The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-15
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Ia +. Power3, oil headlng, MASS, Is IN
townthis week.
In another column will be found the
Milestone township annual statement.
Last week n. T. Cummings had two COWS
killed on the railroad, and Chas. Eole's
COW had a narrow call.
We have n new Globe Press, and are
now prepared TO do all kinds Of job work
N good style and at the very lowest rates
Mrs. Barrett is having the cellar dug
preparatory to having house b iit on her
lot, next Daniel Scribner's, on Ce ltre
street
Charles Meen an, alas Omaha Jack, was
sentenced by Judge Wetrore last week to
an imprisonment in the Western Peniten
tiary of one year, ten d liars fine and cost
of prosecution.
We will send the ADVOCATE four month s
I for fifty cents. This will give person a
chance TO get paper cheap and for trif1-
ing sum, you will have report OF all the
county conventions, and the result of the
/ election to be held in November.
Work has been commenced on the founda.
tion for the new foundry. TIE building
and machinery it is estimated will cost up
wards of SO, coo; the location is on Depot
,eet, near the Depot street bridge in the
field to the right as you 60 to the Depot
We Glad IN ms 20 a nj Of tliS avid
of returning prosperity 10 our midst
Company II, met at the Court House Ia st
evening, for the purpose Of electing two
Lieutenarts TO fill the vacancies caused by
the resignation of Mcssrs. Service and
Grant. j, o. W. Bailey was elccte first
Lieutenant, and G. Ii. Rhlne's second Gieu-
tenant. AT the ne1t meeting of the com
pany merit Saturd. evening, there will be
five Corporals appointed to fill the vacan
cies.
HORSE RAEES Upon thorough IN.
vestigltion it has been demonstrated that a
good horse rake will save more labor to a
farmer than any other iuveGtion of its cost
Among all the machines of the kind, the
Albion Revolving Horse Rake stands
supreme, of which POWELL s. kline are
the sole agents for this section. Every
person should have one. They are selling
very rapidly
An old party from Granville stood
around the post Office doors until tho
hallway was clear, when he sucaked up
to the letter,box dropped in letter and
came out snickerng They charge
hree cents TO carry letter." said be,
bat l put one cent stamp on aud
hurled the letter 10 when there wasn't
my ybody looking"
The postage on letters to all parts Of
Europe, except France, is now fixed at
he Uniform rate of five cents, and news,
papers weighing not over four ounces
,ry France comes into the International
Postal Service, and postage to any part
Of that country will be five cents. Postal
cards can be sent for an additional one
cent stamp. The fee for rogisl ering
letters from any Postofice in the United
States to any Office in the world is ten
cents.
A new coal machine, the invention Of
DR.. j. r.. Hayes, "for pressing coal dust
nto fuel" was put in operation last
week at harrisburg. ga ton of coal
was made by it sin six minutes"
This is stated to be the first successful
effort made in this country for the utili-
kation OF coal dust on large scale; and
the machine, which is described as
'simple, cheap and universally practica.
ble," will, it is hoped, "add millions Of
dollars to the coal wealth of Pennsyl
vania."
The Republican State Central Com
mittee met in Harrisburg on Friday for
bryan ization, The following off GERS
were elected: Secretary, Major A.
Wilson, Norris; Assistant Secretaries,
Benz. Huckel, Ezra Lukens, John Nc.
Collough, Philadelphia; Z. II, Chase
Susquehanna, and Henry Butterfeld,
Erie Treasurer Gen. Bingham; Mes
enger, B. F. BOrroughs, Snyder. The
Chairman appointed the following COM
nittees: On Organization, Russell En-
|ett, Chairman, Gen, Wm. Lilly, j. G.
McQuade, W. S. McManus, A. D.
Wood; on Meetings aud Speakers, Hon.
Edw. Mcpherson, Chairman, Chas. H.
Berger, John e. Littleton, John Lamou
and Ezra Lukens. The reports were
Favorable from all parts of the State,
and active work will be begun at once.