The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-06-13
The News.

Onsries LeVe', Tue ulstlngulshed lrlsn
novelist is dead.
Cleveland's supehuous dogs are made
up into glue.
The savages are unjustly styled igno-
rant, for any healthy Indian is a we'll
red man.
Iowa has two thousand square miles of
coal fields.
A great fire is raging in Bear Swamp,
near Trenton. N. j. The loss thus far
is $4,000.
California is gathering her wheat crop
her season being month earlier than
ours. The crop is said to be the largest
ever gathered in that State.
There is less crime in Alaska, accord
ing to its population, than in any other
portion Of The globe. Whales blubbler
is not an exciting dish,
Charles H. Staples, aged Is, has been
arrested and held in $4,000 bail, charged
with kindling the forest fires which, six
weeks ago, caused great damage il
Franklin and Medway counties, Mass.
Nashville, Tenn, June 7.-The La.
Der Reform Executive Committee yes
terday agreed upon State ticket, with
John G, Brown for Governo, and An.
drew johnson Congressman at large.
Toledo, O., June S.-A furious storm
of wind and rain passed over this city at
five o'clock last evening, lasting twenty
minutes and causing much damage to
property and the loss of several lives.
Father Cleveland died in Boston on
Wednesday, June 5th. He was born in
Salem, June 21, 1772, and lacked six
teen days OF completing a century of
life.
The President has approved the bill
authorizing the Secretary of War to
make certain appointments in the quar-
termaster's office, thus removing the
trouble heretofore existing on that sub
ject.
There are seventy-fve Democratic
newspapers in the State of Illinois. For
ty-six of them have announced their de-
termination to support the Cincinnati
ticket, and twenty-five have promised to
abide the decision of the Baltimore con-
vention.
The maximum money valae of human
life has determined by an act of the
Ohio Legislature fixing $4,000 as the
largest sum that may be demanded from
the railway company for killing any
body.
In Chicago it is estimated that there
are 10, 900 carpenters, 5000 bricklayers
1000 plasterers, 1000 painters, 5000
stone cutters, and more are constantly ar
irving. The wages are for carpenters
an average of So 20 and bricklayers S.
1t is said that never before ha:
Florida such an influx of northern visi
tors as during the past season. 1t is es
timated that $1,000 strangers have
visited Jacksonville alone within the
last six months.
The land owners and manufacturer,
of mia-England have been thrown int
ecstacies by the recent discoveries O
new coal fields OF sufficient magnitude
to put tie question OF coal supply al
rest for long time to come.
Portland, Me-, June S.-An explo
sion occurred in the attic of the UniteC
States hotel yesterday morning, settin!
fire to the building. The roof wa
burned through and the house drencheC
with water. The furniture and fixture
are damaged to the extent of $4,000
, Damage to building, $4,000; all full
insured. The cause of the explosion i
unknown.
A large and formidable organization
of pirates has been discovered, who's
places Of rendezvous and field of opera
} tions are along the Mississippi betwee
St. Louis and Dubuque 1t is estimate
3 that over $50, 900 worth of property ha
s been stolen by them since the openin
of navigation. Some of the party, on
of whom is supposed to be the chic
: have been arrested at secluded hous
a on an island near St. Louis.
The great fires that have ragged durin
r the past spring in New York, Ne
Jersey and Pennsylvania have consume
vast quantities of valuable timber,
n which only an approximate value can h
}. ascertained. In Centre and Clearfel
o counties, Pa, the estimate O! loss
$500, 600, and this principally on stanc
u ing timber. Other sections have suffe
e ed quite as severely, and it has been e
Il timated that in the three States mel
r. toned above the loss cannot fall f;
short of five millions of dollars.
The fearful increase of crime with
n the past few months in the city of Ne
e York has had the effect of rouSing Il
=, people to determination to take Il
: severest measures for its crushing ou
y 1t is suggested that in addition to il
g, prisonment the worst criminals shall
1t subjected to The lash. Several yea
D. since, when garrotiDg became so eI
), demic in London, the punishment
whipping was revived, and effected
y once what Imprisonment had failed to
The crime ceased almost Immediately,
II The famine in Persia, which nc
;, seems to be drawing near its close, h
y been productive of an amount of mise
es almost unparalleled in modern tim
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