The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-12-06
Glk Adrutate.
THURSDAY, DEC. 9, 1877.
Notes.

days rest.
Try the Pared Peaches at the
West End Store.
Neat note-heads printed cheaply
at the ADVOCATE office.
Shipping tags, with or without
strings, at the ADVOCATE office.
Mote paper and envelopes at this
office. A sheet of paper and an en-
velop for cent.
John G.. Hall has been confined
to the house since the November term
of court.
Jerry Thompson was kicked on
the wrist by one of Paine's horses
yesterday.
The ADVOCATE office has the
credit of turning out first-class work
in the job printing line.
Mack Kline is improving, and the
chances now are that he will recover
from his unfortunate accident.
The Butler county sheriff case
will be argued on its merits before the
January term of the Supreme Court.
Oyster, Kline and Burke men buy
their Stoves and Tin Ware at 40 Main
Street.
Two marriage notices in this is
sue, You see, the cold weather brinUs
'em to it.
John r. Kline is now night watch
man in Hyde's new mammoth build
ing.
Our Bread Customers will be graft
fed to know that we have made ar
rangements for q permanent supply
at the West End Store.
Services in the Lutheran church
next Sunday, German IN the morning
and English in the evening. A cor
dial invitation is extended to all.
THE WEST END GALLERY will
be closed after the Holidays, therefore
attend to getting your pictures in time.
Remember the Reduced prices and
excellent quality of the work.
The regular session of Congress
commenced last Monday, and the rext
day the daily papers printed she mes.
sage which contained 1900 words
and was telegraphed from Washington
to New York and other points in As
minutes, 10 wires being used.
Teachers Institute at st. Mary's,
commencing on the 18th inst, and
continuing four days DIR. J. j. Viii
lers will deliver his mirth-provoking
lecture Funny People We Meet" on
Thursday evening, Goth inst. An ex-
cursion will leave Ridgway on the
mail and return by special in the
evening after the lecture.
The Warren Mail this week con-
tains seven or eight columns telling
all about the dedication of the new
Warren county court house. The
dedication speech was made by Hon.
S. p. Johnson, the Oldest practitioner
at the Warren bar. When will the AID.
vOCTTE contain an account of the
dedication of Elk county's new court
house?
&C. b. Gould of the Cameron Press
was in our office OH Monday, and says
he is going to resume the publication
of the Press as soon as new material
can be procured. We have also re-
ceived the fire edition of the Press
an extract from which we give in
column. We also notice that
the Independent, published at En-
porium, failed to volunteer any assis-
tance in the emergency, an act deserv-
ing of much eensure, and one un-
known in the history of newspaper
courtesy. We know that should the
Independent be unfortunate, in the
future, the Press Office would ut once
be placed at its disposal.
Last Saturday, Percy Schultz, q
son of NJ. M. Schultz of Wilcox, WAS
killed on railroad in Alabama, of
which Mr.. Tyler, formerly Supt. Of the
Middle Division p. d E. r. r. is the
Superintendent. He had both arms
and both legs broken, and died in a
short time after the accident. The sad
news was telegraphed to his father,
and the body sent to Wilcox by ex.
press, arriving on Tuesday. The
young man was between nineteen and
twenty years of age and had run away
from home to brake on a railroad,
while his father is q man of wealth
and influence, being proprietor Of the
tannery at Wilcox, besides owning
several thousand acres of land in this
county. The family have the sympa-
thy of every one in their terrible af-
Fiction.
John Donley a tramp, helped
himself to blanket hanging in front
of Jacob Butterfu ss' harness shop, on
Monday last, and after sleeping on it
all night in the water tank sold it to
Nelson Jackson, bartender at tie
Ridgway House, on Tuesday morning
for one dollar. A short time after
ward jackson endeavored to sell the
back again to Butterfuss
when the stolen property was at once
recognized, and transfer made upon
the latter refunding the dollar pur-
chase money On the aftarnoou nf