The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-05-23
LATE NEWS.

per arruba Tor No. Il.
Harrisburg, May 10.
The young express messenger, VIII.
liams, who was accidentally injured on
Friday by his head coming in contact
with Il passing train, is dead
Memphis. May Is.
\ grand tournament for the ben, ct
Of the widows and orphans of Coateder.
ate soldiers comes Oft here next VI ed
ncsday Preparations have been made
to scat 10000 persons.
Annapolis, May IS.
Yesterday was the eighth day of the
State Const tuiional Convention. The
days scssion was passed in perfecting
the organization and transaction Of husi.
ness Of nc gc0eral interest.
San Francisco, May 'S6
Governor Blaisdel has appointed }.
Nicely johnson, ex-governor of Califor.
niq, to fill the vacancy in the Supreme
Court Of Nevada, ucoasioned By the
death Of Judge Brosuan.
Baltimore, May Is.
The funeral of Or. q. G. Keyser, for
many years member of the City Coun.
ell. aud at the time Of his death Presi-
dent of the Second Branch took place to-
day. 1t was attended by the Mayor,
City Councils, and large number of
citizens.
New Haven, May IS.
The Russian Commissioners, Colonel
A. Gosloff and Captain Carl Hunnens,
now on tour of inspection through this
country, were publicly received at the
City Hall today. They were also en-
tertaincd by the Hon. Ralph Ingersoll,
ex- Minister to Russia, after which they
visited the public institutions Of the
city. They left for Hartford this after
noon.
Baltimore, May IS.
4 very important huJc corpus case,
involving tho question of involuntorily
apprcnticing colored children, and the
right of Judge Bond, under the recent
legislative enactment, desi gned to TAX e
from him the power of deciding hdJeds
corpus cases outside the city, is now
being argued in the city court.
St. Louis, May Is.
An Omaha dispatch says that large
numbers of Indians are near Forts Sedg-
wick, Laramie and Phil. Kearney, with
hostile intentions, and troops are con.
stantly being sent to those points. Gen.
Angur is using all the means in his
power to prevent hostilitics, or, in the
event of war to effoctually chastise the
Indians.
| New York, May 18.
Hon. Benjamin Wood, Congressman
Morell, Gen. Patterson, and fifty others,
have gone to Southwestern Virginia to
build furnace and work iron Mines
They represent capital Of 100000
and have purchased 10000 acres of
land.
Ristori has just departed for Europe
on the Vile de Paris. There was a
great ovation on the dock, given by the
Italian committee.
Philadelphia, May IS.
A new counterfeit SO bill has made
its appearance. The back Of this bill
will show the countcrfeiters' work better
than the face. The back of + good bill
is complicated mass of network, with
the lines INTERVENING with regularity.
Pay particular attention to the lathe
work around the figures, and it will at
ouce be seen that the lines have been
cut by hand ; and although 1t may be
the most skilful, it can never attain that
regularity which comes only from the
striking OF the geometrical hnc.
Louisville, May IS.
The car works of the Louisville and
Frankfort Railroad Company, at the
corner of Jefferson and Wenseli streets,
we're burned to day. The loss is small,
Buffalo, May Is.
A fire broke out to day in II. NJ.
Iimburner's sheepskin factory, imme-
diately in the rear of Howard's moving
and reaping machine factory on Chicago
street. The building and contents,
consisting of 10000 dressed skins, 1000
green hides and a quantity of finished
leather, were destroyed. The loss is
about $50, 600, which is fully covered
by insurance. The roof of Howard S
moving machine factory was slightly
damaged
New York, May 10.
Early this morning fire occurred at
No ~ Maiden Lane, occupied by Rich.
ard Douglass Il Co, importers of fancy
glassware, The two upper were burned
through, and the two others flooded
with water. The loss is $4,000 GOV.
cred by insurance.
Richmond, May Is.
Generals Grant, Thomas and Dent
arrived here to day from Washington.
May l9.-General Grant and staff
visited the battle,felds around Rich,
mond to day, and will leave for Fortress
Monroe to morrow, where the General
6ill leave his family and return to