The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-11-21
Personal Notes.
j. w. Taylor is 76.

Mote paper and envelopes for sale
at this Office.
Jim Rhines is raising the boss
moustache.
Judge Dickinson is still active and
hearty at II.
How is the Dutch settlement
making out?
Jerry Thompson is driving team
for Dan Scribner.
j. S. Hyde has passed his three
score years and ten.
Miss Lovina McVey now sings in
the Methodist choir.
Senator Hall has been absent from
town for several days.
Carrie Luther don't expect to come
home until Christmas.
Judge Mead, at ~, is apparently
as hale as ten years ago.
Hank Thayers team is busy haul.
ing wood from his farm.
Judge Derby serves as judge of
election in his 10Th year.
Hon. Henry Souther is in town
this week attending court.
M. T. French engages in the feath-
er renovating business at So.
Walter Smith still makes tin coffee
pots and puts up stove pipes.
james Hagerty has filled up the
post Office with barrels of apples.
james S. Champion is always on
hand Monday morning for court.
Barrett Chaplin, of Brockwayville,
now runs truck wagon to this place.
Dan McGovern is making a great
improvement in the old McNulty lot.
Frank Dill has again resumed
blacksmithing in the Olmstead shop.
He was very much mistaken when
he discovered that it was not Mary
Ann.
B. p. Mercer has so far recovered
| from his late illness as to be on the
street.
g. w. Nichols has moved from the
Windfall farm house to the late resi-
dence of j. o. w. Bailey.
Geo. Rettgar, of st. Mary's is in
town this week. We have not seen
him before for long time.
M. T. French has started out OH a
tour with his feather renovator. Hope
! he may make lots of money.
Sheriff Head is night Waterman
at Hyde & Ross planning mill with y
years on his broad shoulders.
We are compelled to give the
Brookville Graphic the praise of being
a sprightly and interesting paper.
e. NJ. Rogers daughter, Luna,
now boards at Thomas Moons, and
takes music lessons of Prof. Brack.
Squire Mead has the job of patch
ing up the broken down sidewalks
about town. Repairs are much needed.
--Brandon's arm Is getting no better
fast. He has our sympathy, and we
wish that that would cure the broken
member.
Geo. Rhines was twenty one years
old last Saturday, and he shaved off his
moustache and side wbiskers because
he was getting so old.
WIN. J. Colegrove, agent for the
Ridgway lands in this county, was
elected commissioner in Mexican coun-
| ty at the recent election.
Madam Scandal is busy in our
| lovely village. Dig out the dead skunks
in your own door yard before you seek
dirt in that of your neighbor.
Wallace Morgester has papered and
carpeted his oyster room. Now ladies
and gentlemen wishing dish of oys-
ters in neat place will do well to call
s.. r. Bittenbender has moved
away from town. Whittier he has
gone we know not, but that he has
gone, hook, bob and sinker, there is no
doubt.
Charley Cody has made vast i'm
provement in the room in the Farley
block next west of Hartley s drug store
The Western Union telegraph will be
moved there in short time.
Captain Sch9ning is putting Com
pany Fl in trim for inspection at Mead
vile about December lst A special
train will run from this place for the
accommodation of the company.
The blended notes of the Methodist
church bell, the piano, clarionet and
violin were too much for the nerves of
the editor of the Democrat. And yet
that old bell will still ring on after the
boy and his band are gone.
"A large number of strangers are
bounding deer near this place. This
is contrary to law, and We hope steps
will be taken to put stop to the nuis-
ance. We will refer to this matter
more at length unless the practice is
stopped.
Erie county has elected Demo-
cratic representative, the successful
candidate being our genial friend AL
fred Short, and one of th- Elk county
boys. We do not rejoice at the Demo-
| cratic victory but we 81 re well nleased