The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-17
Notes

hotter.
--Almanacs for 1879 are now In fash
ion.
The political watch fires are burn
ing with vim.
Election day comes on Tuesday,
November 5th.
Organ grinders will soon go into
winter quarters.
--Chestnuts are in the market. and
lots more in the woods.
Freight traffic on the P. d E. r..
r., is very brisk at present.
w. w. Ames will speak at Beech
Bottom on Tuesday evening, Oct. %,
1873.
Plank have been hauled for new
sidewalk in front of Powell & Kime's
store.
The leaves are turning brown and
scar, election time and hard cider will
soon be he.e.
Shooting meadow larks is favor
ite amusement of our sportsmen these
pleasant days.
Visiting cards in our new script
are very neat, and we print them al
most for nothing.
Potatoes are going to be potatoes
next spring. The retail selling price
now is 80 cents bushel.
Politicians are active and uncer-
tain. About these days look out for
laundering campaign lies.
Fifteen cars of oil were destroyed
by fire on the low grade road at Drift
wood last Saturday night.
james McAfee, merchant tailor,
will be at Benezette, on Monday, Oct.
2Sth, with a full line of samples.
"A petition for the incorporation of
Ridgway Village will be presented to
the court at the November term.
Gathering leaves and ferns is q
pastime of the lady's and children at
this season of the year.
Have your note-heads and letter
heads put up with Mead's patent blot
ter pad. This office holds the right to
manufacture these tablets for Elk
county.
That frightful murder in Jefferson
county, of which we copied an account
from the Jefersonia,,, turns out to be
nothing more or less than a premedi-
tated lie.
Cow loose in the court yard. The
Commissioners passed a resolution
prohibiting the pasturing of cows in
the public square. Cow loose in the
court yard.
In our last issue the types made
us say that the Greenback meeting
was held Wednesday instead of Mon
day, and that the Democratic meeting
was held on Thursday instead of Tues
day.
The Forest Press has turned
6reenback and comes to us under the
name of The Forest National 1t is
double its usual size, and is printed
neatly, and bids to be spicy, local pa
per.
The communication from Fair
Play" is too long and of too little gen.
eral interest for publication. Items of
local news we are always ready and
willing to print, but long communica-
fionS ra not what wa daSira
The city of GLASGOW Bank, Glas-
cow, Scotland, suspended last week
with liabilities estimated at $50, o,00O,-
600. Just as soon as our dead head sub
scribers pay up, we propose to start a
bank, and we may stand chance of
suspending with untold liabilities.
The MaucL Chunk Coal Gazette
only wants to elect two persons for
Commissioners and two persons for
Auditors, at least that is the way its
election proclamation reads. Friend
Boyle, you will find that three are to
be elected, but that each elcctor votes
for but two, all of this under the new
constitution.
The barn of the Tanning Com
pany, at Wilcox, was totally destroyed
by fire, together with its contents, on
last Friday evening. The barn con-
tanned a large quantity of hay and
oats, no part of which was saved. The
stock in the barn, consisting princi-
pally of mules, was saved. Several
dogs perished in the flames. There
was some insurance, though we have
not learned the amount. See Wilcox
Notes" for additional particulars.
Business is surely reviving all over
the cot Sy. We can see evidences of
returnin, prosperity all around us. AS
we approach specie basis, and as re-
sumption is already practically achiev-
ed, a degree of confidence is manifest
among the manufacturing and COM
mercial communities that is really
cheering. Our own little community
begins to show signs of improvement.
Our two fine tanneries are running
full time and making money, as they
deserve to. Our other industries are
beginning to thrive. Labor will soon
begin to receive a better reward, and
then will commence new era of
DrOsDerity Our merchants are nre-