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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-09-19
Clarion District Camp Meeting.

The Clarion District of Erie Con-
ference have bought thirty-fve acres
of land of Samuel Wilson, Esq, one
mile from Strattonville, Pa. 1t is a
beautiful camp, well watered and
finely located. Lot 30X50 feet sold for
$40 About fifty have already been
sold. The first service on this new
ground was conducted by Rev. B. f.
Delo, Sept. 4th. Rev. Delo is pecu-
liarly adapted to the work of conduct
ing a camp meeting. Better order 1
never saw. There were about
twenty-five ministers present, and
under the leadership of Presiding Ell
der Delo, everything moved off and
went through in perfect harmony.
They have beautiful preachers stand,
used for preaching and singing. The
singing, under the skillful hand of
Mr.. Excel was, at times, melting.
The preaching was good. There are
several fine cottages, one built espec-
tally for the ministers, and presented
to them free of charge. The hotel was
kept by Mr.. Hanagher, formerly from
Ridgway. He is a gentleman, and
very courteous; board good. One dis
stinctive feature of this camp meeting
was, the officers considered, that
preachers were worthy of their hire,
and boarded both preachers and their
wives. 1t is estimated that on Sunday
there were at least five thousand peo-
pie on the ground. The receipts at
the gate amounted to 1925. Clarion
District Camp Meeting was success,
and will be so long as B. F. Delo re-
mains its leader, and whoever wishes
to spend a pleasant and profitable va
cation had better put in a week at this
place. =
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-09-19
JUSTICE.

In Mercer county butter packers
are able to buy all the butter they can
handle at seven and half and eight
cents per pound.
Norman Pierce, of Cory, together
with some other gentlemen, have
leased 800 acres of land, three miles
south of Erie, to sink test oil wells.
The Harrisburg Telegraph says
" The largest quantities of the worst
applejack (whiskey) made in this
country is distilled in Fayette county,"
In Chester county, a month ago,
two COWS were bitten by an enraged
dog. On saturday last the action of the
animals convinced the owner that they
had hydrophobia, and he prudently
killed them.
"A first class sensation was created
in Richmond, o., (near Stubenville)
by the elopement of Joseph Swan, aged
fifty, with a girl of twenty. Both par
ties are highly respectable and belong
to excellent families. Swan was a mar
ried man and has son as old as Miss
Retta Campbell and was candidate
forSheriffon the Republican ticket last
election. The parties have been sus-
pected for some time and closely
watched so they bought tickets for st.
Louis on Wednesday and departed in
a hurry.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-09-19
August Oil OneratiOnS.

Bradford is still the scene of activity,
while in the lower country, so far as
fresh operations are concerned, moth
ing whatever is being done. In Brad
ford 142 wells were finished in August,
with aggregate daily yield of 2,305
barrels. Three dry holes were found.
In Clarion county but eight wells
were completed during the month,
with a production of II barrels. In
the Venango, Crawford and Warren
district, twenty-five wells were fin
ished-production seventy-eight bar
rels; dry holes three. Butler and
Armstrong completed but thirteen
wells, aggregate production 179 bar
rels, and two dry holes. The total pro-
duction of the new wells completed in
August is 1852 barrels. The number
of wells drilling on September first in
the districts named, are as follows
Bradford, 1872; Clarion, 16; Venango
Crawford and Warren, It; Butler and
Armstrong, is, making total of 1873
In the same fields 241 rigs were up and
building. Taken as a whole the ex
hibit shows but a slight change il
operations from those of July. Ter
dry holes are reported, being a decrease
of sixteen from the July number. Tht
greatest activity in the northern re
gion is observable along Knapp's anC
Indian Creek and tributary streams
The production for the entire re
gion remains at about 10000 barrels
day.
The production outside of the re
gion is as follows: Green county, 8
barrels of heavy oil; Smiths Ferry
245 barrels; various districts in Ohio
213 barrels. West Virginia, $50 bar
rels; Barren county, Kentucky, II
barrels.
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logical report concerning this imme-
diate locality, or, of the balance of the
9th basin through which this road
runs, other than has already been pre-
sented, and will at this time merely
add that active mining operations were
begun at Johnsonburg shortly after the
date of the report from which we have
just been quoting. The coal was re-
ported to be of good quality, and was
readily sold, but after mining some
1000 tons the operators became finan-
cially embarrassed, and suspended
shipments. Until quite recently moth
ing further was done with these mines,
but we learn they are now about to be
re-opened under a different manage
ment.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-09-19

