The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-07-09
GENERAL NOTES.


The trotting horse Sam Purdy has
been sold for S21 800
Acting Governor Talbot, of Massa-
chusetts, has vetoed the liquor-license
bill.
Hydrophobia seems to have assumed
an epidemic form among the cannines of
New York.
Ex-Governor Clark has accepted the
Prohibition nomination for Govern or OF
New York.
Harvesting has commenced in many
parts of California, and the yield OF grain
will be enormous.
In Connecticut the Legislature is
rapidly removing Republi cans from
office and substituting Democrats.
The Massachusetts, Legislature has
refused to pass the license bill over the
Governors veto by vote of ITO to 93
Summers death cost Massachusetts
100000.
The total coal production in this
country in 1878, was 44,S43,962 tons.
Kansas City, Mo-, is said to pack
more beef than any other city in the
Union.
1t is reported that there is not sim
gle lawyer in the New Hampshire
Senate.
During the past three weeks Delaware
.o,t oro, eouon ,oil1ion rnortc nf ctraxu
berries to market.
Out of the 4,7S1 bills introduced in
both Houses of Congress last session,
less than 1000 passed, and of these
over 500 were private or pension bills.
The public debt statement on the
first of July will show slight decrease.
The Government will pay S22,000,000
in gold for the July interest.
Hugh Donahue completed on Satur-
day thousand-mile walk in the same
number of hours on the Hampdem Park,
Springfield, Mass. He started six weeks
ago, and was about done for when he
finished.
j. B. Koch, ex-county treasurer Of
Wayne ctuaty, Ohio, convicted of Il e
embezzlement of $4,000 Of the coun'y
funds, has been sentenced to an impris-
onment of one year and fine double
the amount of the defalcation.
The ceremonies of laying the corner
stone of the new Government building
in Chicago, June 9th, drew an i'm
mense attendance OF strangers from all
parts of the State. Business was gen.
orally suspended and the public Offices
were closed.
The women's Pennsylvania State
Temperance Convention met at Pitts
burgb Wednesday, June 24, the atten-
dance being large. A committee on
permanent organization was appointed,
after which the convention was address
ed by several persons. Mrs. A. W.
Black was chosen permanent president
Great excitement was caused on Mon
day at Fort Wayne by further reduced
working time in the Fort Wayne and
Chicago Railroad shops to FIVE hours per
day. At the reduced rate wipers, day
laborers, &c, will receive about fiifty-six
cents per day. The men are nearly des-
perate, and apprehensions of serious
trouble are felt.
Philadelphia, June 30.-The Board
of Directors of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, at their meeting yester-
day elected Edmund Smith, Second
Vice President; A. j. Cassatt, Third
Vice President; Frank Thomson, Gen
eral Manager, in place of Mr.. Cassatt,
made Vice President; John P. Green,
Assistant to the President, thus giving
the President two instead of one assis-
tant as formerly. The other assistant is
Strickland Kneass, Esq, for many years
Chief Engineer and Surveyor of the city
Jersey City, July 6--An extraordi
nary phenomena occurred on the 4th oI
July at The village of Westwood, Berger
county. At G p. NJ, the sky darkened
and violent shower of hailstones, some
two and half inches in diameter, de-
cended, killing hens and chickens, and
stunning COWS and horses. A young
lady, Miss Bogart, had her wrist and
arm seriously injured by hailstones
Several other persons were struck. Al
the Ridgewood House hardly a single
pane of glass was left whole. The storm
covered an area of twenty-five miles, anc
striped the fruit trees, and leveled the
crops. 1t has caused tremendous ex
citement.
Washington, July 3.-For some year.
past twenty clerks in the Quartermas
ter's Office have been assigned to exam
lining and passing upon Quartermaster'
claims for forage and property taker
from Union mer during the war in the
States of Delaware, Maryland, Wes
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and
Missouri. A clause in the Legislative
Executive and Judicial appropriation
bill passed last session not only legislatei
these clerks out of Office, but fails tc
make appropriation for this class o
claims. Consequently several thousand
claims pending in the War Department
are ruled out, and a special act of Con
gress will be required to make provision
for their payment. The fact was dis
covered yesterday.
Syracuse, N. Y, June 24.-At the
Central Baptist Church, last evening
about three hundred persons had assem-
bled at the festival in the parlors on The
second floor. in the rear of the main edi