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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-12-03

THERE is little danger of Massachu.
setts becoming Democaatic State very
soon, and the gleeful Democracy may as
well remove it from their pyramid OF
victories. While Castor, Democrat
defeats Talbot, Republican by, 1852
majority, through the determination OF
the people to try something more prac-
ticable than prohibitation, the Republi-
cans elect the remainder of the State
ticket their Lieutenant Governor hav-
ing 1908 majority; Secretary of the
Commonwealth, 22,439 majority, State
Treasurer, 2l,343; Auditor, 22,788,
and Attorney General, 22.676 majo rity.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-12-03

There is much sickness in Mobile
The smallpox is raging among the ne
groes particularly, through some whites
have been attacked. The Marine Hos
pital, the City Hospital and the Sisters
Hospital are reported full, though it is
not at all probable that most of the pa
tients are afflicted with the small pox
II is reported that forty five deaths from
this disease alone occurred last week.
OF course the negroes, having no one to
take charge of them, defiant Of my
authority, and naturally careless and
dirty, fall easy victims to the disease.
All attempt is being made to vaccinate
the population, aud within the last three
days at least 1000 have been vaccinated.
But, as the measure is not compulsory,
the class will not be reached that stand
most in need Of such prevention There
have been few cases Of "pernicious"
fever in the city.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-12-03
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-12-03
BCCkTA{L HOUSE.

r. +. LOCKER, Proprietor.
Thankful Tor the patronage heretofore so
literally bestowed upon him, the new pro.
prictor, hopes. by paying strict attention
TO ibe com!ort and convenience Of guests.
TO n.erit continuance Of the same. The
uniy stables for horses III Kane and well
kept night or day. Hall attached to the
uotoi. yln23yl.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-12-03

Gleason & Fell, dry goods merchants
of San Francisco, have failed for $780,
600.
There is firm feeling in all the
leading Chicago grain markets but with
more buyers than sellers.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-12-03

Every year increases the popularity
of this valuable Hair Preparation;
which is due to merit alone. We can
assure our old patrons that it is kept
fully up to its high standard; and it
is the only reliable and perfected prep
aration for restoring GRAY OR FADED
HAIR to its youthful color, making it
soft, lustrous, and silken. The scalp,
by it's use, becomes white and clean.
1t removes all eruptions and dandruff,
and, by its tonic properties, prevents
the hair from falling out, as it stimu-
lates and nourishes the hair-glands.
BY its use, the hair grows thicker and
stronger. In badness, it restores the
capillary glands to their normal vigor,
and will create new growth, except
in extreme old age. 1t is the most
economical HAIR DRESSING ever used,
as it requires fewer applications, and
gives the hair splendid, glossy ap-
pearance. A. A. Hayes, MD, State
Assayer Of Massachusetts, says, "The
constituents are pure, and carefully
selected for excellent quality; and l
consider it the BEST PREPARATION
for its intended purposes"
Sold BIZ all Druggists, and Dealers in Medicines.
Prioe Ono dollar
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-12-03
UYDE" UOESE'.
EIpGwAY, ELK Co., Pa,

EIpGWAY, Elk Co., Pa.
W II. SCnRAM, Proprietor.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore
50 literally bestowed upon him, the new
proprietor, hopes, by paying strict at
tcutlon TO the comfort and convenience of
guests, to merit IL continuance o The
same.
oct 80 1869.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-12-03
KERSEI HOUSE,
CGNfAETlLLr, Elk Co., Pa.

joins COLLINS, Proprietor.
Thankful for TIE patronage heretotora
so llbecllly bestowed UpOn him, the new
pro rrietor, hopes, BY paying strict at.
ientlon to the comiort and convenience
OF guests, tImerit continuance Of the
sane.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-12-03
TERRIBLE TORNADO
TUsCUMBIA, ALABAMA, PARTIALLY
DESTROYED ELEVEN PERSONS
KILLED AND 100 HOUSES IN RUINS.

Tuscumbia, Ala. November 21.-The
storm here Sunday evening was Of such
unprecedented violence that in the space
of two minutes over one hundred build
Jugs were destroyed, eleven persons
killed and thirty wounded. The first
intimation Of the approaching tornado
was after dark Suddenly a sound like
rushing thunder was heard, and before
the inhabitants were fully aware the
storm had passed over them. Houses
were blown down and the streets filed
here ard there with tumbling walls and
shattered timbers. Senator Morris's
wife was found dead on her bed with
two immense timbers on her neck.
Her two children were dead beside her,
crushed beyond recognition. In one
house, Mr.. nodgkins, his wife and four
children were found dead. In another
Mrs. Winston was found dead, and the
house, valued at $4,000 was a total
wreck. The estimate losses of property
will reach half million. The Mem
phis and Charlestown Railroad lose
twenty thousand dollars.
Memphis, November 24.--Passen-
gers arriving from Tuscumbia confirm
the reports of the tornado there on Sun
day evening. The course of the storm
was half mile wide, and is strewn with
demolished houses, trees and fences.
An engine and two cars on the Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad were pre-
cipitated into Springfield Greek by the
gale. The engineer, John Hall was the
only person injured. la some instan-
ces the roofs OF houses were carried u
distance of quarter OF mile. A large
number Of horses aud cattle were kille 4,
and the gathered crops destroyed.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-12-03

