j\ M COU r p 'Y" JRI jj^ 1
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866
VOL. 34.
NEW STORE. FRESH GOODS.
CRAMER'S
Popular Variety Store
We thank the public for the very gen
erous patronage bestowed upon us since
we purchased this establishment. We
have just added a very fine line of
Ladies Dress and Fancy Goods.
Bargains in Every Department.
Ladies Waists, Skirts, Wrappers ami
Suits at Special hot weather bargains.
Ladies 9 - Furnishing - Goods.
f* Tinware, Glassware,
Silverware, Dishes, by sets,
One hundred jnece
£ Dinner and Tea Sets,
Crockery,
I Lamps, Lanterns.
£ Clocks,
£ Table Oil Cloth,
r Clothes Wringers,
I Window Shades, Wall Paper,
< Sewing Machines,
We are closing out Men's Clothing at cost.
I). F. CRAMER,
Emporium, Pa.
I GLASSWARE I
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FIVE HUNDRED |
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.[] Pieces of Glassware at prices m
j] that are less than one half value, p]
H; To those who appreciate rare [j]
fjj opportunities, this is a happy
Li happening. There is not an in- pi
ferior piece in the lot, but we j£!
need the room for other goods
Ln that are arriving almost daily, ru
hence this clearance sale. All
n] are marked in a way that will [n
Ui soon leave to us the space they ru
[u occupy. You will appreciate |fl
™ the marked down prices when [n
In you see the articles themselves, m
[JJ There should be but little delay [j]
n] between the reading of this l> ad" [n
uj and the handling of the spark- nJ
ling Glassware shown here in [j]
aj such large quantities and at [n
Ln such low prices. ru
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|WE QUOTE A FEW: |
k . $
[n 1 pt. pitchers at sc, worth 10c. pj
pJ 1 qt. pitchers at 10c, worth 20e. Ln
H] 2 cjt. pitchers at 15c, worth 35c. [jj
In Butter dishes, with covers, at pj
pi 15c, worth 30c. tf]
n] Spoon Holders, at 5 and 10c, [j;
|n worth 15c and 20c. nJ
m Sugar Bowls with covers, at 15c, ill
m ' worth :50c. ft
Ln 12 in. Bread or Cake, Trays, at nJ
pi 10c, worth 25c. 01
s] Sq. shaped Berry Dishes, at se, J;
[n 10c and 15c, worth 10c, 20c nj
pJ and 30c.
n] Round shaped Berry Dishes at
In sc, 10c and 15c, worth 10c, ixj
pj 20c, and 30c. 0]
p[] 10 in. high footed Salver at 20c, [n
worth 40c. m
iu COME IN EARLY. ASTHESE GOODS |jj
fn ARE BOUND TO SELL H]
VERY FAST. ft
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2Sa5 BSiIETdHHS
Advertise in the PKESS.
IP Lloyd's Long Range Forecast of the Weather. "*1
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L| I RI!)A\ , I loh.iblv show(.l h \boiit (lie fiv.-t thing a man or woman wants to do in hot weather
[1 SATURDAY, Fair. % j* to get rid of as much clothing as possible. What we want to do 'j
•Jjj i JlO C WBqLOEU < is to get rid of as much as possible of our kodaks, sporting goods, lish- |J
.| SUNDAY, Fair weather. > ing tackle and wall paper to make room for our fall stock. While we h
{. "vvww v v»~'wvdo not quote prices in this advertisement, it is not because we could ||| {
, | The confidence we have in the char- n()t > l,ut Realise (here are too many lines. No one can quote you lower prices, and no one can offer
M actor of the goods we sell, and the ' you lie) ter goods. \\ hat more do you wanl. or what more could you ask ?
Jl|j| prices fixed for them, make us 11
I ifiii eager at all times to take back any- [ ■
,v thing that fails to please our ff if
111 customers. Fuortli street* JHL» • it I#• JI
L'OGAL _NOTIGES.
