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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27
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The following are the jurors drawn for
August term of court, 1871:
GRAND JURORS.
Benezet-Ricbard W. Doyle, Robert
Rotherick, f. II. Dixon, Geo. W. Winslow.
Benzinger-Joseph Bideel. Jr., Joseph
Schaur, Anton Munich, Thomas Kerner.
FOx-Mathias Spooler, ST., James Nc
Closkey, John Mosier.
Horizons. A. Olmstead. c. j. Beman.
Jay--William 3. Hewitt, Josiah Il.
Morey.
Jones-Joscph Nye, Christopher Dill.
Millstone-J. c. Champion, William
Kelley.
Rdgway-J. V. Houk, James Rickard
Edward Derby.
st. Mary's-Geo. Ed. Weis, F. X. Ha-
berbush.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
Benezet-Ralph Johnson, Jr.
Benzinger-Martin Fielle, George Selle,
Anton Bauer, Michael Lawler, Joseph
Patton.
Fox-William Hewitt, James Farms
worth, c. L. Green, Isaac Hays. John Tay-
lor, John Kuntzleman, John Koch, David
Meredith.
Horton--James Reilly, Allen Giles,
Joseph Chamberlain, N. NJ. Brockway,
Redford Segars, Harvey Parsons, Joseph
Clinton.
Jones-A. I. Wilcox. Joseph Pistner,
Daniel Smith, Michael Weidert.
Jay-Martin Glover, Joshua W. Roth
rock.
Millstone-James Greeuawalt.
Ridgway-Horace Warner.
Spring Creek-D. G. McNaul, Robert
Warner.
St. Mary Michael Slebig, Chas. Nc
Vean, John Walker, Sr., Frank Gerg.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27
NEW ADVER. EASEMENTS
DRoPosED

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitu-
ton of Pennsylvania.
Be IL Rosolped By the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the Commonwealth of Penn
syLUania IN General A3semGiy met, That
the following amendment of the Constitu-
ton Of Commonwealth be proposed to the
people for their adoption or rejection, pur-
suant to the provisions of the tenth article
thereof, to wit:
AMENDMENT.
Strike out the Sixth Section of the Sixth
Article of Che Constitution, and insert in
lieu thereof the following:
"a State Treasurer shall be chosen by
the qualified electors of the State, at such
times and for such term of service as shall
be prescribed by law"
JAMES H. WEBB,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
WILLIAM a. WALLACE,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the fifteenth day of June,
Ammo Domini one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one.
JNO. VI. GEARY.
Prepared and certified for publicati on
pursuant to the tenth article of the Con
stituton.
T. JORDAN,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Office Sec'y of the Commonwealth, / 12t.
Harrisburg, July 9th, 1871. 20.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

QUARTERLY MEETING.-The fourth
and last quarterly meeting for this con-
ference year, will be held at the Court
House next Saturday and Sunday.
Services will commence on Saturday
evening at 8 o'clock and continue over
the Sabbath. The Quarterly Confer
ence will convene on Monday evening
at 7 o'clock.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

FLIEs.-Those who desire to be rid
of these troublesome, summer pests,
need only to use the following simple
remedy: Take have spoonful Of black
pepper in powder, one tea-spoonful Of
brown sugar, and one tea-spoonful of
cream; mix them we'll together and
place them in a room on a plate, where
the flies are troublesome, and they will
soon disappear.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

A Vicious BULL.-We understand
that bull, belonging to Judge Dickiu-
son, found his way into the road on
Wednesday, 18th, inst, aud got his
bullship raised to the highest pitch; SO
much so that Mr.. A. w. Potter a fruit
tree agent, canvassing in this vicinity,
was attacked by his bullship and
knocked down, in consequence of which
Mr.. Potter will have to lie by for day
or two. 1t is to be hoped that this
will be a warning to the Judge, and
that hereafter this vicious animal will
not be allowed to run the road. Does
the Judge remember the fable Of the
Lawyer and Farmer? "If and if" says
the Lawyer, "that alters the case"
His Honor forgets, it seems, the time
when he took five dollars from another
man in payment for damages done him
by said mans bull?
Mr.. Potter, the gentleman assaulted,
is from Crawford county, this State,
and an old resident of that county, hav-
ing lived there abou. 36 years. Craw-
ford is an old settled county; thick with
greenbacks, and boasts of four Republi-
can papers. The Journal is the Oldest
as we'll as the leading paper in the
Crawford has a court house
that cost over hundred thousand dol
lars, and other county buildings in pro-
portion, which fact speaks well for the
wealth of the county. Judge Lowrie,
of Philadelphiu, is the presiding Judge
One OF THEM.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

