-She (fcfh gttocafc, A WEEKLY KEW8PAPER, totedtpthe Interests of the People of Elk Co in ri'BLinimo KvicnY sati.rpat, I3Y JOHN l- MOOllE, Office in the Court Ilounr. Tf rms One Dollar end Fifty Cent per annum, invariably in advauv,,.. No devia tion from these terms. Bates of Advertising. Transient Advert isemcments pers n, ifc' of 10 lines or less, 3 times or lops $2 00 For each subseqnnt insertion 1! Administrators' and Ex'rs notices... 2 fit) Auditors' notices 2 50 Dissolution. Cautions and Esiravs... 2 00 Local and Obituary notices pet line- 1" Professional cards, 1 year 5 00 TIARl.T ADVUnTICKMnXTS. 1 square $ 7 0O column JtiO 0) 2 squares .. 12 00J column W 0t 8 squares 15 OO'l column (iij 00 The above rates will be strictly adhered to in all advertising from this date. BI.AKKS. Single quire $2 5016 quires "p qr..!?1 7 3 quires qr... 2 Jiil'ovcr . i qr.. 1 50 iiAxnaiM.s. ! sheet. 25 or less 2 001 J heel, 25 or less 5 00 sheet. 25 or less 3 00, i sheet, 24 or less It 00 Nov. 28, 1887. JOHN P MOORE. Editor and Proprietor. TIME OF HOLDING COURT. Second Monday in January, Last Monday in A pril. First Monday in August, First Monday in November. j. s7uoil DWELL, M. 1). cx.ectjc irsic.i.". ThetewJI eclectic means to choose or select medicines from all the different sohools of meiicine : using remedies that ire safe, fct4 -discarding from practice all TOufcrBw that Siaire an impurious effect on ttibeTflyHtn, such as mercury, nntimony, lead, eop'ptrs -fee. I lay aside uo lance the old blood letter, relucer or dejteer, and equalise the circulation and restore Hc system to its natural elate by ahemlives and tonics. I shall hereafter give iparticubir attention to chronic diseases, pick as I'obenm.'Uisin, Dyspepsia, Liver iuplint. Catarrh, Neu ralgia, diseases of the throat, urinary or gans, and all diseases peculiar to females, Ac. CATARRH I treat with anew instrument tif a late invention, which cures every case. TEETH extracted n it hoot pain. Office and residence south of Hie jail on Ctre 8t. Office hours from 7 to 8 a. m 12 to 1 p. m ; C to 7 p. in. Dec. 23 C7.-ly. J. 8. RORDWELL. HEAT DEDUCTION IN THK PRICE OF FURNITURE ! Mr. Charles L. Kaycr desires respectful ly to inform the citinens of Kik County that lie has now the most complete, cheapest, nnd best lot of Furniture in the county. Hit Furniture is all rnado in his own shop, he can therefore warrant it to be neat ami durable. lie has a largs assortment of llureaue. Lounges, Sofas. Cnairs, Tables, Wardrobes, Cupboard, liookcases, Rook elands, Washstnnds, Towel Racks, Ilnli Hacks, What Sols, HcdstcaJs of Whitewood, Walnut and Cherry, Brackets, Picturo Frames, and everything usually kept in a first class Furniture Ware-Room. He has connected with his eslsihliKlimcnt a steam turning lathe, which will enable tii in to do nil kinds of turning in a neat and workmanlike manner. All he asks is a fair trial, and if his wares do not give satisfaction, he will re fund the money. CHARLES L.1UYER. tny2218G71y St. Mary's, Pa. . I KKLKH &W I LSU n"SiS E V ING MACHINES. The under signed having been appointed Sole Agent for the sale of Wheeler & Wilson's Sewing Machines for Elk county. lie keeps nn Assortment constantly on hand. Machines sold at Philadelphiaand New Yor prices. Any parties desirous of obtaining them can Address J. K. W1IITM011E, March 9t-'G6-ly. at R-dway, Pa. NOTICE OF AVPEaL. The Commis sioners of Llk County, will hold ap peals, at the time and places mentioned as follows : Feb, 18, for Spring Creek, at Irwins. " lit, for Jones, at the Wilcox House. " 20, Tor Highland, at Charles Stul.bs. " 25, for Horlon, at D. Oysters. " 20, for Fox, at John KojIis. " 27, for Jay, at M. Spangle r's. ' 28, for licneiel, at. Ali.a Winslow's. Mar. 2, for St. Mar's at M. Weliondorf's. 3, for Ueniinger, at J.. Windt'elder's. 4, for Ridgway. at Com. Olfico. On the 6tu of March the appeal on un. ealed lands will be held at Kidgu-ny. pKOPOSALS FOIt L U MB Elt! The Columbia iridgo Company will re ceive proposals, addressed to Ci. It. Roll ers, Chief Enginncer, Office Pennsylvania A'ailroad Company, Philado'.phiu, unlil February 20, 18(58. for about 3,300 OOO Feet White Pine, li. M. TOOJOO