The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-03-15
Pennsylvania News.


pany, Catesauqua, made 4s3 tons Of iron
last week.
J. D. Yoeman has been appointed super.
intendent of the Buffalo, New York and
Philadelphia Railroad.
East Of the mountain the Pennsy lvania
canal will be open for navigation about the
middle of the month.
J. 8. Putnam, of Laurel Run, Lycoming
county, has put in between Eve and six
million feet oflogs this season.
A steam saw mill on Pine Hill, Lu.erne
county, and belonging to Stanton & Wide
man, was destr Dyed by FIRE on the 2Sd ult.
The West Branch Canal lie in good order,
and it is expected the boating season will
begin about the 2Oth of this month.
Alfred Rex, was shot and instantly killed
by his brother, at Barnston, yesterday.
The murderer has been arrested.
George Shrom, editor of the Newport
Perry county Ledger,) was elected Burgess
Of that place at the late election.
II. J. Olmsted, of Coudersport has been
appointed bank assessor for Bradford,
Clinton, Potter, Susquehanna and Tioga
counties.
The Susquehanna river was frozen over
this year earlier than at any period since
1860. In 1874 it was not closed during the
winter.
The case Of James E Pannell, on trial at
Lancaster for murder, has been given to
the jury after arguments by counsel eccu-
pying three days
John Carr was killed near Petrolia, on
the Sd inst, by being caught in the cable
at an oil we'll and wound around the shaft
while drawing tools.
A. g. Blancke, a former clerk in the Of
fee of the motive power department of the
Pennsylvania Railroad at Altoona, was
killed i'll q recent battle in Cuba.
Three hundred men, at work on the
double track of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
we're discharged last week. Work in the
mines of TIE company at West PittSton has
also been suspended.
A daughter of Charles Kisserger, Of
Huntingdon county on the morning Of the
I'd inst, was playing with candle, when
it's clothes caught fire and il was so badly
burned that it soon died.
A large steam mill at Blossburg, belong.
ing to the Blossburg Coal Company, was
totally destroyed by fire early last satur.
day morning, together with a large
quantity of valuable lumber. Loss S50,.
600.
The Democrats of Pike county held their
annual meeting on tho 9Th instant. A
resolution was adopted copdeming the &C.
ton of the Democratic Congressman in vot-
ing for the commission to try the Presiden'
tial question.
The Delaware and Hudson Canal Com.
pany, up 10 the Sd instant, had mined $780,.
Coz tons of coal. Last year to the same
period they had produced only l40, s6e
tons. showing gain in favor of 1877 OF
39,736 tons.
Any citizen mailing ten cents to the
School Department, Harrisburg, Pa, re
ques,pg a complete copy of the last edition
of the School Laws, giving their name and
post office address, will receive a copy by
return mail.
The Williamsport, Bulletin says "Th'
oil fever is spreading and threatens to infec
all this region of country. A strong com
pany has been formed for the purpose o.
boring for oil at Pine Bottom Run, on Pint
creek, short distance above Waterville."
J. S. Mower, O member of the bar of Bed
ford county, was recently dismissed from
the court for having committed a series O.
forgeries and with having collected monies
for clients which he applied to his ownuse
The Tunkhannock Democrat says
"Travel upon the Lehigh Valley Railroad il
picking up rapidly. and although We cal
never hope to see the Centennial time
again, the prospects are that two or three
additional trains will be needed TO accommo
date summer tourists"
The locomotives on the Pennsylvani!
Railroad have pieces of tin affixed to tn,
headlights bearing the number of the engin'
This is to apprise telegraph operators o
the number of engines passing thei
stations after night.
David 0'Hara, iagman on the Pan Han
die Railroad, was killed recently by {
stone from the side of the mountain falling
upon him while the train was in motion
Only few months since brother of th'
unfortunate man was killed on the trestle
work over Saw Mill run, not two hundred
yards from where he met his death.