NEW and stylish line of gents collars
iat Jasper Harris'. Call and see them.
They are beauties.
WANTED— Active parties to sell Tea,
Coffee, Spices and linking Powder, to
families. Liberal commission allowed.
Apply to Grand Union Tea Co., 33 W.
Long Ave., Dußois, Pa. 21-3t j
SPECIAL SATURDAY SALE.— Saturday,
July 29, one day only, I will sell Shirt
Waists wortli 75c, at 35c. Higher
grades also reduced.
Mas. E. O. BAUDWELL.
LADIES! clean your kid gloves with
Miller's Glovine, for salo only by ;
Balcom & Lloyd, headquarters for kid ,
gloves and the famous Dartmouth j
gloves; all the latest shades. 5-ly |
Now if you wish to keep cool this
warm weather, you must dress cool.
N. Seger can fit you out with most any- ;
thing you may wish in this line, and
at a very small cost.
That suit of yours is badly worn
and there is no occasion for you to
wear such clothes, as N. Seger can fit :
you out from head to feet at a lower
price and better value than ever before. 1
Fou SALE.—A pure blooded Guernsey |
bull, two years old; sire and darn reg- j
istered; not vicious, and broken to
lead. Enquire of
IX BURLINGAME,
18-4t Sizerville, Pa.
A Bio RUSH for those 82.00 Cabinet :
Photos at Schriever'3, About 2.000 of
the cards have already gone and there
are less than 3,000 left. They will lust
but a few weeks longer, so those who
wish these pictures should come at
once. Remember they are only ,y_'.Uo
a dozen while this fctoek lasts.
Very truly,
.1. I>. SCHKIEVER.
JOSIAH ALLEN'S WIFE'S NEW STORY.
"Josiah Allen's Wife'* : Marietta Hoi
ley ) has finished her new storv, and
the first installment is published in the
August Ladies' Home Journal. It is in
her characteristic, humorous vein, but
may be said to be a story with purpose.
It bears the mame of "My Stylish
Cousin's Daughter."
CABINET PHOTOGRAPHS.— S2.OO per
dozen. 1 have on hand 5.000 Ivory tte
finish Cabinet Cards. I will make
Carbonette finish pictures, mounted on
these cards, for §2 per dozen—regular
§4 stock. As I am not making any more
Ivoryette finish pictures and have this
| stock on hand, I wiil make photographs
mounted on the same for the above
price, until all this stock is used. I
will not make any cabinets at this price
after this supply is gone. Come early
as this stock will not last long.
Very truly,
J. B. SC UIJIEVER,
16-tf Emporium, Pa.
The Shop Picnic.
The annual picnic of the Ilenovoites,
!at this place, last Tin .sday, was verv
I largely attended, about eighteen hundred
: being in attendance. Tli' day was cs
i coedingly warm and dusty yet the great
crowd .seemed to have a LTOOII time.
There was a notircable scarcity of fakirs.
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From Austin Republican.
; S. D. McDonald, of Emporium, called
! in town on Monday last.
H. P. Minard was over from Empo
rium on business, the first of the week.
Allen Baldwin, of Emporium, for
: merly of this place, was in town on
| Monday.
I The club called the "Jolly Nine 1 '
i were entertained by a party of Empo
i rium "swells" last evening The party
j was chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. P. A.
j Gallup.
| The contracts have been signed for
; the erection of a largo new saw mill at
; Galeton. The work of clearing the
I ground was commenced this week,
j The new company is the Emporium
| Hardwood Co., with W. L. Sykes as
manager. The site chosen is the land
on the flat in the center of the town.
J Fifty men will bo given employment
| and the mill will be completed and in
: operation before snow flies.
"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WEßSTEß
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 27,1899.
Dangerous Sidewalks.
