The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-31
No.cs of News,

to twins a few days ago one black and
one white. All were doing well at
last accounts.
! Platt Hubbell Il Co., the largest
mercantile firm of Monticello, ILL.,,
have failed. Their liabilities are $780,
600; assets not known.
A new morning newspaper, to be
conducted in the interests of the
Greenback Labor party will be started
in Pittsburgh in March.
An intoxicated shoemaker at
tempted to pass under q train of the
Chicago and Alton Railroad, at Car
linville ILL.,, and was instantly killed.
Drawing straws to see whether or
not they should convict a man of
murder, was the plan hit upon by
Cairo, ILL.,, Jury and they convicted
him.
A couple OIL their wedding tour fell
into the hands of three-card monte
men on the cars near Delaware, Ohio,
and were relieved of $3.50 and their
watches.
TO work hard all day picking cot
ton, and then be sent seven miles to
drive cows, was considered an outrage
by Columbus, Tenn, boy, 80 ho
hanged himself.
J. J. Jones, wealthy farmer and
stock raiser of Western Missouri, has
made an assignment. His indebted
ness is $4,000 assets less than one.
third of that amount.
Henry Blackburn, of Royal Oak,
Mich, killed his mother and sister
and set fire to the house. He Is now
on trial at Pontiac. A plea of in.
sanity has been set up.
Johb Blake, aged twenty-five,
jumped from II fourth story window
in New York city, to avoid arrest
while intoxicated. His left arm was
broken and right ankle dislocated.
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Andrew
X. Long, United States Army, Depot
Commissary of Subsistence, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself
through the left breast. Temporary
insanity is assigned as the cause.
Foot-pads are plenty near New Rich
mand, Ohio. John West was, ,waylaio
by two men but a fleet horse saved
him. An attempt was made to rob ;
wealthy cattle dealer, but was frustra
ted by the robbers getting the wrong
man.
! A respectable young miss of fifteer
l bright summers committed suicide q
e Marshall Illinois, on the 22d, and a
last accounts was in a critical condi
e ton. Her wardrobe was all arranged
G AS well as directions for burial. n
+ cause for the act.
Colorcd tramp at North Vernon
4 Ind, burglarized the store of Henr.
j Meyer, while he was at break fast, an,
a escaped. The william showed til
q goods to another tramp who squealed
J.. He was afterwards arrested and in dc
! fault of 500 bail was committed.
Edward Donnelly, farmer, nea
Danvillc, ILL.,, accidently shot himsel
with rife. He cannot recover. Tw,
= SOILS killed within fifteen months
:. lone thrown from horse; the othe
met his death last August by bein.
crushed betweena a stump and Il Wagon
hub while team was running away.
p The Iowa Legislature, at De
4 Moines, Tuesday elected VIM. B. ALI
a son United States Senator from tha
4 State. In the House a resolution wa
!, adopted instructing Iowa's Congress
q men to endeavor to secure the passag
of a bill for the equalization of til
"a bounties of soldiers in the late war.
!, At st. Louis last week Grace Mac
n queen, aged thirty-three, wife of Wi
: liam Macqueen prominent packer
d hanged herself to rafter in the gal
n ret, passing the rope four times roun
d her neck to raise her feet from tn
= floor. Her corpse was still warn
e when found. Mrs. Macqueen's min
= has been slightly deranged for som
n days.
o A shocking accident, by which
+ little nine-year old girl by the name {
e Barbara Zilner, was horribly mangle
c happened at Middletown, Ohio. Th
: child had gone to the planning mi
S connected with the Middletowl
Foundry to gather shavings and whil
), thus engaged her clothing was caugh
4 by the revolving wheels, and her bod
1 whirled violently and rapidly mum
l Der of times and then hurled ava,
y, fifteen feet, mangled and torn in
frightful manner. One leg was tori
off, and the other left hanging only
by the sinews and cords of the limb.
Fernando Houck, stenographer
New York City committed suicide il
the Sulphur Baths Hotel. The de
ceased was found lying upon the be-
in his room, on the second floor, will
a pistol shot wound in his breast. HI,
was native of Baltimore, ageo
twenty-three, but had been residen
of New York a number of years. II,
, left letter saying: perhaps I may
9 find out that there is hell, though
think we have hell enough on eartt