The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-04-20
STATE NEWS.


A new Sunday paper is to be started
in Pittsburgh. - rrt
Williamsport is called the city of
Saw Dust.
Sharon is agoiug.to to have, a hotel on
the European plan.
Huntingdon has nine churches--one
to everyiSSS people.
The expenses of York county last
year amounted to 81 for every mau,
woman. and child in the county.
Joseph Riand hung himself in
Schuylkill county prison last week. He
was insane.
The Cranberry oil-feld, near Frank
lin, gives promise of becoming one of
the best in the State.
Philadelphia has shipped 6,556, ,263
gallons of petroleum to foreign ports
since January lst.
Two young men sawed their way out
of the Jail at Columbus, on Tuesday.
while the watchman was taking his mid
day meal.
A big boy has been discovered in
LycominS county. He is Is years old,
weighs 220 (Fairbank's) and is 6 feet
9 inches in his shoe-pegs.
Philadelphia, according to the re-
turns of the assessors for 1871, has $50
church cdifces, more than 100 10 excess
Of any other city on the continent.
The Titusville soldiers orphan school
is to be removed to new building near
that city. The building will stand in
the centre of fine park of 20 acres.
One third of the sugar sold in the
world is made from the beet. Wher-
ever in France and Germany the sugar
beet is cultivated fat cattle and green
fields are the rule.
A final effort is to be made to secnre
new trial for DR.. Paul Sch@ppe, under
sentence OF death for the murder of
Steinecke.
Workmcn are engaged in pntting up
machinery in Phoeuixville. TO saw cod
iron. These saws are to be driven at
high speed, 10 saw the heaviest iron bars.
Nearly Is 900 tons more of bitumin-
Gus coal have been shipped from the
Broad Top mountain this year than dur
ing the corresponding time in 1870.
Total amount shipped to date, 73,705
tons.
Silver ore is thought to be abundant
on the farm of Mr.. Christian Hertzler,
near Mount Joy, Lancaster county, at
least the parties think so who have
leased the right of prospecting for it.
The Lock Haven RcpuJG an says
numbering operations have been pretty
generally suspended on account of the
low water. All the Lock Haven and
Flemington mills have begun to saw.
Lancaster meditates a street passenger
railway from the centre Of the city to
the adjoining village Of Millersville, a
distance Of some four miles, with sew
eral very heavy grades.
The Petroleum Centre Record gives
the amount of oil held in tank on the
first inst, hv j. S. McCray, at l35,772
barrels. The total yield of the Nc
Gray farm from July IS, 1870, to
April l, I'LL, has been 34G,l29 bar
rels, which at the present price Of oil
would net the owner SIS ,500,9
A foolish man at Landisville, Lancas-
ter county, nearly lost 5000 in govern
ment bonds by placing them IN a win
low blind for safe keeping &c had
previously cut off the coupons, A sale
of a portion Of his personal effects took
place few days since, and this blind
was one of the articles sold. The pur-
chaser saw some papers wrapped up in
tho blind, and gave them TO his child
rem to cut up without ever looking at
them. Fortunately it was discovered
after $50 bond lad been mutilated.
The owner, Jacob Kline, was notified,
and with commendabIe liberality gave
the finder so cents for his trouble.