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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-27
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pletein 16 vols Eachvolume containss00
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ELECTIC PHYSICIAN & SURG'N,
Has removed his office from Centre
street to Main street, Ridgwayt Pa, in
the second story of the new brick
building of John G. Hall, west of the
Hyde House.
Office hours II to 2 Z. NJ. to PM
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Oil Creek and Ridgway r., r..

Lately we have seen i'm several of
our exchanges reference made to the
above named railroad, and besides
have had in our mind some curiosity
in regard to the same. In 1873 while
Doctor Eaeley was in the Legislature
he procured the passage of an act in
cooperating the Oil Creek and Ridg-
way Railroad which act we give in
full below together with a further
supplement to the said act.
From the annual report of the
Secretary of Internal Affairs for 1879
we find the road is six miles i'm length.
from Oil City to Cranberry mines !;
equipped with one locomotive, thirty
coal cars, and one caboose, that five
persons, including officers, are EN-
ployed by the company. Also we
find the number of miles run by the
locomotive to have been 5000 miles,
and that the amount of freight carried
was $3.50 tons of 1900 pounds. The
time table of the read is given liz the
Official II. II. Guide for 1877.
Lately we have noticed that there
is talk of extending this rond to the
Jefferson coal fields. Or course under
the charter it will he Necessary to
have the road built through Rldgway
Borough. Further ia formation re-
garding this road will from time to
time be laid before ourlreaders. = g..
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A GOOD THING.-An exchange says
that the Mayor of Wilkes-Barre called
thirty citizens before him on Tuesday
of last week, and fined them 81 each
for allowing the snow to remain OH
the sidewalks. That's good job, and
we have no doubt but what there are
openings in every borough to bring
about the same result. Some citizens
in our Borough generally keep the
snow and ice off their pavenlentS,
while others seldom give the subject
any attention. a similar fine would
perhaps compel them to do their duty
in this matter.
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G. q. MESSENGER.

DRUGGIST & PARMACEUTIST,
n. w. corner of Main and Mill streets,
Ridgway, Pa, full assortment of care
fully selected Foreign and Domestic
Drugs. Prescriptions carefully dis
pensed at all hours, day or night
Yln3V
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EYpE HOUSE.

w. II. SCHRAM, Proprietor,
Ridgway, Elk county, Pa.
Thankful for the patronage hereto
fore so literally bestowed upon him,
the new proprietor hopes, by paying
strict attention to the comfort and con-
venience of guests, to merit continu'
ance OF the same. Oct3O'69
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Late Of Strattanville), Physician and
Surgeon, Ridgway, Pa. Office in
Halls Brick Building (up stairslS
Refrrencrs-J. ID. Smith, II. L..
Young, r. Rulolson, Strattanville;
Major John Kitley, w. w. Green
land, Clarcn. Has practiced his
profession sccessfully for more than
ten wears
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An Act
SUPPLEMENTARY TO AN ACT INCOR-
PORATING THE OIL CREEK AND
RIDGWAY RAILROAD COMPANY.

NJ
SECTION /. Be IL enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the Commonwealth
oJ Peh1S5 lrunip in GenerlR ass nlbiy met. and
il is herejJ enacted By the dHGtDrilgCJ the snis.
That the Oil Creek and RidEwHy Railroad
company he and they are hereby authorized
to construct branches from the route, nuthor-
iAcd in their charter, tn connect with amy
other railroad now, or hereafter authorized
To be constructed; and that after the passage
Of this act, only seven directors shall be
elected. HENRY &. JOHNSON,
speaker of the House of Representatives,.
JOHN l.. PENNEY,
Speaker of the Senate.
We do hereby certify, that the bill. No.
1923. entitled AN Act supplementary to an
act Incorporating the Oil Creek and RidgWay
RaiiroHd Company was presented To the
Governor, on the seconi day of May, Ammo
DOinini one Thousand eight hundred and
SiXty-four. and was not returned. within
three days after the meeting of the Legisla-
tuco, extra session; wherefore, it has,
ngreeahly to the Constitution of this Com
munwealth. become law, in like manner as
II it had beeu signed.
Adm w. BENEDICT,
Clerk of the House of Representatives.
GEO. W. HAMERSLI,
Clerk OF the Senate.
Harrisburg, August l9, ls6i.
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List of Letters

Remaining in the Ridgway postOf1ice,
Elk Co., Pa, up to January "A, 1881:
Butler Geo MulrOy Annie
FiscuS John II MPads T |
Fisher Mrs Susan Potter James III
Hunt Finger Henry (2) Smith Miss Maggie j
Karr T. P(2) Sears n G
Morrison II
FOREIGN.
Anderson Lars John Nicklason Carl
lirvgstOn Svrn August Salveson Thos
Janson Crist Thornin Thomas
If not called for in thirty days they
will he sent to the dead letter office,
Washington, ID. c.
J. II. HAGERTY, p. NJ.
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CENTRAL
State Normal School,
(Eighth Normal School DiStrict.)
LOCK HAVEN, CLlNrNN Co. PA.
A. n. RAUB, AN. ,Ph. D. PrincipaI,