TRoUT.-We see by the new law
passed by the last Legislature, that per-
sons are allowed to catch trout during
the months of April, May, June, July,
and The first fifteen days of August
the words in italtcs having been added
to the law of $50 and 20.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

HAVE you ever tried Natures Hair
Restorative2 You will be delighted
with it. Clean, safe, ana efficient 1t
is driving all the poisonous compounds
out of the market. 1t is as clear as
crystal. See advertisement.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

ACcrDENT,-Last Thursday, 10Th
inst, John Door, while engaged telling
hemlock pear Daguscahonda station,
had a bad ACCIDENT befall him and a
narrow escape from death. The tree in
falling struck beech, tearing off a
limb, which struck Mr.. Door. crushing
his skull badly. 1t was found noces-
sary to raise the skull and take out a
piece about an inch and half square,
which difficult operation was success
fully performed by Drs. Hartman and
Russ of St. Mary's, and Hartley of
Ridgway. Last Tuesday he was re-
ported as feeling better, and hopes are
entertained of his recovery.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

Snow IN JULY.-A gentleman from
Sunbury informs us that the cars ar
irving at that place from Willinnsport
on Saturday morning we're thickly en-
crusted with snow, which is represented
to have been quite severe in its area.
A fall of snow in July is an unusual
State Journal.
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Centre street, Ridgway,

QUARTs-It is said some babies are SO
small that they can creep into quart
measure, but the way in which some
adults can walk into such measures is
astonishing. So says the Warren
ledger man, and it's likely he "knows
how it is himself"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27
AN Emporium schoolmaster recent,

AN Emporium schoolmaster recently
received the following note. "You will
oblige me not TO youse that wall Bone
on the Lipse of my Litel dautcr. Give
your Hart TO god and perhaps You will
have more Pacench." For further par
ticulars address, Father Gould, Cameron
Press.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

TERRIBLE SToRM.--A terrific storin
of hail wind and rain, passed over the
central portion of this State on Sunday,
which did an almost incalculable amount
OF damages. Hundred of acres of corn
and oats were knocked down and fields
entirely ruined. In many places win
dows facing the storm were left without
glass. Cattle ran about the field below
ing with fright and pain from the pelt-
ing of the hail. A correspondent writ
ing from Turbotville gives the following
description of the storm in that locallty:
dOn Sunday afternoon, about 3 O..
clock, the most terrible wind and hail
storm passed over the country back OF
Turbotvile, that was ever known or
heard of in this section. The sky was
as black as night. the forkod lighting
flashed. tho thunder rolled, the wind
blew and the hail fell, presenting to the
eve scene indiscribabie. 1t was for a
time emphatically an elemental war.
The hail became master 1t fell at some
places to the depth of two feet and over,
destroying everything in its track.
Corn, oats, potatoes, and other crops are
beaten into the earth. The trees are as
leaaess as in mid-winter-even the bark
in many instances being, peeled
off. Buildings we're unroofed, or the
roofs beaten full Of holes. Windows
are without glass, and in short, most
desolate ectne presents itself to the eye.
Some farmers are we'll nigh ruined. I
conversed with one of the unfortunate
men on Monday morning, who told me
that he will be compelled to sell out, as
he has nothing to feed his cattle and
winter his stock.
1t seems the strip of country over
which the storm passed is only about a
mile or two wide-how long remains to
be learned. On Monday morning the
hail was foot deep in some places. -
Erie Republican, 2lst inst.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

CnAs. Copy, the timer, has one of
jobs comf9rters on his neck, which he
says is nice. We don't care to know
how it is ourself.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

