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

One of the eccentricities of the late
Mr.. Powers, the millionaire druggist
of Philadelphia, was nervous dread
lest the balance of his firm in the bank
should fall below 500, 900, and on one
occasion, when it fell few dollars be-
low that sum, he said, with much as
perity, "De not let it happen again"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-12-05

Mr.. Guy Carlton, a robust farmer
seventy-five years old, living near the
village of Wyoming, N. Y, has bought
bis coffin and has it ready for use. He
also has ready for erection solid mar
BILE block, chiselled in the shape of a
dwelling, with doors and windows.
The block will be put over his grave
to symbolic by its form and solidity
the last long dwelling of man.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-12-05

An old negress who passed among
the ignorant of her race as q sooth-
sayer once told Mr.. Calhoun that no
one whose name began with "C' could
ever be President. An Ohio newspa.
per recalls this incident, and cites the
names of Clinton, Calhoun, Clay, Cass
Crawford, Chase, among the dead, and
Conkling among the living, to verify
the prophecy.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-12-05

The United States Grand Jury. at
Chicago, have found true bill against
James G. Hill, Supervising Architect
of the Treasury; Edward Burling, ex-
Superintendent of Construction VIM.
A. Potter. ex-Supervising Architect,
and five others, for conspiring to de-
fraud the government in connection
with the construction of the Chicago
Custom House, by means of fraudulent
vouchers, out of $S5O,0OO
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-12-05

Judge Burns, of the Superior
Court, at indianapolis, Indiana on
Tuesday morning of last week,
fined Warren Tate $4,000 for con-
tempt Tate was plaintiff in a case
before the court and William Love a
witness. The judge, in announcing
tbs fine, remarked that whilst under
the jurisdiction of the court, and the
witness having given a portion of his
testimony, plaintiff and witness meet
in the corridor of the Court House and
an alteration ensued, resulting in the
death of the witness, Love, at the
hands of Tate. This violent conduct
of Tate being great indignity to the
court, interrupting its proceedings, in
timidating its witnesses and violating
the cause of justice on the threshold of
its court, testimony was taken on the
point of contempt, but the question of
murder was not entered into. The
judges remarks were quite extended,
closing with an order to the sheriff to
proceed forthwith to levy on the prop
erty of Tate wherever it could be
found, sufficient to cover the amount
of the fine. Tate is reported to be
worth 100000, owning large amount
of real estate in this country.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-12-05

Indiana county is not healthy
place for Democrats, at least they dc
not seem to increase very fast. At the
recent election of 1000 votes cast that
party only received 1900, the balance
being divided between the Republi.
cans and Greenbackers.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-12-05
RULE 70 PLEAD.

And now to-wit: November q,
1878, upon motion of Messrs. Hall &
M'Cauley, attorneys for Plsintiff the
court grant Rule on the Defendants
to appear and plead to the above en-
titled action on or before the fourth
Monday of January, A. d. 1879, or
Judgment will be entered against them
by default.
summons in Eiectment having been
issued by Plaintiff against Defendant
Tor all that certain tract of land situate
IN Benezette township, Elk county,
pennsylvania, being an undivided
tWo-thlrds part of two hundred and
elghty-elght acres, part of warrant No.
5O23, and bounded on the north by
warrant No. 50l2; east by warrant No.
o4S0; south by Coleman johnson and
others and remainder of warrant No.
5O23 and on the west by warrant No.
oo22, containing two hundred and
elgnty-elght acres, to enforce specific
performance of contract between Ralph
Johnson and said w. E. Wykoff, dated
June "a, 1876, the sheriff having made
return thereon that the said Defendants
cannot be found in said county.
From the Record.
Attest
FRED. SCHENING,
Prothonotary.
HALL & M'CAULEY,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Nov. 23, 1878. dec5-4t
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BOOT AND SHOE SHOP,
TWO DOORS WEST OF POST oFFIC

TWO DOORS WEST OF POST OFFICE.
THE undersigned is carrying on
L Boot and Shoe making. Custom
made work neatly done to order and
prices to suit the times. Mending a
specially. Please give me a call and
be convinced before going elsewhere
1L.pkful for past patronage, we re-
spectfully Sojcit it in the future.
Ms. NJ Fl. MALONE.
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At Washington striking illustra-
ton of the extent and excellence of the
arrangements for international mail
service which have, resulted from the
postal union is given in the official
publication received by the superin-
tendent of foreign mails from the
Bsrne central bureau. A resident of
C1emnitz, SaXony, mailed at that
place, at p. m. the 24th of May, a
postal card addressed to himself, carry
ing request to all postmasters to dis
patch it successfully and without loss
of time to Alexandria, Singapore, Yo-
kohoma, San Francisco and New
York, and thence to Chemnitz, his
object being to win a wager that with
the existing postal arrangements, a
circuit of the world could thus be
made by postal matter within l20 days.
The request was complied with, and
the card arrived in ChemnitZ from
New York the ll7th day after the date
of the original mailing. The Post
master General of Germany has caused
this card to be photographed and trans
mitted to the Berne international bu
reau, with the remark that had it beer
posted an hour earlier, it would have
accomplished the journey in SO days.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-12-05
THURSDAY DEC. 5, 1878.

