against 4,670 in New Orleans and an
untold number in Memphis in 1878,
the deaths albne for that week being
529. The work of cleansiiiir and iso
lation is much more vigorously pushed
forward this year than lust.
Norristown, Pa., September 8.
While George Waterford was sitting
on the porch of a hotel at Edghill
village last week, he was shot in the
breast and killed by Titus Hillman,
who was practicing with a rifle at
Abington Station, half a mile distant.
RETAIL PRICE LIST
OK
J. W MORGESTER,
DEALER IN
Groceries, Prcrisions, Flour. Feed, Meal,
CORN. PORK. Ac.
Rldgway, Pa., Kept. 2,
Flour, white wheat, per bbl ..
Haxall "
Amber " "
Corn meal, bolted, per hundred
Chop feed " '
(i;ts. per bushel
Shelled corn " "
Potatoes, " "
Uouns, marrow, " "
Onions. " "
1879.
sum
900
00
1 30
1 25
4Ti
85
50
200
2 00
16(julS
10
Mutter.
per pound
Cheese.
Ham, " 11
Mess Pork " "
Bacon. " " 10
Shoulder, ' " 7
ljird, " " lo
Sugar granulated per pound 10
a- " - vyt
' '-B" " " 9
' "C" " " 8
Rice, per pound 8
N. O. Molasses, pcrenl 50
Syrup, per gal 50
Kenuea on per RUiion is
" " (150) per gallon 24
Mackerel, (kitsi 125
" per pound 7
White fish, per pound A
Coffee, (prime) per pound IS
" (roasted) per pound, le, 20c 12)
Peaches per peck 65
" (dried) pearcd 15
" ' mi pearcd 5
Apples, per bushel 50
" dried, per pound 5
Sonp, per bar 5(S, 8
Tea, black, per pound 50
" green " " 50(TO
Salt, per bbl 1 70
Cider vinegar, per gallon 24
Crackers, per pound 8
Currants and prunes, per pound 8
Sardines, per box 2o
Pickles, per bottle 15
Chow chow, per bottle 35
Pepper sauce, per bottle 15
Horse radish powder, per bottle 25
WorcheMershire sauce, per bottle 30
Jellies, glasses and butter dishes 15025
Extracts 20?'25
Maccaront, 1 pound papers 20
Tapioca, per pound ..... 15
Canary and hemp seed, per pound 10
Jelatines, per box - 20
Stove polish and paste 10
Candles, per pound - Ufa20
Atlantic lye, per box ... 10
Blneklng, per box lo
Blueing, per box 5
Matches, per box 8
Lamp chimneys 7(2. 8
Wash boards 25(g.35
Clothes pins, per dozen 5
Mop sticks 20
Ijinterns, tubular 1 o
Tobacco, plug, per pound 00
" tine cut 60c 100
' smoking 30to0
" Vanity fair, per pouud 130
Cigars, per box fl to 5 00
Herring, per box 50
Collars, per box , 15
Peanuts, per quart - - 10
Brushes, each 20
Wooden pails ...... 20
Pins, per paper ... 5
" (hair) per paper lo
Needles, per paper 5
Candy, per pound 25o 85
Yeast, national, per package 8
Sal soda, per pound . 6
Allspice, per pound SOtotO
Pepper, per pound 25to33
Cassia, per pound 40toti0
Cream tartar, per pound 30
Mustard, Durham, per pound 4o
ri lurch, Corn, per paper lo
" Gloss 4 Dound boxes uer ib It
Tacks, per paper . .. 5
Lamp burners 15to2o
Ginger snaps per pound 12
Iitmoii crackers per pound. ...
12
L-ooaies per pouua
Ax handle, each
CANNED GOODS.
Peaches, per can .
Tomatoes, per can...
Corn, per can .... ,
Lima beans, par cau
Pears, per can
Raspberries, per can ......M..M...
15
So
2o
10
18
15
18
15
15
20
20
10
36
36
nirawoerriee, per can.
Ixtbsters, per can ...
Salmon, per can .,
Cove oysters, per can
Cornea beef, per can .
Frssh beef, per can....
Soar drapes.
(A continuation of th "Unanimous Conven
tion.) The little bald-headed editor don't
support Wurtzell.
He swears he will not.
We shall see. -
The owners of the Democrat may
need a new editor.
