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MOiRE, Editor.
MONDAY';
)weinter : : :3Hcl. 1807.
The Vi year.
This Dumber uf the Advocate is the
luft regular issue of this year. The de
cree of time has been as inexorably en
forced ngains,1807 as its predecessor,
uud the new year springs to existence
only to le hurried along into eternity.
Thus do they come and go. The old
carrying away with them the works
which aicu so laboriously strive to com.
j.loto. The builder, coo, is snatched
awny ; the loved and the hated, the
despised and the honored ; hearts
whereon the sunshine of a bappy pres.
cut, and the bright dawnings of a hap.
pier future loll and break in gentlest
L; m, ny ; hearts cankered with the dis
appointment! of life, whereon the waves
of bitter memories break and surge re
lentlessly, are alike victims, and tho
New Year again sings tho song of tho
old. It were well, if looking to the
past we read with profit from its fading
page the lessons it has given and
heed them : but we are prorio to forget,
because it is always" to-day," we spend
moments lavishly; heedless that they
are paving into hours, and the hours
again into days; heedless because the
soul looking ever at tho world in its
beauty, wearies if for a brief space it
glances to eternity; so far, far away,
hardly a speck on tho horizon, the soul
never dreams how swiftly the end ap
proaches ; heedless because the smile of
friends, the warm grasp of the hand,
heart speaking to heart, alas ! tel! only
of the present.
For ourself, we cannot ever return
sufficiently, the thanks and favors due
tho patrons of the Advocute. We are
keenly conscious of our failings ; our
readers must try to bear with them and
with us. We have the knowledge that
to the best ot our abilities we have striv
en to work out the lull measure of our
duties. We have endeavored to make
the Advocate a paper proportionately
The First Christmas Eve.
We once long ago saw a beautiful en
graving, entitled "The First Christmas
Eve." Though years have passed sinoo
we looked upon that picture we have not
forgotten it, and see it now as plainly as
when it was nrst laid betore us. It rep
resented Joseph mid the Virgin Mary
at tho stable-door of Bethlehem on the
night of that mysterious birth which
was to give a new direotion to human
thought and to revolutionize the world
The carpenter of Nazareth and his es
poused wife, so soon to be a mother,
have had a weary journey from their
distant hone, aud have climbed, at
nightfall, the steep ridge upon which
the town of ISctblehem stands. They
seek at once the shelter ot the caravan
serai or inn. But the eity is full ; there
is no room. Their need is great and
urgent. With anxiety and manly ten.
dcrness in every feature of his face, Jo.
soph leads his almost fainting partner
to the stable of the inn. The Virgin's
head has fallen upon his shoulder for
very weakness ; her right arm is linked
Tcrribte Accident on the lake
S hore Mlailroad.
Buffalo, December 18,
The New York express train from Cleve
land, on the Lake Shore Road, due here nt
12:45 t. M., being behind time, .when two
miles this side of Angola, either from a de
fective rail or the froBt, met with a serious
accident about 8 p. m. The (wo rear pas
senger cars were thrown off the track and
rolled over an c mbankment of twenty feet.
A train with surgeons, officers of the road
and others, left at 4 p. m. to render assis
tance. The killed and wounded are expec
ted to arrive here at 51 p. m., and every
preparation is being made by the people of
this eity to make the wounded comfortnble.
The following is a list of the kil'.ed and
wounded so fnr as ascertained
Killed Mrs. J. M. Strong, of Buffalo ;
Mary Freeman, residence unknown ; J. P.
llayward, agent of the road at State Line.
So far ns ascertained, about thirty are
reported injured, among whom are J. C.
Cribb, of Salem, Pennsylvania; Garrett
Hurley, of Corry, Pennsylvania ; Stephen
Stuart, President of the Oil Creek Hoad, is
missing.
Later. The accident at Angola wns
more serious than at first reported. The
rear ear went over an embsnkment of fifty
feet and caught fire, and out of fifty pas-
in his ; while with a languid grasp she sengcrs in it, but two escaped, the rest bo
holds in her left her swaddling-clothes.
The face, drooping with fatigue and
with the sweet sorrow that harbingers
the joy that " a man is born into the
world," is full of thoughtfuluess, as be
comes that Mary who " kept all these
things and pondered them in her heart."
The sombre towers of the city rise coldly
against the clear December sky, in
which the Star of Bethlehem has well
nigh reached its zenith. And thus, or
somewhat thus, it was on the First
Christmas Eve." And this, or some
thing like this, was the origin ot the
greatest event which, take what view we
may of life and all life's ends, has ever
happened ih the history of mankind.
