The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-23
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BY allmeans letus heveWater works
"BANTAMn. gives his readers 500
worth-of dead head advertising.
OUR exchanges report heavy snow
storms throughout the country.
Garden planting has been postponed
for the present. ,s.. .,
THE Republican State Convention
will meet on Wednesday Of nextweek
POTATOES, are selling here for tC
cents a bushel.
Eeas are selling for 25 cents q
dozen.
JOHN LAMB, residing near Boot Jack,
died yesterday morning, at about four
o'clock of hemorrhage of the lungs,
aged about forty years. =, ...
"BANTAM" while acknowledged on
all sides to be a failure as an editor
would make good,rag-man were not
his legs too crooked.
PROPERTY holders awake to yourin
terests and heforeit is too late take &C.
ton to have your property protected
from fire.
MILLER has gone into the "pop"
business, and as Sam Weller would
say. "werry small bees he isl "Popn
the question "Ban tam" and see how
you make out.
COMPANY II. has received it's appro-
priation of $500 for the year 1875 1t is
expected that the 500 for armory rent
will be received this week. These
amounts will place the company on
fair financial footing. s..
Some folks immagine us to be rich
because we occasionally have on re-
spectacle suit of clothes But we as
sure all so misled that we are not rich
and as Frank Dill says we haven't seen
a 81 90 bill since Dickinson dug his
race.
"BANTAIn MILLER in the last Dish-
,Coter ID. squeaketh at us and pops
his little pOp-gun, really "Bantam"
you get weaker and weaker with the
issue of each aOeakly sheet, pretty soon
there will be nothing left of you but
your spit curls and your majestic mus
tache, WELL, well, whatever remains
we will see carefully Inferred.
Snow has fell here for two or three
days and now we have genuine win
ter; cold enough to satisfy most any
one and with good run Of sleighing
which makes the heart of the lumber
man and tanner rejoice. The ice house
owners arc also feeling very joyful and
all in all the snow storm is great
benefit to the community.
WE publish in another column the
act requiring disqualification of town.
ship and borough accounts. 1t may
save our local authorities trouble to
pay some attention to it. Last year our
Auditors jim ::ssdirect .confiict;swith the
law had their statements written.
Their action at the time was conceded
to be a "penny wise and pound foolish"
affhir. Now that the law fixes the
duties of the township sand borough
authorities there need be no excuse
for not acting in accordance there
with.
"BANTAM",in one of this ,''popsn i'll
the Dish,Oater Democrat of last week,
lies slightly about. us, but as be is a
Democrat we freely forgive him; hesaid
We were in the rag business, but that
is not so, we had occasion to move some
old papers and that is what he was
aiming his pop-gun at, we don't think
the occurrence of any Importance to the
public, but it was sufficient to open anew
field for the gigantic intellect and
trenchant wit of "Bantamn to operate
on. "Pop" again ''Bantam" and see If
you can't tell the truth by accident.
THERE is some talk we are informed,
of having water works erected to sup
ply this place with water and for bet
ter protection against the ravages of
the fire fiend. Insurance is now
only effected st 5 and 6 per cent. on
the fatal row on the north side of Main
street and as there will be several new
erected on that side this sum-
mer the rates of insurance will still
further increase. There is an abun.
dance of water above Rough and
Ready, on Gallager's run. with fall suf-
ficient to throw water through hose,
to hydrant, 100 feet above
any building on the street. 1t is to be
hoped that the project will assume
definite shape, before the baptism
of fire shall have taught us another
lesson.