The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-04-24
State Notes.


eighteen years has eaten an average of
four eggs per day, without any bad re-
suits.
The Honesdale National Bank
sustains. no loss by the defalcation of
its teller, Frank w. Grinnell, whose
| bondsmen have made good his thiefts.
The Cambria county papers state
that for several years gang ofcoun-
| terfeiters has had It's headquarters on
| the confines of Cambria, Indiana and
Clearfield counties.
Mfr. j. ID. Clark, petroleum geol-
oglst has leased 5000 acres of land
near Mercer for Pittsburg capitalists,
and will commence within ninety
days to prospect for oil.
Pittsburgh manufacturers are
shipping West on the new Pittsburg
and Lake Erie road quite literally as
though the building of it, they have
secured a handsome reduction in
rates.
Another new county meeting was
held at Lykens last week, and COM
mittees appointed to urge change in
the laws to enable new county to be
formed out of the portions of Dauphin,
Schuylkill and Northumberland.
John Fredly, Of Erie, fell des-
perately in love with "Pinafore"
singer, and stole a watch to follow her
around. A policeman finally caught
up with him, and all further nonsense
in that direction is postponed.
There came to the Harrisburgh
Post-office the other morning, through
the mail, two eggs, that before reach
ing their destination, had been broken
in the mail pouch. Their contents
were smeared over the mail matter in
the pouch and book was ruined.
From an insignificant hamlet, un.
known three years ago beyond the
lines of the county in which it was
situated, Bradford has grown to city
of 1900 inhabitants, with ratio of
increase, at this time, more than three
times as great as any other city in the
Commonwealth.
OF the thirty-two mines in the
Youghiogheny Coke Region only
twelve are in operation. There are
about ! 800 miners in the region, and
about two-thirds of them are yet on a
strike. The price for digging offered
by operators is twenty-five cents per
wagon of thirty-three bushels, and the
price demaeded is thirty cents per
wagon.
The old Titusville and Petroleum
Centre Railroad was sold at the latter
place on Saturday by the Sheriff to j.
ID. Hancock, of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, for So, ,066. The track was
never laid, but grading and stonework
alone cost S25O,00O, and the right of
way is of considerable value.
Six months ago Reese Young,
Montgomery county, was presented
with beautiful pair of shepherd dogs.
\ few days ago one of them was given
to friend and taken away. The re-
naming one became gricf-stricken at
the loss of his friend, and died during
the first night of separation.
A company of Philadelphia and
New York capitalists have just closed
contract for building the Chatauqua
Lake Railroad. Chas. S. Hincknan,
of that city, representing other capital
lists from there, signed the contract. A
new company, to be called the Dun
kirk, Chautauqua Lake and Pittsburg
Railway, with Il capital of $500, 900,
will be organized and the road extern
ded to Dunkirk, only ten miles. The
road originally cost $1,000, 900 and
more than $1,000 has been expended
upon it. The whole was purchased in
August last for SO, ,O00 free from all
debts, by William f.. Lewis, of Cleve-
land. He has sold it for $3.50, 900 less
than the Iron and rolling stock is