The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-04-17
State Notes.

Chester county boasts of having
the best stage lines in the State.
York rivals Allentown In the
amount of peanuts consumed annually.
"A very large tribe of gypsies
passed through Oxford, Chester county
last week.
The Reading Cotton Mill has
started up again, number of the
strikers having given in.
Estimated that the recent strike
cost the Monongahela valley million
dollars in loss of trade.
Fifteen citizens of Wilkes-barre
pay half of the city tax, and sixty
others pay another fourth.
ALL the woolen mills in Chester
county will be in operation by the
latter part of this month.
The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
Railroad Company contemplate ex-
tending their road to Connellsville.
Nearly all the coal companys in
the Lehigh region have not paid their
regular employees since February.
Jack Butler, a pretended Mormon
prophet, is causing the people in the
northern part of the State much
| trouble.
ALI the engineers and mechanics
employed by the New York Elevated
Railroad Company are Pennsyl.
| vanians.
One thousand tons of scrap iron
were purchased by Il Pittsburg man.
ufacturer Thursday, for sixteen dollars
per ton.
The organization of the State
team to compete for the Creedmoor
badge, has been entrusted to Colonel
Riddle, of Erie.
A fine Kentucky bull, for which
gentleman of Mercer paid 81, 500 a
year ago, was sold at bankrupt sale,
last week, for S36.
The Warren Ledger says that the
lumber business of that section is fast
falling Off owing to the forests having
been robbed of timber.
1t is asserted that the gales of
March were very Obstructive OH young
orchards, destroying thousands of trees
in the northern part of the State.
Notwithstanding the continued
emigration westward, there is also
a return flow of people who have been
disappointed in their ventures.
"A rat terrier of York county the
other day, in pursuit of a mouse,
followed it into the cylinder of a
thresher in motion and was cut into
mince meat.
Post Wilde has learned of the
places of burial of thirty soldiers from
Delaware county, and will see that
tombstones are placed at every grave.
Peach Bottom township, York
comfy, owes its school teachers over
$1,000, on which it is paying interest.
Some of the teachers have not been
| palu IOr tWO years.
The Rochester Tumbler Works a
day or two ago received an order from
one firm for quantity of goods which
will require twenty-five cars to trans
port to their destination.
John Wise, a highly respected and
the oldest citizen of Amity township,
Berks county, died at his residence
Sunday, of old age. Deceased was in
the 93d year of his age.
Matthias Mutchter, a farmer of
Lycoming county, while descending
from a load of hay, was impaled on a
hay fork, the tines of which penetrated
his bowels and killed him.
"A pack of wolves was recently
seen in Blackiick township, Arm
strong county. The farmers spread
around poisoned meat and several
dead wolves have recently been found.
"A little girl is dangerously ill at
Conemaugh borough. Cambria county,
from violent exercise in rope jumping
Another child is expected to die at the
same place from this cause.
Miller, Metcalf & Parkin, of Pitts
burg, recently received an order from
the Singer Sewing Company for 100
tons of steel. This is an immsnse
order for such a purpose.
The Commissioners of Schuylkill
county are putting out s per cent.
bonds to take up a former Indebtedness
bearing 6 per cent. Of the new is sue
Sl70 900 have been taken since April /.
Mr.. Frank NVhetts, who died at
Allegheny a few days ago, is claimed
to be more than l16 years old. He was
born in Frederick county, Virginia
in January, 1863, and was quite a
character.
"A beautiful young girl, who came
from one of the most respectable fam
lilies of Petrolia, Butler county, COM
mitted suicide in house of ill reputt
at Bradford, on Sunday morning. by
taking morphine.
George ID, Fronefield, Esq, stew
ard of the Montgomery county Aims
house, recently finished threshing his
wheat crop of rs. 20 acres yielded l..
165 bushels or about 40f bushels to the