The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-01-27

Texas is the first State in the Union
to appoint electors for the Presidential
campaign: Two Democratic electors
for the State at large were chosen by
the recent Constitutional Convention.
1t Is estimated that on an average,
ten washed or fraudulent stamps are
mailed daily at each of the $4,000 post
offices in the country, involving a loss
to the Treasury of So, 500.
Tobacco os Cigars, Candy, Eranbcrrics,
Lemons, Oranges, Honey, and other
Fancy Groceries, and fMissceUanies,
Including, Ftvs, Books, and Stationary
for sale at the NeD York Store. Gail
there or send stamp for q catalogue of
AJbuns, Books, Pictures, and Station
ery.
For q straightforward plea to the
question of "Guilty, or not guilty?'!
commend us to that Missouri chap on
trial for murder: eff your Honor
please, I am guilty, I killed the man
because he tooksmy gal from me. She
was about the only thing 1 had, an l
didn't want to live after she went, an
1 didn't want him to live neither, an
l should be much obliged to your
Honor if you would hung me as soon
as possible"
From the Port Allegany Reporter,
we learn the following particulars of
an accidentin Norwich township, Nc
Kean county, by which Mrs. G. r.
Burdick lost her life: Mr.. Burdick
had gone to bed and Mrs. B. was pre-
pared to follow him, but when she
tried to blow out the lamp it exploded
into thousand pieces and covered
her body from her neck down with
burning oil. The explosion awoke
Mr.. Burdick and he jumped from his
bed to find his wife surrounded by a
mass of flames and trying to tear her
clothes from her. With rare presence
of mind Mr.. Bufdick grhsped bed
quilt, and wrapping her up in it,
smothered the flames. But it was too
late, she was fatally burned, and only
lived twenty two hours after the acci-
dent. DIR. Freeman was sent for, and
upon his arrival did all that medical
skill could do to alleviate her suffer-
ings, but. the injuries were too severe to
save her life. The funeral services
were held on Sunday.
PETERsoN's MAGAZINE for Febru-
ary is before us, ahead of all others,
and containing, as a Supplement, a
fine large-sized steel engaving, after
Col. Trumbull's celebrated picture.
the CENTENIAL GIFT of the publisher
to his subscribers for 1876. The plate
is very carefully engraved, with fifty
six potraits, and can be taken out and
framed, if desired. 1t is a picture
which every family ought to possess;
and every family, therefore, ought to
this costly Supplement, there is the
usual steel-plate, and charming one
it is, called "Snow Birds;,, a colored
steel fashion plate, double size; a col
ored pattern and more than score of
other embellishments of fashions, &C.,
&c. There is also an illustrated article
on the "Signers of the Declaration,
with Fac-Simile of part Of the original
Declaration, an engraving of Han
cock IS chair, an engraving of table on
which the Declaration was signed, &C.,
&c. peterson" is one of the few
magazines that gets better and better
the older it grows. We remember it
as boy, and now it is sprightlier and
more beautiful than ever. We have
no doubt it will live to celebrate its
own Centennial, and we confess we
should like to live to see it. The price
is but two dollars a year, postage free,
with great deductions to clubs. Ad-
dress Chas. j. Peterson, 306 Chestnut
Street, Philadelphia.