The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-01-06
Snow storm to-day
Mud adorns our streets.
This il the Centennial Year.

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This is not much of year for sleigh
riding.
Squire Bailey looks down his nose
now because marriages are so scarce.
Coal dealers are out of bumor with
this weather.
Jack frost has made his appearance
again in this region.
"Old Probabilities" has knocked the
calculation out Of our weather prophets.
Company II paraded the streets on
New Years Day.
Go to the ADVOCATE Office for fine
job work.
The Auditors Settlement will be
published during the month Of Febru.
ary.
Try the ADVOCATE this year. A
few dollars spent for a county paper is
a profitable investment.
There will be a Triennial Assessor
and two assistants elected at the Spring
election.
The boys now have to wait until the
girls ak them. Its leap year you
know.
Jacob McCauley, the new County
Treasurer will have bis office 10 the
Court House in The room once occupied
by the ADVOCATE Office.
SPECIAL NcTIcE- Iuasmuch as this
is the Centennial Year, and moreover
ye quill driver Of yc ancient nevspa per.
yclept ADVOCATE, is sadly in need of
funds to purchase some of the uecrssar-
les of life, and withal to pay for some
that he has already, and as has also
other expenses and little money, we
would suggest to the said editors mum
erous patrons to think if they have not
a stray dollar or two belonging, not to
themselves which they might send to
the rigttful owner the said patient
editor. In other words pay up that we
may pay our debts, The present vol.
ume will end on March lst and We
hope all delinqueuts will square their
accounts by that time.
LET 1T BE RECoRDED--The 6rss of
January came this year pleasant and
delightful. At midnight the roaring OF
the gudgeon and ringing of bells made
night hideous. We awoke and imag.
iued it to be the fourth of July. No
snow was on the ground and mud
reigned supreme in our streets. While
We are basking ia warm sunshine and
summer weather we are told that in
more southern latitudes snow and ice
abound where the like has never been
known before. Is it possible that our
Centennial year will witness complete
turn about in the climates of the uni.
verse. At present writing we have had
four beautiful summer days in the
month OF January. P. S.-We may
change our miud about this weather
business in our next issue.
COMMISSIONERS CLERK-Ou Mon
day aud on Tuesday the new Board Of
County Commissioners were puzzled as
to who should be their clerk for the eu-
suing year.
The following names were proposed,
Goo. Ed. Weis, James Rogan. and L.
ii Garner, of St. Marys; c. S. Luther,
'f Fox; j D Fullerton. w. S. Horton,
NJ. s. Kline, X Whtmore, and
Henry A Parsons Jr of Ridgway. Geo
Ed Weis of St Marys seemed at first to
be the successful applicant, until the
question of salary was raised when be
ieclined, (or his friends for him J to
axe less than $3.50. The Commission.
RS had already decided not to give
more thao $500 to any man. A com.
promise was foally affected by the Com
nissioners agreeing to give the Office to
Democrat the first year, = Republican
be second and a Democrat the third
With this understanding w. s. Hor.
on Was chosen as the Democrat candi-
late Tor the first year at q salary Of
400. Mr.. Horton is at preseor
Deputy Prothonotary, and is every way
ualiied to perform tie important
uties of Commissioners Clerk. We
Iish him success.
Heretofore the salary of Commission
es' Clerk has been $500 a year, and
We think the new board of Commission
RS are to be congratulated on saving
he county S4OO q year. We believe
hat retrenchment will now be the or.
er Of the day, as it should be, and we
,sy hone, ere the three wears for which