There are numerous outrageously
dangerous walks in Emporium and it
will be well for property owners to pay
attention to the law, ere some one is in
jured. The law says, "Whenever the
I abutting owner is by law bound to
keep the highway in repair, he is liable
for any injury caused by his negli
i gence and municipality if subjected to
j action by reason of negligence, has re
course over him." The law accepts
110 excuses, so get on a hustle before
I you get a bill of damages to pay.
A Chapter of Accidents.
| Joe, the little son of James Farrell,
i while crossing the street 011 Saturday
I evening was knocked down and mil j
! over by a bicycle, but fortunately was i
j not very badly hurt.
# #
Last Thursday ex-Sheriff .1. W.
ICriner, who has been superintending j
' the erection of a barn at Frank Shives' !
j farm, near Emporium, met with a
painful accident lie fell through the i
1 barn floor, striking his face against a |
I dank, sustaining severe injuries and
has been confined to his residence ever
since. Mr. Kriner was unconscious {
when picked up and suffered consider- !
able until Sunday. He is now able to j
be about again.
Last Monday, Mr. S. Hillyard, who j
has been employed in (J. 15. Howard & j
Oo.'s mill at this place, had the mis- !
j fortune to get the two middle fingers |
i of his left hand caught in the chain of 1
i the gang, cutting oil' about one inch '
|of the fingers. lie was taken to Dr.
; Bardwell's office and the injured mem- j
I hers amputated at first joint. Mr.
Hillyard is one of Howard & Co.'s 1
' most faithful men and his accident—
the first we believe—will lay him off 1
for only a few days. His friends, and
they are legion, are glad the injuries I
were not more serious.
Lost in the riountains.
Last Thursday the campers at (lie!
: Cabin, near Xorth Bend, enjoyed (?) a
genuine scare. The party from lOtnpo
lium were winding up the week's sport,
preparatory fur leaving for home, when
two of the young ladies composing the
party, Miss iva Cole, of Keokuk. lowa,
laud Miss Ada lloekley. ol' lOmporiuin,
thought il would be fun to take a a stroll
up the steep) mountain in the rear ol the
cottage and pick a few berries lbr tea.
The girls not returning as soon as tliey
were expected, men were >tarted in .search.
Night was almost 011 the party, yet uo
i traces of I lie missing girls. Kxcitenient
| was now intense. Just think of two
young ladies alone in a dense forest, sur
rounded by snakes and all kinds of wild
animals. Lunches were quickly packed
lor tin all night search and a messenger
dispatched to the Bend for additional
men. 11i icy \\ arner and I. K. Hockley
plunged into the briars and slashing,
I while 15. W. Green and Win. Howard
i started for Italy to call out the construc
j tiou crew. At this time up went a shout
—the lost were found. The girls had
taken the wrong road arid wandered
j through the mountains, coming out seven
! miles from the Cabin. They had trav
; eled fifteen miles and when found were
foot sore and about tired out. <)f course
thev were received with cheers and music
by the band—all the tin utensils of the
camp. It was an experience long to be
remembered and not soon to be forgotten,
especially by the brave young ladies.
Volunteers for Philippines.
1 Frank T. McNarney, a former captain of Com
pany 11, 12th regiment, and late of the U. S. army
lias been authorized by Adjutant General Corbin
to raise men from this district for service in the
■ Philippines. Captain McNarney has the assur
ance that the men will be assigned together with
him and go direct to the Philippines, there to
join one of the two skeleton regements now be
ing formed, it is quite an advantage for the men
; of this district to ha"e the opportunity to enlist
j and serve with a man who lias been proven a
1 thorough soldier in peace and war.
Captain McNarney is the only man in Penn
sylyania who has received a certificate of merit
for bravery in the Spanish-American war, and is
thoroughly competent to handle his men under
any and all circumstances. The Adjutant Gen
i eral has instructed the recruiting officer at Wil
lianisport to muster In the men as volunteer
Philippine soldiers, and place tliem at a hotel
until the required forty men are together, when
they will proceed to the Philippines by way of
the Presedio.
