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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23
Enforcing Borough Ordinances.
(Renovo Record.)

Over in Phillipsburg, where the
town ordinances are strictly enforced,
S42l .25 were collected last year in the
way of fines and licenses to hawkers
and peddlers. Out of that fund pO-
lice force was maintained at cost of
1878 80, leaving a balance in the treas
ury of S47.35. AT least one police
officer should he employed in town
the size of Remove. BY Il strict EN-
forcement of the borough ordinances,
the fines and license will pay nearly
the entire cost of securing the services
of such an officer. And should acts of
lawlessness cease, the people could
well afford to pay the bill of expense.
We have frequently shown up the
dastardly outrages that have been conf
mitted from time to time on peaceable
and law-abiding citizens, by drunken
and devilish ruffians. Women have
been repeatedly insulted while walk
ing along our streets; windows have
been demolished with stones in the
dead hour of night, and thefts conf
mitted in public houses, yet no one
has been arrested or punished for these
crimes. Last Thursday evening we
had another repetition of the same sort
of law lessness. The wife of Mr.. j. r.
INcnhiE "uo DuuilCS't upOil anu tSIllDlS
frightened ~ a rufiian while walking
along Huron avenue, about nine
o'clock in the evening. The lady ex-
hibited true Spartan pluck and drove
the fellow away.
The reason why such state of out
lawry continues is because we have no
officers willing to suppress it. The
High Constable or ward COnstables
might occasionally be brought into
special service at no great outlay of
money. The ordinances could then
be enforced and law and order pre-
served. The Chief Burgess is the
proper officer to execute the laws. Let
him demand of che law making power
an appropriation to employ and pay
special officers who will faithfully at
tend to their duties. The time has
really gone by for further ehild's play.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23

WASHINGTON; March 1.-THE fol-
lowing Is the text of the Edmunds
amendment to the Post Office Appro-
priation bill, extending the franking
privilege, which already covers Con-
gressionaf documentsa and all correspon.
dance between Congressman aud the
Executive Departments:
And the Secretary of the Senate, and
the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tfVes, shall have power to use official
penalty envelopes, authorized by law,
prepared by themselves, for all official
business of their respective offices; and
the use Of such envelopes for any pur-
pose other than such official business
shall be punished by the same penal
ties imposed by law for the illegal use
Of such envelopes already existing; and
each member Of the Senate and House
Of Representatives, and each Delegate
from Territory, shall have the right
TO send throuh the mail any letter or
package containing only printed or
written matter not exceeding two
ounces in weight, identified by his
autograph signature, without the pay
mont of postage.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23
How American Girls Kiss.
(From the Atlanta Constitution.) J

The Maine girl, tall and ruddy, kisses
as if she were making an impression
in the chewing gum of her native
state. The Massachusetts, girl kisses
in the Green style, favored with brown
bread. The New York girl goes at it
rs if she were dabbeing in avail street
speculation. The kiss of the New
Jersey girls are fiery as taste of
applejack, better known as Jersey
lightning. Little Delaware girls are
as soft as the peaches which grow
there. A Maryland kiss is rich and
juicy as terrapin stew. In the Old
Dominion you are met with genuine
hospitality; the girls kiss as though
they wanted you to stay. The Ohio
girls is described as possessing all the
comprehensive qualities of the Ohio
man-she wants all she can get and
getsall shecan. A Louisiana girls kisses
is said to be like eating sugar cane,
while North Carolina girls stick like
tar.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23

The Rugby colony is not a success,
but Gov. Hawkins of Tennessee says
that it may not provea complete failure.
He regards 1t as having been unfortu-
nately located and badly managed.
"There are 200 persons still there" he
adds: "a few are Germans and Ameri-
cans. The great majority are English
men who are not workers. Many OF
them are younger sons of noble OF
wealthy families, and, as rule, they
are thriftless and dissipated. They
have no liking for the kind of work
required of them, or, for that matter
for any kind of work. They spend
their time in hunting and in playing
billiards, lawn tennis, and in other
kinds of amusement" There is plenty
of fine iron ore on the land, but the
colOnists make no efforts to mine it
Only about fifty acres of the origna
purchase of 10000 are under cultiva
ton.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23
Snow as Red as Blood.
A BOTTLE FILLED WITH CRIMSON
CRYSTALS TEN THOUSAND FEET
ABOVE THE SEA
(Sun Erapcisro Ca1ll

