The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-02-05
GENERAL NOTES.

The street pavements Of New York
cost lest year II, 1,250,974.
Albany people are suspicious Of but.
ter. They look for vads OF mashed po.
tatoes in the rolls.
Daily pistol exercise on Main street,
Trinidad, in Colorado, prevents life from
being burden in that village.
Hebron, New Hampshire, recently
made most of the first opportunity af-
forded it in fifteen years oil witnessing a
wedding.
A Buffalo alderman told policeman
who accosted him, to mind his own bus.
mess. The policeman obeyed, and
locked him up.
Jrom Mount Lincoln, Colorado Terri
tory, 200 peaks can be counted of 49,
900 feet and over. The highest has an
elevation of Ia, 800 feet.
A prisoner in the Cowley county,
Kansas, Jail has been playing Samson.
He lifted the door of his prison from its
hinges and departed thence
"He was q good man." says Nevada
paper of deceased citizen, "but then
he sometimes bet on the wrong horse,
the same as the rest Of u.s."
The Union Pacific artesian wells are
as follows: Rock Springs, /, 145 feet
deep, bore six inches Point Of Rocks,
1000 feet deep: Bitter Greek, 996 feet;
Washikie, 638 feet; Creston, 326 feet;
Separation, 1,l03 feet deep.
The water works in California, foot
up thus 637 irrigation bitches, from
which 1894 acres of land we're irri-
gated, and 7S0 mining bitches, having
an aggregate length of 4.SS8 miles, sup
plying 210,1SS inches of water per day.
In consequence of the extreme cold
weather 10 the mountain regions of Ne
vada, water for mining purposes is ex-
ceedingly scarce. The bitches are clog
ged with snow and ice, and as a conse-
quence many miners that would gladly
be at work are forced to be idle.
There is prospect that the long
talked ofmonunent of stephen A. Doug
lass as Chicago may soon be obtained
A petition is before the Illinois Lagisla-
ture asking for an appropriation OF s5O,.
600 for that purpose, and it is thought
that the request will be granted,
A gorgeous Georgia girl recently ped
died out 300 kisses at 10 cents smack
and then gave the money to the poor tc
BUY coal and flannel and things. The
young men 10 that town feel within theil
individual and collective breasts tina
charity 10 divine.
Last week, in Ohio, young lady disc
from what an old doctor said wss shear
kiot, or embyoiism Of the main hue O
the heart" but she revived in an hour
and it was found she had boen tempor
arily choked by chew Of gum vhic!
she had swallowed.
The latest thing in envelopes is
small black devil on the fold, with tb
words "who the" above his lordshir
aud the words "is this from" underneath
Thus it reads (nclusive Of the picture Q
Satan) "who the devil is this FROM ]
is to be presumed these envelopes ar
not intended for general use.
The scions of chivalry in KcDtuck
formerly amused themselves by focein
and teasing the darkies. Things ar
changed noS. The juvenile coore
population in Louisville congregat
around dark corners, and garo,e th
white trash on its way to the corner gro
Gerry.
The blue laws Of Connecticut ver
somewhat disoouragiDg to young men c
enterprisine connubial aspirations. Fo
instance: "No man shall court a maid i
person or by letter without first Obtain
ing consent of her parents; 95 penalt
for the FIRST offence, Gl0 for the secon
and for the third, imprisonment dnriu
the pleasure of the court"
The annual report of the Philadelphi
Board of Trade, just made public, say
that "Business is regainiug its usual pr'
portion and activity. 1t is with ptid
as well as pleasure We allude to th
stanchness of the business communit
throughout this period Of stern tria
1t has showed itself possession OF fpar
cial strength, prudence, and commo
.ense."
| The whole number of Oranges orgal
lied in the United States up to Decen
Der 1st was 1885, with membership
602,665. These numbers have bee
materially added to since that date,
the organization of new Oranges VI
never SO active as at present. 1t wou
be very low estimate to put the nut
Der of Oranges now organized at 10, ,0C
and the members at 100000.
A lady travelled from Titusville
Cleveland, Ohio, recently, ia cons
quence of a dispatch announcing Il
dangerous illness OF her father. s.
arrived at Cleveland in safety, but wh
near her fathers residence she was su
denly taken i'll, and was carried into t
house in an insensible condition, VIII
she died soon after. Her father 6
vived her only a few hours.
The amount Of liquids made and CO
f sumed in Austria is very large. T
empire is said to contain 2, 2,622 breweri
producing annually l,l39 ,4S0, ,806 lii,
, OF beer, or about 249, ,l50,707 gallo
10 addition to this, the wine product
amounts to about 243,O00,000 gallo
, annually. The population oI the count
, ia sbont 40 OO0 600. 50 that the avera