THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866
VOL. 34.
Business Cards.
B. vV. (3KEEN,
• ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Emporium, Pa.
A business relating; to estate, collections, real
estates, Orphan's Court and general law business
will receive prompt attention. 12-ly.
J. C. JOHNSON. J. P. MCNARNEY,
JOHNSON & McNARNEY,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
EMPOHIUM, PA.
Will give prompt attention to all business en
rusted to them. 16-ly.
MICHAEL BRENNAN, ATTORNEY _ AT _ LAW
Collections promptly attended to. Heal estate
and pension claim agent,
35- ly. Emporium, Pa.
K. I). LEET.
ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW and INSURANCE AG'T.
EMPORIUM, PA
To LAND OWNERS AND OTIIKRS IN CAMERON AND
ADJOINING COUNTIES.
I have numerous calls tor hemlock ami nanl
wood timber lands, also stum page &c., and part les
desiring either to buy or sell will do well to call
on me, F - u LEET.
CITY HOTEL, , ,
\VM. MCGEE, PROPRIETOR
Emporium, Pa.
Having again taken possession of tliisoldand
popular house I solicit a share ot the public pat
ronage. The house is newly ttirnishtdand is one
ofthe best appointed hotels in Cameron county.
30-1. y.
THE NOVELTY RESTAURANT,
(Opposite Post Office,)
Emporium, Pa.
WILLIAM MCDONALD, Proprietor.
1 take pleasure in informing the public that j
have purchased the old and popular Novelty
Restaurant, located on Fourth street. It will be
my endeavor to serve the public in a manner
that shall meet with their approbation. Give me
a call. Meals and luncheon served at all hours.
n027-lyr Win. McDONALP.
BT. CHARLES HOTEL,
THOS. J. LYSETT, PROPRIETOR,
Near Buffalo Depot, Emporium, Pa.
This new and commodious hotel is now opened
forthe accommodation ofthe public. New in all
Its appointments, every attention will be paid to
the guests patronizing this hotel. 27-17-ly
MAY GOULD,
TEACHER OP
PIANO, HARMONY AND THEORY,
Emporium, Pa.
Scholars taught either at my home on Sixth
street or at the homes of the pupils. Out ol town
scholars will be dates at my rooms in this
place.
F. C. RIECK, D. D.
DENTIST.
Office over Drug Store, Emporium, Pa.
112 jsrrx* Gas and other local anaesthetics ad-
red for the painless extraction
'-.T7 !TFof teeth.
SPEClALTY:—Preservation of natural teeth, in
cluding Crown and Bridge Work.
I will visit Driftwood the first Tuesday, and
Sinnemahonini? the third Wednesday of each
month.
Political Announcements.
Alt Announcements under this head must be
signed 6.1/ the candidate and paid in advance tn
insure publication.
County Commissioner.
Having lived in this county nearly all my life and
never having for, or held, a county office,
1 have taken this opportunity to offer myself as
candidate for County Commissioner, subject to
decision of the Republican County Convention.
DELOS BURLING AM E.
Sizervillc, Pa.. Feb. 20, 18'J'J.
R. C. DODSON,
THE
Artist,
KMI'ORIVJI, I*A.
I S LOCATED IN THE CORNER STORE.
At Fourth and Chestnut Sts.,
HE FAIR FACE
is made fair by nature, but kept
fair by proper toilet accessories.
We have the pleasant preparations
that will keep your skin soft, your
face full and plump, your teeih
clean and white.
•Just now you'll appreciate
r Witch Hazel Jelly for
apped hands, face and lips.
DODSON'S PHARriACY,
Cor. Fourth and Chestnut Sts.
The Place to Buy Clieaji )
IS AT ?
J. F. PARSONS^?
Lloyd's Long Range Forcca< tQ f t j ie Weather. ,1
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RIDAY, Easterly winds; warmer- Notabli „ KT i'vrT 10 L 'W*
'W* —s *»* to ') CTARMFR i S2SHT .