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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-12-03

1t appears that there is not to be a
Democratic negro in the next House
after all. A dispatch received at Wash
ington from Charleston, says that
Samuel Lee, the negro who was sup
posed to be elected in Rainey's place as
a Democrat, is really defeated by nearly
800 majority. The whole delegation
iu the next House from South Carolina
will be Republican.
After reading Ex-Governor Seymour's
letter second time the Democratic
journals Of New York State are coming
to the conclusion that it is not so final in
its declination as to prevent him t,om
accepting the position OF Senator should
the Legislators elect him Leading
journals of the party, the Buffalo
Courier. the Troy Press and the Elmira
Gazette, still urges Mr.. Seymour for the
office, claiming that he will honor the
party more than any other man.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-12-03
SUPERB PREMIUM ENGRAVING .

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a copy Of our new and splendid mezzotiui
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be sent in addition.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-12-03
j. S. BORD WE'LL, IN. D.,

Eclectic Physician and Surgeon, has remov-
ed his oiiIce from Centre street, to Main st.
NIdgway, la,, in the second story Of the
new brick building Of John 6. Hall, sppo-
Site IiyQe's store,
Office hours: s 10 8 a" IL: / to 3p.n.7
JAM 7S
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-12-03
CHARLES HOLES,
e.. e., MESSEE GER.
z, s. HARTLEY. II. d.,

Physician anu Surgeon.
Office in Drug Store, corner Bread and
Main Sts, Residence corner Broad St.
opposite the College. Office hours from
8 to ~ \. NJ. and from to 4 i. u.
vln2y1.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-12-03
CHEAPER
THAN THE CHEAPEST !!

Ridgway, May lst, 1878,
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02
THE FIRST WARD FAITHFUL.
They get RampageOus and Disturb
the Peace.

A mob Of the First Ward fai thful Friday
night, about 3 o'clock, left their headquarters,
on White street, near the corner of Mel
pomene, with J. c. Miller alias Dick Miller
who swings the authoritative mallet Of a
president over their devoted heads in the
ward and went on a raid through the dis
trict
They proceeded to the corner Of st. Andrew
and Franklin streets, enlivening the way with
frantic shouts and demoniac yells, and invaded
the grocery store Of John Koenig, where they
demanded and procured ''drinks all around" y
and then went out carrying the glasses with
them, and settling the whisky bill by breaking
them on the banquette.
From thence they moved up Franklin street
to near the corner of Josephine, and paid their
attentions to the proprietor Of fruit stand.
They helped themselves, and when the man
and Italian demonstrated with them, some one
of the mob fired a revolver ut him. 1t was
then then the gallantry the guardians of the
peace displayed itself,
For they blew their whistles with might
and MAN,
and with terrific effect, for the faithful
marched away as they had come, without one
of their number going into durance.
The shoutin was continued, until at last.
wearied with their deeds of valor, the faithful
dispersed to recuperAte for another raid.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02
EXPLOSION OF A VAULT.
Shattered Doors and Windows.
4 Boy Seriously Hurt.

Yesterday about Z o'clock A. NJ, as Alder,
Mitchell, the Office boy of John 7. Hardie &
Co., cotton factors, No. 81 Carondelet street,
with lighted candle in hand proceeded to
open the vault in the office, terrible explo-
sion followed 1t seems that the IS hod been
escaping during the night in the v,ult and so
completely filled every portion OF that recep-
tacle of v,lu,bles that no sooner had the door
been opened than the light of the candle was
more than sufficient to ensure the conse-
quences
The boy was thrown back with great force,
and when taken up was in a senseless condi
ton He was conveyed to his home and
there it was found that he was burned about
the head and face, in the most fearful manner
The force Of the explosion was so great that
the front doors were torn from their fastening
and the window glasses through three parti-
tons broken In fact the whole lower floor
of the building is almost a complete wreck.
All of the valuable p.pers OF John T. Har-
die L Co. and those of Mr. S. Jamison, which
wer locked up in the vault, together with the
loose bundles of cotton samples, old receipts
and memoranda, were injured and damaged
by the fire which followed. Some of the
members of the Louisiana Hose Company,
together with the assistance Of officer kenne
dy, however, succeeded in smOthering the
flames before any very serious damage resulted
to the premises
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02
RICE MILLS.

