The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-08
Personal Clliiehnt.

}. Powell has returned from Pitts
burgh.
j. NJ. Schram came home on Mon
day mail.
Mrs Geo. L. McCracken, is visit
ing at Mrs. Ross.
james Meenan sawed his hand
several days ago.
Monday evening there was beauti-
ful moonlight.
j. S. Chamberlin, and son were in
town first of Che week.
Sam Clark makes another visit to
Lock Raven this week.
Miss Minnie Service is sufferer
from felon on the thumb.
-Thomas Barry has left the depot,
and S. A, Rote takes his place.
Rev. H. V. Talbot decreased the
church debt $4,000 OH his recent
trip,
Supervisors McFarin and Mitch
ell have the credit of building excel
lent walks
C. l.. Smell, phrenologist, delivered
a lecture in tie NJ. L. Church on Fri
day evening.
R. II. Coates, Of Warsaw, Joffer-
son county, and son Albert were N
town this week.
Lieut.. Bhines and Al. Brown are
on the staff of the surveying party of
the new railroad.
Miss B. e. Wilcox contemplates
opening select school soon after the
Graded School term closes.
Geo. Woodward has moved into
the house next Doctor Earley's and
formerly occupied by H. NJ. Powers.
Rev. II. II. Hewitt, of Sunbury,
will hold services in Grace Church
next Sunday. All are invited to at
tend.
Miss Laura L. Parsons, sister Of
the editor Of this paper, returned to
Ridgway, Tuesday last, after an
absence OF more than two years.
j. S. Powell has erected q fine
chicken park-that is fine for the
kind, but, like the Old woman's butter,
the kind will not do to brag of.
Mr.. Campbell, formerly of Wilcox,
but now employed on the Democrat
will occupy the house just cast of Mrs.
Houk's residence across the creek.
Sergeant Bowers has had Il bad
time with loose teeth at last accounts
they had again settled down to busi-
ness, much 10 the comfort of the
Sergeant.
"A. L. Provin was married on
April 30, 1879, to Miss Nellie J. Taylor
in Farmers Valley, Mexican Co. Mr..
Provin worked in this place u few
years ago.
Dan Reeds thumb nail was
knocked off by one of the leather roll
ers at Osterhout's tannery last Tues
day. On Wednesday he sacrificed
s--.!ames Maginnis has put up fine
new barn on his property ut the upper
end Of South street. He has also
burned up the rubbish on his farm at
the lower end OF the same street.
Professor Johnson and wife have
taught the Graded School al this place
for four years ending next Wednes-
day, the close of the present term.
We hope Mr.. Johnson will reconsider
his determination to give up the
school at the close ofthis term.
Nv. Willis, former resident of
kidgWay, and once supervisor Of The
township, father OF Albert willis. q
once prominent lawyer at the Elk
county bar, died recently at his home
in Washington, ID. c. We judge
that he was upwards of seventy years
old
j. p. Efarston, superintendent OF
the new Court House gets 3ljOO.O0 for
furnishing the plan and overseeing
ti-N " VI Il. liz W - lilt bNtI>ttE on lllt
new court house at Warren which
beautiful structure sufficiently attests
to his ability as q master mechanic
and architect.
Geo. r. Wilcox, of Ti6nesta, Pa,
who was many years ago miller in
Eydc's grist mill, in this village, was
i'll town this week. George planted
the first tree in the court yard, which
stands in the northwest corner at the
conjunction OF Court and Main streets.
He is well known to our old citizens.
Hugh McGeehin now has the old
court house landed on the Pat Malone
lot and will ut once have it put in
shape to rent Company II talks of !
leasing the old court room for an
amory and we believe Mr.. AIcGeehin .
proposes fixing up the back part for
two tenemcntS.
DIED.