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, 1877-03-07
4 Fite.Story Edillcc Filled witf Safes
Full Of Witches pnd
JcneirJ.
Loss Over $BOO,OOO---Dan1ago
to Surrounding Struct-
ureS.
Fires st Jacksonville and Champaign,
I'LL. and Lansing. II. Il

1nhy'a building, at N''s. !, j. atd Bonl street,
near Broafiway, was burned tonight. Tho
loss ou tho structure and its con.
i.nt. i. c,,ims,e1 ~ fro,a x.no nm ~,
:, ~, ~ esss"'@e't ~ 'eoh' FDop ~
*l,oo,oo. Tbs i're trokc ont carly in
ts the evening IN TIC .usee'iar, smoke having
n!o". n 7 Tbe asr pna wa. ,n .t.cH s'ea at 7, a
H. .n.,,',s sa. .r.. ~ "' @
or,., W.. ".'n n,', y" .no spos. us ,'anes
so'!o nut ne feac''cs1' however, and eftioltlefcd
spreading to my great extent through tho
building. Hr 10 n,clorK thu Winnie ,n,crtor vas
In an,e. an Il was esflen. M NTH that di al czo5ts ~s
were van except to ave the adjoining build.
inRs. Between the WaItham building and
Broadway was the wilcox 4. Gibbs aales
warehouse, separated only by narrow
'alley, which extended also behind the burning
building, separating It from the structures
fronting OH Bcccker street. Tn tho west, divided
only by their own walls, werc tho storcs of
aaor,.1'an nnn Eros: q A.lon' dealers In millinery
Roooe, anu spa''enc d Abel, jewelers.,
No. Bond street. These buildings wcro
similar to the one which was burning, aud ior
inevitably extend to them. The walls Of the
"altla'n building. however, stood firm for
.... !ae, and, aurns tho time wlen tho 1te was
.lon. ',,e top III a n'sn eh'mheF' ana surround"
1nG bu1la1fes were only endangered by expos.
tire t'' the Intense heat. 4 few minutes before
II o'clock tho mausarl story felt inward,
nn,n oftcr tho intcrto- rr.,,x ,r.1a
,raw ,..n 80 -. "a'A .a easo
way hhu ono by ono tho heavy
floors, nlatle heavier BY the masses Of silver
ware aull tho heavy safc. contalnlno, Icxelrv
nr1 uo,oto. .t,x.I ,,.,,.s t,,.'.s s.s''s ~ se"s'
1 ~" ~ "Ae.nvs stxa spo" l',e, gasc way sco.
ing up q they fell sheets OF flame and clouds Of
smoke. filed with gt!ttcring sparks. Through,
tho largo wint1ows. from which tin nlotr.
rIax. nna 1on,, ano ,,"sa.u, F'a, ~.
na1 a' os VIA Msc"ec
~ ..".aa,s, sne"'N tnat 1"stc "as q" abundance
oa"., y. su.i'o so.' !oe " aeeu uPo'''
Js'1's ,ss na".sns .no lfons "al1 became
..., IT,, l.o4' .n1 "es.ctM eae WALL anu.
"a. pva ~ tos iMa1' 'capeo OUT oeee nonostFeet
III ~ ~ t"'eatcnns ''a,hcr'
11c warning was 1eeocd In ample time. Tlle
lew arcinCn aIltt policemen who Ind bccn alle
, 1877-03-07
COut1NS aENrFyc1.11.

COlsURS HENTENCED.
NEW Yonk, March G.-1oe Coburu, puGlltst,
convicted Of shooting with attempt to kill p.,-
!tcetnen, flas been sentenced to ten years In
Statef8 Prison.
, 1877-03-07
GREAT BARGAINS /!
I'M
. Black Goods,

Ali-Wool Black Fronoh Cashmoros
at 20 cts; double fold, and q great
4o-irch Black Fronoh cashmores ut
68e; worth SOC.
4o.luch Black French Cashmores ut
rs ana e5c; about 20 per cent
under value.
4o;tnch Black Fronoh Cashmere at
48-inoh Black French Cashmorea ut
$1.O0; worth S1.26.
Finest qualities OF Black Cashmeros
proportiouatoly chcRu,
4e-1nch black Drap d'Eto at $l.6O;
specially ohonp.
46-inch Black Drap d'Eto at Bl,76:
worth s2.25.
3 casos Black Mohairs at 45o yard;
oxtru bargain.
cases Black Alpacas, handsome
finish and quality, at Is and 3Oc:
special bargain.
SO pee Black Al1-Wool Empress
Cloth Cloth at 40, 46, and SOC; very
Australian Grapes at 500; regular
Csc quality.
Australian Grapes at coo; regular
75c quality. -
Black 4aratheas, pieo quality, 75o.
Black Hombazinea from 81 yd up;
worry cheap gooda.
Henrietta Cloths, desirable quail
tics, sl.25 and upwards.
Black Tamlso Cloths, good quality,
rs cts.
Black Crottones, $50; worth 81,
Special Bargains in Black Silks,
Carson, P[RIB & CO.
Madison l. pcoriu.sts,
, 1877-03-07

