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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-12-04
New Postal Rules.

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Personal Items.

-Dealy's clock, for a wonder, still
runs.
Ed. Geary of Lock Haven, is in
town this week.
Dan Scribner is putting new
addition to his barn.
-Bev. Mercer is training his dog
"Ike' in the way he should go.
-Neut. Rhines has moved into the
old court house and now works in the
foundry.
Ross Bros. talk of putting up a
brick building on their Centre street
lot next spring.
E. j. Miller has purchased the
VanOrsdall place OH Centre street of
Capt. p. r. Smith.
L. S. Horton and c. l.. Chamber
lain called at this Office this week.
Call again gentlemen.
School children call at THE AD-
voCATE office next Saturday and get
nice chrome card free.
Frank Nichols is canvassing for
the book "Grant's Tour Around the
World" Give him an order.
"A new picket fence between John
Flynn's and Dave Mulqueen's places,
at the west end of south Street.
Bro. Brandon, of the Gazette,
called on us this week. He claims to
be getting rich in the printing busi-
ness. Success to him.
DIR. w. L. Williams, of Stratten-
vile, will locate permanently at this
place in few days. He is a brother
of Doctor Williams, of Centreville.
Tracy, the Mexican county mur.
derer takes his departure from life's
busy scenes. to-day. 1t is too bad that
so much valuable time should have
been consumed on so vile wretch.
1t is expected that Rev. M.
Meagher, who has been away from
town several weeks undera physician IS
care, will return in week or two
more, much improved in health if not
entirely cured
Benz. Malin delivered us copy OF
the book, Buffalo Bill" last week.
To say that this story of actual fact is
thrillingly interesting is not saying
half enough. Every person should
possess a copy of this remarkable
work by remarkable man.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-12-04

Henry Wise, one of the men
tried in the court of Lebanon county,
recently for participating in the mur-
der of old Mr.. Raber, at Indiantown
Gap, in Lebanon county, has been
sentenced by Judge Henderson. Wise
attempted to deliver a written state
ment, but Judge Henderson would
not allow him to proceed. [This is
the insurance conspiracy and murder
case for which Drews and Stichler
were hanged recently. Sentence on
Wise was deferred that he might tes-
tify against Zechman, another of the
gang. His evidence was discredited
however, and Zechn.an, after having
been once convicted, was acquitted on
his second trial.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-12-04

FATAL Academia sad accident
occurred near Millerstown, this county,
on Monday of last week, which re-
suited in the death of Mr. Eli Mccall,
who resided in that vicinity. Mr..
Mccall was driving to field after a
load of corn, his horses took fright and
ran away, throwing him out of the
wagon. His body was caught be.
tween the wagon and a tree by the
roadside, crushing his left shoulder
and several ribs, the fractured bones
penetrating nearly to the heart. He
was taken to his home and properly
cared for, but mortal skill was of no
avail, and on Tuesday forenoon his
sufierings were ended in death.-Clar-
ion Republican.
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Caution Notice.

