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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-07-30

A CHURCH FEsTIvAL.-On Wed
esday afternoon, and evening August
Eth, festival will be held at Rhines'
lall for the benefit Of the Lutheran
Church. Mr.. Brenneman has labored
|png and faithfully for the building Of
bis church; but now, for lack of funds,
he work stands still, and we hope the
kitizens will do their utmost to aid this
knod work. We know that money is
parce; but let US follow, as far as we can,
be scriptural injunction, "Cast thy
read upon the waters and it shall re-
Iurn after many days"
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MUaDER IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
We learn from the Brookville RepubH-
can, Of last week, that Henry Perry, of
Snyder township, in that county, was
shot by man named Amzia Sibley, a
near neigtbor, on Wednesday evening
the 18th inst, resulting fatally on the
following Sunday morning. 1t appears
that family. difficulty existed between
the parties, an improper intimacy exist
Ing between the wife of the murdered
man and Sibley, and that threats of
violence had frequently been made by
Sibly in case any interference was made
with him. On the evening the crime
was committed Sibley passed Perry's
house, whom he was hailed by some
members of the family and asked to
take home some tinware that had been
borrowed to be used while huckleberry-
ing, and while engaged in conversation
Perry ordered him to go away and not
talk to his wife, but he refused to do so,
and Perry coming toward him with hoe
in hand, he pulled revolver from his
pocket, at the same time saying he
would shoot if Perry came any closer.
1t is not known whether Perry made any
further movement to strike Slbley or
not, but the latter fred, the ball take n
effect in the abdomen, passing into the
hip, causing death as above stated.
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REGISTER,S .rOTECE.

Notice is hereby giuen that the final ac-
count of Andrew j. Overturf, Administra-
tor of the Estate of Andrew Overturf, late
af Benezettee Township, Elk County, de-
ceased, has been filed in my Office and will
be presented at the Orphans Court of Elk
County for confirmation on the first Monday
of August next, being the Sd day of
August 1874.
FRED. sCHoENINi, Register,
Ridgway, Pa, June 80, 1879,
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EPUBLICAN COUNTY
CONVENTION.

The Republicans of Elk County, are
uested to meet at their respective poll
! places, on SATURDAY, AUGUST
1874, at 6 o'clock p. m. to choose
legates to meet in County Convention
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4th 1874,
kch district is entitled to two dele
ties.
JAS. H. HAGERTY. Chairman.
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TnE following dispatch gives the par

TnE following dispatch gives the par
iculars 10 regard to the drowning OF
"a r. Nanny, fOrmely of this place;
Warwick N. Y, July 21.-Yester-
ay while out fishing in Waikiki, near
line Island. Marcellus Duscnberre, Ira
B. Nanny aud Robert Colwell, of Eden
lille, were drowned. They were last
pen about one p. m, aud on being mis-
I'd search was made, but nothing
ound until s p. m, when an empty boat
Eas discovered. Search was renewed
his morning and the bodies were found
bear each other and within few feet
bf the shore. Nanny leaves wife; Col
we'll a wife and two children; Dusen-
berre is unmarried.
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New Advertisements.
.GdnissisfTNsOY'S .B'OsiCe.

ESTATE OF EMILY JOHNSON, late of
Benezette Township, Elk county. deceased.
All persons indebted to said Estate are re-
quesled to make immediate payment. And
those having legal claims against the. same,
will present them without delay in proper
order for settlement to
II. NJ. POWERS, Administrator.
Ridgw ay, Elk Co., Pa, June 80, 1874
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Cost per Diem for Scholars.
Highest cos' Per scholar
per diem, Whistletovn... 10 77'100 cents
Lowest cost Der s, hol
per diem, Ridgway......... "A 100
NuntJer Months School Taughs.
Total months school taught. ........... AZ
Average per ool..................... 81
j. V. HOUK, President
o. i. GRANT, Sec'y.
Ridgway, July II, lS7l--n20t3.
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Mrs. Samule Cooley, OF Curtis Sta
ion Steuben county, died a few days
ago from the effect of poison inhaled
while sprlnkling Paris green on potato
vines.
A general convention Of life insurance
agents doing business in the South is to
be held at Bath Alum Springs, Virginia,
on the 10th of August.
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NEXT Sunday there will be Lutheran
vices in the Court House, at IL
lock, BY Rev J. Brenneman.
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Chicago, July 25.-The underwrit-
crs' meeting last night considered the
resolutions to charge a half per cent
additional rates on business brick, iron
buildings, without rear aud side shut
te.s.
The ordinance prohibiting the cree.
ton Of frame buildings has been passed.
Giles Brothers, jewellers, lately
burned out, yesterday found the jewelry
in their safes almost undamaged.
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PEACHES have made their appearance
this market, as also have tomatoes,
ID green apples.
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THE School directors hold a meeting
Saturday, August lst at the school
Puse.
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Mail East connects east and west at Erie
with L 3 Nj S r w and at Cory and 1r-
vineton With Oil Creek and Allegheny X
Z w.
Mail West with east and west trains on
l. S & Nj S r w and at Irvineton with
Oil Greek and Allegheny X r w.
VIM. A. BALDWIN.
Gen'l Sup't.
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A V. RAILROAD TINE TABLE.
LOW-GRADE DIVISION.