There will be two brothers in the
lower house of the legislature this year
David Emery, jr., of Titusville, Craw-
ford county, and Lewis Emery, .jr., OF
Bradford, Mexican county, both Re-
publicans and oil producers.
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vouchers, out of $3.50, 600.

The latest information from
Breathitt county, KY, is that Jackson,
the county seat, is in possession of an
armed mob, divided into factions, who
are shooting and killing each other as
opportunity offers. The Circuit Court
sessions have been discontinued, and
the judge is gone, no one knows where.
The sheriff and his posse have posses
sion of the court house and Jail, Which
is barricaded and protected with rifles.
Several persons have been killed, in
Guiding the county judge and man
named Tom Little, a brother of the
murderer, Jason Little, who is in Jail,
and whom one section of the mob
wants to release. Picket firing is going
on, and the citizens of the mountains
are frequently killed.
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"A farmer in Fishing Creek Valley,
Lycoming county, raised $500 pounds
of buckwheat this season,
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NOTICE is hereby given that pc
tition of citizens of Ridgway township
will be presented at the next Court of
Quarter Sessions of Elk comfy for the
incorporation of Borough of the town
of Ridgway.
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Arrears Of Pay, Bounty and Pensions

We have bureau in charge of ex-
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ecution all Soldiers Claims, Pay,
Bounty and Pensions. AS we charge
no fee unless successful, stamps for re-
turn postsge should be sent us.
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.NEw ERTESEMEN7IS.
Estray..

Came>to the premises of James Nc
Mannus, a few weeks ago, red calf.
The owner can have the same by
proving property and paying expen-
ses. JAMES M'MANNUS.
42-3t Shawmut, Elk Co., Pa.
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Pennsylvania RAIL ROAD
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SUMMER TIME TABLE.

ON and after WEDNESDAY, DEC. IL,
~ 1877, the trains ontbe Philadelphia &
Eric Ry;road will run as follows:
WESTWARD
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No. 604 F street, Washington, ID. c.,
Nearly Opposite Patent office.
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THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY
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c mn ended
as an unfailing
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Impotency and
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14
A GREAT ABUSE.
New York SUM-

Like other attempted reforms at Wash
ington, that for the suppression of the
sale Of spirituous liquors in the restau-
rants of the Capital appears to have re-
suited in greater abuse than when the
traffic was open and unrestrained. Com
mi tee rooms of the Senate and House
of Representatives are now notoriously
supplied with the forbidden stimulants,
and have become the habitual resorts of
a class of thirsty Legislators, who can
thus crafty their taste without expo
sure at the public bars which adorn the
approaches to Congress.
Much comment has been made on the
intoxication witnessed in the Senate
during the all-night session, when the
silver bill was driven through under
the pressure of steam generated by
whisky. The Sergeant-at-arms is the
officer of that body charged with the
preservation of order and the enforce
ment of the rules of the Senate. On
that night his Office was little else than
a bar-room, to which not only Senators
but their families, without distinction
of party, had Tree access.
To forbid the keeper of the restaurant
to sell wine, ale, or any stimulant, how
ever moderately, and send the rule
abroad by the Associated Press as a
proof of the moral tone of the Senate,
and then permit the very officer whose
duty it is to see this rule strictly obeyed,
to supply the strongest potations under
cover of refreshments" is not very
strong testimony that Murphy has lee
tured on temperance W tn much profit
among the So ons of Congress. Repeal
the rule, and stop the hypocrisy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14
TURKISH EXTRAVAGANCE.
Il.nndnn INi..,a,

