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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-12
scenes at the st. John Fire.

The second day uf the fire which
partially destroyed st. John, N. B., the
firemen were so exhausted and food and
drink SO scarce, that they asked for
nourishment at any door they CHANGED
to pass,
Hour after hour went by and yet no
abatement of the fury of the fire tiend.
The revivals of the internal regions
seemed to have been visited upon this I'M
fortunate city. Human power was un-
availing to stay the awful doom that
swept from houce to house, laying one
home after another to ashes, driving
families of little children into the streets.
The sick, the aged and infrm were
obliged to seek refuge in parks or any
open space that was considered reason
ably safe by those who kindly assisted
them out of the burning buildings.
A panic seized the people. No spot
seemed safe from the infectious foe. Men
reeled in the streets who were known to
be df temperate habits, and followed the
crowd even to the verge of scorching,
eager to see whose house would be the
next to go. Food was not to be had for
the poor outcasts. Even the pantries of
the few rich whose houses were spared,
were soon emptied for those who came to
their doors to be fed.
1t seemed as if the elements had
leagued with the fire fend to prolong
the torture until the city lay in ashes
The wind tore the dust from the streets
into the air. and combined with hot
smoke to blind the multitude, who
waited in agony for the flames to spend
their fury. There was great deal of
intoxication. Men drank to sustain
their strength and to drown their suf-
ferings.
Along the principal business streets, a
crowd of loafers, or human vultures,
would pour into liquor and cigar stores
to help themselves. Those in charge
who were trying to save the property,
would throw out box after box of cigars,
and bottle after bottle of liquor to them,
and beg them to go away and make room
for them to work.
When the Jail became in danger, the
prisoners were all in the main corridor
waiting to know their doom. A young
man called there to speak with prisoner
on business. He was not permitted to
enter but spoke through the bars.
Ellis, the forger, asked him 't if they
would be allowed to roast alive" The
jailor stood waiting orders, and when one
end of the Jail caught fire it was reported
that number were set free. This ter
rible suspense must have been sore
reminder of their offenses and possible
penalties. They acted like lot of
Gagged animals, SO this gentleman said.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-12
Items of Interest.

Slaves of the ring-Engaged maidens.
A beastly storm-When it rains cats and
dogs.
He that would put money in his fob, must do
the work or boss the job.
Nevada's the place to live in-everybody
mines his own business out there.
Crockery dealers always delight in seeing
other people do smashing business.
Thus far in 1877 thirty-seven persons have
been executed in the United States for murder
The mind wakes from its ambrosial dreamsof
flowers and spicy zephyrs and poetic sunsets to
the consciousness of first boil
A New Englander writes home from the
Black Hills that there are as many wise men
going out every day as there are fools coming
in.
If any potato bug believed that the fashion,
able color this year was to be yellow, he has
been badly disappointed. 1t is green-paris
green.
After boy is tired .out hoeing potatoes.
nothing seems to rest him more than to dig
over few square rods of green sward in search
of bait.
A politician who was q great stickler for
equality in all things perceiving two crows fly
ing side BY side, exclaimed: "Aye, that is just
as it should be hate to see one crow over
another"
The longest sentence on record was con-
structed by Western judge. He sentenced
murderer for life, and afterward slapped two
more years to the sentence because the prisoner
called him ''no gentleman"
"It is the last straw that breaks the camels
back" as the fellow murmured when his girl
said she would have cake with her ice cream,
and the consciousness dawned upon him that
he had only twenty cents in his pocket.
At this season of the year there is something
discouraging to the heaven born genius which
despises conventonalities, in the spectacle of
man who wears a winter hat and endeavors to
secure the recognition of his friends.
An Irish gentleman parting with lazy
servant woman was asked, with respect to her
| industry whether she was what is termed afraid
of work. sob not at ALL" said he; "not at
all; she'll frequently lie down and fall asleep by
the very side of it."
Now is the time for lovers to get spoony over
ice cream, she taking few pretty dabs at his
vanilla, and he borrowing taste OF her cho-
coate. This process inspires confidence in the
day when they will be throwing corned beef
and cabbages across the table.
The song of the Jail bird is in many bars
Herald p. /. Man. SO is the song of the soap
maker.-Detroit Free Press. So is the song Of
the toper.-Rochester Democrat. So is the
song of the Mississippi pilot.-Neac York
Graphic. So is the song of the mosquito.
During late storm one Of Burngton's best
young men was struck by lightning. But
fortunately escaped serious injury. The bolt
struck one of the points of his standing collar,
but long before it could get down to the young
mans neck the electric fluid gave it up and
curled up exhausted, about half way down the
collar used up,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-12
Possibly n Good SpecuIatiOn.

