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

Tive us call Tor JOB work.
Christmas will soon be here.
Mps. JANE BARRETT has moved into her
new house.
THE INV Episcopal church bell has
beautiful tone.
RrDawAY now has five bells on public
buildings.
IT COST Clear6old just Sl52 to hold its
last election.
EDWARD DERBY has built an extension to
his side walk, making it wider.
We would suggest that all the church
bel be rung at the same time on Sunday
morning.
THE Bro ,kville Republican, published five
and q half columns of Sheriif's sales las,
week.
POWDERED alum and commen salt, pow.
dered placed in hollow tooth will stop
toothaohe.
Hunters cannot be too careful in hand
ling firearms. Exchanges almost daily
contain accounts of fatal cunning accidents
Somebody says that a teaspoonful Of
alum shavngs mixed with the Same quantity
of sugar, will fix Group quicker than the
shake of mutton's narrative.
SUPERVISOR FI1cH has had etone and
hemlock boughs dumped on the banks Of
TX creek, for the protection Of Main street
from the encroachment of thu floods.
The well is down nearly 1000 feet and
shows good signs of oil, but how much it
is imposs Bile to tell at present. Warren
Nail.
Hunters should remember that the game
law prohibits killing deer after November.
The law says deer can be killed from Sept.
lst to Dec. LIST. Dogs found chasing deer
can be shot by any person.
One of the prisoners Sheriff Scull took to
Allegheny last week said, he was gong
home lie had been there SO many times
that the peni eniary seemed more like
home than any other place.
The Philadelphia s. Erie railroad com
psny, reports the business Of its road fol
| the month Of October. 1875, as follows:
Gross earnings, 1896 034 OF, expen 1913,
S2l5, 7G9 Is. Net proceeds, Sl20. 264 81.
The extensive dry ghods store W. r.
Marcy, at 270 and 272 Main street. Buffalo.
closed it, doors November 9th. The lia-
blites are about $loOOOO. The as. ets>r
supposed to be about 500, ,OCO. The cred-
tors are mostly eastern firms.
There are nine baseball clubs among
the Vassar College girls with the sugges.
tiveehames of Yellow Carriers" Strip sd
| Stockings" "Piu Backs" "Short Skirts,
"Fawns.' "Tigcr Lillies,' "Catamounts," "
Flying Squirrels" and "Niue Pins"
COMPANY H will hold grand ball on
Christmas eve. The hall viii. be decora' ed
! in fine style, good music will attend, and il
is intended to make it the party of the
season. Weexpect to be able to g'vs full
| part cuars next week.
Mr. WILSON is the fourth Vice President
who has died in office. These were George
Clinton. April 20 1872; Eloridge Gerry
November %, 1914; william Rufus King
April II, 1858; ant now Henry Wilson
November %, 1875. All died at Washing
ton except Mr.. King who was returning
frou Cuba and died in Alabama,
Tie Montour american says "give US
John F. IIartraaft for our candida'e for
President next year and we win send you
such return from Montour county as
will make your heads swim" And we are
| prepared to believe il. There is not a
county in the state where the Republicans
did better than in Montour, and they
ought not to be forgotten.
DELINQUENT SUBscRiBERs-Th is ths
way n contemporary puts it. Because We
happen TO take our shot gun and start oul
on an afternoons cunning, it is no reason
why persons should inquire if we are on n
tour for collecting subscription money.
much money to be wasted on delinquent
subscribers just now.
The Williamsport G. & B says: Nearly
every exchangs that comes to this office
has an item stating that 100000 feet of
lumber has been RATED out of thr William
sport boom this season. The item is all
right as far as it goes, but it is only l67,
7GS, ,919 feet short of the Truth. The exact
amount of lumber RATED out of the boom
his season was 1856, ,769. 9l9 feet, an in
crease of 5,034, 537 over the operations OF
1874.
OIL WELL FIRE.-We learn that on Wed
nesday evening, the 18th, the gas took fire
at Mr.. Haynes n,w we'll east of Sheffield,
on the P. & E. Rsilroad. seriously burning
the drillier and McNfir, of Sheffield. 1t
appears they had just strucs new vein o.
gas and some oil. People were consider
bly, excited in anticipation Of big we'll
Mr.. McNair, as we hear it, went near the
we'll with lighted lantern before the drill,
.er saw him. OF course the gas took fire in
the sbanry and well. The explosion threw
the driller several feet burning him and
Mr. McNair badly and shaking up things
in lively manner in all directions. On
Thursday the gas liz the well was still burn
ing throwing a fame fifty or sixty feet in L