A. n. RAUB, AN, PHI. D. PrincipaI,'
This school az at present constituted
cffers the very best facilities for Pro-
fessional and classical learning.
buildings spacious, inviting and
commodious, completely heated by
steam, well ventilated and furnished
with bountiful supply of pure. soft
spring water
Location healthful and easy Of ac-'
C ess
Surrounding scenery unsurpassed.
Teachers experienced, efficient, and
alive to their work.
Discipline firm but kind, uniform
and thorough
Expenses moderate.
Fifty cents a week deduction to
those preparing to teach.
StuUcnts admitted at any time.
Courses of study prescribed by the
State; |. Model School. Ii. Prepara-
tory. III. Elementary. ". Scien-
tilic.
ADJUNCT COURSES:
I. Academic. ii. Commercial. III.
Music. " Art
The Elementary and Scientific
courses are Professional, and students
graduating therein receive state Diplo-
mas, comforting the following cores
Donding degrees: Master OF the Ele-
mentS and Master of the Sciences.
| Graduates in the other courses receive
| Normal Certificates of their attain
ments signed hy the Faculty.
The Professional courses are liberal,
and are in thOrOughness not inferior to
| those Of our best colleges.
The State requires higher order of
citizenship. The times demand it. 1t
is one of the prime objects of this
school to help to secure it by furnish
ing intelligent and efficient teachers
for her schools. TO this end. it solicits
young persons of good abilities and
improve their time and their talents,
as students. TO all such it promises
aid in developing their powers and
abundant opportunities for well-paid
labor after leaving school.
For catalogue and terms address the
Principal, or the Secretary of the
Board
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Stockholders Trustees.-J II Bar
ton, NJ ID, A III Best, Jacob Brown,
Raub, r G. Cook II. G. Nipple, Esq,
G. Kentzing, L. p Mccormick, Esq,
w. w. Rankin, w. IL. Brown.
State Trustees Hon A @. Curtin,
Hon William Bigler, Hon, II l..
Dieflenbach, Gen Jesse Merrill, j G
& Whaley, S Millar Mccormick,
Esq
OFFICERS
Hon. William Bigler, President, Clear
field, Pa
Gen Jesse Merrill, Vice President.
Lock Haven, Pa. .-......
S. Millar Mccormick, Secretary,
Lock Haven, Pa
Thomas Yardley, Treasurer, Lock
Haven, Pa
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HALL & M,GAuLEY

ATTORNEY AT-LAW.
Office in new brick building, Mairs
street, Ridgway, Elk CO., Pa. v92t
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Saratoga chips a new article at
Morgester's.
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(s - OUTFIT sent free to those who wish
% ii BUSHES. MS @qs khoMS EverH sHd
thing new. Capital not required. We
will furnish you everything. SO II day and
upwards is easily made without staying away
from home over night. No risk whatever.
Many new workers wanted at once. Many
are making fortunes ut the business Ladies'
girls make great pay. No one who is willing
to work fails to make more N Iney every day
than can be made in II week ut ordinary
employment. hose who engage at once
viii md short road u fortune. Address
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PENNSYLVANIA RAIL ROAD
Philadelphia g. Erie R r. Div
WINTER TINE TABLE.

On and after SUNDAY, November
w, 1880, the trains on the Philadel-
phia & Erie Railroad Division will
run as follows:
WESTWARD,
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Business Cards.
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Main street, Ridgway, Elk Co.. Pa
Particular attention given to the
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and patent cases.
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For fear you may forget we ny
once more don't fail to go in and see
the big stock of new goods at the
Union store.
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Lard in teapots, coffee pots and
stew pans at Morgester'sr .-,,.
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Note paper, envelopes, cheap at
THE ADVOCATE office.
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New Case Heecker wheaton grits
at Morgesters.
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EST2AY NOTICE.

There came to the premises of Lewis
BnyingtOn, in Horton township, Elk
county, Pa, about the middle of Inst
Oct ober, II three year old cow having
II line back red sides, and heing par
tiaily white. Any person owning
said COW will please come forward,
prove property, pay charges and take
her away or She will be disposed of
according to law. .....
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IOok Here.

