The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-11
State Notes.


Rabbits are plentiful in the north
ern counties,
Cameron county will be the scene
of great activity in NUMBERING this
winter.
"A Mr.. Bitter was killed at Wood.
bury, Bedford county, by the fall of a
derrick.
-Diphtheria has been more fatal in
Indiana county than in any other part
of the State.
--Clearfield county is very much
excited over number of projects for
railroads in that locality.
"A n-year-old-daughter of
Samuel Bittenbender, of Monroe
county was murdered by tramps.
Many farmers who left Chester
county a few years ago to hunt homes
in the west are now returning to re-
sumo their old residences.
William Green, twenty-five years
of age and a resident of Pittston, COM
mitted suicide last week by leaping
from bridge into the Susquehanna,
a distance of forty feet.
On the Old Road in Lower Merton
township, Montgomery county, are
several milestones on the back of
which is carved the coat-of-arms of
the Penn family. They are of Ger
mantown stone, and were cut in Phil
adelphia and erected in 1852.
The body of William Anthony
was found in u 250-barrel tank of oil
on Saturday last, on the Franklin
grounds, in Miles Hollow, West
Branch Oil District He had fallen
into it and was drowned in the oil.
"A Bartlett pear tree on the prem
ises of Mr.. Chester Kepner, Pottstown,
has now upon it a second crop of fruit,
the pears being about the size of
walnuts. The first crop ripened and
was taken off in August and at that
time the tree was in blossom for the
second bearing.
Bradford must be good place for
the temperance people to go to
work, as the report is floating about
that 100000 is spent in that town
every month for liquor. But prob
ably there is Il mistake in the figures.
The amount given multiplied by
twelve is a very large sum of money
to be swallowed.
james Buckwalter of Charlestown,
Chester county, died suddenly in the
haymow Of County Treasurer John
Bucliwalter. Thomas Hoskins was
at the place for hay, and Mr.. b. was
aiding in getting the load. The hay
ceased falling, when Mr.. H. investi-
gated the situation and found his
friend had fal len dead. A brother of
the deceased, Samuel Buclwalter, for
merly President of the First National
Bank of Phpnixville, met with a
similar death in the same barn some
years since.
-Titusville, Pa, Nov. 8. - The
editor of the Herald has information
of the death of Colonel ID. l.. Drake,
at New Bethlehem, on Monday last.
Colonel Drake drilled the first oil well
at Titusville and then became founder
of an immense petroleum business.
For several years past he has received
Il pension from this State on accouot
of the benefit received srom his pio-
neer enterprise. \ statute to his
memory is to be erected on the new
oil exchange now building at Titus
vile, or at some other prominent point
in the city.
The Clarion JdckSOnidn records
the following singular accidents: son
Friday last, as Ridge Delp, son of Mr..
F. DELPHI, of Forest Home, near
Edenburg, this county, was elevated
upon platform about six feet from
the floor, tiXinga stove pipe in school
house, he accidentally fell backward,
striking the back part of his head
against a bench, inflicting injuries
which caused his death the same day
The unfortunate boy was aged about
fifteen years. His remains were con-
veyed to Corsica on Monday last for
lnterment.
We have heard of a wedding that
was to have been not many miles from
Brookville few days or evenings
since, but which WAS rather uncere-
moniously indefinitely postponed by
the was to be bride backing out at the
last moment, when bridegroom, min
lister and guests were all ready for the
ceremony to proceed. The disappoint-
ment to the expected to be married
man was quite severe, and i'm anguish
or anger as the case may be, he politely
informed his tickle fair friend that she
might go to warmer climate for all
he cared.-A couple of boys engaged
in a fight at Fairmount, a few days
since, when one hit the other with n
stone and inflicted injuries which
caused death. They We're about ten
years old.-Brookville JeferSonion.
Died of Starvation.
Sarah Dempsey, said to have been
Ill years of age, was found dead in
bed in little hut in the Ulster Noun