y BOiILE tlDLED WITH CRIMSON
CRYSTALS TEN THOUSAND FEET
ABOVE THE SEA.
(Sau Francisco CALI
At meeting of the Microscopical
Society, held Monday evening, DR..
Hardness presented bottle of " red
snow" which he gathered last June
in the Wasatch Mountains. The red
snow was found on the north side of
spur which rose about 10000 feet above
the sea level. When fresh, the snow
had the appearance of being drenched
with blood, as though some large ami
NAL had been killed. The red snow is
caused by the presence of one-celled
plant called prOtococcus niUdLis which
reproduces itself by subdivision-that
is, the cell divides itself into several
new cells. This is done with great
rapidity, and "A few cells lodged in the
snow, under favorable conditions, soon
will give it the appearance called red
snow.
1t was remarked that the phenome-
non of red snow has been observed
from the earliest times, as Aristotle
has passage which is thought to refer
to it. The subject was, however, lost
sight of until brought up by the in
VeSt1gatlonS or SauSSure, VINO found 1t
on the Alps in 1850. He made chemi-
cal tests which showed him that the
red color was due to the presence of
vegetable matter, which he supposed
might be the pollen of some plant.
In 1919 an Artic expedition under
Captain Ross brought some specimens
from the cliffs around Batfin's Bay,
and they were examined by eminent
botanists, some of whom mistook the
nature of the plant; and there was
long discussion as to its proper CLASH
fcation, some holding it to be a fun
gus, some a lichen; but it was finally
set at rest as one of the unicellular
alge.
1t is of interest also that some of the
early examiners pronounced the color
due to animalcules, but. this was dis
proved. DIR. Hardness said that dur
ing his last visit to England he saw
the original bottle of specimens
brought from the Arctic more than
sixty years before and in which the
protococcus could still be seen with the
microscope,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23
Sergeant Mason,s Case.
AN APPEAL TO THE CIVIL LAW TO
SET ASIDE TIE SENTENCE.

AN APGEhb IO THE ClNlL LAW ~
SET ASIDE THE SENTENCE.
Washington, March 15.--Mr. J. g.
Bigelow, attorney of Sergeant Mason,
has prepared petition for writ of
habeas corpus on the ground that the
court martial had no jurisdiction in
time of peace; that, even If the court
had Jurisdiction, 1t exceeded its powers
in imposing the sentence aforesaid,
~ the sentence is in excess of any
punishment authorized by law, and
void on that account. The petition
recites that the statute authorizes the
Imprisonment alone. The sentence
imposes both fine and imprisonment
besides n dishonorable discharge from
the military service of the United
States.
Mr.. Bigclow visited the prisoner at
the barracks this morning, taking
with him the habeas corpus petition.
Mason signed and made oath to the
petition and Mr.. Bigelow subsequent
ly filed 1t and made formal alapplication
to Judge Wylie, of the Criminal
Court, for the writ. Just before the
court adjourned this afternoon, Judge
Wylie rendered decision denying the
prayer of the petition, but he after
ward reconsidercd his judgment, and
allowed Mr.. Bigelow to Withdraw the
papers, the latter wishing to present
them to the Court in Banc tomorrow
In the meantime Mason has been sent
in irons to the Albany Penitentiary
under guard of four soldiers.
Sergeant Mason, referring to an ar
ticle printed here yesterday, says in a
card addressed to the Critic:
II must say that the court was sworn
in my presence. l was asked if l had
any objection to any officer-all in
obedience to law. Mr.. Bigelow was
not present at that time, yet they sent
for him, and he came i'm after all had
been sworn. | had made no plea,
only 1 wanted to plead guilty, for 1
knew that the court would find me
guilty, and / am sentenced to eight
years in the Penitentiary for missing
that wretch Guiteau." In postscript
to his letter Mason says: ~ must say
that do not want to be pardoned by no
Guiteau President. All ask is for my
darling wife and baby to be placed be-
yond want. Right is right, and wrong
is wrong. Yet, if l wasn't right,
could not say that am treated wrong.
Call me what they may, all l want is
fair play. Mr.. Bigelow is a great
man; he defended all he could, yet,
look at the sentence of eight long
years at hard labor in prison. That is
enough for me-"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23
Suing for the Wedding Presents.
(St. Louis Republican,