Captain McNarney is now in this city and can
be seen at the Keystone printing office on Helle
avenue —Clinton Republican.
This will be an opportunity for Cam
eron county men to enlist for two
years. Apply at once to ('apt. Mc-
Narney, at Williamsport. Capt. Mc-
Narney is well known in Emporium,
being brother of J. P. McNarney.
BRIEF fIENTION.
Dusty on Tuesday.
Buy a road sprinkler.
Emporium schools commence August
28th.
The sewer up Chesnut street is com
pleted.
Landlord Murphy is tre.ating the Com
mercial Hotel to a fresh coat of paint.
Fourteen men are now employed in
Emporium Machine Co.'s plant, at this
place.
Workmen have just finished painting
and otherwise repairing the residence
of Thos. Gallagher.
The Free Methodists held an open
air meeting at. the corner of Broad and
Fourth streets on Saturday evening.
The section men on the B. & S., have
been give an increase of ten cents a
day in wages. The advance went into
effect on the 17th,
An eel, thirteen feet in length, was
caught in the Seneca lake recently.
Respectfully dedicated to the Sinne
mahoning Liars Club.
Howard & Co.'s mill shut down on I
Tuesday afternoon in order to give
the men an opportunity to witness the
ball game between Re'novo and Empo
rium.
We understand that, owing to the
outbreak of Small Pox in Clearfield
and other near by counties the State
law requiring all school children to bo
vaccinated before they can attend
school, will be rigidly enforced this
year.
Attorney J. A. Ormerod, of Austin,
has leased about 1000 acres of land in
Southern Potter and Cameron counties
for an oil company, who will com
mence operations immediately.—Potter
Journal.
Ex-County Commissioner Elihu
Housler, died at his residence on North
Creek, yesterday afternoon, aged 70
years. Ho leaves a widow and several
grown up children. We have not the
date of the funeral, as we goto press.
On Saturday the alarm of fire was
sounded and the fire located in the
ware room ot M C. Tulis' store. The
fire department responded promptly,
but the fire had been extinguished be
fore they arrived. No damage was
done.
At the biennial convention of the
Maccabees held at Port Huron, Inst
Wednesday, week, the following otli
e<*: s were elected: Hon. P. I). .Markey,
Com; <!. I Siegel, Supreme Record
Keeper and Dr. R. E. Ross, Medical
Examiner.
There has never been known a time
in Emporium when the sidewalks were
in such a deplorable condition. In
very many cases there can be no ex
cuse offered, for the property owners
are abundantly able to repair or re
build. Where is the sidewalk com
mittee?
Gen. J. B. Gordon will lecture at this
place, before the Teachers' Institute,
Oct. 17, delivering his popular lecture
"Last Days of the Confederacy." This,
in all probability, will be the last op
portunity the people of this section
will have to hear this well known
lecturer. (Jen. Gordon is the last liv
ing Confederate General of high i-auk.
Alden Deets, 27 years old, was per
i haps fatally injured while engaged in
dynamiting fish near Franklin, on
| Saturday. He was in a boat, and was
l preparing to explode a stick ofdyna
i mite in the water when it exploded in
; liis hand. The right hand was blown
j off, one eye was blown out, and the
| sight of the other destroyed, and he
! was terribly cut and bruised about the
head and limbs.
A great sensation has been caused in
Clearfield by the extraordinary revival
meetings of the Free Methodists. A
| few days ago some sixty men and
| women came to the park and formed a
j camp meeting. They wero from Mc
| Kean, Elk, Clarion and Cameron
I counties. They paraded the streets of
i the town before each of their meetings,
j singing hymns and exhorting the
; crowd. At their meetings their re
, ligious ecstacies recall the tales of the
j revival of the last century. During a
i heavy storm one woman lay for two
hours in a trance, another ran up and
down in front of the platform until she
dropped exhausted to the ground.