W. G. HEALY's new store, West
End, hns received the finishing coat of
paint; the beauty of the color and the
manuer in which it is put on reflect
great credit on the painters, Nessrs.
DuPort aud Dill
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

THANXs-Our thanks are due Hon.
Jno. G. Hall, for copy of Smulps
Legislative Hand Book, together with
a number of other valuable documents.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

GEo. WALKER is building an addi-
tion to his new building on Mair street.
The addition is the same size as the
original building.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27
DAGUsCAHoNDA RAILROAD.
From and after Monday, May 29th 1871.
Trains will run on this Road as follows:

Leaves Farley 7.l0 a. NJ, arrives at
Daguscahonda Junction 7.45 a. m, con-
meets with Local east 1856 a. m., and
Mail west $50 a. m. Leaves Dagusca-
honda 1920 a. m, arrives at Farley
HOO a. m. Leaves Farley 400 p. m.,
arrives at Daguscahonda 4.5O p. m,
connecting with Mail east sos p. m,
and Local west 5.2l p. IN. la case p.
& E, trains are late, Daguscahonda train
holds twenty minutes beyond the above
time.
Tickets should always be procured
before leaving stations. 10
G. r. EARLEY, Sup't.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

Connecticut has had thirty Govern
ors. Oliver Wolcott held the Office
longer than any other-twelve years,
ten consecutively, Sam'l. Huntingdon
stood next, and William A. Buckingham
third. Connecticut elects Governor
every year.
They say that hen in the vicinity
Of Jaifrey, n. H., got shut in behind
some farming tools, and staid there for
twenty-seven days, by which time, says
the Cheshire Republican, "she shrunk
so from lack of food and water that she
was able to come out"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27
Elk Lodpe. A. Y. M.

Stated meetings of Elk Lodge will be
held at their hall on the second and fourth
tuesdays of each month
... G. L. McCRACKEN, Sec'y.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

PAGE PRTNDLE met with a painful
accident on Wednesday, 10Th inst, by
having piece of steel fly into his eye,
while he was dressing the mill-stones
in the grist mill, at this place. The
steel was taken out by DR.. Bordwell,
and there is no danger of loss of sight.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

THE new school house bell was placed
in position yesterday morning. The
weight of the bell is 250 pounds.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

On Saturday, tie 2lst inst., there
was heavy rain and hail storm in this
vicinity.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

THERE is an error ia the date of the
first page Of this issue, inttead of June
it should read july.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

G. B. GOULD, "Father Could" of
the Cameron Press, was in town yestcr-
day.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

We are informed that Hon. Henry
Souther has disposed of his residence,
on Main street. to Mr.. Fred. W lmarth.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27
Temple Of Honor and Temperance.

Elkton Temple No. 81, meets on cash
alternat Thursday. at their Lodge Room.
on Main street, over ]. " Houk's store.
U.A. PARSONS, ". r.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

We were visited by Mr.. Green,
.local" of the Cameron Press, last
Tuesday.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

P. FORD, of Smethport, Deputy
Internal Revenue Collector, was in town
yesterday.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

1Jlkton Temple of Honor, No. 81,
will meet this evening.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

WANTEn.-A boy to do chores for
his board and schooling. No boy need
apply unless he is large enough to take
care of horse, milk COW, etc.
j. S. BORDWELL,
Centre street RidoWav. Pa
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27
| LEGAL. |


LEGAL. fH d'hrr
Lewis Boyington H In Common Pleas
IHs VS. .eui0 Of Elk County.
SOphtonia Boyington, No15, San. T., III.
Libel in Divorce, a viculo natremonii.
To SophrOria BOyiagtOn, respondent ADORE
named;
You are hereby notified that the sub
p@na and alias subpoena in the above case
haSing been returned non est inventus
you are hereby required, TO appear on the
FIRST MONDAY IN AUGUST, 1871,
being the 7th day of the month, to answer
the complaint in the above case.
JACOB MeCAUJEY,
Sheriff
SHERIFF's OFFICE,
~ lgway, June, /, 1871. ylnI5tc.
"a
ii oHDh Fwg op iig
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27
INFORMATION WANTED.