Feet White Oak, li. M. 1,000 000 Shert Joint Shingles. . To be delivered on the framing (-round, at the .firidge in Columbia, Pa., ou or be fore the 1st day of August The lumber to be of the best quality of bridge lumber, and subject to the inspec tion, measurement, and approval of such Agent as the Company may appoint. De tailed bills and specifications cm he pro tared by addressing G. II. ROrfERTS, Penn'a K. R. Oliice, 1'iiiUd'a. Feb. 8, 'C8 3t. A TTENTIOX L I'M B Eh' M EX ! fpiIE EAGLE TURBINE WATER i WHEEL, patented iulySO, 1HI17, is superior to any wheel in use. The under signed have the agency for said wheel in the State of Pennsylvania, and can reconn mend it as being the best manufactured. For further particulars, and circulars, in, quire at our Foundry in Kersey, wliero machinery, mill-gearing, castings and steam engines will be made to order at reasonable, prices. We expect by giving satisfaction in our work to receive a good share of pub lic patronage. J. t. ROBERTSON, R. BELL. Kersey, Pa., janlti Iruifqvl. THE ELK ADVOCATE RIDGWAY, PEXXA. FEBRUARY 29, 1868. JOf.VF. MOORE, Ei;t'- f; Proprietor. V t .f Wontterful ttreant. It was 1 in in t t lie year 1S'!1, in Ihe thriving little town of Argcntierc, near the foot of the Chrveiitics Mountains, iu IVancc. The day was chaiming. Many of the inhabitant, were traversing the highways, sr'joying the agreeable ncss of the weather. Among the nimi' b';f was a tall young man, apparently not mure than twenty five years of age. In liifs right he carried a cane, and iu his left, a small carilM-bag. Ilia gait was quirk, and from his txprcesiou he seemed to be bent upon some important errand. In this manner ho went along, occasionally glancing around to view the surrounding objects. Ho bud hardly gone more ihan a quarter of a mile when, be came to a smj.ll street, which was in the suburbs of the '.own. lie turned and proceeded up this. Pres. eotly, alter walking but a short distance, he arrived ut an inn. Here ho hesita ted ; and after viewing the exterior, he muttered to himself tho following words : " It i.s very singular' that this is the first inn I have seen throughout my route. However, I. will put up here." So faying, ho entered the building, and having registered his name, he was shown to a room. After ordering his dinner, he weut into his apartment to rest hi nself. His order was immedi ately responded to, and after eating, he prepared to retire, intending to partake of a lo.ig an J hearty sleep, so that ear ly the nest morning he might visit the various nierchauts of lite town. He m CJrJingly went to bed and was soon wrapped in slumber. While thus sleep he hud a dream '.hat made the strongest iuiprtsaion ou him. We will give it as from the lips of the dieamct : " I thought I had arvived at the same town, but iu the middle of the evening, which was really the case ; that I had put ip at the sama inn, and gone out tunuediatolys an unacquainted stranger would do, in order to se3 whatever was worthy of observation in the place. I t.aiked down the main street into anoth er street apparently leading into the country. 1 had gone no great distance when I came to a church, which I stopped to examine. Alter satisfying my curiosity, I advanced to a by-path which branched off to the main street. Obeying an impulse which I could neither account lor nor control, I struck into this path, though it was winding, rough and unfrequented, and presently reached a miserable cottage, ill front of which was a garden covered with weeds. I had no difliculty in getting into the garden, for the heiLo had several wide gaps in it. I approached an old well that stood solitary and gloomy in a dis tant corner ; and looking down into it. beheld, without any possibility of luis take, a corpse which had been stabbed in several places. I counted the wounds and wide gashes. Thero were ix." At this moment he awoko with his hair ou end, trembling in every limb, nnd cold drop of perspiration bedewing his fin'cLccd awok to find himself comfortably in bed. his carpet-bag lying near him, and the morning sun beaming through his curtains. What a differ ence ! He sprang from his bed, dress ed himself, and