HOthNfEI
policy. ilpr for any ushef sum or amaunt.
william Robinson saily runil1,atcs ihus In hts
st1idasit: Tint he knows and ha4 known lhe Com.
presumed tu make assesemeute upon tno death oi
:os .snr. q T. ths pollsy asder. During tho
lccor,. In Inv constant habit Of siyins fai.e
and nststoIs da'ss q tho ds4th Q! policy holdet..
o, s9rs ho ssst =, naa operation " .uel re:
i.;fs q :a.: e.: GP*K ;S n who IL
That ~ aid compan Saal il. otteers also made
ana Iabll.he4 fas.s statements as " tho number
81 81 .ss asy x tor deaths which occurred
les saa on 81 fss:ss;y, II TT .ts ~ cca. Ut
Isr., I'D then represented Ia IL poiiey .heiders
tha. taS !a.ter was The nunb:r Of members Hsblo
s on shsssth ot Dsceu,osI for Morqaa'a death. On
.nd % ba III Msy hs
% assessment On IT. members for the loss upon
hoas whu .:,e e. Of 3t pcsy
which WV ">e'"'
OCCURRED ON the SAME DAT.
iDt e shsa s.y. further sha. hs bag exam
aitoE of Public Aeeouuts: eontsinns stsssneuts q
aG ,as 4spStt fsnf.s IT, t ts s
o., !Sue ce%4s th.t ;ee sae
q pet,sls' tss%iaalsa * death iarius - .hs % yesr
S;, W.. LIZ; As ~ carefully s1amlnel III the
a'i,, tlHt ~ IT,, cq.ap.ay ~ astsally lazy snd
pose. Ss..a AZ ap1 ~
than 500. 0O0. liu further state. tAst ths swDsp
report of 1s79 ttstss tle number ol policies
made BY the dapouent from, ths assessment notIcss
II Aprtass that the Company assessed for and col.
lseted upon l5s' policies ftom u members, IN
aboss ths lnouns stated In thu report.
Marcus i. y Pae Lard tosne. ne1t w!th bis tale os
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25
A Chance for Women.

Washington, January 19.-The
House Committee on Judiciary agreed
to-day to report the following bill:
Be it enacted, That any woman
who shall have been q member of the
bar of the highest court of any State
or Territory, or of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia, for the
space of three years, and shall have
maintained good standing before such
court, and who shall be a person of
good moral character, shall, on motion
and the production of such record, be
admitted to practice before the Su-
preme Court.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25
States Notes.


AFarmer's Club is about 10 be organized
in York county.
A young man named Phillips residing in
Clarion county, was recently killed by the
explosion of some powder he had placed in
his pocket.
The Easton Look Works will be run to it's
fullest capacity hereafter, as there is q
market for all the articles that can be
manufactured at that establishment.
About seven hundred men are employed
at the Delaware, Laohawanna and Western
Railroad Company's works in Scranton, in
narrowing coal cars and building passenger
coaches.
Two men were engaged in n friendly
trial of strength, last week, in q saw-mill
in Perry county, when one of them fell,
striking his head against a buzz saw in
motion and causing instant death.
Judge Livingston, Of Lancaster, recently
visited the public instutions of that county,
in order TO become personally familiar
with their condition and working. Here
after he can ''speak by the card' in rela-
ticn TO these matters.
The incendiaries recent ly convicted in
Carlisle confessed the manner in which
they executed their work. The match was
applied to a fuse attached to q ball of cot
ton saturated with explosive material, and
the incendiaries watched the progress Of
the fires from a safe distance.
The trustees under the will of James
! Lick, of California, have entered into an
agreement with his son, by which the lat
ter received S3S3,000 in addition to the
$3.50, 900 devised to him In the deed of
trust, out of which he pays to the other
heirs-the sisters, nephews and Eieces of
James Lick-in various amounts the sum
of ST2,0 600
A few days ago there was deposited in
an obscure graveyard near Johustown, Pa,
| the body OF Joseph Baron Won Hoffelbretel,
soldier and nobleman of Austria. He
died a paurer while there was awaiting
him in his native land fortune of one
hundred and ninety thousand guilders. in
securities, besides landed estate and a
number of manufactures and other build
| ings.
Thc clergy are petitioning the legisla-
| ture for such revision of the marriage
| license law as will measurably relieve them
| from the penalty Of marrying persons not
a difficult thing 10 find out. The preachers
| wv nv Ihc " iolSSo tHO iSV uhu
| are not disposed to rnn risk if they car
prevail upon the Legislature to devolve the
responsibility elsewhere.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sterner, residing near Lit
| tletown, died rec emily under peculiar cir
cumstances. On Sunday, the 7th Mr.. aut
! Mrs. Sterner, both very old people, were
alone, and about 6 o'clo ok Mr.. s. was pros
trated very suddenly by u stroke of ap
polexy, and his wife went out doors to blow
a horn for assistance, and while out is sup
posed to have been overtaken by the same
disease, and fell TO the ground, where she
was found on Monday morning, dead and
covered with several inches Of snow. Mr.
Sterner was found in senseless condition
upon the floor in the same spot where he
had fallen the evening before, the fires al
out, door standing open and his body nearly
frozen stiff. He died the next day.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25
STOP THA T. COUGH.

