The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-03-19
GENERAL NOTES.

made of tin foil.
Thore are but six anthracite coal pro-
ducing counties in the State, amoug
which is Dauphin.
Another rise in the Mississippi river
is reported, and repetition of the levee
disasters Of 1871 seems probable.
There are said to be fifty women
practiciug medicine in New York and
Brooklyn.
Illinois husbands are on an equality
with their wives in relation to property.
Instead Of courtesy, the widower is only
to have his dover right of thirds
The Iowa Legislature has passed a
bill prescribing maximum rates of freight
and passenger tolls on railroads ip that
State, with severe penalties for violation.
William Mullen and Stephen Stod-.
dard, only Is years Old, have been SEN
fenced to the New Jersey State Prison
for four years, for arson 10 Newark.
The test suit, involving the validity
of about one and half millions of the
new issue of the Bank of Tennessee, is
now before the Supreme Court Of that
State.
The number of church edifces in
this country in 1870 was 6S,0S2,
against So, ,06l in 1850, which is an in
crease Of about seventy-Gye per ceut in
twenty years.
The manufacturer of Imitation butter
from suet has become a considerable
mercantile interest. In Albany COM
pany has Just begun operations with
capital of $4,000.
Evansville, Indiana, has shot works
in which shot is made by new process,
invented by one OF its citizens. The
process consists OF compression, and
does away with the tall tower heretofore
employed.
A golden eagle was recently captured
near Chetope, Kansas. The lucky cap
tor was Immediately offered ten dollars
in bank notes for it which he naturally
refused, as he felt entitled to a premium
on it.
The moietes inquiry goes on at
Washington. Mouiton, representing
New York firm, was the last witness cx-
amined in opposition to the present sys-
TEN of spies and intormers. Jayne has
again been heard in defence Of the law
In addition to the impeach mcnt cases
In 4
Busted Of Alabama, JUICE Story OF
Arkansas, the House Committee on the
Judiciary have before the impeachment
case of Judge Duyall, OF Texas.
W. A. Ruth, cashier, employed BY
Adams Express Company al y itringfeld,
Mass, aud who abacoa1cd on July 10
with $4,000, has been captured by de-
tcctives in Florida aud 81 600 recovered
lie was taken to Springfield.
The sale Of postage stamps from the
Post Office Department to postmasters
for February shows an increase Ct IS!
per cent. over the sales of February Of
last year. The increase is attributed
largely to the abolition Of the ranking
piivi!ege.
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tions agreed to insart a. ;tem IN ,hn l~
Gciercy hin onnronri,t;ng sIi g50 :,
make GOOD to The SoIdiers} onI Noiror.,
OrnLan Home Of the di.trict Of rn-
umbia the loss sn,t.inrd bv that ;c.ti.n-
ton tbrouob the t,ilnrc n law rno,.o
L. Co with whom l,st vear's annrorri,.
tion was dpnosi,rd
A, p;naIom nh;o j., .
movement has schirycd c,nsi5er,hrc snc-
cess. Four propricr,r, ct drinkin, 50.
looos have abandoned the tyoG.. !,
iiouors. On Saturday large onan,i.y
of whisky was empti.d into the street.
Feminine nrayirp band, are hard St
work in the town.
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