The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1868-09-16
Como up--the Republican pole.
-Ditto-the Republican party.

Nohe up--Iue hepuDlCan pOle'
-Ditto-the Republican party.
--Also-that majority of 90 which
The RAIDS count on in Ridgway.
The weather has been rather wet
for the past two or three weeks
w. G. Healy has commenced the
erection of q residence on the western
end of Center Street.
Rather shy-the b'hoys who rob-
bed Judge Dickinson's melon patch.
Wonder if they" stole from the enemy"
-Glonni w. Scofold passed through
here on Monday last to visit the trooly
loil out in the county of Jefferson.
Our Radicals in this place look ra-
thcr down in the mouth over their pros
poets of victory in the coming election.
Don't forget that the Democratic
Club will meet in their hall to morrow
night. Let every member be present.
The Radicals had better not lot
Ben. Butler see tho gold ball on their
liberty pole, or he would steal it off
Judge Messenger has commenced
work on his new store house, on the
site of the old Fountain House. 1t will
be completed this fall.
Our Democratic voters throughout
the county must not neglect to attend
to the assessments. Let every Demo
crat be assessed You will then know
your strength, and on what to rely.
"A Democratic meeting and pole
raising will be held at Brock wayvillo on
the 25th instant. Hon. William 7.
jerks, and other able speakers, will be
present aud address the meeting
The Catholics of this place are
agitatiug the question of erecting a
Church on the upper end of Main street,
aud we learn have secured a lot and
quito an amount Of money. Success to
them.
Attention is directed to the adver.
tiscmeut of John Waplc, of the Centre
vile Tinshop. John is q good fellow,
and will do as he says. Our Ccntreville
friends will not lose anything by giving
him their patronage.
Gen. w. IT. Fnt, our candidate for
Surveyor General, passed through here
Monday last on his way to Brookvillc to
attend the Democratic Mass Meeting
held there yesterday, lie reports Dem
ocratc prospects as excellent.
We learn that there is a valiant
Loyal Lacquer up in Brookyille who
rays he is going to shoot US as soon as
he lays eyes on us, FOR publishing some
truth about Col q Butler some weeks
ago. Come on, you skulking coward,
Take you Mt best you're pitiful brute,
Too mean to live, too cowardly to shoot.
Give us time to mako our will.
The Democratic tickets for the Oc-
tober election will be printed by the last
of next week. The candidates should
see that they are properly distributed in
tho different districts. We will place
in tho hands of our Chairman, Judge
Messenger, the number of tickets re-
quirod for each township, and candidates
may call on him and get them.
1t will be seen by reference to ano-
ther column that the Hon. j. X. Hors
nish, Of Warren county, has been Sc
cured to speak at Wilcox, Ridgway, and
st. Mary's, on The oath, 25th and 26th
days Of the present month. Mr.. Hor>
nish is spoken of as an excellent speak
er, and we hope to see large turn out
TO hear him on the issues Of the day.
-Suushine & .Shadows an Nc,0 Tork
We have received the advanced sheets
of this interesting work. We sci lom say
anything in praise of book until we have
read the whole Of it, but from what VIC
have seen of this should judge that II
will be very.interesting to the general
reader. The Publishers want an agent
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