Questions fer the County Commissioners.
l. How many cubic feet make a Gu
bic yard?
2. What is fair price for earth ek-
cavation?
3. What commissions will pay a
Treasurer for handling money? Is
three per cent. for receiving and three
per cent. for disbursing fair compen-
sation?
For the People.
l. Can you afford to pay the ring
five thousand dollars per annum for
wasting your hardearned money?
Answer above and then we will ask
a few more queries for information.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27

Song of the garden seeds.-'Put me
n my little bed.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27
Car Tune at R;dg,OHy.

LAST Tuesday was warm, pleasant
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-27
BUSINESS CARDS.

AZ A. RATHBUN, Attorney-at- Law
III. Ridgway Pa. cm 22 If.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-12
Terrible and Damaging Torpado.

MILWAUKEE, August ga Wisconsin
dispatch to-day says terrible tornado trav-
cling from east to west, passed over that
locality last night. The bay boom on Wolf
river, located five miles above Winneeonne.
containing fifty million feet of logs, was
broken up. The steamer Star was capsized,
and Captain George Smith drowned. Michael
Scanhon, raftsman, was also drowned
Forty raft houses were blown over and
completely demolished. At Winneconne
the smoke stacks of Bellows. Macarthur
& Cos. and Sanford e. Hinckleys mills
were blown down. Thousands of window
panes were broken and thirty chimneys
were blown down. Grain in the shock was
scattered over the fields. The corn is all
fat. The lumber interest suffered great
loss. The Roman Catholic church in the
town of Granville, Milwaukee county, was
destroyed by the storm.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-12

The Louisiana State Register of the TWEEN
tieth ultimo, mentions a suggestion from
Surveyor Blanchard in reference to the New
Orleans back levee, which in the main is
not as progressive in its way as some other
suggestions published, but there is degree
ofreason and a large percentage of economy
manifested In his suggestion. We give be-
low the extract of the Register:
Surveyor Blanchard suggests, with great
show of reason, that the Metairie Ridge,
which is kind of natural levee, should be
extended to the canal as protection against
overflow from the rear of the city, and then
the river should be allowed in upon the
swamp between the Ridge and the lake.
The effect would be two-fold, first to create
a solid body of movable water where now
there is only a stagnant swamp; and
secondly, the sedimentary deposit from the
river would soon fill up the rear to level
with the city grade. There is but little
money in this, and there is great deal of
patience, but the city can wait better than
she can spend"
That city is the great mart of our State.
To its moneyed business men the people of
the country parishes look for many things.
Chief among these are liberal encourage
ment to all enterprises having an influence
to WELD good to our commercial and manu-
featuring prosperity; check the tide oftrade
from the shores of the West, that mans la
Dor in the South may become remuneratiye
and enable him to keep his means at home,
and not be compelled to send it abroad for
what he needs. New Orleans can compete
with any city in the Union if her moneyed
men will open the road for energetic enter
prise Let them lend their weight to en-
courage those of d manufacturing turn of
mind; let them show their country friends
that they are deeply interested in the devel-
opment of their States resources, and are
willing to add to. its general prosperity as
well as their own, and they will find that
the people of the country parishes will
second them in these efforts to the extent of
their bottom dollar. Countless. thousands
expended on levees may protect the stag
mated pools of the swamps from the inflow
of fresh water, but alasl the countless thou
sands thus expended will not keep the jolly
stirring merchants of st. Louis from get
ting all the trade that might be. saved to
New Orleans. Let the journals of that city
review the probable effects of Thomas A.
SCOTS Western railroad movements; let
them consider all the why's and .wherefores
of the great depletion of trade Southwark
and cheer up enterprise at home.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-12
Pleasonton,s Suspension.

