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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10
millinery AND DRESSMAKING.

MRS. ]. II. KELTZ, Kersey, Elk Co.. Pa.
takes this method of announcing to the citi
zens of Elk count, that she has on ht1l
assortment of fashionable millinery goods
which will be sold cheap. Also dressmaking
in all its branches.
Agent for DR.. J. Bail & Cos Patent Ivory
and Lignum Vite Eye Cups. Send for des-
criptive circular.
nl7yl.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10
MRS. NJ, r. CUMMINGS.

A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF NEW
STYLES SPRING HATS JUST RECEIVED
at Mrs. n. r. Cummings, also ties, collars
cuffs hoiser, gloves, and general assort
ment of Ladies' fancy goods. Remember the
place in II. S. Thayers Building, Main street,
Call and examine before purchasing else
where.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10
JEFFERSON.
From the Republican.


Capt. J. G. McNutt, of Worthwhile,
died at his residence yesterday morn
ing, the 1st inst. Mr.. McNutt was a
gentleman of unblemished character,
and possessed the esteem of wide cir
Gle of friends and acquaintances. At
the Republican county convention his
name was presented, with long list
of other excellent gentlemen, for the
nomination for County Commissioner,
and although there were apprehen-
sions on the part of his friends that
his death would break down entirely
before the campaign was ended, he
was, nevertheless, placed in nomina-
ton, and we are assured that had his
life and health been preserved, his
election would have followed, the
people recognizing in him a man in
whose custody their interests would be
entirely safe. He was in the fiftieth
year of his age, and leaves wife and
family to mourn their irreparable loss.
This Wednesday evening, the
dwelling house of Mr.. Samuel Snyder,
east end of Brookville, was discovered
to be ON fire, and before help was oh.
tanned the flames had gained such
headway as to defy all attempts to stay
their progress, and the building and a
large portion of its contents were re-
duced to ashes. The buildings of
Messrs. j. w. Henderson and E. A.
Litch were in iminent danger, but the
very favorable condition of the
weather enabled those who Were fight
ingsthe flames to save them without
serious damage, although most of the
household effects of Mr.. H. were re-
moved and consequently greatly dam
aged. We have not learned the cause
of the fire, it commenced in the upper
story and in closet or clothes press,
and very soon communicated to all OF
that portion of the building. There
was no insurance on the building, and
the loss will fall heavily ON Mr.. Sny-
der, the exact amount of which we have
not learned.
From the Jeffersonian.
We are called upon this week tC
record the most horrible crime tina
was ever perpetrated in Jefferson
county, the scene of the murder being
laid at Rockdale Mills, this county
Thomas Jones, an old resident of that
place, having been engaged in bust
ness recently became financially em
barrassed, and this is said to have
weighed so upon his mind that he had
for days previous to the foul deed be
came quite respondent, verging on in
sanity. On Monday evening last ht
killed his wife and two children anC
then fatally shot himself, thus wipine
out of existence the entire family in {
lew minutes. He is said to have left
note, on which was written words t.
the effect that the deed was prompted
by oppression" We have only thes,
bare facts to present our readers thi.
week, but will give particulars in oul
next.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10

If your sewing machine runs hard,
or ifyou get pain in your spine, and
are tired out generally in running it,
call on +. X. Gresh, and have him at
taeh one of the star adjustable treadles
and the nuisance will end.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10
Notes.

Very pleasant weather for O few
days this week.
The sound of coal falling into the
bin warns us that winter approaches.
Presbyterian sociable at Mrs.
Chapins' house, Friday evening.
A new and extensive lot of samples
of overcoatings at McAfee's. Call and
see them.
"A new sidewalk from Halls brick
building to Woodward's corner on De-
pot street.
The dwelling house of James Nc.
Mannus, near Daguscahonda station
was destroyed by fire with its contents
on Tuesday evening.
The dissolution notice of Morges.
ter jackson will be found in another
column. Mr.. Morgester withdraws
from the firm, and Mr.. Jackson con
tinues the business.
The bell in the Lutheran church
at this place, has been cracked, and
now instead of soft melodiou:
sound, the bell sends forth a melody
between the croaping of a bull frog
and that produced by a man with
cold in the head.
Another COW loose in the cour
square. The commissioners passed {
resolution, while Daniel Scull wa'
Sheriff, prohibiting the pasturing o
cattle in the court square, and for {
time the resolution was observed. W.
protest against any one using thi
beautiful square for a pasture field
Another COW loose in the court square
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10