They will eschew the chronic grum
bler. Neither will they cleave to a man
with whims.
We say great Is the Elk Democracy.
Let all the rest say amen.
A house divided against itself must
fall.
However one swallow don't make a
summer.
Neither does one Miller make a fall.
Though he make a fool of himself.
Again we say:
Great Is the Elk Democracy.
Let all the rest say amen.
Suppose Wurtzcll Is not comptent.
That does not matter.
He will never be elected.
It is best he should jnourn.
For the November winds shall cause
him grief..
The stubble field after election shall
shew him his folly.
The people of Elk are not fools.
They will show the boys a trick
with a hole in it.
They will vote but not for Wurtzell.
For he is of the ring, ringy.
Neither is it fit that two rings
should survive.
Three things hath the Elk Democ
racy. Wurtzell.
The St. Mary's Gazette.
Miller.
Great we say is the Elk Democracy.
Let all the rest say amen.
Joseph Emmet shall be elected.
The Democrat says so.
It knows.
We all bet on Joseph.
"Yazoo" the editorial delegate.
Or feed him brandy.
Seven men shall not hold him in his
wrath.
But the editor of the boiled shirt is
happy.
He should be.
One Democracy, one organ, (the
Gazette) and one happy editor.
Raldy can't dance neither can he
play horse
He is out in the cold.
Behold the winter conieth.
And the frost.
But it bringeth no comfort to the
"bolting" editorial delegate,
But he of the big belly and clean
shirt is great.
He is the leader.
Straessley is the chairman.
(To be continued.)
The death of Mr. Charles N. Kretz.
which sad event occurred at the
American house on Thursday morning
was not an unexpected surprise to his
relatives, friends and acquaintances,
as he has long been a sufferer to a com
plication of diseases that baffled the
best medical skill.' He was buried in
the cemetery, his funeral tnking place
at three o'clock Sunday afternoon, and
his mortal remains were followed to
their last resting place by a large con
course of people, who were not only
from town and immediate vicinity,
but came from almost every seetio of
the county to witness the last sad rites
performed over his remains. At the
earnest request of the deceased several
weeks previous to his death, Judge
Jenks was engaged to conduct the
funeral services, which he did on the
occasion. The deceased was in the
'"7th year of his age, and was born in
Metz, then a province of Frnnce,
while his parents were there on a visit.
His father was u revolutionist, and
was on that account compelled to
leave the country about the year 1830,
and bad his property confiscated by
the German government, after which
he had settled in Berks county, where
the subject of this notice was reared.
After reaching man's estate, he drove
team between Philadelphia and other
points, until 1858, when he removed
with his family to this place and took
charge of the Jefferson house, which
place of entertainment he successfully
conducted until 1872, when he pur
chased the American house, and run
it until a few months since; but owing
to sickness incapacitating him from
further duty he disposed of the hotel to
his nephew, Mr. Al. Buur. He was
an upright citizens of sterling worth,
possessing generous qualities of heart
and hand that endeared him to friends
and acquaintances. Peace to his
ashes. Brook ville Jeffersonian.
We occasionally, but very seldom,
meet a public offlciul of rare generosity.
As an instance, and one worthy of re
cord, the Treasurer of Smethport
School District has posted a written
notice that he is prepared to receive
the school taxes for the coming year,
and that all persons paying their taxes
on or before Dec. 4, 1880, will be al
lowed five per cent. off. The sup
position is that the Treasurer proposes
to advance the inouey in behalf of the
taxpayers, and give them a year
longer than the law allows in which
to pay their taxes with the percentage
off. As we said before, such philan
thropy should not pass unnoticed.
McKeau Miner,
It will be recollected that some
wealthy Mississippi planters a little
while ago organized a free excursion of
colored men to Kansas In the hope that
they would return and dissuade their
fellows from emigrating. About a
fourth of them have decided to remain
in Kansas Instead of returning to
Mississippi, and some of those who
will not remain announce their pur
pose of going to Kansas as soon as
they can make the necessary arrange
ments. Table and pocket cutlery at 42
Main street.
Brockport Locals.
You did, did you.
Johnle dances for tobacco.
The mill pond is almost dry.
Potatoes are rotting badly in this
section.
Reuben lost the tack hammer.
Squirrels will be scarce this fall.
How about that walking match?