When some time since we gave to our read
ers full description of the modus operandi Of
rice milling, after our witnessing the process
at the Brook Steam Rice Mill, on Tchoupitou-
las street, near Lafayette, in this city, We
thought that everything which could be done
to a mill to make it thoroughly p rfect for its
purposes had already been done to that mill.
But perfect and complete rs were the appli-
ances we then saw, it would seem that the
Messrs. Allen were determined to improve
even upon perfection. and in the last few
weeks have spent several thousand dollars in
extending their facilities for h tndling the i'm
menselv increased crop which is now about
being harvested. Among other additions to
the mill is an invention of the engineer, Mr..
Rupert, for milling bearded rice, which has
hitherto been very near unmanageable, and
now, with their immense capacities, (storage
room alone for over one-third of the entire
"rop which will be made this Year,, the Messrs.
Allen say to our rice planters, Come on with
your crops; we are ready to attend to you all
in first class style, and with promptitude,
turning out 300 barrels of No. rice q day il
you wish it. Ferbeon sap sat.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02
The Army Of Northern Virginia.

| Colonel c. s. Venable, of the University Of
Virginia delivered the annual address before
the Association Of the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia, which met in the Hall Of the House OF
Delegates, in Richmond recently. The speaker
was introduced by General Fitz Lee, and took
+ his subject The campaign from the Will
derness to Petersburg" The Richmond Dis
patch publishes the following concluding re-
marks of the speaker.
My comrades, feel that have given but
Il feeble picture of this grand period in the
history OF this time of trial of our beloved
South-a history which is the great gift OF
God and which we must hand down as n holy
heritage to our children, not to teach them to
cherish a spirit of bitterness or love for war,
but to show them that their fathers bore
themselves worthily in the strife when to do
battle became a sacred duty. Heroic history
is the living soul of nations renown. When
the traveller in Switzerland beholds the mOnu-
ment to the thirteen hundred brave noun
taineers who met the overwhelming hosts OF
their proud invaders, and, he reads in their
epitaph, "Who fell unconquered, but wearied
with victory, giving their souls to God and
their bodies to their enemy" or when he visits
the places sacred to the myth Of William Tell
transplanted by pious patriotic friends from
the sages OF anotaer people to inspire the
youth OF that mountain land with hatred OF
tyrants and a love of heroic deeds-when he
contemplates that wonderful monument by
Thurwalsden on the shores Of Lake Lucerne
in commemolation of the fidelity in death of
the Swiss Guard Of Louis XVI-a colossal
lion, cut out of the living rock, pierced
by fatal javelin, and yet in death protecting
the lily OF France with his paw--he asks him.
self how many men OF the nations Of the
world have been inspired with a love of free
dom by the monuments and heroic stories of
little Switzerland.
Comrades, We need not weave any fable
borrowed from Scandinavian lore into the
wool of our history to inspire our youth with
admiration Of glorious deeds in freedoms
battle done. IN the true hi, story Of this Army
OF Northern Virginia. which laid its arms
down not conquered. but wearied with VIC
tory, you have a record of deeds of valor, of
unseltish conservation to duty, and faithful
ness in death which will teach our sons and
our sons sons how to die for liberty. Let us
see to it that it shall be transmitted to them"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02
LIKE MASTER LIKE MAN.
Frisbee in His Former Line as
Beneficiary Of the Widow
and Orphan.

Wien the people Of a country become in
debted to the great and good men of a COM
munity, it is customary to publish their noble
acts to the world, in order to enable posterty
to cherish their memory.
Such should be done for our noble Frisbee.
About a year ago he tFrisbee) burning with
desire to perform noble needs-not for his
own benefit, oh no, but for the poor lone
widow-called upon certain wholesale house
in this city, and after due inspection of their
stock, with which he expressed himself much
pleased, stated that he being DESTROYS of as
sisting poor widow lady who kept small
store in the country, wished to purchase for
her an assortment of goods in the line in
which the house alluded to above dealt; that
She the widow, would be in town in a few
days, and he would then call and purchase,
paying the money, as he always bought such
goods as he sent her for the cash.
In few days he again found himself with
out the ready means to close the purchase he
desired to make, but if agreeable to the house
to sell the bill on short time, he would de-
post with them irst-class collaterals to
guarantee the bill Having been told that
that would be entirely satisfactory, he pro-
duced and rendered as security $1,000 bond
of the Wayne County Coal and Iron Manufuc-
turing Company, of West Virginia, on the
was eloquent The house requested him to
leave the bond until such time as t.ey could
learn something in regard to the value hereof,
rendering him their receipt for the same.
again in few days, in which time they could
make inquiries.
The house has never since had the pleasure
of call from him, and We're it not tor one
fact, they might be apt to wonder thereat.
After due and diligent inquiry, they discovered
that there never was such a concern in exist
ence as represented by the bond, and that
it was all forgery. The character of this
fellow was perfectly well known to Durell
when he appointed him, and it was no doubt
on account of his moral obliquity that the
viceoerent determined to honor him.
When community is inflicted with such
pests as Frisbee and Shannon it is no wonder
the people come to regard the Government
with contempt 1t is useless to apply to Du-
rell for assistance or redress. so we call upon
the authorities at Washington to see that the
Government be no longer disgraced by such a
disreputable Racial as this Frisbee
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

