The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-23
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the year.
"a Merry Christmas" and "Happy
NewYear."
Eggs are selling here now at forty Gents
a dosen.
We have corrected our "Pleas," and
now Miller uses the "F'' to spell Rby with.
"Old probabilities put up nice job Of
weather on us yesterday. A spring day in
the middle of winter, and snow suddenly
turned to mud.
Great preparations are being made for
the Christmas decorations in Grace Church.
Uuder the deft fingers of the ladies the
p ans are we'll carried out. The trimmings
will be very elaborate and beautiful.
Give us n cali for fine Job work. We
have just received large stock Of enve'-
opes and paper, which we will sell cheap.
with or without being printed If you
want package of envelopes; give the Ad.
Uocute ofics q call. Good envelopes al
eight cents for twenty FIVE.
The astute Miller of the Democrat don't
like the Presidents massage, says it is
awkward and ungramatcal," how sal
General Grant must have felt when he got
his copy Of that valuabl, sheet AMI foun d
the great censor of Gik County dill not ap-
prove of his Efforts IYhsw!
Christmas S,rvi:e in Grace Church.
Saturday being Christmas day there
will be service and sermon in Grace Church
at. lO2 o'clock The subject of the sermon
will be. "The Teaching Of Christmas Day
All are c,rdially invited to attend.
GEORGE THOMAS, for maliciously OBJ
structing the Allegheny Valley railroad
and breaking switch light at Oil City, on
the night of the 10th of November, has
been sentenced to four years at sepa rate
and solitary confinement in the Western
Penitentiafy.
1.-THE very latest and best thing out"
is powder which is sold by travelling
frauds to prevent coal oil lamps from eI-
ploding. They will insist in putting it in
the lamp, and then t7aut twenty FIVE cents
for it, and in many cases succeed in swInd-
ling ignorant persons.
The Jetersonjan furnishes the following
truthful and characteristic remark
"Brookville has furnished more drummer
for city houses than any town in the stare
and the calm, unmpassioned contemph
ion of the check of any one of them would
cause a lightning rod peddler to 20 out il
the bush and die with envy and despair"
10 W. Bailey has been appointed, by
Gov. Hartrauft, Justice Of the Peace, o fl
the vacancy caused by the removal o.
Andrew Cummings. Mr. Bailey's Commits
sion expires thirty days after the township
election in February. We advise ali per.
sons who contemplate committing matti
mony to give the new Justice call. Otiics
in the Court House.
The yutns man who wants to know if i
is improper for him to offer young lad,
mis- arm when walking with her, is in
formed that it is not at all improper. Blu
it would he the height of impoliteness tC
offer her your foot, or u chew of tobacco
or a baby's cradle, or another girls lik z
ness. We beg of you not to do any o
these things, as you might seriously oifenf
hcr.-Clarion Republican.
IT takes hard face for a rich creditor
| TO 20 with the constable to the house of ,
poor but honest debtor, and there direc
the officer to levy upon and take away thu
only parcel Of -four in the mouse, as well a.
the lamp from the table, the dishes from
the cupboard. and ieave the poor famil,
utterly destitute. Yet this same was dol'
in ohe of our neighboring towns last week
-Butler County Citizen.
WHAT IS IlpEL?-ln suit of Representa-
tive Kasson, Iowa. against the State Re
gister. for libel, the court, in instructing the
jury, held that the publication being by a
newspaper in Congressional district con
cerning a candidate, was privileged; that
an eector had a right to acquaint bis fel-
low electors with anything which he knew,
or had reason to believe to be true. con-
cerning a candidate unfit for the position
he sought.
The Raftsmans Journal says:-Ralpt
Parks, ]. J. Maloney, J. R. Joyce. Thomas
Burchinell and Xingo Parks, the miner 5
who we're convicted, in our Courts, of riot
ana sentenced to the penitentiary, have
been pardoned by recommended on from
the Board of Pardous. They will be re
leased from durance on the 2lst inst, and
will spend a Merry Christmas with their
friends, from whom they will receive a
heafty welcome.
ArARTY of hunters on the wild hunting
grounds OF Qaeen Creek, Forest county
found the body oJ hunter with part o.
his face and one shoulder eaten away by
some wild beasts on Saturday. Along
side the body lay a rifle with both barrels
discharged. 1t is the opin on of the hum.
ers that the unfortunate man came TO his
death in an encounter with panther,
fine body of the man found proved to be
that of George Albaugh, of Tidioute.
The Emporium Independent says; On
Friday evening last, Mlcheal Farrall, Of
this place, o brakeman on the P. & I. r.
r. by sJme mishap fell from off train in