The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-07-18
Notes.

The beautiful laurel flowers are
now in full bloom.
Groceries cheap at Hagerty's
Don't fail to call.
= The chair-bottoming industry
seems to thrive in this village.
The new planning mill whistle
was heard for the first time few days
ago.
Teachers examination at Mill
stone Thursday evening, July 18th,
1873.
The bridge across Elk creek on
the Osterhout road will soon be COM
pleted.
Always pull pail of water for
your wife before going toyour work in
the morning.
-Bowers' furniture store Is con-
stantly receiving goods. Picture
framesa speciality.
"A new pine plank sidewalk from
near Hyde's old store to ID. II. kline's
residence, on Main street
The stock at Hyde's saw mill is all
used up, and the mill will stand idle
until more logs are put in.
Glass and Tin Fruit Cans, Porce-
lain Kettles and Preserving Pans, at
Frank Settelles'.
There were five deaths from
diphtheria in Brookville, jefferson
county, recently in one day.
The first load of hay that passes
under the telephone waXed-ends
across Main street will likely demolish
them.
With such o number of cases of
sickness in our village it behooves us
to be behooving during these sultry
dog days.
In York county man drove six
teen miles to have his baby christened,
and when he got home had forgotten
its name.
The thermometer stands at about
q thousand degrees in the shade. At
least so it seems after working in the
garden an hour or SO.
Thomas Lynch, Il track hand on
the railroad at Kane, was drowned in
General Kanes pond few days ago.
He was in bathing at the time.-t.
Mdry's Gazette.
There is nothing half so neat for
visiting cards as our now Spencerian
Script. Call and see specimens. We
are printing visiting cards us low as
35 cents for so, postpaid.
Several more new subscribers since
our last issue. Perhaps the great
Largest circulation patent-medicine-
this announcement, but we're happy,
nevertheless.
Gov. Hartranft has issued proc
lamation fixing the 18th of August for
holding an election in Luzerne county
~ decide OH the proposed division OF
county and to designate the capital
be new county.
This is good weather fer curing
grass. After night is not a good time
to engage in the healthy though Ia
borous occupation of manufacturing
hay. Or, in the language of the poet :
''make hay while the sun shines"
During the fearful wind and rain
storm on Wednesday of last week,
Michael Sheehan's two cows were in
fhn Ea arlax lnS |, inr tha Stnt vnnI
and were killed by falling trees. The
cows were found on Saturday, neal
together, and with seven trees laying
over them.
The n. G. l.. Party of Elk county
will hold meetings at three points in
the county on July 23d, oath and 25th
The places of meeting will probably
be Centreville, Benezette and ST.
Mary's Boro., in the order as the dates
are given above. Hon. ID. G. Bush, OF
Bellefonte, will address the meetings
Last Monday was one of the hot
test days ever experienced in st. Louis
over forty people dying from sun
stroke-men being struck down while
in their places of business. Over one
hundred horses are known to have per-
ished from the heat. The thermome-
ter at p. NJ indicated 103o in the
shade.
The Second Sub-District Metho.
dist Episcopal Church Institute
for the Eighth District of the Clarion
District, will be held at the NJ. E.
Church in Warsaw, Pa, July 23d, and
oath, 1878, with J. w. Martin, OF
Brockwayville, conductor. All Sun
day-school workers are members of the
Institute and are invited to attend,
-Four small boys, from II to Il
years of age, went up Maple creek
near Clarington, Forest county, on
Sunday, July 9TH, to take swim. Al
first all four went above the dam
Two of the boys, against the protest O
the others, then went below the dam
into deep hole where John Davis
aged about twelve years, was drowned
and the boy with him was with diff
Guilty rescued by his companions.
George Weigle made narrow es,
cape on the evening of the fourth. He