The New York Assay Office furnishes some
very interesting statistics. Thirty million dol
lars gold (bullion) We're operated upon in the
last eighteen months, and 81, 500, 900 of silver
The shipments of silver from New York to
Philadelphia amount to several tons month
Last year there passed through the laboratory
forty tons Of gold, worth $500, 900 each. Most
silver carries gold, and the presence of gold
is especially noticed in the silver ores Of Utah
and Nevada. The Assay Office does not re-
ceise crude ores Of any kind, only bullion,
which signifies either coin or bars. Many of
the jewelers. send samples of their goods to
the Assay Office in order to test their value.
A few days ago magnificent golden chahce,
from Mexican convent. was thrown into the
crucible, and old family plate frequently meets
the same fate. During the last twenty years
gold bars to the amount OF over S2l9. 100000
and silver bars to the amount of ST., 200, 900
were man fractured in the New York Assay
Office.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

One Of the Radical csnul,iI.e, 4or the l. gls-
latnre in Choctaw county had little boy
about fifteen Years old who fell in love and
engaged himself to one of the neighboring
girls His father learning the facts. hunted
the young man up, and finding him at his
lady loves honse, gave h m good whipping
and sent him home. The little fellow started
on his way crying and met one of the neigh
bors. who inquired what was the matter. The
little fellow replied that his father whipped
him because he wanted to marry.
why, my son. said the neighbor. II
would not care for that-plenty of tine in
five years for you to marry"
''Yes, bat do replied the little fellow,
numbering. II have got chance to marry
n white gal now, and the way dads going on
I'll have to marry niger"
TOktibbeha Miss News
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

There is at present in the hands Of Costar
& Co., of Amsterdam, an immense diamond,
said to be the largest yet discovered in the
diamond fields at the Cape. 1t weighs about
two hundred carts, and is OF the purest
water. At present the stone is being cut and
polished by the Amster lam firm, and its value
when finished is estimated ut 500, 900.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

1t is said that the Prussians, in the intoxi-
cation of victory, decided that the first guns
captured from the French should go to found
an imperial bell for the cathedral at Cologne,
but the bronze has hitherto resisted ''as If
possessed of French soul, and has rebelled
against the DEGREES of Will m |. The three
first attempts to cast the bell failed entirely,
and on the fourth trial, though the bell in it.
self was success, it came out minus tie i'm
perial crown, the symbol of German unity.
The French chroniclers also assure us that the
tone Of the bell has always been defective and
that it produces strange sounds, which resem-
BILE signs and groans
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

A PARTISAN BuTrERFLY-A Paris CORE
spondent writes Of the late Blanche ID An
tigny: " She was nothing of an actress: she
was Cupid in "Orphee aux Enters, and this
was her highest creation 1t was pink-tight
performance, including a double-shuffie and
breakdown a fOnele San.bO or tante Chtoe. Not
very intellectual, but very physical. It re-
CURED fine legs, fine form, and handsome
tace Blanche had all these good things, and,
people imagined, excellent health into the
bargain. But that was not the case. She went
off in gallopng consumption, and
and after few weeks illness there is nothing
of her left but her name. Totell the truth, she
was not IN actress at all she was a daugh-
ter Of JOY, a heroine Of the de0,i-nOnde Well,
she repented her Of her sins, confessed her.
SELF and got herself buried from St Angus
tines Church, where her requiem was at
tended by the largest possible congregation of
sinners. She had her virtues, among which
We're thoughtless generosity and kind-hearted-
ness. She was the opposite Of D esclee in more
senses than one. The papers are full OF her and
delight in telling pretty anecdotes of her good
ness Of disposition and temper. She had no
father that ever anybody knew OF, and
her mother said she did not know the gentle
mans name. Said mother took in washing,
and poor Blanche was Cupid, and wore ear
rings worth 10000 francs apiece. She had
laces, carriages, poodles, and Khedive of
Egypt but envious death came after her, and
she is by this time forgotten. So is her poor
old mother, who has not red cent to bless
herself with. tor Blanche died in debt. Sic
transit glO,ia mundi. Paris shed a good many
crocodile tears on the sheets Of her leading pa
pers over the untimely death Of this poor
thing, but Mile. Teo and Nine. Angots daush-
ter have doubtless consoled her.