The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
Personal Items.

| thC SiuNs
--RoIlan Cobb was in this village
last Sunday.
DR.. Str@ssley of Centreville, we
notice on the street.
Geo. r. Dixon is at present on a
visit to friends in York State.
G. G. Brandon, st. Mary's Gazette,
walked into our SdnctUne yesterday.
Jas. X. p. Hall, and Andrew
Kaul, of st. Mary's were in town on
Tuesday.
Thursday last Mrs. NJ. L. Ross de-
parted on a visit to Geo. McCracken's
folks at Detroit Mich.
s.. A. Olmstead broke ground for
the cellar Of his new house on South
street on Tuesday last.
&C. r.. Kline, cashier of the Elk
! County Bank is at present confined to
| the house by an attack of diphtheria.
H. NJ. Powers has gone to Join his
wife and daughter at Fryeburg, Maine.
| Harry expects to be absent week or
ten days.
Ross Brothers have moved their
brick making machine to st, Mary's.
The burnt district at that place will be
replaced with brick structures.
james McCloslley was about town
yesterday, rs also j. j. Taylor, John
Collins, Henry Largay, and other
Fox Township gentlemen.
H. L. Parsons, and wife, of Du-
Bois City, Clearfield county, were in
town this week. Mrs. Parsons went
on visit to jamestown, n. Y, on
Tuesday.
james McFarlin announces him
self candidate for sheriff in another
column of this issue In the race for
the Democratic nomination McFarlin
seems to take the lead.
Miss Matte Nicely, of Dewart,
Pa, Miss Lizzie Staver, and Mrs.
Carrie I. Siphert, of Jersey Shore, Pa,
are visiting in this village at the resi-
dence of Sheriff Oyster.
Alton Il. Chaplin had birthday a
short time since. 1t was his twenty
first, and he now feels as though he
was his own man. Also another
Hancock vote, we are sorry to say.
Mrs. Chaplin has been seriously i'll
for several weeks past. Last Sunday
a week she was ont for ride, and on
returned home felt better than she
bad for some time. Since then she
has not felt as well.
C. w. Nichols has been awarded
the contract for building the two new
school houses in Ridgway township
:or SS25. One house will be located at
Laurel Mill and the other in the
Dutch settlement.
The high sidewalk ut the west end
Of South street Is in dangerous con-
dition. Also at about the same point
is Il plank bridge across Il sewer III the
road which should be fixed at once.
Attention, Messrs Supervisors
Gus Rhoda has rented the base
ment of II. S. Thaycr's building at
the corner of Main and Mill streets,
where he will start barber shop this
week. Gus is Il good workman, and
will 10 doubt receive hi. share OF the
patronage OF our citizens.
Will Derby has been in Buffalo
several weeks seeking medical aid for
his eye and forehead which he re-
ceivcd from flying stick while work.
ing ut small saw in Grants tQnnery,
on July lst. We have not learned
how he is getting on but hope he will
receive the aid he seeks.
John Fannin, Jr., who we men,
toned as sleeping between the rails of
the p. d + r. r. track, several weeks
ago, while freight train passed over
him, and from which lie sustained
severe injuries about the head and !
face, is now able to be about. His f.
head and race are about healed, while /
he yet suffers considerably from the |
fingers which We're taken off.