The stable-door of Bethlehem was the
portal of an empire over the hearts and
hopes of wise and simple, to which even
Imperial Roma was made to bow the
head, email are
ing burned to death, and all that is left of
them is a mass ot blackened ami charred
remains. There are no means of ascertain
ing their names. Tho accident occurred
at Big Sister's Bridge, a quarter of a mile
east of Angola. One train with unhurt
passengers and a few wounded has arrived
here, and the balance of the wounded will
I e here at midnight. Inquests are now be
ing held at Angola on ihe killed. A large
number of physicians from Buffalo left on
special train to assist the wounded. The
following additional names of killed have
been received ; Jasper Fuller and wifo,
Spartanburg, Pennsylvania ; Mr. Graves,
residence unknown ; W. II. Boss, North
Bend, Pennsylvania i E. R. Forbush, Buf
falo ; Mrs. W. Freeman, Norwich, Pennsyl
vania j Mrs. Hubbard, St. Catharine's,
Canada West j Frank Walker, Buffalo.
Wounded W. C. Patterson, Oil Creek.
December 19.
Three of the charred bodies of the vfc.
tims of the railroad accident at Angola,
have been recognized as Mr. J. Alexander
LIST OF CAUSES set dawn for January
Term, 1808.
Weia for use, &e., vs Gcrg.
Same vs Same.
Same vs Same.
Waimright vs Crowell.
Cox's Executors vs England et ah
Messenger vs Barrett.
Bell V3 Werner et nl.
Hill vs Breedin el al.
Viers et al. vs Braniff.
Loomis vs County of Elk.
Bathbun vs West Creek Manufng Co.
Kinton vs Mnlone et al.
Dill vs Barrett.
Weis vs Lloyd.
Dcvcreaux vs Township of Jones.
Bcnzinger et nl. vs Funk.
Lawrence et nl. v l.uhr et al.
Mnyhood vs Crispin i t nl. '
Weis for use vs (icrg.
Same vs Same.
Same vs Same
GEO. A. RATHBUN,
dccSt Prothonotar.
in the
month
TIST OF LETTERS r-mniuMig
j Riilewny Post OIKee for tho
ending November With, 1SH7.
Andrews Simon, Austin, J. IT.
Baker Susnn, lilair.1., Bennett Annie.
Calmer William, Coy M.
Dnugherty James.
Fitch O. B.
Gray John.
linger George, Hover Christina, Humph,
roy It., House A. F., lletlelfinger William,
Ilillmnn Lewis, Holes C. II. S.
Jones Julius.
Lane N. B.
Montgomery T., Meeker Moses, Mitchel
David, Mnrsh A. J .
Nail John.
Phelps Charles, Phalen Martin, Postlelh
vrait Agnes.
Hiblet Henry.
Strickland Snmucl, Shaw W. W., Sweet
ing George, Scssery Ervin, Scott Curwin.
Thancy Owen.
Vance George.
Woodruffs. E., Wi'lsnn John, 2.
Persons culling 'or any of the above let
ters will please sny "advertised."
GKOEU. Al KSSENli ft.t.
declT ' Postmaster.
the beginnings of Martin and W. W. Towner, of Erie. Pa,
ereatuess. or the creatness. erowins tno lalter y a g1J cbain on his person
common, would else be none at all. If
we see only that which is lofty, it grad
ually becomes less to the sight, just as
The ample proposition that hope makes
Fuils in tho promised largeness.
Could we trace back the Nile to its
sources, and solve, as others have at
length done, tho riddle which the
sphinxes on its banks, petrified and
emotionless with the secrets ot the long
centuries, bad seemed to lock for ever
in their keeping, we should come upon
some silent lake, unfurrowed by any
keel; and all unconscious of its mighty
offspring's destiny. And on that night
-the eve ot the great birth while the
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EW HARDWARE STORE!
The subscribers have just Jopcncd in
ST. MARY'S
A new and Complete Stock of Heavy & Shelf
41 n np i i
And will keep constantly on hand a groat
variety of
COOK AM) Hi: A T1XG S TO YES
Jiar Iron, Strd Anrils, Billows, Nails,
Horse Shoes, Spring, liulld
iwj lliirdiniic, fratv.!
and Fife of Every Description !
GUNS, PISTOLS AND CARTRIDGES,
Cntlery, Plated Ware and Houso
Furnishing Goods. Al'
kinds of Mechan
ics' Tools !
T 1 N W A RE
Of every description, which will be sold a i
the LOWEST CASH PRICES.
