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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20
a RIOT IN ARBANSAS.--A COLORED

a RIOT IN ARBANsAS.--A COLORED
MOB IN POSSESSION OF AUSTIN.
Tie town Of Austin, in Arkansas,
has for two days (says dispatch, dated
Tuesday, August llth), been besieged
by coloied mob about one thousand
strong. On Monday evening and Tues
day morning there was sharp fighting,
the coored men being on both occasions
repulsed with the loss OF several killed
and wounded. Reinforcements have
been sent from Helena and other places
to the whites, while the colored men
have received accessions from the sur-
rounding country. A very serious state
Of things existed at last accounts. The
trouble is stated to have originated
three weeks since, when DR.. Smith
was attacked in the streets by a colored
man. He fired at the latter but missed
him, and killed little colored girl
standing by. A eolored mob would
have lynched Smith but Tor the entrea-
ties of the Mayor and Smiths wife. To
avoid danger, Smith voluntarily re-
mained in jail until Friday last when
some friends took him to fernando.
Tne colored people hearing OF his de-
parture notified the Mayor that if he
was not brought back to Jail they would
burn the town; hence the rioting.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

GOOD SHooTING.-Prof. d. f. Brown
of Brooklyn, N. Y .,who has been spend.
ing few weeks in this section for the
improvement of his health, is the ac-
knowledged champion of the world in
penmanship, and at the same time is an
elocutionist of great promise, as all who
have had the pleasure of hearing him
read, can bear witness; besides all this
he is good marksman as the following
will show; last Tuesday Mr.. Brown made
the following string of ten shots, with
Mr.. Warmers rifle, at rest, at distance
of forty rods, and the target is sworn to
before Esquire Cummings, by those who
witnessed the feat; general average IL
inches; average distance from centre of
each ball TO centre of mark 1-5 inches.
This is second to no one, excepting Mr..
Warner, for accurate shooting.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

Fish CULTUE.-The culture of fish
is extending. Not only do we send oul
aquarium cars to California, but We
trust our tender denizens of the water
to sea voyage new and strange, Ger
many sends us and we return her oul
shad. We read:
The classic waters of the "mighty
Rhine" are to be denizeDed with emi
grants from the new World. The
castle of the Lurliberg is to be filled
with visitors from the Bay State. On
Tuesday one hundred thousand newly
hatched shad, from the works in the
charge of the Massachusetts Fish Com.
missioners, started on voyage to the
Old World. On their arrival in Ger.
many they are to be placed in the
Rhine. These tiny products Of Massa.
chusetts waters and Massachusetts in
genuity are present to the German
Government; the latter bearing the ey.
pense Of transportation. Should the ex,
pertinent OF stocking the Rhine prove
successful, our transatlantic friends will
have cause to thank the Mass ssachusetts
Fish Commissioners; and as in future
years the tinny children of the New
World disport themselves at the base Of
Rhinefals, around the Mouse Tower
Island, Or in the ioamipg waters oi
Schatf hausen, We trust that the bonds
of international friendship will be
strengthened as the gourmand of Father.
land rctreshes himself with Yankee shaG
and Rhine wine.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

TRANsACT1oNs IN BEEF. - The
latest swipdling dodge that has been re.
vealed hereabouts is one Of selling dried
beef. A week or two ago two men,
calling their names Charleston and
Hanoi, came to this city from some
point unknown, as dealers in dried
meats. 1t seems that one of the opera
tors went ahead with some good samples
of dried beet and took orders, which
operator number two supplied. As the
packages Of meats were put up in nice
canvass sacks, no one suspected that he
was being duped and received his pur-
chases supposing them to be all right.
The field Of operations for these fellows
was west Eighteenth street, where
several grocers were duped. The meat
it seems was bad, having become spoiled
in curing. The operations of these men
were speedy, the plan being to GO into a
locality solicit orders and then supply
them with all possible expedition.
When the swindled parties inquired
for the fellows it was discovered that
they had folded their tents and quietly
stole away to parts unknown, probably
Cory or Meadville, where they will
doubtless enter into business, in the
same manner that they did here.-Ertc
Dispatch.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

