The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-11
state Notes.

There are in this state seventy-eight
railroads, of which thirty-three pay
dividends.
Henry Kulle, of Pittsburgh, COM
mitted suicide by opening vein i'll
his arm with knife.
There was coined at the Philadel-
phia mint last month So, 27l, 910 pieces,
valued at 81, 1853, 200. The gold pieces
were to the value of 81, 1874, 200 and the
silver $929,O0O,
The Kittanning ceal company, of
this state, is arranging to ship to South
America direct, via Ohio and Mississ-
ippi rivers. 1t is thought it can be
done at profit
The Raftsndn's Journals authority
for the statement that there are be-
tween $1,000, 200 .and 100000, 900 feet of
logs between Clearfield and Lock
Haven, which a flood would put into
market.
The merchants of Allegheny city
lost about $4,000 in the railroad riots,
and now they are talking of combin-
ing and prosecuting the Pennsylvania
railroad for the purpose of recovering
the amount of their goods destroyed.
j. Il. Smith, of Titusville, was in
stantly killed a few nights ago by
nitro-glycerine explosion at the new
factory building on the Kimball farm
near Bradford, owned by Colonel
Roberts, and Col. f. A. l.. Roberts
and his nephew, Owen Roberts, were
injured.
Thomas Fitzimmons, of Conemaugh
borough, Cambria county, aged
twenty years, was accidentally shot
in the left side Monday evening, re-
ceiving the contents of one chamber
of seven shooter, which his sister
Jennie, who is some two years older
was carelessly handling.
Mr.. John Mckinney, Sr., said to be
the oldest man in Butler county, died
at his residence in Clay township, on
the 23d ult., at the advanced age of 1O6
years, 4 months and II days. Mr..
Mckinney was Ia native of Ireland.
His strength did not fail him until
about three weeks before his death.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
petroleum trade in this state, and the
immense amount of capital invested
in it, may be formed from the fact that
there have been sunk 10000 wells, the
estimated cost of which is put down
by the best authorities at S17O, 100000.
These wells have yielded about sS,OOO,-
600 of barrels, valued at the wells at
$8OO,OOO,OoO.
In row in Philadelphia between
Patrick White, Michael Moore and
John Kaul, at Eleventh and Walnut,
White was knocked down, striking
his head against curbstone. AS he
did not at once arise there was cessa-
ton of hostilities, and some one
went to pick him up, when it was
found that he was dead. The other
two men fled but We're soon captured.
The other day brother of Henry
Lenkner, confined in the western pen
itentiary under life sentence for muir
der, called at that institution fer the
purpose of seeing him. He had not
seen Henry for twenty-seven years
and did not at first recognize him,
but when he spoke the recognition
was mutual, and the meeting was
quite affecting
Hon. John w. Hammond, president
of the Pennsylvania State Agricul-
tural Society, says that the gross re-
ceipts during the five days of the
fair amounted to 1855. This does not
include the school money. On Thurs
day about $500 school children were
admitted to the grounds for Is cents
each. From the entire sum cash
premiums to the amount of 1900
were paid. The proprietor of the
Reed house received $500 for board
ing the officers and clerks of the asso-
citation.