The way to cure cough Is to stop
it. The lungs and throat can never
heal rs long as they are irritated by a
constant cough DR., Fenner's I'm
proved Cough Honey will relieve any
cough in one hour or less. 1t will
bseak up cold in the head before any
cough has formed in two or three
hours. Prevention is better than cure!
In chronic coughs the system must be
placed under the healing influence OF
DIR. Fenner's Blood and Liver
Remedy and Nerve Tonic also. This
places the system in healing con-
dition, and under the two remedies
the lungs and throat rapidly heal.
From the Mayors Office, N. Y city,
Executive Department, City Hall.
Office of the Mayorality, N. Y. City, Jan
26. 1874.
DIR. NJ. NJ. Fenner, tFredonia. n. Y..-Deal
sir-Enclosed you will find sl5O for which
please send three bottles of your Improved
Cougb Honey by express
Yours truly
NJ. j. FARRELL
From Join B. Miner, q aCealh,
Banker Of Fredonid, n. Y.
1 certify that 1 was afflicted with har
RAISING cough. l procured a bottle of DR.
Fenner's Improved Cough Honey, and tool
three doses of it with the effect of entirel,
relieving me.
VINO will continue to hack?
For sale by dealers III medicine.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25
Laws Relating to Newspaper Sabscrip
tiOns and Arrearages.

l. Subscribers who do not give express
notice to the contrary, are considered wish
ing to continue their subscription.
2. II subscribers order the discontinu'
alton of their periodicals, the publishers may
continue to send them antil all arrearages
are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuge to
take their periodicals from the office where
they are directed, they are held response
bic until they have settled their bills, and
ordered them discontinued.
A., If subscribers move to other places
without informing the publishers. and the
papers are sent to the former direction,
they are held responsible.
5. The courts have decided that ''refus
ing to take periodicals from the Office, or re-
moving and leaving them dnoalied for is
prima Jacie evidence of intentional
fraud"
6. Any person who receives a newspaper
and makes use of il. whether he has
ordered il or not, is held in law to be sub
scriber.
7. IF subscribers pay in advance, they
are bound to give notice to the publisher al
the end Of their time, if they do not wish to
continue taking it otherwise the publishers
are authorized to send it on, and the sub
scribers will be held responsible until an
express notice with payment Of all arrears,
sent to thepublisher.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25

We have received the January num-
bcr of Leisure Hours, handsome
mammoth 16page [64 columns] family
paper filled with the choicest liteia'
ture--serial and short stories, sketches,
poetry, wit, humor, &C., &c. 1t is en-
tertaining, amusing and instructive,
and Is one of the cheapest papers-the
amount and quality of matter con-
sidered--that we have seen. The
price Sl.20 per year, including as a
premium n genuine fine-line steel en-
craving, called "fThe Mitherless
BARN." printed on 22x2S plate paper,
which the publishers claim is superior
In point of merit and attractiveness to
any premium ever offered by any
other paper in this country, and is
alone worth the money asked for both.
The publishers, J. L. Patten d Co.,
1852 William ST., New York, authorize
us to say, that in order 70 introduce
the paper in this vicinity they make a
special offer to every one of our read
ers to send them the paper-a "trial
trip of four months, postpaid, COM
mencing with the January number
for 25 cents.
Our readers who avail themselves OF
this offer will, we feel certain, thank
us for having called their attention to
it. The publishers of Leisure Hours
would like to employ some one in
every place to canvass for this paper.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25
NOTICE 4.
a GOOD PASER.

