THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
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- ! j
erous patronage bestowed upon UR since I
we purchased this establishment. We i
j have just added a very fine line of
Ladies Dress and Fancy Goods.
Bargains in Every Department.
! | i
i j Ladies Waists. Skirts, Wrappers and [
; j Suits at Special hot weather bargains. i j
Ladies' • Furnishing - Goods, ij
112 Tinware, Glassware,
\ Silverware, Dishes, by sets,
{ One hundred piece
t Dinner and Tea Sets,
112 Crockery,
112 Lamps, Lanterns,
112 Clocks,
I Table Oil cloth,
112 Clothes Wringers,
112 Window Shades, Wall Paper,
( Sewing Machines,
We are closing out Men's Clothing at cost. j
D. F. CRAMER,
Emporium, Pa. j j
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| STYLES.
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uj ray of colors, materials and ™
[p patterns and a pleasing variety n]
[]: of handles fill up our arsenal t{]
Qj of defiance to sunshine. "]
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ft to the charm of these rich and [j!
ui beautiful creations, which [u
In realize artistic effects hitherto n]
(Jj unatteinpted but always in sj
fjj perfect harmony with the "]
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jg WAISTS.
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Jj a great many waists. We [n
JT protitedt by hints from you [u
Cj during May, June and July, n]
[}{ and bought only of the styles |{]
ruin demand. So while the as- u]
rfl sortments show the inroads m
{{] made by the greatest seasons [}j
uj selling we have ever known, [u
Ln the styles are pretty and them
{Jj patterns are the sorts asked f{]
fjj for. Our stock offered at U]
n] prices lower than ever before [n
n] is clean and attractive, there (ji
uj is no collection of unsalable ()|
Ln stuff here, hanging like a mill- nJ
(Jj stone on the few desirable n]
[jj survivors. jn
| MUSLIN S
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nl full stock and the newest ef
nj fects for summer wear, and [}l
uj our showing of Ladies Mus- jjj
lin Uuderwear was never so nJ
ft complete as during this sea- n]
pJ son. What the stock con-
nj tains makes it a harvest of uj
i{] rare opportunities. Bj
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LACES, a fine, new line just received
from one of the largest importing
houses in America.
MRS. E. O. BAROWELL.
BAKED Clam and Green Corn Dance
at Sizerville Grove, Friday evening,
Aug. 25 th.
CHAS. LUDWIG.
j SI'MMEK HOSE for children for sale
at reduced prices for a few days only.
MRS. E. O. BARD WELL.
1 OWING to an unusually successful
business year N. Seger will give you
the benefit of ft in rare bargains for the
: next fifteen days.
LADIES! clean your kid gloves with
I Miller's Glovine, for sale only by
Balcom & Lloyd, headquarters for kid
gloves and' the famous Dartmouth
gloves; all the latest shades. 5-ly
FOR the next fifteen days N. Seger
will close out his entire stock
of summer goods to make room for an
exceptionally large and brilliant stock
of fall and winter goods.
WOOD CHOPPERS WANTED. -The un
dersigned will pay one dollar per cord
; for cutting four foot wood. 25,000
cords to be cut this season. Apply to
C. W. Freeman, Kushequa, Pa., fore
man for Elisha K. Kane. 24-3t
THE Westport Bicycle Track Associ
ation will hold a grand race meet on
Saturday, August 26th. Races to be
run under sanction of L A. W. All
persons desiring to enter may obtain
entry blanks from
JAMES F. O'BRIEN,
Westport, Pa.
THE Hamilton liose Co., No. 3, will
hold an ice cream festival Wednesday
evening, Aug. 30th, on the lawn of Mr.
Josiah Howard, West Fourth Street.
Proceeds togo towards the expense of
fitting up their rooms. Public are
cordially invited to attend.
Royal Java and Mocha, the Best
Coffee! Do you drink it? We guar-|
antee it to be a Royal Blend of the
choicest Upland Java and selected |
Arabian Mocha and to be from the best
coffee the world produces. 35c. per
lb., 3 lbs. sl. Ask for sample.
DAY'S.
A SEVEN SOCIAL.— The Epworth
League will give a "Seven Social" in j
M. E. church parlors at 7:30 o'clock, i
Friday evening the 25th inst. An !
entertainment of seven selections will
be nicely rendered. Seven young
ladies will serve refreshments of seven !
kinds of luxury; and seven other j
things that will make you seven times
happy, all for seven cents admission.
