The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-14

number of small, cheap and very in
tamable frame structures were burned near
the Centennial grounds OH Saturday after
noon. They were occupied by beer sllcc ms,
restaurants, side shows, etc. The loss was
about $4,000. Some Of the large hotels
near very narrowly escaped
The Committee Of the Union Veteran As
sociatiOn, having in charge the reunion of
Boys in Blue, 1T indianapolis, the 2Uth and
2lst inst. have issued an invitation TO the
soldiers and sai!ors who served in the Union
Army and Navy during the late war, and
all others IN sympathy with the cause for
which they fought to te present.
In Somerset Pa, few days ago, little
two year old child of lr. Frank Walter met
with very painful death by being scalded.
The child was playing in the yard beneath
tne hltcnon window where the hired girl.
who had been boiling corn in the kitchen.
went TO the window to pour off the boiling
water, and not seeing the child, poured the
water all over it scalding the poor little one
so severely that it died in few hours after
ward.
On Sunday night, the 9th ultimo, the
sale in the Erie company's depot at Brad
fcrd, Pa. was blown open with heavy
charge ofpowder, making complete wreck
ofit, The venture hardly paid expenses, as
the burglars only obtained three dollars.
1t appears that three men were engaged in
the business, and that they walked down
the track to below Tarport, where they
went through IL farm house ana captured
fifty dollars in money. One of the burglars
was afterwards captured at Oleau.
Edward Gumperl, of W,lkesbarrc, a ply
sician, has been arrested and held to bail
for causing the death Of young girl named
Josie Gallagher, by alleged malpractice.
The Democratic Coroner of the country, =.
j. trendergast, seems TO be implicated in
the ctlminaI irregularIty by holding an in.
formal examination over the body Of Miss.
Gallagne. and declaring that she had died
from heart disease. a Post mortc1,2 in
vestgatlon subsequently revealed the fact
'haI he gi.ls death was caused by an abor-
uou.
hartford, Conn, September 1O-On
Thursday, in the town of Wilmington, two
girls, Resie Green, aged II years, and a
compun ON, Miss Shurtletf, II years old
took strychnine with a suicidal purpose
Miss Green died in four hours. Just before
death she stated as her motive that no one
cared for her; that her dead mother was
calling her, and she was tired of lie. Miss
Shurtletf is alive, but still i'll danger. Two
young men were presen. when the fatal
dose was taken and were urged TO partake of
it, although they thought the whole thing
was joke.
Gov. Chamberlain, of South Carolina, has
issued proclamation in regard to the re-
cent disturbance in Charleston. He de-
clares his determination to preserve the
peace and the sacred rights of every citizen
to free speech and political action and for
bids the presence upon the street of armed
bodies of men, whether organized or not.
Mayor Cunningham has issued similar
proclamation. The Republican and Demo-
cratic committees of the city held a confer.
ence Saturday eveniig on this subject, and
both sides agreed that they would use
every effort to prevent any further disturb
ance.
This fact should impel the managers
of the national canvass to increasing
effort. AS in the campaign of ~, the
brunt of the fight must be borne by
the contestants in the preliminary
elections, and it is their hands which
most need strengthening now. After
each party has made its own estimate
of strength, and reduced uncertainty
to the minimum, the immediate battle
will be seen to be impending in
Indiana, AS we have already pointed
out, it is not absolutely necessary that
the Republicans should win there, but
it is vital to the Democrats that they
should, and the smallest discom future
they may suffer there will tell against
them in November. Every advan tage
of position, therefore, belongs clearly
to ourselves, and with properly con-
centrated effort victory will not be
doubtful. With weaker foe in 1876
than we overcame in 1872 success lies