All who are familiar with the
workings of our courts are aware that
a vast amount of useless litigation is
the result of free-and-easy way of
conducting business, Nothing is
easier than for men to honestly differ
regarding matter of which they have
no record. The following well-timed
paragraph from the Potter Enterprise
should be needed: "Business carried
on verbally sometimes answers every
purpose, but in many cases it is mex
pedient and frequently results in
trouble and litigation. Put all con-
tracts in writing and take receipts for
all monies put out, however trifiing
the amount may be. Many misunder-
standings result from the loose way in
which important business matters are
talked over, and after each party has
put his or her own construction on the
contract, the matter is dropped with
the expression of "all right" from
each. In many cases it proves "all
wrong" and affords little job for
lawyers, juries and courts. Ifpersons
persisted in putting their agreements
in writing, much litigation would be
avoided"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-09-19
CALEDONIA, Pa, Sept. 9, rs.

CALEDONIA, Pa, Sept. 9, '7S.
EDITOR ADVOCATES:
DEAR SIR: The paragraph that ap-
peared in the ADVOCATE Sept. 5th,
announcing the committal of Adam
Chase by Esquire Gray to the county
Jail on charge of rape OH the person
of Annie Askey, is not altogether cor
rect.
The girl in question, it seems, while
on her way home from school was in
tercepted on a lonely mountain trail,
and brutishly outraged by Adam
Chase, aged twenty years, who has
fixed his guilt beyond a doubt, by a
voluntary confession of the heinous
crime.
The victim of this licentious mis-
creant is a quiet, respectable, unas-
suming girl, IA years of age, much
beloved and respected by all who
know her
Rape is an awful offense-a crime
that has its counterpart only among
the foulest crimes that disgrace human
records. Whether this be clear case
of satyriasis or not on the part of the
unfortunate hoodlum, charged with the
perpetration of such a fiendish out
rage, it is much to be regretted that the
good name of the place in which the
diabolical deed was committed should
be tarnished by crime so revolving.
Information relative of a sad and
shocking case of brutal wife-beating
near Medox Run, Sept. 9Th, is received,
the full particulars of which will be
given.
Truly yours,
TIrcnrrp
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Total net amount of coal,
after deducting 25 per
ao,,f fnr xxractn nj lar-
2,SS6,92S


cent. for waste, pillars,
&c. 2,ss6, 82s
The feriferrous limestone before men,
toned extends over 140 acres of your
property, a short distance to the north
it has been stripped. quarried and
burnt, and has associated with it band
of iron ore lying Immediately on it,
and vein of coal Immediately under
it. This limestone is in solid bank,
nearly eight feet thick, and l consider
it of very great Importance. The iron
ore band is a regular coal measure
carbonate 10 inches in thickness, and
is the only iron ore band in this part
of the State that can be depended on.
A careful analysis of this ore should
be made, it being more necessary than
of the Goals, as they have been proven
to be excellent, as will be seen by the
accompanying analysis made by DR..
Cresson of coal supposed to be from
the LIME vein:
Coal No. 2.
Specific Gravity, 1907.
Volatile matter in ton, S42 lbs.
Coke, 1893
Ash from Coke, 1926
Sulphur in ton of coal, 16.S
" coke, 7.6S
@ coke from ton of coal, 4,S
A" volatilized per ton coal
gas making, ~.
Coke from ton of coal, 81 bushels.
Weight per bushel, 97.S lbs.
Value of fuel, 95-1OO of standard.
Gas per ton, 9lS4 cubic feet.
429.7 lbs spermaceti
Value of coal for gas-making, 0,992 (as
compared with standard ton of Pitts
burg coal choice sample.)
This coal, and coal No. 1-Gas VEIN
arevery similar in appearance with the
standard coal, and the probabilities
are that both these Goals will improve
when the mass of the vein is reached,
and that the product will be identical
with that from the best Pittsburg pits,
and able to compete with them for
every purpose for which that coal is
now employed.
The Roberts Tract may be said to
occupy the center position in the John
sons Run basin the coal measures are
thicker in this basin than in any To-
cality to the west, northwest, or north
of the railroad, and as this basin is the
practical frontier one, it necessarily
has advantages over all others in near
ness to market. The only Goals now
being mined and seeking a market
are those of st. Mary's which are the
| lowest Goals of the measures, and are
distant 129 miles from Erie. The Da
guscahonda Goals, in the same basin as
last named, will have to be carried l3l
miles before reaching Erie, and the
Shawmut mines lin Little Toby basin
are still further, being 1856 miles from 8
market on the Lake."
The only point in the 9th basin
where coal has been mined to any ex
tent, along the line of this railway, i;
! at Johnsonburg. We have no Geo
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Personal Notes.
Mrs. Rathbun is home again.