We are painet to learn that Geo.
Overholtzer had his wrist broken while
on his way to St. Mary's, last Satur-
day evening. He had reached his
hand out Of the window to knock some
ashes off his cigar, when his wrist came
in contact with idee, which he did
not know the train was approaching,
causing fracture as above stated.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20
MAKE Your Own RETURNS

MAKE YOUR OWN RETURNS.-En
order has recently been issued by the
commissioner of Internal Revenue that
Smay be of interest to some of our busi-
ness men. 1t forbids all revenue officers
to assist or make out reports for distilers,
brewers, cigar makers and tobacco man,
ufactursrs, under penalty of dismissal.
The order says: "If there be in your
division dlstiller, cigar-maker, tobacco
manufacturer or brewer, who is not COM
petent to keep the records and prepare
the reports required by law and regula-
tions, he or she must either employ some
one (not an officer) who is competent Or
quit the business"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

NONE but physician knows how
much reliable dltcratue is needed by
the people. On all sides of us, in all
communities everywhere, there are
multitudes who suffer from complaints
that nothing but an Alternative cures.
Hence great many Of them have been
made and put abroad with the assurance
of being ehectual. But they fail to ac-
complish the cures they promise, be.
cause they have not the intrinsic virtues
they claim. In this state of the case,
DR.. j. G. Aver & Co., of Lowell, have
supplied Compound Extract cf Sarsa-
parilla, which proves to be the long-de-
sired remedy. Its peculiar difference
from other kindred preparations in the
market is that it cures the diseases for
which it is recommended, while they do
not. We are assured of this fact by
more than one intelligent physician in
this neighborhood, md have the further
evidence of our own experience of its
truth. Nashville, Tenn, Farmer.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

The SEPTEMBER number OF "Peter-
sons Magazine" is received, and is
more beautiful than ever. The steel
engravings, the colored fashion plate s,
the illustrative wood-engravings for
fashions and for patterns in embroidery,
crochet, g., are worth more than twice
the price of the number. The stories,
too, are frst-rate. "Pretty Polly Penn
berton," by Mrs Fannie Hodgson Bur-
nett, is the best noveet We have read for
years; we await with interest its concud-
ing chapters; but then Peerson" leads
all others in the power and originality
of his stories. Another thing The
publisher, always ahead, has met the
new post-of1ice law, requiring postage to
be paid in advance, at once, and has
not waited til next January, when the
law will become compulsory. He offers
to send his magazine to subscribers at
the full price of two dollars, postage
free, aud to clubs, at rates, which, con.
sdering that he pays the postage, are
cheaper than cUr. Write for a speci-
men, which will be forwarded gratis, and
either subscribe your two dollars, or get
upa club. Address, CuALEs j. PETER.
SON, SOC Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
Pa.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

"A gang of young thieves and kidnap-
pers, fifty in number, have been discov-
cred and broken up by the poliece.
Their operations consisted of petty rob-
berries, burglaries and stealing boys and
liberating them after taking their
money, clothes, and valuables.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

The best thing to brighten tin, is
whiting and kerosene. Wet a bit Of
flannel in the kerosene, then dip into
the powder and rub with a will, and
your tin will shine like a mirror.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

FRANCE has been So beaten and wounded
since the fall of the Empire that it is an
agreeable novelty to record something on
the other side. Her wheat harvest this
year has proven so unusally abundant that
instead of having, as in 1868, to import
wheat and -four to the value of S60, 100000
France will be able to export from fifteen
to twenty million dollars worth of grain.
This means not only good thing for the
French farmers, but also for bread consum
ers in England. The Mark Lane Erpress,
the best authority on European crops,
thinks the wheat yield this year will be
above the average, but not so great as tc
depress prices.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

DocToR EARLEY is having a new
stone house built over the "big spring"
on his South street premises and intends
having the water carried direct to his
residence on Center street
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

BLUNDER.-In the court proceed
ings, published in the last issue, we
inserted Joseph Wilhelm in place of
Phillip Wilhelm in the rape case.
Such things are annoying to US, and
yet they will occur.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

The Printers base ball club, of Clar-
ion, claim to be the champion base ball
club Of Armstrong, Jefferson, Forest,
Elk, and Clarion counties What say
our bows to that?
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

New BANK.-A new clearinghouse
has been started in this place by Jerome
Powell, G. R. Farley, ChAs. R. Kline,
and Jno. G. Hall, with Chas. r. Kline
a, Cashier. The bank is styled Elk
County Bank and is located in Halls
new brick building.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