On and after MONDAY, JULY 6, 1874,
trains between Redbank and Driftwood will
run as follows;
WESTWARD.
EXPRESS and MAIL will leave Drift
wood daily at 1890 p m, Reynoldsville at
$3.50 p M, Brookville at 4:20 p IN, arriving
at Redbank at 6:30 p m, connec ting with
Express on Main Line for Pittsburgh.
MINED WAY leaves Reynoldsville daily
at 5:45 q m, Brookville at 1925 q m, arriv-
ing at Redbank at 11:50 m, connecting
with trains north and south on Main Line.
EASTWARD.
EXPRESS and MAIL leaves Redbank
daily at 1915 m, arrives at Brookville ut
1880 p m, Reynoldsvillc at 12:37 p m, Drift.
wood at 5:20 p m, connecting with trains
east and west on P and L Railroad.
MINED WAY leaves Redbank daily at
1910 m. arrives at Brookville at 5:25
IN, Reynoldsville at 6:45 p m.
MAIN LINE
On and after MONDAY, JULY 6, 1874,
trains on the Allegheny Valley Railroad will
run as follows:
BUFFALO EXPRESS will leave Pitts
burgh daily at 1906 a IN, Redbank Junction
ut 1905 m, and arrive at Oil City at 1875
p m.
PITTSBURGH EXPRESS will leave Oil
City at 2:20 p IN, Redbank Junction at 6:3j
m, and arrive at Pittsburgh at 1000 p m.
TiTUSVILLE EXPRESS leaves Pitts
burgh at LOO p III, Redbank junction at
4;16 m, and arrives at Oil City a: 9l5 p
m. Returning. leaves Oil City at 500 u
m, Redbank Junction at 1908 N, and ar
rives at Pittsburgh at 1886 p IN.
j. j. LAWRENCE,
General Superintendent
WM. NJ. PHILLIPS,
Asst Supt., Brookville, Pa.
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TALL John Cobb was in town this
eek. He Is looking we'll.
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From recent sanitary statistics taken
in Connecticut, it appears that there are
at present in the State 20 less than
III 100 persons of sixty years and over.
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CTAlEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND BX-
- PENDITURES OF RIDGWAY TOWN
SHIP SCHOOL FUNDS FOR THE YEAR
ENDING JUNE |, 1874.
TREAsuRER's STATEMENT.
Jerome Po,oelI, Treasurer, in account Nth
School Fnd:
Or.
To amount received from H. II.
Wensel, collector for 1871......... 80 so
To amount received from Jerome
Powell, collector 1972............ 3SS 20
To amount received from taxpayers
(seated), 1878 ....................... 10 Il
To amount received from tax.
payers (unseated), 1873 ........... 420 90
To State Appropriation ............... l76 %
To amount received from q. X.
Farley, treaslrea.......... ..-..... los ~
To amount received from Joseph
Windfelder, treasurer........ ...... 234 w
To amount received from M. I.
French, collector 1873....-."... 90 90
S., 35
Or.
By balance of June l, 1873, for
ward ............,....,,,..... 5S3 81
BY paid teachers wages on orders 410 Sc
BY paid for fuel l..........,...,,...... 3SS 43
BY paid for repairs on school build
ings .............................. 80 SO
By per cent. commission for pay.
ing out So, 115 II .................. 62 30
.------
3.761 3S
2,1S8 35
Balance due treasurer ,573 03
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ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.
Assefs.
Amount due from Y. Malone col.
lector 1870 ax........."........... 8o5.97
xAmount due from H. ii. Wensel,
collector 1871 tax .................. $50 81
*Amount due from Jerome Powell,
collector 1872 taxi. .............. 4S5 73
%Amount due from VI. Y. French,
collector 1873 t.x........~.......f,G ,Gs5 20
Amount due froEa eonusy treasure:
unseatcd tax (estimated) ......... 800 90
$4,Ol3 Al
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CoRUT will comeuce here next week.
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STATE NOTES

