The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
Dog days are here.


Ridgway, Pa, Aug. 1O,1SSO.
Dog days are here.
Visiting cards at this Office.
Apples sell at Sl.OO bushel.
Shelf paper at THE ADVOCATE
office,
Nice rain storm on Tuesday after
noon.
Potatoes are selling at 80 cents a
Dushel.
-Blackberries are selling at and 3
cents quart.
The floor in The new Court House
will be laid this week.
so prime watermelons and barrel
conteloupes this week at Morgesters
The Supervisors have had plank
drawn for new sidewalk on South
street.
Get your noteLiaeaSs, letter-heads
and envelopes neatly printed at THE
ADVOCATE Office.
Scrap pictures, shelf paper ma
chine made, and note paper and en-
velopes at THE ADVOCATE Office.
Fresh case cookies, iellcy fingers,
also lemon crackers, ginger snaps, egg
crackers, soda crackers, DC, always
fresh at Morgester's.
The ladies of the NJ. T.. church
will hold a sociable in the church
basement next Saturday evening. Ice
G'eam, cake, and coffee will be served.
All are invited.
Doctor Tanner tasted forty days
and forty nights, taking nothing but
fresh air and pure water. The Doctor
would do to edit Il country paper. He
could live Oh air and sleep OH clothes
line.
A new Barber shop opened at the
Ridgway House. Everything in the
finest style. Nice Bath Room. Gentle
ailen, if you want good Shave, please
call and you will be treated by Il
gentlemanly attendant. Recommended
by friend.
The Catholic Temperance Society
will hold picnic at Centrcville, on
September lst. Dance in the after
noon and evening. Good music will
be furnished for the occasion. An in
Vitation is extended TO the public to
attend.
w. H. Hyde & Co. have a per-
forated pipe running along the ridge
of their store building. Through
these holes water is forced on hot days
the effect being to thoroughly dam
pen the roof and help to cool the at
mosphere.
The borough authorities of stone
boro, Mercer county, believe in taking
time by the forelock. At their meet
ing on the 22d of July, with the ther-
mometer up in the ninetieS, they
passed an ordinance to prevent coasting
on the sidewalks of that horo. either
on skates, sleds or otherwise.
The bell for the new Court House
mas arrived, and will be put in posi-
tiun in the belfry in few days. This
bell is made of cast steel, weighs ,0CO
pounds, and the hangings $50 pounds
more; hight of bell .! feet; width
across mouth Al inches. 1t was manu- !
factured by the Blymer Mfg. Co., Gin
cinnati, o., and cost $2el.
AT an adjourned term of court
held on Tuesday, Judge Wetmore pre-
siding, the men in Jail charged with |
the murder of the Swede, John John
son, lat Centreville, were brought before
the court on a writ of he5e0s corpus |
to ask for release on bail. In all cases
bail was refused, and the prisoners re-
manded for trial at the September |
term.
The population of Luzerne county |
according to the complete census re-
turns, is 1872, 2,993-in round numbers
$4,000. This falls below the estimates
of some of our more enthusiastic citi-
zens, but the increase is nevertheless
very large. In 1870 the population of
the old county (now Luzerne and
1ackawanna) was, in round numbers,
100000. In less than another decade
Luzerne will again leap up to her old
place as the third county of the Com
monwealth.