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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-24
INSURANCE AGENCY.
OF
p. B. WACHTEL,
st. Mary's, Pa.

The largest agency in either Elk or
its adjoining counties, representing
through his General Agents about 80
responsible and prompt loss paying
companies, among the principal ones
are the following:
NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE,
Gross assets $32.536,6i2,
IETNA, OF HARTFORD. CONN.
Assets over $7,ooo,o 900,
FIRE ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA
Assets $4,OCO,O0O
NIAGARA, OF NEW YORK.
Assets 81 5000
sHAwMUT, BOSTON, MASS,
Capital .S5Oo,OO0.
GERMAN AMERICAN, NEW YORK,
Assets $500, 600.
TRAVELLERS, Iife and Academy CONN,
Assets S4,2O5,O0O.
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Notice.

All persons are hereby forbidden
selling goods to, or trusting any person
on my account, without my written
order, as will pay no debts thus con.
tracted after this date.
NJ. T. FRENCH.
Ridgway May 2, lS77.-1y
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Notice.

Any person wishing to adopt or
Apprentice boy or girl child will
please correspond with w. j. King,
p. o. Box LAB Penfield, Clearfield Co.
Pa. n4lw3eow.
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MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING.

MRS. J. r. KELTZ, Kersey, Elk
Nl Co., Pa, takes this method of an
nouncing to the citizens of Elk
county, that she has on hand an as
sortment of fashionable millinery
goods which will be sold cheap. Also
dressmaking in all its branches.
Agent for DR.. J Bail & Co.'S Patent
Ivory and Lignum Vita Eye Cups.
Send for descriptive circular.
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ESTATE Of John M'Cusker, late. Of Fox
township, Elk county, Pa, deceased. LET
granted to the undersigned upon the said es-
tate all persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make payment, and those
having claims to present them for set
tlement. JACOB M'CAULEY, Admr.
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FatinaCaden
VS..
Owen Caden

In the Court of
Fatima Caden Common Pleas of Elk
VS.. County, September
Owen Caden Term, IS77 No. SO
To the Defendant ADORE named =
Subpoena and alias subpoena having
issued in the above entitled case and
returned mot found in the County,"
you are hereby notified to appear be-
fore said court on the fourth Monday
of January, A. ID. 1873, to answer said
complaint.
DANIEL SCULL, Sheriff.
per. w. S. HORTON, Deputy.
Dec. 22d, 1877.
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TNHE SOCIETY STORE.

A new store started in Ridgway un-
der the auspices of the ladies of Grace
Church, with
MISS A. =. MKEE.
as Agent and Saleswoman,
A fine assortment of goods on hand
and selected with great care.
EN- EMBROlUERlES.
LACE EDGE.
PRINCES,
HANDKERCHIEFS.
LADIES TIES.
TOILET SETS,
LINEN SUITS.
CHiLDRENS SUITS
SAMPLE SILKS
Machine silk, thread and needles.
Also fine lot of Dress Goods, Fancy
work of all kinds. Framed mottOes
&C., &C. All cheap as the cheapest
and goods warranted first class. Call
and examine our stock.
MISS A. e. M'KEE,
Agent for the Society.
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Umpire TRANSPORTATION
IL co. -
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT.
1l27 GIRARD STREES

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT.
1927 GIRARD STREEs,
PHILADELPHIA, October 18th, 1877.
Notice is hereby given that the En-.
pire Transportation Company. has
ceased to transact business, and has
entered on liquidation of its affairs
preparatory to its dissolution as Cor
poration.
JOS. d. POTTS, President.
The Empire Line, formerly owned
and operated by the Empire Trans
portation Company, will continue to
be operated as heretofore, but for ac-
count of its new owners. +. j.
FIRTH, Gen. Manager, Empire
Line.
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Hides, Sheep Pelts, and Calf Skins
wanted at AZ Main Street.
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RIDowAy, ELK Co., Pa.
w. Fl. SCHRAM, Proprietor.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore
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tsntion to the comfort and convenience OF
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same.
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T.. X. GRESH.