BEWARE of eating green apples, the
doctors say they will give you spslchad-
iancorpulence, and that certainly is not
very desirable.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

D0CToR BARLEY has the tallest corn
in Elk County, on his farm back Of
South street, being about ten feet in
height Who can beat it?
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

OsTERHoUT's heights are being plowed
over; the horses are sharp shod, and the
man is tied to tree to prevent him fall
ing off.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

TUE supervisors have done a good
job in fixing the approaches to Depot
street bridge, and in grading East street.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

THE Northwestern Pennsylvania,
Fair association holds its first annual
meeting at Erie on Sept. 10Th, 10th,
18th and 18th,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

Forty Iowa school ma'ams couldn't
tell what an abstract question was; but
every one OF them understood the mean.
ing Of pop the question.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

The frame for the M.E. Church build
ding has been erected
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

HAIL STORM. - The Titusville
Courie, of Tuesday, 11th inst, says a
hail storm passed over that place last
Monday evening, at about six o'clock,
the most furious and destructive ever
witnessed .here. Windows were broken
in all parts Of the city, and in some in
stances every window on the south side
of houses was entirely destroyed. All
vegetation was destroyed, The ice
came down in pieces from an inch and
a half to two inches through. The
storm lasted about fifteen minutes.
A dispatch from Spartansburg says a
hail storm passed over that place at
about p. nj, lasting about thirty min
utes, which swept over a tract OF
country about two miles wide, destroy.
ing everything in the shape of vegeta-
tion on its path. Some farmers estimate
their loss as high as one thousand dol
lars. Cattle we're running wildly in all
directions. Hail stones were picked up
weighing from one.balf to two ounces,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20
New Advertisements
MARIE GRENOLS by her next friend
JAMES GARDNER VS.. RICHMOND S.
GRENOLS.--No So Apr il Term; 1874.

UNLNO OLo'--NV UU HPI IT IeIH, IUTt'
D,uo"ce a UinculO mdtromOnie.
To RICHMOND s. GRlNOLS: you are
hereby notified that MARIE GRlNOLS
your wife by her next friend James Gard
ner, has applied to the Court Of Common
Pleas of Elk Co. tor divorce from the
bonds of matrimony, and the said Court
has fixed Monday the 9th day of Septem,
Der next, as the time for hearing the said
application in the premises, at which time
you can appear ifyou think proper.
ID. G. OYSTER Sheriff.
Aug, 18th 1S74.-n24t4.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

FRED. SCREENINGS new house is
fast approaching completion
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

BLAcKB ERRIEs are selling here at
from five to ten cents quart.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

DRowNED.-We are informed, that
Mr.. David Leach, was drowned in the
pond at the shiugle mill (Wingart's saw
milD, Brady township, on Monday,
August Sd. Mr.. Leach was engaged
in showing logs for making shingles.
The first intimation as to his probable
drowning, was the discovery of his hat
floating upon the water. How the ao.
cident occurred is not known, but it is
supposed he slipped and fell in between
some logs and being unable to extricatc
himself, was drowned before his situa-
ton was discovered. The water was
let out of the pond, and the body found.
The deceased was between 30 and 40
years of age, and leaves wife and one
child to mourn his sudden and unexpec.
ted death.-Rdftsmans Journal
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20
Rates Of Advertising.

Transient advertisements per square of
eight lines, one insertion 81. two inser-
tions, $50, three insertions 50.
Business cards, ten lines or less, per
year SIS.
Advertisements payable quarterly.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

Mail East connects east and west at Erie
with L M s r. w and at Cory and lr-
vineton With Oil Creek and Allegheny X
K w.
Mail West with east and west trains on
S s. Nj S X W and at lrvineton with
Oil Creek and Allegheny X r W.
VIM. A. BALDWIN.
Gen'l Sup't.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

Six men recently caught 1000 pounds
Of trout one day from Montana stream.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20

ELK LODGE, A. Y. M.

The stated meetings of Elk Lodge, No.
$40, are held at their hall, corner of Main
and Depot streets, on the second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month
w. G. UEALY, Sec'y.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20
RAILROADS.
PENNSYLVANIA RAIL ROAD
Philadelphia s Erie r. r. Division.
SUMMER TIME TABLE.

