The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-01-19
State News.

| -DeVeTal cases OF blllipoA dre re-
| ported in Sharon.
There are seven thousand grangers
in Pennsylvania.
A crusade agrinst tobacco is about
to be inaugurated In jamestown.
"A white weasel was shot in Taylor
township, Cambria county, few days
ago.
The total shipment oflumber from
Wiliainsport for the year 1881 was
23l ,66S, 900 feet.
-Ex-State Superintendent Wicker
sham has begun work on history of
education in Pennsylvania.
Fears are entertained in a number
of counties in the state that the cold
weather without snow has been an
injury to the grain in the ground.
"A horse and wagon could not be
obtained on Friday afternoon, at
Washington, Pa, to convey the corpse
of VIM. Houston, who died of small
pox, to the burial place. 1t was also
difficult to find man to assist Mr..
Hopkins at the burial. Finally the
town authorities met with Thomas
Meredith, of Monongahela City, who
was there us witness in the Haywood
trial, and upon agreeing to pay him
S25, he assisted Mr.. a. IL. Hopkins
in hauling the corpse upon wheel
barrow to the grave and intering il.
He then received his money and left
for home.
-Aterrible accident occurred at the
Westerman rolling mill at Sharon the
other day, by which Geo. Cartwright,
puddler, was manned for life, his
left hand and wrist and part of his
right hand being blown Off by the eX-
plOsion Of shells which he and some
helpers were breaking up for scrap.
From all accounts it seems to have
been percussion sharpnell shell, of
about twelve pounds caliber. Cart
wright was trying to remove brass
band around it by striking it with II
hammer, when the shell exploded
with terrific force, with the above re-
suit, another piece of the shell going
through the heel of Il helper who was
standing by. Another man who was
standing almost immediately over the
shell, watching Cartwright, escaped
unhurt.
The Bradford Era shows the sales
of the y ear 1881 in the three leading
oil exchanges of the country to have
aggregated the enormous amount OF
432, ,03G, 900 barrels, of which the Brad
ford sold 137,034, 900 barrels, Pitts
burg S5, i68, ,0j0 barrels and Oil City
2Oo, ,534 900 barrels. Allowing the
usual rate of brokerage, $3.50 per 900
barrels, and it is found that the Brad
ford broS ers should have been enriched
1912, $50, the Pittsburg brokers S2l3, $40
and Oil City 1923 ,635, grand total OF
Sl,079, $50, III brokerage alone. The
amount of money required in the
banks of the region to handle this inn
menso quantity of oil would be 1861 $50
$50. This however represents only
the speculative trade. The producing
interest two-thirds OF whose oil is sold
through the purchasing agencies here
and elsewhere, represented cash tran
sactiOns of not far from $15, 900, 900 last
year, which makes a grand total of
S37I 900, ,0OU, fin round numbers, inves-
ted in oil during 1881.
-Johnst0wn, January IA por
ton of the second floor at the wire
mill gave way yesterday under the
pressure Of several tons of wire and the
wire came down with terrific crash
among the Workmen on the lower
floor. Michael Boylan was buried
under several tons of the wire coils.
Workmen rushed to his assistance and
removed the wire from his body as
quickly as they could. Life was not
yet extinct. When uncovered he was
kneeling on the floor, with his fore
head pressed against the drawing
bench, and had all the appearance of
being dead He died shortly after
being removed to his home.
An accident of an almost similar ma
ture occurred in the ore mines near
here about the same time. 4 blast
had just been set off, and before the
smoke had cleared away Uriah Bing-
ham re-entercd the mines for the pur-
pose Of seeing what execution had
been done by the shock. He had lust
got inside when n large quantity of
slate fell upon him from the roof |
bearing him to the ground and crush
ing him severely. He cannot recover.