Others watched nightly for the second
coming. Great crowds attended the
meetings.—Bellefonte Watch man.
R. R. Picnic Weather.
j Last Tuesday morning it kept every -
j body guessing whethc r it would rain that
: 'lay. Hut we want to remind you that
lin last Thursday's PRESS, our local
| weather forcaster said, '• At this time it
| looks like showers for It. R.. picnic." It
| sprinkled in the morning and rained in
j tlie even int.'. hut it was an ideal picnic
j weather. You can get the weather in
I the PRESS as well as the news.
15ASK BALL (iAHLS.
Emporium Shut Out at Renovo the
Best (iame Ever Played There.
The Emporium base ball team went
to Renovo last Saturday and crossed
bats with the latter team and meeting
ignominious defeat, being completely
shut out by a score of 3 to 0. Never
theless it was a holly contested game
and clearly demonstrated that even
though our boys were shut out, that
they fan put up a thoroughly interest
ing and exciting game. A special dis
patch to Grit, dated Renovo, says"it
was the best game ever played here,
the visitors putting up a good stiff
game." The boys certainly played an
excellent game, allowing Renovo only
one earned run, the other two scoring
on errors. Parrel I played his usual
errorless game at lirst base, Overturf
was in fine form, while the superb
Holding of Wykott' and Pearsall were
prominent features of the game, and
Mumford, behind the bat, did effectual
work. The score taken for the PRESS
is as follows:
EMPORIUM.
A B R I LI PO A E
Parrel] lb I o o Ho o
C&vanaugh '2b I o II 4 r> o
Mumford c 1 0 0 I 0 1
Overturf, p 4 0 0 1 5 0
Ganey ss 1 o 0 0 5 3
Quinn 3b 4 0 1 4 li 1
Pearsall, e 112 3 0 11 () ci
Hteinhopper, If 3 0 0 o o o
Wykoff, r 112 3 0 1 2 0 0
Total 33 0 3 24 21 5
RENOVO.
All li IB PO A E
McManigal, 3b 4 o 0 11 1
Friel, c 4 i l 5 4 0
McCarthy, 2b 4 0 0 3 6 0
Stout, p 4 0 2 ! 2 1
O'Conuelllb I 0 0 9 3 0
Gordon, c 112 3 11 1 0 1
Unckle, If 3 o o o 0 o
Kane, r 112 3 lo o u o
Shearer, ss 3 0 0 3 (J 2
Total 32 3 4 27 24 5
Batteries, Overturf and Mumford, Stout and
Friel; struck out, by Overturf 3. by .Stout 4; bases
on balls, by Overturf 2. by Stout 2; two base hit,
Gordon; earned runs, Renovo 1. Umpire,
O'Connell.
Renovo News: Don't think the
Renovo club can't play ball after Sat
urday's game. It was as pretty a con
test as was ever witnessed on the
home ground;; and reminded the spec
tators of the famous games played by
tlu: old resolutes many years ago.
There were only seven hits made in
the game, live of which were made by
Renovo players. Renovo had three
and Emporium four errors, yet the
game was a faultless one throughout.
It was a gentlemanly contest too; no
wrangling, no bickering and nothing
to mar the pleasure of the spectators,
excepting the unusual friendship of
Old Sol who made humanity sweat. It
was hot Every person person present
will concede that, but il it were twiqe
as hot the spectators would have re
mained for it was a battle royal be
tween the two teams, ihe members of
which know how to play the national
sport
The battery work of Stout and Friel
was spuperb. Only two hits were made
off "Jimmy"and these were of the
"scratchy" order amounting to naught
Will Friel is as good behind the bat as
in the pitcher's box, and proved be
yond all doubt that he is an exception
al, all 'round player. Hut McMani
gal's work at third captured the hearts
of the fans by storm. Harry is a na
tural ball player and a quick one, too.
