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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-13

,rENO THE CITIZENS OF PENNSYL-
4 VANIA.-Your attention is specially
invited to the fact that the National Banks
are now prepar ed to receive subscriptions
10 the Capital Stock of the Centennial
Poard of Finance. The funds realized from
| this source are to be employed in the cree
ton of the buildings for the International
Exhibition, and the expenses connected
with the same. 1t is confidently believed
that the Keystone State will be represented
by the name of every citizen alive to patri-
otic commemoration of the one hundredth
birth day of the nation. The shares Of
stock are offered for $40 each, and sub.
scrihers will receive handsome engraved
Certificate of Stock, suitable for framing
and preservation as a national memorial.
Interest at the rate of six per ce mt. per
annum will be paid on all payments of Cen
tennal Stock from date of payment to
January |, 1876.
Subscribers who are not near n National
Bank can remit check or post Office order
to the undersigned,
FRED'k FRALEY, Treasurer,
00i Walnut ST., Philadelphia.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-13

WITH pleasure we announce the com.
ing of that highly-esteemed gentleman
MIR. William II. McCollin, of Wilcox,
this county, who will give a select enter.
tainment at the Court House, on next
Tuesday evening, Nov. 18th, 1878. 1t
is useless to undertake to describe the
merits of the "Blind Vocalist" for he is
well known in this section as an expert
in iais prefessiqu. Admission 25 cents.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-13

POWELL & kline have received O
new stock of winter goods.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-13

G. r. FARLEY is having the house
next to the Willis house newly painted
and repaired.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-13

WAGES for laborers in this section
range from e15 to $40, and board, a
month.
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WILCOX, Elk Co., Pa, Nov. II, '73.
Mr.. EDIToR:--Allow me to correct
the "rumor" in your last weeks issue
that the "tannery will be closed SOON"
The Wilcox Tanning Company under
standing the state of the leather market
last April, stopped working in" stock
for some six, months, many other tanners
did the same. If all had, the leather
trade might have laughed the panic
ito scorn. The Wilcox Tanning Com
pany having stopped the working in"
during summer, began about two months
since to "work in"-and are now running
with full force and expect to continae
so doing. The Lumber Company, hav-
ing full stock on hand, and deeming
it Improbable to run during winter un-
less short stock and high prices demand
it, in these times judged "early closing"
prudent and shut off steam. AS ex-
perience6 sailors, when they note a
falling barometer take in sails, and let
the vessel "scud under bare poles" dur
ing the storm, so prudent business men,
will push or slacken their force as the
barometer indicates. Sc says:
REASON.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-13

We will publish the new constitution
in full next week.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-13

WALKER is making a pair of we'd
ding boots, for one of our town "chaps."
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Car Time at Esidg,U0u.
ELK LODGE, A. Y. NJ.

The stated meetings of Elk digs, No.
$40, are held at their hall, corner Of Main
and Depot streets, on the!seoond and fourth
Tuesdays of each month
D. B. DAY, Sec'y.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-13

CHAs. HOLES is building an addition
to his building, on Main street.
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EDITORS THANKSGIVING DINNER.
The Rattsmans' Journal says they are
fattening Goldfish for Thanksgiving
and the Bellelonte Watchman say they
have rusty macrel in the cellar. Our
devil is going to "bob" for cells, and it
he is not successful, we have good fat
dog that will make excellent Bolognas,
Nothing like being thankful for what we
havs.-[ Cameron Press.
We intend Saving a fat take and a
'ead pie. Skippie Of the Elk Democrat
will have some stewed cat, at least he
talks great deal about "holy CATS"
don't know as they are any relation to
Old Tom Cats.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-13

j. S. HYDE is putting up an addition
to his blacksmith shop in the East End
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JOB PRINTING.

Cards. Bmillheads, il Letterheads, Note
hedd, Tags, Envelopes, ETC., neatly
printed at the ADVOCATE offcc
Oourtheous, Ridgwa yS, Pa,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-13

Telegraph postal cards are used in
England. They are deposited as letters
and are collected hourly by carriers
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NEW TIME TABLE.

