The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-10-05
Personal.

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DIR. G. r.. Farley is putting a
building east of the Western Union
| Tel. Office.
"A son of Geo. Aaron had one leg
badly burned by stepping into a bed
of live Goals after the fire.
Jim Rbines says he has every
thing in his new building but the rat
tlesnake, and that perished in the
| flames.
Col. A. I. Wilcox, Sheriff of Nc
Kean county, was in town last:Satur
day and was swarmly greeted by his
many friends.
We are sorry to learn that. there
was some stealing during the progress
of the fire. The guiltyyparties should
be made to suffer.
Gus Woodward and Joe Wheeler
each had foot injured by being
caught by the falling wooden columns
Of the Ridgwsy Bank.
"A Swartz Ross and j. II. Ross, Jr.
have purchased of II. S. Thayer the
building now occupied by Cohen,
| Bros. Il Brownsteinc.
1t is an i'll wind that blows no
one good. The work of rebuilding
after the fire will give employment to
"a great many men.
}. w. Morgestcr wishes to express
his thanks to all who so kindly
assisted in saving his stock Of goods
on the night of the fire.
sgt. Howard Gorton he'd two
fingers of his right hand bruised
while moving a safe from Doctor
I1arley's corner building.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. p. Selcy and
daughter Joan, of Heynoldsyille, are at
Doctor Bardwell's visiting. Mr.. Ssley
is brother OF Mrs. Bardwell.
o. G. Kelts aud Frank VarOrs-
d&N, Of Kane, are very sick with ty-
phGii fever. Mr. and Mrs. John Van
Orsdall hsve been up 10 see Frank.
J. ". Morgcstcr has put up a
store at the west corner Of the court
yard where customers will receive
every attention as before. 4 fall line
Of groceries always on hand.
DR.. ". j.. Williams has pur-
chased Of Edward Derby his property
at the corner of Main aud Mill street.
The lot is SIS feet front hy 2i0 feet deep.
The consideration was $4,000.
Among the many none worked
harder, or helped 10 carry out more
goods than the ladies ofRidgway. They
deserve the thanks of all interested for
their hard work during the progress Of
the fire.
WIN. N. Sweet, shoemaker, has
established his business in ButtcI:uss'
harness shop where he will he pleased
TO see ell his Old customers and as
many new ones Ms mSy favor him
with thcir work. Just the same as
before The fire.
Atthe ". +. con ference hcIl in War
rrn last week, Rev. $. NJ. Clark was
Nlail 'cIlt't iI'fit jG!N'S Wy W l tlliiD Il,
y. Y. Rev. Mr.. Goodrich will occupy
tie i;ii.way NJ. l.. pulpit for the en-
suing year. Mr.. Clark has done good
" ori, here and ME ulSry friends will
regret thnt n three ycsra' lease is All !.
Methodist minister is. ,a;loTcd i'll one
place.
-E{on. Alfred Short, of North. Fast,
aud Htzu!iiah Kor.on, of RcrtOn
township wee here last Saturday.
They arc part owners of the Ridgway
Bank building. They are strongly
in favor oi brick buildings, ara pro-
p,-e to put up a building 65 feet by
100, thyle stories high, and. Will COM
nicnce WORK at once.
The owners oF tbc real cstate from
Bread TO Mil streets, the Larned dis
triCt are making strcnS move to
buii,i s. solid brick row from street to
street. And 81 nearly all the owners of
propertyo1I the line arc in favor of the
movement it will undoubtedly suc-
coed, Contracts have already been
nsNe hy norle parties with ). II.
EsN'Si > l. iHl biiCF llOHI MS F7b' -ffuT,f =
kiln. Several bindings will be Put
under contract this iad, and work
commenced. Next spring active op-
ersticns will commence, and brick
buildings will be the order Of the day.
On Monday morning the Borough
Council by resolution permitted the
owners of real estate in the, burned
district to build temporary structures,
eight feet high to the roof, on the OPP
posite or court yard side of the street,
across from their respective properties,
Nearly al! the owners Of property will
avail themselves of this opportunity
to put up temporary shanties in which
husiuoes may be carried on. Com
mCncing at Court street j. w. Nor
gester began u building Monday
morning. The Rhines Bros. fol-
lowed suit, and in q few days a row of
wooden buildings one story high will
face the court yard.
The safes which passed through the
fire preserved their contents in every
instance. Doctor Farley, w. S.
Service, Il. j. Miller of the Democrat,
and \. C. Craig, safes were all in
the fire. The safe of Chas Holes
Powell & Kline, A. Swartz Ross, two
owned by the Ridgway Bank, j. w.