Dealer in all kinds of cabinet ware,
wood and cane seat chairs, kitchen
and eXtention tables, wood and marble
top stands, wood and marble top
bureaus, whatnots, looking glasses,
WOOD and marble top chamber suits,
mattresses, spring bed bottoms, bed
seaS1 wood pumps, ps &C., &c Came sa, seats neH re
placed with perforated wood seats.
Weed sewing machine reduced from
Sos to S45 the best machine in tho
market, and picture frames made to
order. Also large assorted stock OF
ready made coffins constantly on hand
and trimmed at shortest notice. All
the above good are sold at panic prices.
Ware Rooms in masonic building,
Ridgway Pa.
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Winter is upon us, which is a re.
minder that you need an overcoat.
M'Affee will make you one cheap
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j. s.. BORD WE'LL, AZ. d.,

Eclectic Physician and Surgeon, has remov-
ed his office from Centre street, to Mair St.
Rdgway. Pa, in the second story Of the
new brick building of John G. Hall, oppo-
site Hyde's store.
Office hours:-1 to PM to 9PM N
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Elizabeth A. Nc
Enerney.

Elizabeth A. Nc In the Court of
Enerney. Common Pleas of
VS.. Elk County Sent
John M'Enerney Term %,NTs ls75s No No 80
10 the Defendant above named
subpoena and alias subpoena having
issued in the above entitled case and
returned mot found in the County"
you are hereby notified to appear be-
fore said court on the fourth Monday
of January, A. ID. 1878, to answer said
complaint.
DANIEL SCULL, Sheriff
per. w. 5. HORTON, Deputy.
Sheriff's Office, Ridgway, Pa. I
Dec. 22d. 1877. ]
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JAMES d. FULLERTON,
r. s. HARTLEY. M. d.,

Physician anu Surgeon.
Office in Drug Store, corner Broad and
Main Sis. Residence corner Broad st.
opposite the College. Office hours from
to 10 A. NJ. and from to p. NJ.
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Our Motto: The Best Goods and
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TERMS OF SALE.

The following must be strictly complied
with when the property is struck of
l. All bids must be paid in full, except
where the plaintiff or other lien creditors
becomes the purchaser, in which case the
costs on the writs must be paid, as well as
all liens prior to that of the purchaser. and
duty certified list of liens shall be furn-
ished, including mortgage searches on the
property sold, together with such lien
creditors receipts for the amount of the
proceeds of the sale. or such portion thereof
as he shall appear to be entitled to.
All sales not settled Immediately will
be continued until six o'clock P NJ. at
which time all property not settled for will
again be put up, and sold at the expense
and risk of the person 10 whom it was first
struck off, and who, in case of deficiency
at such resale. shall make good th same,
and in no instance will the deed be pre-
sented in court tor coDfrma tion uuless the
bid is actually settled for with the Sheriff
as above stated.
d. C. OYSTER Sheriff.
Sheritf's Office, Ridgway Pa.
January 2, 1873.
#See Purdon's Digest. 9th edition. page
446; Smiths Forms, page 3Si.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-01-03
Small CourtesieS.

Civility costs nothing and is often
productive of good results. Here is
an instance. A local doctor of medi-
cine at Bath, England, has just had a
legacy Of $4,000 and a comfortable
house left him by lady who was only
known to him by bis once offering her
seat in his carriage. A gentleman
known to the writer, once assisted a
very old and feeble man to cross from
London Mansion House to the Bank
of England. This crossing is q very
dangerous one, especially at midday,
when the city is tull of cabs, omnibus
es, drays and other ponderous vehi-
cles. When the old gentleman had
got safely across he exchanged cards
with his obliging young friend, and
there the matter rested. Some four or
FIVE years after this incident occurred
firm of London solicitors wrote to
the young gentleman who had taken
pity on the old man, informing him
that legacy of $4,000 and a gold
watch and chain had been left to him
by gentleman who "took the OPP
portunity of again thanking him in his
will for an act of unlocked for civil
ty." II is not likely that all wills
have gold watches and chains left to
them, or neat little bundles of crisp
notes but it is certain that acts of
civility are productive Of sufficient re-
suits to our inner selves to make it
worth our while to practice them
whenever we have the opportunity
Household Words.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-01-03

