The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-11-29

what the operators believe to be refined OIL
The Reading railroad paid out $s5, 900
in the coal regions the other day.
A lady whose name is unknown died in
the cars between Pittsburg and Greens.
burg few days ago.
During the month of October 81, ,23O,.
| 41O worth of merchandise was imported
into the port at Philadelphia.
Mrs. Girton, of Shamokin, gave birth to
| triplets recently. She had previously had
twins on three occasions.
A little boy Blairsville upset a dishpan
filled with hot water. He was so severely
scalded that he died next morning.
The nail works at Birdsboro, Berks
county, are now turning out 1926 kegs of
nails day, and there is ready sale for
them.
A society for the protection of fl sh and
game has been organized at Titusville.
| The Hon. Samuel Minor was chosen presi-
| dent.
A child at Ashland, fell from chair on
| stove and was roas ted to death. The
child was found burned to crisp, on the
| stove
Last Monday the Bethlehem iron COM
pany started six of the furnaces in their
pudding mill at South Bethlehem. They
have been idle for two months.
Or. Schmauser, a well known German
physician of Allegheny, is under arrest for
abortion. Jennie Hamilton charged him
| with the crime on her deathbed
Mrs. Henry Miller, of Orbisonia, Hunt
ingdon county, fatally cut her throat with
penknife a few days ago. The suicide is
attributed to temporary insanity.
Rev. Lyman D. Coleman, D. D., who is
in his SD year, still performs the duties of
his profession at Lafayette college lie
was a tutor in Yale College half century
| ago.
Near Somerset the other day, Samuel
Wilt, while digging a post hole accidentally
struck upon large earthen vessel which
contained 81, 700 in gold and silver coins,
principally Mexican dollars. The date of
the newest coin is 1151.
Hiram and William Rupert, cousins,
aged respectively fifteen and sixteen years,
of South Bend township, Armstrong
county, were killed almost instantly, while
digging coal by the falling of a piece of
slate, measuring about fifteen feet square.
Mrs. Kraemer, of Auburn, wife of The
canal boat captain who was drowned above
Reading, on hearing the news of the death
of her husband Immediately tainted, re-
mained in comatose state, and in a few
hours was dead. She leaves five children.
j. A. Maginn, a prominent lawyer Of
Chester, Pennsylvania, has been placed
under arrest, being charged with making
false entries in the books of the Chester
and Upland Building Association while
secretary. 1t is said he has defaulted in
the amount of several thousand dollars.
Nine of the late wrecked engines on the
Philadelphia and Erie railroad are being
repaired at the Remove shops. Ten of
those burned at Pittsburgh during the
riots are also being repaired. The shops
are running full time with full compile
ment Of men.
The capital stock Of the Pittsburgh and
Erie railroad company has been increased
from S1,500,000 to S2,000,OOO. Two
| thousand hands are now at work on the
road between Pittsburgh, Pa, and Youngs
town, Ohio. and rapid progress is being
made upon the work.
1t is sta, ed that Martin V. Turner who
was tried some time ago in Clearfeld and
convicted of murder in the first degree, a
Mrs. NAPLES, his alleged paramour, being
the victim, will be able to establ ish an alibi
before the board of pardons at its next
ession.
Judge Handley disposed of 500 cases on
the argument list in the Wilkesbar court,
100 certiorari cases and 10 criminal cases
during last week, besides the usual routine
of business which falls to the lot of Judge
sitting on the bench during the sessions of
the court
At Beaver Falls on Wednesday man by
the name of James Y. Blackmore attempted
suicide by cutting his throat with razor.
His injuries are severe but not necessarily
fatal. Blackmore was sevehty-two years of
age. Nomotive is assigned for the act,
The number of executions filed in the
common pleas court of Philadelphia indi-
cate that the sheriffs sales on the first
Monday in December will embrace a larger
amount of properties than the sale at the
beginning of this month, when they mum
bered over 1900.
Isaac Crider, a young man of Clinton
county, fatally shot himself while return
ing from a pheasant hunting expedition.
His gun was discharged while he was in
the act of removing it FROM the wagon to
shoot pheasant near by, the hammer
catching in the bed of the wagon.
The coming report of the Philadelphia
city controller will place the value of tax
able property in that city for the coming
year at 1886. 100000 being about S14,oOO,-
900 less than the present years valuation.
He believes the tax for next year can be
safely fixed at 1925.
Alloys Smith, of Erie county, in a fit of
rage discharged a gun az his son. There
was only wad in the gun, but it tore the
flesh, fibres and muscles fearfully. The