The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-02-12
NEWS ITEMS.

In June the Grand Commandcry holls its
annual conoave in Erie. .'i s.'
THE Binghamton Democratic City Conven-
ion has nominated the Hon. Jabez L. /. Rice for
Mayor. 4.rt-. ..-...,.... f.......
Several thousand people attended the
opening OF the Mammoth Rink, Philadelphia,
on Saturday,
1t is stated that the real estate brokers of
Troy have any quantity or property for sale,
with scarcely any 10 let. ",.-
The trial of wormal3 qri n'naldwin. for
engaging in aprize fight n l.yuiald Mass.
was commenced yesterday III the. Superior
''mt. ..... ... ..-
JOHN Harding, an insane cnlorcd man.
committed suicide in Waterford. Y. Sun.
day, by Jumping into the river -f,ush hole
N the ice .Hf
"A Ir, Weiss, of Colnnnia So. made a
nird and successful aiteti,,t n commit suicide,
IN Sunday last, by cutting his throat in the
presence of his family. ,..-... ....It.,...
Mrs Leonard, an insane W oman who was
confined in the Jail at Flint, Michigan, set er
clother on fire Friday night, and was burned to
death. '." '' '. .'.7 ,'' p. .-"s'
The office of the Philadelphia Whining
tom and Baltimore Railroad, at Wilmington
was opened Saturday night, and The >afe was
robbed, with duplicate key, OF $l,75O.
"A fire at Litteton, n. H.. Sunday. de-
stroyed the building occupied by the Lancas-
ter Starch Company, Richardson's turpentine
factory, and Morse and Companys kcg factory
Loss, S24 600; which was Insured.
Land in Southwestern Georgia is said to
haye advanced in value of lots. There is
great scarcity of hands and every sort Of
worker is in demand. The work offencing anG
clearing mp ispushed o. energctically.
Tile Hon. Asa Packer. of Pennsylvania.
Oh g. Clark, Esq. Of New York, and a party of
capitalists are in middle Alabana buy ing
property and arranging for the development of
the resources of that magnificent region.
The Supreme Court oflllnos has decided
that hanG capital must be assessed at its rar
va.uc, because, being itself the representative
and standard of its own value, the assessor can
haveno discretionary iu igemem in the prcmi-
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during the firemen's re in philalelphia
Sunday, several pei sons we're more or less in
iured, A house into which an injured man was
taken was attacked with brickbats and stones.
The police did not succeed in capturing apy of
the rioters. -... - ..... .. -.
-The prisoners Sharp and Simmons. in the
CnNsrckie murder case, have been admitted to
h@iI ~ the sum of S2, 900 each, the evidence
reducing the crime from murder to man
slaughter in the fourth degree. The final ex-
animation closed on Saturday. -.
1t is rumored that the Washington Even.
ing Erpress, which has been running the mast
few weeks under the management of combi-
nation of printers has been disposed of TO the
NrOprietors of the Boston Post, who will con.
unue as heretofore, in the interest OF the De- |
mocracy. ~' '.5 us- ~
Criminals are executed by being s!,a,. in. |
rtead of hung, in Utah The Desereti Ners
contains the sentence of II. P. Sweet, who was
1qund guilty of murder in the first degree.
lie was doomed to be shot to death on The 29th
nlt, in Provo City, by The Sheriff of Utah
County ..| '." .''-.
The Supreme Court of Vermont has sen.
fenced Edwards s. Piper, alias O. b. Clark, n
celebrated forger and swindler, TO the State
prison for eight years. He was taken to the
prison, at Windsor, OH Saturday. Piper is !
we'll known in many sections of the country.
having made some bold operations
--On the evening of the 10Th of last Septem-
her, man named John Walsh, stranger in
Proy, was killed at the Central Railroad eros
ing. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict
accordance with the facts, and did not cen
tire the railroad company. The friends of
diseased have just commenced an action
against the companyifor $4,000. f
Colonel Hodgson, editor of tile Mont
gomery Ala.) Mai, who has been lately i'm
was about departing for Washington to attend
10 case of great Importance placed in his
hati' y one oftEe leading mercantile men of
hc. fTo. y, when he was imprisoned for
pssaisng LA! exemption and standing upon his
rielhafs arIlttorney at law when called upon
70 serve as juror. krf.-f, D.; ~. i
The Tol assee State Comptroller sent to
ae House # Representatives a letter of
zoology for has breach of decorum in striking
representative Brown for words'spoken in de-,
ATE. The apology was accepted, The affair
1as been exaggerated only one blow was
Struck. b5l ~ 9>oh 'hyL >3sED -rl "
,az-E.e King. Jr., formerly agent of the
Virginia Express in New York city, lately re-.
ported to have been knocked down aIdrobbed |
of $4,000, while on his way to the depot, and
who was subsequently arrested on saspicion of /
completely in the robbery, has made fall
confession of his guilt The confession impli-
Gates Thos. C. Potts, Kings brother-in-lav.
About 81, 900 of the stolen money, which be-
longed 10 the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad
Ho,onanv ba heau recOVered.