Fairbanks refined lard in teapots,
coffeepots, and stewpans at Morges-
ter's.
The sun., 1881-01-16

Black Sea 10 completed, tho company is cx-
peoted to have steamers of its own, but the
present freights by casual transportation
will enable US TO calculate the prices at
which Russian petroleum might DO offered
In the European markets. At present,
freights from POtl and Batoum are 90 cents
per barrel to Trieste aud Marseilles, and
Sl.i0 to Havre. London, and Hamburg. 1t
is clear from these figures that 80 long as
refined oil can be made at Baku for So
barrel-and at present II costs but $218-it
could be sold as far as Hamburg at $3.50, or
at IA cents the gallon, after paying all
charges for railway transportation to. the
Black Sea and Of shipment thence to Europe.
Consul DYER does not hesitate to express
HE conviction that the supply OF petroleum.
at Baku Is almost literally lnexhaustiblc,
and he has no doubt that the product Of the
Russian wells can and will be, at an early
date, delivered In tho markets Of western
Europe at prices even lower than those
named. Hcre we may note that upward OF
a year ago tho American Consul at AK la
Chapelle pointed out that Russian petroleum
was already beginning to compete with the
American article In parts Of Germany. He
had not heard, apparently, OF the contem-
plated railway from the oil wells to the
Black Sea, an enterprise which, as we have
seen, Is likely to revolutlonize tho petroleum
industry OF tho Caspian. But, from what
he could already see around him, our Consul
at AK la Chapelle was convinced that our
producers would be forced to divide to some
extent with Russia their great and profit
able traffic in illuminating oil.
The sun., 1881-01-16

10 the spirit Of Christianity. he will find
pretty wide agreement with him. IL 10 in
decd perversi0n Of Christianity 30 gross
that It appears almost ludicrous.
There is great complaint In these days,
and not little justiiable alarm, because
church going is falling 80 generally into
disuse; and yet In the majority OF churches
moet OF the sents arc reserved as they are
In theatres for those who have purchased
the right to them, only that In the churches
they are held by the year or even by men
who own them In fee. such religious pre-
serves may be all very well, but It cannot
be expected that tho mass OF the public will
venture into them. They are nothing more
than the private chapels Of those who have
purchased privileges In them; churches to
which strangers are admitted only go long
as they do not encroach ON the vested rights
OF the proprietors.
There are In New York sittlnge for about
two hundred and fifty thousand people in
the Christian churches or these perhaps
sixty thousand are in the Roman Catholic
churches, at whose various services on Sun
day at least twice that number OF people
are accommodated. In the Protestant
houses are less than two hundred thousand
sittings, and of these only from one-half to
two-thirds are occupied on Sunday. We
cannot, therefore. put tho number OF indi-
viduals in the city who attend church on a
Sunday at above quarter OF million.
The population OF New York OF a church
going age is more than three-Quarters Of q
million. Hence at least half million are
away from church every Sunday.
What is tho trouble ? Are people losing
their faith in Christianity altogether Or
have they reached the conclusion that
some OF the churches do not practice q
genuine kind Of Christianity?
The sun., 1881-01-16
Too Silly.

We read with philosophical calmness the
ordinary nonsense which habitually appears
in many OF tho newspapers on a certain
kind OF political topics. 1t does not hurt
anybody; and II 1t amuses the writer's and
the editors, no one need complain.
But the talk which is uttered with such
fluency Just now to the effect that in
the cleo lion OF THOMAS C. PLATr to the
United States Senate ROSCOE CoNKLINa has
experienced defeat is altogether too silly
to be tolerated.
Mr.. PLATT is Combines man. Years ago
the Senator made an effort to get PLATT into
the Cabinet, and he has stood by PLATT
ever since. The election OF the latter to the
Senate is no defeat to the Oneida Chief; on
the contrary, it adds to the already long list
OF the triumphs he has achieved over his
Republican enemies.
The notion that Mr.. A. L. CORNELL has set
up in business for himself in opposition to
Roscoe CoNKLING is of the same sort. 1t is
too silly. CORNELL is too cute for that.
The sun., 1881-01-16
Mr.. Conkling-His Own Fault.

Mr.. CoEKLINo and his friends are boast
ing that the whlrligig OF time has brought
all things even. and that tho circle Of his re-
venges Is now complete. They say that Mr.
CORNELL, Gen. ARTHUR, and Mr. PLATT
were the three friends OF Mr.. CoNKLINa who
were selected for tho special vengeance OF
HAyEs's Administration; and that now all
three Of them have been advanced to higher
official posts than thoy before held. II is
human and natural that Mr.. CoNKLINo
should rejoice OF this.
But when We look n little further tho ques-
tlon arises, how 1t happens that this in
CRATE HAYES ever occupied position to
visit contumely on the heads Of Mr.. CoNK-
LING's friends. The people did not elect him
to the Office OF President. No; it was Mr.
Combines own unconstitutional Electoral
Commission that placed him there.
It was Mr.. CoNKLINd who raised up his
own enemy and who put him in the White
House, where he did not belong. Mr. CoNK-
LING has had great deal OF trouble to get
even with the foo he himself armed and
e0ujDped
The sun., 1881-01-16
The Use of Gasoline in Thawing Pipes.

