The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-20

lent.
Mote paper and envelopes at this
office.
Apple butter in lb pals at Nor
gesters.
Sparkling Draught or Champagne
cider at Morgesters.
-Prunes in lbs. boxes very fine
article at Morgester's.
-Hyde's mill is receiving a large
stock of logs this winter.
Buy Morgester's Ridgway soap a
large bars for 25 cents it is a bargain.
How those cats howled last Fri
day night. Shoot the cats of that
kind.
Get your bill-heads and note
heads printed at THE ADVOCATE of
dee.
Business of importance will come
before the Company H meeting next
Saturday evening.
Some very nice white clover and
buckwheat honey for sale at Morges-
ter's in small boxes.
Heavy fog at this point last even
ing. And this morning is cold and
clear, with the sun trying to shine.
"A new post Office has been estab
lished in Elk county, viz: Raught's
Mills, with Lloyd M. Parker as post
master.
No scrofula can be so deep seated,
no sore so stubborn, but that Ayers
Sarsaparilla will effect cure, if cure
be possible.
The Ridgway Reading Circle will
meet next Saturday evening in the
basement of the NJ E. Church. Every
body is invited.
TEAMS WANTED for bark haul
ing either by the cord or by theday at
the Brookston Tannery, Brookston,
Forest County, Pa.
The Oil Creek and Ridgway Rail-
way Company will receive some atten-
tion in the next issue of THE ADvo-
CATE. We had intended to publish
the article this week, but lack Of space
compels us to wait until next week.
Court will be held here next week.
Judge VIM. d. Brown will hold his
first term OF court here at that time.
The trial of Harry English with other
criminal cases. as well as Il long civil
list, will make this session of court of
more than usual interest.
A stick of square pine timber 3@X
81 inches and 42 feet long was drawn
up the grade and across the bridge ut
Bear Creek on Jan. 18th, by a team Of
l,000-lb. horses. The stick was made
by Thos. Rhines on Taylor Rhines'
job, and is large stick considering the
light team which drew it.
"A committee has been appointed
by Co. II to take action in regard to
the erection OF ali armory for the use
of the Company. Now if some liberal
minded citizen will furnish piece of
land at Il nominal price for the erection
of said armory, it will be commenced
as soon as spring opens.
"A new law in California provides
that the same pay shall be given for
similar work whether done by women
or men. The same provisions in a
Pennsylvania law would suit our
tn ,t-,,,lJ ln nncnntDl,la To oil
lovers Of fair play. We could never
understand why woman should re-
ceive less pay than man for similar
services.
There will be held in the base
ment of the NJ. E. Church, Friday
evening, Jan. q, 1881, a pound party
and sociable. Persons attending
pound party are expected to bring
pound, or more, of some article useful
in minister's house, for this pound
party is for the benefit of the Pastor.
After the pounds, or money equivalent
has been handed in there will be
sociable time, with plays, music, etc,
Everybody is cordially invited to at
tend.
List of Letters remaining in the
Ridgway P. o., Elk county, Pa up to
Jan. 17,188l.
Beer, Miss Lizzie; Motheral, s. p;
McKre, d. O.; Ourns, H. O; Snyder,
L.; Secor, J. H.; Schneider. Miss
Mary E.; Veyson, Mrs. Mary; York,
II. l..
Fannin, Jack; Fry, Howard; Jar
din Geo. A.
If not called for in thirty days they
will be sent to the dead letter office,
Washington, d. G.
j. H. HAGERTY, p. NJ.
We are indebted to Prof. Geo. r.
Dixon County Superintendent of Elk
county, Pa, for five numbers of the
DAILY INSTITUTE ADVOCATE, which
gives full report of the fourteenth
annual session of the Teachers Insti-
tute of Elk county, held in Ridgway
during the holidays, Judging from the
report of the ADVOCATE, the Institute
was grand success. and that Prof
Dixon is "the right man in the right
place." and that the friends of educa-