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

The oil continues to hold out,
blowers also. Had we half as much
oil as gas IL would penetrate the
clouds at the tune Of twenty-five
hundred barrels q day. 1t is an every
day occurrence to see men running up
and down street, hat In hand, and
pockets full of sand saturated with
crude oil. Cabinet making and in
augural actresses are dull themes about
Wilcox. Some of our most prominent
citizens are thinking seriously of call
ing mass meeting to consider the
feasibility Of paying off the National
debt. Some men about town are
feeling nervous over wearing "boiled
shirts" for the first time in their life.
The owners of the well will have, the
latter part of the week, pump in
operation when the matter will be
thoroughly tested. Other wells will
be put down as soon as possible. Mr..
Us. Murphy returned from Bradford
on Saturday.
DR.. A. NJ. Straight rejoices over the
fastest horse flesh in town.
A. b. Preston, Esq, has returned
from an extensive business tour.
An examination will be held in
the Public Schools of Wilcox on Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday even
ings March 10, 20 and 2l, in which
Gold and two Silver medals will be
contested for. All the friends of
education are cordially invited to be
present. LONE WOLFE.
1t was decided recently by Justice
Flammer, of New York, that a boy
who obtained six tickets at a theatre
on a forged request from an editor
could not be punished, because dead
head tickets have no value in law.
Mr.. John G. Tracy, president of the
Farmers and Mechanics Bank at
Hartford, whose loans to his friends
cost the bank half a million dollars,
has resigned the treasurership of the
Society for the increase of the Min
istry. ... ...'
Joseph L. Lewis, an Englishman
who had made a million in the
stationery business, died at his home
in Hoboken the other day, aged Sc.
leaving no relatives, and bequeathed
his whole property to pay off the ma
tional debt.
Providence, r. l., March s.-The
Republican State Convention, nom-
mated by acclamation General Van
Zandt, of Newport, for Governor; AL
bert G. Howard, East Providence,
Lieutenant Governor. The present
incumbents were renominated for
Secretary of State, Attorney General
and Treasurer.
Two young women recently intro
duced new scene into the 1.-TWO Or
phans" in Texas. 1t was free fight,
in which one of the contestants bit off
a thumb of the other. The audience
wished the scene repeated, but the &C :
tors objected.
The Brooklyn Eagle. one of the
ablest Democratic papers in the
country, says: "If Hayes means to
give the South living chance, the
Democratic Senators should confirm
his cabinet appointments forthwith.
A President is entitled to his own ad-
visers."
London, March SAN explosion
took place to-day in the Worcester
colliery, near Swansea. All the miners
were at work at the time. The num-
ber lost is not yet known. Sixteen
bodies hrve already been taken out.
1t is thought that six more are in the
pit.
The Legislature last Winter, by an
act approved March 81, 1876, fixed the
time for the annual meeting of the au-
ditors of the several township and
boroughs to settle accounts, on the
second Monday in April. 1t was for
merly fixed for the first Monday in
June. These accounts are required by
law to be published under a severe
penalty for neglect.
1t should be understood by those
who were elected to the office of JUS
tice of the Peace at the recent election,
that they must send notice of their ac-
ceptance to the PrOthonotary of the
county where they are chosen, inside
of thirty days from the time the bal.
lotting took place. If this is not done
their commissions will not be sent by
the Governor.
Boston, March S.-William F.
Speakman, resident of Oakdale
Massachusetts,, was arrested this
morning while in the act of killing
his wife, who was rescued. The dead
body of his sister, 20 years old, was
found in the woodshed, the head and
body having been almost cut to pieces
with an axe. Speakman is a mil
operative, and has been insane from
the effects of liquor for The past severa
days and was drunk when the murdel
was committed.
st. Louis, March S.-The mos
violent snow storm of the winter pre-
vailed here to-day, several inches o
snow fell and travel of all kinds wal