Camp Jack has an increase in the
family.
Miss Roxa Fields lo at present
working for John Cuneo.
Slick now works at Camp Jack.
Yes Sir, you bet he does, bottle Inside
and out. '
Horace French has again gone to
Camp Jack to work.
Our old friend Walter Fleming has
taken to himself a better half.
A little daughter of A. J. Allen's
has been sick the past week but is
recovering slowly.
Wonder if he will be at home
Saturday evening. Don't know Jim.
Can't tell. Don't risk it, I wouldn't if
I were you. No Sir, not any.
The boys at Camp Jack boast of a
pine tree that is eight feet across the
stump. Who can boast of a larger
one.
Wm. Allen thinks J. M. Is very
accommodating. We never heard him
say so, but from the appearance of
things one week ago last Sunday even
ing we judge it must lie.
Last Thursday, the 4th , was u
very cold rainy day. Many such days
as that will tell us that fall is fust ap
proaching. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Graham went
to Brook ville last Thursday. MrH.
Grulium is fur from being healthy and
we believe went there for medical aid.
William what, have we said or
donethatyouaHBoeiulo.no more with
us at the store evenings. "If we have
offended you wo are very sorry Indeed,
but it strikes me you have found better
company to spend your idle moments
with.
On lust Wednesday, the !b hint.,
while Wilmcr Price wits cut ting logs
at Camp Jack, It If ax caught on a
limb over his head glancing the ax
into his right foot cutting a very deep
gash about two inches long across tho
ball of the foot.
There Is a young man In our town
that swings on a certain gentleman's
gate, but we fear lie will slop, short,
never to swing again1 when the old
man comes home.
Daniel Nulf made six gallons of
black berry wine th Ih seaHon. Dan. is
a fine fellow, any how as long as that
wine will hold out.
Things look a little dubious when
they have got so tar along that u young
man takes bin fair companion to t-ee
his parents. We have often heard of
young ladies sending their companions
to the old folks at home hut, never did
we hear of it in the above sly way.
It is not only Davy that takes a
short cut around the mountain to get
to Camp Jack.
Celo said he was going to the
show, but Willie tells a different story
altogether he says they are going to
elope. We believe him.
Jeremiuh Short took in the circus.
Vale.
Brockport Locals No. 2.
Cold nights.
Sowing "Wheat. ' ' ' 1 . '"""
Went to the circus.
Croquet playing is pretty near
played.
Brockport pond looks quite dry.
There was an immersion lust Sun
day at this place, aud there has been
protracted meeting on the mountain
part of lost week.
James Mohney is again among
us.
We have noticed that one dollar
in our own pocket is always of more
practical benefit to us than live dollars
in another man's pocket.
Girls should remember when ig
norance is bliss 'tis "folly to be wives."
Boys look not upon tho apple
when it's red upon the ground, because
the hungry bulldog may be somewhere
around.
Another strike.
Melons and green apples have
struck a small boy under the jacket
and there is wailing iu the house.
Soon will the leaves of the valley
fall in crimson, bronze aud gold, and
the festive gay young man his form
will gently fold in a light overcoat,
if he has one.
Thieves, Thieves, a few days ago
some one stole a half barrel of flour
from our quiet citizen, Fred Ray
winkle, and some thieving wretcli oue
week ago last Sunday night took one
of Rev. Burns' horses from the stable
and rode it pretty near to death, so
when he went out in the morning the
horse was muddy clear to the top of
its back and was so lame and sore that
he has not used it since,
The other day a bear was seen to
pass Thomas Burch field's.
The dance at Frantz's was a good
one.
Reuben thou seemest to have quite
an arm for the "girls" thou should
look around a little passing Barn's
after night.
Correspondent of Brockport Locals
says Schneider has taken a partner,
that's true and we don't deny It like
"Vale," for he a kind of secret partner
we will not tell his name but the ini
tial of his given name is George.
F. C. Wilcox has gone to college
at Easton.
Fred is a good boy but Vale
blamed him wrong. How is It George
will you stick your feet uuder your
own table this winter.
The teachers were hired for most
of the schools last Saturday.
He did not get our letter for last
week in time.
J. S. Hyde is running his mill
night and day. "
Moving, Jacob Frantj Is going
in the house where A. Aaldeu lives.