A case came up yesterday before
Justice Campbell, showing the amaz-
ing uncertainty of welded bliss, and
the exceeding temerity of those
dreams which young lovers are accus-
toned to cherish just before entering
on matrimony-it was case, in short,
where very young ex-husband was
suing his very young eX-wife and his
ex-mother-in-law for the value of the
wedding presents. Some two years
since the plaintiff Mr.. George Draude,
then youth of eighteen, son of a
wealthy citizen, of the West End,
wooed Miss Laura Jones, who was
very willing, and they made a match
in opposition to the wishes of the
young gentleman's parents. The pres
ents were numerous and costly-all
coming, as Is now claimed, from the
friends of the groom. They
were separated after a little over
a years married life, during which
twins were born to them and died.
Last fall the lady applied for and OBJ
tanned divorce; at the time of the
separation she had retained all of the
personal property, including the gifts
of silver at the wedding, which she
said would about balance the account
between them. When the last spark
of affection had died out of the breast
of the young husband he demanded
the return OF the silver, and when the
lady refused commenced the suit. It's
trial before Justice Campbell is said to
have been as lively as Sunday-school
picnic. the bride and bridegroom
making some home-thursts at each
other, and disclosing family secrets
quite recklessly. The bride testified
that she had "enough of George"
and that she in tended to keep not only
nhr< own presents but his too.- The
xpods naturedi Justice took the case
Enasr adviAssaeat.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23

THE largest locomotive In the
United States is being built at Sacra-
mento, Cal. Its weight will be, when
in running order, about 80 tons, or
about one-half greater than the pres
ent strongest engines. This is exclu-
sfve of tender; but including the
latter, and the fuel and water for use,
the weight of the engine will be about
e0tOns.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23
Estate Notice

ESTATE of james S. Champion, late of
Milestone township, Elk county, Pa,
deceased. Notice is hereby given that
letters testamentary have been granted
to the undersigned upon the above
named estate. All persons indebted to
said estate are requested to make i'm
mediate payment, and those having
legal claims against the same to pre-
sent them without delay, in proper
order, for settlement.
JAMES M'FARLAN, |
WILLIAM CLYDE. Adm RS.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23
Franks Farewell.
THE YOUNGEST OF THE kUMBERGERS
WRITES TO HIS PARENTS FOR THE
LAST TIME.
Harrisburg Patriot.)

LAST TIME.
Harrisburg Patriot.)
Frank Rumberger, the youngest of
the Troutnan murderers, who will
suffer death on the Oath inst. in expa-
tion of his terrible crime, has written
his farewell letter to his parents, his
brothers and his sisters, and it was
mailed to them yesterday. It's contents
may be the means of opening the eyes
of young men who are travelling the
same path in which Frank trod, and
they are therefore given below:
HARRIsBURG, Pa, March IA, 1882
Dear Mother: l write this letter now
as my last. Farewell to YOU, father,
my brothers and sisters, and to all my
relatives. 1 want to say to you,
mother, particularly. that whatever |
have been to the world and the world
to me, have been your loving son
and you have been my loving mother.
Had / taken your advice, dear mother,
l would not be where l am now You
always tried to put me in honest and
virtuous way, but didn't heed your
good advice. 1t was not because | did
not love you. 1t was not that you did
not look after me always. / seemed
to care more for bad women and low
company than 1 did for my good
mother, and now L suffer the awful
consequence. | was tempted and l
fell, to my sorrow. Had listened to
you, mother, would to-day be a free
man. You did all in your power to
make me good man. l bless you
now for what you did, mother, and L
will die blessing you with my last
breath. / want the world to know
that you were good mother to me,
for you always advised me to do what
was manly. o, that had taken your
advice. But I did not, and now l
must die an ignOminious death. My
suffering, mother, will not be as great
as yours, mother, for am not afraid
to die. What | most fear now is for
you, mother. l have repented.
know God has herd my prayers for
mercy. BE comforted, then, mother,
for we shall meet in heaven. l em'
brace you'll kiss you'll hang on your
neck, and lay my heed on your weary
breast, for you love me, mother, and
love you. BE comforted, mother
father, brothers and sisters, as l re
main your unfortunate and helpless
but happy, son and brother, and may
God bless you all. Farewell.
FRANK II. RUMBERGER.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23