Bn,w - ' OAVRIUEIII. { Manvri/' anrfthe deeicn combines grace, convvnitnee, simphcity ami strength. 1
ATURDAY, Cloudy; colder; proba- V ( ar I)aVf , the mistaken idea that the more:'"'"cacc.asi 1 i
i,lv snow or snow Hurries; brisk , lhe •' «vld«n«» of high grade is m stagic ,J :
. , ' season cl 1899 is now complete. whoel at £-28.00 with guarantee, uiu propmauon hi ■ • .> ,i
westerly winds. mf n,women and children. Web //Sve we are in" better position than ever before to supplyW
AM)AY, Fair and cool. Wti olfer these wheels to the * > n ftt()( . k the Stearns,Rambler, Crescent and b on " e u r ; i ' U ' !"£ men orwomen (I
who are looking for speed, sr /It ?hii with Uie fu>lest confidence that.if mentis to win, these men oi women J,
reliability, will accept and'.- J"* of model, high finish, all around goodness and jjj]
i 1 »--0..rt., Street. them. Jg. JXOYD.
Party Loyalty and State Lines.
From The Washington Post.
The Cleveland Leader has a long
standing reputation as a party organ.
It is an excellent newspaper, and its
location in Northern Ohio gives it
many advantages as a political guide
and oracle. When a member of the
Republican party, who is of suflieient
consequence, gets his heels over the
traces, he is sure to hear from the
Leader, and the scolding he receives is
of the continuous performance variety.
During the campaign of 1896 the
Leader was particularly severe on the
gentlemen who saw fit to walk out of
the St. Louis Convention and cast their
political fortunes with the party ofi
free silver, and when the last Ohio j
Senatorial election was pending the |
Cleveland paper exhausted its vocabu-;
lary of vehemence in treating those ;
Republican members of the Legislature 1
who declined to vote for Mr. Hanna.
But the Cleveland Leader has evi
dently undergone a remarkable change ,
of policy. Reaching over the State j
line into Pennsylvania it turns its
former views wrong side out and gives i
vent to the following utterance:
"If Senator Quay would withdraw in i
i Pennsylvania he could insure the elec- i
: tion of a good Republican to the Senate
! without further trouble. Quay, ap
pears to think, however, that he is of
more importance than his party."
Perhaps we may be permitted to in
quire of the Leader why Senator Quay
should comply with its suggestion.
Mr. Quay is a regular nominee of the
Republican party. A large majority
of the Republican members of the Leg
islature met in caucus and selected Mr.
Quay as the proper person to succeed
himself, and during the balloting they
have stuck to him most persistently.
Not only this, but during the campaign
last year the voters of the State were
daily reminded by the Democratic
orators and Democratic newspapers
that the election of a Republican Leg
islature meant the return of Mr. Quay
to the Senate, and he was as much of
an issue in Pennsylvania as Mr. Hanna
was in Ohio in 1896. There are serious
charge- against Mr. Quay, and he has
been i lictcd by a grand jury. But
Mr. Hf. \a's political opponents re
sorted t< the same methods, and the
f>nly difference is that they failed in
their efforts before the grand jury.
There are serious charges against Mr.
Hanna in the pigeon holes of a Senate
committee-room, but the Post believes
they are without foundation and made
for political effect only.
The law presumes that a man is in
nocent until the contrary has been
duly established. Therefore from a
legal and moral standpoint Mr. Quay
occupies the same position as Mr.
Hanna, and is as much entitled to the
loyal support of his party organization.
Personal ambition inspired the virulent
attacks oil the character of Mr. Hanna,
and personal ambition is the incentive
in the light on Mr. Quay. Had the
men who are fighting the Pcnnsyl
vanian been actuated by motives to
which they lay claim, they would not
have waited until the eve of the Sena
torial election to invoke the machinery
of the law against the senior Senator.
The Post does not undertake to try
the case against Senator Quay and
render a verdict. That will be attended
to in the courts later on; but it believes
in giving all public men fair treatment
and without regard to State lines.
