The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-18
Glk Adrorate.
THURSDAY, OCT. II, 1877.
Notes.

w EST END STORE.
The roads are muddy, and travel
thereby made unpleasant
-Wo publish the trial list for No
vember term of court this week.
james Singleton will open an oys-
ter saloon in Holes little store room.
Il. l.. Powers has moved into the
rear of III. :. Thaycr's building ut the
corner of Mill and Main Streets.
w. II. Ostcrhout has put up foot
bridge across the Elk creek on the
Ostcrhout road.
The little house owned by M. T..
Lesser and next his blacksmith shop
looks we'll since receiving II coat of
paint.
b LamorcauX has moved into ID.
ID. Cooks building on Main Street
He will start II jewelry store.
-Messrs Flynn and Maloney are
busy finishing Doctor Earlcy's vault
in the Ridgway cemetery.
business must be improving as we
notice three new business places open
ing up in Ridgway.
Mrs. Paine is having her house
painted white, and the blinds green.
This will be decided improvement.
"A new hardware store in the
DeDtocrm (?) building, Frank Settle
proprietor, and w. S. Service mana
ger.
j. X. Whitmore has moved into the
Cummings house at the Eagle Valley
Mill. Rev. Mr.. Gillet has move into
J.l[. Whitmore's house.
-Rey. w. II. Swartz has returned
from conference and will hold regular
services in the Methodist church each
Sunday, morning and evening.
Will Derby and John M'Cready
are going to open up an oyster and
beer saloon in the basement of the
Democrat (?) building.
e. Church next Wednesday ano
Thursday evenings for the benefit o
Rev. W. IL. Swar:z. Don't fail to at
tend.
These cool nights make us think
of putting on our oNer-coats. Also
remember that the place to get new
one is at the Merchant Tailoring Es
tablishmcnt of James NJ Aiee.
Pete CGnver the editor of the For
est Press has been sued for libel, witt
damages laid at $4,000, And thi:
with all the other trials to which al
editor is subjected.
The Republicans of Elk county
will vote for ID. G. Oyster for Sheriff al
most to unit while scores of Demo
Gratis, sick of the strife in their OWL
party, will flock to his standard.
1t is exceedingly strange to sec the
very men who We're most persistent il
getting Mr. Oyster to withdraw las
fall, now using his withdrawal as ;
weapon 10 defeat him this fall.
Our wasp wasted contemporary 0
the Democrat devoted three items las
week to urging, the claims of kim'
against Oyster Pitch in Eugene, N
danger of electing him ii you giv'
| him more space.
Father Maher has bought six acre
OF ground from Mrs. }. c. Houk, al
joining the Ridgway cemetery, on th'
upper side, for Catholic cemetery
Our Catholic friends have heretofor
buried their dead either at st. Mary
or Ccutrevillc.
The glass in the transom at the Ell
trance to Hyde's Hall was broken b.
the wind suddenly blowing the doc
shut, last week. The side containin:
the word "Hyde's' was entirely de
molishcd.
The Kelley Bros formerly of tn
Thayer House, this place, have pur
chased and are refitting and refurnish
ing the Wachtel House, st. Marys
which will hereafter be known as tn
Reiley House.
Mrs. Lizzie Spafford of st. Mary's
a highly cultured and accomplished
lady, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Garner, died at the residence of he
husband, on Oct. Sth, under very dis
tressing circumstances, she havin!
given birth to child but short tim
before she expired
There was an election in Ohio las
week, and the Democrats carried tn
State by from %, 900 TO 80, 600 majority
and now have n majority in the Stat
Legislature, thus securing Demo
cratic u. S. Senator in place of Stanle,
Mathews, Republican. The vote wa
10000 less than last year.
IS. A. Olmstead has had well pu
down on his property corner of Centr
and East Streets. Dan Scribne
has had the old well on the old Burn
place, cleaned out and put dow
deeper. Tom Noon has had the we
on his place on South Street sun
deeper. John Mann, is the man, VIII
sunk the wells, and he says the pas
season has been the best for diggin
wells, on account of the long dry spell
amy within his recollection.
-Oneand one-half miles this side