They have also the exclusive agency in St
Mary's for tho
IMPROVED ORIENTAL
BASE.BUKNINU COAL STOVES 1
AND TARLOR FURNACES !
equal to any of its neighbors, and that sky looked coldly down, and Bethlehem
our efforts have not been altogether un
rbUtojg, our .increased list nd large ad
vertising patronage, to us, are the best
evidences. The coniiuK year will, we
hope, and confidently expect, see other
improvements in each department of our
paper. Joined to no clique or faction,
while we ever have, and ever will tena
ciously cling to, and 6tuunchly uphold seem but casual and eemmonplace, but
Steven Stewart, of Oil Creek, Pa, and Miss
Chyclene, of Titusville, Pa, died this after
noon. Chicago, December 19.
The locomotive ot tho Hyde Park
train exploded in the Union, depot this
morning, shortly after the train ai rived.
All the passengers had left the depot,
and only lour persons were injured,
none of them seriously. The damages to
the building is comparatively slight, and
the entire loss will not exceed $8,000.
New York, December 18.
A largo fire is now raging at Pcnborn
City, opposite New York, on the Jersey
shore, supposed to be the petroleum
works located there.
"u norever, tharo is ignorance,
eays the N' Y. Tribune, " thero is peril
to the cause of good Government and
to the institutions of the country." Most
true ; and yet the Tribune demands that
sunrage shall be forced by military pow
the Democratic party, we have also
made tho Advocate emphatically a fam
ily paper. We hope we have given of
ferjee to no one. Such was never our
intention, and we trust our readers bear
to us the kindliness of feeling with
which wo greet them, one and all.
Our country, unhappily, while yield
ing from her mother breast, a bountiful
harvest, has not been blessed with the
realizations of the hopes cherished at
the time General Lee surrendered ;
practically the contending armies are
clustered around Appommattox Court
House ; and stabs are diiven, not, in
deed, with tho bayonet, but the more
dangerous because silent in its strokes
weapon of fanatical rule. A reckless
lay in stillness an d repose, if haply some
belated passenger had met this wondrous
pair as they so slowly and wearily sought
their humble resting-place, littlo would
he have deemed that he had cast his
eyes upon one who at that moment was
the central object of interest to earth
aud heaven. Thus, though in a less de
gree, it often is that we unconsciously er upon the blacks of the South, and
are present at the birth of events, which that there shall be no civil government
in the dismantled states unless it is con
trolled by them. It follows that the
Tribune is an enemy to tho ciuse of
good government and to the Republican
institutions.
OF JURORS Grand and Traversa
Irnwu for January Term, IXOH.
GRAND JCUOHS.
hcn'zrft. .las Ovi'iturf, Jacob S John
son, Julius Jones, Miles Deut.
Fox. Charles E Gross, Reesman Mere
dith, R M Bennett, P A Jordan, Thomas
Malone, II B Shons, W K Meredith, Wm
McCauley.
Ridgway. Edward Derby, D Scribner.
Spring Criek. Adam Shall.
St. Mary's. Daniel Scull, r ranK wcis.jr.
Charles Luhr, Frederick Miller, Joseph
Windfelder.John T. Burgaa, John Traindlc.
Jay. Zenas Webb.
Jones. Joseph l'istncr.
TRAVERSE J I' HOPS.
Bcntzctt. Martin Enz, John Z Linde.
muth, Milton Chase.
Fox. Patrick Smith, Uriah W Rogers,
Reuben S Gross, Jeremiah Sullivan, Aaron
Harrington, Michael Callahan, Edward
McCrcady, James U. Taylor, Jeremiah
Hewitt.
Highland. Charles Stubbs, Levi Elli
thorpe. Jlorlon. Robert Mcintosh, O P Kcltz,
Edwin Aldan, Joseph S Hyde.
Jiidfjivay. Marcus T French. .Teromi
Powell, Robert Hillock, Harry Maxwell.
B A Dill, G L McCrnckcn, 11 S Belnap, P
W Barrett, Thornton Strang.
St. Mary's. John Garner. H Krctz, Frnk
Forenbaug, James Covue. T Braniff.
Jay. Charles Webb, Armel Turley, R,
Johnson, B H A Ponrsall.
in their issues have the widest influence
upon the destinies of the world. The
time was when tho conqueror, dostined
to sweep through the world upon the
wings of victory, lay mewling in his
nurse's arms, and more helpless than
anything except humanity can be. So,
too, the poet's first utterances, when
born into the world oi men whom he is
to instruct and charm, have been but
the wall of mindless infancy : and the
The impeachment evidence, which
the Government printers aro now -put
ting into book form at the expense of
the taxpayers, will cost two hundred
thousand dollars. ThU is paying rather
dear for the whistle.
