The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-02-24
News Items.
The steamship Egypt, frcm New York
has arrived at Queenstown.

The steamship Egypt, from New York,
has arrived at Queenstown.
Moody and Sankey were greeted with
IL largest audience last night since tbe cir
return to New York.
The President Is inst signed the Cen,
tennial bill with q quill pen made from
wing of an American eagle.
Both Houses of the New York Legisla-
lature have adopted esolutions protesting
against Congress granting subsidies to
raailroads.
Machinery for three complete cfw mills
have been shipped from a manufactury at
Erie, Pa, to the Black Hills during the
past month
The Western Union Telegraph Company
follow ing the lead Of the Atlantic and Pa
cific Company has reduced its rates from
twenty to thirty per cent.
Ben Boyd, the Chicago counterfeiter,
moved for new trial Wednesday morning.
The motion was overruled ami Boyd was
sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary.
An eccentric couple at Rev England Vii.
lage. who disagree as to bed clothes, the
man insiting on wooden sheets while the
woman will have nothing but spotless
by sewing linen half to a wooden, and now
sleep as snug as bug in a rug.
Colonel c. E. Blunt, Engi peer in charge
of the Lake Erie harbors, has recommended
an appropriation of $4,000 for Erie har
Dor and there is little doubt tn at this
amount will be authorized. Colonel Blunt
says that if any of the estimates are re,
duced it will not be the important harbors
like Erie that will suffer.
Another mail robbery has come to light
at Lewistown Mitflin county. The detec-
tives were on the track of the fobber or
robbers for some time, but no traces could
be found until Saturday, when man by
the name CT Galbraith, who for twenty
years carried the mail at Lewetown from
the depot to the postOtlice, was arrested as
the guilty one, and the evidence is said to
be very strong against him. He was put
under 81. 900 bail and awaits further
An employee of the State fish Matching
establishment at Donegal, Lancaster county
passed through Reading for Easton last
Monday, with $4,000 young California
Salmon for the Delaware river, again on
Thursday, having in charge six immense
cans Of cylindrical shape containing 10000
young California Salmon averaging l 3-3
inches in length, which We're also depos-
tied in the Delaware at Easton the same
day The gentleman stated that of the
25 900 salmon taken to Easton on Monday
only eight were found to have died en- route
from Donegal to the Delaware.
Political conventions are announced for
the following dates: On February %,
Connecticut Greenback Convention, New
Haven; Indiana RepuBlican Convent on,
Indianapolis: Wisconsin Republican Con-
yention, Madison. and on the same day
the Democratic National committee IN eets
in Washington. On February %, Con-
necticut Democratic Convention, New
Haven, and Ohio Temper rancs Convention,
Columbus. On February 20, Connecticut
Republican Convention, Hartford. On
March %, Pennsylvania Dem ocratic Con,
vention, Lancaster. On March 29, Penn.
sylvania Republican Convention, Harris,
burg; Vermont Republican Convention,
Burlington; Ohio Republican Convention,
Columbus. On April 8, National Con-
veniion of Colored Men, Nashville. On
Tuesday, Arpil l., South Carolina Repub-
lican Convention, Columbia. On April II,
Virginia Republican Convention, Lynch
burg. On April 26, Georgia Democratic
Convention. May 10, Michigan Republi
can Convention, Grand Rapids. May l6,
Alabama Republican Convention, Mont
gOmery. May II, National Gre eback
Convention, Indianapolis; National Pro
hibition Convention, Cleveland, and Ten
nessee Republican Convention, Knoxville.
May Is, Kentucky Republican Convention n
Louisville, May "A, Kansas Democratic
Convention, Topeka, and Alabama Repub
licau Convention (minority call,) Mont,
gomery. June IA, Republican Nationa
Convention, Cincinnati. June 2l, Florid,
Democratic Convention, Quincy.