The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-21
General Notes.


91,SG1.
Major Reno with his regiment, and Major
Moore, with a battalion are after the SiouG
eighty five milns ABOVE Fort Buford.
In the Babcock trial in the Washington
Criminal Court jury was empanneled,
consisting of niue white and three colored
persons.
An endeavor TO have John D Lee, the in
stigator of the Mountain Meadows massacre
discharged was made in Salt Lake City but
failed.
1t is asserted that the Car has given
Prince Milan three millions of robbles and
that a large body OF Cossacks are ready to
enter Servia by way of Roumania.
The Bangor Whig says Of the Maine VIC
tory: alt Is compile e beyond all our ex.
pectations, end comprehends every element
of political triumph"
The steamer Rebecca Clyde, bound from
Z" ilmington, N Z. to Baltimore was driven
ashore at Portsmouth, N. G., by southeast
gale of 18th instant. Twelve lives were
lost.
Owing TO the failure of the contractors to
provide the explosive material at the time
sgreed upon the grand He'll Gate explosion
has been prosponed until Sunday morning
the oath inst
In the suit of Moulton VS.. Beecher for
malicious prosecution the defendants
counsel has obtained from Judge Westbrook
of the Supreme Court of New York, an ex-
tension OF twenty days to answer.
The Legislature of Maine will stand
!IOuse-l20 Republicans, 81 Democrats
oenate-29 Republicans, 2 Democrats
The Republicans, gain thirty-one in the
House and nine in the Senate.
The New Jersey Republican State Com
mittee announces as their speakers Messrs.
BrisIow, Blaine, Hale and Frye: Genertls
| Harrison, (of lndlana) Cumback, Banks
and Hartman; Professor Seelye and Gov.
ernor Noyes.
The placing of the ~ per cent is pro-
crossing rs satisfactorily since the close of
| he subscription lists that the syndicate
expect to make further demand upon the
| Treasury this week for a fourth call of SO
| O00, 900.
The Northfcld MINI. bank robbers are
still free. S400 has been subscribed for the
widow OF Haywood, the cashier who was
killed, and circulars asking Il pecunIary
|
sent to banks throughout the county.
The apple crop in Connecticut this year
is said to be immense. Trees altogether
neglected, in pastures and along the road
side, are heavily laden with the fruit.
A farmer gives his experience, by which
| 1t seems that he made 80 per cent. profit
raising sheep, while he made 10 per cent
profit in six nonths from his poultry.
An old gentleman at Hackettstowh, n,
recently was attacked by vicious bull
The infuriated animal knocked him down
and butted hun 50 severely that he died
| from mis- inj juries few hours latter.
A California paper recommends char
coal for fatteLiug turkeys, and says that il
should be pulverlzed and mixed with
mashed potatoes and corn meal as well q:
led to them in small Jumps.
Mr.. George NJ. Drake Republican candi.
date for Congress in the Third district Of
Tennessee, dsclaims the military title given
him by the Democrats. He was merely
private IN the rebel army, and claims t,
have been good one.
In Bangor, Saturday night Democrati,
torchlight procession was advertised t
parade the streets till midnight, givin,
welcome to the Harvest Moon, which will
then be sailing up the skies in all he
autumn glory Between poetic genius
like this and a still hunt the Republican
majority ran up to 1000.
Our Democratic papers will be pleased t.
learn that their anxiety for Mr.. Shurz i
groundess. He will not be shelved, bu
will continue i'll the field; he has had n
disagreement with any member of the Ma
tionl Republican Committee, and h
cherishes Il cheerful confidence in a Repub
lican victory in Indiana and Oho-all o
which the New York Times states by au
thority.
Governor Hendricks, who opened tn
campaign with n speech at least respecta
BILE, If not convincing, appears to hay
fallen from grace. Taking advantage of the
fact that the papers are not sufficiently in
terested to report him, he is SAID to hav
taken up the weapons of the politician Q
low grade-misrepresentati aud abuse
His canvass is exciteing very little interest
even among his partizans.
The amount of grain carried ove- tn
Wabash Railroad during August was tn
largest ever known in the history of tn
road, an average OF 200 carload of graf
being received daily at the elevators j
toledo The total number of cars during th
mounth was 5000 measuring about "a mile
In length, and carrying 2, l0O, 900 bush ell
grain-the estimated production of 81, 90
acres-valued at 81 ,OOS,O0O.
Harrisburg Sept. 12.-The Governor tc
day issued a proclamation recommendiu
the citizens of Pennsylvania and descel
dants of Pennsylvanians residing abroa
TO observe Thursday, September 2Sth, 1871
as holiday, and that they assemble
Philadelphia on that day to take part
the ceremonies and assist in making the da
memorable in the annals of the Common
wealth. The day selected will be the al
n;versary of the adoption of the first col
stilution ofPennsylvauia. of
. A singular instance of an affection Ell
tertaned by morse for another appea
among The trotting horses at the Lawrenc
Riding Park. A bay gelding, owned by
b Gilman, Of Brooklyn, n. T., when {
colt, was pastured with a gray horse, fl
u whom the colt conceived such an etfectiC
that it has been impossible to separa
- them. He will not eat unless the old hor
| now nearly 20 years old, eats at the san
n time and he cannot be removed from
d stall unless the old horse is led out wi
him.
# In Philadelphia Sunday considerat
:, damage was done by a heavy storm whi
II prevailed all day. Portions of the roofs
y the Main Exhibition buIliins aud NJ
o chinery Hall were blown away, and inju
IS was done TO many of the exhibits. Ame
can and Engsish exhi bits suffered mo
n Several others of the smaller buildin
Ie within the grounds were scmewl