All persons are hereby cautioned not
to purchase or in any way meddle with
the following described property pur-
chased by me at Sheriff's sale and left
in possession of Reuben Mohney in
Spring Creek township fora time only:
One wagon, three cows, two yearl-
ings, one pig, hay, oats, buckwheat
rye and potatoes; six beds and bed
ding, stoves and furniture, bureau and
stand, chairs, dishes and other house
hold goods. Also numbering tools con
sisting of log chains, grabs, canthooks,
&C., &c. JAMES MCFARLIN.
Ridgway, Pa, Nov. l3, 1879.
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A VALUABLE PUBLICATION--W We are
indebted to the author for copy of
the above described publication, and
take pleasure in recommending it to
the large class interested in the in
formation contained therein. AS Mr..
Bierly is good lawyer and an inves-
tigating and laborious worker, we have
no doubt but that the book will meet
with large sale. Hundreds of copies
should be purchased in this County, as
it will be found to be of great value to
lawyers and township officers" -
Washington, Pa, ReUielU & Examiner.
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The Clinton county court has just
concluded a rather remarkable case.
A man named Shaw was insulted in
the presence of his family, consisting
of wife and several daughters, by a
villain named Hamilton Shaw in
his rage hurled a stone at the Will
fer, which missed him, but in its re-
bound stuck him without inflicting
injury. Hamilton brought Shaw into
court on charge of assault, and the
latter plead guilty to save his wife and
daughters from testifying to the vile
language used by the prosecutor
Judge Cummin in sentencing him said
that Shaw made mistake in not
using larger stone and taking true
aim. and imposed nominal fine and
cost.
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"A father never thinks his ten
year-old son is stronger than a horse
until he employees him to turn the
grindstone to sharpen an old ak that
is about as sharp at one end as at the
other. The old man bears on until
the lads eyes hang out and his trousers
buckle flies off, and inst before he
bursts blood vessel his father encour-
ages him with the remark. 'Does-
it-turn-hard ?" Thousands of boys
have run away from home and become
pirates and Greenbackers in order to
escape a second siege at the gindstone.
Elr
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DIED..

CoPP. - In Jay township, Elk
Co., Pa, November 18th, 1879, Mrs.
Kate, wife of Lafayette Copp, in her
thirty-third year.
TosIER.-At Chippewa Falls, Nov,
20, 1879, of brain fever and heart dis
case, James S. Tosier youngest son of
Thomas and Lydia Tosier,aged eleven
years two months and fourteen days.
His remains We're brought to Bene-
zette, Elk county, for burial.
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Mrs. Barbara Nicely mother Of
Isaac, William, Jesse, Hiram, and
Paul Neely, all well known through
out Clarion county, died at her resi-
dence, near Bostaphs Corners, on Fri
day morning aged ninety. nine years.
From the Derrick correspondent we
learn that Mrs. Neely was born in
Maryland in the year 1850. In 1900
at the age of twenty, she marred
Isaac Neely, who preceded her to the
grave many years ago, and emigrated
to this State. Her husband bought of
the State some land near the spot where
Edenburg is now located, but what
was then wilderness inhabited only
by wild beasts and Indians. Their
nearest neighbors for several years re-
sided fifteen miles away, but teventually
more settlers came in and the embryo
town of Edenburg was started. In
1919 Mr.. Nicely disposed of his Eden
burg property and purchased a track
OF land near Bostaph's corners, three
miles from st. Petersburg, where he
built log cabin, into which he re-
moved his family in 1920. Here Mrs.
Neely remained until the time of her
death period of about sixty years.
She was the mother of family of ten
children, ali of whom lived to reach
the estate of manhood, and seven,
five sons and two daughters, are yet
living. The venerable lady always
enjoyed excellent health and never
knew what it was to have a spell of
sickness until the last two or three
years of her life.-Cydrion Republican.
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ApPLEToM's hEaEalGAli G.gCL0-
EsA.g1A.

This admirable work is now COM
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$500 in leather, or 500 in elegant
half Turkey. For particulars address,
w. II. Fuirchild, Portvijic. Gait. Co,
n. Y. who has been duly appointed
agent for Elk county by Z. * Judson,
general agent.
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" VAS DILIO US and MYNERV ES
WE'RE QUII,E UIN.S2'R UNG.u