Tfeto SflbeHiseh)c.)is.
atable and mangtr of Bethlehem were
but the natural and not unfitting pre-l.-j
i .l- l .1 :: u:.-
luues Ul me uuivuisui uuuuuiim ui ajiiu i fiPKTTAT vnTIPP
whom on that night of feebleness first We UnflmBA it necesaryi 0Tia t0 keep fte
came as Mary s son. 1? ull ot thought is financial department of the Advocate on a good
the face of Mary. The dying, in cer baaii, to adopt the following rule:
tain stages of their disease, seo at one Traniient Advertisements must be paid for in ad-
i :i v i . u:. t;,. I vance; anaanjoD work aa toon ai compietca.
glance the whole of their former lives Bilimadeont and presented to yearly advertisers
prujecieu upuu lueir uioiu , uiunuiug at tne beginning oi each quarter.
men, ere all is over, see the picture of Subscriptions to be paid lor invariably in advance.
the nast in shamest outline and in ful- nmt John F. Moobe, Publisher
faction, drunk with plunder, and filled lest detail; while the intuition of genius
with hate, ignoring ita own solemn dec- living and prescient, looks forward and
j 4u- -c .l i- com nreherida instinctively tne Plan oi
uu i m ,u.pBur h J Mary, at the Stable door, of Ridgway, deceased, have been granted
seeks to utterly subvert our constitution, b . repreSented in the engraving to the unders.gned, and those indebted to,
laws and institutes. Ten sovereignties, had, erchace, but a dim vision of afl rTo.T.'d;?
wuicu gave iu us neury, who icuncssiy tne coming glory, UUl yet eaw euuugu tueutioated for settlement.
threw down the gauntlet to oppression ; to make her woman's heart sink down
Washington who breathed upon the niore deeply still with awe. Cost forth
B. . . .. .., K. , from the hostelry, she could wander in
Hates and gave them life ; Marion and spirit int0 the ls'r distaDce of the 8gc& t0
Sumptor, Green aud Jackson are come, and there, could her mental gare
bound luthlessly, and giveu over to the have fixed the misty outlines of the la
domination of an ignorant and vengeful ter daJ8i m-gnt Bhe have beheld her
rri.: n, t-. jj imaciod self adored by mothers, men,
.... . . , . , . , , , , , and maidens ; and shnne aud altar,
their dearest rights denied the, robbed, 8pire and tower cburch and CBtrjCdral,
starved and impoverished at the will of basilica and dome, upreared to honor the
a Military Commander, without law or I name of her for whom, on this " First
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Notice
is hereby giveu that letters of Admin
istration on the estate of Albert Willis, late
CARRIE D. WILLIS, Adm'x.
D. B. R. DICKINSON, Adin'r.
Deo. 23'07.-Ct.
redress, and even denied the poor boon
of seeking justice. Torn and divided
by internal dissension, we hail, for our
country, the death of tho year ; we are
so much Dearer our deliverance. May
it bo aecompliihed in fulness, and for all
time, before we bid our readers again,
as we do now, " A Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year."
Chicago has been fixed on as the
place and the 20th of May next as the
time, at whioh will be held the Repub
lican National Convention for the nomi
ation of a Presidential ticket. It is as.
serted that the party leaders intend ad.
niitting the South to a representation in
the Convention.
The sleighing is excellent through
out this region.
Christmas Eve," there was " no room."
It is rather amusing to see .that
the two gravest charges against the
President in the impeachment indict
ment were for acta conuoiited by the
fiercest IUdicals. or at their request,
najaely: the transfer of Southern rail,
road property done by Mr. Stanton
and the pardon of late rebels, granted
upon the solicitation of Gen. Grant and
Radical members of Congress.
The Uuion League of Philadelphia
were not unanimous in the nomination
of Grant. In fact the members were
nearly evenly divided, and the feeling
between them was and still is most bitter.
It is said the division thus begun is like
ly to lead to aa open split in the party
in Philadelphia. Tho split will be an
ugly one, and white mou can afford to
laugh at it.
J. S. BORDWELL, M. D.
eclectic FursicitJr.
The word eclectio means to choese or
select medicines from nil the different
schools of medicine ; using remedies that
are safe, and discarding from practice all
medicines that have an impurious effect on
the system, such as mercury, antimony,
lead, copper, &c.
