The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-04
Local Notes

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Many of our citizens have been
complaining of the summer CONF
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Court on the 18th. Will there be
a regular term or will suits be called
on and sent to the branch office in
Wilcox and be tried at less expense. =
Henry. Moore of Milestone town.
ship cut his foot on the lst inst.
while getting out timber at Maxwell
Run. DIR. Bordwell dressed the
wound.
Folks have always wanted some
thing that would stop headache in
an hour or so; and DIR. Days Cure for
Headache is just the thing. so cts.
and 81 bottles. g..
The chicken thieves are about.
Henry Wensel, P. II. Brooks, Thomas
Noon and G. d. Messenger have had
chickens lifted" lately. Some one
must be living fat.
:. FESTIVAL. = 1t WAS thought best to
change the time for holding the Meth
odist festival from the 10th, 11th and
18th, to the evenings of the 18th, 18th
and 10th Of Sept.
ID. s. Andrus & Co., of William
sport. Pa, are prepared to sell a good
organ now for $500 cash, stops and
beautiful case, and they are fully war
ranted by them which is q sure mark
oftheir merit. Send them your orders
and you will not be disappointed.
John Hamilton had the misfor-
tune recently to be kicked by mule,
but that does not hinder him raising
some of the finest tobacco in Elk
county. A specimen leaf left at Nor
gester's measured over two feet in
length.
-Ridgway's Graded Schools COM
menced :. last Monday. with J.. d.
Rishel, principal, and Miss Jennie
Gresh, assistant. Miss Aggie Barrett
teaches the intermediate department,
and Miss b. f. Wilcox the primary de-
partment.
One of the fastest things on record
is discovered in the report that Esquire
Brown and Constable Cole of Wilcox
tried deer suit last week and sent i'm
returns before Esquire Mead could get
the hounds into court. Well, old fellow
you are too old or you don't understand
the Democratic law.
Page Prindle was in town last
week walking with stick. He came
near meeting with q serious accident,
while in the act of jumping from one
car to another his foot slipped and he
was thrown between the cars, but
fortunately succeeded in catching him
self, thus saving his life. His escape
is wonderful when we consider the
train was running at high rate of
of speed. =.
TELEPHONE. - There is talk of
new telephone to be a branch of the
Ridgway headquarters telephone Of
flee. 1t will 60 direct to Wilcox
The sound of course would be much
weakened by going so long distance,
but it is proposed to attach Schultz's
engine to it SO that the news can be
pumped right into the Justice of the
Peace and Constable in eleven seconds
from the Ridgway headquarters.
r. NJ. Painter, of Grant Mills,
barely escaped death on the lst inst,
while putting a new roof on his barn.
A board. twelve feet long and foot
wide, fell from the top of the barn,
a distance of thirty feet, striking Mr..
Painter on top of the forehead infiict-
ing a large scalp wound. He was
knocked to the ground where he re-
mained in an unconscious condition
for some time. DR.. Bordwell dressed
the wound, and reports the patient
as recovering.
ID. G. Nelson of Emporium, agent
for Chas. Brothers nursery Rochester,
N. Y. has been canvassing for fall de-
livery in this neighborhood for several
days. We find Mr.. Nelson to be a
square-toed man and one whom we
may not be afraid to buy trees of. The
firm he travels for is one of the most
reliable in the business, having been
established for great many years and
invariable giving satisfaction to their
patrons.
"A villain or villains made q raid
on Levi Ellithorp at Highland town.
ship on Monday night last. In one
barn about half a single harness, a
peck of corn in a bag, together with
the bag, and horses head net were
taken. In another barn they took a
machine oil can and wrench. They
then went to the spring house and
took eggs and butter, doping one of
the eggs as they were going away.
The villains had horse and buggy ss
lhe tracks We're easily discernable next
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