The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-10-14

The first snow of the season fell here
on Tuesday morning last.
The reduction of the public debt for
September is s3,342,562.
Hats and Caps complete assortment
at p. & KS.
These frosty mornings will invigorate
the candidates; and open the chestnut
burs.
Paper collars the nobbiest! with turn
down corners also the good old Byron
style at P. & KS.
A complete stock of ladies misses and
chi!drens shoes, light, medium aud
heavy at p. & KS Now is the time to
buy.
Vote for good men at the election to
be held on November I'd, tor instance
Hartranft, Rawle, McVean and Oster-
hout.
Now our Democratic friend H. S,
Thayer feels we'll as the frosty mornings
make the unfortunates think of order
ing load Of coal
There was found this week on the
Dickinson farm hill of Early Rose
potatoes which yielded one hundred
aod fiity-fve potatoes.
1t is reported "Bautam" Miller of
the Democrat and Base Ball Gazette,
wears corsets, how is it "Bantam?" true
or not true?
Our young friend Vinton Ross is now
with 6. G. Messenger, learning the
drug business. We wish him success
in his new occupation.
There is good demand for boats by
our lately sanguine Democratic friends,
since they heard from Ohio, to make
voyage up the historic stream to the
saline marshes.
Frank Powell, brother of Jerome
Powell of this place, living at White
Plains New York, died very suddenly
Tuesday morning He was to have
been married on the day Of his death.
NJ. N. Powell, Of Smethport, sheriff Of
Mexican county, father of Jerome S.
aud brother of Jerome Powell, ESQ. of
this place, died very suddenly this
morning,
Miller worries his dear soul o great
deal for fear Parsons will overfeed his
chickens. And from the continued
brayipg one would be led to believe the
Jacxass of the Democrat was about
half starved.
Hair switches IS cents S. 90 . 90 8 90
so worth double the money and Ruches
:or 25 cents hats from 25 cents up wards
Trimed hats from 81 90 upwards, great re-
duction in all kinds of goods at MAY &
SlLVERMANN'S, Williamsport, Pa.
Don't be discouraged "Bantam"
"sweet are the uses of adversely" better
luck next time, "there are just as good
fish in the sea as have ever been caught"
so fish away "Bantam" and hope tor the
best, "!SctaH" ".Smoke."
The poet Dixon referred to in our last
issue is not our worthy County Superin,
tendent; the one mentioned lived some
where in between the fifteenth and six
teenth centuries and was son of old
Mrs. Dixon.
Recently M. j. Resencrans, one of
the proprietors of a billiard hall in
Brookville, was arrested on charge of
offering to sell and pass counterfeit
money, and after hearing before U. S.
Commissioner, W. f. Stewart, Esq, was
bound over to answer the charge before
the U. S. district court.
Miller is not pleased with our article
on the Republican candidates. We
would suggest to the meddlng youth the
propriety of sticking to his task of run
ming the Democracy of Elk county and
writing base ball articles, at the same
time we will remind him that the Re-
rub!icans are competent to take care of
themselves without the interference of
Such hair-brained popinjay.
Washington, October In order to
render more secure the funds IN the
United States Treasury, Treasurer New
to-day had chrouometer locks affixed to
all the safes in his Office, which shall be
locked at the close of business each at
ternoon, aud cannot be unlocked again
until 9 o'clock the succeeding day.
"Bantarn" Miller of the Democrat
says we keep chickens, well, we do, so
do many others Of the people of Ridg-
way; why don't he pitch into them as
well as us? We plead guilty TO the
charge, but We never yet have been
obliged to pay fourteen cents on the