The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-02
G. ". Gillis has moved to Kane.

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We had slight fall OF snow here OH
Monday. fH
Last Tuesday was wintery day the
ground being covered With snow.
DR.. ]. ID. Fullerton has moved into
G. V. Gillis' house on Main street.
The fun still continues at the post
Office, new victims being daily added
to the list.
Company HIS dance on Washing
toms birthday was q suceess finan-
cially:
The Ladies' Parochial Society came
out considerably ahead at the supper
at the Hyde House on.the evening of
the 22d of February. .H
The ice business vas Thty brisk last
Friday and Saturday, Some of the
owners of ice houses worked all night
Friday night. The ice harvested was
of inferior quality and only about
four inches thick.
There are indications that the lum-
Der market will improve rapidly.
There seems to be q growing demand
for lumber, while the aiiiOunt of lum-
Der manufactured the past winter is
smaller than for several yesrs past,
Hereafter ali alien may declare his
intention to become II citizen of the
United States before the clerk of any
Circuit, District, or Supleme Court of
the Territories, ofa court bfrecord hav-
ing coinmon law jurisdiction.
jerome Powell Esq, VII commence
the erection of building. bi his State
road farm, kiicwn formerly as the j.
Cardott lot. We understand Mr..
Powell cohtemplates going into the
dairy business. Mr.. john Kline is
going to live on the pl,re and super
intend Tie work. Mr.. Powell has
also bought six lots from W.. J. Cole
grove, near the Clarion river, and at
present worthless land, which he
| inteiids to drain and turninto a pasture
AS illustrating the c,reldssness of
people geherally III business matters;
| it is related that one of the men IN
authority in a Philadelphia trust-de-
posit company says he would be glad
to be allowed to give one hundred
| thousand dollars to the company an
nually to be entitled to I'll the sweep
ings of the fioor-in dther words, to
have for his own the precious papers,
stocks, coupons, &C., the depositors
| leave on the floor.
Tuesday is much favored by holi-
days in the present year. Four of the
legal holidays fall on that day of the
week, namely Washington Birthday,
Decoration Day. the Fourth of July,
and of course, Election Day, 1t is a
somewhat rare occurrence for four
holidays to have the same week day
in year; it happened last in 1872.
when Thursday was the favored day,
Thanksgiving Day being one of the
four. 1t will not again happen dur
ing this century.
The Republican County Committee
met at the Post Office on Tuesday last,
and appointed James H. Hagerty Rep
resentative Delegate to the Republi-
can State Convention: H. H. Wen
sci, U. w. Rogers, and J. o: w,
Bailey were appointed conferees to
meet the other counties in the district
at some place, yet to be named, for
the purpose of selecting person as
! Senatorial Delegate to the State Con-
vention. The Senatorial District is
composed of Cameron, Clarion, Forest
and Elk counties.
That Governor Hartranft will be the
candidate of the Pennsylvania delega-
ton in the Republican National Con-
vention for President of the United
States there can be no doubt, since
nearly every county that has thus far
chosen its delegates to the Convention
has instructed Tor him. The Governor
IS decidedly popular throughout the
State, and has been 80 good an execu-
tive officer that the people seem anxi-
Gus to see him promoted still higher.
Pittsburgh Ielegrdph,
THE REPUBLIC Magazine, for March,
now in its sixth volume, has been re-
ceired This sterling Republican
monthly has done noble service in the
past, and promises even better work
for the future. To all citizens who de-
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political topics of the day it is indispen.
| sable. Its low price, $500 year,
brings it within the reach of all. 1t
deserves a wide circulation, and we
commend it to our readerS as well
worthy their support. Among the
articles in the present number we note:
"What Must be Done in the Crisis?"
Summary of Field Work of the
Hayden Geological Survey" "The
Result of False Ideas of fGovernment;"
Treasury Bookkeeping" "What is
the Government of the United
States;" Notes on European Travel;'
"Wotk of the Forty-fourth Congress-
Address Republic Publishing Com
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After the first proximo the express
charges paid heretofore by the Treas
ury Department upon greenbacks and
fractional currency sent to Washing,