The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-14
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-"Bub" Taylor is in town. He is
as long and looks as well as ever.
The show window in w. s. Ser
vices tin store looks neat and tasty.
Lawyer Bailey has painted neat
sign for w. s. Hamblen, Attorney at
law.
We put quart of onion sets in
the ground last Tuesday. Now, let
the snow snow and the wind blow.
That fearful snow storm out west
makes fellow feel like building a fire
in the stove and getting up some wood
for winter.
I'VE learn that Sidney Alma was
badly squeezed last week, between two
freight cars on the Dauguscahonda
Railroad at Farley.
There is a family in town that
killed and ate sick calf which was
only few days old. For sake of COM
mon decency this kind of business
should be stopped.
Horace Little has bought the five
acres of land west of Grove Messen-
gers land on South street, and for
merly owned by Mr.. M'Nulty of New
York.
The watch drawing at the Ridg-
way House, week ago last Saturday,
resulted in No. IL, held by Oren
Bedell, drawing the watch. The
watch was worth about SAC, 90, and the
chances were sold at fifty cents each.
Paper books neatly and cheaply
printed at this office. We guarantee
satisfaction fntfhis kind of work and
will make the prices as low as possi-
BILE. New type, and fast presses.
Give us call.
-"Thanksgiving Sermon by Rev.
J. M. Gillette, with Remarks and
Criticisms by "A Catholic as pub
lished respectively in the Elk Demo-
crat and ADVOCATE" is the title of an
eighteen page phamplet, which we
have for sale at this office for 25 cents
a copy.
"A fire at Spartansburg, Pc, last
Thursday morning destroyed every
business house in the place, including
the Masonic Lodge Hall, Post Office
and depot. The loss is estimated at
$4,000; insurance, S25, 200. The fire
is supposed to have been the work of
an incendiary. Late advices say that
the loss will reach 100000; insurance
probably $500 Suspicion of incen-
diarism rests strongly upon w. N.
Jacobs, in whose store the fire origin
ated, and who has sought the protec-
ton of the authorities to avoid threat
ened lynching. Not store or busi-
ness house of any kind is left, and
about twenty families are homeless.
Several days ago while Harry
Wilson and Alva Malhorn were dig
ging well on the line of their lots on
Zion's Hill, an accident occurred
which came near proving fatal. Alva
Malhorn was down in the well wal
ling it up while Harry Wilson and
John Hamilton We're lowering the
stone to him. BY some mischance the
tub slipped while full of stone, and
fell with terrible force to the bottom.
Malhorn heard the alarm given by
Wilson just in time to dodge into a
crevice in the side of the well and
thus escaped with q few slight
scratches. A few days before pick
fell down which Malhorn also sue
ceeded in dodging.
On Saturday evening a commo-
ton was raised in the street by the
alarm being given that "the prisoners
are escaping from the jail" We re-
paired to the Jail and just in time to
be told that the fun was all over.
Mr.. Wensel, the jailor, was at the time
down the creek, and his brother-in-law,
Mr.. Mohney, a young man, had
charge of the Jail during his absence.
Saturday night, when Mr.. Mohney,
as was his usual custom, attempted to
lock the cells for the night he was at
tackled by Smith, (This Smith is the
one who is lodged in Jail on the charge
of breaking into the Wilcox station)
one of the prisoners and struck blow
over the head with short piece of a
broomstick, when scuffle ensued,
and it seems the prisoner was getting
the better of young Mohney when
Mrs. Wensel came to the rescue, and
they succeeded in holding the chap
while Miss Lizzie Luther, who was
staying with Mrs. Wensel, ran out
and gave the alarm. In his endeavors
to escape he gave Mrs. Wensel several
blows with the stick which he re-
tanned. VIM. Cuthbert was the first
one on the scene, and with his aid the
prisoner was secured, and returned to
his cell. In a few moments the Jail
was filled with a crowd of boys and
men, and after short time Sheriff
Oyster, who had retired for the night,
arrived and after giving the prisoner
some sound advice he and the rest of
the crowd withdrew. The chances are
that Mr.. Smith will "keep his roomn
during his stay at the hotel de Wen
sci.
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