The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-02


l l,2UU pupils, besides the Catholic anu
select schools.
The next meeting of the Chautauqua
County, Poultry Association is to be
held at Dupkirk, January, ll.h to the
l4th.
A man named Casper Otto Kunkle,
who formerly worked in Warren as
cigar maker, according to the Press
was killed by the cars near Emporium
on the 20 inst.
Poor Humpty Dumpty has had his
last fall Fox the prince of clowns,
whose antics few persons 10 the United
states have not laughed at, has come to
grief, and is helpless imbecile.
The effort to raise moueY for a stat.
ute to Horace Greeley, in Printing.
house square, New York, is failure,
and the little money given has becu re-
turned. A pity, and shame ali
around.
A grand scheme is on foot in France
for the erection of monument to ilb.
erty in the harbor OF New York. A
very successful ie,e was given ;u Paris
few days since 10 pursuance Of the Oh
ject, aud liberal contributions were
made
Geo. H. Lyon, of North East notic-
ing that neither party had nominated 4
cauddate for County Surveyor in Erie
county, got out iew stickers on the
day of election. aud receiving few
votes was elected. His own vote would
have elected him.
Sheriff Reed, of Crawford county was
lately arrested aud brought before
Judge Lowrie charged with retaining a
large numter OF writs after th.ir return
had been ordered. The matter was set
tied by his turning his business over to
"A man who didn't drink too much whis.
key TO attend to it.
The inhabitants of Vera Cruz. Mexic
were attacked a few days ago by n
cough, which proved to be contagious;
aud even extended to animals A bout
the same timc thousands of dead f.h
we're thrown Cd the beach by the waves
The Two iacts are supposed to have
some connection, az both have occurred
together on several former occasions.
No serious consequences have resulted.
At a meeting of the Produce FIX.
change of New York Tuesday 10 con.
slider the proprie.y of adopting rule re.
quiring payment to be made on rransiel
of title in all cases not otherwise stipula
ted fer at the time of sale, the following
resolution was adopted: THAT the
seller of property has a right 10 demand
payment for that property 90 the dellv'
cry Of the title to the buyer
The Reading Eagle publishes the
following remarkable statement: A yea,
ago Anuie Merxel, aged fourteen Yeas
7 daughter of John Melkel then residing
at Leesport, Was crocheling and had il
her mouth . shawl pin one ana three
fourth inches iu length with a large
black head, which was accidental
drawn into her windpipe and passed
down into her lungs. A physician
was Immediately sent for, but he
could not recover it. The presence o
the pin caused inflammation aud chronic
cough with expectoration Of pus and
blood and it was feared she had gon'
into decliue with consumption of th'
lungs. The DOUGH and pain in tn
lungs were specially severe during tn
past month.
Last evening she attended churcf
with her parents, and after returuin,
home and retiring to bed she was at
tackled with a coughing spell whicl
nearly caused suffocAti.n, when sud
denly hard substance f.w out of he
mouth and fell on the HGor, 1t wa
heard to fall, and search was made fo
it. 1t proved to be about one third o
the shawl pin with the head at;ached
In about ten minutes another coughln
spell brought up the point of the pir
Both pieces were shown to an Edgl
reporter this morning and they sho'
the pin corroded through, and thu
J forming two pieces, during the time
J was deposited in the lungs. Miss Mel
kel rested we'll during the night, and
in very good spirits to-day. There
, joy and genuine heartfelt thanksgivin
, in MIR. Msrkers family to-day. The
moved this year from Leesport to Read
in., sn1 .ra ea.;d;n~ ~ 1912 Ely