The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
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A dangerous counterfeit is in circulation

A dangerous counterfeit is in circulation
on the city of Erie, $500 and $1,000 notes
local cupon bonds of 1867, due 1887.
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tions to be held this fall
''Kissing your sweetheart" says trih-
ing young man. ''is like eating soup with
fork; it takes long time to get enough"
Next year being leap year, young ladies
crazy to be married in the centennial year
privileges.
An honest old man on being in formed
the other day that one of his neigbors
owed him q grudge, growled out: "No
matter he never pays anything"
Henry Ward Beecher now gets 500,
600 year for preaching, and likely he
thinks 81 had rather have 100000 tn an
be president"
1t is said that the old maids in Athens,
Ga, recently met in convention, and re-
solved that the Legislature ought to make
it a penal offence for any widow to ma rry
again.
a We make place for the following az very
worthy of a position in our local columns:
l digs, l hoes, l plows, gets up wood,
for winter; l reaps, l mows, sows, l
taters grows and for all knows i'm debted
to the printer / do suppose all knowledge
flows right from the printing press, SO off
l goes in these old clothes and settle up
guess"
HORSE RAKES Upon thorough in
vestigation it has been demonstrated that
good horse rake will save more labor to a
farmer than any other invention of It's cost
Among all the machines of the kind, the
Albion Revolving Horse Rake stands
supreme, of which POWELL s. KIM e are
the sole agents for this section. Every
person should have one. They are selling
very rapidly
A wealthy man died some months ago.
Some of his heirs were slighted, and tried
to break the will on the ground of unsound
mind on the part Of The testator. The eff.
fort failed 1t was shown in evidence that
the man made most of his money by ju-
dicious advertising. The court remarked:
'We need look no further for proof Of
this mans sound judgment" And the
court was right.
SMALL PACKAGES BY EXPRESS. If any
good at all has grown out of the unjust
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matter it Is that the American Express
Company has decided to reduce its charges
for carrying small packages to the same
rates charged by the postal department,
which is one cent per ounce, or sixteen
cents per pound. At these rates the
American Express Company now carries
parcels TO all points on it's lines. In most
Instances the Express Company will have
he advantage, since it delivers 1t packges
Is they arrive at their destination, while q
package sent by mail, Except in larger
cities where there is carrier delivery is
held at the post Office until called for.
ALMOST "HoRRoR."-A we'll known
elderly citizen of Middletown near Ter
honkson engaged in an alteration with his
son over q matter of eighty-seven cents
which the son owed him and, with which
he proposed to pay the fathers school tax.
To this the latter demurred and picking ny
sharp crow-bar struck at the son, injur-
ing him severely on the arm after which,
the son acting only in self defence, leveled
l.
throat. 1t struck the collar bone tearing
away the flesh and inficting another
wound and had there been nothing to OBJ
struct or had the iron gone but little
farther "another Ulster County horror"
nigh have been the result, The son then
warmed the old gentleman up slightly and
afterwards had him arrested on a warran
served by Constable Quick. The case il
not yet disposed of.-Ellenville IN. Y.
Journal
Boy KILLED BY LIGHTNING.-Duringth thu
storm on Tuesday, July 9th, little son Of
Mr.. Leonard Rarras, Beaver township
near Eagle furnace, was struck by light
ming and the horse upon which he was rid
ing and himself instantly killed. 1t ap
pears that Mr.. Barras and his little bo,
and girl were on their way from the corn
field where he had been working to tn
house. The little boy was riding ahead
The fash that struck him shocked tn
whole party severely. The bolt struck th
boy on the head, tearing hole through
bis hat, and passed down his side, terainl
ths clothing loose to his foot At first n
mark appeared, but in short time blacl
mark, as if scorched by fire appeared
srom the side of the head to the boys foot
The body appeared timber as though tn
bones had become like jelly. Decom
position set in Immediately, rendering
almost impossible to keep the body until
could be properly prepared for intermeni
Two trees in direct range of the boy az
near to have been struck at the same time
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