as it was yet early, sought an appetite for his breakfast by a mottling walk. He went accordingly into the street and strolled aloug. Tho farther he wont tho stronger eamo the confused recollection ol the objects that presented themselves to bis view. " It is very strange," said ho,Jo him sjII ; " I have never been iu this place belore, and I could swear that I've seen this bouse, and tho nest, and that other on tho left." On ho weut, till he can e to a corner of a street crossing tho one down which lie hud come. lieforc long he arrived at the church with tin same architectu ral feature that had attracted his no tice in the dream ; and then the high road, along which ho had pursued hie way, comiiiL' at length to the sumo by path that had presented itself to bis im agination a few hours before thero was no possibility of doubt or mistake. Every tree and every turn was familiar to Liui. He Lurried f jt ward, uo longer doubting that the next moment Would bring him to the cottage ; and this was really the Case. Iu oil Ita'citcrior ap pearances it corresponded with what he had seen in his dream. Who, then, could wonder that lie determined to as. certain whether the coincidence would ho?d good in every point ? He entered the garden, aud even went round the cottage, which seemed to be inhabited; but nowherS could he find any signs of a well. He then hastened" back to tho inn in a state of excitement huxd to de. scribe He could not . make up hi mind to allow such extraordinary coin cidences to pass unnoticed. But how was ho to obtain a clue to tb awful mystery? He went to the landlord, and asked him directly to whom the cottagh belonged that was on tho by road to him. " I wonder, sir," said he, " what caus. cd you to take such particular notice of that wretched little hovel? It is in habited by an old man and his wife, who have the character of being very unsocial. They scarcely ever leave the house, see uobody, and nobody goes to see them. I never heard anything against them beyond this. Of late, their very existence appears to have been forgotten, aud I believe that you are the first who for years has turned their steps to the lonely spot." These details, instead of satisfying his curiosity, only roused it the more. Breakfast was served, but be could cut none ; and he felt that it he presented himself to tho merchants in such a state of excitement they might think him mad. He walked up and down the room and looked out of the window, en deavoring to interest himself iu a quar rel between two men io the street; but tho garden and cottage preoccupied his mind ; nnd at last, snatching up his hat, he made his way into tha street. . Has tening to the nearest magistrate,' bo re lated the whole circumstance briefly and clearly. " It is very sltange," said the officer, "and after what has happened, I don't think it would be rigbt to leave the mat" tcr without further investigation. 1 will place two of tho police at your command; you can then go once more to the hovel, and search every part of it. You may, perhaps, make some very important discovery." He allowed but a very few minutes to elapse before he was on his way accom panied by the two officers. After knock ing at the door, and waiting for some time, the old man opened the door. lie received them somewhat uncivily, but showed no mark of suspicion when they told him they wished to search the house. " Very well ; as last and as soon as you please," was the reply. " Have you a well here ?" " No, sir ; we arc obliged to get our water from a spring about a quarter of a mils distant." They searched the house, but dis coveted nothing of any consequence. SIcanwhilo the old man gazed upon them with au impenetrable vocancy of look, as if he could not understand why they were intruding on bis property. Finally, they forsook tho cottage, with, out Gndiug anything to corroborate their suspicions. I5y this time a Dumber of per sons bad collected together outside, having been drawn to the spot by the sight of a stranger with two policemen. They were asked if they knew anything of a well in those parts. They replied they did not ; the idea seemed to per. pies thctu. At length an old woniuu