A California millionaire, whose daugh-
ter will shortly marry French count, is
to pay the groom 100000 cash down,
before the ceremony takes place, that
being the price demanded by the conde-
scending foreigner for consenting to
share his tile with an American born
young woman. The figure seems high,
but the investment may not prove to be
such bad speculation after all. A good
many of these European counts turn
out to be very clever cooks or stylish
hair-dressers, and should the ambitious
papa's mine incontinently peter out, or he
get swamped at the stock board, first
class foreign artist in victuals OF hair
will be found mighty handy to have
about the house. Such fellows COM
mand fabulous salaries in San Francisco
when times are flush, and they are al,
ways able to make a pretty good living
when they are willing to set about it.
They are a little too much given to
beating their wives, however, when the
day of adversely comes, to make desira-
bic sons-in.law as general rule.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-12
A School Girl's Fate.

Mary Ella Harrington, Boston school
girl, went to visit a friend in Newton,
and her family never saw her afterward
Her movements after she parted from
the Newton friend could not be trace I.
A few days after her disappearance her
mother received this note, written in n
masculine hand (: 81 send you this so
that you needn't worry for me. have
found friend and / am never coming
back any more, at least for good long
while. My friend is writing this because
1 have burned my hand" The police
searched thoroughly for the girl, but did
not find her. This was last fall, and
public interest in the case was thorough
ly aroused. Her body was found in the
river at Lowell, the other day, and the
truth seems to be that she was murdered
by the man who sent the note, whoever
he is,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-12
Fruit Protectors.

The cheapest and best of these l ever
employed was tame hawk, says COR
respondent The summer before last it
was tethered by the leg in the strawber-
~ quarter, with large stone for perch,
and neither myself nor others ever saw
a bird near the fruit. The black birds
and thrushes got SO accustomed to the
sight of him that they perched on the
wall bit off, tapping their wings, and
uttering that peculiar ''te-whip" which
they often give in the presence of dan
ger but they ventured no nearer. The
hawk was tame but never familiar with
any one, except black cat which had
been brought up in the same basket with
it. 1t was fed with birds caught in the
net ON the gooseberry quarter, and it
made uncommonly short work of them,
but did not deign to pick the bones
which the cat, in general way, polished
off. The hawk which was singnlarly
timid when it got dark, was last winter
killed by rat, during the night, in one
Of the greenhouses where it took shelter,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-12
The Great Wall of China.

Kalgan commands one of the passes
through the great wall of China. 1t is
there built of large stone, cemented to-
gether with mortar. 1t tapers toward
the top, being twenty-one feet high and
twenty-eight feet wide at the foundation.
At the most important points. less than
a mile apart, square towers are erected,
built of bricks. 1t winds over the crest
of the mountains, crossing the valleys at
right angles, blocking them with fortif-
cations. The Chinese estimate its
length to be about three thousand three
hundred miles, but in parts more remote
from Pekin the wall is of inferior con-
struction. There is nothing but dilapi-
dated mud rampant, as Colonel Preje-
valsky saw it on the borders of ALASKAN
and Kansu, 1t is said to have been bnilt
upward of two centuries before Christ,
to protect the empire against the in
roads of the neighboring nomads but
the periodical irruptions of the barba-
rians were never checked by this artif-
cial barrier
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-12
After Marriage.

