The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-07-20
STATE NOTES.

at Bellefonte is set down at 100000,
The Pennsylvania State building on
the Centennial grounds has been COM
plctcd, and now offers free accommo-
dation to all visitors from the State
who wish to rest themselves after eX-
amining the Exhibition.
The lumber shipments from Lock
Haven for week ending July 9Th were
$4,000 feet. The total shipments for
the year were IA, 100, 900 feet, decrease
of $4,000 from the shipments for the
corresponding time last year,
A lad named Jewett Bair, accident
ally shot himself at Rebersburg,
Centre county, on the oath ult., while
handling a pistol. Young Bair was
in the 18th year of his age, and is said
to have been promising young man.
His death has cast gloom over
Rebersburg and vicinity.
Harrisburg, July 14.-Gov. Hart
ranft to-day issued the warrant for
the execution on Thursday, the 7th
day of September next, of Wm. Green,
convicted in Allegheny county on
the 9th day of December, 1875, of the
murder of Samuel Marshall, and SEN
fenced July 8, 1875, to be hanged
The Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron company announce that
there will be an advance of fifteen
cents per ton on all sizes of coal for
the month of August; and an absolute
suspension of all production of coal
in the anthracite region will take
place in each alternate week during
the month of July, commencing the
Sd day of July,
A few minutes gale of wind and
rain visited Warren last Wednesday,
and made its mark quite plainly
Chimneys were blown down, and
shade trees destroyed in a number of
places. The creek wire bridge was
blown into the water-the anchor on
the Warren side giving way. Warren
has not had such a short and sweet
wind storm for several years. Warren
Mail.
A cannon with which a salute was
being fired at Tioga, last Tuesday
morning, burst at the thirteenth dis
charge, and a piece weighing some
thing over one hundred pounds was
hurled high in the air and came down
through the roof and upper floor of a
building, badly demoralizing large
rocking chair on the lower floor, but
fortunately injuring nobody Wells
bOro AgitdtOr.
PITTSBURGH, July 14.-At Freedom
Pa, rain storm occurred yesterday
which did great damage. Crows run,
which empties into the Ohio at this
point, was swollen to river in size
and the houses all along its banks
were flooded, and a house, owned and
occupied by Thomas Lightlill was
swept away. Mrs. Lightnill and her
four children, who We're in the house,
were all drowned.
With reference to the change in
Postmasters at Erie, the Dispatch
(Republican) of that city says: "The
appointment of Mr.. Walker is justified
by just as many reasons as the removal
of Mr.. Cara and no more. We have
no quarrel with Mr.. Walker, but
simply desire to say that his accession
to the Office is the result of an un-
worthy combination which is sub
versive of the first principles of a pure
public service
During the storm on Monday last, a
young man named Moore, son of
james Moore, residing near the second
toll-gate, between Strattanville, and
Corsica, was struck by lightning and
killed. The young man was plOwing
in a cOrnfield, near the house, when
the storm came up. He was mhitch
ing his horse, intending to seek shell
ter, when the dread bolt struck him,
killing both man and horse. He was
young man aged about twenty years,
highly esteemed, and the afflicted
family have our sincere sympathy
Clarion Republican.
The amount of tax levied in this
Borough for 1876, from all sources,
shows reduction of over $500. 90
compared with the preceding year
The School and Building Taxes are
reduced over $2200.00, the County and
State Tax about Sl300.00, while the
Water, Borough, and Poor Taxes re-
main same as last year. The assessed
valuation of property being much
lower than heretofore, the number of
mills fixed by the different branches
of our local government cannot be
compared with the old assessed valua-
ton. The number of mills this year
is six more than last, but the aggregate
reduction, as shown above, is over
$500. 00.-RcnOUO Record.
a German, whose name our inform
ant could not give, and who lives two
miles south of Harbor Creek was
seriously bitten in the abdomen by a
vicious hog he was attempting to
drive out of field last Saturday. The
beast became enraged at being forced
along, and turning suddenly jumped
on the man, knocking him down and
inflicting dangerous wound in the
lower part of the abdomen. AS the
man had worked his horses hard that
day, he bound up the injured parts as
fast as he could, walked to this city
and had the wound scientifically
dressed by asurgeon. He then walked
back to his home.-Erje Dispatch,
A rumor reached us of the commits
sion of terrible murder, few days
ago, near Orangeville, in Mercer county
though the name of the victim was
not learned. A young lady school
teacher who had occasion to go to her
school-house at an early hour in the
morning to write copies for her pupils,
was, while writing, caught by three
men, who in turn outraged her. cut
her tongue out of her head TO prevent
her telling, and left her lying on the
floor. She dragged herself to the black
board to write the affair out upon it,
and was found dead by the pupils. By
means of the information on the black
board vigorous pursuit was instituted
and all three of the miScreants were
captured before they reached their
homes, though less than three miles
from the scene of outrage.-PittSbWgh
Gazette, Sth inst.
1t is said that the Buffalo, Warren
& MahOning Railroad Company have
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