The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-02


gester's.
Elk county Republican primaries
next Saturday.
Last Sunday was very rainy
day. All the afternoon the rain came
down in torrents. In fact no such
amount of rain has fell in this section
in one day in our recollection.
The town clock is now fixed fact
money enough having been subscribed
th nav for it. The clock will cost
$4,000, and will be placed in the
BILE.
Rev. e. A. Seuier pastor 2st Con-
,gregational church will preach in the
school building next Sabbath morn
ing and evening. Evening service to
begin at I! o'clock. Sabbath school to
follow immediately after morning
preaching.
Dickinson Bros. lost one of their
horses on Tuesday last while skidding
logs. The horse caught its leg in IL
crack between a rock and the moving
log breaking it at the ankle and
smashing the bone so badly that it
was found necessary to shoot the horse
to put it out of misery.
The Forest Democrat, says it is
not generally known that Emlenton
is the point where four counties join
Venango, Clarion, Butler and Arm
Strong. A large rock on the river OPP
posite the railroad bridge is the point
where they converge.
"A Teachers Examination will be
held by County Superintendent
Dixon, at THE school building, Ridg-
way Pa, the first Saturday in Sep
Sember commencing at n. NJ.
Applicants for certificates should be at
least eighteen years of age and thor
oughly versed in the common bran
'ches, also in the theory of teaching.
A. .Swartz Ross, Merchant Tailor of
this place, accompanied by James
McAfee, cutter and filter, will visit
siiC ioiioN illS i'itNSo WIN % CoIIIl l'lNIC
line of samples at the dates named.
Those wishing new suits will do well
TO wait and examine goods and prices.
Work guaranteed to fit, and will be
delivered promptly at the time agreed
on. BrockwayvilIe, Friday afternoon
Sept. TO- Caledonia, Saturday, Sept. II;
Benezette, Saturday evening; Wilcox
Monday Sept. 13.
The delegates for Bro. Brandon
in st. Mary's Borough and Benzin-
ger township were not very successful
in getting votes. In the borough the
Brandon delegates had 45 votes: the
township, the Brandon delegates had
15 votes; Burke delegates 1872. For
hard party work long continued Mr..
Brandon deserved the nomination for
sheriff, but the result in the county
proves more than ever that political
sSaitjes, like Republics are migrate
ful.
The cost of the new Court House
to date, including brick, iron, and
wood used in construction, heating,
painting, furnishing, uperintendcnt's
Salary, amount paid and yet due on
contract, etc, is SCI ,343,14 1t is ex-
Pected that 81, 700 will pay for the la
bor yet necessary, and that $500 will
pay for all the little expenses yet neca
essary, which would make grand to-
tai of 1858, ,543.14, the probable total
cost of the building. This includes
everything from foundation to the iron
woman; stone work, grading, stone
steps and all. When the building is
finished an itenlized statement will be
furnished for publication.
Reading, Pa, Aug. 2S. - The
Poor Directors of Berks county have
found an insane man, who has been
imprisoned in hut in the Blue
Mountains twenty-seven years. He
has never seen the light of day in that
time. His name is Benjamin Sechler,
aged 55, and a native of Germany.
He has been kept chained in the hut
twenty-seven years by his brother,
who fed him. The lunatic in all that
time was never washed, clothed OF
shaved. A rusty Chain was fastened to
bne leg. 1t is reported that he became
insane by bathing in cold spring in
an over-heated condition,
Friends of Andy Curtin iii the
XXth congressional district are be-
coming very much alarmed at the
Strength Andy Dill is developing, and
ARE working with the industry of
beavers to defeat him in the nomina-
lion. This district is composed of the
counties of Union, Clearfield, Clinton,
Elk, Miffin and Centre, and the
friends of Curtin insist on running
him again after his disastrous tilt
with Yocum. At the election two
years ago Yocum had l3, Asa votes to
1881 cast for Curtin, and when the
latter appeared before congress as n
contestant he was again beaten.
p When Mackey ran in 1874 he received
l2,O5O votes to S,677 cast for Alexan-
der, and in 1876 he received 1920 TO
IL 1893 cast for Lincoln. That Curtin
6houId he defeated I'M a district that