The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-01-11
NOTES.

When viii we have new court house.
Maple sigat time will soon be here.
THE Jail at this place now contains eight
prisoners.
How many times have you written 1876 this
year.
THE County Auditors are now busy set.
Ting up the affairs of the county.
THE rate for county taxes this year will be
eight mills on the dollar.
Hon. Simon Cameron has been d member Of
Congress since 1915.
Vanderbilt is said to have left an estate
worth sS5,0O0,ooO.
HON. L. A. MAcKBy will please accept uur
thanks for valuable public documents.
THERE is chap at Brock wayville, JEFFERSON
Co., engaged In manufacturing bogus nickles.
A chap brought us an almanac the other
day TO make extracts from.
Building will be brisk in this place the
coming spring,
Geo. A. Anderson has been appointed post
master at Pittsburgh.
Old Probabilities seeffis TO be on spree at
present
The Jail at this place is now considered
prisoner proof"
II. o. Morehcad will start new paper at
Brockwayville in a few weeks to he called.
The Keystone Odd Fellow.
THE debt of the United States was de-
creased during the past six months, s6,5lS,-
1903 Is.
THE recent snow STORM eatended farther
south than any for the past thirtS-fce years.
At New Orleans the rhow Is over a foot deep,
THE Elk Co., II. r. AND MINING GAZETTE
has been reduced to seven column sheet,
THE hunters have commenced "bringing
in" the deer killed during the hunting sea-
son.
II. Fl. WENsEL has been appointed tipstaff
by the Court (and not "tipstuves'O as we said
in our last issue,
THE candidates for the office of Constable
at the coming spring election. will be ium-
erous
There will be Episcopal service at the
Farley church on Sunday next, January II,
at three O'Clock, p. NJ.
TEAMS WANTED for Bark Hauling at
Brookston Tannery, Brookston; Forest Co.
Pa. (Nft3)
THE ADVOCATE office; over Powell &
Kime's store, Ridgway, Pa, is the place to
get all kinds ofprinting cheap.
Cronin, 1t is stated, now admits that he
charged the rildcnitcs, $1,000, in hand paid, to
bring the bogus returns to Washington.
THE MCKEAN MINER says: "This is a dull
time for HOUSE shoers," If we had the MIN
ERs HOUSE and they had our HORSE two
errors would have been avoided.
CORNELIUS vAtDERBILT, the great Rail-
way King, died lost Thursday, Jan. 4th, 1877,
after a long illness. He was born on Staten
Island May 27, 1884, and was eighty-one years
OF age at the time of his death.
Ferry may count the vote according to his
returns if he thinks there is any alarming
prospect that Congress would fail to elect, and
so leave him to walk into the White House
by the regular laws of ascent,
A man was arrested in New York, q few
days since, with $1,000 worth of pearl buttons
in n valise, although there are people who
profess to believe there are not that many
earl buttons in the world
One genius proposes TO heat passenger cars,
so as to avoid accidents by fire in case of a
non.balls ten inches in diameter, carried in
cast.iron boxes under the cars. They would
make it lively If ever they got loost among a
lot of passengers.
WE have been asked several times If we
printed certain kinds of Job work. In reply
we will say that we print anything from q
visiting card to full sheet poster. IT we dc
not happen to have the style Of type or paper
you wish, remember that We can easily order
anything to suit our customers wants,
IN our last Issue, speaking Of the marriage
of the wealthy Miss 1tulburt, Of Cincinnati
the types made us say "tIiarfied at the
HORSE of the brides fithers." OF course it is
unnecessary for us to remark that HORSE
should read HOUSE, and If the bride had more
than one father it is nothing surprising.
What woman ran do finds a happy illus-
tration In the life ofMrs. John A. Logan. The
Senator frankly admits that he owes his sue
cess to her, and in his public duties she con
tinues his best help-meet. She attends to his
private correspondence, and her chirography
so resembles his that her letters are preserved
as Senatorial autographs,
A bill in equity has beeti filed in Philadel
phia Comitioh Pleas to restrain the ringing o
st. Mark S Church chimes, which are declared
public and private nuisance" Affiant
complain of the "noise" It's d nuisance whicl
dsturbs the rest of invalds and infants the
sick and nervous, and destroys much thai
goes to make up the peace and happiness o
home life.
On New Years morning, son of Esquire
Stopp, Johannesburg, was engaged with some
Ofiiis companions in shooting away the ole
yeaf, one of whom loaded n musket, ant
young Stopp took it to the door and fired it of
The gun bursted, breaking one of his lowel
jaws and splitting his head open, resulting II
Instant death.-.Clarion JacksOnian.
We have received nice lot of seeds from
James Wick, Rochester, N. vi along will
which was beautiful ivy for Our "better
half" Vick's seeds always come UP. at ieas
that is Utir experience with them and W,
advise Our readers who are in want of fowe
! or garden seeds to send to james Wick
Rochester, N. Y. and enclose d two-cen
! stamp for his Catalogue containing 800 illus
| trations,
| SNOW sTokM.-Our readers have noticed
| we persume. the snow fall of Saturday even
| ing. AT least by the number of men EN-
ployed on the Sabbath Day shoyeling path
and cleaning Off roofs, we Judge some peopl
| were aware that snow had fallen. The fac
is, laying aside all jokes, one of the heavies
falls ofsnow ever known in this section fel
during Saturday night and Sunday morning
The snow now covers the ground and hous
tops to depth of two to four feet. The barr
In the rear of Powell & Kime's store caved in
| The roads are almost impossible. The edito
of this paper is about run ashore for wood
and hills TO pay and no pitch hot.