THE venerable ex-senator Simon
Cameron attained his SD year on
Wednesday, the Sth inst. He is a ma
tive of Lancaster county. AS it was
but recently mention was made in this
paper of his eventful career as public
man and prominent factor in business
undertakings in the state of his nativ-
ity, an extended mention is not neces i.
sary in noting this fact. For one of
his advanced age, he is vigorous in
mind and body, as quick to compre-
hend an idea and advance opinions,
as he is active and alert in his move
nents. Having from boyhood been
temperate in his habits, not easily ex.
cited, the cares of life have not wasted
his physical strength, and he ap-
proaches the close as a veteran in the
contest, erect and in possession Of his
mental and physical resources, to a re-
markable degree.-Harrisburg Tcle-
graph.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23

The navy of the United States
costs as much annually as any but the
largest. naval forces in the world. This
is because the United States acts as a
man would who footed big payroll
when he had no factory. 1t has a
large naval force, but no navy. About
$4,000, 900 are spent yearly in pay on a
naval establishment which has no
ships good for modern war; but a care
full paper by Lieutenant G. G. Todd,
in the United Service, shows that this
expenditure is made much larger than
is necess AIRY by overlooking our wood
en- ships with idlers. Steam and ma
chinery have made an enormous saw
ing in our commercial marine on the
men employed, but our naval service
has never learned the same lesson. A
third-rate, like the Wyoming, carries
one hundred and seventy-three men;
one hundred and twenty-five could do
all the work. She has twenty-five Off
GERS; nine are ample to handle the
vessel. The saving on the navy
through reform of this character, and
Lieutenant Todd speaks with the au-
thority of an expert, would be $1,000
600 a year, enough to give us O. new
ocean cruiser yearly
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23
APPLETO N'SAMERICAN CYCLIC.
PEO1A,

This admirable work is now COM
pletein 16vols. Eachvolume containsS00
pages. 1t makesa complete and well
selected library, and no one can
afford to do without it who would keep
well informed. Price S. % in cloth,
$500 in leather, or $500 in elegant
half Turkey. For particulars address,
w. H. Fairchild, Portville, Gait. Co.,
N. Y. who has been duly appointed
agent for Elk county by G. X. Judson,
general agent.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23

The court room at Dallas, Texas,
was altogether too small to admit all
who desired to be present in the breach
ofpromise case of Evens versus CRANKY,
when the love letters of the plaintiff
were being read. A great crowd gath
cred outside the building, and man
at window obliged them by repeat
ing, in a loud voice, the sentimental
sentences as they We're uttered in court.
Evens was popular man about town,
and the choice passages from his efu-
sions were greeted with eheers-.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23
A Murderer,s Plea for his Brothers. life

HARRISBURG, Pa, March 1.-THE
following letter was placed i'm the hands
of Gov. Hoyt this morning from Frank
Rumberger, one ofthe condemned mur-
derers of Daniel TroutmaD, who will
be hanged here on Friday next:
HARRISBURG, Pa, March 16, 1882.
Coz. Henry NJ. Hoyt.
SIR: know / have forfeited all my
rights as a citizen of Pennsylvania,
but have not lost my feelings as a
man, and now write to you in behalf
of a man condemned to die for crime,
in the bloodshed of which believe he
is innocent. My conscience holds me
guilty of the death of Daniel Troutman.
1t is nowhere said in my Bible that
two lives should be sacrificed for one.
l therefore ask you to commute Henry
Rumberger's sentence of death to i'm
prisonment for life. 1 ask this in the
name of justice, unprompted by any
man, and appeal to you as the Cover
nor of this State to do this act that
mercy may honor justice.
FRANK II. RUMBERGER
The two condemned men are
brothers, and sentenced to die next
Friday.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23
STRONG
EACTS/

A great many people are asking
what particular troubles Browns
IRON BIrrxRs is good for.
II will cure Heart Disease, Psrs1-
ysis, Dropsy, Kidney Disease, Con-
sumption, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, and all similar diseases.
Its wonderful curative power is
simply because it purihes and en-
riches the blood, thus beginning at
the foundation, and by building up
the system, drives out all disease.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23
MERCANTILE APPRAIsEMENT.

The venders of Foreign and Domestic Mer-
chandise, Disc llers and Brewers, Brokers'
&C., in Elk County will take notice that they
are appraised and classed by the undersigned
Appraiser of Mercantile and other Licence
tax, for the year 1882, as follows, to-wit:
Person or firm, kind of license, class, tax
r-n,rt, mo
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23
THE post office department suggest.