The following dispatch contains the note
. from the President to Commissioner Pleasen-
ton, suspending him from office:
WASHINGTON, August ~8.-To-day the
President sent to General Pleasonton the
following:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August s, 1871.
You are hereby suspended from the
Office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
in accordance with the terms of an act
approved April 5, A. ID. 1869, to amend an
act regulating the tenure of certain civil
officers, passed March 2, 1869, and subject
TO all the provisions of the law applicable
thereto. u. s. GRANT.
To A. Pleasonton.
On receiving the notification, Pleasonton
vacated the Office, leaving for his successor
the following note
To ]. W. Douglass, First Deputy Commissioner,
Internal Revenue Bureau
SIR-Having this day been suspended
from this Office by the President, / turn the
same over to you.
Respectfully, A. PLEASONTON.
Douglass Immediately entered upon the
duties of his office, and received the con-
gratulations of his friends. Pleasonton is
suspended until the end of the next session
of the Senate, and Douglass is to perform
the duties of the office in the meantime.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-12
ylrlij Orleans 4fpttblifait.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL or THE UNITED STATES
oFflClAL JOURNAL or NEW ORLEANS
Mr. summer and the Haytian Medal.

MIR. Summer and the Hayfian Medal.
We copy the following special to the st.
Louis Democrat:
AT the time Mr.. Sumner received through
the Haytian Minister the medal presented TO
him by the leading officials OF the island,
incluiing President Saget and the most
n ,mo citizens of Hayti, he expressed
To gratitude and stated he would address
the signers in writing. The same evening
he sent an informal note to Minister Preston,
then on the eve bf sailing, saying he feared
he should be constrained to decline the pre-
sent.
This he did ia a letter addressed to the
signers under date of July IL. After thanks
for the present and friendly words for Hayti,
Mr.. Sumner thus states his reason for not
accepting the medal:
And now, gentlemen, / throw myself again
on your indulgence, while expressing the
hope that you will not suspect me OF insensl-
bility to your generous present II add that,
considering the text of the constitution OF
the United States and the services you nave
intended to commemorate, deem IL my duty
to return the beautiful medal INTO your
hands. To this | am constrained Dy tne
spirit if not the letter of the constructor
which forbids any person IN my slsuaIion
from accepting any present o. any kn NV na
sent is not strictly from the State OF Hayti,
vet when i observe that, according to Its
fiattering inscription, it is from the Haytian
people, and that the communication accom-
-panying it is signed by the president and
eminent magistrate of Hayti, and, still
further, that it is in recognition of services
rendered by me as a Senator of the United
States, i feel that can not receive it with
out acting IN some measure contrary to the
intention of the constitution, which ! am
bound to support. In arriving at this con-
clusion j have been governed by that same
sense Of duty which, on occasions TO which
you refer, made me your advocate, and
which, with me, is a supreme law. While
thus resigning this most interesting token,
beg yon to believe me none the less CRATE
full for the signal honor yen have done
me.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-12

A noteworthy case bearing on the validity
of contracts to do illegal acts has just been
decided at San Francisco, where girl
named Cora Lee sued the proprietor of a
house Of prostitution to recover clothes
given to her by him to render her attractive
to customers. The agent of the house came
to New York late in 1870 empowered to
enter into an arrangement with women of
the town whereby they were to render their
services and be supplied with clothing
suitable to their calling. He took Cora Lee
to San Francisco on these terms, and gave
her hats, Jockeys. mantles, and dresses
galore, but she became tired of the house
and ran away. Then she sent friend for
her clothes, which were refused her, and
she brought suit for them. Judge Stanly
decided in her favor, on the ground that,
although the case was one altogether contra
bostos n,os'es, yet as soon as the plaintiff had
fulfilled her part of the contract, even for
a short time, the clothes became hers
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-12

A ''spirited widown,has been enliyening
Wadesboro, North Carolina After biting
and scratching several relatives, she was
arrested, but quickly "chawed up" the
Judge, annihilated the constable with a.
s.deftly SUNG ink bottle, and foored the
Tailor with vigorous kick.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-12

1t shall be the duty of the agent of each
party, within two months after the expira-
lion of the time limited for the delivery Of
the counter case on both sides, to deliver in
duplicate to each Of the said arbitrators and
to the agent of the other party written or
printed argument showing the points and
government relies; and the arbitrators
may, if they desire further calculation with
regard to any point, require written or.
printed statement or argument, or oral
argument by counsel upon it but In such
case the other party shall be entitled to re-
ply either orally or in writing, as the case
may be.
ARTICLE VI
In deciding the matters submitted to the
arbitrators, they shall be governed by the