The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-02-26
GENERAL NOTES.

Fifty bushels Of corn per acre
claimed to be the average production j
Montana.
A New York dramatic critic recent
said there were "acres Of silk an
pounds of diamonds" present in tb
house.
A tract Of land in Missouri, contain
ing 10000 acres, has been bought for
party of French emigrants, who ar
about to settle there.
Governor Adebert Ames of Mississ
ippi. has purchased large tract of lau'
in Sunhower county in that State.
Judge Stevens has ordered the arres
Of every man who is heard swearing Of
the streets of Lawrence, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, in spite of its small
size, does a good divorce business
Seventeen applications were recent.
made in one court in a single day.
Indianapolis, February 19.-The pro
prietors of saloons yesterday received
postal cards warning them the Temper
auce Crusade would begin on Monday.
At a recent fire at Springfield, Mas
sachusetts, it was shown that in docu
ments written with violet ink the writ
ing vanished under the great heat te
which it was exposed.
Sixteen hundred prominent citizens
of Name have petitioneG for the steps
necessary to inaueurate woman suffrage
The press of the State is said to be
almost unit in its favor.
Il man, buried at Denver eighty-ont
years ago, was dug up the other day,
aud found to be petri6ed, and grand
child has made arrangements to exhibit
the store at ten cents per head.
Il. P. Bearsley, for fifteen or TWEEN ty
years collector and postmaster of Law.
renee, l.. l., is defaulter to the amount
Of $1,000, and has resigned. A war-
rant has been issued for his arrest.
Large quantities of ammunition are be,
ing shipped to various points in the de.
partment of Omaha. Post commanders
are ordered to be in rediness to take the
field against the Indians at moment :
notice.
The venerable Peter Cooper believes
in being exact. In his speech the other
night he said: "Wheu / was born
New York contained 33,13l inhabi-
tants."
An exchange states that the present
amount of currency in circulation is
S77S,0O0,000, OF which s3S2,000,000
are greenbacks, S34S, 100000 are na-
tional hank notes, aud the rest-S4S,-
600 ,000-iractioual currency.
1t is announced on the authority Of
that "emnent physician" that it is not
healthy TO rise before eight o'clock in
the morning. This applies only to men.
Wives can rise at seven and start the
five as before.
At meeting Of the Delaware Frui,
Growers Association, recently, it was
that the peach trees were i'll
healthy condition, not baving been
damaged by the cold weather, and that
the prospect Tor large crop next year
is favorable.
A new political party has been started
having extensive ramiGcations through
out the United States, hearing the name
Of Citizens National Party, and having
for its object the amendment Of the
Federal Constitution, so as to make
uatulaIized citizens eli 5ib!e for the
Presidential chair.
A new aud alarming disease is effect
ing the horses Of New York. The NOR
taiity thus far has been confined TO one
stage line; iD most cases the disease
yields rapidly to medical treatment
I he symptoms are loss of appetite,
swollen lees, s;upor and weakness fol-
lows Rapid recovery follows lAc re-
turn of appetite.
Page McCarty, of Richmond, Va,
who has been in Jail, under sentence Of
imprisonment six moaths, in addition
to the fiue Of $500, has been pardoned
by Gov. Kempler. The reason assigned
for executive clemency is that physicians
testify that further confinement would
be fatal to McCarty, he having been
i'll ever since his incarceration.
The annual VINE production of the
United States is estimated at 10000
600 gallons. Of this amout 5,040,00O
gallons would cJYe from the Pacific,
100000 from the Atlantic. The
market value OF this productls Is estimated
at nearly Sl4,000,000, to which must
be added as the total value of the
vintage about SS,0O0,0OO for grapes
consumed, grape vines, etc.
A special dispatch to the Baltimore
Sun says: "Last Wednesday night, al
Tobaccostick, Dorchester county, Mary
land, Mary Travers, wife of Thomas
Travers, colored, gave birth to female
twins, something like the Siamese pair
They are united by feshy band iron
the lower part of the breast bone to the
abdomen, and face to face. One wa
born dead, the other lived few minutes
aud had its arm around the dead one
neck. The bodies have been preserved
New York, February PA walking
match for one thousand dollars, ha
been arranged between William Brown
of New York, and Edward Mullen, @
Boston. The men have signed article
to walk ten miles tor five hundred dol
lars side, on the seventh of April, a
Deerfoot park, Brook klyn. Two hundreC
dollars have been posted. The stake