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

w. HI. Schram has new wagon.
John Cobb was in town last week.
Charlie Burns was here few days
ago.
1t cost him just Ave cents to get &C
quainted with her.
Work on Doctor Days building Ia
rapidly advancing.
--Rumor has another wedding ap-
pointed for this week.
Geo. A. Rathbun has returned
from his trip to Boston.
Mrs. Patrick Holland, who lives
near the depot, is sick.
Mrs. David Thayer was taken sud-
denly i'll few days ago.
Our old friend STARRY" now
writes for the Democrat.
Reading Sunday afternoon has an
| injurious effect on the eyes.
"A good time this pleasant weather
to have your fal ! plowing done.
w. H Schram has purchased a
lot of hose for use in case of fire.
Charley Cody has painted the front
of Maginnis' building, OH Main street.
The evenings are now too cool for
gate exercise. A blazing fire and flow
ing bowl are more preferable.
Another boquet from the hands
of Sheriff Head, and beauty it is. He
says this is the last run of shad.
Dan. McGovern has the job of
cleaning up the McNulty lot on South
street, recently purchased by Horace
Little.
The Ridgway township school
ma a'ams received their months pay on
Saturday last, and were happy in con-
sequence.
Miss Mercer, of Baltimore, sister
of w. F. and B. p. Mercer, after Wis.,
it at this place for several weeks, has
gone home.
Seth H. Yocum, Greenback candi-
date for Congress, will speak in the
court house at this place, on Monday
night next.
j. w. Morgester and wife have
gone to hous excepting in the house re-
Gently occ upied by Mr.. Lamoreux on
the bakery corner.
The western fever has struck sew
eral of our citizens. The disease at
first is rather severe, but they usually
recover. No fatal cases.
Politics make strange bed fellows,
but when we see our old friend Geo. d.
Messenger getting into bed with An
drew G. Curtin, the marvel is COM
plete.
-Alva Malhorn has traded with
Samuel Gardner his house and lot on
Zion's hill, for Gardner's farm of fifty
five acres on the pike above the wind
fall farm.
Dan. Scribner has no tidings from
the horse and buggy which he hired
to young fellow several weeks ago,
which the aforesaid young fellow neg
lected to return.
Several deer have been killed this
season. Taylor Rhines has killed
three; Samuel Lewis one, and Dave
Kenneda one. Harry Head killed four
week before last, but he didn't want us
to say anything about it.
M. II. French has purchased the
right of several counties in this state
and one county in York state to use
Adams new feather, hair and moss
renovator, which has been on exhibit
ton in this place for several days.
w. w. Ames, our candidate for
Legislature, honors is gaining ground
each day, and bids fair to make the
home base ahead of all competitors.
He is honest, capable, and gentleman
ly, and would make a good representa-
tive.
The country is safe, and the news
paper men are coming forward as can
didates for office. E. Nell Boyle, for
merly of this place, and now proprie-
tor of the Mauch Chunk Coal Gazette,
is can didate for the Assembly, while
H. F. Barbour, editor of the Mexican
Miner, Is candidate for Prothonotary,
etc. The country is safe.
We have before us an article dated
Denver, July 20, on the solar eclipse,
which was written for the Chicago
Leader, oy Merl Wilcox, formerly an
employee of this office. Merl has been
away from Ridgway for several years,
and we are pleased to learn that he is
doing well. He was for long time
engaged in the printing business, hut
his eyes were so weak that he was conf
PEELED to seek other employment. Heis
now in the grocery business at Den
yer.