The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-25
Snow storm and thaw yesterday.


Dan1 Scull, has appointed @. V.
ellis Deputy Sheriff of Elk County.
Clearfold county has woman 103
years old. s...
Folks are beginning to talk about
maple sugar,
A Williamsport man named Joseph
Mishon, recently celebrated his 1O1st
birthday. ...
For making fun of the minister in a
colored church in Jersey Shore, man
uamed Wiley has been sentenced to the
penitentiary for one year.
A young lady now teaching school in
Wellsboro Tioga county, is candidate
for county superintendent, and she is
said to be well qualified for the Office.
At the late township election in Pike,
Samuel Losey, aged 1O2 years, cast his
vote with the boys. Mr.. Losey is blind
but hale, still.
Last night a dwelling house was de
stroyed by fire on the hill above Grant
& Horizons tsnnery. the fire could be
seen ve"y distinctly from town. We
have no further particulars.
Anybody that cant fnd suit Of
clothes at the West End Gallery from
the $50 samples displayed there must
be ce,y hard to suit suits from S13 to
$50 all guaranteed in price and quality.
Duriog the Maginnis-Servico diff
fculty, constable from Jefferson
county, interforal and chokcd MAgin
mis- to make him let 90 Services thumb.
We think tnat constable rather ex.
ceoded his duties.
The Northumberland lrc'' publishes
a letter written by Mrs. Rabecca j.
Patterson, formerly Of that place, aged
oighty-fve years, addressed to Mrs.
Nancy Gaskins of that place, age
ei ghty-two years 1t took four months
less one day to write the letter.
a bill has been made the special or.
der 10 the State Senate of Tennessee
which contains the following special scc-
tion: THAT bacheloris.n is hereby de-
clarod privilege, and every male TO-
habitant Of this State over thirty years
of age, being of sound mind and enjoy
lag coed bodily health, remaining un-
married after the first day Of May, 1875,
shall pag fac of ten dollars annually,
E'msp e. & B. says: Yesterday in
court an attorney orose very gravcly to
read a petition and make a motion, an
when he had con cluded, the court with
equal gravity Informed him that his
client was dead. The attorney blushcl
to the tips of his cars, but mqde hi,
motion nevertheless, and asked that the
papers be fled.
The chap that broke into Rhine's
Billiard saloon was capturel at Warren
last Wednesday, and brought back and
consigned to the "s;one pile" His ar
rest was brought about by postal card
sent to the different jewellers, by G. II
Rhinos, the owner Of the watch. The
postal card reached Warren at II O'Clock
and about 2 O'clock, he went into the
jewelry store to get his watch repaired,
aud was detained long enough to have an
officer sent for who arrested him.
Charles Service was brought before A
Cummings, Esquire, last evening, on tht
cha, &c of Assault on James Maginnis. The
| evidence was to the effect that a pane O
glass was broken in one Of Maginuis' win
| dows, ami Ma yilnis has started TO got an
| other pane wnou he said something abou
| being mis:ah en-. when Charles struck ut Ma
| ginnis when Maginnis canught Service
| thumb in his mouth, and Service took holt
| ia regular bulldog fashion. of Maginnis
| forehead biting it terribly. Outsi iers in
terfered, when warrant was sworn out
Service attempted to escape, but was cap
| tured, after a short run, by Deputy Sheriff
| Gills and Constable Wensel He was nj
| lowed to 80 by furnishing bail in the sum
of $500 for his appearance at the next tern
of court. In short time he was again ar
rested or q charge Of threats of destroy inl
| Maginnis property, etc., and was, after |
hearing before Esquire Cummings, in de
fault O.. $500 bail committed to the "ston'
Pile"
The new postal cards will be unlike
these now in use. The color will b.
violet blue. The border and all direc
tions as to where and how to write th'
name and add;ess will be dispensed with
A monograhp formed of the letters "U
S" will be printed on the card in blacl
ink. This will be on the upper lef
hand corner, across which will be th
words "Postal card" The vignett(
Liberty with her luxurious tresses hang
ing down her back and confined by
cap-adorns the upper left hand corner
The new cards will be identical in siz