The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-02
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The Jones township Auditors
Settlement appears in this issue under
the head New Advertisements.
Two men named Jacobs and Gold
man, of Crawford county, have been
convicted of arson, burning buildings
to obtain the insurance.
A good way to create q crysis-hit
q school girl on the head with
potato. = BrookviNe Graphic. That
depends altogether on the part of the
head the vegetable strikes. -
ALL the ladies and gentlemen of
Ridgway are invited to call at the
ADVOCATE office, and see the new
and nobby styles of fancy note paper,
in elegant boxes, which we received
yesterday.
On May 1st s. A. Rote opened his
West End Photograph Gallery. He
wishes us to inform the public that
the Gallery will remain open for a
short time only. Those wishing pic
- lures will do we'll to call at once.
About thirty German settlers, a
number with families, have arrived.
They signify their intention of build
ing log houses on the land, and COM
mencing the work of cutting down
the timber and clearing the land at
once.
&C. G. Malin and Harvey Malin
have been out in the pigeon fields, for
some time, engaged in hauling pigeons
to the railroad station for shipment.
They make round trip in day, and
get from ten to eighteen dollars for the
trip, being paid at the rate of shilling
dozen.
Next Wednesday the school direc-
tors of Elk county will meet in Ridg-
way for the purpose of electing Co.
Superintendent, for the ensuing three
years, to succeed Sup't. Dixon. AS no
other candidates are in the field, so far
as heard from, we presume Mr.. Dixon
will succeed himself.
On Wednesday night Dickinson
Bros. RATED in a ten platform piece,
and on Thursday morning started
down the river with it. They had
not gone far before compelled to stop
on account of broken oar. A new
oar was procured and the raft con-
tinued on its way to market.
AT Curt Barrett's dance, in Magin-
mis- hall, on Friday night, the prizes
given to the best walters were: to
best lady waltzer, Miss Jones, silver
fruit knife; to best gentleman waltzer,
Nelson Jackson, a gentleman's shaving
case. Charles Holes, Madison Kline,
and W. S. Horton were the judges.
The rainy weather we have exper-
the streams nearly to ovcrfowing.
Our lumbermen have, with few excep.
tions, succeeded in getting their lum-
ber out, and in consequence they feel
in good humor. Now, with a fail
price and ready sale, we may expect a
large amount of money to be brought
back to this section.
Judge Ross says we were in error
as to the age and builder of that old
house, formerly on the site of Nj. E.
Lesser's new one. He says the house
was built by Thomas w. Barberln the
year 1886. At that time the Judge oc.
cupied a l2Xl2 shop, near the same
place, in which he worked at the trade
of tailoring. Judge Dickinson also
corroborates these acts. Subsequently
the house was owned by Caleb Dill.
B. F. Rhoades, of Fox township
has invented a new saw tooth, for cir
cular or upright saws, which planes
the lumber as it is sawed. The planel
is fastened to and runs sixteenth o
an inch ahead of the old-fashioneC
tooth. He has also inven ted a saw
for the use of carpenters and others
which has two chisel teeth and a clear
ing tooth, these being repeated The
length of the saw. He claims tha
this saw will rip board better thar
the old-fashioned rip saw, and it viii
also cut smooth joint, thus combin
ing two saws in one.
Mr.. Gemmill informs us that the
total number of birds shipped from
Sheffield, up to April q, is s59,S46
Lately the price of dead birds is low
and IA 800 live ones were shipped dur
ing the last week. Counting so, 0O(
from Tionesta and 10000 from Tidi
QUITE, which is no doubt below the ac
tual figure, we have 443,S46. Some
have been shipped from Kane ant
other points, while many have beer
carried away by shootists. 1t is prob
ably safe to say that half million
pigeons, dead and alive, have beer
taken in this section.- Warren Mail.
Now is the time to fix yourselye,
up for summer, and now is your grea
opportunity. We see that some of ouI
merchants, noticeably Powell & Kline
the old stand by firm, are filling vi
with an unusually fine stock of good
of every description. They appear t.
be supplying every body with Grocer
les, Provisions, Feed, &c. They alst
have very handsome stock of Carpets
Floor and Table Oil Cloths, Clothing
Dress Goods, Boots and Shoes, Crock,