The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-12
GENERAL NOTES.

annually used.
In Ottawa, Canada, a man won five
dollars the other day by jumping off the
suspension bridge at that place, dis
tance Of fifty feet, aud swimming twice
across the river.
Columbus, Georgia, which in 1865
had all her industrial establishments,
bridges, railroad sdepots and stocks of
cotton burned by General Shermau's
army, is now one of the foremost manu-
featuring towns of Georgia-having
within her borders seven out of the
forty-two cotton mills now in operation
10 that State.
The Troy Times puts it thus: ain
New Jersey, the other day, Mary Hines,
mother of seven children, was locked
up for an indefinite time, with her bade,
on the charge of stealing a few rails.
All Tweed gets is twelve months impris.
onment for stealing $4,000 900. But
then the law is the law; OF prehaps we
should say, the courts are the courts"
In the Iowa State Penitentiary the
convicts are not allowed to read any
thing which will inform them of what is
going on outside of their prison walls.
The warden scrutinizes carefully all
correspondence passing in and out OF
his hands, and nothing iD the shape Of
a newspaper of the day, nor any book
likely to convey an idea of the progress
Of events in the world is permitted to
reach the inmates.
There are SO collieries in Northum-
berland county, with producing capac-
ity OIL 100000 tons and requiring the
labor of 1000 men and boys and so
stationary engines driven by a $500
steam horse power. The operator re-
ceives about So at the present rates for
coal at the mines, and tie miner gets
from this for his salary from $1.25 to
Sl.75, the easy or difficult mining re-
gulating the prices
George S. Bangs, Superintendent of
the Railway Postal Service, leaves for
New York this evening, and expects to
consummate the arrangements for the
fast mail train between Chicago and
New York to-day. The Hudson River,
New York Central, Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern have been decided
upon as the route, and the service will
begin October first. Twelve stops only
will be made between New York and
Chicago, although mails will be ex-
changed at every atation' Bangs thinks
this arrangement will be matter
of economy rather than otherwise.
Poughkeepsie, August 6.-The races
to-day attracted large concourse of
people. The weather was fine and the
track was in excellent condition. The
first race, tor purse of $4,000 for
horses that have never beaten 2,3l,
mile heats, was won by Nelly Walton;
Batemau second, and Little Mary third.
Time, 2 2S3, 2 2S3, 2 20. The second
race for purse of $4,000 for horses
that have never beaten % was won
by, Sensation; Hunter second aud
George b. Daniels third. Time, 2 244
2 233, 2 244. Goldsmith Maid, Ameri.
can Girl, Fullerton and Hopeful are
entered IN the free for all race to.mor
row.
Wilmington, August 4.-The State
election tomorrow is for 120 delegates
to the Constitutional Convention called
by the last Legislature. The represen-
tation in the convention is based on that
OF the lower House of the Legislature,
which has 120 members. In that BODY
at the last session the Conservatives
had a majority of about 40. The re.
suit is considered very important, aud
the election will undoubtedly be much
closer than last year. Both parties seem
confident of securing a ma jority of the
delegates, but the chances seem to be
largely in favor of the Conservatives,
who will probably elect not less than 65
of the 12O delegates. Although there
has been less spirit in the canvas than
usual, the anxiety to know the result is
intense.
Memphis, August 6.-The river
here is rising steadily at the rate of two
inches in twenty-four hours. The
weather is cloudy and threatening. The
levee below here, as far down as Friar's
Point, is still reported good, the Only
break being at the cut in the Old Town
levee, through which the water is pour.
ing, threatening the plantation below
The st. Francis river at Madison.
Arkansas, had risen four feet at mid.
night last night, and was rising rapidly. |
This water comes from the Mississippi
river, near New Madrid, and threatens
the fine cotton lands about Helena on
the Arkansas side. Cotton men predict
a loss of eighty thousand bales in the
Memphis district alone from the pres
ent outlook. A letter from the mouth |
of the White river, 2l5 miles below
here; written on the 4th inst, says it
will take one foot more of water to
cover half of the cotton outside the |
levee, one-third of which is now in the |
water. Behind the levees we can stand |
three feet without damage. Corn was
planted in low places, and is now in the
water and lost.
Cincinnati, Ohio, August A
special correspondent Of the CONNER
,'aI, who is examining the effects of the
Hood In Southern Ohio, reports tonight
having travelled from Portsmouth up
he Scioto valley as far as Piketon, find
ng a continued scene of desolation
llopg the entire route. The Scioto