THE post Office department suggests
that all letters of Importance, and cs-
pecially those containing checks or
other papers of value, shall have plain
directions for returning the same to
the sender printed on the outside. If
this plan is followed at all, it will soon
do away with the dead letter Office.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23
PIANOS.

PIANOS.
$l60 up (Stool, Cover and Book).
Elegant Square Grand, 8 strings, full
Agraffes, every improvement, only
S245. Cabinet Grand Upright S2lO
and $3.50. Other Grand Holiday Bar
gains. Jubilee Organs, S55 up (Stool
and Book. Excelsior, style AZ, Five
sect of Reeds, Is stops, only SS7.
"OrientaI," style 103, Ten set of Reeds,
20 stops, only 125. No. "bogusn sets
of reeds or dummy" stops. Ali sent
on Is days trial, freight free if unsutis-
factory. Fair and honest dealing
guaranteed. Sheet Music 1 price,
Piano. Organ, or Music Catalogue free.
MlENDELSSOHN PIANO CO., Box
205S, N. Y.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23
4 Lady Cured Of Rheumatism.

Baltimore, Nd, May =, 1880.
My health was much shattered by
Rheumatism when I commenced
taking Browns Iron Bitters, and /
scarcely had strength enough to at
tend to my daily household duties.
lam now using the third bottle and
am regaining strength daily, and I
cheerfully recommend II TO all.
l cannot say too much In praise
Gift. Mrs. MARY E. BRAsHsAR,
III Prestmanst
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23

The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, which furnished transportation
to President Garfield from Washing
ton to Long Branch last summer, now
refuse to make any charge for the SER
vice. President Roberts, referring to
the matter, says: "Our company had
not at the time, nor have they now,
any intention to make claim for COM
pensstion for the courtesies extended
to the late President, and his family,
or to the government. We felt it
would be not only duty, but a
pleasure to do what we could to in
crease the comfort and aid in restoring
the health of President Garfield.u
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23

Troy, n. Y, March 15.-Bank
bills ranging In denomination from 50
to $50 have been accepted at banks In
this city, which is. discovered are an
inch shore Of the regular size. The
persons engaged in the fraud are un-
known. They have reaped rich
harvest. The device consists of cutting
two-thirds from a bill and then one
eight Is cut from another bill of the
same denomination, and the two
pieces are pasted togather, making an
apparently genuine bank note. Five
81 bills in this way yield Sl2, and five
$40 bills make $50.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23

"A pure strengthening tonic, free
from whiskey and alcohol cures dys-
pepsia, and similar diseases. It has
never been. equalled., Browns Iron
Rittsrs.,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23

"A. Swartz Ross, Merchant Tailor
sign of the red front, Main street,
Ridgway, Pa, has on hand large
stock of gents furnishing goods in
connection with his tailoring estab-
lishment. He has large stock of
samples for winter suitings. Orders
promptly filled and all work guaran-
teed to give satisfaction.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23
THURSDAY. MARCH %, 1882.

ENTERED AT TIE PosT-oFFICE AT
RIDGwAY, Pa, AS SECOND CLASS
MAIL MATTER.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23
Prof. GuiluGttG'S French LIVER PAD.

PIUl, GllIllGIITS FTGHCH LIVER FAD.
Will positively cure Fever and Ague,
Dumb Ague, Ague Cake, Bilious
Fever, Jaundice. Dyspepsia, and all
diseases of the Liver, Stomach and
Blood. Price $l.50 by mail Send for
Prof. Guilmette's Treatise OH the Kid
neys and Liver free by mail. Address
FRENCH PAD CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
For sale by Chas. McVean, st.
MarYa, Pa.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23
Kidney Disease Cured.

klQney UtedSe Iufeu,
Christiansburg, Va, 1885,.
Suffering from kidney disesse,
from which l could get no relief,
tried Browns Iron Bitters, which
cured me completely. A child Of
mine, recovering from scarlet fever,
had no appetite and did not seem 70
be able to cat at all. Igsve him Iron
Bitters with the happiest results.
J. KYLE MONTAGUE.
Heart Disease.
Vine ST., Harrisburg, Pa.
Dec. ., 1881.
Aher trying different physicians
and many remedies for palpitztion
Of the heart without receiving any
benefit. Twas advised to try Browns
Iron Bitters. / have used two bot
ties and never found anything that
gave me so much relief
Mrs. JHnS1s HISS
For the peculiar troubles to which
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Be sure and get the Genuine.