The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-12
Beautiful weather.


Beautiful weather.
Potatoes are scarce.
Garden making time soon.
Snow is plenty in the woods.
Farmer Powell's wheat is looking
well.
Farmer Hall has nice lot of ever
greens.
w. S. Horton is Deputy Sheriff and
jailor.
The Riley Brothers are going to
Kansas.
Maple sugar has come and sells for
l6 cents pound.
The Auditors of Ridgway township
met last Monday.
Doctor Farley has planted a lot of
trees in his deer park.
Large and small envelopes for sale
cheap at the ADVOCATE office.
Flood in the Clarion. Several rafts
started from this place Monday morn
ing.
Capt. James Woodward has moved
into AL. Malhorn's house on Zion's
hill.
We keep large assortment of en-
velopes and paper, card, tugs, and card
board.
Our oil well has not been COM
menced yet, but will be in few
weeks.
Doctor Hartley and John Kline are
putting up a new fence on their Broad
Street properties.
Mr.. l.. Garritt has had the old
school house fitted up for tenants, and
painted a slate color.
DIR. c. r. Farley will please accept
our thanks for Smull's Legislative
Hand Book, and other valuable docu-
ments.
j. D. Fullerton, Dentist and Justice
of the Peace, has moved into the
rooms formerly occupied by Capt.
Woodward.
Sevaral RATS were safely landed
above Dickinson's dam, this morning
from Gallagher's mill, near Wilcox.
This is the first lumber run from
Wilcox in several years.
As locals are said to be scarce, we
suggest to news gathers that work has
been commenced on Parsons, the
printers, new house. - .~---.-
ID. d. Cook is having u room fitted
up, in the front part Of his ice house,
with a glass front to be used by Mer-
Ger Bros. rs Il meat market.
Secretary Devens is bachelor; bu,
the President made no mistake when
he appointed the Secretary of War
McCrepy is married, and therefore
knows something about war.-Nor-
ristoun Herald
Kenneth M'Gillivary, has left Ridg-
way for Caledonia, where he has q
fifty years lease of ire clay land. The
clay has to be hauled about one and
a-half miles and brings three dollars a
ton. This clay is said to be the finest
in the state.
A Musical Association was organ
lied last Friday evening at which DR..
T. S. Hartley was chosen President,
and H. NJ. Powers Musical Director.
The respective officers of the Associa.
tion will be announced next week.
We are confident with the above gen.
tlemen at its head that success will
crown their efforts. The Association
meet next Friday evening, 7:30 o'clock
sharp. All lovers of music are cordi-
ally invited to attend.
New York, April 9-The police
early this morning, hearing groans
issuing from an alleyway at Il Null
berry, entered and found Cornelius
Scanlon, resident of the house. lying
in heyard in a dying condition. His
head was literally shattered. His
hands and feet were bound tightly
with a clothes line. 1t was learned
that a fight had taken place in the
room occupied by an Italian named
Phillip Franchanchi, and it is believed
Scanlon, after being bound hand and
foot, was thrown from the window.
Franchanchi and four other Italians
and three women were placed under
arrest, and the affair will be investi-
gated.
Mr.. Sheppard left two daughters,
the eldest of whom is 70 years of age,
and he had over fifty direct decend-
ants, consisting of children, grand
children, great grandchildren and
great great grandchildren. He has al
ways resided in this city, and his
family We're buried in the old grave
yard that stood on Eighth street,
above Race. He served through the
war of 1912, and at the time of his
death was a pensioner on the United
States government for services rem
dered during that war. The deceased
voted at every Presidential election
since the time of Thomas jefferson II,
and always took an interest in politics.
philadelphia Ledger, Apra
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