We fear the Cleveland Leader has
several different kinds of party loyalty
in stock. It denounces the Bushnells,
the Kurtzes,the McKissons,the Masons,
the Burkes, and the other Republican
bolters in Ohio, and commends the
Wanamakers, the Martins, the Flynns,
and the remainder of the political bush
; whackers in Pennsylvania. Consis
-1 tency is not a Cleveland Leader
specialty.
Something New.
Mrs. Hard well has just placed on
sale the latest designs in shirt waist
patterns, stock collars, fancy yokes for
dresses, ties, latest styles in fancy belt
buckles and ladies' belts, and a fine
! line of muslin and lace curtains, and
sash curtains.
"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WEßSTEß.
EMPORIUM PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 9,1899.
Off for Alaska.
Another party of Emporiumites left
for Alaska, composed of the following:
Ed. Dion, Peter Liberty, Broby
and Jos. Lawsett. Frank Morris ac
companied them as far as Washington.
Something New in Husic.
What is said to be one of the most .
original and fascinating pieces of music !
for the piano, entitled "Flight of the I
Butterflies," by Rud Knauer, has just J
been published by the Popular Music j
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. Its great beauty j
lies in its simplicity and captivating j
melody. Sent on receipt of 25 cents. !
Fruit Trees and Cirape Vinef.
Mr. John Schlecbt desires to inform
the people of Emporium and vicinity,
that he is prepared to do all kinds of
pruning and trimming of truit trees
and grape vines.
As Mr. Schlecht has had over twenty
years experience in this line of work 1
we have no hesitancy in reccommend
ing him, to any in need of such services,
as possessing a high degree of compe
tency and proficiency in the art of prun
ing
Learn /"lore Trades.
It may sound a little startling, but it
is said to be true that more young
men are learning trades in peni
tentiaries than outside of them, be
cause the parents are trying to make
clerks, doctors, lawyers, and even
preachers out of material intended for
blacksmiths, carpenters and other me
chanical trades. The trouble is that
boys are too eager to avoid the labor
of life and are too anxious to follow
some calling that does not soil their
hands. And the parents are respon
sible. Bn-s should be taught that
ther y <s,;iorc: dignity in manual labor
than Ifi loafing. The farm and the
shop often yield more profit than the
office or counter.—Exchange.
Base Ball Player Dead.
The Corning Democrat of Thursday
said: "David Wetzel, of Morris Run,
Pa., was in Corning this morning on
liLs way homo from Syracuse, where
he buried his son, Wm. Wetzel. The
latter died Friday, at Dayton, Ohio,
aged thirty-one years, leaving a wife
The deceased was, several years ago,
an employee in the Fall Brook offices
in this city and was prominent in
athletic circles, particularly in base
ball. He is well remembered by many j
Corningites.
Mr. Wetzell will be remembered by
many Emporiumites as the little short
stop whose star plays fairly electrified
the spectators during the eventful
game of ball in September, 1891, be
tween the Renovo "Actives" and Em
porium's crack nine, when Messrs.
Fanning and Reidy, of Buffalo, was
the battery for the home team.
Methodist Changing.
The time was when the service of I
the Methodist churches was as plain as
that of the Quakers. But that is
changing, and now the followers of
Wesley worship in beautiful buildings,
elaborately decorated, and often have
a service which in many respects
shows the effect of the time-spirit as ;
much as the architecture One of the -
most prominent Methodist churches ;
in New York lias for some time,we are
informed, had a vested choir, and that
in a church which, in its constant j
ministry to those classses in the com
munity most often neglected, has been j
truest to Methodism. Now we are in
formed that the Centuary,the old First
and the Wabash Avenue Methodist I
Episcopal churches in Chicago have
all adopted the plan of having vested
choirs The vestment will be a flow- i
ing black gown much like the Oxford
student dress. —The Outlook.
Custom Tailoring.