The law officers of the Govern
ment have taken steps to eject parties
from the possession of about one
thousand acres ofland in the Pennsyl-
vania oil regions. This land was taken
part payment of debt due the United
States by theaVenango County Bank
of about $4,000 1t was held by the
former owner in the days of tie oil
fever at fabulous sum, he having at
one time refused an offer of 500, ,00C
for the same.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10
J. S. BORDWELL, m. d.

ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Has removed his office from Centre Street,
to Main Street, :. ~ - the secod
story of the new brick building of John G.
Hall, west of the Hide Io use.
Office hours:-1 to2P Tto9PM
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10

-Duncannon's singular explosion:
A few days ago Mrs. John Elby set a
pint can of oysters on the stove to
cook. The can exploded with loud
report. Mrs. Elby was knocked down,
a frying pan was doubled up and some
domesticated flat-irons walked along
the ceiling, fiy-fashion.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10

Call and examine the new Fall
samples at the Wanamaker Agency.
No trouble to show them, whether you
purchase or not. Compare prices before
buying.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10
HYDE HOUSE.
w. IL. SCHRAM, Proprietor,

Rid gwa, Elk Co., Pa.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore SO
literally bestowed uDD aim, tle ew pro
prietor. hopes, by paying strict attentio to
the comfort and convenience of guests to
merit a continuance of the same,
oct3069
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10

One bushel of lime," says an ex-
change, twill cost you probably fifteen
cents, delivered at your residence. Ten
minutes work will suffice to distribute
it in the back yard and in out of the
way places, damp alleys, &c. One
modest funeral, including the Doctors
bill, will cost at the lowest calculation
$3.50. Draw your own conclusions y
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10

Smell of gas offended Mrs. Con-
nell, wife of William p. Connell' as
she sat in the parlor of her residence,
in Scranton, on Tuesday, and she went
down into the cellar to find the leak.
There she found the dead body OF
Henry Farber, who had been sent to
fix the gas-pipe, which was open and
the gas escaping. Farber had been
suffocated while at work.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10

In France the professor of the
pastepot is compelled to pay a tax of
five centimes for every bill he posts,
and is limited in the size of his
"spreads." The consequence is that
the eye is not offended by seeing every
vacant wall or fence, or even the piers
of the boulevards and parks defaced by
glaring acres of show-bills. Bill-post-
ing and street-advertising in this coun-
try has overrun the limits of good
good taste and even the interests of the
advertiser, and has become a public
nuisance. Far better patronize the
newspapers more and board fences and
brick walls less. The former are read
by people who buy, the latter attract
the attention mostly of those who
steal.-EXCHANGE.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10
APPLEToN'S AMERICAN CYCLIC.
PEDlA,

Vol. 8 of this admirable work is just out
making it half complete, as there are to be l6
in all, of 800 pages each, one being issued i
two months. 1t makes n complete library,
and no one can afford to do without it who
would keep well informed. Price $500 a vol
ume in leather, or 100 in elegant half Tur-
key. c. X. Judson, Fredonia, n. ". controls
the sale in Elk county. Address him for
PARTICULARS. sep 17-tf.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10
Notice of Dissolution.
To aU Whom it may concern