M. L. Richards Is going Iu the house
of H. Horton and George Frantz is
going to move somewhere. Mrs. Craft
has bought the bouse and lot of D. C,
Oyster, occupied by Geo. Frantz.
There will be Baptismal services at
the corner church the 14th.
Schmidt & Schneider.
Items from the St. Mary's Gazette.
We neglected to state last week
that Mrs. Decker the venerable mother
of Rev. M. J. Decker arid George
Decker Esqs died after a lingering ill
ness In the 76th year of her age. She
acompanied her husband to the St.
Mary's settlement In 1847, when all
was a wilderness in this vicinity. She
endured all the hardships incident to a
new country, and lived to see the
wilderness dissapcar and her children
grow up to manhood, and fill exalted
stations in the world. Another land
mark, so as to speak, is removed from
among us, one by one they fade away,
and truvel to the bourne from whence
they never return. Deceased lived
beyond the allotted time of mortals,
and died the peaceful death of a chris
tian. Peace to her ashes.
On Sunday morning last our
people were astonished to leurn that
the large mill belonging to Andrew
Haul about two mllles east of this bor
ough had, early that morning been
totally consumed by fire. It was one
of the largest and best apportioned
mills In the county. And was a per
fect hive of industry, giving employ
ment to a large number of men. All
the modern appliances were in the
mill, and every thing could be manu
factured hi the mill from a lath to a
stick (to feet long. The fire caught in
the south-west end of the mill, quite a
distance from the furnace, which
shroud the origin of the lire In mys
tery. The pusher going down the
hill between three and four o'clock
discovered the fire and blew the whis
tles of tliclr engines waking, up the
people at. the mill, but their droits
were of no avail to save the structure.
They saved the largo piles of lumber
stacked around the mill. A large
'inutility of pickets and lath were de
stroyed, they being piled in close prox
imity to the mill. All the machinery,
engine, planer, etc., are u total wreck.
We learn the insurance upon the
property wus $",Gw, aud the total loss
not far short of $12,000. We learn
that Mr. Kan I will commence imme
diately to erect a new mill upon the
site of the same dimensions as the
oik! just destroyed.
A Luckless Little Inventor.
From the Oil City Derrick.
Bertie Hathaway, the 12-year old
miii of T. J. Hathaway of Edenburg,
Pa., is a bright little boy who has
charge of his lather's oil wells on a
farm. His time not being occupied
entirely and being of an inventive
turn of mind, lie has been making va
rious experiments, the last of which
will probably cost him his life. Last
evening Bertie found a quarter-inch
gas-pipe about three feet long. The
idea entered ids mind to make a gun,
and no sooner thought of than the
work was commenced. A sucker-rod
rivet driven into one end of the pipe
for a breech-pin, a hole tiled just be
low for a veut; a shapely piece of
board answered for a stock, the gas
plpo heing Ingonioimly fastened with
straps thereto, and the gun was made.
Powder was procured from some
source and the crude gun was loaded.
What followed we give in the boy's
own words, who gave an account of
the accident this morning to his
uncle, Mr. T. W. Green. Bertie said:
"After I made the gun I loaded it with
powder. I didn't think it would hurt
me. I held it in my hand with the
wooden end against my breast and
with the other hand touched it off
with a match. The rivet I put in for
a breach-pin I suppose came back and
went into my breast where you see the
hole. As soon as Iould I started for
the house, running and walking a part
of the way, the blood coining out ali
the time. 1 got to the door, and fell
into the house, and you know the
rest."
The rivet entered the bi -ast a Itttle
above the right nipple, an I after a
careful examination of the lumd the
doctor decided that the miss.e passed
through the breast bone, taking a
downward course toward the left side,
passing through the lung. Dr. Lead-
enham probed the wound six inches,
and failing to find the object at this
deptli declined to go further without
medical'assistance. The distance the lad
walked after being so terribly wounded,
the blood streaming therefrom, is
something remarkable. The distance
from the wells to the house is fully
fifty rods. At the latest accounts the
boy was not dead, but is very low, and
cannot possibly recover.
Our readers will doubtless recol
lect reading in the Jeffersonian, last
winter, an account of a lady falling
through a coal hole in front of the
Clemeuts house, and sustaining severe
injuries which, at the time, were con
sidered dangerous. Miss Ellen Guffey
was the lady named, and at the last
meeting of the Town Council, a bill
for $2,090 damages against the borough
was presented by her attorney. No
action was taken in the matter at the
meeting, and whether the claim will
be allowed, or permitted to go before a
bench and jury remains to be seen.