SUPPER, SOCIAL AND MUSIC.— The
ladies of Band No. 1, of Interest Pay
ing Society of the M. E. Church, will
serve supper at the home of Mrs.
Frank Strayer, Saturday evening, Aug.
26th, from halt past five until all are
served. We extend a cordial invita
tion to all. Supper, fifteen cents.
MENU
Ham, Corn Flitters,
Escoloped Potatoes, Sliced Tomatoes,
Light Buiscut, Bread and Butter,
Apple Sauce, Pickles, Cake,
Tea, Coffee,
Ice Cream.
Resolutions of Respect.
At a regular meeting of the Ladies of
the Golden Eagle the following resolu- i
tions were adopted upon the death oft
Sarah E. Pepper :
WHEREAS, 'The Supreme Ruler of Divine Provi
dence has removed, by death, from our midst,
our beloved Bluer Sarah E. Pepper, therefore
be it
rpcoeni7.e in her death our
great loss, we humbly submit w) the will of Him
who doeth all things well and is the anchor of i
our hope.
Resolved, That we extend our heartfelt sym
pathy to the bereaved husband, relatives and '
friends and that our charter pe draped for thirty
days in memory of our departed sister and a copy !
of these resolutions be forwarded to the husband.
We loved her, yes we loved her,
But angels loved her more ;
And they have sweetly called her
To yonder shining shore.
The golden gates were opened,
A gentle voice said "Come!"
And with farewells unspoken
She calmly entered home.
MRS. MARY E. NANGLE.
MRS. SOPHIA SPRUNG,
MRS. ANNIE WEEKS.
Committee.
"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."—WEßSTEß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 24,1899.
Republican County Convention.
The Republicans of Cameron county
j met in convention on Tuesday for the
, purpose of electing a delegate to the
State Convention. The Convention
was called to order by C. F. Barclay,
chairman of the county committee.
The following delegates were returned
' as elected. Every district in the
county was represented, except Drift-
I wood and Gibson, their districts fail
) ing to elect in time, under the new
. rules:
Sliippen —W. L. Thomas, E. W. Gaskill, John
W. Lewis, Sani'l Lewis, Geo. Van Wert, J. D.
. Swope, F. B. Housler.
I I Vest Ward —Tliad P. More, Geo. J. Laßar, H.
. H. Mullin. C. H. Jessop. S. J. Kline.
Middle Ward F. P. Rentz. M. M. Larrabee.
! H. S. Lloyd, E. O. Bardwell. *
East Ward —E. C. Davison, C. C. Fav, Fritz
Seger.
; Portage —N. R. Covel, John Wygant.
Lumber— Frank Barnett, G. w. Gentry, G. B.
Shearer.
Grove —John A. Wykoff, Frank Buck, M.
Blodget.
On motion of H. H. Mullin, Mr. E.
I C. Davison was elected President and
M. Blodget and G. W. Gentry, Secre
! taries. j
After roll call of delegates it WIUJ
ordered that the Grove delegation be
admitted to seats in the convention,
without the right to vote—they not
having been elected in accordance
I with the rules.
On motion of Fritz Seger, the Chair
appointed a committee of three on
Resolutions, consisting of H. H. Mul
lin, B. L. Spence and John Wygant.
On motion of M. Blodget, of Grove,
Mr. A. C. Blum, was placed in nomi
nation for delegate to the State Con
vention. The roll being called Mr.
Blum received the vote of every dele
gate present and was declared the
unanimous choice of the convention.
H. S. Lloyd offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted and laid on the table for final
action at the next convention:
Upon the recommendation of the Republican
j County Committee of Cameron county, I move
that the following change be made in the Rules
: of the Republican Party of the County nf Cam
, eron, adopted March 22d, 1898: Strike out that
part of section 8, page 6, commencing with "Pro
vided further, that the County Convention held
for the election, etc," and ending with "of the
date of the fall elections."
I H. S. LLOYD.
! The committee on Resolutions re
i ported the following, which were
unanimously adopted:
THE PLATFORM.
The Republicans of Cameron countv ratify and
reaffirm the principles and policy of the Republi
can party as declared at St. Louis, and heartily
endorse the wise and statesmanlike administra
tion of President McKinley. He has the support
' of every true and loyal American, and we ex
press our approval by pledging our support for
i the renomination of our honored President; and
I further, be it
Resolved, That the magnificent achievements
I of our Army and Navy, on land and sea, in the
! war with Spain and the liberation of the down
: trodden and oppressed, accomplished under the
' masterly guidance of President McKinley's ad
' ministration, are subjects for the greatest con
j gratulation by a convention of Cameron county
I Republicans.
