The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-13
Buy Morgester's Ridgway soap.

Buy Morgester's Ridgway soap.
Changes in real estate are becom-
ing numerous in our little Borough.
Quarterly conference in the M. E.
church on Sunday next, Jan. 10th,
1881.
The oil well at Whistletown is
down 200 feet, with good indications
for oil.
Delightful sleighing at this point
at present as there has been for weeks
past This winter has been one of
unusual severity,wi fair amount of
snow, and long run of excellent
sleighing.
Company HI has been invited to
attend the inaugural ceremonies of
General Jas. A. Garfield as President
of the United States, which take place
at Washington, D. c., March 4th,
1881.
Company HI will meet at their
armory (the old brick building in
court yard) next Saturday evening at
o'clock. The pay for the Braddock
encampment will then be dished
out.
ALL persons interested in having a
course oflectures in Ridgway, are re-
quested TO meet in the school house
next Saturday evening at 8 o'clock.
If sufficient encouragement is given
the project, course of lectures en-
bracing some of the best speakers in
the country will be given in the
Borough of Ridgway.
The Union Pacific Railroad is pre-
pairing to improve the first three
hundred miles by tree-planting. The
ground along the road will be sown
with grass and clover. seed, in the
early spring, and then will follow the
planting of rich evergreens, which
will be transplanted from the noun
tains, with other rare ornamental trees
and shrubs.
AT meeting of the Reading Cir
Gle last Monday evening, Rev. S. NJ.
Clark was elected President, Charlie
NJ. Nichols, Vice President, Ed. J..
Luther, Secretary, and Miss Rhoda
Wilcox, Treasurer. The meeting was
well attended, and it is expected that
many new names will be added to the
roll at the next meeting which will be
held next Monday evening in the
basement of the NJ. E. church between
z and o'clock. All are invited.
There will be held in the base.
ment of the NJ. E. Church, Friday
evening, Jan. q, 1881, pound party
and sociable. Persons attending a
pound party are expected to bring a
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 a
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. lO,1Ss1.
Anderson, Mrs. Aaron; Fraser, John;
Hagerty, James c.; Henderson, L. j.;
Jarden, George; Jessop, w. l.; Lord,
Frank; Williams, Miss Laura Z.
PACKAGES.
Delacour, ,Jno.; Heffeltinger, Everett
r..
If not called for in thirty days they
will be sent to the dead letter office,
Washington, d. c.
J. H. HAGERTY, p. NJ.
Jan 5th, about 5 o'clock, P. NJ.
Joseph Frost, of Spring Creek, had
his leg broken while raising a stick of
timber. DR.. j. s. Bordwell, set the
limb about o'clock next morning ap-
plying the new patent felt splint. The
Doctor informed his patient that when
he got tired of lying in bed he could
get up and sit in chair, and be sure
and take his limb with him, as the
bones would not get out of place, and
he would have no pain, and that he
might eat, drink and be merry. What
great improvements have been made
in surgery over the old fashioned way
In use when we were boys.
John r. Kline, night watchman
at w. H. Hyde & Co.'S store furnished
us the following weather record for
two Of the coldest nights of this win
ter, viz: Dec.29, and sOth, 1880. Night
OF Dec. 29-l o'clock l90 below zero;
2 o'clock 200; o'clock 2lo; 81 o'clock
220; 4 o'clock ego; Al O'Clock 300; 5
O'Clock 30; 81 o'clock 2Oo. Night of
Dec. 3Oth 1851 o'clock lS0 below
zero; 2 o'clock 2Oo; p o'clock 300; 8
O'Clock 2l0;t o'clock; ;230;4i too damned
cold to look; 8 o'clock 300; 81 o'clock
22'; o'clock 2l0; 6! O'clock 200. The
thermometer from which the above re-
cord was taken hangs at the rear of
Hydes store, in an exposed situation. A
popular movement should be started to
have this one taken in and hung near
the fire these fearful cold nights, on
the ground of cruelty to thermome-
ters.
-Ridgway is now a first-class sta.
tion, the arrangement going into effect
on Jan. lst. Heretofore on all small
articles shipped to this place COM
mission of fifteen cents was charged,