He had four put-outs, of the gilt-edged
order, and four assists of the lightning
variety besides one hit.
The work of the Emporium club was
also good—better, in fact than any
club that has played here this year.
The score of 3 to 0 is no disgrace to
Emporium because it takes a first-class
nine to hold the score this fine. And
the Emporium boys made a most fav
orable impression too. They are a
crowd of gentlemen as well as a nine
of ball players.
MET DEFEAT HERI- A(iAIN ON TUESDAY.
Our Boys Played Loosely in the l irst three
Innings and the Visitors Gained a Lead that
the Home Team Could Not Overcome—The
Score was 13 to 5.
The Emporium and Renovo teams
played the "rubber" on Tuesday, on
the home grounds, resulting in a vic
tory for the latter club. Nearly a
thousand people gathered at the
grounds to witness the game and the
Renovo "rooter" was much in evi
dence. Renovo went to bat lirst and
succeeded in batting in three runs be
fore the side was retired, and several
scores in the next two innings gave
the visitors a lead which the "fire
lighters" could not overcome. As for
Emporium they scored a succession of
"goose eggs" up to the fifth, when
they began to hit pitcher Friel to
effect and scored three runs. Then
Emporium failed to score again untill
the ninth, when they added two more
making live in all. The first
three innings was rather loosely played
and was where the Renovos secured
their lead, but after that the boys got
together and played the game. The
features of the game were McManigal's
work at third for Renovo, and the
battery work of Overturf and Mumford.
The score:
RENOVO. EMPORIUM
ab r ho a el ab r ho a e
McM'gl 3b. ■> 3 2 2 3 0 Farrell lb. 10 0 !l 0 2
Friel p 5 2 2 o 3 o George3b. 4 1 13 3 2
! McC'ty 2b.. 52 3 1 Ci 0 Cava'gh 2b 3 2 1 3 2 u
I Stout e 53 3 5 0 Mumford cI 1 212 1 0
j O'C'nelllb. 5 l 214 0 olOverturf, p 4 1 l 0 4 0
! Gordon, cf. 5 0 1 0 0 0 Wanev ss.. to I 0 8 1
ITnkle 1f.... r> o 0 0 0 o Wykoifrf.. I o 0 0 0 0
i Kane rf ...3 2 1 2 0 0 Pearsall cf 3 0 0 0 0 0
! Shearer ss.. 1 0 1 3 2 1 MeF'den If :i 0 0 0 11
Total. .43 13 1527 16 1 Total. .33 5 627 11 6
■ Earned runs, Renovo 0, Emporium 5; two base
. hits, McManigal, McCart iv. Stout 3, O'Conuel;
three base hits, Friel. Mumford; stolen bases,
i Friel, Shearer; left on bases, Renovo 2, Empo
rium 2; ba-o on balls, Kane, Cavanaugh; hit by
pitched ball, Kane; struck out, by Overturf 9. by
Friel 3; passed balls, Mutuford 2; time 1:50, um
pire O'Connell.
i We were unable to get the official
1 score; the above being taken from the
Renovo News.
TERMS: $2.00 — $1.50 IN ADVAXCI
Handsome Market.
Alex. MeDougall believes in being
fully up to the times anil occupying a
front seat on the band wagon, lie lias
enlarged his meat market, connected
with his popular grocery establishment,
and turnished it with an up-to-date city
outfit, making it one of the most attrac
tive meat markets in town, llis admir
able cold storage room adjoining his
market, enable,- him to handle a greater
variety of meats and to better accommo
date bis increasing patronage.
Jolly Pleasure Soakers.
Last Tuesday, while journeying
through the dust towards the Renovo
pic-nie, being held in Wiley's Grove, we
were "flagged by a jolly party of Jteno
voites, who were taking a rest on 1". C.