The claim for damages is a just one,
aud a reasonable recompense should
be given for the life injuries that have
befallen the esteemable lady la the
prime of life. In noticing, on several
occasions during the last two years, the
deplorable condition of several sections
of sidewalk, that at the time needed
repairing badly, we alluded to the risk
run by the borough for damages should
any lujury befall pedestrians. The
case in point is a clear one, and the
wisest course for the "borough dads"
would be for tbein to settle forewitb,
without incuring additional expense
in carrying it through the courts.
Brookville Jeffersonian,
A new invoice of fancy note paper
and envelopes in beautiful boxes, just
eeeired at The Advocate office.
Newspaper Laws.
1. A postmaster is required to give
notice by letter, (returning a paper
does not answer the law) when a sub
scriber does not take his paper out of
the office, and state the reasons for its
not being taken ; any neglect to do so
makes the postmaster responsible to
the publisher for the payment.
2. Any person who takes a paper
from the postofllce, whether directed
to his name or another, or whether he
lias subscribed or not Is responsible for
the pay.
8. if any person orders his paper
discontinued he must pay all arrear
ages, or the publishers may continue
to send It until payment is made, and
collect the whole amount, whether it
be taken from the office or not. There
can lie no legui discontinuance until
the payment is made.
4. It the subscriber orders his paper
to stop at a certain time, and the pub
lisher continues to send, the subscriber
is bound to pay for it, if betakes it out
of the post-olnce. The law proceeds
upon the ground that a man must pay
for what lie uses.
6. The courts have decided that re
fusing to take a newspaper and peri
odicals from the tiost-olllce or remov
ing and having them uncalled for, is
prima facia evidence of intentional
I rati d.
New Orleans, Sept. 2, Much
damage has been done by the storm of
yesterday. Trees wero uprooted and
fences blown down. The orange crop
is damaged, the fruit having been
blown off In great numbers. Some
coal boats were sunk at Willow Grove
anchorage, six miles above the city.
The loss Is estimated at, $100,000. The
Bleamboat Governor Allen broke loose
from her moorings near Jackson street
and was blown across the river,
doing some damage to barges. The
wires are all down. The latest dis
patches from Morgan City report that
the storm was severe there and several
steamers were sunk, houses unroofed
and other damage done. Considerable
damage Is said to have been done the
crops of cane.
Honesditle, Pa., Sept. 2. Tax Col
lector Henry Gray, a few days ago
while suffering from a fever left his
house, and has not been seen since,
He had loaned a large amount of the
public money to James Matthews, who
absconded three months ago, with
$.'10,000 borrowed under various pre
tenses from various people. It Is
feared bis inability to return this
money to the treasury, has played
upon Gray's mind and driven him to
suicide.
A Great Reduction.
The undersigned is now prepared to
deliver a better quality of Bituminous
coal than has ever been mined in this
part of the State, at the low price of
$2.25 per ton or $1.7") at the mines
Leave your order at W. H. Osterhout's
store ut Kagle Valley, und at the olliee
of the undersigned, Masonic Building
Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.
E. K. GRESH.
Sept. 10, m3
THE LARGEST RETAIL STORE IN
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
J . S. & W.
H. HYDE,
US IN
DEALKIIS IN
General Merchandise,
HIDCIWAY, PA.
The fol lowing are our prices on the prlncl.
pnl articles In tho grocery line until further
notice :
Al'l'LES, dried perlli. no
I1KA NS, medium. per bu. 42.15: lima, can, l:!c
HKEK, eiinned, per Ib. ISe.; dried per lb. loc
I'DKKKK, Kio pood, 15; best, IS; rqublvd M.
l.'l'KUAXTS, English, per lb. X.
I'll ACKERS, beM quill i I y. per lb. 8c.
CORN, canned, per can, 1:1c.
TOMATOES, canned, per can 10c.
KISH, No. 1 White, peril), (ic.
HAMS, suenr Cured, per Ib. 12c
SYKl'T, Choice, per (ral. .Toe.
PRUNES, bust quality, tier Ib.Ko
RICE, best quality, per Ib. sc.
