The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-08-13
NEWS IN HrlEr.

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Richrd Merchant, young man of Bus
ii, N. ". shot himself because Miss Min.
ME Kicker refused to marry him.
The Secretary of State has received
formal acceptance by Mr. Frelinghuysen Of
the mission to England.
Rumors are in circulation that the Cath
olics of Austria will embrace Protosatnism,
unless the doctrine Of Papal infalibility is
considered qualified.
The game of base ball between the Mu-
tuals and Rcdstockings, at Cincinnati, on
Saturday attracted large crowd. The
Red Stockings won by score of Is to II.
Henri Rochefort is the first French fort
captured He was taken by policeman.
The trouble was that he kept his vocal en-
hrasuro open constantly, and was all the
time blowing up the government.
The Trcasurcry department commenced
on Tuesday to destroy the s129, 600 900 in
bonds purchased by the Secretary for the
Special and sinking Funds. Authority
was given for this by Congress in the new
Funding bill,
At Courtland, New York, on the Goth.
a young woman, named Melissa Blye. was
stripped naked and tarred and feathered,
by party Of yourg men, for intimacy,
with Mr. Moore, whose wife recently went
crazy and drowned herself.
The Republican County Convention of
, Lyconing county met at Williamsport on
Wednesday last. Hon VIM. II. Arms
: strong was renominated for Congress by
t acclamation. The district IS composed of
: the counties Of Centre, Clinton, Lycoming,
f Tioga and Potter.
A Pottsvillc. Pa dispatch says: After
=. four months of suspension in the anthracite
= region, compromise has been effected be-
tween the operators and men, and work
A will be generally resumed on Monday next.
1t will be generally resumed on Monday
next. twill require about week, how
Il ever, for all the collierics to get fully to
10 work.
a The black white and red flag Of the
North German Bund will, during the CON-
ing campaingn, be waved for the fest time
- over the the field of battle, the field of vic
~ tory OR defeat. The flag is four years old
having been adopted by the North German
st Parliament when the present Bund was
IF established, after the war upon Astra.
~ General O'Neill, convicted Of violation o
~ the neutrality laws, was sentenced Saturda,,
W at Windsor, Vt, to two years impriosmen
ne and ten dollars fine ); Colonel j. Brown wa
~ ~ sentenced to nine months Imprisonment
" and five dollars fine, and Captain Monagha
i" was sentenced to six months imprison
'u ment and one dollar fine.
we The Democratic piers in parts OF tn
to country, are almost a unit in favor
of France against Prussia, in the impendin
ed hostilites. What do our naturazed Ge
mans fellow citizens think of this conditio
'ur OF things? The greater portion of the
ces vote the Democratic ticket, and yet Il
yes leading organs of the Democracy take d
'ou cided grounds against the best interests
lnl- their fatherland.
de-
n. The Philadelphia Democrats are e
and ceedingly desponent. 1t seems to be conce
on all hands that the Republicans will ca
ry the city by an overwhelming majorit
After nominations of that party were mad
some little dissatisfaction was expressed
relation TO several of the candidates; b
Gin, hover exceptionable these may appear
ala have been, those pittGd against them
Democratic conventions are so far infer
r,b in all the necessary qualifications for
sor offices to be flied, that there is no long
odt any doubt as to which should rece
: # suffrages not only of the Republican par
o,ou but Of all pure-minded citizens. The
,lrv tire Republican ticked for city and cou'
n7;s Offices will be elected beyond the shadd
chs of doubt.