The various industrial corporations
centering in Scranton have, within a lew
month, reduced their working forces by
discharging about 10000 men and boys
A landlord in Blair county was sued
recently for 1000 damages for selling
liquor to man who soon after fell from
a horse and was killed. The defendant
settled the case by paying the claimants
s600.-Erchdnge.
And now Potter county claims to
have the oldest man in the State His
name is Judson; he lives on Pine Creek,
and is said to be one hundred and two
quite active, and never wore glasses
While speaking of old men it should not
be forgotten that Joseph Mishow, Of
Williamsport, was one hundred years
old on the Sth of March last, is quit ac-
tive, enjoys good health, and never wore
spectocles, either.
This is from the pen of Peter Conver,
of the Tionesta Press: a woman
walked into Tionesta from the other side
of Luckiugville, in Clarion couoty, d
distance of ten miles, the hottest day
this week, aud carried twenty pounds Of
butter and six months old baby
Robinson bought the butter for twenty
cents q pound, and the baby she carried
back home. Her husband had ridden
into town the day before to find out the
state of the market.
A green worm is making sad havoc
with the cabbage in Crawford County
1t is from half an inch to an inch and t
half long, and lies close to the stem Of
the leaf, making it difficult to discover.
One of our citizens tells US that he
butchered nearly two hundred on L
small patch one morning. Strong soaI
suds thoroughly sprinkIed on the plants
is said to be sure death to the pests, be
sides acting as a fertilizer to the cab
bage.
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RAILROADS.
PENNSYLVANIA RAIL ROAD
Philadelphia & Erie r. R. Division
SUMNER TIME TABLE.

ON and after SUNDAY, JUNE 2S, 1874,
~ the trains on the Philadelphia Il
Erie Railroad will run as follows:
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SCHOOLS.
Member Pupils.
Whole number of male pupils who
have attended school in ycar......... 209
Whole number OF female pupils who
have attended school ia year......... III
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$i,Ol3 AZ
liabilities.

Due J. Powell treasurer Ridgway
Township School District. 1881 81
Due on oursi anding orderf teach.
ers, repairs, &c ..............-..... 1925 10
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Jerome Po,cclt, Treasurer, in account wHh
Building Fund;
DR..
To balance of June l, 1873, for.
ward d...."..................... .....,... 900 ol
To amoant received from Ii. II.
Wensel, collector 1S71............. so so
To amount received from jerome
Powell, collector 1S72............. 219 10
To amount received from tax
payers (seatedy, 1S73............ 397 As
To amount received from tax
payers (unseated), 1873......... 210 II
To amount received from c. r.
Farley, treasurer .............."... 10 81
To amount received from Joseph
Windfelder. treasurer. zee. ......... 129 90
To amount received from NJ. T.
French, collector 1813............ 26 90
-----
$1,46
Cr.
By amount paid bond Ridgway
School District to Jackson....... ,203 81
By per cent commission for
paying ut................"-...".. 2l 06
81, 227 40
Balance due Building Fund. $241 ~
Ridgway Township School Fund
owes Treasurer Powell........ 1873 03
Treasurer Powell owes Ridgway
Township Building Fund......... 241 -
Balance due treasurer ....""."Sl ,33l 81
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50, $50 Al

~, 9OO II
Excess of assets over liabilities $1,057 06
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LIST CT JURoRs drawn for August
term of Court, commencing Monday,
August 3D., 1871
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|BLAoKBERRIEs are fast ripening.

JAS. H. HAGERTY, Chairman
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Summer Arrangement.

