The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-22
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fall.
The soaking rains last week were q
good thing for the potato crop.
The Ridgway Silver Cornet Band at.
tended picnic at St. Mary's yesterday.
Doctor c. R. Farley has placed foun.
tain in the front yard Of his Centre street
residence.
Raspberries are selling in town from ten
to fifty cents quart. Not much differ.
ence in the price.
There will be services next Sunday at
the Lutheran church by Rev. W. Ii. Filson
,Presbyterian.)
Remember we will send the ADVOCATE
FOUR MONTHS for only 80 cents. subscribe
now.
Robert Campbell has broken ground for
his new building on Main street John
Kline is moving the dirt to his lot on
Broad street.
Daniel Scribner's house was entere on |
Monday night and his pants, containing |
his pocket book, were taken. They were |
afterwards recovered.
The prospect for the new railroad grow |
more favorable each day. 1t is now about |
as much of q certainty as human affairs |
generally are.
Keep your cows off the abroad track |
The commercial value of q COW after a |
freight train has passed over her is no
very much.
Supervisor Fitch is making great
many improvements in our streets. Elk
street has been graded, and the lower end
| of Main street. Some work has been put
on Zion's Hill.
Miss Florence Osterhout daughter of w.
| H. Osterhout, was six teen years Of age,
last Monday, which event was celebrated
by a party given to o number of the young
lady's acquaintances.
| A prisoner named Butler escaped from
the Jail at this place last Sunday morning
by digging out stone and then scaling
the Jail wall. He was brought from High
land for stealing a pair of boots and o
watch
A cow at Eagle Valley, partook, ofsome
potato tops, covered with paris green and
flour, in N. 7. Cummings field last week.
We have not learned how the COW is at
present writing, but the next morning
she was an awful sick COW.
Governor Hartranft has issued the war.
want for the execution on Monday the 9th
day of August next of Barney McCue, con
victed in Lycoming county on the lst day
of December, 1874, of the murder of John
Deter.
Charles E Bailey, of smethport, commit
ted suicide by taking morphine on Sunday
last, from the effects of which he died on
Monday morning. Mr.. Bailey was book
keeper for the Buffalo and MoKean railway
company in one their stores, and very in
telligent and worthy m an. He leaves wife
and one child. The cause of Punfor.
tunate act was excessive drinking Of poor,
miserable degrading whiskey.
Last Saturday Nat Laughlin had his arm
broken. In company with another man
and o woman he W as going to Spring on a
lead of feed. When on Dickinson's hill he
noticed that one bag of feed was gone and
told the driver so who unhitehed one Of the
horses, leaving the other still in the traces,
and started back for the feed. While he
4 was gone the other horee became restless
and started on run. Laughlin, fearing
the woman would be injured, leaped out to
stop the horse and in doing so his foot
slipped throwing him with his arm where
the wagon passed over it. He stoppedthe
horse before he realized his arm was
broken.
The Agitator, published at Wellsboro,
Tioga county, says:-General Thomas L.
Kane, well known to many in this county
as the gallent leader of the "Bucktails' in
the late war, arrived in town last Saturday
and remained over Sunday. The General
was accompanied by his family, and he
travelled from his home at Kare to this
place in the most delightful manner at
this time of the year-wita his own horses
and carriage. The Immediate occasion of
his visit was to enable his son and daugh.
ter to unite with the Presbyterian Church
/, of this village. He left for home yesterday
afternoon much to the regret of large
number of his friends and companions in
arms who had made preparations to sere-
made him last evening. We ore glad to say
that he looks hale and hearty and appears
to enjoy life as he deserves to-.
, The Clearfeld Republican says:-Too
much cafe cannot be exercised in the pick
ing of potato bugs, to prevent them from
coming in contact with any part of The
body where the skin is broken or scratched
and the hands should not be used about the
body in any way until after a thorough
washing. John Harwick, citizen of this
place, has had some experience in This line,
relation of which may prove of benefit to
others. While at work in his potato patch
week or two since, with his shirt-sleeves
up Staying the bugs by the hundreds, q
small abrasion of the skin on one of his
arms took a notion to itch, and he care,
, lessly scratched it with his nails. thereby
, introducing the poison into his blood and
he has been suffering since in a terrible
manner. His arms fast, and finally his
whole body became covered with poisonous
eruptions, the irritation from which has
, deprived him of sleep for a number Of
nights, We are happy TO state that he il
improving.
y SUICIDE IN CORY. - Eugene