The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-12-10
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WE have only two prisoners in our
Jail now.
WARREN has had a few fatal cases of
diphtheris.
A LOT in Boston was recently sold at
the rate of $500 per foot frontage.
The Williamsport Register came to
US this week enlarged and improved.
Col. FoRNBY writes "that English
girls are magnificent creatures"
THE corner of Broad and South
streets now boasts a street lamp.
THE annual meeting of the Pepnsyl-
vania State Grange takes place at Will
Transport on the 5th of January.
GEN. BELKNAp, Secretary of war,
was made happy by the birth of.
daughter on Saturday evening a week,
EVERY Republican in Elk county
should subscribe for the ADVOCATE.
Terms s2,Q0 year.
S. G. STEvERs, aged 80 years, and a
resident of Warren since 1886, died at
that place, week ago last Monday.
IT is said that barrel of oil in the
oil regions will lot purchase pound Of
butter.
DR., EARLEY has a street lamp on bis
corner, and the beauty of the thing is
he has it lighted every night.
BEAsTLY!-The Williamsport BuHe
Tin says there are FIVE Foxes, nine
Lyons and nineteen Wolfs in that city
The Weather, the local quill drivers
most fruitful theme, was very 6ne on
last Friday and Saturday.
THE snow was so deep at Wellsooro
Tioga County last week that the people
couldn't go to church-it was three
inches deep
BARNEY McCUE has been convicted |
of murder in the frst degree for tax ing
the life of John Deeter at Muncy dam
Lycoming County.
The lumber shipments from VILLAIN
sport for the week ending November
28th, were 3,54,400 feet. The total
shipments for the year are, 22S, ,457 900 !
feet
THE Mexican Miner says the cars
will be runniag to Farmers Valley BY |
Christmas, on the Mexican and Buffalo |
Railroad, Providence permitting. Five |
miles are now ready for the ties.
Dr. BAToRF, who was elected
of the legislature from Berks
county has since died. He was out visit
ing some patients, and on his return
home was struck with appoplexy.
REog1sIrIoN has been made for
panel of / 900 jurors in addition to the
other thousand called for last week
from which, to select jury to serve on
the Triton Beecher slander suit.
VIM T. HAvgMYER, mayor of New
York city died suddenly of appolexy Oh
Monday of last week while transactiuc
public business. His term OF Office ex
pires on the first of January next,
REV WIN MARTIN, has succeeded in
having new organ placed in the
Methodist Church at this place. The
price of the organ was $1,000, it has
hree banks of keys, twenty-five stop.,
md is magnificent organ.
THE dwelling house of Geul. Har-i-
ION Allen, in Glade, Warren county,
vas burned to the ground last week
The building was insured for about
y 900, aud cost at the time it was
,uilt about $4,000.
DR.. JOHN A. HUNTER, Republican
nember-elect of the Legislature from
Armstrong county, died last week
This is the second death since the elec-
ion. The other one being a Democrat
rom Berks county. Both of the
entlemen were physicians
GEORGE LABAR died near Strouds-
urg, Monroe county, on Sunday, at
he great age Of 1I2. 1t is said Mr.
.abar was too old to enter the army
uring the war of 1872. For many
ears he has annually been visited by
urious crowd and the story of his life
as frequently told in the newspapers. :
THE Warren Ledger says. 1t has
cen a notable fact in the history of i
olitics in this country for half century 7
nat the party which had a majority OF |
YER thirty in Congress would elect
heir President. The Forty-fourth
opgress villhave a Democratic majority S
over seveutyS
We have received, with the compli- '
euts of the author, Levi Little, copy