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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26

The days when nothing was sold in
San Francisco for less than a dime, and
even that minimum price was almost a
badge of disgrace in the eyes of people
who remembered the golden days of the
half-dollar, have passed away forever.
Californians have passed their period of
contempt for small coins and the chink
of the nickle is heard in the land. The
Bulletin regards this fact as an indica-
tion of the healthy financial condition
of the community. People purchase
less of what they do not want and of
necessary articles only what they need,
and have ceased to fear the derision of
those who still refuse to recognize any
sum of money smaller than one "bit."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26

The ratio of ministers to members
varies greatly in different denomina-
tions, as the following table will show:
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26

A writer in a French paper ascribes
the exceptional healthiness of butchers
to their inhaling the nutritive principles
of meat, and French physician of emf
nence deduces from this the desirability
of vapor baths charged with vitalizing
principles. Cooks, at this rate, ought
to be amazingly full of vitality. The
good health of butchers is probably
due to their living entirely in the open
air, the same cause which gives so many
more years of life, on the average, to
the grocer's clerk than to his dry goods
brother. Thirty years ago butchers in
London never wore hats when at work,
but drove all over the town barehead-
ed, as many young butchers do now.
This inhaling idea is, like all others,
old. A century ago consumptive pa
tents were sent to live over cow-houses
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26

a. A LAUNDERING PRICE FOR BEANS.
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-Cent,al Citu Item.
, 1881-07-10
ELECTRIC ILlIR BRUSU
EDISON ()(jT[)j)lIE,

I1OCSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, !,
Feb. T., lSSl.

Feb. T., 1SSl.
For the first time In life am induced tn niro
testimonial. Noticing In some paper an afl,o~'
tisement Of Or. Scotts Electric Huir nr;:sb is.a.
s, for one and find indeed re.1larka bic h-u.h
My wife has for years suffered witt, hca,iucbe<
The brush cures them ut once. Several friend,
have used it for headaches. and it has noras
failed. My wife was also getting pretnatnra.
bald. but the brush has entirely stopped ,nof,,;
ing hair uIu started IL new Hruwth- usn II =,
remove dacdruH. and it works like Il char"
Five times the cost would not tny my brush r. -
could not replace it. Tn-day bought Of Wcs,
mont druggist. Of this place. tw, brushes t. san,
to friends who have tried mine ma rcu,1eS,t
me IT, buy fur them. Cot pomIr, Nayor ot
Walnut Ridge, was attacked by i severe rasa ~ ~
sick hentlache whiie ut my house. TIc wa; wa., y.
sick. Ny wife prnr'osrsl in try the brush, WIKI
he finally consented TO 10. with faith in T.
however. In three minutes he sail he ueyrr ~,
better in his life and directed me to send hin ~.
brush. have authorized McalmOat. tho sn,1"
gist. to use my maine in Recommending /;
Yours truly. GEaK11: THOaSuCRGa'
srs'sisr Ntis AK. Gf tic House of Representative ls
sr. Thornbnrsh r., r. a'so Grand l1sh Priest Roy.,
ArkAlsus "a
LITTLE ROCK. ApEila 1su
To tho public: Having been troubled by lett"r. 80
inI il the above is genuine crcby dGc!ste t 70 a T.
strictly tr1c Il w,s Even y'ian.nrv without soIe:
ta''0n anu this Is MY nHn'sss "sxnreen
HRooELYxS,Y
wifes hcadaehes KEv l. C. blt,s;EsMi;ASS'a Sais1 II "
SAn.fsoCA, NY'
man:s: M spfpes ns:h @ E y cfsaS
sE%ASSrELLE. Ind. III Nulnnt..t
1t has paid for itself handsomely.
KEv. J. Q. ADAus.
WILLIAMSBURG Mise
1t will do ul1 you claim fnr il. II has curei hesd
ucses, neuralgia, toothachcs. nnd rheumatism in onr
fuuliiies- REV. II. NJ LAM;
DOMESTIC SEWISG-MACH1SE Co, " r
Wife suffered for ycurs with neuralgia. Irrsh rn
tfrely cured her. HENRY H.. BAKrLETT
These testimonials came to lis unsolicited. an1
We get such every day. Pamphlets mailed frpo
This remarkable Brush has met with great s,jr
cess and is warranted to cure Nervous or Bi!i0ns
Headaches in five to seven minutes, cure Neu-
r;lIsia and kheuulatlsn! IN two to five minutes,
and to quickly stop falling hair and bsItfnpsx2s
All dealers are authorized to return the price If
not ITS represented. 4 beautiful. Pure Eristie
Hrush. We will scni it postpaid on receipt Of ;.
81, by express, G. o. D.. at your expense, With
privilege Of examination.
The Pail Nall Electric Association, S49 Brnad,
way, Wallack's Theatre Building.
For sale at all Drug and Fancy Stores.
, 1881-07-10

