The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-28

Ex-Governor Dix has declined q public
dinner rendered him i'll New York.
An effort is being made TO fix the sala-
ries of judges of the court Of claims at
$1,000.
The agreement of the Pittsburg iron
puddlcrs to resume work has been rescn'
dcd by the unions.
L. I Eckert has been elected president
Of the atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
company.
Bill Tovee, who is seventy three year
Of age, offers to lun ten miles against
Weston tor $500 or for Glove"
The Nains Democratic legislative can.
Gus has nominated John G, Talbot as II
candidate for United State. senator.
The National amateur Boating Associa-
ton will hold their snnual regatta for
1875 at Troy during August.
Philadelphia will be represented in TIE
| ball field next season by the Athletics,
Philadelphias and Centennias.
Thomas Hayes, convicted of the mGrdor,
in New York city, Of Thomas E. DelGny, in
September last, has been sentenced to
prison fer life.
A cake OF ice sawed out by an Iova
City man had frozen in It bass, which
is Discarded as being perfect to the end
Of its fLs, and having I'll the appear
ances of swimming.
January seems to De bad mouth for
newspapsls, for, according to the Amcrj
can Joruuist, no lell tbsn 200 daily
and weekly journals in this country have
suspended publication within the past
four weeks.
Fifteen OF the los hotels iu New
York city, with accommodations for
6000 guest, consume 10 year Is, ,000,-
600 oysters aud 100000 eggs The
gas bill for these self same hotels an-
nually amounts to Sl63, 900.
The Senate Committee on Territories
will report favorahly ca the project Of
forming a new Territory out Of the
porlhern half of Dakota. 1t will be
called Pembina. Tie Lew Territory
will contain 1920 square miles. The
capital viii be Bismarck, little town ct
the present western terminus of the
Northern Pacific Railroad.
Bismarck, Dakota, January % The
Indians in the vicinity of the Black
Hills are in unenvisble temper, owing
to tn. fact that gold hunters have suo
cessfully penetrated AMI entreuched
themselves in the Black Hills in con
siderable numbers. Within the past
month three bodies of troops have been
sent to dislodge these miners The In.
aiaus at Spotted Tails agency are muck
excited and threaten to expel the min
ers themselves soon,
Baltimore, Jan. 25.-Nrs. Kate Z
Clark, recently a seamstress in The
family OF Senator Stewart at Washing
ton, was arreated here to-day charges
with the robbery OF Mrs. Stewart or
Saturday Of bonds, diamons, laces, de.
valued at $4,000. The stolen prop
erty was recovered and with the accused
sent on to Washington this afternoon il
the custody of detectives. Two trunk
were also secured containing between
$4,000 and $4,000 worth Of plate
laces, velvet, and other valuables.
Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 23.-On tn
Goth inst. party of disguised and well
armed men entered the town OF Sparta
forced their way into the Jail, capture'
the jailor, from whom they obtaine,
the keys of the cells, aud release,
James Boyers, under confinement 70
the murder of John Vincent on th
2Sd of December last. Five othe
prisoners were locked up by the niaske
men, who returned the keys to tn
jailor and departed, and nothing ha
since been heard of them or of Boyerl
1t is supposed they were his iiients,