GOING SOUTH.
Buffalo Express leaves Cerry at II Is Il N
Lea YES Irvineton, Z IS am
Arrives at Pittsburgh 10 C5 IN
Night Express leaves Cory 08 a n
Arrives at Pittsburgh 65 n
Day Express leaves Cory c SO g m
Arrives at Pittsburgh Is m
Oil City Accom-. leaves Cory 2 90 p n
Arrives at Brady's Bend Q 80 p n
GOING NORTH.
Bfalo Express leaves Pittsburg at 7 SO a m
Arrives at Cory COS p m
lrVineton 30 p m
Night Express leaves Pittsburgh 4 35 D IA
Arrives at Cory 420am
Day Express leaves Pittsburgh II 20 p m
Arrives at Cory 10 As p IN
Oil City Accom-. leaves B. Bend 6 As m
Arrives at Oil City 1915 pm
Connections made at Cory and Irvine.
tou for points on the Oil Greek and the
Allegheny Valley Rail Road.
Pullman Palace Drawing Room Sleep.
ing Cars on Night Express Trains between
Pittsburgh and Brocton.
3 Passengers to and from Brockville make
close connection at Red Bank Junction
with Buffalo Express north and Night Ex-
press south.
Ask for Tickets via Allegheny Valley R.
r.
J. J, LAWRENCE. Gen. supt.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-13

Auction at the East End Store next
Saturday evening.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-13

The Democrat has a new devil.
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GOLD is quoted in New York at los
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CHEAPER
THAN THE CHEAPEST !!
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES,
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF
PENNSYLVANIA.

JESSE CLAYP DOL, of Spring Greek, f
Bankrupt under the Act of Congress of
March I'd, 1867, having applied for Dis
charge from all depts. and other claims
provable under said Act. By order of the,
Court, NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, to
all Creditors who have proved their debts,
and other persons interested, to appear on
the 26th day of November 1873 ,at o'clock
a. m, before s. E. Woodruff Esq, Register
in Bankruptcy, at his office, in Ridgway,
Pa, to show cause, if any they have, why a
Discharge should not be granted to the said
Bankrupt.
s. G. MoCANDLEss,
Clerk of U. s. District Court for said
District. n33-2w,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-13

ONE good thing the panic will have
,done-that is, teach economy. All
have been running along loosely, more
Or less, under the state of initiation
which prevailed. This was the case in
she cities especially. In the country,
one good thing which the grangers pro-
pose to do is, 10 teach farmers how to
take care of their agricultural imple-
nents. A majority of Western farmers
it is said, leave their high cost machines
uncovered over winter What Ameri-
aans waste or squandsr in all depart
ments of trade or business would make
any European nation wealthy.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-13

Nor much snow here.
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RAILROADS.
PENNSYLVANIA RAIL ROAD.
Philadelphia s. Erie +. Il. Division
WINTER TIME TABLE

NN and after SUNDAY. JULY , 1875
~ the trains on the PhiIaJe hia y
Erie Railroad will run rs follows
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-28
FIRST EDITION.
6 s,orchester eJoasty, Md.


BURGLARY OF A STORE IN THE NECK DIsTRIoT-DAR-
ING AND MALICIOUS BINoENDIARIsM-oDD FELLOW
SHIP oELEBRArtoN-APRu TERM OF COURT
ALARM OF RE-MISIsTERIAL-THE PEACH CROP
ETC. Z ttl.'s. !. f.-', -i-ri
Correspondence of the Commercial
'fz' '-i l"r CAMBRrDoE, Md. April 26.
The storehouse of George M. Thomas, who
has been merchandising for some time past in the
Neck District, "a short distance below Conhersvlle,
was entered by burglars on Friday night, the
18th inst. After amply satisfying their thievish
desires, they completed their work by setting
fire to the store. Mr.. Thomas was in Cambridge,
at the time, which the astute thieves doubtless
knew. His residence is not more than twenty
Eve yards from the spot where stood the store,
yet the earliest warming Mrs. Thomas received
OF contiguous danger was the loud noise caused
by the explosion of some gunpowder in the
store. This combustible material, together
with whskey inside afforded fine aliment for
the flames, and before assistance could reach
the somewhat isolated spot, the store house
and it's entire contents we're but charred and
smouldering monument of their former selves.
Evidences convincing enough to establish acase
of the most daring and malicious arson were
discovered fn close proximity to the store. 1t Is
understood Mr.. Thomas stock was insured.
Dorchester Lodge, No, 10, l. o. o. F., expect
to hold an anniversary celebration tomorrow in
this town. Rev. VIM. =: Evans, pastor. OF M.
E. Church South will address the lodge in his
church upon " Odd Fellowship"
April term of the Circuit COURT for Dorchester
county commences on Monday the 2Sth inst.
The ID. IL ID. r. r. are not unmindful of the de-
mand for increased facilities of travel and will
run special train during the session. We hear
of no very prominent cases on the docket. There
are at present four prisoners in the county jail.
Last Wednesday evening no inconsidefable ex-
oitement was occassioned in town by the alarm
OF fire. 1t was caused by the burning of foul
chimney on Gay street
Rev. L. ]. williams, the new pastor of Zion M.
E. Church Of this place has arrived aud dlspenses
the divine word TO large congregations every
Sabbath.
Rev. Mr. Redman, who has succeeded Brother
Burke at the charge in the Neck District. from
all accounts, gives his flock general satisfaction
The peach crop in this county is reported as
yet uninjured and the prospect for an abundant
Weld is favorable VIDI.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-28
Political Items.