John Lind, the well-known tailor
has located in Emporium and est; 1 ' "
ed a custom tailoring store in .oiinll'
bazaar, one door west of' /soil's
Store. Mr, u nc | ], ;ls an e ,° or /'s» draf
'of spring samples and j s ■*'**■« lm<
give perfect satisftctioii .n'-ftred t<
, tention paid to pressing- ' Social at
repairing. ifceaning am
— Kn-ff
Pennsylvania Pensioners.
War veterans will be interested in a
bill presented by Captain Skinner, of
Fulton, directing the auditor general
to place on the state's pension roll, on
proper application, the name of any
honorably discharged officer, soldier,
sailor or marine now residing in Penn
sylvania, who volunteered for at least
nine months in the army or navy be
tween April 14, 1801 and May 1, 1865,
who was at the time of enlistment a
resident of and credited to this state,
and who is not an inmate of a soldiers'
home, State or National, nor a United
States pensioner. The pension shall
be at the rate of one cent per day for
each day served in the war, payable
on the first Wednesday of January,
April, July and October. The pension
bill shall not bo payable to any person
of gross intemperate habits, but his
certitlcate may be payable to his wife
or ti.e guardian of his children under
eighteen years of age. Any attorney
or agent prosecuting a claim under
this act, and demanding or receiving
more than ten dollars fee, shall be lia
ble to a line of §SO for the first offense
and for any subsequent offense §IOO or
threo months' imprisonment. All such
pensions ore to cease when Congress
shall pension this class of soldiers. A
preamble to the bill argues that an act
of 1893 granted a gratuity of forty dol
lars, and an annuity of ten dollars a
month to soldiers who served two
months or more in the war of 1812, or
to th«ir widows and a similar pension
was granted for a service of less than
two months in cases of such soldiers
who were wounded.
Big Railroad Deal.
While in Ridgway last Saturday we
heard considerable talk about the sale
of the Buffalo & St. Marys R. R., to
gether with the mining interests of
Hall, Kaul & Co. The following from
the Ridgway Star, we clip:
"A deal, which in its magnitude and
the ( vionnt of money involved, has
perhaps nes'er been eclipsed in Elk
county has just been consummated,
and the evening Star today is able to
give to the outside world the first
authentic and reliable information con
cerning the same. The property in
question is the Buffalo, St. Marys and
Southwestern 11. R., and the Shawmut
Coal Mining plants, which have been
sold by the Hall-Kaul interests to a
syndicate of New York city capitalists
whose expressed intentions mean one
of the biggest booms that has struck
i this section in some time. The rail
road property, of course, is the one in
which the public is most interested,
but at the same time it is understood
that the new proprietors propose to
very materially increase the output of
the mines and further develop the
country through which the railroad
runs, to a very large extent. The most
persistent of the rumors, however, is
to the effect that the road will be ex
tended at once from Shawmut to
l Brookville, and other points in Jeffer
son county, and that a iarge amount
I of the coa) land through which the ex
; tension will pass is to be developed,
I and that the road will ultimately con
nect. with a road ia Western New York,
thus reaching the Buffalo market and
j the Lakes. While no one supposes for
arm ment that the New York bankers
th ive gone into the railroad business in
any other way than as purchasing
age' ts for some one of the big trunk
! lines, the all .absorbing question is how
I soon will Elk county be apart of the
territory to be traversed by a railroad
system, which will constitute a promi
nent competitor for the business of
this section.
Notice.
The ladies of the Presbyterian churc
| will serve the last of their fain
: oyster suppers at the home ot M- ' ,UB
S. Allen, Thursday, March 1( / !*', (
1 Don't forget the date. \
. - 2t.
For Sal
l Five work horse' - '***
Morgan mares, ' C>nc pair mat jfopii
! 2400. years old, w e-ig'ct
i 2tf.
J N - • CHAS. FUY.
P«'i., MaA:h 7tl), If i99.
' iVjariiers Wanted.
si A few Kmders wanted by the «iay
g| or v'Cf»V., Apply to Mrs. Pol lard.
o | *; ir , Rogers has adandon« thw&izer
l" i ville well, nt a depth of ! «ti feet. He
" renorts a dry hole.