Davison's terrace. We noticed tho fol
lowing in the party: John I'. Shaffer,
Jr., associate editor <>f tin 1; novo
Record. 1,. <'. Smart, K. W.Shaffer,
foreman of the Renovo Record, Truman
Xcyheart. L. -1. Reynolds, accompanied
by Mi--. - Carry Ileek. Millie 112 ail, Ella
Good. Clara 1 lollinjisworth, all of Renovo
and Miss Carrie Smart, of Westport.
and Miss Lillian Shaller, of Williams
burg. The jovial party certainly did
have a fine time.
The editor ot the < Vudcr.-port Knter
prise must be a beautiful cuss andaftcr read
ing his last boiler plate edition and grab
bled news from his exchanges, one is lead
to believe that lie knows little or nothing
of what constitutes the position of an
editor of a newspaper. Some weeks
ago there appeared a comniucation in the
Pukss relative to a game of ball played
between Emporium and Coudcrsport
nines, which appears to have been highly
displeasing to the immaculate editor of
the Knterprise and ho forthwith empties
his vile stomach upon the editor of this
journal. We know no more about the
matter in controversy than the Enter
prise, yet we aro informed, reliably, that
tin; Emporium boys have just cause to !>c
aggrieved and only want, lair play, but
this the. Coudcrsport nine dare not even
attempt to give. Von may vomit your
venom on us, Mr. Enterprise, to your
heart's content, but you can't play ball a
little bit—marbles would answer the
better.
We have no time for such "rot' as
the editor of the Huterprise indulge in
and the disgusting exhibition he delight
in making of himself upon the least pro
vocation. An editor who allows himself
to be drawn into such tirades only lessons
his manhood and the community in
which he resides despises the author.
In reply to the beautiful (?) and affection
ate (?) reference to ourselves, as well as
the Piiess, we have only this to say:
When the Enterprise editor and his sub
sidized journal has established a record
equal to the Press for clean journalism,
loyalty to its party and county then,
and only then, can it look at home for
consolation. Personally we are abund
antly able to defend our political course
and that is more than the Enterprise man
dare attempt, for fear he might take a
flop while at it—if the right man ''sees
him first.
Low-down bar-room language we
never learned. That we leave to Butter
worth, if he enjoys it. Good bye.
Why Not Pave Fourth Street?
The question, "Shall the Borough of
Emporium pave Fourth street ?'' we
daily hear discussed by our citizens and
property owners. While a few, of course,
protest against any such extravagant and
useless (?) expenditure of money, the
great majority of our citizens realize that
the more useless expenditure of money in
keeping up the street the past twenty
years has been an outrage. After the
expenditure of many thousands of dollars
what have we to-day. Nothing but mud
or dust. Let our borough fathers prop
| erly investigate the question and should
they find the project feasible submit the
matter to the people. Emporium has
practically no debt to speak of. The
borough can be bonded for §IB,OOO for
a long term of years and the bonds
readily disposed of at a low rate ot inter
est. thereby allowing the rising generation
to pay the principle. Fourth street
paved would be one of the handsomest
in the state; property would increase in
value as a result of the expenditure; mud
and dust would not. cause the merchants
annoyance and the housewife hard work
In short, it would be oconoinj in the
right direction.
We should like to hear from our lead
ing citizens and taxpayers upon this
question. Think it over and let us hear
from you. Our columns are open to all.
Now is the time to strike.
Niagara Falls Excursion. Sunday, Aug. G.
The W. N. Y. & P. Ry. will run a
| popular low rate excursion to Niagara
! Fails, Sunday, August 6th. Special
! train will leave Emporium at 8:00 a. ni
| Fare for round trip $2.50. Seven hours
jat the Falls. Returning, special train
j will leave Niagara Falls 7:30; Buffalo
I 8:15 p. in. Tickets also good for return
I passage on all regular trains Monday,
I August 7th. This will bo the last
) Sunday excursion to the Falls this
Summer. Take it in. 22-2t
NO. 22.