The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-24
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imperative upon an insurance company
to give notice when policy expires.
lawyer has just recovered the loss of his
library under this decision.
Economy is wealth. Awell- regulated
Newark family ate hash for breakfast in
365 different styles last year, and the
mother is, in consequence, enabled to
display 800 lace handkerchief
In proof of the fact that the cotton
manufacturing, interest of the South is
rallying from the effects of the war, The
Neao Orleans Pjcdynne notes that the con-
sumption last year was 100000 bales,
against $1,000 in 1870 and 10000 in
1869.
"I say, Pompey," said one freedman
to another, eds chile has tried lots oh
gift fares and tings for a prize, but neb-
Der could draw anything at ALL" "Well,
Jim, I'd wise you to try hand cart; de
chances are tousand to one dat you
could draw dat"
One hundred and twenty-five OK teams
were in procession at the forty-ninth
fair of the Merrimac, N. H., Society,
attached to large farm wagons filled
with handsome farmers daughters and
extensively and beautifully decorated
with flowers, evergreens, and the fruits
of the earth"
A minute criticism, in the British
Quarterly ReoieD of the commissioners
report on the British coal-supply, re-
duces the available amount from the
practically inexhaustible total esti-
mated by the commission, to deposit
which, at the present rate of consump-
ton and increase, will be exhausted in
seventy-three years.
Emmett Wells estimates the American
hop crop of 1872 at from 10000 to TO-
900 bales, leaving a deficiency of $4,000
bales to supply the yearly demand. He
thinks there are $4,000 bales of mer-
chantable old hops in the country. The
crop in England and in Germany turns
out better than was expected.
1t is stated that thirty of the best
European engravers are employed in
New York in manufacturing counter
felt plates of European bank-notes.
Fifty persons travel between New York
and Europe, carrying over the counter
felt bills to the Old World, and as many
more act as agents in the larger cities of
Europe for the circulation of spurious
currency.
The story is told of Ben Buffers
earlier days that Yankee obtained his
legal opinion how to recover the value
of ham which neighbor's dog came
along and ate He was advised to pros
ecute and recover for damages. But
the dog was your'n," said the sharp
Yankee. Butler opened his eyes lit
tie, asked him what the ham was worth,
was told five dollars, paid the money,
and then demanded ten-dollar fee OF
the astonished native for legal advice.
A murder has been committed in Bal
timore, which ought to rouse the indig-
nation of the entire human race, for 1t
was representative of their remote an
cestry that was stricken down. Signor
Baccagelleppo is a wandering min .trei
of the city of monuments, who whll1m
carried about d hand-orGHn ornam- htcd
with IL play ful monkey, one Of the pdtri-
archs of the infant world; but this VEN
erable being SO far forgot his dignity and
his relation to the spectators as to bite
the hand of loORer-on who medd'ed
with the pendent evidence OF his anti
guilty. The man in his rag lifted ui9
parricidal hand and slew the monkey.
Siguor Bacca etc, was wroth md had
him arrested, and some wag notified the
coroner, who empanel ed IN lntilligrnt
Jury but refused to hold an inquest,
when the form Of the deceased Was un-
covered.
There was a worse class of men took
part in our last war than tho DnEald
Dalgettys. These were the noted hor-
der ruff tns who "jayhawSed y the un-
! forum ate States of Missouri, Arkansas,
and Kentucky. They We're men like
Ishmael. Every mans hand was against
them, and their hands were against eve
ry man. They robbed and murdered
with impunity. One of the most brutal
of these characters was Frank Burton,
who had his hidlng-place in the Ozark
mountains. Five thousand dollars was
offered for his capture. He is said to
have murdered over hundred persons,
both Southern and Northern, and when
his cave was examined, after his death.
there were found i'll it a large pile of
arms of all descriptions, a number of
watches, large sum of money, and
over fifty suits of clothes that Burton
had stripped from the bodies of his VIC
tins.
The following instance of "adipocere,"
peculiar form of decomposition which
dead bodies sometimes undergo, is given
) in the Tribune, of South Bend, Ind. 1t
appears that about two weeks ago, a
lady of that city, who died from over
exertion, was buried there, and that re-
Gently the grave was opened for the pur-
, pose of transferring the remains to an
Z Z other resting place. The persons en-
! ployed found themselves unable to move
l the coffin on account of its great weight
arising, it was supposed, from the petri-
! fication of the corpse. On raising the
coffin from the grave it was opened, and
although petritication had not taken
place, the corpse was as perfect as the
(; day it was placed in the coffin. After il
: had been brought to this city, more
d careful examination was given it. Il
was estimated to weigh about two hun
s dred pounds The whole body was per
: fectly preserved, even to such parts al
}. the tongue, which could be moved bacl
: and forth in the mouth. The expression
n of the face was retained, and the colo
d of the face was natural, except for it
d waxy appearance. The shroud, whel
l. exposed to the air, fell to dust. 1t wa
If an instance of that kind of conversion
5, of the flesh of dead body into what
1t called "adipocere," which looks yer
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