To all Whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the co.
partnership heretofore existing be-
tween the undersigned in the business
of hotel keeping at Ridgway, under
the firm name of WORCESTER & Jack.
son, is this day dissolved by mutual
consent. The business will be con.
tinued by S. Jackson, to whom all ac.
counts due the late firm must be paid
and by whom all liabilities will be
settled.
J. w. WORCESTER,
s. JACKSON.
Ridgway. Pa. Oct, Z. 1S7S-n34t3.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10
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
WRIGHTS 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'" lfyour Druggist will not supply
send % cents for one box to Barrick, Rol-
Ter & Co., 20 N. 4th St. Phila
n7v50yI.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10

Our citizens, last Friday afternoon,
were the victims of a heartless an un.
pardonable canard, published by the
Harrisburg Patriot, stating that John
H. M'Gill, |. P. jerks, n. l.. Irwin,
j. Piccolia, Cal Devenie and Ed. Hunt
died suddenly in Montgomery, Ala.
of yellow fever. Considerable excite
ment was caused over the affair until {
telegram was received from E. l.. Ty
Ter, vice president and superintendent
of the Montgomery & Mobile railroad
contradicting the report. Mr.. Tylel
says there is no yellow fever in tha
city.-RenOUO RecOrd.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10
T. s. HARTLEY, M. D.,


Office in Drug store. corner Broad and
Main Streets. Residence corner Broad
Street, opposite the College. Office hours
from to 10 n. NJ. and from to SIP. NJ.
yin2y1
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10
LucOR 3 HaMBLEN
e. G.. FAY
G. G. MESSENGER.

DRUGGIST NDPARMACEUTIST.
N. w. corner of Main and Mill streets,
Ridgway, Pa, full assortment of carefully
selected Foreign n d Domestic Drugs. Pre-
scriptions CAREFUL y dispensed at all hours,
day or night. v1n3y
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10

RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS NOT TO BE
TRAMPLED UPON EVERYWHERE BY
CORPORATIONS FIRST GUN FIRED
AGAINST THE MoNoPoLISTs BY GEN.
KANE.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10
Executors Notice,

ESTATE of Adam Kemmerer, of
Fox township, deceased. LETTERS
TESTAMENTARY having been
granted to the undersigned upon the
said estate, ali 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-,
EXpcufOrS, Notice.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

ESTATE of J. o. w. Bailey, late of
Ridgway township, Elk county, Pa,
deceased LETTERS TESTAMEN-
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.
Il Il. n NJ. sFGWEfs PoWERs. Admr's.
n33t6,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10

ESTATE of Geo. Weis, late of st.
Marys Borough, Elk county Pa, de
ceased. LETTERS TESTAMEN-
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, !
George Ed, Weis, Ex'rs.
n24t6. Michael Drummer,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10
.NEW ADVERrKsEMENTS.
Rates OF Advertising.

Transient advertisements per square of
eight lines, one insertion 81, two inser
81 80, three insertions S2.
Business cards, ten lines OF less, per year
s5.,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-10
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Ridgway, Pa, Oct. Z, lS1S-n34t3.
SHERIFFS SALE.

BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT
of levari facias issued out of the Court
of Common Pleas of Elk County, and
to me directed, l, ID. G. OYSTER,
High Sheriff of said county, do here
by give notice that l will expose to
public sale or outcry at the Court
House, in Ridgway, at one o'clock p.
NJ, on
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31
Facts Worth Knowing.

