The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1868-11-20
NEWS ITEMS.

Inc banking capiJai vi OOlumOuS Onl0,
is 1924, 642.
Seymour's official majority in New Jersy
2,649.
There are 100, 900 school ma'ams in the
United States
Murdered negroes are not SO plentiful as
before the election.
Wisconsin Indians have inaugurated trial
by jury among themselves.
The Mayor of W Washington has had coach
and PAIR given to him.
| The disfranchised rebels of Missouri are
holding important meetings."
Europe is said to have 1898, 900, 600 in
vested in American enterprises.
Chicago's new theatre will seat l, $50 per-
sons and will open next month.
About one million of postage stamps are
used in the United States daily.
The Mormons are cultivating raisln grapes
and figs in Southern California.
The Goddess Of Liberty for the Gettys-
burg monument weighs ID, 900 pounds
Shocks of earthquake were felt in Floyd
county, Va, on the night of October 10.
The girls who make Manila cigars in Ma
nilla receive seven cents II day wages.
The Wisconsin State prison now contains
one hundred and eighty-nine prisoners, seven
of whom are women. r..
According to the vote at the last election
Chicago ranks as the fourth city in the I'm
ion in population.
1t is predicted that in ten years the Neo-
sho Valley, Kansas, will contain million in
habitants
The boot-blacks of Washington are to be
| sent to school for certain number of hours
and licensed for the rest of the time
Alabama having gone for Grant and Ore
gou for Seymour, the final count stand as fol-
lows Grant, 2l4 Seymour, 50; Grants
majority, l34.
A Paris paper says that if Andrew John
son visits Europe next year he will be stared
at by thousands who read about his trial and
supposed that if convicted he would have
been executed.
The health of General Rawlings, chief Of
staff to General Grant, is very precarious.
He undoubtedly has consumption, and is in
such a bad way that serious fears for his re-
covery are entertained.
The New York Society for the relief of
the ruptured aud crippled acknowledge the
receipt Of %l0U0 contributed towards the
900, 600 repaired to complete their hospital
now in course of erection.
The Fourth Of july next is now suggest
cd as the day whom the opening Of the en-
tire line ol The Pacific railroad Is TO be
formally celebrated, "ad upon magnificent
scale.'
A. B. Medina, Secretary Of tic P>ruvian
Legation in New York, acknowledges the
receipt of S25, ,S31, As in contributions for
the relief Of the South American earthquake
sufferers.
The late Ex-Governor Tod, of Ohio, had
Just been chosen one of the Presidential cleo
tors of that State. The vacancy in the Col
lege will be filled by the remaining electors,
pursuant to the Federal statute
J he question of the legality of the Ala
bama Legislature is to be tested in the courts
on the ground that the law required an
election for new Legislature on the 3D. inst. +.
The State is conceded Republican by $500
majority.
The metoric shower on Friday night was
the expected periodical return Of the No.
vember showers, but it occurred earlier by
some hours than 1t was looked for. 1t was
the finest display of the kind seen in the last
six years.
The Great Republic closed her general
elections with the first week of November.
and Great Britain entered upon a similar
contest the week after The parliamentary
election throughout the United Kingdom
commenced on Friday last, and closed with
the week.
Little Lottie, whose mother had been
teaching her to say the Lords Prayer, had, af-
ter many trials conquered all the hard words,
and feeling confident Of being able to repeat
the whole prayer, on going to bed was heard
to say "Our father who art in Heaven, hal
lowed be ty name Ty kingdom tome. Ty
will be done here as it is in Heaven. Give
US tbs day, our daily bread, spread it this
as a useless task.
1t is stated by authority that the Union
and Central Pacific railway companies have
come to mutual agreement that their re-
spectye lines Of road shall meet and unite
at point 100 miles west Of the northern ex-
tremity of Salt Lake. One result of such an
agreement will be the cessation of the extra
ordinary eXertions lately made by each com
pany in pushing the work OF extension, and,
probably, much earlier suspension Of all
work for the winter.
The violent deaths in New York city aver
age one thousand per annum, and the deaths
resulting from disease, but Investigated by
the Coroner, amount to about one thousand
more The fees alone paid to the Coroners
of that city amount to about $26, 800 every
year.
The New York MAIL is informed that
there is, in that city, young lady who will
whistle the music of the "Grand Duchesse,
from beginning to end, for small con-
sideration. As she is capital whist
Ter it is probable that purse of twenty.
five dollars will be made up for the enter
tainment
Porter was invented IN the year 1871 by
London brewer named Harwood, who COM
bined the tlayors of half-and half, or three
threads, as it was then called, in beverage
which he was pleased to call centre butt.
The new combination took in the city among
the pOrters, and from its new patrons it OBJ