Mrs. Rathbun is home again.
Miss Eliza Brooks has returned.
Mrs. w. w. Wilbur, of Warren, is
in town on visit.
Mrs. Wensel's mother and sister-in-
law are visiting at Wensel's.
Miss Ida Luther is now teaching
the Laurel Mill school.
The epizootic was prevalent among
"the boys" last Saturday night.
Hugh McGeehin has purchased
the Pat. Malone property of d. G.
Oyster.
Mr.. Orrie Keltz, brother of Otis
Keltz, the well-known Dutch come
dian, was visiting in the village last
week.
Ed. J. Luther commenced the
printing business in this office on Mon
day last.
About two weeks ago boy came
to the home of Mr.. Bechtold, the shoe
maker, of the firm of Butterfuss &
Bechtold.
Harry Head is scaling logs for Mr..
Lock, who has job on the Wilcox
Tanning Company's land near Da-
guscahonda.
james M'Govern's girl baby, about
two months old, died on Saturday, and
was buried in the new Catholic ceme-
terry on Sunday.
H. r. Wilson, w. A. Rogers,
A. w. Gray, George Winslow, Thomas
Burchfield anda number of other gen.
tlemen called on us this week.
Ed. Gray, formerly an employee
of the Democrat office, is now work
ing on the Gazette for Brandon. He
was in town on Monday night.
AT the Clarion Camp.meeting
spoken of by correspondent in an
other column, Rev. H. V. Talbot, oi
this place, succeeded in raising $l22,0
toward paying the debt on the Metho
dist church at this place.
r.. Rulofson, of Strattonville
Clarion county, formerly resident o
this place, writes here to friend
that his daughter, young lady o
eighteen, fell and broke her back, OF
Thursday last, and that she was crazy
and blind. The worst result is fearet
from the accident.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stevens, brother-in
law and sister of the late j, o. W
Bailey, were in town last week putin.
his effects in order. This couple an,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey were married a
the same time-brother and sister O
one family marrying the brother anC
sister of the other family.
Our old-time friend, Thos. M
Jones, formerly an employee in tn
Democrat Office. now city editor of tn
Harrisburg Telegraph, called in to Sc
us on Tuesday, with his brother Harry
also an employee of the Telegraph
We were glad to see Tom, and ais
pleased to note his success in obtain
ing a lucrative and pleasant situation
which he fills ably and acceptably.
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to measure 3 feet. Ninety-seven feet
above the limestone, near the top Of
Pistner Hill, is o coal vein of unde-
termined thickness. This leaves but
two veins to be described, which, with
the Lime vein, will form (for present
practical working) the chief value
in coal, of the Roberts Tract. The
Shaft vein underlies the whole 298
acres of this property, and although
presenting no outcrop above water
level, can still be practically
worked by means of shaft. 1t has
been opened at numerous localities
at Lafayette, under the name of the
Dawes vein; at Howard Hill, where it
takes the names of Barnes and Dalsen
vein, and where it measures 8 feet
inches in thickness. also saw it
opened near Bunker Hill, in the ex-
tension of the Johnson's Run basin,
where it measured feet 8 inches, in
cluding thin parting of slate. I'M
mediately across the valley of John
sons Run, west from the Roberts
Tract. this vein has been well opened,
showing q thickness of feet inches
of good coal, it, with the Lower Cam
nell vein and intermediate strata,
presenting the following section:
feet. Lower Camel coal.s
Shaly sandstone.
Hard, gray micacious
sandstone.
Shaly sandstone.
| 1S feet. Blue shale.
Brown shaly sandstone.
Black slate.
Shale.
81 Shaft vein.
Sandstone.
1t presents everywhere in this and
neighboring basins similar peculiari
ties, one of which is the thin slate
parting near the bottom, making thus
a lower bench, which is cubical and
bright in fracture, as is also the upper
portion, at this locality, so at others
1 have found it associated with the
vein above it at about the same dis
lance. About III feet above th,
shaft vein is the so-called Gas vein,
which covers about 113 acres of th,
29S contained in the tract. This veir
has been opened a short distance t.
the north of the tract, near the st
Mary's road, in a small branch putin.
into Johnson's Run from the east, an,
shows the following section:
feet, Shales containing iron balls
/ Black slate.
8 ft Pin. Coal.
2 Fire clay.
Calling this vein feet thick, an
giving it an area of 100 acres, and tn
shaft vein 81 feet thick, with its are
of 298 acres; and adding to this til
Lime veins at p feet thick, over
probable area of 140 acres, and th
Lower Camel at % feet, (all {
which estimates of thickess are at til
lowest fgures), over an area of 2[
acres, you will have the following n
suit as the amount of coal contained i
them
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-09-19
Health and Happiness.