New York, as the leading, most enterpris-
ng, and all agree, most readable and in
etructi7e of our numerous religious papers.
1t is not slow to recognize the fact that the
popular passion for Chromos has died out,
and it makes the remarkable offer of any
one volume of Dickens Works, hand
somely illustrated and bound duodecimo, to
anybody who will subscribe and send the
regular Three Dollars subscription. This Is
equivalent TO offering the paper for dollar
and half. Everybody wants some volume
of Dickens and everybody ought to want
THE INDEPENDENT.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25
Some Facts About the Mardfs Gang.
FAMILY OF PROMISING YOUNG COUNTER
FEITRRs BROUGHT UP IN INDIANA COUNTY

FAMILY OF PROMISING YOUNG COUNTER
The Mardis family of counterfeiers, sev.
eral of whom are now waiting trial in our
county Jail, have an interesting history.
They have lived near the hamlet of Dill
town, in Indiana county, and have oper-
ated about there for years. 1t is currently
believed that some thirty-fve years ago the
old man was engaged in the business of
showing counterfeit money, and since then
his boys-eieht in number-have all been
tainted with more than mere suspicion of
having followed in the footsteps of the oil
gentleman. The shire widest Of the sons is
named Eli, being the second of the children
the oldest having died several years ago.
The officers have frequently been on the
track of Eli, but somehow he has always
managed to avoid arrest, and it is now
thought by many that he is likely in some
western penitentiary, having been caught
and convicted under one of the many
aliases which he was ever ready TO assume.
The next shrewdest is Scott, who is now in
the Allegheny county Jail awaiting trial in
February He is rather stolid- looking
individual, and q few judges of ply siog
nomy would credit him With'a very large
development of secretive and cautiouary
organs, but his skill in alluding arrest for
SO many years is evidence that he is al
ways wideswake. There is not much in
Sanford, who was released from durance a
few days ago on bail for his appearance
when wanted, and it is altogether likely
that the cunning Of Scott, or prehaps that
of Eli, who may still have been the move
ing power in all their late transactions, has
saved the third of the flock. There is only
only one sister in this remarkable family,
and she is possessed with many of the
traits of her shrewd brother Eli John, a
younger brother, is confined to his fathers
place OF residence, and consumption has
marked him a sure victim. The old gentle
man owns farm, Of something like two
hundred acres of lsnd; bat it is not very
valuable. He is well up.in years now.-
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25
TO CONSERVATIVES.

The advertiser, having been permanently
cured of that dread disease, Consumption,
by q simple remedy, is anxious to make
known to his fellow sufferers the means of
cure. To all who desire it, he will send a
copy of the prescription used, free of
charge) with the directions for preparing
and using the same, which they will find a
SURE CURE for CoNsuSPTIoN, ASTHMA,
BRONCHITIS, &c.,
Parties wishing the prescription will
please address, Rev. e. A. WILSON, 104
Penn, Williamsburgli, N, Y.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25

A year ago the region was suffering
from want of capital, while at
present twenty-five banks in the
region are holding, according to esti-
mate, not far from 81, 900, 900 of money
belonging toproducers and operators,
most of which is waiting investment
in oil. Under the greatly improved
condition of affairs it is reasonable to
expect that the year 1877 will show
even better results than the year 1876,
and that our important and valuable
staple will not be spirited away with
out something like an equivalent be-
ing Left in its place.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25

The sixteenth amendment. Petit
ions from fourteen states, and signed
by four thousand prominent citizens,
are to be presented to congress, ask
ing for an amendment, which will
prohibit any state from disfrancbis-
ing United States citizens on account
of sex. If tho friends of the measure
do not succeed 1t will not be for want
of persistent effort.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25

Wilmington, N. c., January 90
Two colered citizens of South Carolina
fought a duel at Pine Bluffs, in this
state, yesterday. One was Democrat
and the other a Republican, and they
fought over politics. Four shots were
exchanged One of the men was
wounded three times and is danger.
ously hurt. The other was h on the
right arm. The affair has caused
great excitement in the neighborhood.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25
Mr.. Tilden'S Income Tax