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Dear Sir II had been out ofhealth
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my mouth tasted bad. my head was stopped
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The Patter of the Shingle.
[By reuuest.1

by request.1
When the angry passion gathering in my
mothers face see,
And she leads me to the bed-room-gently
lays me on her knee
Then know that will catch 1t, and my flesh
in fancy itches,
As listen TO the patter of the shingle on my
breeches.
Every tinkle of the shingle has an echo and
a sting. t4r
And a thousand burning fancies into active
being spring,
And a thousand bees and hornets meath my
coat-tail seem to swarm.
AS listen to the patter of the shingle, o, so
warm!
In sputter comes my father, whom l
thought away had gone,
To survey the situation and to make her lay
it on
To see her bending o'er me as listen to the
strain
Played by her and the shingle TO wild and
wierd refrain.
In Sudden intermission, which appears my
only chance,
say, "Strike gently mother or you'll split
my Sunday pants"
She stops a moment, draws her breath, the
shingle holds aloft,
And says, ~ had not thought of that, my
son-just take them off,"
Holy Moses! and the angels! cast your pity
ing glances down,
And thou, o family doctorl but a good soft
poultice on;
And may l with fools and ounces everlast-
ingly commingle
If ever say another word when my mother
wields the shingle.
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Last Weeks BrOckpOrt Locals.

HELEN school will commence on
Monday, December lst.
-Boga shingle mill is in full blast
since the first of The week.
Samuel Platt killed large five
pronged buck one day this week.
keystone mill has been running
night and day since Monday the oath
inst.
Snow is from eight to ten inches
deep on Boon's mountain at present.
Thomas Burchf field our constable,
wears new silk hat.
e. Sherman has moved into the
Boga house lately vacated by Jack
Allen.
There is scarcely man in the
neighborhood who will say he was one
of the ring hunters.
Short & Horton have commenced
pushing logs on the main slide at Key.
stone. Since Saturday they have
pushed about ten hundred logs TO the
mill.
One OF the disciples of the noun
tain church sometimes called Foot
washer who for the past four months
has been trying to strike up a cores
pondence with several of our county
papers will have to give up in despair.
Twice he has sent his items and twice
they have failed to appear i'll the col
ums of our papers. His main effort is
to compose poetry.
-Swamper's ring hunt was total
failure. He himself was not present.
Some Of the old hunters who knew
where the deer runways We're, went
there and watched thinking perhaps
that some of us greenhorns would
drive the deer TO them. Gentlemen
we are sorry you were disappointed
after watel4iHg- Hg-sex.faiitt t ttlsfuA-ali- day in
the cold.--
Il. c. \. is brave man or he
would not have gathered up his calico
after the concert and toted it a mile in
the opposite direction from his home.
We don't know what he did with it
after he took it that far. Couldn't
say, perhaps he hid it in fence cor
ner. 1t may be he sold ont to John
IN
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Caution Notice.

All persons are hereby cautioned not
to purchase or i'm any way meddle
with the following described property
now in possession OF John Rinehulz,
of Horton township, the same being
left with him for time only:
One team brown horses, and harness.
Also one st. Marys wagon.
ID. G.. OSYTER.
Rdgway, Pa, Nov. IS, ls79.-t3.
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i. s. 9onpW WEs.g-, IN. ..

ELECTIC PHYSICIAN " SURG'N,
Has removed his Office from Centre
street to Main street, Ridgway Pa, in
the second story of the new brick
of john G.. Hall, west of the
Hyde House.
Onice hours Il to . ?. VI. ito . p. NJ.
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Now for your winter suits and
overcoats. McAfee has just received
three hundred samples from three of
the most popular houses in New York
city. Don't fail to call and see them.
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L EN SION =!

procured for soldiers disabled in U.
;. service by reasons of wounds and
other causes.
All pensions date back to day of dis
charge.
Pensions increased. Address with
stamp.
STODDART Il CO.,
No. 9l3 f. ST., n. w. Washington,
inlml d. G.
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Aia9 DaE8 sMaNlsla

MRS. j. r. KELTZ, Kersey, Elk
county, Pa, takes this method Of an
nouncing to the citizens Of IHN county
that she has Oh hand an assortment OF
fashionable millinery goods which will
be sold cheap. Also dressmaNing in
all its branches.
Agent for DR.. J. Bail & Cots Patent
Ivory and Lignum VitH Eye Cups.
Send for descriptive circular. nlIyl
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g. G. RaES SsER,GE ER.

