The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-12-05
state Notes.

"A new telegraph line is being bull
through Potter county to operate in
connection with the pipe line.
AT the late election Juniata county
decided not to have poor house by
the decided vote of 2,ls7 to 967.
One hundred and twenty tfamps
are in camp near West Goshen, Ches
ter county. Cheerful neighbors.
"A Pittsburgh widow has married
for the fourth time. She and her pres
ent husband have fifteen children.
"A swindler victimized several citi
zens of Harrisburg last week by means
of bogus checks for small amounts.
Clarion county farmers have tc
watch their cattle in the fields to pre
vent thieves from carrying them off.
The people of Orbisonia, Hunting
don county are astonished and excited
at the attempt Of three prominent citi.
zens of that place to com NIT burglary
The commissioners to rectify the
boundary line between this State and
Ohio have begun their labors. Colonel
James Worrall, of harrisburg, is chair.
man.
The citizens of Bradford will or.
ganize night patrol to prevent incen.
diarism. Attempts have been made to
fire the town since the recent cdnfia-
grafton.
The supreme court has decided
that an innkeeper is bound to pay for
goods stolen from guests in his house,
unless taken by servant or companion
of the guest.
AT the expiration of the term of
Governor Hoyt, January l, 1888, the
Republicans will have an unbrolsen
line of governors in this State, cover
ing period of twenty-five years.
A readjustment of the amount OF
bonds required of county officials has
been made at the State department. and
received Governor Hartfanft's ap.
proval. The last classification was
made in 1S4S.
"A small frame house in Consho-
hocken, that has been vacant for two
years, has been taken possession of by
bees. Their combs were found in
every direction, and many pounds of
honey We're obtained,
Barclay ]. Smith, formerly Presi-
dent of the Newtown Banking Com
pany, has been arrested in Helena,
Montana, on requisition from Cover
nor Hartranft, charging him with
being a fugitive from justice.
The thousand barrel we'll near
Clintonville, Venango, called the Phil
lips well, hasgot down to three hun
dred barrels, and is rapidly subsiding.
BY another week it is believed it will
yield no more than one hundred, or at
most not more than one hundred and
fifty barrels; consequently, the price
Oh OIL is going up.
Mrs. Thomas Mccormick, living
about one mile west of Greenville,
Mercer county, met with an accident
on Tuesday morning of last week that
resulted in her death. While blowing
out a lamp held in her hand it eX-
ploded, throwing the burning fluid all
over her, she ran toward the barn some
distance away, where her husband was,
but before reaching him the flames had
suffocated her.
Last week, in Erie, an old lady
named Mrs. Mullen, seventy-three
years of age. was convicted as com
mon scold. Judge Galbraith withheld
the sentence of the court, however
doubtless believing that conviction and
a reprimand would be sufficient. In
commenting upon the case the Dis
patch applauds the mercy of the court,
but regrets seriously that an example
cannot be made of one or more such
persons, by way of warning to the
large number of slanderers and back
biters who infest modern society. A
common scold is little different from
a gossipping woman or man who goes
about among his neighbofs defamine
and meddiing with other peoples repu
tations. Verify, it has grown to he 6
gigantic shame that men and women
even in what is sometimes called good
society, spend so much of their time il
such licentious occupations: Unlike
the common scold, they do not plan
themselves near the highway and pub
licly abuse and villify passers by, bu
they go about skulkingly and will
pusillanimous bitterness SANDER ant
defame their neighbors.
"A fearful boiler explosion occurred
on Thursday afternoon, at Dunbar
Fayett county, about six miles from
Connellsville. 1t is mining localit,
and the firm of Reid Brothers hav,
large coal mines there. The work il
the pit was not entirely stopped, but
number of the. men had taken a holi
day and wers standing, about on
O'Clock in thesafternoon, watching
party of eight 1nen who were on tn
roof of the bu4 4ding putting up ney
smoke stack. Fhe engine was beinI
worked undersa full head of steam
and it is said that the engineer forgo
all about it and went outside of tn
buildinu IN xyatnb tho UOrLn,n Sud