The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-01
Personal Notes.
Horace Warner is In town.

Tom. Moons garden was last night
visited by the COW fiend.
Mrs. Patton, formerly Ella Fannin,
is still visiting in this village.
Horace Little will have the
McNulty lot fenced In few days.
Tom. Noon has a new pump, but
1t don't work worth darn cent.
jacob McCauley has purchased the
mail route from Ridgway to Brook
vile.
Mrs. Judge Horton has almost en-
tirely recovered from her recent sick
spell.
-Messrs. Bryant q Euwer, extensive
owners of timber lands in this section,
are in town.
-Salyer jackson was in town Sat-
urday and Sunday, leaving for Shef-
field on Monday.
Charley Healy has a solid piece of
corn on his two-acre piece, next west
of the old school. l.house.
Miss Ella Gould, daughter of the
Cameron Press editor, spent several
days in town last week.
--Ridgway has dramatic society
at least we are SO informed-but Charlie
failed to hand iii the list of officers.
g. l.. McCracken is once more in
his native health, looking well for an
old man. Glad to see George, any way.
-Ridgway Wanderers Curiosity
Box" is very interesting. Hope he'll
wander often, and report to this office.
John Curtis is suffering from a
lame foot, the result of failing to take
his foot from under a falling bar OF
iron.
Geo. Rhines has cleared the broken
plank and other rubbish from Main
street, under contract with the Su-
pervisors.
"A large number of the Masonic
fraternity from this place attended the
funeral of Mr.. Sweazy, of Emporium,
on Tuesday.
There is one thousand square yards
of painting on the outside of the Shef.
field school house, and Cuthy covered
it in five days.
Cal. Luther is sweating and work.
ing on the roof of J. S. & w. H.
Hyde's store, with paint pot and brush,
putting on heavy coat of paint.
He made pair of boots both for
the same foot, the next day pair OF
shoes without counters, and still per.
sists in trumping his partners ace.
Who stabbed John Flynn's cow ?
is the question we would like answered.
At any rate person guilty of such
meanness deserves coat of tar and
feathers.
John Casserly has worked several
- IN make the stone marks in the
coui' y"io eish' 'd.''- Thnse posts
are set, one near the east wing OF
the court house, the other in the
southeast corner of the yard, for the
purpose of having fixed guide to
set compasses by.
-Rattleshakes are numerous on the
line of Joe. Holsey brooks stage route
and large US to size, Joe. bringing one
up last week which he killed, meas.
uring four feet in length, and seven
inches in circumference. Mate Laugh.
lin and Nick George assisted at the
killing of his snakeship.
The band house Is once more put
to some use, instead of standing 9
monument Of the defunct S. G. B.
For several evenings the band have
assembled in their house, and dis.
coursed sweet music to the passers by
Under the tuition of Prof. Brack the
organization continues to rapidly i'm
prove.
Mrs. Geo. A. Rathbun sends us g
beautiful bouquet, with her compli
ments. The tasty arrangement o.
white and red, single and double gerap'
iums, white, purple, red and variegated
verbenas, many-colored, large-sizet
pansies, together with the beautifully
tinted phlox, sweet-scented mignOn
cite, geranium leaves and Othel
beautiful little flowers in profusion
interspersed with lovely yellow rose
buds, make this delightful souvenir
of summers beauties a "joy for
ever,'' and seems to us bright oasis
in the arid desert of ev ery-day editoria
duties. Mrs. Rathbun will please
accept our thanks.
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