DRUGGIST d PARMACEUTIST,
n. w. corner of Main and Mill streets.
Ridgway, Pa, full assortment of care
fully selected Foreign and Domestic
Drugs. Prescriptions carefully dis
pensed at all hours, day or night.
vln3y
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Folks have always wanted some
thing that would stop headache in
an hour or so; and DR.. Days Cure for
Headache is just the thing. Fifty
Cts and 81 bottle.
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CENTRAL
State Normal School.
(Eighth Normal School District
LOCK HAVEN, CLINTON co., Pa.
"A. n. RAVB, \. NJ, P.uciput.

AN. RAIIB, \. NJ, P.HcipM.
This school as at present constituted,
offers the very best facilities for Pro-
fessional and Classical learning.
Buildings spacious, inviting and
commodious; completely heated by
steam, we'll ventilated, and furnished
with bountiful supply OF pure water,
soft spring water.
Location healthfIl and easy Of ac-
cess.
surrounding scenery unsurpassed.
Teachers experienced, efficient, and
alive to their work.
Discipline, firm but kind, uniform
and thorough.
Expenses moderate.
Fifty cents week deduction to
those preparing to teach.
Students admitted at any time.
Courses of study prescribed by the
State; |. Model School. II. Prcpara-
tory. III. Elementary. ~. Scien-
entifc.
ADJUNCT COURSES:
I. Academic. II. Commercial. III.
Music. ". Art.
The Elementary and Scientific
courses are Professional, and students
graduating therein receive State Diplo-
mas, comforting the following CORES
ponding degrees: Master OF the -Ele-
ments, and Master OF the Sciences.
Graduates in the other courses receive
Normal Certificates of their attain
ments, signed by the Faculty.
The professional courses are liberal,
and are in thoioughness not inferior to
those OF our best colleges.
The State requires Il higher order of
citizenship. The times demand it. 1t
is one of the prime objects OF this
school TO help to secure il by furnish
ing intelligent and efficient teachers
for her schools. To this end it sOlicits
young persons of good abilities and
good purposes-those who desire to
improve their time and their talents,
as students. 70 all such it promises
aid in developing their powers and
abundant opportunities for well paid
labor after leaving school.
For catalogue and terms address the
Principal
S. d. BALL,
President Board of Trustees
IT. G.. HIPPLE,
Secretary.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES!
Clinton county.-S. ID. Ball. Y. c.
Nipple, DR.. j. II. Barton, A. II. Best,
Jacob Brown, Wilson Kistler, 4. n.
Raub, w. w. Rankin, r. G.. Cook,
Samuel Christ, G.. Knitting, $. NJ.
Bickfc d, II. l., Diifenbach, A. c..
Noyes, s. r. Peale.
Centre-EX- GOV. 4 G. Curtin.
learfield-EX.G Gov. VIM. Bigler.
Elk-Charles r. Farley,
MrG'79y1
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Business Cards.
GEo. q. RA1H9uN
ATTORNEY -AT-LAW.

Main street, Ridgwsy, Elk Co., Pa
Particular attention given to the
examination of titles, also to patents
and patent cases.
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kid Gloves-Ladies' and Gents
Buck gloves-all kinds of gloves at
p. d KS
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JAM POLES
Middletown X-Cut Saws.
Jetfard's, Whites and Mann's Axes.
Tubular and 90 Lanterns.
FILES.
DistOn's X-Cut Saws.
Boynton's Lightning Saws.
CORN Peppers.
Coal Holds.
Stove Shovels.
Repairs furnished for any stove.
AK HANDLES.
Pick Handles.
ID. Best Polish ~ cts. at No. tG
Main street. n39
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NOTICE.