The public debt reached it's highest
point in August, 1865, the amount be-
ing, less cash in the treasury, 50, 1885,
431,57143.
At the present the debt, less cash in
the treasury, is 1899, 1882 ,28O.45.
Reduction of public debt during thir-
teen years of Republican administra-
ton, 1857 ,O49, 29O9S.
The debt, to individual citizens in
1866, was $685.. It is now $4107. Re
duction, Per capita, in thirteen years,
1868.
Interest on the debt, per capita, in
1865, 1929. Interest, per capita now,
$1.97.
Largest volume of nominal currency
circulation, in 1866, 1888 ,31S,6S576
Gold value of the above amount,
1862, 256, BAIT. '"
Gold value of present volume Of cur
rency, 1854, 465, 69127, to which should
be added over $200,000,000 gold and
silver now held by the treasury.
Difference in gold value between the
currency in 1865 and now, not includ-
ing the gold and silver in the treasury,
81, ,663.5O. a ,u..-
During five years preceding the panic
of 1873 we imported more than we ex-
ported, or, in other words, ran in debt
to Europe 1854, 100000. ,
During the five years since the panic
of 1873 we have exported more than we
imported, $440, 100000
The change since the panic, as COM
pared with five years before the panic, is
in favor of the prosperity of the country
to the amount of 81 00O0,0O0,
Since the panic we have called home
$80O,OOO,O0O Of our national bonds held
abroad.
We now owe, on foreign-held national
bonds, $2O0,00O,O0O to $3.50, 100000.
From the above we deduce the fol-
lowing conclusions: 1. The panic was
not produced by contraction of the cur
rency 2. Il was caused by running
into debt to Europe. 3. That this ma
ton is solvent, having paid about one
third of it's debt in thirteen years. 4.
That it is in better condition now than
ever before, as shown in it's increasing
exports over imports. Finally, that we
have only to be steadily honest, and to
work, to reach the most permanent
prosperity the country ever enjoyed
Pitts b2tTyh COnlnleT ciGl.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31

ACCORDING to the annual harvest re-
ports of France, the grain crop Of this
year will be considerably below the av-
erage. The yield is given as very good
in only 2 departm good in II, fair
in %, and bad in As. Estimated on
this basis, it is thought that the French
will have to import for home consump-
ton, during the twelve months, not less
than 100000 tons of grain; or, in other
words, 100000 tons more than they
imported during the year ending Oct
l, 1878, 1t is fair to presume that the
larger part of this amount will come
from the United States.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31

who, it was claimed, was nearer in blood
relationship to William Jenny than
either OF those whose contingent claims
had been purchased by the elder Pres
ton, The case came up for trial on the
10Th INST. There was a long array o
counsel on both sides, and large at
tendance OF Witnesses, among them the
widow OF the younger Preston Jermy-
she whose arm was shivered by Rush's
bullet as she threw herself on the BODY
OF Q, her fallen husband, that terrible NIGHT
thirty years ago. The defendants De-
MED the claimants title. and also set nm
the statute of limitations. Counsel for
the plaintiff said they had advised their
client that he had no case if the. defend
ants pleaded the statute of limitations
but, with the obstinacy of an English
man. m, he insisted on coming into court"
The Judge at once directed verdict
for the defendant, which was returned
by the jury, and so, after lapse of near
ly 1870 years, the title to this estate
which has been the cause Of so mncb
discussion and an awful crime. is for the
first time legally settled.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31

SOMETHING of the extent to which
Nihiism prevails in Russia may be
guessed from the announcement that
the Government is making preparations
for the trial of more than 300 members
of that revolutionary sect in the city of
Odessa alone. The agitation at st. Pc
tersburg continues to annoy and battle
the authorities, and there will be no oc-
casion for surprise if an outbreak occurs
before many weeks. It is intimated
that the interdicted heresy is widely
disseminated in the army. If that
should prove to be the case, a revolution
as radical as that which swept away the
ancient institutions of France nearly a
hundred years ago may possibly occur
in Russia.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31
Kicked Out of Bed.

The divorce suit of Edward w. Cook,
of Evansville, Ind, against Minerva
Cook was resumed in the Superior Court
to-day. One of Mr.. Cooks complaints
against his wife was that, in 1871, she
kicked him out of bed. He testified
that after they had retired for the night
she requested him to "move along" and
he did so. Soon afterward he was told
to move again, and he kept on doing so
until he hung on the very edge of the
bed. Then Mrs. Cook made a further
demand for more room, and, when he
told her that he could not move without
falling out of bed, she braced herself
up, plunged her feet into the small of
his back, and landed him in the middle
of the room. Thereafter he thought it
safer to occupy the lounge. On his
cross examination it was brought out
that he was hanged in efigy in Elgin,
ILL.,, for alleged abuse of his wife, and,
as he had told everybody that she had
kicked him out of bed, the efigy was
placarded with Mrs. Cooks admonition
to Move along -Hnrtord (Ct.) Coat-
rant.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31
Profitable Walking.