came forward leaning on a crutch. " A well ?" said t-he. " Is it a well you aro looking for ? That has been gone this thirty years. I remember as it it were yesterday, how I usod to throw stoiifis into it just to hear them splash iu the water." " Do you remember where thr.t well us;d to be ?" asked the gentleman. a " As near as I can recollect," replied the old woman, " it is on tho very spot where you aro now staodiug." tlo suddenly started as if ho had trodden upon a serpent. ThCy at once commenced digging up the ciound. VOLUME SEVEN NUMBER 50 At abont twenty inches deep, they cam v to a layer of brick, which Suing- broken up, revealed some rotten boards. There were easily removed, when tlu'y beheld the daVk mouth of the well. " I was quite certain that was the spot," said the old woman. "Whs'.a fool yon were to stop it up, and then have to travel so far for water !" A sounding line.furnishcd with'hooks, was now let down into the well the crowd hard pre.-sing around them breath lessly bending over the black and fetid hole, the secrets of which seemed hid den in impenetrable obscurity. This wa repeated several times without any remit. At length, "penetrating below the mud, the hooks caught in something of considerable weight; and after much time and effjr t they succeeded in rais ing it from the obscure hole. It was an old chest. The sides aud lid were decayed, and it nee'ded wo locksmith to open it. Within it they found what they were sure they would find1, and which filled the spectators with korror the remains of a human body. Tho police officers now rushed into the house and secured the old man. As to bia wife, she at first could not be found. Hut, after a futiguing search, the was discovered beneath a pile of wood, being much bruised by the heavy logs above her. By this time nearly the whole population of the town had collected around the spot. The old couple were brought before the proper authorities aud sep irately examined. The man persisted iu his denial most obstinately ; but his wife at once confessed that ehc and her hus band, a very long time ago, had murder ed a pedlar wno possessed a large sum of money. lie had passed the night at their house ; and they, taking odvan tage of tha heavy sleep that cucompass ed him, had strangled him, slier which they plaocd his body in a chest. The chest was thrown iato a well, and the well stopped up. The two criminals had reason to be lieve themselves free from detection, as there were do wltuessesof tho crime, and its traces had been carefully conceal ed. Nevertheless they had not been able to hush the voice ol comc'ionce. They fled from their follow men. They were intimidated at the slightest noise, and silence thrilled them with fear. Thoy had often thought of flying to some distant land ; but some inexplica. ble iufluence kept tlicm near tho re mains of their victim. Terrified by the deposition of his wife, the old man at length made a similar confession ; end six weeks after the guilty couple cx pired on the scaffold. Grant and Hancock. Tho corres pondence between theso officers, upon the occasion of the reiioval, by the lat ter, of nine members of the City Coun cil of New Orleans, shows that General Hancock is a rtan ffhoso ability, firm ness and will are at least equal to those of the General-in-Chief. IIo removed these councilmen, of whom several were negroes, becauso they dared to violate one of his orders. Gen. Grant immedi ately directed him to suspend tho order of rcmovul, and to send him, by nun', a statement of his reasons for issuing it. Gen. Hancock tchyrapheJ, in reply, that bis own acti n had been iu strict conformity to that of General Mower in a similar :ase, and which had been approved by the Gencral.in. Chief ; that his self respect as Commander of the District had made it obsolutcly acc essary for him to issue it ; and to sus pend the order would bo to destroy his usefulness there. Ha then added that, if after this statement it should still be required of him to revoke his order, bis seuso of what he considered due to him self and to bis position, would compol him to aak to be relieved of h s present command. This firm and man ly protest of Gen. Hancock had its' ef fects upon' the mind of General Grant, who instantly telegraphed bin) not to suspend the order. It is thus that the right triumphs when it U bravely and ably championed. The k'cighiug continues good. Jaxi Hillings on the t. Next to the monkey, ulr' t int !o z thr nwr.t deviltry to spare. Tl.ry niu born very wild, can !c t.