per foot. Christina F. johnson got Lot ~ '1 at
81, and II. j. t;notlricll fooi 1-tts 20 and -
1T 81 per foot r., Z. Rooney bid ~ anu
! captured Iots -. = u, ANIL =, while ini;
a. =, and -; wlici. inciudeu tile F0rty-thlt'i
street corner were Knocked down At ~ per
foot to ex-Cominissiulier Wheeler, who was
understood to be acting for IL present Menl-
ber Of Tie Board. This closed up the Cot
tage Grove avenue frontage.
lots on the east side of tile boulcrant / III
Block :; at tie reserved price OF SW. ": >.
Hale took them all, Nos. 2s to g.. inclusive,
at so per foot
price Of these was $40 per foot. Willtah1
Lane took Lot 81 ut S41.:0, and John 'loli!l-
SON, Jr. secured Lots :;,>. 81, and 4o ut 54l,
and Lots 81 and ~ ut S40.;O.
at the reserve price Of S50. Andrew llamll-
ton took Lots is and 10 at So; !. y. Car
land secured Lot 70 ut So; i. N. Searles
paid $50 for Lot II; {. T. Allen took Lot 1t,
T. j. Sexton Lot u, ut the same fIgure, "fllcn
closed the sale III Block J. .,,a r.,
There was some lively bldding OH the Egan-
dale avenue property, which was offered at
SEQ per foot. The four nortnern lots, Sos: :.' i
., 3, and !. went to e. Is. 5. Conlne at s60:
Mr.. ". S. Hale took Lots ) and at SUI. and
John T. Kelly got Lots : and at the upset
price, Lots II, II, II, and II gave T. ): SEX
ton the Furty-third street corner 1T S61.5o per
foot, and the same bidder secured Lots alid
10 at Sti0. ,
was next offered. and Luts ); and IS were
Bought for George N. BuEne- at the upset
price Of so. Mr.. Dugle got Lots q and =.
fronting OH Folry-tllir1 street, ut the same
figure, which was tile reserve price IN this
case aIso Ex-Comlnissioner Durdick Oh
taiMed Lots Is and Ii; +. Tehrney took Lot
il, and 7. j. Sexton Lots Is. 10, and 20: I'LL on
Fortv-tllird street, ut SO per foot. Lot y,
Hale fof $50 per foot, and N1r. Hugue got
Lots Lois 30 aud 10 at tie same figure. There re-
1uliled unso1d only Lot, II, f., AMI i; vi!
Clinton avenue, and nobody seemed inclined
to close out the lot at ne reserved prt,s t,t, OF
down to tile highest bidder was voted down
by tie Board, and the sale was declared
closed The County Commissioners were
jubilant over the result Of the days york,
I'M os fnillWs.
, 1881-07-10

THE COMING AUCTION SALE.
The event of the coming week is likely TO
be The tenth public sale 1T the Chicago Real
Estate Exchange, Nos. 11J and us Dearborn
street, "Wednesday afternoon ut :; O'Clock.
The catalog embraces seventy pieces Of prop-
erty OF about every possible description,
which is twice is much property listed lis 1t
any previous sale by the Exchange. Some Of
the pieces arc very desirable. Tile Upset
prices will be attached to each piece in tic
c:ttllog, having been found TO be muf pop
ular than to withhold them until after tic
bidding has taken place Y new feature is
added: bids will be received at tllrce-Qual-
tiers or more Of the upset price, and, it not
UP to the. upset price OH the final bid, it
shall be held open Until tho following,
day for amy possible acceptance
OF the owner. whose views may i>ayc btcn
modified BY the actual result Ut tie entire
call. THIS will not deter bidders in conpc-
tidon: as neither one will run tie risk Of hay
, 1881-07-10

