The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-08-18

and a years Imprisonment for such
practice.
Mrs. Fillmore, widow of Ex-Presi-
denr Fillmore, died in Buffalo, Aug.
IL, aged 70 years. An unmarried son
by his first wife is the only remaining
relict of the EX-President's family.
-"Some men are born great, others
have greatness thrust upon them"
Capt. Cook, of Brownsville, Ohio, is Of
the latter class. He hit q man the
other day for saying lie chopped the
President wouldn't recover" and was
compelled to pay Sa2 in fines and costs
for the exercise. A Cincinnati news
paper opened one-cent subscriptions to
pay the costs. In few hours over
5000 persons subscribed, and the pen
nies were still coming in at last ac-
counts. The balance of the money
might be used in paying for slap or
two more at the same rate.
The Philadelphia North Ameri-
can calls attention to the fact that we
are cancelling the public debt, from
surplus revenues, at the rate of over
one hundred and twenty million dol
ltas year. and says that any school,
boy, applying these figures to the fact
that the bonded debt, on October l
next, is estimated to be 81 $50, 229 900,
can figure out in how many years
Counting in the annual reduction of
interest, as well as the Sl20, 90
yearly payments), the bonds will bs
reached that are now the basis for
national bank circulation. These
banks cannot count on ten years OF
further life at this rate.
The Democrats of Pennsylvania
who have been boasting for the last
few months Of their ability to carry
the State next November, and of their
purpose to do so, have resolved, how
ever, to play the waiting game, and
have fixed upon September % and
Williamsport as the time and pat 0
for holding their Convention. The
Republican Convention will be held at
Harrisburg on september s, or nearly
three weeks earlier. Thus far neither
party displays burning interest in
the canvass which must soon open, but
local contests and the Importance of
next years election will soon arouse
the activities of all factions Of both
parties. Foran "off year" this will be
lively one in Pennsylvania politics.
--Phiiudeiphia Press.
The Philadelphia North A,ncrican
submits the following question for
debating society: Was George Wash
ington the first President Of the
United States? Congress met on
March 4, 1889, in New York, and the
Senate organized April 9th, electing
Thomas Langdon President for the
purpose of opening and counting the
votes for President of the United
States. The House had organized
August lst by choosing Frederick A.
Muhlenburg, and in joint session Con-
Gress counted the electoral votes April
9th and announced the election of
George Washington and John Adams.
Official notification was sent to both
and Adams appeared April 2lst, took
his place in the chair of the Senate,
and made speech accepting the office
10 which he had been chosen. Wash
ington did not appear and qualify until
the Goth. The point for discussion is
whether Adams was not nine-days'
President.
-Easton, August l6.-The quiet
borough of Freemansburg, just above
here on the Lehigh, is in high state
of excitement over a dastardly attempt
at poisoning made by Frederick
Meyer, who had quarreled with some
neighbors and resolved to he avenged.
During last night he purchased a
quantity of paris green from DR..
Gross and must have thrown it into
n large spring. This morning q
peculiar color of tile water was noticed,
end an examination disclosed a large
quantity of poison in the spring. Mr..
F. w. Ritter gathered some of it
and brought it to Detective johnson
OF Easton this afternoon, who at once
made complaint against Meyer and
took out warrant for his arrest. The
spring water runs through Freemans-
burg and many families get their
supply from it. Had not the poison
been discovered early this morning
many would have been fatally pois-
oned.
1t Is said that in New Haven
Conn. about five hundred wells have
been abandoned because of tn cir near
ness to sink and cess. pools. AS New
Haven people know as much as any
one else about the size of dollar, and
have also some unusual sources of in-
formation about the quality of their
well water, 1t is not likely that the
wells were abandoned without cause.
AS, however, houses, wells and sinks
are no nearer one another In New
Haven than in the majority of country
villages, the action of the people
should have some effect on other com
munities that get their drinking
water from wells. The quality of well
water that does not smell bad is some
thing that pOuDtrv neonIa- evan ooun -