The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-19
State Notes,

A Northumberland county farmer has
been Jailed for severely cutting his son
with sickle, which he threw at the boy.
Seven persons have lost their lives by the
boiler explosion in hehigh county on Sat-
urday. The death Of another is exbecttd.
Among the jurors summoned for the
United States Court at Erie this week are
Congressman Overton, Errett, Bayne, Shol-
lcnberger, Thompson and Harry White.
The Meadvile Journal says that another
SeVenth-Day Baptist, of Cussewago, Craw-
ford county, has been arrested for working
on Sunday and fined.
Miss Jane L. Wheden is making tempet-
ance lectures in Clearfeld county. The
Oseeola Roveille says she is ia genuine
Yankeeess, ltcturess with plenty of gab.'
Thomas II. Phelps, assessor of Pitts
burgh, has been appointed collector of de-
liDquent taxes, said to be worth $4,000
year. The constitutidnality Of the act
creating the Office is being judicially con
tested.
A local editor of paper in the western
part of the state spoke of brides trous-
seau being the loveliest he had ever seen.
The 'inteligent compositdr" created a
commction in the community ty setting it
up "trowsers.'
In reviewing the last half years busi-
ness of Pittsburgh the Commercial speaks
chcerfulIy of trade prospects. The ship
ments of coal by river from Pittsburgh dur
ing the last six months make the largest
total of any similar length of time in the
history of the coal trade.
1t is espested that Richard BELL will
t1,, 1ar al lc.1 g. Al. O
Jail, where he is now confined OIL u charge
of killing VIM. MGilvary, formerly Of
Pittsburgh. An effort will be made to
prove that MGilvary's death was caused
by his fall, in which his head struck a
stone.
A large number IF liquor dealers in
Pittsburgh have concluded to opsn their
front doors on Sunday and will sell as on
other days. When arrested they will enter
bail for 6ourt, aud during he tendency of
the suits they will continue vending liquors,
hoping thereby to make more than sufficient
profits to pay their fines.
David Reinhart, q young Polish jew,
committed suicide. near Mt. Carbon, Friday
night, by throwing himself upuh the tack
in front of an approaching train. Rem
hart was engaged to a young lady in Wilkes
IL
short time. On Friday he received a letter
breaking the engagement.
For some time there has been O series of
frauds in the cigar business in part of Y York
county, and on Friday Colonel Grimmer
son, accompanied by Colonel Stable, of the
York office, made q descent upon William
G. Mead's cigar manufacturer, IN Windsor
township, aid captured and confscated
from him twenty thousand cigars and one
hundred pounds of tobacco for violation
of the steihp laws.
The committee appointed by the State
Legislature to investigate prison contract
labor in this State adjourned its session at
Pittsburgh On Saturday and spent Sunday
at Cresson Springs. During last week q
large amount Of evidence was submitted
them by contractors of pris on labor, Off
GERS Of the pententiary and workhouse,
and by manufacturers, who claim that the
present system is detrimental to free labor
The committee when they left were unde-
tided as to whether or not they would re.
sumo their sitting in Pittsburgh, and were
very rcticent rs to what their report to the
Legislature will be.
There are II, 900 houses to let in Phila-
aclphia.
The Bradford and Bullion oil districts
| produce about 900 barrels day.
The Lancaster banks hold about 50, 500,-
600 subject to checks and time certificates
A lawyer at Sharpsburg drank nineteen
glasses of buIermilL in thirty minutes on
a wager with barber, who drank sixteen.
Six Pennsylvania congressman are act
| ing as jurors in the United States court in
session at Erie
County Treasurer MNesh and City
Treasurer Durkin have both been enioined
from collecting mercantile tax in Scranton
on q test case.
A saw ffty'four feet long and eight
inches wide, intended for use on the big
trees in California, has just been turned
out at the Beaver Falls steel works.
Chief Justice Aguew, of the state su'
preme court, was arrested few days age
in Beaver county for shooting pheasaIts
| out of season.
Rev. Joseph Hammaker, of Lebanon
county, received wound in the foot sew
eral weeks ago. Lock jaw ensued the OF her
day and he died.
The ore washers of Rockhill furnace,
Huntington county, have been indicted fol-
running the wash into the creeks. A fine
of $50 was the verdict they have ap.
pealed to court.
Sheriff Linderman, at Norristown, bas
resolved the death warrant from this cit,
for Curley, fixing the date of his execution
September 10. This is the third warran
that has been issued for the execution O
Curley.
The Huntingdon Local News says: TIL,
old log building opposite the Presbyterian
church, occupied by line colored woman
who is Ill years old, came near being de
stroyed OF Monday last. Some of tn,
sparks from the old lady's pipe got dowr
between the logs, and set fire to them
The flames were discovered in time, and
few buckets of wafer prevented seriou
loss.
Work on the State hospital for the in
sane at Warren is still being csrried OF
vigorously. The roof is being put on tw
sections Of each end of the main building
and the adjoining sections will soon b