The result Of the great auction sales Of
June - and July ! has been very cncourag-
ing to rcal-cstate interests. It is demon
strated that the time has come when retl-
estate can be successfully handled 1T auc-
tions OH the premises. Tile summary Of
these two important salcs-that o1 South
Park avenue property, and Of portions of the
Icform-Scilool srounds-!las been tabulatcd
al: the Chicago Keal-Es1ate Exchange. whose
management has been 50 untiring towards
making auction sales regain their old popu-
larity. We publish herewith the tabula1ed
statement, us showing the actual tr:,nsac-
tiuns Of some S300,0O0 of vacant residence
lots sold under the hammer:
, 1881-07-10

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L. 1 1,1, 1.x. iA.4nr taf fla

Ii is to be hoped, i'll the interest of the
county :lS,well is the city,-wl!ic!l is interest
that the County Eoar.l will order Il sale vi
the remaining blocks ut rs early Il day rs pos
sible. Both city Mnt county need LIE money,
and the sooner the property is st,ld and takes
its place OIL the taX-rolls, where it will yield
q revenue III the shape Ut taxes, the better it
will be all around.
, 1881-07-10
GARFIELD-A PRAYER.

Fur The Chitnqa TrihHc
God. without whose knowledge not cen
sparrow falls.
The Nations heart beats slow with grief, ana
Gretd each soul appnl1s,
For ourillustrious Garfield by tht assasns hand
And art und skill are powcrlcss u avert the final
blow.
And helpless pleads of Thee tochange the dark
ness into light: ., Sa
Dspel the clouds this numerous band mas
spread from shore To SHIRE:
Father of Mercy and OF Love- our President re-
store!
Forbid thus Garkly death to close the Patriots
bright career ..
That generous heart, that; sturdy brain, leave
yet III guile and clleG-
The Nation Thou hast phccd him o'er-a man
whose will Is might,
Who feArcth nnught save Thee alone, and a1-
ways unrc5 do right
Recall not yet, Cod. vi pray. tho spirit which
Not yet, not yet, that nanly' form lay in tho ST.
lent grave:
Still not tfia1 voice whi,h Thou hast heard, from
childhcod's dnys tfr,n-.
and song.
y Nation on its knees pours fourth its soul in
prayer to Thee:
From every breast yc sentiment wells up from
SEA 10 sea, .....
Till Il living, ireatling stream Of prayer up to
Thy Throne i:sent,
Aud fifty million lbs breathe forth, ~ God save
our President!
And other lands u:se up the theme, and sorrow
i'll our Gr,cc
And fly to Ther,the Fonnt OF Gracc, to seek in
prayer rcltf-
Co!umbj.1's hou,red son restore, 0 God, they
fcrvcnl cE':
Garfield, beloved. reycred OF all, God grant he
nay.not lie! -
CHICAGO, Juy Il. JEANNE \. STAFFORD.
.--an-
Far, far bt:tcr for you than 1cer+ uIe. or por-
ter and free from the Intoxicating effects, il
Hop Bitters.f
, 1881-07-10

Further large transactions III New York
City real estate are reported. including the
following: Sixty-four lots, located OIL the
west side Of the Central Park. above Fifty
ninth street, for S:S04, 100; plot of ground,
Fifty-eighth street, 100 feet cast OF Seventh
aycnut, :50x200 feet, $l0O.c00; another plot
near by, 75N:,0o, Sl5o,000. This last uc1l-
toned property is to be used for the erection
Of another "paIatial apartlnent-houSe that
will eclipse anything of tile kind yet at7
tempted i'll this country. Brown-stone front
house, No. SOL Lexington avenue, 1000
, 1881-07-10

The record shows an increase Of ,::.53 sales
and SC, II; over the same period III 1850
The considerations for the six months exceed
those If the entire year Of 1910 by S135,G0G,
though the number Of sales is ;U0 less.
, 1881-07-10

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, 1881-07-10

ing tll, property withdrawn the next day It
they :lrc really willing to give the Upset
,rrn fOr it,
, 1881-07-10

SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK.
The following is the total amount Of city
and suburban transfers within Il radius Of
seven miles Of the COURTHOUSE filed for rec
ord during the week ending Saturday, July
, 1881-07-10

