The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-07-18
Personal Notes.

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Mrs. G. w. Barrett was in town
last week on visit.
%. b. Grant Is cutting his rye
during these torrid days.
B. f. Ely and Grove Messenger
are reported on the sick list.
Frank Segar and Jerry Singleton
were out after laurel bouquets OH Sum
day.
-"Dagus says the walking Is not
good in Irishtown after two o'clock at
night.
-Robt. Kime's little son Claud, who
was very sick last week, has entirely
recovered.
Some ones chickens destroyed
Prof. Dixons celery, and he felt
grieved about it.
j. S. Powell received telegram
last evening that his brother Pays
child was dead.
We are pleased to learn that James
Penfield is improving slowly from his
late severe sickness.
The girls of Brookville bite the
cheeks of dry goods clerks. Oh, to
suffer such martyrdom.
The three Cunningham boys went
up to the switches the other day and
got twelve quarts Of raspberries.
Powell & Kline have moved out
their stove in full confidence that
warm weather has at last come.
-Casserly & Malhorn are fixing the
hole the prisoners made in the floor OF
jail. The stone will be laid in cement
this time.
B. 7. Chaplin called on us during
his recent visit to Ridgway. Those
side whiskers make Barrett look a
trifle older.
On Friday night Jennie Gresh
was taken seriously i'll, so that her life
was dispaired Of She is much inn
proved now.
Mrs. Amos Wheeler is now on a
visit to her parents at jamestown, n.
Y. Mrs. Isaiah Cobb, her mother, is
seriously ill.
H. H. Wilson has traded with J
Powell, his house and lot on Zion's
Hill, for the fifty acres, known as the
Geo. Stephenson place.
Jack 7. Shute, the painter, who
many of our readers will remember
was in town last week, after an ab
sence of several years.
Rev. II. V. Talbot's bees swarmet
on Sunday, and in attempting to ge
them back to the hive he was stung il
several places on the face. He sue
ceetled in hiving them all the same.
We had the pleasure of listening
to the playing of Jennie and sing
ing of Nellie Jackson one evening re
Gently. Jennie is indeed an excellent
performer on the Piano, and Nellie
sings splendidly.
We take it all back that we sait
about our potato patch, for Docto
Farley hasa patch next to the Western
Union Telegraph Office, that for gen
eral demoralized appearance, cal
double-discount ours.
Philip Lesser brings us the frs
ripe tomato we have seen this season
which he raised in his garden. H
says he has had ripe tomatoes from hi
vines for two weeks. Philip is TIL,
boss gardener of the village.
Horace Little has dropped hi
whiskers all but the moustache. H
did this to be in fashion with the rest o
the boys. Jim. Hagerty, Bob. Camp
bell Bev. Mercer, f. X. Gresh, ant
Capt. Woodward for instance.
Sheriff Oyster showed us a pair Q
wrought-iron bracelets which he ha
had prepared for the persons who al
tempted to escape on Saturday night
From the appearance of the jewelr
we judge they will be sufficient t
keep the prisoners for court.
Mrs. Derby sends us a beautiful
bouquet, by the hands of Bessi
Scribner, formed of the last roses o
summer, gathered from that rose busl
of which we spoke in our last issue
Please accept our thanks, with tn
wish that the donor may live long t
enjoy summers beautiful roses.