All persons indebted to the RIDG-
WAY MEAT MARKET will please
come forward and pay. Those having
claims will please present the same for
payment. On and after Nov. 1st no
account will be kept except for those
who pay on demand.
PRICE LIST After Nov. lst. Steak
from 6 to 16 cents a pound. Pork
from 81 o 10 cts. IA pound. Mutton from
to 10 cents pound. Smoked meats
at lowest prices. Fish every Thurs
day. MERCER BROS.
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llaLL e M,CAuLEY

ATTORNEY-AT-bAW.
Office in new brick building, Main
street, Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa. v32t
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LuEORE 3, HhFFaAEa
ATTORNEYs-AT-LAW,

n To NV !. J ~ I III "
Ridgway, Elk county, Pa. Office
across the hall from the Democrat es-
tablislment. Claims for collection
promptly attended to. jnel5, 1876
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-McAfee keeps constantly on hand
the most fashionable goods sold, and
at prices that will suit all
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A Great Re4nCtion.

The undersigned is now prepared to
deliver better quality Of Bituminous
coal than has ever been mined in this
part Of the State, ut the low price Of
32.25 per ton or Sl.75 at the mines.
Leave your order at w. II. O=tcrh0ut's
store at Eagle Valley, and at the Office
of the undersigned, Masonic Building
Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.
L. X. &DESH.
Sept. 10, ms
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PENNSYLVANIA RAIL ROAD
Philadelphia & Erie r. r. Div.
WINTER TIME TABLE.

an and after SUNDAY, November
We, 1879, the trains on the Philadel-
phia & Erie Railroad Division will
run as follows:
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.


Transient advertisements per square OF
eight lines, one insertion 81, Two insertions
$3.50, three insertions g.
business cards. ten lines or less per year
81. .,
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-Prints.-The most desirable assort-
ment in Western Pennsylvania, now
on exhibition at Powell & Kime's
mammoth sales rooms.
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All the Ridgway school children
will receive chrome card free by call
ing at THE ADVOCATE next Saturday.
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-Schepp's Prepared Cocoanut
fresh at Morgester's.
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Toys! Toys! "A splendid stock
At 7. & KS.
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HYDE HDUGE.
w. II. SCHBAN, Proprietor,

RidgWaY, EIk county, Pa.
Thankful for the patronage hereto
fore so liberally bestowed upon him,
the new proprietor hopes, by paying
strict attention 10 the comfort and con-
venience Of guests, to merit continu-
ancp of the same. Oct3O'G9
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Light running, Latest Improved
DOMESTIC, at prices never heard of
before, at Mrs. w. S. Services.
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"A full line of best canned goods at
Morgesters.
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Local Notes

TIRE ADVOCATE $3.50 year.
PITY the poor and give him dol
lar.
Hyde, Kline & Co., founders, are
rushed with work.
The year 1870 will in less than a
month be no more.
" Go TO MOrpestar,s for oondv and
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-25
the best kind of a time.

the best kind of time. Tine 18th inst w. D. Sperry had half bushel of apples which were put in the cellar year ago about this time. They were in. ex- cellent condition, but not very juicy.
 -Leman Coggswell is painting MT. Black $ cottage at Point Beautiful. It will present a curious experimentation of colors when fin. ished.
 MT. G. c. Whittlesey, Mrs. A. E. Corning and Myra Cable attended the teachers insti- tute held at Brookfield last week.
 We are glad to report that Eddie Beeman, the boy whom we mentioned as being shot last week, is better and confidently expected to recover, but it was very narrow escape. This is much happier termination of the af- fair than could reasonably be hoped for, and is joyful news to all.
 Rev. Mir. Merwin occupied the sacred from the words 'What profteth it man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?'' which would make paradise of this earth if everybody would follow the line of action therein conveyed. But everybody will not, and consequently there is no very great dan- ger of this sinful world being immediately transmogrifed into the desired Utopia, yet all the same we desire it.
 The selectmen arc to inspect the proposed new highway, Monday, the 2sd, and report thereon. May their report be favorable!
 PEN DRAGON.