The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-04
NEWS II BRrEr

whiskey soakers.
A man may be said to be liter
ally 'armed to the teeth when he has
false set that are well plated.
Ladies are wearing small Swiss muslin
aprons, richly embroidered and trimmed
with lace, for full house dress.
In Boston the price of lagar is said to be
going down, but it is the article itself that
is going down.
Ohio has 3ol lodges of Odd Fellows,
with a general fund OF Sl15,SS6, and
widows and orphans of SS00,0lS.
An Indiana farmer latelely accid emily
upset hive OF bees, and was so badly stung
by the furious insects that be narrowly cs-
capped death.
To get rid of the smell ofoil paint, pluge
a handful OF clay into paIlul of water.
and let it stand in the room newly painted.
Humboldt Muller, brother of the pop
ular historical novelist, Louisa Muhlbach
(llrs. AlundO is making tour of the Uni
ted States.
The heaviest internal tax, and a very
distressing one, paid on ardent spirits, is
paid every morning by those who drink the
stuff at night
Thirty thousond tons of railroad iron are
to be shipped from Johnstown, Pa, to be
used in the construction Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad.
A young lady's letter to FREUD closed:
But must stop, for here comes a soph,
who parts his hair in the middle, and wears
a mousiachc that pricks dreadful
Six brass 12,pouuder guns have been Sc
selected at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, by
order of the Secretary Of War, for the sol
dierS' monument in Newark.
ln London it is proposed to paint the
cabs all Of different colors Cabs at six
peDse per mile are to be painted yellow,
those at ninepence scarlet, and those at
shilling blue. They are also to have color
ed lamps.
Fears are expressed by some of the warm
personal friends of Chief Justice Chase,
hat his health is 50 rapidly breaking down
that he will not much longer be able to sit
on the bench.
A colo,ed boy ramcd James Jones, aged
about fifteen years, while watching a game
of base ball on the outskirts of Chicago, on
Sunday afternoon, was struck by batted
ball and instantly Killed.
The Tariff bill being postponed, the pub.
lie will hereafter miss their usual Daily
Congressional treats of debates on pig iron,
railway frogs, old type, ruta bagas sugar Of
lead, ipecachuana, cudbear and divi divi.
Stephen a. Douglas, j., who for the
past year has been residing with kisscousin,
Judge Settle Of the Supreme Court of
North Carolina, was made Secretary of the
recent Republican State convention, and
was also member Of the Committee on
Resolutions.
Manitoba, the name selected for the
rebellious Northwest Territory, which is
proving such an elephant in the hands Of
the Dominion, is said to signify the god
who speaks" 1t is also the name of lake
which forms the western boundry of the
province.
Another case Of klcptomana has been
revealed in Elizabeth, New Jersey. a
lady moving in the most fashionable circles
was recently tried on eight different char
ges of shoplfting and found guilty of ioul
of them, by jury composed Of the pastor
and four OF the elders Of the church o
which she was a member.
In Newark, Y. J., about noon on Mon
day week young woman, twenty year
of age, named Jane Reynolds, met with
shocking death. While endeavoring to ac
celcrate the light of the fire she pouret
some kerosene oil on the wood. Anexplc
sion took place and she was fairly roaste,
alive. She lived only about five minute.
The people OF Richmond, Virginia, ap
peal to the benevolent people of the countr
for contributions Of money for the relief {
the suffering victims aud the families of til
: killed by the recent disaster by the fallin
/ in Of the court room floor, Sixty-fve pc
: sons were killed or have since died, an
u, many of the families OF the dead and In u
ed are now suffering for the necessaries
life.
b The rapid increase of crime in Phlade
pbia within the past three moths, as deve
It oped in nurderous assaults, highway robbie
3 les and burglaries, has awakened the attel
tion of citizens and become'the subject
. of ofnewspaper comment, and the recent e,