The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-05-07
NEWS ITEMS.

Edwin NJ Stanton returns $40, ,664 income.
The bridge across the Mississippi, ut st.
Louis, is to be at once begun.
N. Theirs is eghty.eight years old and
has begun the study of botany.
A Houston girl horseN hippcd her delin-'
cfient lover in the street a few days since.
The New York Express thinks that city
will have underground railways in half
dozen years.
In West Virginia, $4,000 acres of land
have Just been sold for 25 ctns an acre.
In the House of Refuge at Rochester n.
Y, the imprisoned have formed brass
band
The Governor of Illinois recently vetoed
46 bills in one batch an example that the
Governors of nearly all our States can follow,
with credit to themselves and benefit to the
community.
Ambprgris is found in dyspeptic whales or
| those who have the liver complaint A
| New Bedford Whaler recently captured
whale containing 2S5 pounds of ambergls,
wortc $1s pound.
| A farmer a, Taunton. Mass. has remark
able COW. During the last year she has
given Z, 1874 qnarts OF milk, weil hing obout
IA, 3GS lbs, and yielding about $3.50; while
the keeping Of this animal cost only Sl44
The Mount Cenis tunnel has penetrated
through the quartz and has come to STRAIT
nm Of soft stone which is so ehsily worked
that 1t is now expected that the tim for
opening the line may be set six nc iths
earlier than heretofore.
a Tennessee girl wants $50, 900 damages
from a resident of Lansinebnrgh, N. Y,
for breach of promise of marriage The
defence is that the man was married at the
time he made the engagement aud that the
fulflmrnt of his promise would involve a
breach of the law.
In Il Massachusetts town recently, there
was an alarm caused by burglars The neigh
hors came to the rescue, but misfaking each
other in the dark Of the depredators, they
pounded each other so sevcrIy that both had
to be laid up for several days. The burg
lars escaped.
The new female postmaster at Richmoi d
shows 'ntcrprise She has placed two ladies
in charge of the ladies' delivery, established
st eet letter boxes. increasing the facilities
tor registration, and introduced ,tlcr i'm
provemcnts into the Richmond Post'ullicc.
Ii is said that shipwrecked Iarkee was
lately rescued from one of the Marqosas
Island whose first question on being dis
covered was 'bhW Nlu tHe WPAiCuH wal
finally come out?' He had been soldier
who had left General SCOTS army before
the campaign closed.
Mr. San uel IT, Brown, law partner o
United States Senator Scott, writes u lCtt.i
to the editors of the Harrisburg STATE
GUARD advocating the claims Of Gov. Gear,
for re nomination. Mr. Brown says "Gov
G.ary is the choice of the great mass OF Re
publicans,' and adds, he has mat!e goot
safe Governor and his influence has always
hson on the side of morality and justice.
a curious incident lately occurred at St.
Petersburg. A clerk in the bank had to
convey 2,2O0, 600 r0ub es to the post-oIlire
He sent for cab AID pa ed the money n il,
recolectirg that he had forgotten lis over
coat he shut the door and returned to the
building to get it, When he came back he
found the vehicle had left! he Whole estah
lishmeht was in an Intense excitement, the
po ice were communicated with, and Il search
commenced in every direction In u short
time the coachman was discovered travelling
quietly toward his destination, having start.
ed with the full conviction, from hearing
the door shut that his fare was inside