We used to walk together in the twilight.
He whispering tender words so sweet and low,
As down the green lanes when the dew was
falling,
And through the woodlands where the birds
were calling,
We wandered in those hours so long ago.
But now no more we walk in purple cleaning
Adown the lanes-ny love and I-ah, me;
The tiu- rnst for such romantic roaming
He holds the baby while I'm getting tea.
We used to sit, with lamp turned low, together;
And talk of love and its divine effects
When nights were long and wintry was the
weather;
Far nobler he than knight with knightly feather,
And 1 to him the loveliest of my sex.
Now, oft when wintry winds howl round the
gable,
Immersed in smoke, he pores Ger gold and
stocks,
The fact ignored that just across the tablo
The loveliest of her sex sits darning socks.
Oft when arrayed to suit my hero's fancy,
1 tripped to meet him at his welcome CALI
He looked unutterable things-his dark eye
glowing
In fond approval at my outward showing
His taste in laces, dresses, jewels-all
Now if perchance we leave the house together,
When friends invite or prima donna sings,
He scans my robes, bought new for the occa-
sion,
And foots the bills-and looks unutterable
things!
Oh, bygone days when seventeen and single,
He called me angel as he pressed my hand .
Oh, present time wherein that self-same fellow
SO that same angel, grown trihe yellow.
Calls out Matilda, do you understand?"
All, yes l understand, one thing for certain,
Love after marriage is beauteous myth,
Which they who once have passed behind the
curtain,
Turn up their oses--disenchanted with!
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-12
NEVER DESPAIR R-One of the Scotch

NEVER DESPAIR of the Scotch
judges rather noted for his light treat
ment of serious punishments had once
sentenced man, convicted of sheep
stealing, to be hanged ON the 2Sth of the
then current month. The prisoner when
being conducted out of the dock, turned
round to the judge, who was busy az
ranging his papers previous to leaving
the court, and cried out "My lord, my
lord, l haena got justice here the day p
The judge looking up from his occupa-
ton with twinkle Of grim fun in his
eye, consolingly answered "Weel, weel,
my man, yell get II on the 2sth."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-12
NO. 81.
Familiar Voices.

Down in the deep, up in the sky
see them always, far or nigh'
And / shall see them till I die
The old familiar faces.
They have long forgotten mine
But remember every line,
The old familiar faces.
All nothing e'er replaces
The old familiar faces.
And all day long, so close and near,
As in a mystic dream hear
Their gentle accents kind and dear
The old familiar voices.
They have no sound that I can reach
But silence sweeter is than speech
The old familiar voices!
Nothing my heart rejoices
Like the old familiar voices.
The New York herald., 1877-02-04
THE ARION SOCIETY.

The third carnival festival OF the Aron Society was
hold last evening at thcr club house, in ST. Marks
place. There were about 500 ladies' and gentlemen
present. representing New York German society. The
mon were attirod in evening dress, and each wore
fancy head dress, made Of green, gold and scarlet
cloth, which lent o fantastic appearance TO the
scene The ladies' worc becoming evening costumes.
Precisely at ninc O'Clock, after few remarks by the
President, the musical part OF the entertainment,
under the leadership OF DR.. Damrosch ana Mr. R,etze
was begun, the whole society singing ''Dessims-
tischcs Schalknarrcn- Lied, - or the FOOLS song.
The evening till twelve o'clock. was occupied In
singing the following songs in German :-"Much Ado
About Nothing" Centennial Medley" ''The Grect-
Ing from America" tsung at Cologne in tho grand
carnival last month), "The Flying Dutchman," "Hus-
bands Thoughts, "Brthday, " and 1.-THE Song of tho
Candidates. y in English, which was hit at the two
aspirants for the Presidency.
After intermission and supper the grand march
was opened and 100 couples entered into the en-
joymcnt OF the dancing which, with choice selections
OF music intersperscd, was continued into the carly
hours OF the morning
The New York herald., 1877-02-04
THE COMING CARNIVAL.