Health and Happiness are priceless Wealth
to their possessors, and yet they are within
the reach of overy one who will use
WRIGHT'S LIVER PILLS
The only sure CURE for Torpid Liver,
Dyspepsia, Headache, Sour Stomacae,
Constipation, Debility, Nausea, and all Bill
lious complaints and Blood disorders.
None genuine unless signed, 'Wm. Wright,
Phila" Ifyour Druggist will not supply
send 25 cents for one box to Barrick, Rol-
ler q Co., 20 N. 4th st. Phila
n7v50yI.
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APPLEToN'S AMERICAN CYCLIC
PEDsA.

Vol. 8 of this admirable work is Just out
making it half complete, as there are tobe l6
in all, of 800 pages each, one being issued in
two months. 1t makes a complete librara
and no one can afford to do without it who
would keep well informed. Price $500 vol
ume in leather, or 81 90 in elegant half Tur-
key. C. X. Judson, Fredonia, N. V, controls
the sale in Elk coun Address him for
paticulars.. sep l7-tf.
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Howe Sewing Machines.

Among the great variety of goods of
every description for sale at
POWELL & KIME'S
VIII be found an assortment of the
celebrated Elias Howe, Jr., Improved
Sewing Machines-the best machine
now manufactured-they having been
appointed sole agents for Elk county.
They will keep on hand fuckers,
Corders, Hemmers, Braiders and Ruff
fiers, Needles, Sewing-machine Oil,
Thread, &C., &c. viii also furnish at
any time detached parts for said ma
chine. All at greatly reduced prices,
and will be sold on accommodating
terms with approved security.
RIDGwAY, Aug 20, '7S. If.
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MILLINERY AND DREssMAKING.

MRS. j. r. KELTZ, Kerse Elk Co., Pa.
takes this method of announcing to the citi-
zens of Elk count that she has on hand an
assortment of fashionable millinor goods
which will be sold cheap. Also dressmaking
in all its branches.
Agent for DIR. j. Bail & Cos Patent IvOr
and Lignum Nite Eye Cups. Send for des-
criptiye circular.
n17 l.
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Z. X. GRESH.

DEALER in all kinds of cabinet ware,
wood and cane seat chairs, kitchen and ex-
tention tables, wood and marble top stands,
wood and marble top bureaus, whatnots,
looking glasses, wood and marble top cham
Der suits, mattresses, spring bed bottoms
bed steads, cribs. Laferty's metal lined
wood pumps, &C., &c. Cane seats replaced
with perforated wood seats. Weed sewing
machine reduced from S65 to SIS, the best ma
chine in the market, and picture frames
made to order. Also large assorted stock of
ready made collins constantly on hand and
trimmed at shortest notice. All the above
goods are sold at panic prices. Ware Rooms
in masonic building, RidgWa Pa.
v7n5lt.
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MRS. N. r. CUMMINGS.

A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF NEW
STYLES SPRING HATS JUST RECEIVED
at Mrs. N. T. Cummings, also ties, collars
cuffs, holser, gloves, and general assort" =
ment of Ladies' fancy goods. Remember the
place in II. S. Thaers. Buildin Main street,
Call and examine before purchasing else
where.
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G. G. MESSENGER.

