The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-08-29
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September lst.
Veal was plenty at the wreck on
Saturday night.
-Elderberries are ripe. 1t is not
yet time to cut elders.
Apples are likely to be a scarce
and dear article this season.
-Croquet is not played to an alarm
ing extent in Ridgway this season.
The Ridgway borough petition
will not be presented until the Novem-
ber term of Court.
The potato tops are nearly all
dead, and the yield of this necessary
crop promises to be very light.
There is considerable sickness in
this village, although we hear of no
cases of dangerous character.
About these days our farmers are
busy plowing their ground prepara-
tory to sowing the winter wheat crop.
Another railway article appears in
this issue. These articles will be con-
tinued until the subject is written up.
There is some talk now of killing
all the Indians and all the Indian
agents, after which our Indian wars
will be thing of the past.
Company H went to Lakeview,
Chautauqua lake, on Tuesday last
The boys will have a pleasant time,
and we regret our inability to go with
them.
The Democratic politicians are
very busy at present. Next Saturday is
the time for the primaries, and the
Tuesday following the convention will
be held.
There is in Philadelphia baby not
q very remarkable thing, but when it
is known that the baby only weighed
sixteen ounces when fourteen days
old, the wonder is complete. Such is Il
fact.
The Ridgway Dramatic Society
will give an entertainment at Hyde's
Opera House on Tuesday evening,
September Sd, 1878. Two plays will
be given, 1.-The Last Loaf" and "The
Boys of 1776." The performance we
have no doubt will be well worth hear
ing. Admission 25 cents; reserved
seats 35 cents.
The new county of Lackawanna,
which has been cut off from Luzerne
by the popular vote of last Tuesday
week, has a population of $1,000, and
includes two cities-Scranton and Car.
bondale--10 boroughs, IS townships
and 72 election divisions. Its extreme
length is 81 miles and extreme breadth
% miles, while its area is $40 square
miles. Its assessed valuation Is $1o,-
545,478
-Supt. Black, of the Cascade Mines,
near st. Marys, and another reliable
gentleman, state that there is appar-
emily great commotion in the bowels
of the mountain about one mile east
of st. Mary's. The sound, like heavy
humping, is spasmodic, and during
the sound there is a perceptible trem-
bling of the earth. Many people have
visited the place and agreein the state
ment There are no mining eXcava-
tions in this mountain, and what
causes the strange commotion is un-
accountable.-C Cameron Press.
The new fee bills for sheriffs, pro-
thonotaries, clerks of the several courts,
registers and recorders, passed at the
recent session of the Legislature, ap-
plies to all counties having more than
ten thousand and less than one hun
dred and twenty thousand inhabitants.
1t makes universal reduction of the
fees, and will lessen the value of the
several offices to considerable extent
The reduction in the sheriffs fees will
oe@O to 80 per cent, those of the pro-
tnon>tary 80 to 40 per cent, and those
OF the iecOSder and register 20 per
In the twenty fifth congressional
district, composed OF Clarion. Arm
strong, Indiana, Forest and Jefferson
counties, the Democrats have nom.
mated j. M. Guffey, of Clarion, and
the Greenbacks James Mosgrove. AS
Harry White has been endorsed by all
the counties, and has no opposition,
he may fairly be considered the Re-
publican nominee, although he has not
yet received the formal ratification of
the district conference. Four years
ago Geo. A. jerks, Democrat, was
elected in this district over White by
l1,627 to IL, 100. In 1876 White received
1876, and jerks 1887 votes.
"A freight train was wrecked be-
tween Shawmut Station and Dagus-
cahonda on Saturday night. The
train broke in two pieces. The engi
neer of the front piece discovering
something wrong sent brakeman
back to ascertain the cause. As soon
as the brakeman discovered the train
had uncoupled, he signaled the engi-
neer to stop. The engineer of the
pusher on the back piece not knowing
anything was wrong, went ahead as
usual, and when he reached the front
part OF the train the cars commenced
piling up at fearful rate. Eight or
ten cars We're thrown from the track,