New York, January 22.-suit has been
commenced on oopIAs in the United States
district court against ex-Gov. s. J. Pilden
to recover $4,000 alleged balance Of in
come tax. This afternoon the CAPIAs was
served on Mr.. Tilden. 1t is returnable on
the 9th Of February. United States Attor.
neg Bliss says he was directed some time
ago by Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Raum to commence suit against all parties
who had failed to pay their income tax,
but that he Bliss delayed bringing this
suit on account of the position of Mr.. Til
den before the public.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25

The Texas fever has broken out in
this vicinity. A number of William
sporters have gone and others are pre-
pairing for trip to the "Lone Star
State" with view of getting, a
knowledge of the inducements it Of
fers as home, 1t is said that over
SoO, 1000 people were landed in that
state during the past year, the great
majority of whom intend to remain
permanently.-G. q r.!
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25
BOSTON TESTIMONY.

July 22d, 1S71.--Dr, Swayne g. Son.
Last winter while in Trenton, N. j., pro-
cured six bottles London Hair Color Re-
storer, which like very much, in fact bet
ter than any thing have used in the last
nine years. If you please, send me one
dozen bottles c U D care W s Foglcr Il
Son Druggists, No 723 fremont street,
Boston. Respectfully yours, ADA BAKER
No SO Rutland Square.
London Hair Color Restorer and Dressing
Has completely restored my hair to its
original color and youthful beauty, and
caused rapid and luxuriant growth.
MRS. ANNIE MORRIS, No. GIG North
Seventh Street, Philadelphia.
DR.. Dalton of Philadelphia, says of it,.
The London Hair Color kestorer is used
very extensively among my patients and
friends, as well as by myself. l therefore
speak from experience.
70 CENTS FER BOTTLE.
Address orders to Dr. SWAYNE & SON
$50 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Pa,
sole Proprietors.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25
Here is the Proof Of its SUPERIOR
EXCELLENCE,

Read this Home Certificate, testified to
by Edward B. Garrigues one of the most
competent Druggists and Chemists of Phila-
delphia, man whose veracity none can
doubt.
I am happy to add my testimony to the
great value of the London Hair Color, Re-
storer which restored my hair to its origi
nal Color, and the hue appears to be per-
manent. l am satisfied that this prepare,
ton not dye but operates upon the Sc
cretons. II is also a beautiful hair dress
ing and promotes the growth. purchased
the first bottle from Edward B. Garrigues,
druggist, Tenth and Coates street, who can
also testify my hair was quite gray when l
commenced its use. MRS. MILLER, No.
730 North Ninth street, Phila.
DR.. Swayne & Son, Respected friends:-
l have the pleasure to inform you that q
lady of my acquaintance, Mrs. Miller, is
delighted with the success of your London
Hair Color Rest0rer." Her hair was fast
falling and quite gray The color has been
restored, the falling off entirely stopped,
ani new growth Of hair is the result.
E. B. dARRIaUES;
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25

Renewed efforts are making to secure
the cons struction Of a tunnel under the De-
troit river. Over ten thousand cars a
month cross the river at Detroit from. the
Michigan Central and great Western Rail-
ways.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25
LIFE, Growth, BEAUTY.
LONDON HAIR COLOR REsToRER
LONDON HAIR COLOR REsToRER
Not Dye; makes harsh hair soft and
silky; oleanses the scalp from oil impurities,
causing the hair 10 grow where il has fallen
off or become thin.
off or become thin.

Can be applied by the hand as it does not
stain the skin orlsoil the finest linen. As
q Hair Dressing it is the most perfect the
world has ever produced The hair is re.
novated and strengthened, and natural
color restored without the application of
mineral substances.
Since the introduction of this truly valu-
able preparation into this country, it has
been the wonder and dmiration Of all clas-
ses, as it has proved to be the only article
that will absolutely without deception, re-
store gray hair to its original color, health
softness, lustre and beauty, and produce
hair on bald heads of its original growth
and color.
This beautiful and fragrantly perfum cd
article is complete within itself, no washing
or preparation before or after its use, or
accompaniment of any kind being required
to obtain these desirable results.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25

POWELL & KIME are getting all
kinds of new goods every day. We
frequently happen in at their store and
always see something new. Although
they are no hands to blow, they keep
quietly about theirbusiness, and al
ways keep their stock complete.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25

The debt of williamsport is 1868, 225, 81 /;
assets, $2l3, 1856, ,25..
Postmaster James, of New York, has is
sued instructions prohibiting Anthony
Comstock, special agent for the suppression
of vice, from interfering with letters. as il
appears he has heretofore been doing.