ON and after SUNDAY, JUNE %, 1874,
the trains on the Philadelphia u
Erie Railroad will run as follows:
wpsrwApn
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-10-23
RADICAL M1sRULE IN ALABAMA.

One month ago the sheriff Of Sum
ter county summoned posse of AZ
men to suppress a negro riot near
Belmont. The rioters dispersed
without waiting the arrival of the
posse, and the posse was disbanded.
A little negro who carried the Uni
ted States mail on mule was detain-
ed few minutes on the road by the
posse to prevent unnecessary spread
of excitement in other and quiet set
Elements. Afterwards this posse
was arrested as knklux, and also for
stopping the United States mail, but
are now released on bonds of 100
dollars each. Large numbers of
men are summoned to appear before
the United States Court in Hunts
vile, on extreme northern border of
the state early in November. 1t is
also reported that from five to
eight hundred warrants have been
issued for the arrest of men in dis
tricts where no disorder has been re-
ported. Multitudes of deputy mar
sbals are being appointed on recon-
mendation of Chas, z. Mayer, chair
man of the republican state cxecu-
tive committee. But the State was
never more quiet.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-10-23
.wHo rs cor. pARNRY ~

We have been asked the above
question by several gentlemen, and
we copy the following extracts from
the Rome papers in answer to the
question and for the benefit Of our
readers
"CoI. Dabney is a gentleman Of
fine abilities and man of sterling
integrity, against whom no charge
can be brought as to his political
record or private character. He is
a native Of Jasper county, but was
raised chiefly in DeKalb county,
Georgia. In 1850, he came to
Cherokee Georgia and settled in
Gordon county, where he has resid-
ed ever since until some two years
ago, when he settled in Rome. Col.
Dabrey is about fifty>seven years
old--of liberal education, and is one
OF the ablest lawyers at the Cherokee
bar. D--RGDae Courier.
"Col. VIM. Ii. Dabney has sery-
ed the State in the Senate. He
commanded a regiment Of Confeder-
ate soldiers in the late war. He
was ever found at the post Of duty,
kind and afiectionate as father to
those who served with him. He
was in the noble army led from Dali
ton to Atlanta by that heroic chief
tain, Joseph L. johnson. His COM
rades in arms will delight to honor
him. But above all, and high above
all, he is the standard bearer of the
Democratic party--the only hope of
the country.'-IPone DAILY Com~
Dtercidt
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-10-23

A BLOODY VicToRY OVER rHE
TEXAS INDlANs.-The United States
army is covering itself with glory in
Texas in its recent battle with the
Cheyenne Indians. Gen. Maeken-
zie reports that he came upon the
enemy after forced march, in the
Canyon Citro Blanco, on Juta Creek,
near the fork of the Red river, and
achieved brilliant victory, captur
ing AMI destroying over enc huns
bred lodges, the entire outfit VI the
enemy comprising buffalo robes
and munitions of war--and killing
four Indians, and one thousand and
forty eight mules and horses. This
brilliant victory was achieved with
the loss Of only one soldier, slightly
wounded. With the mules and hor-
ses it must have been bloody work
Can our advanced civilization find
no more humane method of dealing
with the Indians and their horses
and mules 7
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-10-23
MASS MEETINGS.

The Democratic Executive Com
mittce of the Seventh Congressional
District, make the following APP
pointments for Mass Meetings:
Marietta, Wednesday, Oct. 28.
Gainesville, Friday, Oct. 30.
Rome, Saturday, Oct. 81.
Calhoun, Monday, Nov. 2.
Hon. b. Fl. Hill,
Hon. John b. Gordon,
Hon. II. V. NJ. Miller,
Hon. Lucius J. Gartrell,
Hon. 2. M. B. Young,
Hon. VIM. II. Dabney,
Hon. ]. w. Harris,
May be expected to speak a. the
time and places mentioned.
Col. Dabney will also address his
fellow citizens, at the following APP
pointments, viz:
Summerville, Thursday, Oct. ~.
Cave Spring, Friday, Oct. 20.
Cedartown, Saturday, Oct. "a.
Buchanan, Monday, Oct. 26.
Dallas, Tuesday, Oct. y.
Canton, Thursday, Oct. 20.
BY order of
DEMocRATIC Ex. COMMITTEE.
District and Atlanta papers are
requested to copy.-Rone CONNER,
cial.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-10-23
THE CONVENTION OF LIARS.

