The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-10
STATE NOTES.

inside arrangement. He says he
thinks he will be able to see his barn
in about two weeks.
The Moravian Seminary at Bethle-
hem. has been in existence 81 years,
and in that time had 6,772 pupils.
This institution is at present in
hourishing condition.
Thursday Mr.. John It. Spencer
killed a rattlesnake on Bean Farm,
near Titusville, which measured eight
feet and three inches in length, and
sported nineteen rattles. The reptile
was undoubtedly an old settler.
We learn, from the LeUisto,Un Ga
zette, that a number of trout caught in
the mountain streams thereabout last
week proved to be unfit for eating,
being full of red worm which is
frequently found under the skin.
The water louise is also said to be un-
usually destructive this year.
Messrs. Jones & Brinker, of Fair
mount, Clarion county, have received
the contract to furnish $50, 200 brick,
to be used in finishing the Summit
tunnel, on the Low Grade Railroad,
in Huston township, this county. Mr..
Geo. b. Dougherty, of Kittanning,
will superintend the manufacture of
the brick.-Cyed'Teld Republican.
Warren is iubilant over the pro-
posed completion of the Rochester 6
State Line Railroad. The Mail says
the road is to be completed by Mr.. II.
A. Taylor, of New York, Colonel j.
Condit Smith having thrown up his
contract. The contract is nearly the
same as that made with Mr.. Smith,
and requires the road to be finished to
Salamanca by January l, 1877. Work
will probably be commenced on it
soon.
District Attorney Miliken, of Hol-
lidaysburg, and Alderman Poffenber-
ger and Levi Knott, of Altoona, have
all been arrested for receiving money
from Mrs. Thos. Hicks, of Altoona, in
settlement of a whiskey case which
they had no legal right to settle.
They were held in $1,000 bail each to
answer the charge at Court. Milliken
is also under 500 bond to answer a
similar charge preferred against him
by Alex. Mock.
A singular accident occurred in Su-
gar Valley last week to the daughter
of Mr.. Jacob Keister. The facts, as
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storm last week, while the young
lady was seated at sewing machine,
a strok of lightning occurred. and she
was so stunned that she did not en-
tirely recover for at least twenty-four
hours thereafter. The strange feature
of the occurrence is. that there is no
evidence of the lighting having struck
anywhefe in the vicinity. Hd-
zen Democrat
We have not been quite so fortunate
as some of our neighbors. During a
recent visit to Lancaster county, we
learned that that section has been
visited by repeated fine showers,
greatly to the advantage of vegetation,
and the replenishing of streams and
springs. The corn in that county
looks very fine and promises a good
yield. The tobacco crop is looking eN-
ceedingly well, and there seems to be a
larger acreage than usual planted.
Lancaster county is rapidly becoming
noted for its fine tobacco, and from
present appearances this years crop
will be large and fine one.-NOrriS-
toton Lndepend0nt.
Statement showing the number of
voters in each township and borough
in Potter county, as returned by the
assessors for 1876: Abbott township,
lO1; Allegany township, 163; Bingham
township 2O6; Clara township Sc;
Coudersport, borough, l64; Eula!ia
township, lO5; Genesee township, 1888;
Harrison township, 25S; Hebron town
ship, 1856; Hector township, S9l;
Homer township 40; O;Keating township,
30; Lewisville borough, IS; Oswayo
township, 153; Pike township, 81;
Pleasant Valley township 81; Portage
township, %; Roulet township, 1853;
Sharon township, l5S; Stewardson
township, Al; Summit township, 3S;
Sweden township, lOS Sylvania town
ship, 5S; Ulysses township, 24S. West
Branch township, 10; Wharton town.
ship, 50. Total, 3,O35.
The Oil City Derrick is responsible
for the following:
A young man named Smith, who
oi1iciated as sort of preacher at
Cochranton last year, was tried at
Meadville last Friday on charge of
tornication and bastardy, preferred by
q young lady whom he basely scduced
aud deserted. A child was born dur
ing the winter, but it has since died.
Smith betook himself to other pas
lures, and was finally arrested in Erie
last week. The matter has excited
much indignant notice around Coch-
ranton, more particularly as it is one
of the incidentals growing out of the
protracted meetings that so greatly
aroused the community sixteen
months ago.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Aug. 3.-This
city was electrified this morning by
the announcement that Thomas ID.
Conyngham, son of the late Judge
Conyngham, and of the most respect
able connections, had committed f0l
geries amounting in the aggregate tc
500, $50. The rumOr was found to be
true, and as the perpetrator of the
crime left the city yesterday it is sup
posed he has fed. The forged paper
is said to have been distributed in the
banks of this city, Pottsville, Phila-
delphia, and other places. The
Second National Bank of this city is
reported loser to the extent of S75,.
900. 1t is said that his relatives pro
pose to settle the matter, and great
pains were taken to suppress the facts
Rumor said last night that steps hav,
been taken for Conyngham's arrest
The disastrous affair was brought
about by unfortunate investments il
coal and iron property, and heavy anC
|. unlucky Wall street speculations.
The Oxford Press says the impress
ion has generally prevailed that th'
depth of the Susquenanna river a
McCalPs Ferry has never been ascer
tanned, and some even assert that tn,
river is bottomless at that point. Thi
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