The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1865-11-25
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OlL ATlONS.-DlcklnS0n a. Co.,
determined to test the oil fairly, have,
after tubing and pumping their we'll for
more than four weeks Cat the depth of
Sl3 ft.) concluded to take up the tubing
(although they had every indication of
OLD and put down the drill which they
done few days ago, and are now deter
mined to find tho hidden treasure before
they stop--which in our opinion, and
not only our opinion, but it is the opin,
ion of all, that visited the well, seen
the gas burn. and smolt the strong
smell of OIL that the hidden treasure is
not many feet below the crevice in the
rock which they struck at the depth Of
S13, when a heavy gas was found to
escape.
If the Judge succeeds in striking oil,
the citizens of Ridgway and vicinity,
can truly say, we'll done Judgc-and as
a reward we are indebted to you thou
sands, by way of gold medal-from the
fact, that others fully as able as you,
have not contributed one dime, to seek
for or bore after the prize.
Rev. Henry Ward Beccher, says:
"When I hear so much said, as now
hear said, of the suffrage of the blacks,
| confess that / sometimes feel that if it
is so bad, l wish they would not tell it, D."
Just SO. But having helped SO largely
in the devils work of bringing on the
sufferings of the blacks, it is right that
he should hear it-every groan. every
shrek and wall of agony that ari,
ses from the starving, drifting, disease
ridden creatures. Let him and his radi.
cal aiders and CO. workers listen to it
all-witness it all. if possible-for it is
all their own deplorable work
No sooner has one rebellion been
put down than another is proposed, and
Of a darker hue than the last. John
Brown, Jr., son of "Old Ossawattomie,"
delivered a speech to a company of ne
grocs in Ohio'a short time since, which
is reported in the Ottawa News as fol.
lows:
My colored friends, you have now
the right to one box, and that's the cart
ridge box; but there are two other boxes
which you ought to claim, one of which
is the ballot box and the other the jury
box If the white people fail to give
you these, and if you cannot getthem in
peaceable way, I advise you to arm
yourselves and demand your full rights
from the government"
SAD AccTDENT.-On Tuesday of last
week whilst engaged in edging boards,
on the Mill of Moore e. Dilworth, Nor.
gan Lucas came to his death in shock
ing manner. 1t appears that he was
reaching over the saw to remove a piece
of bark aud in drawing his arm back
again, it came in contact with the saw,
which struck his han6 between the third
and fourth finger, passed up the arm
rather obliquely, tearing the fore arm to
pieces and tracturing the upper arm two
or three inches above the elbow joint
This blow whirlcd him around and the
left arm fell upon the saw, and was cut
nearly in twoabout two inches above the
elbow, but a small portion of the muscle
on the inside of the arm remaining in.
tact. He was taken up by the men on
the Mill and ligatures applied around
each arm above the injury, to prevent
bleeding. Drs Hunt and Sweeny were
Immediately called but the unfortunate
man died before they arrived Mr..
Moore and the men on the Mill did every
thing that could be done the ligatures
were cffectual in arresting the bleeding.
as but little blood was lost The shock
was too much for the system ; he contin-
ued to sink for about three hours when
death relieved him. He leaves q wife
and five children to mourn his loss.