The Maine Republican State Convention is
to be held in Bangor, Thursday. June 10.
Mr.. Colfax stoutly AYERS that he does not
wish to go back to Congress, but he has talked
like that, before.
The Republicans of Milwaukee, Wis, are
very Joyous over their success in electlng their
candidate for Mayor, i--
Hon. James G.. Blaine has been elected
Chairman of the Maine Republican State Com
mittee for the fifteenth time
Gen. Butler recently announced to friend
that he was squarely on the track forthe COVER
norship of Massachusetts,, and that he should not
only be nominated, but also elected. 7-a'ss
The Reading Times thinks General Sher-
man is the coming nan" Tor the Prestdency
Good gracious We would try Phil Sheridan
twenty times first. If a soldier is demanded.
The proposition to elect General Grant for
third term, (mRde by nobody, 30 far as we
know, but Senator Alcorn of Missssippi( is
preposterous. General Grant, of course, takes
this view himself.
THE Republican State Committee Of Penn
eylyania will meet at Harrisburg on the first of
NAV to fix upon time for holding the State
| convention. A State Treasurer aud Supreme
Judge are to be elected next fall.
Hon. John H. Gimer declines 10 be can
didae for any office before the Republican State
| Convention in Virginia, but says he will support
| it's nominees, provided they are men OF integ-
rity intelligence, and really DEVOTED to the
Union"
The Washington correspondent describes at
| length the tactics by which Blaine became
| speaker of the House OF Representatives, and
/ calls him cautious, conservative shrewd, cour-
| ageous, and able" Tho correspondent thinks
ii he sets ont to make himself President it is moi
i possible to beat lim. Well. we'll see. There 3
| soInetime yet, between now and the spring OF
1876 .5t.rrtf
Tho Cincinnati Times says; Democrats who
/ have set their hearts OH carrying partisan or
| aapization of the Constitutional Convention
| will be disappointed. Minority Representation
ia not vet in the ascendant, and they haven't the
votes TO make Tom Ewing President of the Con
| yention, or Charley Flood its secretary. There
| is a clear majority of Republicans elected to th'
| Convention. They can give it straight Repub
| ican organization il they choose to do 30, and
| is very likely that they will. 4as5s. -
The Cincinnati Inquirer, leading Democratic
i paper of Ohio, says We observe that the New
/ York World announces free trade as the party
issue. and claims that Protecti0nist cannot b'
Democrat. We don't think that any Demo
i Gratis ought to be protectionsts, but unfortuna
tely the whole party in pennsylvania are such
| and always Lave been, with thousands and teht
| of thousands in New.J ersey New-York, Ohio
New-England and other States. We don't thinl
it would be exactly expedient to read out OF ou
| party the whole organization in Pennsylvanla
| We arc more desrous to read people into th'
| party iust at PRESENT than to order any one u
l leave. ....Z .... - ..--s.+s|l .-.# f-
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-28
Industrial Isenls.

British worHmeu arein many instances now 20
oarelese about regular. work that one colliery
owner who examined his books found that the
average of work in a fortnight was three days OF
eight hours, or "a hours for two weeks'work.
-Holyoke, Mass has 12 paper mills, paying
monthly for wages s6s, 200 prod"esing daily ~
s9I female work-peope. All but two of these
mills were established during the present period
of Protection.
Among the facts indicating the gradual march
Westward of new industries is the founding oil
a screw steel works in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Baltimore plasterers have decided to de-
name 49, as per day from the 3lst Of March until
the 2sth of June and "a per day thereafter until
the 29th OF November, and then forty cents pei
hour until the last of the following March.
There is likely to be no strike in New York at
ter all, A secret meeting of delegates from
various trades union was held in New York Oh
Friday night when it was very seriously propos-
ed to abandon the contemplated strike for eight
hours until 1874.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-28
PERSONAL AND PARTICULARS.

