The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-07-27
STATE NOTES.

Paper balloons, with fire attached,
are not allowed to be sent in the air at
Lebanon. 1t costs $5 to indulge i'm an
ascension.
According to report complied by
| the Oil City Derrick, the total number
of iron tanks in the oil region is 4S4
with total capacity of 6,2'7,789 bar
| rels.
An old Philadelphia negro was paid
his wages in silver half dollars; he
gazed benignly upon them as they lay
in his palm, grinned as though in
triumph, and the exclaimed: 'Dat's
de stuff de rats can't chew"
Philadelphia, July 24.-The cupola
on the roof of the Western Union
Telegraph building i'm this city, which
was used for the reception and pro-
lection of the wires running to the
structure, was destroyed by fire about
one O'Clock this morning, interrupting
telegraphic communication with this
city by that. line. Fortunately the
flames were confined to the rooi, and
the loss, including that by water, will
| not exceed two hundred dollars.
The Distributing Committee of the
Osceola Relief Fund have made their
final report. 1t shows that the total
amount of subscriptions received in
cash was $12, 729 10. The amount dis
tributed in cash to sufferers $6, .US,
and for lumber, labor, merchandise,
etc., So, 6,652,Q3. leaving in the hands of
the committee $166,59, which, after
paying for the printing of the report,
School Board for the benefit of the
Common Schools.
The trial of Hugh Mcclellan, James
Carroll, James Roarty and James
Boyle, charged with the murder of +.
b. Iost, has been in progress at Potts.
viii. The Commonwealth, which has
presented strong case, closed on
wednesday. The trial will probably
be finished on Saturday. The chief
witnesses for the Commonwealth were
James Kerrigan and James McParlan.
Thomas Duly, one of the prisoners,
elected to be tried separately, and he
will be brought before court at the
next term. The excitement in Potts
vile over the trial is intense.
The hearing of Clement Skiles and
John Hershberger, atlas Mumma,
charged with the murder of Jacob
Weller. near Stony Hill, Brecknock
township, on Monday, June II, took
place at the office of Moses Holiinger,
Esq, justice of the peace, Churchtown,
Lancaster county. Eleven Witnesses
were examined, a large number of
others subpenaed having been passed
by on account of the excessive heat,
and the belief by the commonwealth
that enough had been elected to war
rant the committal of the accused, to
al ~ LoT,
A woman who has stand in the
Allegheny market took off her gold
ring the other day to wash her hands.
She placed the ring in a half peck
measure, and when customer came
along moment later to buy some
potatoes, she forgot the ring, and used
the measure without taking it out,
thus losing her jewelry. There are
fabulous stories in ancient history
about gold rings by the half bushel,
but we believe it is not a common
thing to sell them in that way in the
Allegheny market.-Iftts6urgh Zeie-
graph.
On Thursday night of last week,
bear Killed two sheep for Charles
Wyckoff, of Sylvania, near his barn,
One of the sheep or what was left of it.
was used for bait, and two traps were
set in such manner that is was sup
posed that it was impossible for bruin
to ge ia meal without getting SPRING
steel hug, but the bear was too cum
Mug, escaped the trap and carried off
the sheep. a spring gun was set by
the other sheep. A wounded dog was
the result. The bear is supposed to be
the SAME one that killed eight of Mr..
Wykof7s sheep last year.-Potter En-
tef3)riSe.
1t is proved by practical experience
III all large towns that the actual
population bears constant rotio to
the number ofvOting citizens, and the
computation of population is a plob-
lem which can be very easily solved.
The proportion of inhabitants to votes
is about to l, and the census of this
city taken in 1870 and in 1873 shows
that this rule applies to Erie practi-
caliy without any variation. On that
basis our population must now be very
near twenty-nine thousand. The
number of votes shown in the regis
try recently completed is 1906 Multi
plying this by we have 2S, $50, as the
approximate number of inhabitants
now in the city.-Erie Dispatch.
We learn from the Lock Haven
Democrat that the barn of David Alli-
son, in Porter township; Clinton
county, was struck by lightning on
Saturay afternoon, the lst inst, and
destroyed. He had just put in twenty
two loads of hay, which, together with
a horse belonging to VIM. Beck, 100
bushels of oats, 70 of rye, 25 of wheat.
lS hams and lot of other meat, a calf,
buggy, lot of harness, and farm imple-
ments, was consumed. A number of
horses were taken out. There were
lighting rods on each end of the barn,
but the lightning that caused the con-
hagation struck q straw shed some
forty or fifty feet away from the barn.
Insurance on the barn and contents,
$4,000.
Thursday the property of the Lam
caster watch company, including real
estate, machinery and personal prop
eIty, were sold by Samuel Hess & Son,
auctioneers, for the benefit of the cred
tors. The real estate and machinery
which cost about $4,000, We're
Knocked down to DR.. Carpenter, for
81 goo. The personal property brought
about 5000, DIR. Carpenter becoming
the purhaser of it.
The purchase is made in the interest
of the stockholders and with the CO.
operation of some of the heaviest. 1t
is proposed to at once revive the busi-
ness and men have already been set to
work getting the machinery in order.
All the stockholders will have an op-
portunity to share in the new manage
ment if they avail themselves of il
promptly.-Intetiigencer.