This great black and tan concern
which kept up such an unearthly
howl at Chattanooga last week, adj
iourned without doing anything
scarcely. A few of the ''trooly loil"
got chance to relieve their minds
Of few oratorial efforts, but the re-
suit of the western elections knocked
all the poetry out of the concern.
The whites were disheartened and
stole away like their great proto-
types. sheep killing ours, and the
negroes looked upon the lodging of
the civil rights issue greater tout
rage" than any of the lies brought
up from the swamps of Louisiana or
Arkansas. The "thing" fell still
born, and even their northern allies
look upon the concern as fraud
Griffin News.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-10-23

THIRD TERM Books. The Her
aid, Of Tuesday, came out in anoth-
or anti,third term pronunciamento
of marked ability, supplemented by
several columns Of personal statistics
wherein the position Of the Cabinet,
Senate and House is given on this
question. Congress is summed up
by the Herald as follows: Senate !:
for a third term 24-Trimmcrs IL
against third term 20. House !:
for the third term 7S-Trimmers 100
against a third term III. The
Herald then, rightly CHASING the
trimmers as third term men, because
they will evidently support it, If
pressed, classifies Congress thus !:
In favor of third term, OBS /;
against it, lac majority in favor
of third term, 81.
No doubt the recent elections in
crease the probability of Grants
candidacy for third term. Pros
poets are so gloomy for the Radicals
that they will hardly venture on an
untried nag. They must tic be-
hind Grant, aud trust to bis heels
and sinews to pull them through the
sloughs.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-10-23
BUSTED. The New York World

BusTEED.- The New York World
states that the famous and fussy car
pet Dagger and Federal Judge,
Richard Busted, has fed from Ala
bama, and has settled himself down
in an office in that city. On the 9th
inst, he sent to Washington his
resignation OF the United States Cir
cult Judgcship of Alabama. HAYS
ing consistently outraged the hon.
est people Of the State, and having
recently quarreled with and denounc-
ed his Radical associates, there
was nothing left for him in Alabama.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-10-23

And now steps to the front a
telephone, or Geographic piano, with
which a gentleman sits in Boston,
Mass, and delights the ears Of the
company in Savannah, Ga. TWEEN
ty-four hundred miles is as far as
the thing has been played as yet,
though we may expect it will ere
long play all the world over, and
that soon we shall hear its soothing
sounds issuing from every telegraph
Office in the country-that is if the
operator has an ear for music.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-10-23
REPUBLICAN PARTY RESPONSE
BILE.

The Republican party has ruled
the country for foort cen years, and
its organs cannot deny that 1t is re-
sponsible for the stagnation of the
iron business for the reduction of
workingmen's wages throughout the
country; for so many thousands
thrown out Of employment for the
suffering of the families Of poor me-
chanics /; for the great schemes Of
plumber which took millions of dol
lars out of the national treasury
the Credit Mobilier steal, the Dis
trict Of Columbia frauds, the Salary
Grab, and oil tho schemes of rascal,
ity exposed within the past few
years; for reducing work, business
and everything, but taxes and salar-
les of the President and government
officials which they have greatly in
creased. II now asks for another
lease Of power shall they have it !
This question must be answered at
the polls November next.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-10-23
New Advertisements.
GUARDIANS SALE.

Will be sold at the court house door in the
comfy Of Cherokee on the first Tuesday in
December next the following property to-wlt I;
Lots Of land Nos. 1l77, 1873, 1893 and the
east half of lot No. 1919, and of 1900, and the
north half 1912, and one fourth Of two thirds
of the mineral interest in lot No. 1920, all in
the 2lst district and 2nd section OF said county
of Cherokee Also one fourth of five-ninths OF
lot No. 437, and one sixteenth Of the mineral
interest in lot No. 365, both of the last named
in the 18th district and I'd section of said coun-
ty. Sold as the property Of james n. Fielder
late Of Cherokee county, deceased Terms
cash This 9Th of October, 1874.
SIN. MCCONNELL, Guardian.
(printers Fee So