The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-06-26
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"A Lancaster man had his eyes
poisoned so badly that he Is nearly
blind by using colored handkerchief.
The town of West Chester has u
gambling den in which several persons
have been known to lose $500 In one
day.
"A colored hostler of Chester named
George Hall slept 80 soundly the other
night that q cat gnawcd off his toe be-
fore he awoke.
Even potato bugs are not useless.
A Hollidaysburg fisherman has dis
covered that they make excellent bait
for trout and other fish.
The health of Mr.. Peter Herdic,
of williamsport, which was very poor,
is improving. He says he has good
many years of work in him yet.
The man named John Fundel-
dunk, who made the indecent assault
on little girl in York, last week, on
Friday was sentenced to five years in
the eastern penitentiary.
"A West Chester man named James
Dolan was bitten by mad cat the
other day. The man was awful mad
about 1t too, and now waits the ap.
pearance of hydrophobia.
-Workmen excavating the cellars
under the National hotel in Green
castle, Franklin county, on Friday
dug up q number of human bones. 1t
is supposed that the spot was once an
Indian burial ground.
"A little girl, ten years of age, has
arrived at the residence Of her uncle
in Mt. Carmel, Schuylkill county,
after having travelled unaccompanied
by relatives or friends from Scotland
to the Schuylkill coal region,
An enterprising storekeeper OF
Phenixville hired a man to dress as
an Indian and go about the town as an
advertisement. One of the first things
accomplished by the frightful looking
object was to scare child into convul-
sions.
In Williamsport, two house paint
ers named John Wasser and Dale
Allen fell from scaffolding to the
pavement, u distance of twenty feet
The latter was only bruised, but the
former received probably fatal internal
injuries.
"A bogus revenue officer has been
making things lively in Huntingdon
He managed before he was detected to
collect fifteen or twenty dollars from
dealers in the town for alleged viola
tions of the revenue laws, and ther
skipped.
Sharon, Pa, has Sensible clergy
man named Allen, who with three
newspapers in Sharon, does not see tn,
necessity of making his pulpit bulle
tin board for the purpose of advertis
ing festivals, etc., and announced thi.
fact to his congregation.
The case of Andrew Tracy, Nc
Kean county, now under sentence o
death for numbering "a young lady, anc
whose friends petition Communication
of the death penalty to Imprisonment
for life, was continued until the mex
session of the Board of pardons.
Edward Lee, farmer who reside
near Burgall, Dutchess county, wa
found dead in Shaw's pond Sunday
with both eyes blackened, a sever
bruise on the nose and cut over tn
eyes. 1t is believed he was FOUL,
dealt with and an Investigation is il
progress.
Farmers in the lower portion O
Chester county are suffering great.
from the ravages of new and strang
looking beetle that is killing thei
corn. A whole field belonging t
James Armstrong in Franklin town
ship, that county, has been destroye
necessitating him to plow and replan
it. Other farmers i'm the same neigh
borhood have suffered in a simila
manner.
The ten year old daughter G
Henry Bishop, of Annville. Leblanc
county, has mysteriously disappeare
and SO far nothing is known of he
whereabouts. On Wednesday morn
ing the father openly accused ma
named VIM. Bodenhorn of being tn
cause of his daughters absence, an
followed up his accusations wit
threats of violence. For behavin
, thus he was lodged in Jail.
The shot gun that travels aroun
: in company with the boy has appeare
in Lebanon county. A youth of ths
section was lying on the grass beneat
a tree and 81 was the gun. He a
tempted to draw the gun a little clost
: to him, and as he did so tuft of gra!
caught the trigger and the load of she
: left the barrel and took up its positio
5 in his arm. Anxious mothers pleas
note this.
} When the counsel for Spattel
e huber. the Lebanon murderer, entere
e the Jail to break the news of the III
: favorable action of the pardon boar
t in the case, the condemned man rusl
: forward with hope in his eyes, ev