The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-25

The petroleum exports of Philadelphia in
! 1876 amounted to G5,s6l $40 gallons.
Alfred Rothrock, of Saegersville, Lehigh
county stole $500 from his grand-f father and
is now in Jail for the larceny.
Henry Lehmhaus, q timer, fell from the
roof of the Allegheny county home and re-
| ceived injuries which terminated fatally.
Mrs. Mary Sheehan died in Johnstown on
Thursday last at the advanced age of nearly
l10 years. She was born in Ireland and came
to this country in 1861.
Suits are to be entered against a number of
Allegheny undertakers by the board of health
of that city for neglecting to make proper
return of deaths.
Abner Mcconnell, a noted "queer' manu-
facturer, was arrested few days ago in
Armstrong county. He is known to have
made much bogus silver coin.
The petition of the letter carriers of Phila-
delphia asking congress to increase their
wages to 1920 per annum contains over &c, :
600 names.
A young woman was horsewhipped by her
mother in Allegheny city on Sunday night.
The brutal chastisement was inflicted be-
cause she went to church with q lady who
had incurred the displeasure of the girls
mother.
VIM. J. M'Fetridge, an ex-councilman and
ex-policeman, has disappeared from Pitts
burgh with about $500 deposited with him by
men who had bet the money on the result oi
the boat race between Evan Morris and Pat
| rick Luther.
Henry Bcinhauer, about sixteen years OF
age, employed in the Susquehanna rolling
MILL Columbia, whilst sleeping near the
rollers on Tuesday afternoon, was caught in
the betting, whirled around and killed almost
instantly.
The Norristown Herald says the destruc-
ton to bridges throughout Montgomery
county by the late storm was unprecedented
About twenty bridges, says the Herald "are
in need ofimmediate repairs and in some in
stances entire renewal"
The body of John Lindell was found on
Saturday morning floating in the bay at Erie
in an advanced state of decomposition. The
probabilities are that he committed suicide
while laboring under a fit of temporary in
sanity, aggravated by strong drink,
The oil producers of the Butler region are
| negotiating for the right of way for pipe
line to the Ohio river. where it is understood
u large refinery will be built about two miles
cast of Freedom. The line will be twenty
two miles long and will cost 100000
A young man of Huntingdon. while hur
riedly attempting to jump out of bed had s
| cash cut in one of his feet an inch and hal
| long. The injury was done by q penknife
which is supposed to have dropped into the
straw when it was being cut for the tick.
On Friday at Easton two bosses at the Red
ington furnace, named Pier and Robinson
were seriously if not fatally burned. They
were at work at one of the furuaces when the
blast blew out the flames and molten iron
which struck them in the face with the result
above mentioned.
Mr.. Bayard Myers, living on the township
line road, between Limerick and Upper
Providence townships, near the Perkiomer
and Reading turnpike, has been suffering
! since April last from tumor on the side o
his face and neck which projects nine inches
from the face, is about the same height and is
as large mans head. 1t is still growing.
Doctor Everhart, prominent physician o
Scranton, met with serious accident while
handling u breech-oading gun at his resi-
dence. A cartridge, which he was in the ac
of inserting, exploded under slight pressure
giving him tiIe full charge of powder in hi:
! eyes and sending the bullet ling pas
his cheek. His face was badly burned, ano
| friends fear he will lose his sight.
Lieutenant Colonel j. Ross Clarke and Ma
jor Charles X. Ide have already sent in theil
designations, and Colonel r. Dale Benson an
nounces his intention of resgning. They are
the field officers of the First regiment, Ma.
tional Guard of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
1t has frequently been stated by officers and
men of the regiment, including the colonel
that dissatisfaction with the management o
the campaign against the rioters last July i
the main cause of the trouble.