DRUGGIST AND DPARMACEUT1ST
N. w. corner of Main and Mill streets.
Ridgwa Pa, full assortment of CAREFUL
selected Foreign and Domestic Drugs. Pre-
scriptions CAREFUL dispensed at all hours, >
.,,,, -, ,,,ort wins
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A New Mail Law.

There is a ruling of the postoffice de-
on the first of October, which is not
generally know, but which is very in
teresting. After that dateall third class
matter can be registered at the same
rates as that charged for registering
letters, viz: ten cents. Third class
matter comprises all articles of wear
ing apparel, &C., and the rate for car
rying is one cent for each ounce, in
packages whose weight is limited to
four pounds. You can order dozen
shirts in San Francisco, and have
them registered, thus insuring against
loss, and the total cost of transporta-
ton will not exceed from twenty-five
to thirty-five cents. There is another
grade of third class matter, such as
books, pamphlets, etc., for which the
charge is one cent for every two
ounces. This also can be registered.
The public will find this new system
to be wonderfully convenient, and
will make use of the mails in sending
thousands of packages which are now
carried at high prices by the various
express companies. The latter will
undoubtedly object to this interference
with their business, but the only re-
suit will be an immense increase in
the bulk of the mails and the employ
ment of additional forces in the de-
partment to handle it. You can send
just as many packages as you please
and register each of them, the only re-
striction being that each must weigh
but four pounds.
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Executors Notice,

ESTATE of Adam Kemmerer, Of
Fox township, deceased. LETTERS,
,TESTAMENTARY having been
granted to the undersigned upon the.
said estate, all persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make payment,
and those having claims to present.
them for settlement without delay.
n27t6. JOHN B. CUNEo, Admir-.
Executors Notice.
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NOTICE is hereby given that pe--
titiOn of citizens of Ridgway Township,
will be presented at the next Court Of
Quarter Sessions of Elk county for the
Incorporation. of Borough of the
town of Ridgway.,
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z. G.. FAY.

LUMBER AND INSURANCE CoMMAo-
SION BROKER.
And General Collection Agent, NO. zoo
Walnut Place, 316 Walnut street, Phiiadei-
phia. Pa, NM
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J. S. BORpWELL, m. q.

ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Has removed his office from Centre Street,
to Main street, Ridywa Pa, in the seco no
stor OF the new brick building of John q.
Hall, west of the Hide Ho use.
Office hours IL to 2P. NJ. to P. M.
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ESTATE of Geo. Weis, late of St.
Mary,s Borough, Elk county Pa, de-
ceased. LETTERS TESLA MEN.
TARY having been granted to the un-
dersigned upon the said estate, all per-
sons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make payment, and those
having claims to present them for set
tlement without delay.
Juliana Weis,
n2itG. Michael Brunner,
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HYDE HOUSE.
w. H. SCHRAM, Proprietor,

Ridgwa, Elk Co., Pa.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore SO
literally bestowed upon him, the new pro-
prietor. hopes, paing strict att ention to
the comfort and convenience of guests, to
merit continuance of the same,
oct3O'69
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r. S. HARTLEY, N. o.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEO

PHYSICIAN AND SUhUEUN'
Office in Drug store, corner Broad ano ,
Main streets. Residence corner Broao ,
street, opposite the College. Oihce hours
from s to 10 A. NJ. and from to SP. M
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N E w
S HO p
BUTTERFUSS & BECHTOLD,,

Have associated themselves in the
boot and shoe business in the Ma
sonic building. Prices reasonable,
stock tirst-class, and work guaranteed.
Repairing neatly and cheaply done.
Give them q call and be convinced.
n25t13.
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Died..

MoYER-At his residence in Fox
township, Sept. tthr-Gohfod Meyer,
aged about 81 years.
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All kinds of job work, as cards,
tags and envelopes, neatly printed at
this office. Wedding cards too neat
for anything.
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Business Cards.
LucORE g. HAMBLEN-

Rlltwt Elk Count Pa. Office across
tho hall from, the DEMOCRAT establishment
Claims for collection promptl attended 10
jne. e.l5-1S76
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All classes of mercantile job work
neatly executed at this office.
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Shipping tags with or without
strings, printed or blank, for sale at this
office,