The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1868-12-18
NEWS ITEMS.

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Look ont for new counterfeit ten dol.
lar greenbacks.
+. The loss by the Fort Lafayette fire is
at 100000. 'a
The Cuban rebels claim that the future
of their canse looks brighter.
Secretary McCulloch's report is printed.
Count Bismarck arrived in Berlin, on the
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England has three thousand steam
ploughs, Egypt two hundred, the United
States two
A small boquet of fresh violets is
deemed the most elegant present that
can be offered to a Partisan belle.
Seventeen inches is the lenghth of an
ear of corn possessed by the editor Of
the Sussex IN. j. Heraid.
1t is said that the Turks find a cup of
coffee without milk an antidote to the
injurious effects Of tobacco
The Fruit Growers Association at
Cincinnati estimates the annual fruit pro-
duct of the Ohio valley at $5,OO0,0O0.
The ferry boats have ceased running
at Montreal, and the Ottawa river is
frozen over.
The King of Prussia has received the
French Ambassador, and assures him of
his friendship for France. ...
Secretary Schofeld and other promi-
nent officers at Fort Delaware, are atten-
ding the experimental artillery firing.
Secretary McCulloch has issued orders
making large reduction in the force in
the New Orleans Custom House.
The Cattle Commissioners Conven
ton adopted report designating the
cattle disease as hailing from Texas.
A counterfeiter named Wynne has
been arrested at Jackson, Miss, with So
600 Of bogus money in his possession.
r. D. Bogart, Paymasters clerk in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard has decamped
with $4,000 fraudulently obtained.
Great Britain raised 12O,O0O,O00
bushels of wheat this year, being 4S,O0O,-
900 more than last year.
Large associations of wine growers
from southern France are coming to the
United States to grow grasses.
The corner stone of the monument for
the Confederate dead at Hollywood Gene.
terry, Richmond, was laid on the Sd.
Great suffering prevails among the
poorer classes in the Eastern Department
of Cuba, on account of scarcity of pro
visions.
General Reynolds thinks troops are
needed in nearly every county of Texas.
Murders are so frequent as to excite little
notice.
d. N. Salter of Barre, is the owner of
hen turkey that laid l25 eggs the past
season, and then hatched and raised
brood of turkeys
Mr.. Zero, who reported his wife killed
by a burglar, has been indicted tor her
murder by the Grand Jury Of Delaware
county. .. .......
d G. Woods, n sub-agent of the
Pennsylvania Lite Insurance Company
at Pittsburgh, is in limbo for forgery to
the amount of $1,000.
1t is stated that an attempt was recently
made to poison Reno and Anderson, the
express robbers now in Jail at New
Albany, Ind.
A piece of land in the Virginia valley
is said to have been planted in corn for
sixty-five years in succession, and still
grows good crop.
j. W. Duff, of Norrisville, has sent
the CdledOnidn an ear Of corn which
measures l5l inches in length, is eight
rowed, has 600 large kernels, and a small
cob.
The Iowa Agricultural College received
pupils without distinction of sex. While
the young men learn farming, the young
women learn TO cook and keep house.
A game cock recently attacked and
so severely pricked a little daughter of
j. w. Brown, Of Vincetown, N. j., that
lockiaw set in and resulted in her death.
The trustees of the Minnesota Agricul
tura College have purchased tract of
land to be used as farm in connection
with the college
The insect Exhibition held in Paris
has led to the formation of an Agricul-
tursl chronological Society. The objects
of this Society are the propagation OF
useful insects and the destruction of
noXious ones.
A dairymen's club in Illinois recently
decided, unanimously, that milk designed
for butter making should Immediately be
cooled to G2 degrees after being drawn
from the cows.
The seat of the Hon. John Morrissey,
NJ c., is to be contested on the ground
that the distinguished law-maker and law.
breaker has not resided in this country
long enough TO legally entitle him to the
place Why was it not done last season
Joint resolutions from the Legislature
of Vermont, in honorable remembrance
of the late Thaddeous Stevens, have
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