The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-20
Personal Notes.

the court yard. p.
Call at this office for writing paper
and envelopes.
-Hartley's telephone is now in sue
zcessful operation. iesro,f
And now Hank Wensel has a
sprained ankle.
Miles & Noon are at work on M.
E. Lesser's house.
Del. Avery found his dog, but the
dog was awful dead. w
Doctor Hartley has span of
horses, and he uses them.
John McCready is here, and looks
as though he missed his dog.
The Luther family went to Mont
morency strawberrying yesterday.
john VanOrsdall has succeeded in
getting well of good, soft water.
Lawyer Rathbun will please ac-
cept our thanks for some excellent
lettuce.
The bridge across Elk creek, on
the Osterhout road, will be raised in a
day or two.
Arthur Little is home again during
vacation. Philadelphia life evidently
agrees with him.
Mrs. Geo. w. Rhines and daugh-
ter have returned from their trip to
Jefferson county.
Hartley and LamOreaux are very
fond of pigeons since the birds pulled
up their peas.
Joe. Bowers is agent for the ma
tional woven wire mattress. Call and
see the sample.
Mrs. Judge Derby seems as spry as
though she had not suffered an unu-
sual amount of sickness.
Call and see our new stock of fancy
note paper and envelopes. A dozen
different styles, cheap as dirt.
"A fine lot of trout was left at our
house by E. G. Barrett the other day,
and we won't forget it of him.
Miss Louise Malhorn ran hem
lock silver in her foot the other day,
from which she suffers much pain.
The Supervisors have distributed
a number of planks about town to re-
place the worn-out ones in the side
walks.
Judge Ross killed his fatted calf,
and the prodigal editor received a
juicy piece. Our thanks are here re-
turned.
Grove had a large job on hand
trying to prevent the swallows from
building their nests on the ewes of his
drug store.
w. c. Healy has torn away the
old ice house, and made several i'm
provements about his premises at the
west end.
J. Z. Taylor, OF Fox township, lost
nine lambs and two old sheep killed,
and had three badly wounded by dogs
the other day.
Elisha DeGroat has made q very
great improvement on his side-hill
farm, on the township road, above
Grants tannery.
Willie Malone is at home from
the house of correction. He looks
well, and we hope his experience
may be of benefit to him.
Two of the three pigs Bev. Mercer
sold VIM. Steel are dead, and the other
one don't feel well. But Bev. says
they'll make good sausage meat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Gardner
were baptised in the Methodist church
on Sunday evening. Several persons
will be baptised on next Sunday.
In the case of Bryant and Euwer
VS., J. II. Hagerty, the Supreme Court
has reversed the decision of the court
below, thus allowing a new trial.
John a. Smull, Resident Clerk
House of Representatives has our
thanks for a list of bills and resolutions
passed during the session of 1873.
H. Taylor, better known as "Bub, {"
is now the happy father of young
lady, since last Monday. "Bub' now
lives near Bradford, Mexican county.
John Mann has good success as a
well-di"ger, as is evidenced by those
sunk for Olmstead, Noon, Scribner,
Flynn, Mrs. Cunningham and Van
Orsdall.
.Gen. Thos. l.. Kane pays taxes on
unseated lands in Mexican, Elk and
Cameron counties to the amount of
twenty-four thousand dollars every
two years.
James Riley, of the firm of Riley
Bros, proprietors of the Riley House,
st. Marys, was married last week to a
Miss Riley, of Clearfield county, whom
he had never met but once before.
Jacob Wensel died at New Bethle-
hem, Clarion county, on June 10th.
He was born Nov. 5, 1915, being at the
time of his death in his 63d year. He
was father of I'll. H. Wensel, this place.
IS. II. Clark, who is now foreman
for J. S. Powell, is confessedly one of
the best workmen, on both coarse and
fine work, that has ever been i'm Rido-