some other remedy must be found,
that the expense of construction
would not be so large as to prevent
its being undertaken.
The editorial / have referred to is
timely, and I hope will set your coun-
try readers thinking and acting upon
this important subject. But did not
the writer get his cart before the
horse?' After with broad tire Won
have got the wheels SO they will not
sink into the mud up to the hub, how
are the horses, up to their knees in
mud, SO that they can scarcely pull
theirs feet outflow, / ask, is that
team to pull the load even with the
broad tires .or the stronger they pull
the tighter they are stuck in the mudi
Let the horses haYe a good foot
hold to pull on, and, while a wide tire
is desirable, it is not SO important.
The fact is, public opinion in the
country is not sufficiently directed to
this subject. If The Tribune will
take hold of this matter and continue
as ably as il is doing on the silver
question a vast amount Of good can
be accomplished. Respectfully,
IL X JnNrc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-01-03

regret to the kindred association OF
the Democratic party.
But Mr. Hayes must know that the
thing which gave him votes was the
dread OF the people that the Demo-
cratic party would come in. 1t was
the strength Of defense, not Of Of
Tense.
IL was not any positive and uniform
agreement, even among Republicans,
as 70 many questions of grave impor-
lance. Civil-service reform was one
factor, OF course, but very small
one; It was swallowed up in the inn
minent fear of the most serious Of all
calamities the accession of the DEM
ocratic party 10 power. All minor
things were lost in this, for neither
civil-service reform nor any other re-
form was practicable when this horde
OF wolves should break in. They
were beaten back for that time only
to gather again in more solid and
more famisbed columns for another
assault, :@
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-01-03
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Oregon Letter.

This part Of Oregon is filing up
with Immigrants mostly from Kansas
Arkansas and Dakota; families
that have starved out on account of
the grasshoppers. They are well sat
ished when they get here where there
is plenty to eat and where they raise
from 20 to IS bushels of wheat to the
acre, and where fruit is so abundant.
Apples are worth one cent per pound;
peaches the same; grapes % to
cents per pound !; wages 81 per day,
cash farm hands in harvest $3.50
per day. Harvest lasts from July till
the last of September. They cut all
their grain here with reapers. They
pillow here with gang plows. They
pillow and SOW from November to the
lst of March, which gives the farmer
q long time to get his crop in. To-
day, the 18th OF December, is very
warm and pleasant. It is like spring
day in old Wisconsin. When it does
snow little here we have sshenooh'
wind that is very warm. 1t melts the
snow very fast. / would say to those
who contemplate coming to this part
ofthe country, that the sooner they
come the better, for good land is get
ting scarce and rising in value very
fast. This part of the country is
bounded on the east by the Blue
Mountains, west by the Cascades,
north by the Columbia and Snake riv-
ers. We have but very little rain in
Summer. But still we do not have
to lrrigate. l think this is the best
part of the world / ever was in. IF
any one wishes information about the
route to this part Of the country / can
give it them. M. BARTHOLOMEW.
Milton, Oregon, Dec IL, 1877 $1&
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-01-03
A Timely Suggestion.

Do not keep the alabaster boxes of
your love and tenderness sealed up
until your friends are dead. Fill their
lives with sweetness. Speak approx
ing, cheering words while their ears
can hear them, ana while their hearts
can be thrilled by them. The things
you mean to say when they are gone,
say before they 60. The flowers you
mean to send for their collins, send to
brighten and sweeten their homes be-
fore they leave them.
Ifmy friends have alabaster boxes
laid away, full of perfumes of sympa-
thy and affection which they intend
to break over my dead body, l would
rather they would bring them out in
my weary hours and open them that l
may be refreshed and cheered by them
while ] need them. I would rather
have a bare coffin without flower
and funeral without eulogy, than
life without the sweetness of love
sympathy. Let us learn to anoint our
friends beforehand, for their burial.
Post.mortem kindnesses do not cheer
the burdened spirit. Flowers on the
coffin cast no fragrance backward
over the weary days.--N. Y. Euan-
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