The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-07-13

HE plS lluS ul tHe post Olllce wac
flung to the breeze on the Fourth.
Our patriotic citizens Edward Souther
and Daniel Scull also flung the starry
banner out.
The Lawrence american says it is
now pretty well understood that Gem
eral Butler intends to try for the Re
publican nomination for Congress.
in that district. His supporters say
that he has no idea ofan Independent
candidacy, but will try for the NOM
ination, and if he fails of that will
keep out of the canvass.
JAMES H. WELLS of Wilcox accidently
shot himself with revolver the other
day while out walking with another
gentleman. Mr.. Wells had been shoot
ing snakes, and was carrying his re-
volver in his hand when it exploded,
accidentally, the ball taking effect
below the knee cap and penetrated
downward. The ball had not been
taken out at last accounts.
A DEAD beat tramp printer appeared
in the ADVOCATE office the other
day and asked for Il few days work
Being in need of hand we set him to
work; we soon found out that work
was not troubling him, half as much
as whiskey. We loaned him 10 cents
and he went on his way rejoicing.
He is curly-haired tramp, an adept
at drinking whiskey, and about forty
two years of age.
TIE whole number of visitors to the
Centennial Exposition on the Fourth
ofJuly was only Sc, ,224, of whom 49,
200 were paying persons. On JTed-
ncsday, the 5th, 10000 persons visited
the grounds, of whom 57,71l paid the
admission for. The counter attrac-
tons of the Fourth, together with the
great !, cot, had much TO do with the
comparatively slim attendance on that
day.
Attorney General Lear has recently
rendered decision as to the power
of supervisors and school directors to
levy taxes. He holds that they may
levy tax on money that is at inter-
est, and they can tax real and per-
sOnal estate. The latter includes
money that is at interest. Their limit
of taxation is one dollar to the hum
dred. They can tax anthing which
the county may, and can levy tax to
any amount not exceeding the State
and county tax together
The wonderful progress of agricul-
ture in the West during the last
quarter of Il century may be gathered
from the fact that Minnesota, accord
ing to reliable statistics, where in 1850
only 3,O32 acres were under cu1tiva-
ton, and the production was 400
bushels of wheat, 6,000 of corn and
l6, 900 of oats, there were in 1873 2,S16,-
4l3, acres under cultivation, and the
products aggregated 81 ,675 900, bushels
of wheat, 1915, 900 bushels of oats
and $50 0,000 bushels of corn.
THE Warren Ledge says there is one
feature about the Warren oil field upon
which we have nOtspOllen. 1t is this:
There are hundreds of oil men coming
and going, and nearly all are men of
business qualities and regulations.
They are among the most intelligent
in all the oil regions. Each oil centre
has its representative men here. Ii
tusville, Tidioute, Clarion, Oil City,
Petrolia, Butler county, and other
places have here their representative
men-men of wealth and honor.
How TO KILL BUGS.-A subscriber
sends us an infallible remedy for the
determination of bugs, ants and all
kinds of pestiferious vermin: 1t is
simply to dissolve pound of alum in
two quarts of water, and while boiling
hot apply it we'll with brush to every
joint, crevice, crack, or seam in the
closets, bedsteads, pantries, or other
places supposed to be infected. TO
fully prevent existence or appearance
of vermin, brush the crevices of the
floor, castings of the windows and doors
and the mop-boards freely, and the
gratuitous benefactor guarantees there
will be no further trouble. Try it.
ALL ABOUT A BUNG HoLE.-Some
of the newspapers are astonished at a
horse pulling the plug out of bung
hole of barrel for the purpose of slak.
ing his thirst. Now if the horse had
pulled the barrel out of the bunghole
and slaked his thirst with the plug, or
if the barrel had pulled the bunghole
out of the horse and slaked its thirst
with the plug, or if the barrel had pull
ed the bunghole out of the plug and
slaked It's thirst with the horse, or if
the plug had pulled the horse out of the
barrel and slaked its thirst with the
bunghole, or if the bunghole had pull
ed the thirst out of the horse and slak-
ed the plug with the barrel, or if the
barrel had pulled the horse out of the
bunghole and plugged its thirst with
the slake, it might be worth while to
make q fuss about it.