OLeary and Hughes made comfort
able thing out of their weary walk in
Gilmore's Garden, New York. Under
agreement the garden managers were to
receive one-half of the receipts, O'Leary
three-eighths, and Hughes one-eighth.
The cash taken in was ST., 900. The
champions share, therefore, amounted
to something more than $1,000 day
for his six days labor, while Hughes
pocketed over $4,000 for being hum
dred miles, OF thereabouts, behind. In
the Chicago match, between Weston and
OLeary, the pedestrians divided 800
900, and for his walk in the rink Weston
received $1,000.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31

The Palace Hotel (San Francisco
proprietors are just now perplexed with
an amusing contest with the wife Of an
army officer, who has made her presence
very Objectionable to the inmates of
that vast establishment by undertaking,
on her own assumption, to manage it's
social arrangements. She has succeed
ed in making herself so obnoxious to
the guests of the house that the mana
gers have requested her to leave, which
she peremptorily refuses to do, and
challenges them to put her out by force.
Her gas and water are cut off, but she
holds the fort and refuses to surrender.
Her appearance in the public rooms oc-
casions a general stampede; but, as she
pays her bills regularly and has an I'M
commonly voluble and bitter tongue,
Senator Sharon and his staff are in an
awkward dilemma.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31

The conductor of the train which was
ately wrecked on the Old Colony rail-
.oad in Massachusetts, with deplorable
oss of life, has been adjudged guilty of
nanslaughter, and will no doubt suffer
jhe penalty Of his criminal carelessness.
His case should serve as an admonition
20 railroad men that they can never by
my possibility be too careful in the
management of their trains.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31

The MOhammedans of India, whom
Shere Ali and his Russian hackers pro-
pose to stir up to revolt against the En-
glish, are indeed formidable power
The number of them in Hindoostan is
over II, 00O,0 0O-about the population
of the German empire-and they en-
brace not only the wealthiest and most
highly civilized, but also the bravest
and most warlike of the native popula-
ton. It is barely two centuries since
Aurungzebe, from his throne in Delhi,
surveyed an empire richer and more
magnificent than that of any other con-
queror since Caesar. The possessions of
the Great Mogul, embracing Bengal,
the Deccan, and the northwest prov
inces, has since changed hands more
than once, but the splendid mosques of
Agra, Delhi, and Lucknow still attest
the grandeur of Moslem rule in India.
1t is to the power and position once
held by the Mogul dynasty that the At
CHAN Ameer evidently aspires. He re-
lies largely upon the recollections of the
Sepoy mutiny and the terrible reprisals
which followed to aid him, forgetful of
the fact that the policy of the English
since the mutiny has bound the native
princes to their conquerors. The most
courageous portion of the Queens In
dian forces are Mohammedans, and the
armies now gathering before the Khy-
Der pass are, in the main, followers of
the Arabian Prophet. The warmest
friends and admirers of the Prince of
Wales, during his recent visit, were
Moslem rulers like the Maharaiah of
Gwalior and the Begun of Bhopal.
During the Anglo-Russian imbroglio
they were among the first to offer their
arms and their treasure for Queen Vic
toria's service, and amid the Afghan
troubles they have, for the most part,
exhibited similar spirit. Shere Ali is
reckoning without his host if he i'm
AGNES that his 100000 Afghans are
more potent than the 100000 of
Moslems beyond the Indus. b
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31

A JAN1ToR of a New York public
school went to Coney island, and left
his wife in charge of the engine and
boiler, telling her that there was patent
gauge on it and the steam pressure could
not run over seven pounds. It ran over
twenty-four pounds, and the wife, be-
coming frightened, ran to a factory
where brother engineer was employed.
He found no water in the boiler, and
l 200 children in the school overhead.