The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23
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many of the New Zealand rivers with
| success.
The indianapolis bankers refuse to
LEFT men who have "run them deposit
their money again. .st lr
It is stated that 0,000 pilgrims have
passed through Paris since August on
their way to shrines.
Johnstown boasts of man who "never
enioyed a DAVIS sickness in his life"
He would be remarkable man If he
had.
The cashier of the Merchants Ma
tional Bank of Lowell, Mass, is said to
be defaulter to the amount of $780,
600.
The Ashantee nation is a great African
power. It numbers three million souls
of whom some two hundred thousand
are warriors. .t.r.
a poor man, who was i'll, being asked
Inv n gentleman whether he had taken
any remedy. replied, "No, amt taken
any remedy, hut I've taken lots Of
physic.
The will of the Empress Dowager of
Austria directs that 5000 holy masses
should be read for the reposs OF her
soul. and 5000 Aorins are set apart Tor
this purpose.
| The amount of land devoted to wheat
culture in Great Britain is only one
half larger than that devoted to the
same object i'll the State of Illinois.
Illinois has 2,5OO,O 200 of people to sup
ply Great Britain SO, 100000.
Since the year 1S49, in which gold
was first discovered in California, that
State has produced 81 $3.50, 700, ,OOOworth
of the precious metal. The greatest
Weld was in 1868, when the product was
$69, 900, 600.
A correspondent who processes to
have tried the experiment, says that
a strong solution of carbolic acid and
water poured into the holes kills all the
ants it touches, and the survivors i'm
mediately take themselves off.
John T. Irving says that he cannot be
convicted of the burglaries for which he
has been indicted, and the New York
police agree with him in that opinion.
| There is something very strange about
the way the detectives have acted IN the
Nathan case.
Helmbold, the great Buchu BUSTER
is now living in Paris, supported by his
relations in Philadelphia. A few weeks
since he was arrested and imprisoned
for cutting his wife in the head with a
carving knife, when he was on one OF
his periodical tares. He has become
poor, miserable, drunken wretch.
The Telegram, of Shreveport La,
learns that nearly all The Candidates for
Governors in the Western States have
publicly announced their cordial
| friendship for the Patrons of Husbandry,
| IL h, iuiO T.
tention to agricultural matters than
ever they did before in all their lives.
An old man at Ivry, France, recently
died of Joy. He had been very poor all
his life, whenhe was suddenly Informed
that he had fallen heir to large for
tune. The old man was greatly. agl-
tated bythe,news, andlwas fastening to
the Mayors Office to sign some neces-
sary papers, when he fell dead III the
street.
The Evangelical Alliance, which has
held a session in New York, is an asso-
citation of Protestant Christians who
have organized for the ostensible pur-
pose of promoting harmony among the
several elements of Professionalism, and
of combating tendencies hostile to the
unity and integrity of that branch OF
Christianity.
Scene in a Cincinnati court (charge,
assault upon housekeeper)--" Did she
ever ask you to marry her ?" " Yes: ;"
"What did you say ~ ~ told her to
wait until her teeth were grown.
"What did she saythen ?" Nothing"
"What did she do ?" event down
town and bought a new set OF teeth.
Case dismissed.
An investigation into the affairs of
the suspended Merchants Union Bank,
of Dubuque, Iowa, by the directors,
shows that system of frauds have been
perpetrated upon the stockholders and
patrons by the officers of the bank,
which has never been exceeded in any
concern of its size. The amount alb
stracted reaches 1929, ATS.
Most good farmers practice tying up
the cows in the barn every night
throughout the summer season, and
those who do not ought to begin now.
They are better off in the barn than out,
to say nothing of the great economy of
manure. This gives an opportunity to
feed more or less in the barn and not
only to keep up the. condition but, to
considerable extent, the yield of milk.
Miss Mary P. Smith, of Norwich,
Conn, has sued Lewis A. Hyde, of the
same town for $500 damages. 1t seems
Mr.. Hyde, who is prominent citizen,
was carrying home piece of lead-pipe
in horse-car and leaned it against the
seat. A sudden jerk of the car caused
it to fall, and unhappily it struck Miss
Smiths foot, causing her, as alleged,
serious injury. Hence the suit, which
will be ably contested.
A lady suggests that if the church.
, going ladies were to dress in calico and
wear sun-bonnets, scores of her sex
,, would attend divine service who stay
! away because they can not dress like
! their fashionable sisters. She says she
! has often asked lady members of her
/ congregation why they absented them
> selves from the house of worship, and
q the reply in nearly every case has been
= that they chad nothing fit to wear" OF
! that they were waiting until their new
4 suit was finished" go
g At a county fair the other day, my
a curiosity was excited by the following
mysterious inscription over the door Of
a a booth: "Walk in and seethe Dancing
o Tree p Curious to witness such a phe
!, nomenon, 1 paid my money, went in
1 and presently found that 1 constituted
+ the entire audience. Soon after my en-
g trance, puny, sickly-looking being
VI | dracead 90 q wild Indian op,oaaca5 o,,5