Carl schurz sailed for Europe on Saturday.
An Auburn woman fell dead while thrash
ing her boy for going to the circus.
st Louis is to erect a new merchants ex-
change building, at cost 81 100000.
Maine farmers anticipate large hay crop
this season as the result of the great fall OF
snow. --4. f
Amber jswelry is becoming very fashionable
again it looks very we'll with light spring
dresses. D#tH.. p4r
Two of the richest market-women in New
York are known as strawberry Anna and
"Red-headed Jane.
The cold weather has killed hundreds OF
swarms of bees in Ohio, and the farmers pre-
dict sour times next fall.
"A Hartford insurance company wrote let
ter to an Indians man seven years ago, and he
just received it the other day.
The apparition of young lady driving a
dog cart and smoking garettes astonished Gem
tral Park the other afternoon.
1t is generally believed now by meteorolo-
gists, says the New York Times, that we are to
have cycle OF very not summers.
The latest use for kerosene is to commit
suicide with it. pint imbibed at bedtime will
render you cold corpse by daylight.
Major General Hancock returned TO Balti-
more on Saturday. and inspected Fort McHeury
While at Fortress Monroe, he delivered the dip
Tomas to the graduating class OF the Artillery
School.
Thirty years ago man living near La
Crosse sold a pair of boots for gun traded the
gun for pony the pony for thirty acres OF
swamp land and now owns sixty-six city lots
worth $500 each.
Hon. J. Alexander Simpson, one OF Philadel-
phias most prominent lawyers and now MEM
ber of the Pennsylvania Constitutional OoAven-
tion, is a native Of Delaware, being born in this
city in February 1924.
: The Porto Rico slaves that were sent to
Cuba and sold in anticipation of the emaDcpa-
tion decree applicable to Porto Rico resist their
new masters, refuse to work, aud are only con-
trolled by military force.
An anonymous " prominent business man
of Boston has been detected in the economical
habit of making daily trips in the rear car of a
long railway train, aud always to get of before
the conductor came to collect his fare.
"A young man, who knows all about it, states
that his experience has taught him that a hirt is
a fool, who delights in fooling fools, and the
fool who ia fooled by such fool s the foolish
est kind of fool. He Is been fooled badly, We
should Judge
President Grant and party reached Denve
Col, on Saturday. This morning they are to
visit Golden, Black Hawk, Central City, and
Idaho Springs returning to Denver tonight.
Tomorrow they will probably start for the East
by way of Omaha.
Quite number OF Reading people are going
to Europe SeBator Davis, State Commissioner
to theiVienna Exposition, sailed on Saturday
Raymond Heizmann, ESD, of the tifm OF Heiz
mann & Bro; Jonathan Il. W. Deininger, assis-
tant paymaater of the Reading Railroad Isaac
Eckert and Jacob Bushong. ESD, Bankers and
Mr. Arnold Mellert, of Melert d Co., have all
made arrangements and will set out during the
month of May.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-28

William Allen a carpenter, aged 25. was killed
at Fall River, Mass, on Saturday,, by falling from
a "jet staging" on a three story house.
Chicago jurymen have suddenly become dgni-
fed, and now charge two dollars apiece TO rel-
der verdict as either Of the parties desire.
Texas babies who don't take castor oil readily
have their jaws pried open with shears. One
was killed that way at Houston, the other day.
Tennessee man found 5000 in gold while
ploughing, and it's wonderful how many Ten
nesseans nave lately taken to agricultural pur-
suits. F.Egt i9'i y
The breach of promise suit of Helena Fra
zier vs. Thrifty in San Francisco, resulted on
Saturday night in q verdict for the plaintiff fol
10000. a. ob#r "
A Vermont school teacher has struck the thing
at last He makes unruly boys turn grind
stone one thousand times, while another DO!
bears on with q stick Of wood.
In New York, last August, an unknown per-
son threw stone through the window OF q sa-
loon kept by German named Fritz and killed
his little daughter. On Saturday man namec
Coward oorrlgan was arrested for the crime
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-28
Luck.