RAISINS, Vulencias, per Ib. 10c.
bL'UAIl, Granulated and Pulverized, 10c.
Cotl'ee A !V,; Ex. C White lie; Yellow S'-ic
SALT, per bbl. SI. tin.
SALERATI S, per Ib. Sc.
I'LOI.'R, per bbl. ."(); EE ED, per cwt. S1.S5.
MEAL, per cwt. il.an; boiled in sack $1.:S0.
lilt AN, perewt. fl.mi.
( URN, per bu. ().; OATS, per bu. toe,
and u II other goods Iu the grocery line at pro
portionately low prices.
PATENTS
AND
TRADE-MARES.
We procure Letters Patent on
Inventions. No Attorney fees in
advance in application for Patents
in the United States. Special attention
given to Inference Cases before the
Patent Olliee, and all litigation apper
taining to Inventions or patents. We
also procure Patents in Canada und
other foreign countries.
Caveats Filed, Copyrights obtained.
and all other business transacted before
the Patent Office and the Courts which
demands the services of experienced
Patent Attorneys. We have had ten
years experience as Patent Attorneys
The Scientific Record.
Alt Patents obtained through our
agency are noticed in the Scikntific
Hu nnri. monthlv miner of larir eir.
filiation, published by us, and devoted
to hcientilic ana iUecuanical matters.
It contains full lists of all allowed
Patents-. Subscription '25 cents a year
postpaid. Specimen copy free. Send
us your address on postal card.
INVENTORS
Send us a description of your Inven
tion, giving your idea in your own
language, and we will give an opinion
as to patentability, with full instruc
tions, charging nothing for our advice.
Our book, How to Procure Pateuts,"
about the Patent Laws, Patents, Ca
veats, Trade Marks, their costs, vto.
sent free on request
Address R. S.4 A. P. LACEY,
Patent Attorneys,
No. 604 F street, Washington, 1). C ,
Nearly Opposite Patent office.
Arrears of Pay, Bounty and Pensions
We have a bureau in charcre of ex.
pei ienced lawyers and clerks, for pros
ecution ull Soldier's Claims, Pay,
Bounty and Pensions. As we charge
no fee tin less successful, stamps for re
turn postage should be sent us.
R. 8. & A, P. LACEY,
NOTICE TO JURORS.
All Grand and Traverse Jurors
drawn for September Term, commenc
ing Monday, Sept. 15, 187'J, are hereby
notified not to attend, as no jury term
will be held at that time.
FBKU. St'HUSNlXG,
Clerk.
Light running, Latest Improved,
DOMESTIC, at prices never heard of
before, at Mrs. W. S. Service's.
Business Cardst
geo. a. rathbun
,'attorney-at-law.
Main street, Rldgway, Elk Co., Pft.
Particular attention given to the
examination of titles, alt.0 to patents
and patent casesi , , ,
7HALL . M'CAULEY
' ATTORN EY-AT-L AW.
Office in new brick building, Main
street, Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa. v82t
LUCORE ft HAMBLEN
A T TO RN E Y 8-AT-L A W ,
Rldgway, Elk county, Pa. Office
across the hall from the Democrat es
tablishment. Claims for collection
promptly attended to. jlielo,187tt
G. G. MESSENGER.
DRUGGIST & PARMACEUTIST,
N. W. corner of Main and Mill streets.
Ridgway, Pa., full assortment of care
fully selected Foreign and Domestio
Drugs. Prescriptions carefully dis
pensed at all hours, day or night.
vlnily
J. S. BORDWELL, M. D.
ELECTIC PHYSICIAN & SURG'N,
Has removed his office from Centre
ctreet 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. 7to 0 P.M.
HYDE HOUSE.
W. H. SCIIRAM, Proprietor,
Ridgway, Elk county, Pa.
Thankful for the patronuge hereto
fore so liberally bestowed upon him,
the new proprietor hopes, by paying
strict attention to the comfort and con
venience of guests, to merit a eoiitinu
aiice of the same. nctJ0'09
MILLINERY AKDDRlii bMAKiNG
MRS. J. R. KICLTZ, Kersey, Elk
county, Pa , takes this method of an
nouncing to the citir.etis of Elk county
that she bus on band an assortment of
fashionable millinery goods which will
be sold cheap. Also dressmaking in
all its brunche.
