The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-06
Glk Adrorate,
THURSDAY, SEPT. 6, 1877.
Notes..

Heavy rains last Saturday and Sunday.
L. L. Miller buried one of his children on
| Friday last.
Coal promises to be scarce and high this
winter.
Apples are selling at s1oo a bushel in this
| market.
Kerosene oil is now down to twenty cents a
gallon.
Read Chairman Bailey's address in anoth er
| column.
A new sign has been placed on the front of
the Hyde House.
Envelopes, printed or without printing,
cheap at this office,
The meeting of Co. H. on Saturday evening
was well attended.
| NJ. Thiers the great French Statesman is
dead aged eighty years.
| The "r" months have commenced and the
delicious oyster is "r's'' again.
Brigham Young is dead and leaves a for
tune estimated at from s2,OOOOOo to s3,OOO,OoO.
| This is to give notice that there is only one
| Sheriff to be elected in Elk County. this fall.
One abutment for the bridge across Elk
creek, on the Osterhout road, has been COM
| menced.
| The debt of New York City amount to sl75
| for every man, woman, and child of its in
| habitants.
| Brigham Young's wife, forty to fifty strong.
had a terrible crying spell when she heard of
| her husbands death.
They don't say, down in Texas, that q girl is
as sweet as sugar; but they do say "oh, she
will do to put in whisky"
Two hundred and fifty policemen in Phila-
| delphia stopped a riot of four persons in less
| time than we write this.
| E. L. Davenport, the famous Actor, passed
! from this stage on September lst at his resi-
| dence in Canton, Pa, aged 81 years.
When the DEMOCRAT speaks of mans
head being decapitated, it evidently refers to
q "double header.''
| The opening of the permanent exhibition
on Sunday seems to meet with little favor.
and is slimly patronized.
The Rev. w. j. Miller, Rector of Grace
| Church will resume-God willing-his duties
in this parish on Sunday next, the 9th inst.
The war must be nearly over, as the two
| three months regiments has been reduced to
one, at present, the other to be raised at
| leisure.
A little German child, about two years o
age, named Hemplza, and living at the corner
| of South and Elk Streets, died Tuesday even
| ingof spasms.
| "Strong ticket on a mush-and-millS plat
| form is what the Democratic Erie Observer
says of the result of the Democratic State
Con vention.
| School commenced last Monday with Prof.
j. b. johnson, Principal. Mrs. johnson, and
Misses b. E. Wilcox and Belle Kinnear are
the assistants.
September comes in with rain and cool
weather, making it uncomfortable for those
gentle lunatics who delight in swinging on
the garden gate under the silvery moon.
Miss b. +. Wilcox is going to have neat
house, and one that will add much to South
street, which is now conceded to be the
pleasantest street in town.
The cold winter is coming on, and good
many folks will get married, and this is to
tell them that the ADVOCATE office is the
place to get the wedding cards and invita-
tions printed.
When our rich relations, in the poor house
die we expect Il large fortune, until then We
hope our subscribers will send in or bring in
or any way to get it in, the amount they owe
| u.s.
The fellows that are found drunk and in
the ditch are treated to a bath in the first
watering trough. This has two good effects
it sobers them and also serves to remove a
large amount of Accumulated filth.
We are moved to pity when we see the
seedy individual stand on the street corner
with hands in his pockets and the chilly
winds of winter whistling up his ragged coat
sleeve asking where his summers wages are
1t is now certain that 4. j. Burke of st
Marys will run as an independent canddat,
for sheriff. AS it now stands we have Johr
r. Kline, regular Democrat, T. j. Burke a st
Mary's man, and more to hear from.
The Rt Rev. j. b. Kerfoot, Bishop of tn,
| Diocese of Pittsburgh will visit this place
ID. ny on Wednesday. Sept. r. for the pur
pose of administering the Holy and Apos toll,
Rite of the laying on of hands. Service, n
1880 =. NJ. All cordially invited.
In our last issue the very remarkable state
| ment was made that "flour is selling for $50
and $3.50 BUsIEL." The internal little type.
| need watching all the time, and do our bes
| they will get into mischief OF course
BUSHEL should be read barrel, and then the
article will be all lovely.
A great deal of talk is INDUCED in through
the newspapers about having a commission
wait on Sitting Bull. 1t is possible that wait
ing will be the chief duty..of the commission
as Mr.. Bull, seems to be like the Irishman',
flea, "put your hand where he is and h,
| amt there"
The strike has its good results too. The
publicha had its eyes opened to the fact that
the man with the autocratic air, who slams
the car-door and yells "Whooperuplizrjane =
or something like that, does not own the
road, butts simply hired hand at the rate o
| 81 25 a day.-EN.
| The merchants of Philadelphia have de-
termined to look to the Pennsylvania rail.
road company for the payment of their losses
by the Pittsburgh fire. They agree to helI
prosecute Allegheny county providing the
Pennsylvania r. r. guarantee the payment
of the losses within two years.
When election day comes many will com.
plain because they are not allowed to vote
and it will be because they have not beer
registered or have not paid their taxes. The
time for registration is past, but you have
until October 5th in which to pay your taxes
Don't forget this hint.
VIM. A. Stewart, colored barber of New
Castle, dstanced six white men for the
nomination of Associate Judge in the recen
Lawrence county Republican Convention
Some of the Republicans are dissatisfied
while the Democrats are inclined to place nc
one in nomination for the position in ordel
to give Stewart a clear field. Let the mile
mum proceed.