The new reform in Turkish polygamy
must begin where its evils are most ap-
parent, and where it will produce the
greatest effect on the subjects of the
Sultan. That spot is no less than the
Seraglie of the Sultan himself, of which
Osman Bey treats in the third part of
his book. In the harem, or woman's
part of the Seraglio, he has never set
foot, but he knows every corner of the
mabein or male quarter of that immense
palace, and he does not hesitate to say
that the social and domestic reform of
Turkey must begin within its walls.
What with the harem, with its seven
classes of Sultanas, from the Sultana
Valide to the Imperial Princesses with
their separate establishments of ladies
and eunuchs, there are not far from
two thousand souls in the harem of the
| Sultan. Then on the male side, between
buffoons, musicians, eunuchs, cooks and
dwarfs, the Commander of the Faithful
has more than one thousand attendants
to wait on him. Fancy three thousand
souls and bodies, all extravagant and
grasping, and reckon how many purses
it must cost to maintain the establish.
ment in the Seraglio. One little fact
if it be fact, may show how wastefui
the Sultan's ways are. According tc
Osman Bey, it would be considered high
treason against the dynasty of Othmar
If the Sultan even wore any article oi
dress twice. From the fez on his head
to the slippers on his feet he must have
J new clothes every day of his life. Hi.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14
O'Leary's First Walk.

Mr.. O'Leary says he was born in
County Cork, ireland, thirty-one years
ago. He came to this country in 1866,
when twenty years old, settled in
Chicago, and claims that city as HIS
residence. With a keen eyes to business,
he saw that the citizens of Chicago were
very much in need of Bibles. He
opened Bible store and did we'll. "I
used to buy Bibles" he says, "of d. &
J. Sadlier of New York and John E.
Potter of Philadelphia, and. sell them
in Chicago. While the profit was not
very great, I made a good living, and
felt that was doing good to my fellow
men,"
Chow did you come to leave the
Bible business and become professional
pedestrianT' asked the writer.
when Weston was making talk by
his attempt to walk from Portland to
Chicago it set me to thinking. In Ire
land / was considered good traveller,
and l had greatexperience in rushing for
swinging bridges in Chicago. One night
l was sitting in Gaines's store on
Wabash Avenue. when somebody said
that Weston was talking about going to
Europe. l said that if he dropped into
Ireland on the way he'd get beaten SC
bad that he'd never again call himself q
walker. Everybody laughed at me
I finally said that thought I could beat
him myself. At that they all roared
and passed sarcastic remarks on what
they call. d my Irish conceit.' Pen
neau, Frenchman, offered to bet two
hundred and fifty dollars that 1 couldn't
walk certain long d stance in giver
time. Nobody had any confidence il
me, and had to back myself. 1 dom
suppose I would have done it if hat
stopped to think, but my blood was VI
over the jibing, and l took b m up.
don't remember the exact distance no
the time, but / do remember that wol
the money, and lost five toe-nails in do
ing it. The amount of the business wa
that knew nothing about walking
I travelled the distance on solid plank
in everyday clothes, and wore common
high-he eled shoes with my toes pinche'
up and pressed together. As I pulle'
off my socks the blisters broke and tn
toe-nails came off with them"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14
Genuine Compliments.

We have heard of the lady of rare
beauty who said, upon certain occa-
sion, that the only real, disinterested
compliment she ever received was from
a coal-heaver who asked permission to
light his pipe in the cleaning of her
eyes.
Another compliment, true and gen.
uine, was paid by sailor who was sent by
his captain to carry letter to the lady
of his love. The sailor having delivered
the missive, stood gazing in silent admi-
ration upon the lady, for she was very
beautiful.
"Well, my good man." she said, "fol
what do you wait? There is no an
swer to be returned"
Lady," the sailor returned with
humble Difference, 81 would ike te
know your name"
Did you not see it on this letterp'
Pardon, LADY, never learned K
read. Mine has been a hard, rough
life"
"And forwhat reason, my good man
would you know my nameT
Because" answered the old tar, look
ing honestly up, ain a storm at sea
with danger afore me, I would like tt
call the name of the brightest thing II
ever seen in life. There'd be sunshin.
in it, even in the thick darkness"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14

"WHAT makes that noise? ?" asked
little boy on the train the other day.
"The ,cars," answered his mother.
"What for?' because they are NOV
ing" "What are they moving forT
"The engine makes them" What en-
gineT' "lhe engine in front" "'What's
It in front for 7" To pull the train" !"
"What train p "This one" "This
carp repeated the youngster, pointing
to the one In which they sat. Yes. .
What does it pull It forr' "The
engineer makes it. y What engineerT'
"The man on the engine" What
engineer "The one in front" What
is that in front forT' "I told you that
before" "Told who whatg "Told
you" "What forp "Oh, be still
you are a nuisance" What's nui-
sanceT "a boy who asks too many
questions" Whose boy 2" My boy
What questions g The conductor
came through just then and took up the
tickets, and the train pulled up to the
station before we could get all of the
conversation. The last we heard, as the
lady jerked the youngster off the plat
form, was: "What conductorf"-
KeokuE Constitutson.