EACATINt; La S.tI.LE STREET.
CorporlLion-Counscl Adams filed ar an
swcr Tuesday last to The bill OF the Union
Building Association against the city to pre-
vent the vacation of LII Sale street between
Jackson aud Van Durc1i,-tl1c proposed site
for the new Beard Of Tr;ttic building. Thc
answer sets up full history Of the proceed
Jugs in connection with the vacation or.li-
nance, denies the existence Of any stipulation
whatever between tile city anu the Board.
and declares that the reasons which actuatcd
pctitioning property-owncrs and the Council
are nlllatcri:l to its present suit, denies that
plaintiff will ssltfer any ti;nnases BY reason Of
the removal Ut tie Board. 1Iluugh, it it did,
it could recover in suit at law, or that there
is any intention I'll tic part Ut the city tn tear
up and render the street impossible. In coil
clusion, the tity asks to have the suit dis
missed for want Of equity Tie motion to
dissolve the temporary INJUNCTION against
the city will be argued before Judges Tulcy
and B;lrlIum next Thursday
, 1881-07-10


Great progress has been made in the move
ment for thu: improvement of Humboldt bou-
lcvard from Humboldt Park to Western
avenue At 4 recent meeting: BY the owners
OF property OIL Humboldt Park boulevard
Mr.. j. ". Fari1l reported that the owners of
T., 1G1 fcct-lnorc than half the frontage
had signed the petition asking the West Park
Board to get up the plans for 4 roadway,
make the assessment, ETC., 50 that the work
could be commenced at least before the COM
ing fall. The following influential commit
ter were appointed to confer with the Park
Board and the Trustees OF Jefferson, aud urge
upon them the pr0priety Ut immediate ;tctiun:
JOHN j. Chase, !. ". Earlil,, t. j. Ila:hbIe-
ton, and j. +. Lawrence; to scc the Lincoln
Park Commissioners and the Trustees of
Lake View with reference to the boulevard
west from Lincoln Park t. connect with the
one on the West Side: &. B. Hostncr, $. II.
kcrfoot, George =. Morse, e. j. IiunDleton,
aud David Williams. The committee ap-
pointed IT, see tile West Park Commissioners
waited upnll those gentlemen last Tuesday,
and presented the petition referred to, which
:y:ss placed OIL file for future action. The
Lincoln Park Commissioners have expressed
themselves us heartily in iayor of extending
the boulevard to Lincoln Park, and it is he
Ieyed the West Park Commissioners will
not bc less ready to have it opened to West
Erll tlVelt1c.
, 1881-07-10

TIE GLOR1ES OF SOUTH PARK.
While the newness OF Chicago parks
hintcrs Il comparison with those of older
cities it adds greatly to the credit uf THOSE
who out Of such material have brought
about s.icli marvellous results iii so short 4
time. With only Il few acres Of oakwoMl to
start with we have now the most promising
park forestry in America, with Il mass OF
material for further use that will cover the
| uninprUyctf portions with trees, shrubs, and
vines i'll profnsiOn,-a glorious promise for
those who shall come after us. 1t is not i'll
trees and shrubs alone that Chicago parks
t are magnificent, but the floral decorations
are nlleuualcd. Not many of those who
visit South Park nave any idea of the care,
foretllought, and skill which are required to
gather all the exQuisitly-col0red foliage
that combines 10 make lid the lnosaics
seen in such profusion in tile
velvet swartl. The very ends Of the earth
have been ransacked; small plants, insig-
niticant in peoples eyes for very conlnoll-
ness, are gathered in by that picker-up Of
uncn,lsidered trities,'' the wise florist, and
The bronze, the gold, the blue, the scarlet
are all in themselves simple bits. of Nature,
but Sklllful!y grouped are capable of never
ending combinations. The circular bed ut
the entrance on DreNel boulevard, one of the
most brilliant wheel patterns we have ever
seen. contains 7,:}3 single plants and thirteen
separate fountains. Tie largest humber of
any one plant used is l 200; the smallest. be-
sides tile one central Yucca, Is four. The
mound, i, unique specimen OF skill at Forty
thirty feet square anu eight feet high,
set III panels OH its four sides, form
Ing, not hower arabesqucs OF lettering, but
tftaA FItaf{3
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-06-23
JOSH BILLINGS R4YEl
NE W RE VISION.