DuuIlCI 4tIIufI tICu0'
BUFFALO, NEW YORK & PHIL'A. r. II.
THE SHORTEST AND MOST DIRECT ROUTE
10 Williamsport, Sunbury, Harrisburg,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-06
Bursting Brains.

A MOST singular and unaccountable
disease, commonly known as the burst
ing Sickness" has broken out in this
vicinity, and already has spread to many
of the neighboring villages and cities.
The people are in CONSERVATION by reS,-
son Of the many deaths which have oC-
CURED. The doctOrS-Wretched medical
men at the best-are at a loss how to
deal with the trouble, and the priests
have their hands full. TlalenangO, Bo-
lanos, Cartagena, and even Sanceda Hac
are suffering more or less, and there is
no telling where or when the disease is
to stop. [ am not an expert in describ-
ing sickness, but the trouble seems to me
to be an unusual discharge of nerve
force into the brain. The symptoms are
sudden nausea, followed almost imme-
diately by a severe and sharp pain along
the spine, proceeding from its lower eX-
tremity to the head, and described as
feeling as though a blunt knife were
scraping upward. There is then-when
he pain reaches the back of the head-a
sharp and poignant distress there which
makes the patient deliriOus, although it
never produces Inconsistencies or loss
of the right uses of the senses. The
eyes are bloodshot and wild, with pupils
greatly contracted. The sensitiveness to
light is intense, so that even in paroXysms
Of eXcrucidting agony the patient will
rise and seek dark place. This state
lasts commonly not more than thirty to
forty minutes, during which the patient
feels as though his head was splitting;
and when this condition has lasted for
about half an hour the Uranium actually
bursts open at the sutures, as is some
times the case with infants whose heads
split thus after death from water on the
brain. The sound produced by this rend
ing asunder of the bones of the skull
can plainly be heard full ten feet from
the patient 1t is said that in some in
stances the disruption is extremely sud
den, and accompanied with noise still
louder. This occurs, too, at moment
when the sufferer is in full conscious
ness, and it is most terrible to witness.
The disease broke out at the silver
mining region at Bolanos about two
weeks ago and its cause is unknown.
About 800 persons-generally adults
have already died of it, and it is yet
spreading The sickness Is, so far as |
know, as unique as it is singular.-Aeri-
90 Cor. N. !. Graphic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-06
Color in Animals.

The variety of coloring in animal life
is one of the marvels of nature, only now
beginning to be studied scientifically. 1t
IS vain to say that an animal is beautiful,
either in symmetry or diversity of color,
in order to please the human eye Fishes
in the depth of the Indian seas, where no
human eye can see them, possess the
most gorgeous tints. One thing is re
markable; birds, fishes and insects alone
possess the metallic coloring; while
plants and zoOphytes are without reflect
ing shades. The mollusca take middle
path with their hue of mOther-of-pearl.
What is the reason of these arrangements
in the animal kingdom? 1t is question
which cannot be satisfactorily answered;
but some observations have been made
which throw light on the subject. One
is, that among animals the part of the
body turned toward the earth is always
paler than that which is uppermost. The
action of light is here apparent. Fishes
which live on the side, as the sole and
turbOt, have the left side, which answers
to the back, of dark tint; while the
other side is white. 1t may be noticed
that birds which fly, as it were, bathed
in light, do not offer the strong contrast
of tone between the upper and lower
side. Beetles, wasps and flies have the
metallic coloring Of blue and green, pos
sess rings equally dark all round the
body; and the wings of many butterflies
are as beautifully feathered below as
above-FrOne P02u2ar Science Monthly
for du0lLst
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4 Gigantic Enterprise.

