The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-25
Items of Interest.

An exchange saws man going homo
from dry lecture is returning bored
A man lately inquiring for letters at
post-office was told there were none,
upon which he asked if there was not
another post-otfice in the place.
L beseech you, says Horace Mann, to
treasure up in your hearts these, my part
ing woods Be ashamed to die until you
have won some victory for humanity
There are at present about $50 wells
in Canada capable of producing oil, but
owing to the dullness of the market,
only about 200 of these are in operation.
There are fifteen refneries, chiefly at
London.
The skating being now very good,
toothache and cholera morbus have ap-
peared among the boys, just after school
begins, in the nature of an epidemic,
and threatens to sap the foundations OF
our educational system.
"Do you reside in this city? asked a
man of a masked lady at masquerade
party the other evening. He felt sick
when she said to him, in low voice
"Don't be fool, John, know you by
that wart on your thumb" 1t was his
wife.
A Paris journal says that Baron, the
singer, is of an unusual height-so tall,
indeed, that when he went the other day
to consult doctor about a severe cold in
the head, the physician said "My
friend, you must have got your feet wet
last year.
The litigation between the trustees Of
the Lick estate and the heirs has been
amicably adjusted, the natural son of the
testator receiving $533, ,000 from which he
is to pay $72, 900 to other heirs in various
amounts. The estimated value of the
property is $3,300,000.
A divorce had separated Mr.. and Mrs.
Kottmeyer, of Cincinnati. He called on
her, said that he had come to say good
bye, and pretended to offer to shake
hands; but when he got near enough he
disclosed knife in his extended hand,
and stabbed her to death,
| There is q remarkable difference in tho
climate on the hills and in the valleys
around Santa Rosa, Cal. In the valleys
there have been sixteen severe frosts in
succession, while in the thermal belt on
the hills bordering on the valleys the
tomato vines are not yet killed.
| A gentleman in stage coach, passing
through the city and observing a hand
some edifce, inquired of the driver what
building it was. The driver replied ::
cit is the Unitarian church" "Uni-
tartan - said the gentleman "and what
/ is that % "I don't KNOW" said Jehu !;
"but l believe it is in the opposition
line."
Highwaymen have been audacious of
late near st. Louis, and two policemen,
heavily armed, and dressed like farmers,
were sent out to make a capture. They
were assailed by robbers, as they had
hoped to be; but otherwise their mission
was failure, for instead of capturing
the gang, they were themselves stripped
of everything that they had worth talk
ing,
The people of Los Angeles took a
very unique method of preventing n
threatened influx of Chinese laborers.
A party of six hundred arrived there a
few days ago and camped near the new
depot. The citizens immediately started
report that the popularity of the eli
mate causes the nose to grow to for
midable length, and that the Indians in
variably seize Cinnamon by their elon-
gated appendage and wiring their heads
off. A few minutes before the time foI
the departure of the train the Chinese
seized their baggage, dashed it from the
cars, and stampeded over the hills and
out of sight.