The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-06
Letter from Ohio.
CINCINNATI, ONO,
November End, 1878.
DEAR ADVOCATE :

The all obsorbing topic, just now, is
the "Hard Times" which have fallen
upon US, and seem daily to grow heavier
and more biting. The columns of the
papers begin to be filled with advertise
ments almost begging Tor work of any
kind; but the supply of labor is, unhsp-
PLY, far beyond the demand. The
Commercial, to-day advises the workmen
to work at half or even quarter time, and
try to live by it; for there now SENS no
hope of resumption Of full TINA for some
months. One of the evidences Of the
hardness o! the times, is the exceedingly
small patronage given to the excellent
bills at the Theatres. For example,
Miss Jane Coombs cannot fll Woods
small Theatre-nor near fll it-while
before this season Pixies Opera House
or Mozart Hall were TO small for her
audiences. Theodore Thomas with his
grand Orchestra is at Pixies, and while
he never failed to FIJI it, now has audi
ences of two or three hundred only.
Many we'll to do people take seats in the
Gallery. The papers have tried to draw
a crowd for Thomas; holding to view
the fact that this is his last season, and
that 70 him was mainly due the success
of the May Festival here but people
have no money, and it is useless to talk
to them about gratitude. Miss Kellogg
with splendid troupe, opens at Pixies.
in English opera, to- morrow night. The
sale of reserued seats has proved almost
complete failnre The Enquirer has
foolshly published several letters from
"Workingmen" threatening bread riots
&c., and instead of roundly lecturing the
idiots, adopts rather deprecating tone,
in its remarks on the communications
That there will be very great hardships
this winter none can deny, but no one
thinks the times will be so severe as to
justify rioting, and publication of such
letters can only serve to rouse the pas
sions of men suffering temporarily and d.
rect them to fanced mode Of redress
which, otherwise, might not have occur
red to them.
ONE OF THE EVENTS
of last week, was the entertainment at
Pixies for the benefit OF Memphis, given
by three of the jewish Clubs Of the city
The play was the "Marble Heart" The
proceeds were over 81 800. The audi
ence, as we'll as the actors were, almost,
altogether Jews. 1t IS exceedingly
creditable to their charity So far as
the acting was concerned the press
speaks in high terms. 1t is proposed by
a Modiste of the city to get up an enter
tainmert at the same place, for the beni-
fit of the poor of Cincinnati; the pro-
ceeds to be distributed during the CON-
ing winter A good idea.
YOU CHAPS, ON THE HILL-ToPs
are entitled to our sincerest thanks foT
the floods you have poured into the Ohio
giving us plenty of coal, and, for this
winter, smashing the figures of the Coal
Ring in to smash everlasting. The
other day, as ] was crossing from New
port my attention was drawn to fine
tow of nine barges of coal, coming down
with the steamer j. H. Bigley. 1t looked
to me as though tho tow would rub
when passing between the piers; but
supposing the pilot knew his business,
moved on, when about the middle of the
bridge l thought young earthquake
had broken loose. The middle barge
had struck the Kentucky channel pier,
and jumped out of the water most leve|
of the bridge floor. Five barges, con
taining 100000 bushels, went down in g
| jify; and the balance of the tow was
saved with great difficulty. The tota
loss was $4,000. The coal was fol
New Orleans. The Cincinnati papers
speak, ng OF the accident, said that the
foot passengers we're observed making
quick time for shore. I'm tolerably sure
that I made at least as good time as
when could run the bases in the Cata
mount B. B. Z. in fourteen seconds
The bridge is VIGOROUSLY light, the piers
having been built to receive superstruct'
ure at fifty feet above low water; but
when they were at that height, Congress
compelled the Rail road company own
ing the bridge, tt. add another fifty feet
The piers look more like pipe stems than
anything else.
THE CATHOLIC SOCIETIES
turned out in full force to the number
of about 10000 last Sunday. to partici-
pate in the dedication of St. Anne's
| chnrch for'the colored Catholics of the