The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-18

diphthcria in Pittsburgh alone last |
week.
Eighteen citizens of Punxsutawney
jefferson county, are in the pcniten.
tiary.
Charles Lambert, of Philadelphia, a
few days since stood before Il looking
glass and cut his throat.
George Buchanan, a Washington
county school teacher, has sold u wash
ing machine patent for $4,000
Two Philadelphia lawyers named
Gallagher and Bowman have been ar
rested for having attempted to bribe a
juryman in the Bliss case.
A German Catholic church in Ale
gheny was robbed of $1,000 worth of
valuables An attempt was also made
to burn down the ediiice.
A Parker City corn doctor is about to
leave for Melbourne, Australia, to take
possession of S25, 900 left him 10y rich
relative in that city.
Joe Metz, had his leg badly cut last
week through an AK slipping from the
hands of Mr.. Hclsel whom he was
working with.
Nathan Frickinger fell from the
Rockville bridge, Harrisburg, Oh
Thursday morning and was instantly
| killed.
The oil regions are now producing
ten thousand barrels day more than
Il yearago, and the price is less by S1.20
to SLIGO.
The two trials of Patrick Hester and
others tried for the murder of AleXan
der w. Rea cost Columbia county
about IS, 900.
Furnace No l of the Kemble Coal
and Iron Company at Riddlesburg,
Bedford county, has been started, af
ter undergoing thorough repairs.
Nearly 2jO men are employed.
Considerable excitement was created
at Dean City, in the Bullion oil dis
trict, on Wednesday, by ytheannOunce-
ment that new well on the Crawford
farm was flowing 900 barrels day.
The coming horse fair at the Potts
town Trotting Park is likely to eclipse
the one held in September. 1t com.
mences on the 23d and continues four
days.
The woods have put on their beauti
full fall attire, and the dirge of Borea
lis through the tree tops and the fall
ing leaves and frosty nights, and low
ering sky all tell us that the Winter
King approaches.
r. NJ. Shoemaker, president of the
Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, has
purchased of the Cambria Works of
JOhnstown, twenty-five hundred tons
of steel rails at $25.75 per ton, deliv-
cred on the line of the road.
John and William Park, of Pitts
burgh last week went to Westmore-
land county on cunning expedition
While getting over fence Williams
gun was discharged the contents en-
tering his brothers head and produc-
ing dangerous injuries,
Rudolph Horn by the careless use Of
Il shotgun on last Saturday met with
an accident at Erie which may ter
inmate fatally. The discharge mutt
lated his right arm in such manner
that death is almost certain to occur.
Samuel H. Mays borle his arm q
year ago by falling on a defective side
walk at Oil City. He sued the cor.
poration and the matter was submit.
ted to three arbltrators, who have just
awarded Mr.. Mays $1,000. The city
+ will now appeal the case to court.
} Mrs. Catharine Hofecker, of Cam
bria county, while attempting to get
into Il wagon was thrown against ;
rubber block by the sudden starting o
the horses and rubtured a blood vessel
which resulted fatally in few min,
| teS.
Lorenzo Grouse, of Westmoreland
county, was crushed to death on We'd
nesday in Knler's lime quarry. HI
was engaged in bearing in, preparatory
to knocking down quantity of lime
stone, and while at work the dirt anC
stone above him gave way, falling
upon him
NJ, +. Gates, a shoe dealer, who de
camped from Huntingdon about yea
ago, was arrested recently in Denver
Colorado. Gates is charged with hav
ing committed forgery to the amour
of IF 81 600 using the name of Hon
John Cessna and that of his owl
father for the purpose. The accused
= has entered 5000 bail for trial.
Amos Borneman, of Boyertown
l Montgomery county, is writing a his
tory of the Borneman family, which
: promises to be very interesting wheI
D completed. Daniel Borneman, tn
ancestor of the family, came to thi
l country in 1721 andI settled in Mont
gomery county.
= August Meyer, the alleged murdere
+ of Constable Norman, at. Tarentum
4 some weeks ago, who was supposed t
have fled to Kentucky, has been sc
l creted in Dorsey's coal mine, nea
l Dorseyville, in Butler county, eve
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