I lav aside the lance tho old Hood
letter, relucer or dcpleter, and equalize the
circulation and restore tho system to its
natural state by alteratives and tonics.
shall hereafter give particular attention to
chronio diseases, such as Pobenmatisin,
Dyspepsia, Liver complaint, Catarrh, Neu
raliria, diseases of the throat, urinary or
gans, and all diseases peculiar to females,
&o.
CATARRH I treat with a new instrument
of a lute invention, which cures every case
TEETH extracted without pain.
Office and residence south of the jail on
Centre St. Office hours from 7 to 8 a. m
12 to 1 p. m ; t to 7 p. m.
Deo. 23'G7. -ly. J. S. BORDWELL. ,
TAMES PRYOR vs George R. Welton
( and R. B. Welton. lu the Elk county
Court of Common 1 leas.
Doraestio Attachment.
Notice is hereby given that the report of
trustees in above ease has been duly fi'(-l
in my other, anu no oojeciion up) 'ut inc,
the same will be continue 1 at next ici iu.
GEO. A. RATHBUN,
T)Y VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF V
D eri Facia, issued out of the Court
of Common Phas of Els county, Penn
sylvania, aud to me directed, I will ex
pose to salo at Public Outory, at the
Court House in Ridgway on Monday,
the loth day of Juuuury, lSbs, the ful
lowing described property, to wit :
AH the interest (if the defendant of,
in and and to those certain town lots,
known as lots Number six (G) and seven
(7 situate in tho village or town of
Ridgway, Tilt county, I'ennsylvunia :
fronting on the east side ot a street call
ed Grant street, and buumlod on ihe
north by an alley leading u!ui); the Mill
race, on the south by lot numbered einht
'o), oq the west by said drutt htrcel,
aud on the east by lots numbered twelve
thirteen (13), nd li uitceu (14.)
cording to a plan el town lots made
and laid out by Henry ISoutlier, and re
corded in the Recutder s (Juice ot Elk
couuty in Deed Bock K. pp. 528, 529,
and 530. With a two-story frame
building; main part being about sixteen
feet front by twenty-eight, a wing on the
south side two stories high, about tweu
tv two feet suuure, und awinzonthi
back or east side, one story high, and
sixteen by nineteen and a half feet, or
thereabouts unhnislied. Also, a nuoi
ber of fruit and shade trees on said lots
Seized, and taken in execution, aud to
bo sold as tho property of Thornton
Strang.
JAMES A. MALONE, Sh'ff.
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AV DAnnL I I d
Vegetmbla
HAIR RESTORATIVE
Wm decided by lb. N. II. Btifi Fair
and ia now conceded by iht itubtic to be 1
i intTtry Dfii t'rrperanun ior ignoring i
i uiij or leuru nair io iia original coior;
mora ana ueuurun, eiu lor i 'resting; t.
G?Jj leereethe Brelp t'LKAK, AO1
R, BARRETT t CO., Proprietor!,
MAKCUESTEll, K. H.
For sate by Di
TS. Bordwell
. Oflico and
Jail, oil (' n't v St.
atti'iuioii will !i r.
hot;n : 7 tn S A. M
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Which havo received Four First Class Pre
miums at Ihe New York State and oth.
er Fairs ; Also, the Great Silver
Medal at the Fair of t!io Am
erican Institute, liehl in
Kew York City, lbljj.
They are rcrpctuul Burners, only ono Sr
being required to be uisda
during the season.
M. BEECH E II. Jb.
WM. II. COPELASD.
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A LAItOK STOCK OF
GOODS
The undersign
and vei v dft-r
and will cnnstiintly
assortment, includin
is wanted to
J have on hand a large
able stok U GOODS,
keep
an exteosno
everything that
EAT, WEAR, OR FEED.
which tl ' v vi'.l .-ei! at the very button
figure ai:.! I nun this date will sell caly
for ('A Sl. We will use every endeav
or to make it tn the interest ot oor cus
tomers io silnt't the universal
CASH SYSTEM.
We have de'ermiiK'i! to give the
CASH SYSTEM
a fair trial, believing it to be the inter
est ot both buvei and seller.
row EEL & kimeJ
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EZD AND GRAIN.
ii!r, Imviii'j co niiletej thair
Mill lli.lwnv aro now
the -e. le of the sur-
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N :w Or
pii'.:ir."l Id hii ii.su
r. milling CDinii .'y v
Flour cf the Best
an 1 oE'iIh-:!' ..Wit iMamitaot mo.
inaiki-t in. vs. , -
Tlio urtLMtin:i of lumbermen and0tlira
is called to our labilities for '.fruishing
t hem w'nb
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