The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-22
GENERAL NOTES.

Troops have left Cheyenne to guard
the entrance to the Black Hills gold
county,
No further cases of yellow fever have
occurred at Key West. The weather
is cool aud pleasant.
isA Wilmington firm have shipped
sixty of about two hundred buoys or
dered by the Government,
A fine vein of potter's clay has been
opcued near Nauvoo, Tioga county.
Some Gne specimens of silver ore irom
tue same place have been shown.
New York, April 15.---A meeting Of
managers OF various theatres here was
held to-day, for the purpose Of making
arrangements for a monster performance
for he benefit Of the family Of the late
Dan Bryant, who are left in poor cir
cumstances. Leading actors were pre-
sent, and it was resolved that benefits
should take place at each Of the places
of amusement in this city on Thursday,
the Goth inst, the gross receipts of
which are to be placed in the hands of
w. Il Travers, August Belmont and
William B. Ducan, to be invested for
the education and support of the late
actors children.
Omaha, April 16.-Thc high water
which for several days past has delayed
the trains on the Cuion Pacific Railroad
has finally become so high that travel is
entirely suspended between Laramie
City, Wyoming ana Ogden, Utah. The
water is six feet deep in many places,
aud still rising. Passenger tiains which
left here on the 18th, 14th and 18th Of
April are lying at Laramie City and
Rawlings, while those which lett Ogden
since the 18th inst , are lying at points
west of Green river. All are iu good
quarters aud arc well cared for. The
officials of the Union Pacific Railroad
advise travellers for Utah and California
not to start until notice Of the blockade
being broken is given.
Statistics from the numbering point
cf Mani>tce, Miohi gan, give the supply
of logs and lumber at that port for t d
,onjng season The new cut of logs
amount to l43, ,C00,000 feet, and adding
the stock left over, the supply OF logs
and lumber for 1875 is about 1875 ,0c0,-
coo feet, against 245,000,00O feet last
spring OF the new cut, 25,0O0000
feet of logs, and prehaps more are o!
too good quality TO be sawed into di-
menson stuff, having been cut high IL"
in the streams where the forests lad
not been denuded Of their best trees
This statement is important, ilasmuch
- it shows that Mpnistee, which is by
far the largest manufacturing point oi
dimension stuff on the lake, will have a
much smaller supply Of this class of
lumber than usual; and the inference is
drawn by dealers til At ,ioists, scantiiug.
and like qualities, will bring hi her
prices this season than in the recent
past, in consequence Of this shortage.
Washington, April Is. Tho Pres l.
dent of the National Hide and Leather
Bank OF Boston gave notice few days
ago to the Treasury Department that
,rtaln notes Of Eis buus, OF the denom-
ilation of ten dollars and twenty dollars
had been stolen from the bank after be-
ing signed by him, but before being
s'eped by the cashier. The numbers
OF the notes were as follows. Depart.
ment numbers Con upper right-haDd
corncr) u. $4,000 to % 1858. and bank
numbers Con lower left. hand corper)
1919 to 1872. Several OF these
notes have recently been presented at
the redemption agency Of the Treasury
aud rejected, but instead of being
signed by the President Of the bank, as
that gentleman supposed, both of toe
signatures are fictitious. The names oi
rhe officers Of the bank are George n
Jones, Cashier, and George Ripley
President. The names upon the stolen
notes are p. }. Smith, Cashier and y
4. Bates, President. 1t is supposed
that the thieves signed these notes with
fictitious ramcs for the purpose of avoid,
ing the penalties Of forgery.