The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-28
Notes.


There are five hundred taxables in
Ridgway township.
Good Friday occurs on April 10Th.
Then SOW your cabbage seed.
New picket fence in front of Mrs.
Barrett's house, on Centre street.
-Kaul and Hall of st. Mary's, have
received the engine for their mines.
The old lie about the frost hurt
ing the peach crop is now on the
wing.
Wild ducks abound in this Sec
ton, and our "boys" are lying low
for them.
Work has been commenced on the
new planning mill on the bank of
Hyde's race.
The annual appropriation from
the State of $500 has been received by
Company H.
Themaplesugar season is at an end.
The budding of the trees stopping the
flow of the sap.
The Constable, and School Direc-
tors are not sworn in with the other
township officers.
"A poor, little, half-froze-to-death
robin was singing under our window
only day or so ago.
Full particulars of dog fights
thankfully received at this office. N.
B.-Also cock fights.
Too late to fill your ice house now
boys, but, there is one consolation,
winter may come again.
The funeral of the drowned De-
Witt child, at the Methodist church, on
Thursday, was largely attended.
What pity that some people will
feed the baby paregoric, when pin is
the cause of all the child's woes.
Snow fell here on Tuesday even
ing quite briskly. Wednesday morn.
ing's sun was too much for the "beau-
tiful."
Why will you continue to borrow
your neighbor's ADVOCATE when a
few cents a week will enable you to
have copy of your own.
-Supt. Dixon wishes us to say that
he will hold teachers examination
at the Ridgway school house, next
Saturday, at o'clock, A. M.
Look to the roots of your apple
trees, and you will be apt to find lit
tie white grub. 1t is a good plan to
kill the little chap at sight.
The Treasurer's Sale of Unseated
Lands appears in this issue. The Sale
takes place on Monday, June 10, 1873.
Buy youself farm and be happy
Easter Sunday comes on April
21st Then eat your boarded eggs,
boil several with fancy colored calico
on them to make them pretty for the
children.
Snow storm here last Sunday, and
as the flakes came slowly down, and
the wind whistled around the corn
ers we began to fear that there was
more in the "melt" than we wot of.
Last Monday, March 25th, the
three Mollie Maguires, Patrick Hester,
Peter NJ MHugh and Patrick Tully, con-
victed of the murder of Alexander
Rea, in October, 1868, were hanged at
Bloomsburg, Fa.
The manufacture of splints for
lighting cigars, lamps, ETC., designed
to save matches, is a new industry in
Ridgway. A little girl was on the
streets yesterday selling the new pro-
duct for five cents bunch.
There is the "dollar of the dad
dies" the trade dollar and the ''dol-
lar of the sons" any two of which
will entitle you to years subscription
to the ADVOCATE and a chrome. The
chrome is of silver and passes current
for half a dollar.
j. l.. Brown, Esq, of Wilcox, will
please accept our thanks for copy of
a map drawn by him of part of NJ
Kean and Elk counties, from the
northern Pennsylvania line to the
southern boundary of Ridgway and
Benzinger townships in Elk county.
John Allison, for many years Reg
lister of the Treasury is dead and Glenni
w. Scofield of Warren, has been ten
dered and has accepted the vacant po-
sition. Judge Scofield will accord
ingly be nominated by Mr.. Hayes for
the vacancy.
Miss Hannah Rothchild is said to
be the first daughter of Israel who
ever wore British Coronet. She was
married last week to the Earl of Rose
berry. Hannah is worth from $780,
600, 900 to $50, ,oeO, 900, and that's what's
the matter with Roseberry.
The articles appearing in the Elk
Democrat and Elk ADVOCATE signed
by Rev. j. M. Gillette, and IA Catho-
lic." also Rev. j. M. Gillette's
thanksgiving Sermon" are pub
lished in neat phamphlet, and for
sale at this office for 25 cents. Send in
your orders.
"A hen is the most unreasoning
thing in the world besides being mean
and stingy. For instance, you may
spade up three acre lot, and plant
fhraa faat souare tn op;o,s 81 A.