The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-02-26
NEWS ITEMS.

A lady in New York offers to invest
$4,000 as the nrc'es of fund for pro
viding for the illegitimate innoccnts who
are now gen, rally m rdered in that city.
Henry Ward Beecher made 10000
last year, of which $4,000 was made by
preaching, and 2S,000 by practicing
various gifts.
We learn from the Independent that
Miss Susan B. Anthony is masculine
woman, tall, muscular, with a strong jaw,
sharp tongue, and kindly smile.
The editors of China call California
the Golden Mountain. Editorials fre
quently appear in their newspapers on
the subject of Chinese emigration and
colonization.
There is not in the present House of
Lords single descendent of one of the
twenty five barons appointed to enforce
the observation of Magma Charta
The proprietor of one of the Philadel-
phia theatres recently announced on his
programme that No lady or gentleman
would eat nuts in first class establish.
ment.
A man recently brought bill Of four
dollars against his brothers estate in San
| Francisco, "for loss of time attending
the funeral
Mr.. Gladstone and Mr. Grenfel had to
pay IL 500 pounds sterling to be return
! ed for the intelligent and pure constltu
ency of South Lancashire
Camilla Urso has been created an
! honoary member of the Philharmonic
Society of Philadelphia, recognition Of
her abilities as a violinist.
General Mcclellan is busily engaged
in finishing the Stevens Battery. There
is nearly two years work upon it yet.
The chief part of the valentines this
year relate to the Grecian Bend, love
making and velocipedes.
An In1iana paper reports large i'm
migration from other States of anxiouslY
seeking after divorces.
Rows in Congress have one good
effect. The. more squbbling there is,
the fewer bad laws are passed.
The Paris theatres are said, at the
present season, to lack the important ele
ment of prosperity.
A Cincinnati lady recently had spasm
at the breakfast table, fell into the fire
and was roasted.
The Cuban authorities have declared
the City Of Trinidad to be in state Of
siege. a battle is reported to have
taIen place reoeI;cii;y; near Mancargua, in
which, according to official reports, the
insurrectionists were defeated.
On Friday last man and his wife
who live near st. Louis, went to the
city on business, leaving their little boy
eight years OF age at home with the
hired man. On their return they founo
,, that their house had been robbed, ant
short search revealed the dead body o
the boy, covered up under a pile of corr
and couple OF sacks Of wheat. He hat
, been smothered to death, His hands
, and feet had been tied, and the wheat theI
, thrown over him. The hired man i
missing, and is supposed to be the THE
and murderer.
At Milton, Del, on Wednesday even
5 ing last, large audience assembled il
; the large room of the Academy to lister
r to a Gee Club. Shortly after they wer
seated the floor gave away and the audi
, ence were precipitated amid the ruins Q
> the floor below Fortunately no one wa
> killed, aud but two persons seriousl
t injured. ...,
A suit is now being tried in Chicago y
volyino property valued at ST 500,0o'
Carl Gottfried Uhlich died intestate som
: time since, directing $4,000 to be phi
A 10 his eldest son, Henry, with whom h
j had previously quarreled, @and MONTH
e alloweuce to his second son, who was
: weak minded intellect. The remainder h
d directed should be divided between hi:
. Youngest son and a man named Muhlk'
Henry sues TO recover from Muhlk(
: alleging that he exercised undue inhuenc
a over the deceased. The case attract
g much attention in Chicago.
: Chicago has got rid OF 497 1854 of il
:; hogs this season. .. ...
n A heavy snow storm prevailed in Cal
d ada on Monday, blockading the railroad
e and interrupting travel The last snow
g storm there cost the Grand Trunk Raj
road 100000.
t. In the Supreme Court, Chief Justi'
l. Chase, delivering the opinion, decide
70 that gold contracts must be satisfied wi
9r coin. Where the kind of currency
! not mentioned, then legal tenders are
a lawful in such connection. Messl
a Davis and Swayne gave their qualiti'
20 consent, but Mr., Miller dissented in gre
ID measure from the opinion. erls. =.
- The death of James Doyle, the Phi
a, delphia lawyer, who was found inse
at sible in the street on Sunday morniu
n. is ascertained to have been caused by
at accidental fall while intoxicated.