The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-05-20
Personal Items.

C. w. Nichols now works at
Indian Run.
Oscar Gardner is driving team for
w. H. Hyde.
DIR. Day has built an addition TO
his building.
w. n Horton was in town
yesterday.
Capt. p. A. Mead is peeling bark
back of the windfall.
Frank Martin and Cal. Luther are
painting at Wilcox.
- Miss Annie Hays has returned
home from her recent visit.
JAS. McAfee made business visit
to Benezette the first of the week.
Misses Agnes Barrett and Jennie
Jackson are visiting at st. Mary's.
Mrs. Geo. l.. McCracken and son
are in thls village visiting with Mrs.
Ross.
Col. w. w. Ames and Jas. K. p.
Hall reported in this village last
week.
&C. II. McCauey shot eighty pig
cons in one day. Pretty good days
work.
Mrs. D. S. Luther after an illness
of several weeks is again able to be
about.
Hugh McGeehin has new picket
fence across half the frcnt of his lot on
Main street.
B. F. Ely is having a picket fence
put up around his lot next west of
Grace Church.
j. X. Whitmore is having q new
picket fence built around his property
on Centre street.
Senator Ross, of York, Pa, is
again staying for a time in our
beautiful village.
The heel plates worn by many ot
! our young ladies make noise like g
horse with a loose shoe.
Republican National Convention
at Chicago June I'd. Postmaster
Hagprty will likely attend.
Tom Malone and E |. Niver visited
Daguscahonda the other day and re
ported the oil we'll gusher.
- Sam Miles will build a pickle
fence in front of his lot on Centre st
, The lumber is already on the ground
, - Mrs Jackson of the R;dgwa1
e House sprained her ankle one dal
Y last week She Is able to be aroun'
again.
> "A. B. Preston formerly agent Q
the Wilcox Lumber Co., now OF Cos
{ hen, n. Y, visited our village las
Friday.
The wife of the Editor of thi
paper took her departure last Thur:
:, day for visit to ye Editors mother
=. in-iaw who resides at EdinborO, Pa,
e - Capt. Sch9ning is extensivel
:, engaged in farming. He has an eXter
J. sive strawberry bed on his farm whic
nTOIDlStS ulI vi bSIi'So w
coming season.
- Bert. Fitch and wife returne
= home Monday last from short vi:
o to friends OF Mrs. Fitch at Stanton
h Jefferson county.
s. -Thos Sullivan, of Fox townshi
), lost his barn few days ago, togeth'
II with harness, etc. The horses we
with great difficulty saved.
le r.. I. Campbell has had his sto
r painted inside and out. and his stor
l. room kalsomined. w. s. McVey
the artist in charge of the work.
- Lon. Mohan was in town on Tue
H. dav. He says he is giving Si5
month and board to bark peelers al
wants two or three more good men
that figure.
More than q week since w.
McVey did job of painting and kt
somining in our Office of which '
feel very we'll satisfied. We now ha
? very tidy office. Our friends are
/? vited to call.
en- Pigeons are still being caught
,s large numbers at Highland. Fra
he Nichols caught seventy-five doz
pigeons in three days last week, bel
the three biggest hauls made by a
one this season.
Friday afternoon last the Edi
,v, of the Democrat fishing went, a
.p we expect the next issue of our valu
ion exchange will contain an article
no trout and their ways that will he u'
,rr as textbook among the tribes
,ys trout for all times.
ORG Co. Commissioner Geo. ReuscI
oct came down on Thursday last to
tend to the duties of his office at
place. He was walking with Ct
and limping badly, he was thro
out of a wagon a few days previou
Dck and suffered several severe bruises
Rde one thigh. He is to he congratula
md on his escape from serious injury.
cry The schools of Misses b. e. '
! at cox and Agnes Barrett, paraded
streets on Thursday of last week,
has had picnic in Hyde's grove at
We ward. There were l57 persons in
r. narade nearly all children. The