-inril vz rvf-y i ?. a poat kan, but a tamii crow is t.l.lcrl'y worse thr.n a sore thumb. If there is ennylhing a b' lit tl p Vi t.:e that they kur.t get into, it i 'Iccnti-e the thing nint bi;r MitifT, '1 bad vuil i r watcTi a distrilit skonl ilmu me tin crow. Ciows live on what they fan steal, and they will st; al rrythU'g that ait) t. tied down. Tbcy arc fond" cv n:or,'' v-itlh s. are rhe fii'ot to hold an i nir-st mvr a departed boss, cr a still slirrp. '1 In y are a fine bird to hunt, but a li.irl .m to kill ; they kan tee 2 miles first, n-l will smell a gun right thnmgli the siJo ov a mountain. They nro uot songstiis uliluutgh they have a gool voice to cultivate, but what they do sing they seem to understand! thoroughly; long practisj has male them perfect. The crow is a tuff bird, nnd kan stand the heat like a blacksmith and the cold like a stun walk They b'ld their nest among a tree,, and lay twice, and both eggs would hatch out il tha wazlaid in a snow bank tlmre ain't no such thing as stopping a young crow. Crows are very lengthly T believe th?y live always ; I never k:.u one to die u uatral deth, and don't believe tin kno l.'ow. The nro ahvuz thiu in flosli, and nro like an injun rubber bhu ; poor insido and out. Tha aro not considered fine eating, although I have read sm in? whore ov bil. cd crow, but still I never beard ov the sam2 man hankering for biled crow 2 times. This cssa on the crow is copied from r.aJur, and it it iz true I aint to blame for it datur made the crow, I didn't. dippings n-cm Exchanges. The I'rcEident of the Loyal League at Lc-csburg, Virginia, is in j-il. for hotsc stealing. A shoemaker at Havana, recently murdered his wife by chopping her to pieces with an axe. Bishop Morris, of the M. K. Church, recommends the appoiutmcnt of a uumbcr of new bishops. A man iu Chesterfield, Now Hasnp. shire, weighs 100 pounds, his wife 30d, ono of his daughters 200, and the other 209 poucds. A number of dishonest railroad conductors in Now Hampshire have got themselves into trouble by retaining fares to a large amount. It is suspected that a young lady iu Bangor, Maine, who died recently, was poisoned by an overdose of arsenic, which she was in the habit ot taking to improve her complexion. A largo Democratic mass meeting was held iu New Orleans on tha 15th iustant. Resolutions were adopted en dorsing President Johnson, and affiliate ing with the Northern Democracy. At Mound City, 111., there arc eight Monitors laid up, and as tho care of them is rather a costly and troublesome job. it is proposed to excavato a basin, at the cost of ?100,000 in which they may be allowed to rot or rust without further expense. Hon Thmira C. McCreary, of Davis county, Ky., has been elected to fill the unexpired term in the United States Senate, made vacant by the res. ignation of Senator Guthrie. Mr. McCreary is a Democrat of command ing abilities. A" large number of counterfeit 82 United States legal tender uotcs aro in circulation. They arc distinguishable by tho coarseness of the vignette i.f Hamilton, and the peculiar color of tho preen ink with which the black is printed. A gathering of leading Democrats from all psrts of the country will short ly be held at New York, wi:h a view especially to elicit the opinion of repre sentative men from different sections, as to the availability of certain persons whose namo3 ore beginning to be men tioned as candidates for President and Vice President. About 150 persons sat dowutia horseflesh banquet recently n London, .many of whom weto famous epicures. The banVpct was made' ' up of various " dishes und sauces, niid a monster jo'tj v ; of roast horse weighing 260 pound?, wa.i ' carved and served up. A corn s; on-- ; dent of the London Times cays it wi-s certainly a meat Hhirh ' onee tasted, would l.c taken without hesitation.