From tu many friends, and from
things with luce ends, deliver us.
From wife who don't luv us and
children who don't look like US, de-
liver US!
From wealth without charity, from
pride without sense, from pedigrees
worn out, and from all rich relations,
deliver us!
From snaix in the grass, from nails
in our buttes, from torch-light process
sions, and from all nu rum, deliver us.
From pack peddlers, from young
folks in luv, from old aunts without
money, and kolery morbis, deliver us
From newspaper sells, and pills that
amt fisic, from females who faint, and
men who flatter, deliver us!
From virtue without fragrance, from
butter that smells, from niger kamp
meetings, and from cats that are court
ing, deliver U.S.
From othe: folks secrets, and from
our own, and women committees, de-
liver us!
From folks who won't laugh, and
from them who giggle, from tite butes,
easy virtue, and ram mutton deliver US
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-06-23

for what it is worth, aver that placer
mines and the large bodies of low
grade ores will prove to be the chief
support and foundations of the mining
industry of this country-and to their
successful development, the skill, en-
ergy and thought of our age will be
directed, when the highest achieve
ment is attained and mining proves
her true worth.
It IS nonsense to talk about buying
a mine only when there is twice as
much ore in sight as the price asked
for it, for mining is just as safe and as
Legitimate as any other industry, luck
serving no better purpose in mining
than it does elsewhere. Indeed, min
ing, when conducted on a true busi-
ness basis, has dealt most bountifully
with those who have embarked in it
their energies, their brains or their
money.
Success depends upon ability and
energy. Failures are common in every
line of enterprise and class of bust
ness. If person meets with disaster
in operations connected, however re-
motely, with mining, the industry it.
self meets with his fullest condemna-
ton, while if he fails to meet success
and encounters loss in any other husi-
ness, his own ignorance, lack of abil-
lty, or an untavorable combination OF
circumstances are charged with the
misfortune. Why should not the same
considerations have due weight in re-
gard to our mines?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-06-23
GENERA TIVE GUNNZSON.

GENERAL TIVE GU1N1VZSON.
In the great hurly-burly and rush
for the more precious metals, silver
and gold, the thought of coal mining
and the beneficial results attending the
same, has been temporariallyput aside
or lost sight of in fond and delusive
hopes of amassing gigantic fortune
in one fell swoop. There is no sec.
ton in Colorado, or out of it, tina.
has so,gradually or 50 effectively Sc
cured position of confidence in the
esteem of the investing community, to
be compared with that of Gunnison
county. A little over one year ago, a
very disastrous course was pursued in
making known virtues, riches and in
calculable wealth that only existed in
the crude state and imaginative minds
of the projectors-an injurious policy
of advertising something they did not
possess, or at least, not knowingly.
The result was, as may readily be con-
jectured, damaging in the extreme to
the locality. The inducements SC
lavishly profered had the effect OF
landing hundreds Of the most mex.
perienced and verdant specimens OF
prospectors that any mining district
has ever been inflicted with. Naturally,
the majority of such shiftless and in.
competent workers soon found theil
way back from whence they came, cir.
culating the most ruinous reports con.
cerning the Gunnison country, that i,
is possible to imagine. 1t had some
temporary results that we're detriment.
al, but time has turned the tide an.
other way, and acountry that has been
ridiculed and pronounced fraud by
the majority of the papers in the east
has quietly, unostentatiously, but un.
deniably come forward, notch at
time, until to-day the entire county o.
Gunnison may be properly called ir
reality as we'll as prospectivay one o
the richest minerai' sectitnl in tht
world.
The miners that were attracted b,
the legitimate resources and flatterin9
indications in the Gunnison at tn,
time of the boom remained, and thei
possessions to-day are sufficient guar
antee of the deserving reward the,
have reaped. But gold and silver il
not alone the valuable and profit
able discoveries that have been made
for in the fats and near the foothill.
in various sections, large veins of flint
coal have been opened. The particular
district that we refer to lies eighteer
miles north of west from Gunnisor
City, located on Carbon creek. 1t viii
not be long before this great industr,
will assert its grand importance; no
long before it will occupy the position
and receive the consideration thai
destiny has inevitably assigned it. Il
will receive its recognition through
the advancement of adjacent towns
smelters, mills, concentrators, reduc
ton works and railroads: the produc
will be marketable in every city, towr
and hamlet throughout the state, ane
the black diamonds will prove as grea
bonanza to the owners as the larges
producing gold or carbonate mine ii
the state.-Den0er mining Remew.