THE SUCCESS OF THE PROPOSED FESTIVAL
AssuRED-LARGE MEETING OF MANUFAC-
TCRERs AND THE DAY APPOINTED.
The initiatory moves toward the inauguration Of the
great carnival are being taken earnest, and tho
prospect OF grand display the occasion Of the re-
cepon of His Majesty is encouraging. In response to
call issued by Colonel ST. Martini representatives Of
two of the principal firms of OF
tho city met last evening the Union Square Hotel to
express their appreciation Of the suggestion concern
ing the carnival Among the gentlemen present wero
representatives OF the Herring and Marvin safe CON-
panies tho Domestic Sewing Machine Company. Decker
Brothers, piano manufacturers; +. Grote Il Co.,
Mitchell Vance Ki.teIi CO.. she % cloo ana osaeF G
Flcschman u Co., J. Rdlard's Sons and the Liedcr-
kranz, Arion and other societies
Colonel ST Martin presided and read the following
proclamation:-
ROYAL PRocLAMAriox.
To ALL wHox THESE PREsESrs SHALL GOMEZ
Momns King Of the Kingdom of Mrh and Peasar do
escs Ssw oSt York With
make this to all loving subjects
that they may make al" lifting arrangements tncreun'o ap
impri"-we do constitute and appoint our faithful
joct and follower. Smith Ely, Jr Mayor. Prince Large
Serndas-we constitute appoint our loving Knight
William ST. Martin Earl Marshal OF the Kingdom with the
And we do further ordain that all orders and appoint
emanstng from these shall be rs
and TO the end that our may right royal
will from time 70 time during our progress toward our
ely make such ation from our own mana
Given under our royal and this lss day rob
ruary A. D., 1877, and Of reign the l0lst REx.la
lAttest.1 KEEPER ov rnK SsALs.
The Chairman stated that twelve of the chief hotels
have subscribed from 5000 to $500 each and that The
snm $40 600 Is at the disposal Of the Finance
Committee Tho Academy OF Music and Irving Hall
nirn. Of tho festival, which, II was decided last night,
shall take place on Easter Monday.
The New York herald., 1877-02-04
THE OREGON ELECTOR.

s'GoBBLE'' DISCOVERED TESTIFY
THAT HE IS J. n. PATRIcK-AN OREGON
DEMOCRAT EXPLAINS WHY MONEY WAS
WANTED FROM NEW YORK.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 1871.
In tho Oregon electoral investigation to-day
William D. Spencer, Journal Clerk OF tho United
statcs Senate, was called to give testimony
as an expert relative to the handwriting
two cipher dispatches, one OF which was
addressed to W. I. Peton, OF New York; and signed
j. H. ~ Patrick, and tho other addressed to Samuel j.
Tilden, OF New York, signed ''Gobble." MI. Spencr
testified that he thought the dispatches were written
by the same person and with the same kind OF Ink
His reason for thinking that these dispatches we're
written by tho person was that many Of the let
ters 10 be found both were similar IN shape &c.
james N. Fitzpatrick, clerk in the oifce OF tho
Secretary Of the United States Senate, corroborated
the testimony Of Nj. Spencer.
POVERTY STRICKEN DEMOCRATS.
W. G. Griswold an Oregon democrat, corroDcrated
the testimony of Mr. Belnger, Chairman OF tho Ore
gon Democratic Committee and OF Senator Kelly rca-
tive to the OF money by democrats IN connection
with the Watts electoral He stated that tho rea
son the National Democratic Committee were called
upou TO furnish money for the purpose of coniesng
the Issuing OF certificate OF election to DR.. Watts
because the Oregon democrats were poorer than
church contribution box
MORE coRROBoEATIOS OF "GoBBLE. "
Mr.. McLennon, OF the Treasury Department. was
called and corroc GRATED the testimony OF two previous
experts relative to the hadwrng on the dispatches
signed ~. H. - IN. PATRICK and "Gobblc F."
The committc Will finish taking testimony In this
case on Monday next
The New York herald., 1877-02-04
THE BAYSIDE MURDER.