Social Events.
flood Will Tent, K. O. T. M., will,
this (Thursday) evening, banquet the
lady members of the order.
Our Masonic brethern will entertain
at feast, this evening, a large number
of visiting brothers. The banquet
will take place at the Warner House,
immediately after Chapter adjourns.
Some of the champion eaters of this
section will be here; Billy Lloyd will
have to look to liis laurels.
We regret that we omitted to men
tion, in last issue of the PRESS, the
fact that a large party of friends made
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Housler an un
expected call, on the evening of the
28th of Feb. They enjoyed themselves
right royally and were delightfully
entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Housler.
"The Gang" invaded the residence
of Hon. I. K. Hockley last Tuesday
morning, made themselves welcome
and deliberately prepared for a good
dinner which they certainly did have.
The occasion of the call was to assist
Mrs. Hockley in celebrating, indue
form, her (we think she said 34th)
birthday. "The Gang" certainly did
have a good time. After tiring out
their welcome they then paid Mrs. R.
Warner a visit and aided her in duly
celebrating her 69th anniversary.
This good lady took pity on them and
asked the small (?) eaters to remain
for the balance of the day and evening
and it was the wish of her host of
friends that she might live to celebrate
many similar occasions.
Death's Doings.
STONE.
Mrs. Rachel Stone died at the family
residence, at Junction, in this place,
last Monday morning, aged 65 years.
Deceased nad been sick only a few
days with catarrh of the stomach.
Funeral services were held at the resi
dence last Tuesday morning—Revs.
Johnston and McCaslin officiating.
The remains were taken to Eagleville,
Pa., for burial.
NOBRIS,
John Norria, for many years one of
the most active business men in
porium, died at Kane, last Tuesday,
where lie had resided for some times.
Mr. Norris had been in poor health
ever since leaving Emporium—suffer
ing with heart trouble. He was in his
tiOt 11 year.
Deceased came to Emporium in 18'
and actively engaged in business
contractor and builder. He w '
member of Emporium lodge I. O "'f
and A. (). U. W., holding an i
of $2,000 in the latter. xswrancc
The old friends and neig l ~
bereaved widow and chr
sympathize with them n ' n 1 12.
reavement. ™ their be '
THE FU:
The remains will
0.. the:s:2o tra> arrive in Emporium
and the funera' '* afternoon
Junction upor ' lll be heM lrom thc
» tohe arrival of the train.
AS we 'OHILSON.
death of P ress we ,oarn o1 t!u '
awiy J'eta •O. Ghil:-:on, who passed
R j.„ at . lv.; L'.inily residenc on Third
jot, at cne o'clock to-day. Mr.
,/rilson wa > > taken sick about two
months ago with dropsy, and lias been
confined U km bed ever since, gradu
ally wastir g away, and for the past
two weds liis death was hourly ex
pected. He has been a resident of
Emporium for many years and raised
a large family of seven children, five
boys ar.d two girls, all of whom, to
gether with a wife, survive him. He
was a member of the Citizen llose
Company and the G. A. R. Post, of
this place.
Some Specials.
The Great Ralston Health Club Break
fast Food, made from selected wheat.
A perfect food for both delicate and
strong stomachs.
Frying tomatoes put up by Mrs. J.
W. Lippincott, are 15c. a quart tin.
Solid ripe halves.
Grape-Nuts; a food, fully cooked,
predigested. Our word for it; a mer
itorious article.
"Lion" coffee, lib pkg., 11c. This
lot only. DAY'S.
Ladies' Latest.
Just received from the leading im
porters of this country, the finest, most
complete line of laces and embroideries
ever offered for sale in Emporium.
Bargain day every day. Regubr bar
gain day prices all the time. This is
authentic.
MRS. E. O. BARDWKLL.
Finer than Ever.
I lugs from thoroughbred fowls finer
than ever— Rose-comb White Leghorn
and Barred Plymouth Rock. §I.OO
per 13.
l-.Jt R. C. DODSON.
TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE.
BRIEF nENTION.
Our new goods are arriving daily
and when they are unpacked we will
have the finest line of gents furnishing
goods and men's and boys' clothing in
Cameron county. N. SEGER.
Only one in ten of those who joined
the rush to the gold fields of Alaska
succeeded in bringing home more
wealth thon they possessed at starting,
says an exchange. Peoplo hear about
the successful one.
Col. Watterson says that if Bryan is
nominated next year on the old plat
form, nothing more can be done than
to "close the open grave and plant,
some flowers above the last remains of
the Democratic party."
A little girl whose mother left her
alone at night, after telling her the
room was full of angels was heard say
ing to her doil: "Now dollie, you
mustn't afraid. The room is all full of
angels. It beats the devil how afraid I
am of angels."
To protect yourself from the chilly
blasts of March winds, you need good,
serviceable clothing and underwear.
N. Seger'B annual spring closing-out
sale is now in progress, and you would
do well to avail yourself of the bargains
he is offering.
The local editor of the Cattaraugus
Times, who is a young lady, get« off
the following: "A kiss is a noun,
though generally used as a conjuction;
it is never declined; it is more than
proper; it is not very singular, is gen
erally used in the plural number and
agrees with me."
Special meetings are in progress at
Rich Valley church, conducted by the
pastor, Rev. W. Readett. In connec
tion with these services the last quar
terly meeting of this conference "yeav
for Cameron circuit will be held Marot
18 and 19.Rev. I.
v. N. Y., will have charge of the
services. Everybody jnvited.
The Lock lfnv Y)emocrat says that
reports froD~ th 6 Kf , ttle C reek region
ire to th j that the construction
'-JO taUroad from Cross Fork to i.i
i.i growing brighter every
day. the last few months two
•Hen h A\>' !>eer making an estimate of
timber on 'ands in that section, and a
jrrjat deal of this timber has already
zeen purchased by the Goodyear
brothers.
Tnei.xi is some talk of organizing a base
bait league among towns in this sec
tion. This Hhould not be allowed to
end in talk and we respectfully suggest
the following as an ideal eight-club
circuit: Mt. Jewett, Kane, Ridgway.
St. Marys, Johnsonburg. Emporium,
Port Allegany and Smothport. Repre
sentatives from each of these towns
should get togctb' rand see what can
bo dono in the matter.—Smetbpor'
Miner.
A crank <?a:no running into the office
Did said that a man swallowed a two
foot rule and died by inches. The
editor started out to learn further par
ticulars of the death, and, meeting Dr.
Martin, told him about the case. Tie
paid that's nothing; that he had a
patient once who swalled a thermomr
tor and died by degrees. A couple o!
bystanders just then chipped in. One
of them said it reminded him of a folio v.
down in Kansas who swallowed a pistol
and went off easy. The other one said
he had a friend in Laeon who took a
quart of applejack, and died in good
spirits.—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
A female Sam Jones is stirring the
people out in Missouri, says an ex
change. In a sermon recently she said
"There is a man in this house who is
untrue to his wife! I am going to
throw this hymn book at him." She
raised the book as if she was going to
throw it, and every man in tiio house
but one ducked his head, to avoid the
book. Then she blistered the dodgers
and lauded the one true man.it xvas
afterward learned that he was deaf and
dumb, and he would have been fright
ened, good man, if he had onlv known
that she was to throw the hymnal,
even at another.
Notice to Odd Fellows.
All Odd Fellows of No. 984, are re
quested to meet at their hall Thursday
evening at 7:30 o'clock to make ar
rangements for the funeral of John
Norris, on Friday afternoon at 3:20,
Legs Crushed.
(ico. Laeey, employed as brake;nan
on W. N. Y. <& P. Ry., met with an ac
cident, on the Hill, this morning that
may prove fatal. An empty car passed
over both less, crushing them fright
fully. He was brought to the Ameri
can Hotel at this place and Dr. Bard
well summoned, who expresses some
hope of saving the limbs.
NO. 2.