In view OF the recent calamity, resulting
in the loss of several lives, which was occa-
stoned by the explosion of a gasoline lamp
in the hands Of plumber, who was using it
to thaw out pipes, inquiry has been made as
to the extent to which that explosive mate
rial is employed for such purposes.
Its use seems to be general, its recon-
mendations being that it is convenient and
cheap the great danger to life by which Its
combustion is attended, especially in mex
perienced or unskilled hands, not being
taken into account by plumbers.
At this inclement season, when pipes are
constantly freezing up, we invite the atten-
tion OF the Legislature to this subject. The
danger is such that the helpless occupants
OF tenement houses, with no means OF
escape, ought not to be subjected to it.
The sun., 1881-01-16

ohusetts proves how completely the evil
may be rooted out by = rigorous system OF
inspection, isolation, and determination.
Tho reader OF these reports is impressed
by the fact that tho infected cattle, except
In the most advanced o,ses OF the lung
plague. are invariably fattened for the mar
ket and sold for butchers meat. The COWS,
too, arc MIXED, apparently, up to the last
moment. Now we would not, by any means.
affirm that the transmission OF tuberculosis
from cattle to human beings is q fact unds-
puted among scientsts. 1t is proper to bear
in mind, however, that some Of the highest
authorities on lung diseases, including Prof.
SCHUPPEL OF Tdbingen, are arrayed on the
Affirmative eide OF this important question,
while their most illustrious opponent, Prof.
YrRoHow OF Berlin. Is far from being out
spoken and decided In his assertion Of neg
ative. The latter scarcely felt warranted In
advising the Government to prohibit the sale
OF the flesh OF animals suffering from lung
disease, provided oil the tuberculous nodules
had been carefully removed. He had no
doubt, however, that q strict system Of in
spection was needed to enforce such re-
moval. As to the conveyance Of tubercu-
losis through milk, VIRcuow was unwilling
to express an opinion, although 1t seemed to
him probable that the milk OF those COWS
whose udders were affected might be inju-
rious. There Is reason to think that the
weight OF evidence accumulated since VIR-
CHow's experiments. and the present drift OF
scientific opinion, are in favor Of the trans
mission theory. The time is probably note dis
tant when public opinion will be summoned
to decide whether the health OF the com
munity does not demand vigilant inspec-
tion OF all the animals killed for butchers
meat at the slaughter houses, and Of all the
cows which furnish milk, with particular
reference to the existence Of contagious
lung disease.
The sun., 1881-01-16

Last years business was greater In Its
extent than that OF any previous year. Let
us look at some Of the figures.
In the first place, the production OF wheat
was about 4s1 ,OOO 900 bushels in 1880, against
40, ,OO0, 900 bushels In 1879. Our exports OF
merchandise for the year ending Nov. so,
1880. were $s71, ,666,s46 against $751; ,2O4
for the year ending Nov. 80, 1879. Our i'm
ports during the same period amounted to
S709 02s 500 In $780, against $485 516 l60 in 1879
The crop OF cotton for the year 1879 80 was
B,761,2 ,252 bales, against 5,074,oO0 for the year
just previous Our production OF iron was
$780, 900 tons in 1880, against 974i 1853 in 1879.
We constructed 1907 miles of new rail-
roads, against 4,721 in 1870. The earnings Of
forty-four companies operating about one
third Of the railway mileage Of the United
States were greater than those for 1879 by
50. $50, ,119. an increase Of 90 per cent. II
all the roads Jared as we'll the aggregate
gain was more than 100 millions.
These figures indicate the extraordinary
magnitude OF last years business opera
tiOns. The statistics OF the trade, COM
merce, and manufactures OF the past show
no aggregates which approach them in size
The remarkable prosperity Of the year Is
also shown in the comparatively small num-
ber Of failures and In the decrease OF the liza
bilities OF the shipwrecked firms. There
were In 1880 only 4,735 failures, against
6,65s in 1879 and 10, ,47s in 1878. The total liza
bilities were only $65,752OOo, against
S98, 149,053 in 1S79 and 1924 1888, 1872 in 1878.
This decrease In failures is the more sig
nifcant because Of the large addition which
was made last year to the number Of firms
engaged In business. There were $4,000
more firms In 1880 than in 1879.
All these facts and figures are indicative
Of q prosperity which is sound, and ought
to be enduring. But even the low aggregate
OF failures and liabilities for last year would
have been much less II speculation had not
undertaken to interfere with the natural
progress OF trade. Almost without excep-
tion, the heavy failures were due to wild at
tempts to control the market when supply
WIS too great for such manipulation.
This tendency to adopt speculative meth
DDS In business has had severe rebukes, but
1t has not been checked. There is the prom
ise Of evil In 1t.