The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-06-17
STATE NOTES


money and much food and clothing to
the Osceola sufferers
5000 beggars in Philadelphia,
averaging in their collections over So
per day.
The Snyder County Bank at Selius.
grove, has suspended on the alleged
ground of defacation by the former
Cashier, w. A. Meeker. .
Although Jersey Shore has six doc
tors, there is complaint that only one
undertaken finds business enough to
sustain him.
A census of the city of Altoona
shows the present population to be l5,-
399. This is an increase Of 4,7l9 in
five years.
A lady in Clarion county gave birth,
three weeks ago to child weighing one
and half pounds. She has an other
child wich weighed at its birth seven
teen pounds.
DR.. s. A. Burtch, of Mill Village,
one of the county physicians, of Erie
county, died on the 20th ult., fro m the
effects of poison absorbed from dead
body while holding q post mortem ex-
animation.
Mrs. Wheeler, wife of George Whee-
Ter, conductor on the Erie aud Pitts.
burg Railroad, committed suicide on
the 29th ult., by stabbing herself in
the neck with pair of scissors. Her
mind was unsettled.
A Luzerne county farmer drove into
Scranton with a load of hay atop Of
which be carried calf and frkin OF
butter. Two mischievous boys set fire
to the hay. Results-the hay and
wagon were burned, the calf was roasted
and the butter ran off.
They are polite to burglars in Tyrone.
The Herald says: We are requested
to state that the party who attempted to
break into a certain store, few nights
ago, is well known, and if the attempt
is repeated there will be tuneral
that's all a..
The Allentown Herald tells asensa-
ton story of young man named David
Folweller, of Lowhill township, Lchigh
county, who having been in the habit of
talking lightly about the ministers and
religious matters generally, was stricken
dumb while working at the plow few
days ago.
Pittsburg, Pa, June 12-In the
libel suit of W. D. Moore VS.. the Pitts
burg Post, on trial here for several
days past, the jury this morning re-
turned a verdict OF $4,000 damages
for the plaintiff. The cause OF suit
was an article published in the Post in
February, 1874 wherein Mr.. Moore,
then chairman of the Democratic
county committee, was accused of abau-
doping his trust as chairman and being
a traitor to his party. ..
Mauch Chunk, Pa, June l3.-Last
evening an attempt was made to murder
George Sprowl by John II. Race, of
Philadelphia. Race had been drinking
heavily during Saturday. On Saturday
evening he went around town pointing
a pistol at aud threatening to shoot a
number of people. Meeting Sprowl he
deliberately shot him in the abdonan.
the ball severing one of tie arteries
leading to the heart Sprowl was taken
home, where lie lies in very critical
condition. Race was committed to
prison.
The Johnstown Tribune says:
Within radius OF ten miles from the
spot where young Edmund Herman
Mowry was killed by lightning, on May
23d, in Jenner township, Somerset
county, three similar fatal accidents
have occurred within the past few years
a Miss Fleshour was killed on Sun
day afternoon by a flash of lightning
while she was sitting on a porch at the
house of Mr.. John Brooks; pext was a
son of Mr.. Daniel Shaffcr, who was
, struck while in his fathers barn, and
instant death was the result, and Mr.
Wilt, of Shade township, while walking
along with mattock on his shoulder
also met sudden death from light
ming.
Las. Saturday morning Geo Nelson
killed black snake five feet and eight
inches long, within three steps of his
south door. His snakeship was first
discovered by Master Copeland, who
very quickly gave the rest of the house
hold an intimation of his discovery
!, George took an axe and struck at the
serpent's head, but like the Irshman's
,. flea, it wasn't there. The next blow
was aimed some six OF eight inche,
back and did the deed. Black snakes
are not common to this section and tti
fellow was undoubtedly carpet. bagger
Prehaps he had heard of the excellen
table George sets, and wanted a square
meal. Be the case as it may, his da,
; for feasting and other things hav'
E passed forever. Some two or thre'
l years ago black snake about six fee
a in length was killed near Lymansville
, the only one of the kind aside from tn
y one mentioned above, that we eve
y heard of 10 this section, though the
f are occasionally seen on the Sinnema
honing, where this one probably cam
irom.-I0tter Enterprise.
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