The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-09
Cns. Time at Ridetcay.


MKEAN COUNTY has just completed
new Jail which cost only $4,000.
There are 46l prisoners IN the western
psniteLtary.
$50 $4,000 in gold was coined in the
United States during the past year.
If you want to keep your boots from run
ing over goto A. F. Epy's and get pair
of metallic stiffeners warranted not to run
over.
SCARLET FEVER is eaging SO extensively
in some parts of venango county among the
chill rem, that it has been necessary to
close the schools
A LADY put her watch under her pillow
the other night. but couldn't keep it there
because it disturbed her sleep. And there.
all the time was her bed,tickng right un
darneath her. aid she never thought OF
that at all.
Milan. Tenn boasts of Negro who is
one hundred end twenty-siz years old
in Georgetown and was 'wsnty five years
Lld at the commencement of the Revolu
tionary war.
Miller of the Democra'. took Bath in
Dckinson's race the other evening while
skating, and had it not been for the assis-
tance of Geo. Rhines Jr. the Democrat would
have appeared this week in mourning. We
hope the ice water had the effect Of wash
ing some of The slime from Genes editorial
brain.
"Sweepipgs of butchers stalls" and
something that looks like old feather beds,
but 'aiut, now decorate the grounds of P
Malone, Esq. Patrick you are doing very
wrong to thus expose yourself and neighbors
TO contagion and unless you abete the
nuisance at once, Supervisors Fitch and
Osterhout may happen around aud &c: a
Whit.
Go 10 A F. Eby's if -cu want good
winter boot, as he has proved himself to be
the best mechanic in his line of business in
the county.
THE REPUBLIC Magazine for December
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The Reynoldsvlle Herald, in its last
ISSUE tells of burning coal mountain two
miles east of that place. There are about
three thousand acres of coal in tho mou ntain
and the bed is tweivs feet Ihick. Near
the burning mine, about two hund red feet
distant, is the opening of George Sprague,
and if the coal is permitted TO burn through
TO it, human efforts will avail nothing in
extiLguishng the fire. and indeed it will
require thousands of dollars to attain that
ehd evsu nov, 1t has been burning al
most three months, and was ignit ed by a
land clearing. The coal which is exposed
to this fire belongs to the Tilon Reynolds
heirs, Messrs. Seiey, Fuller, Sprsgue,
Broadhead, Clayton aud others.
SMALLPOX IN CENTRE CoUxTY.-A
private letter from M;lesburg, rec eived
last Satu day. by s. /. Conner, proprietor
OF the Exchange Hotel this place, reports
IS cases of smallpox at that village, 8 at
Bellefonte, at Howard and lat Curtin's
station. Four cases al Milssburg have
pl owed fatal. As the epidemic is liable to
spread throughout Centres neighboring
coun,ies, We think it is he duty of all who
have not lately been vaceinated, TO have
the same done without delay. "a ounce
If preventive is woth a pound Of cure
Renovo Record.
THERE is d boy UP in Michigan who is
puzzling the doctors with singular case
of sore eyes. lie went to bed one night in
perfect health, but in the morning matter
was discovered running from both eyes,
since which tire he has been in perfect
agony with the worst case Of sore eyes the
doctors ever had in that city, matter run
ming constantly from them, and it was
feared at one time that his eyes would run
ottt of his head. The doctors have ex-
amineI into the case and come TO the con.
clusion that the boy who was playing
around horse effected with the epixootic
the day before he was so suddenly taeen
with sore eyes, and stood before the horse
when he sneezed, must have got some of the
matter in his eyes. II will be well for
persons around horses sick with the epi-
zootic to be cautious.