Arrangements have finally been com,
pleted between the New York Herald
and the London Duly Telegraph, under
which an expedition will be at once dis
patched to Africa The object of the
expedition will be two-fold: the investi-
cation of the slave dealing and the haunt
of the slave traders, and the carrying out
and completing, if possible, the work be-
gun by DR.. Livingstone. The undertake
Ing will be prosecuted under the COM
mand of Mr.. Henry NJ Stanley, whose
successful journey into the heart of At
RIGA in search of Livingstone bore such
rich fruits. In short time Mr.. Stanley
will leave England fully equipped with
arms, stores boats and all the necessary
provisions for the successful prosecution
of the undertaking. This, without doubt,
is one of the noblest works ever fostered
by journalism, and, whether it succeeds
or fails, its memory will remain a monu-
ment to progress. Under the careful la
bors of Livingstone the problem of Cen
trail Africa has been all but solved, and
into such a narrow corner has he driven
this scientific sphinx that but little
remains to do: yet in that little lie
wrapped the secrets for which the vet
eran explorer gave his life. Striving for
this goal is the expedition of the Royal
Geographical Society, under the COM
mand of Lieut.. Cameron, brave and
intrepid explorer. The heavy expense
that has attended his march has disheart-
ened the society, and letter is now on
its way to recall him. The scientific in
terest in the object of the exploration
great as it is, sinks into insignifcance
when compared with the practical result
that will follow the discovery of the
source Of the Nile. Sir William Baker,
one of the best Of authorities on the Cen
trail African question says that nowhere
in the world does scenery exist more
beautiful, or soil more fertile, or climate
more healthy to the temperate and strong,
than those vast and diversified highlands
of Central Africa which inclose these
glorious, sparkling seas of sweet water,
and feed the mighty rivers whose course
is so far-winding that to this day no man
has yet traversed them from mouth to
fountain" If the expedition succeeds in
its object tract of the richest country
on the globe Will be laid open to civiliza-
ton. The wealth of the projectors of the
enterprise will afford ample means, and
the indOmitable perseverance of the COM
mander renders failure almost impossi-
Bile ChjcGgO IHterOcean.
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The Irish POst-Boy 1885.

In the Irish post-boy we are not pre-
sented with the white jacketed, silk-hat-
ted, top-booted and bright-spurred gen.
tleman we are accustomed to in England,
as trim as his own horses, and as silent,
till he touches his hat to get his fee for
driving them. The Irish pOst-bOy, on
| the contrary, is as scanty in his attire as
| he is abundant in his intelligence, hav-
ing always something to tell his passen-
! ger of the localities they pass through,
as though he took him for book-maker
who was taking notes upon the way. He
fultllls double function-he Is guide as
| well as driver, and his humor often lies
as much IN what he does as IN what he
says. He will commence something in
| this fashion:
do you see that house, yer honor,
yonder? l suppose you know that's Mr..
Yes, do. Mr.. darcy is very rich, I
/ believer"
Well, sir, maybe he is and maybe he
isn't"
Why, I thought he was man of for
tune"
Well, you see, he was purity well of,
sir, till he got how'd OF the property"
Till he got it, What do you mean?"
Why, sir, when he was helr to the
property he had great expectations, and
so, on the strength OF that, you see, he
got Whatever money he wanted"
| Well, and so he ought, when he was
heir to $4,000 year"
That's true, yer honor, that's true,
sir! But then, you'll understand, he was
heir to e5,OO0a year that was sp5It."
"Oh, seer
$50, when he got the property, of
! course the gentleman was ruined"
In a particularly dangerous dart of
the road, with precipice on one side of
you, you observe the post-boy keeps
casting an inquiring glance toward his
| vehicle
whats the matter?" you inquire
"rather an awkward bit of road here"
Oh, it's nothin', sir; it's grand pros
pect."
''Yes-of going over. Why, it is some
| hundred feet to the bottom"
Well, it may be-but look at the
prospect sir; them mountains-oh,
they're grand, sir; they beat the world
for dignity. You'd never see their likes
again if you was to go over twenty preci-
pusses."
After many other tales and difficulties
you reach your journeys end, and then
the post-boy, as you have surmised, ex-
poets a good gratuity. You give him
what you consider to be handsome re-
ward of his services, but still he is not
contented.
"Sure," he says, "your honor wouldn't
mind another shillin'?"
No" you reply; q think I've paid
you literally"
But you'll consider the way drove
you, sir?"
Not pleasant one, by any means"
"And the power of stories [ told you?"
"SOme of which | have heard before"
"Well then, give me another shillin',
sir, an I'll tell you sOmethin' which Twill
undertake to say you never heard be-
fore"
Every good; then, there's a shilling.
Now, what's the story 1 have never
heard?"
WELL then, of coorse your honor re
members the three miles we came along
with the cliff upon one side of u.s."
Remember it? l shall never forget
itr'
"WeI, sir, you don't know, sir, that I
drove you them three miles without
Hnch-p5D!-Fr0m Loger'S Unpublished
Life"