Airent for lr. J. Rail & Co.'s Patent
Ivory and Lignum Vitiu Eye Cups.
Send for descriptive circular. nlTyl
APPLETON'S AMERICAN CYCLO
PEDIA. Volume 10 of this admirable work is
just out, making it complete. Each
'volume contains HIJO pages. It makes
a complete library, and no one can
afford to do without it who would keep
well informed. Price Sil.eo a volume
in leather, or $7.00 iu elegant half Tur
key. C. K. Judson, Fredonia, N. Y.,
controls the pale in Elk county. Ad
dress him for particulars. epl"-tf
CENTRAL
State Normal School.
(I'Ayhth. formal School Dixtrint)
LOCK HAY EX, CLIXT0X CO., PA.
A. N. RAl'B, A. M., Principal.
This school as at present constituted,
offers the very best facilities for Pro
fessional and Classical learning.
Buildings spacious, inviting and
commodious; completely heated by
steam, well ventilated, and furnished
with a bountilul supply ot pure water,
soft spring water.
Location neultuiut ana easy or ac
cess.
Surrounding scenery unsurpassed.
Teachers experienced, ellicient, and
alive to their work.
Discipline, firm but kind, uniform
und thorough.
Expenses moderate.
Fifty cents a week deduction to
those preparing to teach.
Students admitted at any time.
Courses of study prescribed by the
State; I. Model School. II. Prepara
tory. III. Elementary, IV. Scieu-
entiflc.
ADJUNCT C'OCRSKS :
I. Academic. II. Commercial, III.
Music. IV. Art.
The Elementary and Scientific
courses are Professional, and students
graduating therein receive State Diplo-:
mas, conferring the following corres
ponding degrees : Master of the Ele
ments, und Master of the Sciences,
Graduates lu the other courses receive
Normal Certificates of their attain
ments, signed by the Faculty.
The professional courses are liberal,
and are in thoroughness not inferior to
those of our best colleges.
The State requires a higher order of
citizenship. The times demand it. It
is one of the prime objects ot thia
school to help to secul-e it by furnish
ing intelligent and ellicient teachers
for her schools. To this end it solicits
young persons of good abilities and
gooil purposes those who desire to
improve their time and their talents,
as students. To all such it promises!
aid in developing their powers and
abundant opportunities for well paid
lalxir after leaving school.
For catalogue and terms address th
Principal.
S. D. BALL,
President Board of Trustees
T. C. HIPPLE,
Secretary.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES:
Clinton county. S. I). Ball. T. C.
Hippie, Dr. J. 11. Barton, A. H. Best,
Jacob Brown, Wilson Kistler, A. N,
Raub, W. W. Rankin, R. G. Cook,
Samuel Christ, G. Kintziug, S. M.
Bickford, H. L. Diilbiibuch, A. C,
Noyes, S. R. Peale.
Centre Ex-Gov. A G Curtiu.
Clearfield Ex.Gov. Wm. Bigler.
Elk Charles R. Earley.
Mr6'70yl
b T f) r TO SOiOO A YEAR, or $5 to J0 a
p l-- tiny in your own locality. No
rUk. Women do as wull at, muii. Many
make more than the amount xluted above.
No one can fall to make money fast. Any one
can do Ihe work. You ean make from 50 eta.
to ti an hour by devoting your evenings ami
spare time to the bnsiues. It eonta nothing
to try the busiuefls. Nothing like tt for
money making ever oflered bekire, Iiusineui
pleaHimt and atrictly honorable. Reader, if
yon want to know all about the beat paying
buslneK before the publie, neiid us your ad
Jressundwe will n nd you full particular
and private ternn free: sample worth siaito
iree; you can men mane up your itiiuu lor
yourself. Address, UKOKGK tSTIN.SON A CO,
Portland, Maine, ulUyl
Howe Sewing Machines.
Among the great variety of goods of
every description for side at ,
Powell & Kim e'8
Will be found an assortment of th
celebrated Elias Howe, Jr., Improved
Sewing Machines the best machine
now manufactured they having been
appointed sole agent for Elk county.
They will keep on hand Tuckers,
Corders, Hemmers, Braiders and Ruf
flera, .Needles, Sewing-machine Oil
Thread, bo., kc. 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 tecurity;
Ridowat, Aug. 30, '79.