The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-03

POTATOES are selling here at 81 80 a
bushel.
PETER has cleared up the court yard
ready for court week.
ORIN NJ. RHINEs has moved his
family above Whistletown.
ED. PAINE has moved his family to
his farm, down the creek.
NJ. T.. LESSER has moved into the
house next east of Healy's hotel barn.
THE festive fly now leaves his card
on the picture frames and window
panes.
FRANK M'GLoIN's house looks neat
and tasty since receiving new coat OF
paint.
TIE Lutherans have cleared their
church lot of rubbish, thus making a
decided improvement.
DoCToR HARTLEY and John Kline
are putting up Il neat fence. Mr.. j.
Taylor has also made Il new fence
PREsBYTERIAN SERVICES next Sun
day at the usual hours by Rev. A, NJ,
Gillette in the Lutheran Church.
You ARE INvITED-to call at the
ADVOCATE office, and have some bill
heads, note-heads, envelopes, or circu-
lars, printed cheap.
GOVERNOR HARTRANFT will please
accept our thanks for u copy of the
general laws passed at the late session
of the Legislature.
The st. Mary's Gdzctte will take
notice that the May Term of court
commences Monday, May 2S, 1877, and
change the trial list to suit.
FLOWER sells at S11,50 to $1,000 Il
barrel. And laboring men receive
LOO to 81, 80 a day. Speaking Of re-
form, we suggest that it begin here.
Mrs. JACKsoN's Irish hen produced
an egg the other day measuring 7XS2.
AS this is the first lay of spring we in
vitc further sealed proposals.
BE on your guard for counterfeit
ones are in circulation, although we are
not sufficiently acquainted with such
large coin to be much alarmed.
WE are willing to beg the pardon OF
our Wilcox correspondents if they feel
offended. because we said they were
dumb as the Democrat correspondent
suggests. Silent would have been the
better word.
OUR Wilcox package, last week
broke open, and was returned by the
route agent on Saturday to the Ridg-
way office We will endeavor to pre-
vent like occurrence in the future.
PERsoNAL.-Mrs.J G. Houk is in
town. w. c. Healy and j. f. Dill,
have returned from Jacksonville
Florida. Mrs. G. l.. M'Cracken has
returned. Mrs. VIM. Crawford has
gone west.
Sam Clark, the foreman of J. S.
Powell's shoe shop is an excellent
workman, and will make you Il pair O.
shoes big enough to give your corns
room, ut least since he made us Il pail
we scarce realize we ever had "a corn.
SUPERVISOR M'GovERN has put
down new side walk from Geofg,
Rhine's residence to the east side ol
the Ridgway Bank. Also on South
street from John Kime's property tC
Mrs. Horizons. These Improvements
were much needcQ.
The CENTRAL STATE NORMAL
SCHOOL will open for Il summer tern
of II 2weeks beginning May 10th, with
Il full corps of competent professors
Students desiring to attend shoulC
apply at once to the Principal, Prof
y. \. Raub, Lock Haven, Pa.
CABBAGE WoRMS.-An exchange
gives the following method of killing
off the green cabbage worm: Dissolv'
one teaspoonful of saltpetre in Il com
mon pailful of warm (not hot water
and sprinkle the cabbages therewitl
on the appearance of the worms
Two or three applications will suilic
| for The season. The water, besides
acts like II charm in promoting the
growth of the plant.