The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-09-23
SUMMARY OF NEWS.



The Argonauta crew OF Bergen Point, N. j.,
beat the Atslanta crew of Staten Island in
a four-oared race over two-mile course.
The time was fifteen minutes and thirty-seven
and one-quarter seconds ..... The Chinese
government has appointed two officials as
joint ambassadors to Great Britain. ~. The
settlers about Portage La Prairie and West
bourne, Manitoba, Canada, are clamoring for
the removal of the Sioux Indians to the re-
serve. Since the murder OF one of their
number the band has moved further west, and
now hang about Westbourne entering the
houses Of settlers and terrifying women and
children into giving them everything they
demand ...... Advices from Deer Island,
Charlotte county, N. B., are that this season is
the dullest in the fishery business for twenty
years. ... The business of the Celluloid COM
pany Of Newark N. j., was destroyed by
an explosion and fire, and one man killed and n
dozen wounded. The fire extended to all ad-
joining building and property to the value
Of $175,000 was destroyed ...... Professional
burglars entered the banking house of f. B.
Hancock & Co., at Granville, Ky, and carried
off S34, AGO, consisting of $25,O0O in United
States bonds, $4,000 in legal tenders, 81, 900 in
fractional currency and 81, AGO in gold coin.
Capt. John @. Jones, Of New York, while gazing
at Niagara Falls with some friends at Prospect
Park said "good-bye" and jumped over,
in sight Of hundreds of people.
The Pennsylvania Democratic convention at
Erie nominated Cyrus l.. Pershing for gov
ernor. The platform adopted begins with JEFF
fersons familiar address of "equal and exact
Justice" etc.; recites that the ignorance, in
efficiency and wickedness of the leaders Of the
party that has ruled the State and nation for a
period Of years calls for their immediate and
permanent removal from the places which they
have so long dishonored and disgraced favors
an economical administ tration of the govern
ment, in order to reduce taxation demands
thorough and searching investigation of
the State treasury that the nominees Of the
convention are pledged to apply all moneys
to the reduction Of the public debt, and not
employ public moneys in any way to their ow
| benefit; that the contraction of the money
currency and circulating medium heretofore
made by the Republican party, and the further
contraction proposed by it with view to forced
|
brought disaster to the business Of the couu-
try and threatens general bankruptcy and de-
mands that this policy be abandoned and that
the volume Of money be made and kept equal
to the wants of trade, leaving the restoration
of legal tenders to par in gold to be brough
about by promoting the industries OF the peo-
pie, and not by destroying them demands
that all the national bank circulation be
promptly and permanently retired, and full
legal tenders issued in their place. that the
government should make the legal tenders re.
ceivable for all public dues, except where re-
spect for the obligation Of contracts requires
payment in coin calls for the extinction Of
the national banks, and the establishment of &
system Of free banks of discount and deposit
with no paper money except as may be ISSUED
upon the faith of the Federal government
cordially invites the Liberal Republicans ant
others to cooperate with them.
The crops of Denmark are above the averag
in quantity and quality and there will be
large surplus Of wheat for expectation.
, The Nashville american publishes a specis
from Alabama stating that the United State
secret service force have arrested gang O
counterfeiters, whose operations extende
from st. Louis to southern Alabama. Anon
the prisoners are many wealthy and heretofor
respectable men, one Of whom is a candidat
for mayor of Tuscaloosa, Ala. .. E. The negroe
held for completely in the Georgia riots hav
! been discharged, nothing being proved againt
j them. .... "A severe rain storm in the souther
, part of Wisconsin did great damage. Sever;
trains of the Chicago and Northwestern an
2 Western Union railroads were ditched, and
e is reported that six men were killed. .... a
: the Lexington (Ky.) races Harper's Ten BroeC
z made one mile and five furlongs in two minute
1 and forty-nine and one-quarter seconds, ber
: the fastest time ON record, and beating Harl
l Bassett's time of two minutes and fifty-six sc
i onds. .... The Atalants crew won the tw
D mile race over the Athletic club on Harle
river, New York. in eleven minutes and thirt
five seconds. .... The murderer Sharkey h
e been banished from Cuba by the authorize
-. Charles Blockney, al attorney at Gowand
Il N. Y, was met on the street by Louis Dsrb
s who drew pistol and fired at him, killing hi
4 !, instantly. The murderer then fled to Il
= woods and committed suicide by cutting
q throat. No motive is given for the deed....
h Admiral Baron de la Ronciere-le-Noury, t
l. compander of the French Mediterrane
A. squadron, has been removed on account of
d having written strong Bonapartst lett
le in answer to an invitation to banquet.
Ii The Pope has instructed the Catholic bisho
W in Bosnia and Herzegovina to use their
IL lluence in allaying the troubles there.
A cyclone near Bloomington ILL.,, destroyed
- number of houses, barns and outbuildinl
~, A number of vessels were also destroyed
Il the lakes. 90. President Gonzales, of Sar
w Domingo, has suppressed Dos Antilles ney
NJ paper of Puerto Plata, published in the
le terest of the Cuban insurgents. ..... Jud
Richardson and Commander Lewis, two Anne
e, cans, were arrested in Japan by mistake,
4, which the authorities made ample apology
r A fatal cattle disease has broken out amo
~ several drove Of cattle near the Ancram le
u mines, Rhinebeck, n Y, and nearly all h
10 died. 1t is thought the disease was introduC
" by Western cattle. .... Much damage v
done to timber in st. Lawrence county, N.
by fires in the woods. A heavy rain quencf
I'd the flames. -. Cardinal McCloskey has be
ee presented with cardinals robe and mi
er by the American residents of Rome. ... Jo
s. Kelly, Jr., Of Buffalo, N. Y, superintendent
": that section of canal, has been arrested
II accepting bribe of S140 and eight tons
Ia coal from merchant to influence the purch
of coal. ..... Lightning struck and ignited
~ Imperial Oil Refining company's works N
y Ou City pa and causad S0OO nm dameoa