The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-02-14
ETE.KS OF E.RTE .T'EFE'S.


raiso with sixteen large cannon for Chill.
The coffee crop Of Costa Ricl is very
large, being calculated at i5J,OJJ quin.
tails.
Mr.. McQuilian, formerly connected
with the Cincinnati Press, died yester.
day. &.
General G.. W. Lawrence has been
well received Us United States Minister
to Costa l,ica.
The Coffee cropo Of Guatemala is about
the same as AStyear, and that Of COcni.
neal viii be greater.
The Executive mansion las been
thoroughly renovated at cost Of $40.
600. The new carpets and curtains
were especially imported from England
The President has appointed George
Bancroft the historian, Collector Of Bos.
ton. vice General Conch, not confirmed
The appointment has occasioncI some
surprise.
The appendix of the State Nepaltmcnt
report for 1868. makes a printed vol
umc Of about 72j pages, aud consists oh
tirely Of matters relating to The assass ma
ton Of Mr.. Lincoln.
The Senate confirmed Danio, l.. Col
lier, Of Philadelphia, ana Isaac 4. Yer
plank Of Buffalo, to examine into the
claims of Massachusetts for money cX.
pended during the war for coast deiepce.
Gen. Crook is chastising the Idaho
Indians with effect. On the q of Feb
ruary. in running fight with them. he
killed 10 and captured y. The cap'uro
of Indians is ve.y unpopular on the
plains.
The House Committee on Commerce
agreed to report against all lowing petit
ton for the registration of some sixty
foreign built vessels aud also against in
creasing the pay Of inspectors Of Cus-
toms.
The Costa Rican government has
concluded a con'rtrt With John &. Fro
mont, Jamos W. Nye aud others, for
the cDn>;rucuon OF railroa from Ii.
mon Bay, "u the Atlantic, to Caledra
on the Pacific.
\ communication from the Secretary
Of War gives details OF the cnormou>
expense oi the supplies delivered in the
Rocky moun'ain region. Hay costs
from SCI to 500 per ton, corn s to 10
cents per pound &c.
The revolution in Nicaragua has been
plessed. The epidemic on the tran,
sit route i, disappearing. though it is
reported that 100 nitel states troops
died Of the disease which made its APP
pearance III Granada.
\ body Of priests Of the order Of San
Francisco. who emiaratci to Costa Rica
III November, have been expelled from
the country by the unanimous voice of
the pcorle. who raised 5000 to pay
their expenses our Of the country.
"Bud" Whitesides, who murdered
the Cincinnatian Smith. on JeHrr>unvi |,
ferry boat last December, has been con.
victed, at louisville, of mauslau.hter,
aud sentenced to the enitcutary for
eight years. Smith was formerly d clerk
in PittSburg.
The large pork house Of D. Ping9r &c
Co, in It. Joseph, Mo, with all It's con.
tents, was destroyed by fire Saturday
morning. The mert destroyed was val
ued at $4,000 TIE aggregate of the
insurance amounts to $1,000. The FIRE
is believed to be the work ofan incendi,
ry.
Commodore Charles Stewart has been
seventy years in the american navy.
having entered in 1877, and lie is still
in the iull possession Of his mental fac,
uItics. This fact is mentioned as aneX
ccption to the rule, that age is not al
ways a disqualification for public servi'
ces.
Charles T. jenkins Esq, a well
known and much respected citizen Of
Montgomery county, died on tuesday,
at his residence at Gwyncld, at the ripe
age Of seventy-!our. Mr.. J was en-
gagged in business in Philadelphia. dur
ing the period from 1915 to 1890, and
was we'll known among the Second street
merchants of that dag.
A Chicago paper says: I" As regards
Mollie Trussers conduct since her par
don, we are assured thai it has been
most proper. She determined before
her release to forsake all her former as.
sociates, abandon entirely her former
mode of lite, aud retire to the seclusiou
of convent, and she adheres to her de-.
termination"