OTHER uNpENETnArED MYSTERIES OF SUI
- FOLK COUNTY.
Not the least remarkable feature OF the recent al
iegod murder Bay Shore Is the ardncss with which
the facts wero made known to the public This IS
probably attributable to the isolation Of tho scene Of
the occurrence the to talk OF the actors
in the tragedy and tho secrcvonoss the part OF the
officials. The Coroner went so far to conduct
portion OF his investigation IN secret.
After he had bocn arrested and before no was sent
TO the Rverhsad Jail Evans ntmated TO the Coroner
the possibility that Borland might have killed Poyntz
with the purpose Of getting Evans into difficulty, as
(Evans) was an important witness for tho prosccu-
ton In a case In which Bcrland the defendant,
but the suppositton Is dsproved By Evans himself who
had previously asserted under oath that no person
could possibly have got into his house that night with
out his knowledge The affair is yet mystery and II
is doubtful whether thorough investigation Will
clear up. IL seems TO have bccn murder without
motive.
OTHER MURDERS NOT INVESTIGATED
In this connection IL Is curious 10 note the NUMBER
OF murder mysteries in suffolk county which have
been satisfactorily explained The most familiar
OF these s the Kelsey CASE which Is s:l In the courts
with no immediate prospect OF termination on
1sip, some two or three years ago, a ho'ander
had an alteration IN boat with follow fisherman,
that II OF deliberate murder. but The proof
was insufficient aud the alleged murderer was ony
semitic the County jail for SIX months Thcn there
was the Skidm0ro case, In which two brotncrs werc
suspected OF numbering their own father anu burning
shc house to conceal tho crime and thus causing the
the Condor girls at Amtyville, who were found
guilty by Coroner's jury OF procuring the death oil
their iicgitimntc children, but who have never
yet beon even indicted by the Grand Jury.
The New York herald., 1877-02-04

meeting ana a canvass made, and a certificate
rendered certifying tho rilden electors 20
10 have been elected In the December previous That
y tho authority for going bohnd the certhcstion 0!
lns electors which suppose TO be legally coupled
In Judgment on tho 2sth OF January,
declaring that those persons who performed all tner
duties on the 9th OF December were not Legal IN tner
acts but that all their acts were Illegal and invalid
aud the learned gentleman from Virginia !Mr Tucker,
s away al sno acs Of these
officers de facfo, but he gave us no au-
,hor, Ny memory n Immediately nay ,asa ,sa baIs me ,hs,
where an officer de tdcio was ousted by proceed'ngs
all his acts were necessarily considered as valid ana
binding. Society could not exist without such RUE
Judges 60 upon the bench property passes under tnc
decrees men arc hanged by their judgements ana
nnally some one after the litigation OF years obtains
possession Of tho once the oftho necrce Of
The first incumbent swept away Is the lost restored
70 ic Is The property yielded back No. 80 nerv nrG
btndingr
The Judgment OF the Supreme Court OF Florida only
declared that the Returning Board had made y
mistake--not that they had perpetrated fraud Ana
Gun this tribunal thus lawfully appointed
aud who might not have been appointed II different
view of tho act governing the Board had been taken
by after nayg been appointed rro are 'ney ay onS 40
cast their arc they doubling whether or not
their work may not be undone 10 leave undone inc
work OF casting the electoral vote OF State until Il
shall be ascertaincd whether proceeding 70
test the accuracy OF their work succeeds esssos
claiming by quo Uayranfo possession OF their Office;
shall they wait until the time is past whenShey can
legally perform the duty OF casting the vote, duty so
I'm portant TO the State and "A duty which they are
bound under, penalty to perform tior .,,,e. oe,
licvc that by the laws OF Florida penalties
are imposed II they fail to act as the law
requires II seems that IN view Of the jurisdc-
ton and capacity Of this Tribunal, In view OF lis
power to take testimony and Wow OF the purpose OF
Introducing this testimony which have undertaken
20 state, tho application should be avoided.
The com IN ssion at thlrty-nve minutes past three
r. N. adjourned to Monday morning at eleven O'Clock