A PHILADELPHIAN DRAWS A PRINoELY PRIZE IN
THE HAVANA LOTTERY. .-
On the 25th inst. the Royal Havana LOTTERY
was drawn, and out of 10000, one numbered
1907 drew prize of s5OO,oOO Martinez q Co.,
of No. 10 Wall street, New York, received on
last Thursday telegram from Havana announ-
cling the feet and upon consulting their books
found that No. 1907 had been bought by Mr..
Richard Penistan, of Philadelphia who was i'm
mediately informed by telegraph OF the no doubt
to him, ,aatonishing news Mr.. Penistan prompt
somewhat disappointed at not being able
to draw the cash at once. the clerks in-
forming him that such proceeding was
out of the question until the official receipt shall
have come from Havana. This will probably
arrive in the steamer from that place on We'd
nesday OF this week.
The fortunate gentleman bought his ticket by
mail, having written on the 9Th inst for full
ticket, the price being $3.50 BY return of mail
he received ticket No. 1907, which has drawn
the largest prize ever drawn in America. Mr.
Peniatans ''pie," when discounted according to
the lottery rule, will amount to 100000
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-28
suicI e.


DIR. Holland has Topic in Sc,tbners for
NAV, on the recent discussion of suicide, from
which we quote the closing paragraph;
II MAJ ia nothing but an animal. II this life
ia all there is Of his exstanoe, and the question
simply concerns the amount of comfort to be
Eot out OF it in this transient world why let him
do a. he likes with himself and his friends ;
but he who regards the present scene as only
the foreground of on infinite spiritual future
through which, if one tread faithfully
the prescribed passages Of pain as well as
pleasure, he shall find himself in higher path
Eays as a consequence, at the last-we Say ne
will take life whether it be convenient or incon-
yenient, and hold it as the gift of God, inaena-
ble by any reason of infrmity or suffering, o.
hopeless disease or cost to other life through
necessary ministry. The doctrines OF Prof. New
man and Mr. Tollemache are un-christian doc
trines They carry us back into barbarism back
into the darkness in which children killed par
ents that became a burden to them, and mothers
strangled infants that could only inherit theiI
own sufferings. It is an Infamous criticism o.
the divine WISDOM an insult to Providence, an in
sult upon the safeguards Of society and retec
tion upon human nature and human destiny from
which all Christian manhood recoils as from thu
| touch of serpent.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-28
Dramatic.

The subscription list for q performance in
this city, by Charlotte Cushman, opened at
Boughman, Thomas Il Co.'s this morning. and 9
large degree of interest seemed to be manifested.
BY II o'clock, one hundred seats had been en-
gagged. Those of our citizens who appreciate
high dramatic art, and desire Miss Cushman to
visit us, should promptly fill up the list
On Wednesday and Thursday evenings of
this week, Miss Charlotte Thompson will appear
at the Opera House, supported by Mr.. Frederic
Robinson, and good Company. The play for
Wednesday evening is Jane Eyre, and for Thurs
day evening East Lynne
On Monday evening Of next week, the 9th
proximo, the Company from Col Woods Muse
um, in Philadelphia will perform t. s, Arthur's
moral Drama Of Three Years in a Man Trap.
On Thursday evening, the 8th, Aimee, and
her French Opera Bouffe Company present the
Gtanlle ULCltesse, ...
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-28
The BreakwaIer & Frannlord r, r..

MEETING OF THE COMMISSIONERS AT MILLsBoRo
The Commissioners of the Breakwater q
Frankford Railroad held a meeting at Millsboro,
on the 10Th inst. and was largely attended by
the people, interested in this enterprise. Judge
Layton presided and 3. W. Tunnel acted as
Secretary.
lne Secretary made list OF stockholders when
an election for nine Directors was held and re
suited as follows: John Hickman Of N, Benja-
min Burton, Charles O. Stockley, Elisha W. Cam
non, VIM. A Gum John T. Long, Joseph Morris,
John M. Houston and Capt. Henry Hickman.
The President, Judge layton, then offered a se-
riesof revolutions thanking. the General Assem-
biyfo.the liberal aid extended, and thanking Hon.
John Hickman of the House of Representatives
and Senator Stockley for their efforts in secur-
ing this aid, of 5000 900.
The resolutions were adopted, and it was then
decided TO hold the next meeting on Saturday,
May 10th, at Millsboro, after which the meeting
adjourned.
EXPENSIVE CosTUnNa.- see by an ex-
change that in ona of her pieces played in Rich
mond last week, Miss Charlotte Thompson, who
appears at tile Opera House, in this city, OIL
Wednesday and Thursday evenings OF this week,
adorned herself with dress imported for her by
A. t. Stewart Il Co., of New York, and costing
nearly two thousand dollars in gold. Such
dressing requires pletherc purse, but Miss 7
is equal to all occasions Of this kind.