The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-02-22
Facts ana Figures.

owes no money ILLS Is tuS toNh VI
Hancock, N H. 1t has paid up every
thing--war bills and all other bills
and the stocks which it holds now de-
fray all the municipal expenses. At the
last town meeting it was voted to raise
the sum of one dollar, and it has been
done, without issuing any proposals for
loan.
At Mineral Point, Wis, last week,
stranger called at the bank and request
cd to see a note held against him. Re
ceiving the slip, he remarked that he
could not read without his spectaclcs,
and walked toward the door, when it
was discovered that he was energetically
chewing up the note. The fragments
were forced from his mouth by vigor-
Gus choking.
A novel suit has Just been brought in
an Indiana Court. A Mrs. Miller had
sued for q divorce, but failed to get q
decree, and it was shown on the trial
that her husband was kind and affec-
tionate and had provided literally for
her. This result left the parties moro
estranged than ever, and as tho evidence
produced in the divorce suit went to
show that the mans mother-in-law was
at the bottom of all the trouble, the ag-
grieved husband has sued the father and
mother of his wife for entieing her AWAY
from him, laying his damages at the sum
of $4,000.
A unique and rather sensational per-
formance is that of Eerr Holtum, tho
"Prussian Hercules" ut the Holburn
Amphitheatro A siege gun, drawn in
the arena by two horses, is loaded BY an
,;, of 41,o o,,1innon
with twenty pound ball. Holtum
faces the muzzle, gives the order Fire"
and aftor flash and n boom which
shakes the building, the cannon ball is
caught by him. On one occasion the
cannon ball passed over his head in
stead of into his hands, and as if to
prove that there was really no de-
ception," carried away portion of enc
of the pilasters.
Two cities, Council Bluffs and Omaha,
have been engaged in sharp contest to
see which of the two should possess the
eastern terminal depot of the Union Pa
cific Railroad. At last Omaha has tri-
umphed and Council Bluffs is left out in
the cold. In return for the favor OBJ
tanned Omaha gives $250,000 in county
bonds and deed for the depot grounds,
and the railroad company agrees to
bridge the Missouri river and to make
Omaha its freight and passenger trans
fer ground. OF course Omaha is jubil-
ant and proposes to hold grand festi-
val in honor of the three gentlemen who
have. SO successfully presented the claims
Of their city before the "powers that
be-" Work on the new building is to
begin at once, and it is hoped that the
depot and general Offices will be COM
pleted by the first Of October next.
A horrible story is told in letter
from the district Of Plstsl1, Russia, Civ.
ing the particulars of murder COM
mitted last November A landed pro-
prietor of the district, while return
ing to his home with 5000 roubles which
he had borrowed of noighbor in his
possession, was overtaken in forest by
u masked man, who demanded his life
or his money. The money was given
up, and the man returned to his credi-
tors house to relate the misadventure,
and was induced to spend the night
there. On the next morning the host
entered his sons room, and to his con-
sternation saw, half hidden beneath the
pillow of the sleeper loaded revolver
and the stolen package of 5000 rou-
bles. In transport of fury and shame
the unfortunate father seized the revol-
yer and killed his son.
Some time ago the city of Providence
put forth claim, which was admitted
to be a perfectly just one, but which
was rather novel coming from q member
of SO staid and respectable common
wealth as that of Rhode Island. Provi-
denee challenged any other city to pro-
duce an individual who could tumble
out of third-story windows, fracture iron
bars and fall through window without
being hurt. The gauntlet thus thrown
down has recently been picked up by
the sity of Bangor, Maine, and if tho
latter place has not established its SUPER
iority over, it has at least placed itself
on an equality with, its more fortunate
rival. A chambermaid of Bangor, whilo
shaking rug out of second-story
window, lost her balance turned u COM
plete somersault and landed upon the
pavement. An involuntary spectator of
the scene rushed over to assist in remov-
ing the dead body of the unfortunate
woman, but to his utter astonishment,
after a moments rest in a recumbent po-
| sleiOh hieeluSi Juihpco up idl
the house and resumed her work as if
nothing had happened. Gallantry ought
to prompt Providence to acknowledge
itself vanquished. That chambermaid is
entitled to a vote. - .1s 5iaiF a.l-. l.
The news that Mount Hood in Orc
gon, is throwing out dense column of
smoke and threatening an active volcan-
ic eruption surprises most Eastern read
ers, who know the mountain only as they
have seen its snowy crest in the back
ground. of Bierstadt's canvas. Mount
Hood is one of several peaks of the Cas-
cade Mountains (known as tho Sierra
Nevada in California,) every one of
which is an extinct lvolcano-unless the
present manifestation of life makes the
word extinct" inappropriate. The
other important peaks are Mount Jeffer-
son, the Three Sisters and Mount Pitt,
ranging in height from ten to eleven
thousand feet the height of Mount
} Hood is about thirteen thousand feet
: There are Indian traditions which indi-
cate an eruption of Mount Hood; but
there exists no other evidence on tho
subject except that of scientific observa.
ton. The natural desire of every Amer,
:. lean citizen is that if Mount Hood i,
about to return to active life as a vol
cano, it will do so on @ scale worthy O