; Resolved, That our armies in the Philippines
who have suffered that the flag and honor of the
j Nation shall not be disgraced, have our loyal
! support, and the Republican party, always the
J friend of the defenders of the old flag, will see 1
that their valor shall be remembered by this ,
Nation. The Cameron county volunteers who i
have enlisted for the sUDpression of the insur- '
; gents we shall proudly remember.
| Resolved, That we heartily commend the wise,
economic and patriotic policy of our present
; Executive, Governor Win. A. Stone, and bespeak
for his Administration, which has the confidence
; of the people of the State, a condition of pros
perity and advancement that has never been
excelled during the term of office of any Gov
ernor of this Common wealth.
Kettolved, That we cordially commend onr
Senators and Congressmen, for their support to
the policy of President McKinley and for their
loyalty to the principles of Republicanism.
Ketolucd. That we counsel harmony in the
ranks of the Republican party and call on all
loyal Republicans to lay aside their personal
grievances and cement as solid as a rock all
ranks.
H. H. MULLIN,
H. L. SPENCE,
JOHN WYQANT.
Committee on Resolution.
There being no further business be
fore the convention a motion to ad
journ was entertained by the Chair
and carried.
Severely Scalded at the Furnace.
Walter Peters, of Lebanon, em ployed
as brick mason at the furnace, was
eovflrely scalded about the back, by one
of the tweers in the cupulo blowing out,
the whole mass of scalding water and
condensced steam striking Air. Peters full
in the back, just as he was turning away
to (juit work, about five o'clock Saturday
evening. He ran quickly to the drug
store of Mrs. M. A. Rockwell, who ex
tracted the fire from his burns, and he
departed oti Erie mail for his home in
Lebanon, the same night.
Subscribe for the PRESS $1.50 per
year.
Letter From Paris.
Frank Gallagher who is pleasantly
remembered by many of our readers as
the brother of Miss Mazie Gallagher,
is visiting his uncle in Paris, and writes
from there, under the date of Aug. Bth,
as follows. Frank's many Emporium
friends will be pleased to read his inter
ing letter:
Nice, Aug. 8, 1899.
DEAR UNCLE TOM:—NO doubt you expected to
hear from me sooner, but I have not had a
minute to spare. We are doing everything on
the American plan, that is, on the hurry plan. I
have now seen London and Paris. Both are very
fine cities and both England and France are very
fine countries, but they need a few of the Penn
sylvania R. R., officials to show them how to
run their railroads.
We spent four days in London and saw every
thing worth seeing. The railroad system is
abominable in the above named city. They have
fine engines and that's about all. The cars are
of the first, second and third class. The first
class cars carry the British nobility and Ameri
can fools who know no better. The second
carries the middle class and the third carries the
working class. In the baggage department they
have no check system, as in America. If you
■re going a distance you have to be at the sta
tion a pretty long while, then you have a slip
pasted on your bag or trunk, giving the name of
your destination. For this you must pay a
quarter. At the end of the journey you must
again be on the jump and pay a porter to help
you look for your baggage. During all this you
are mentally saying cuss words against the
whole system.
Notwithstanding all this, I say again, Englaud
is a fine country, and the English fine people.
The climate is neither too hot nor too cold.
During the day it may be rather warm, but not
uncomfortably so and towards night it becomes
quite cool.
After quite a nice stay in London we crossed
the English channel from New Haven for France.
Our first stopping place in this latter country was
Paris. This great city was quite a change from
London; in manners, language and everything
else. The pictures of the greatest painters in
the world were here. We made a week's stop in
Paris with the weather much hotter than in
Philadelphia.
There was five hours difference in the time be
tween Paris and New York and I found it very
hard to get to sleep at my regular time and to
get up before eleven in the morning. The eat
ing is perfect in France, the people do nothing
but eat and drink.
I suppose you have heard a great deal of the
»uto-mobiles of Paris. The fact is they have
very few running by electricity. There are any
number of small ones—tricycle shaped—operated
by Kjuoline. They are very heavy, clumsy look
ing and make more noise than a locomotive by
their puffing. They go through Paris at about
fifteen miles an hour and the smell of gasoline
coming from wonld knock you down.
We saw everything in Paris and uncle met a
great many people that he knew. Sunday night
we started for Nice and I must say we had a fine
car and big, speedy locomotive. None of the
locomotives either here or in England have bells.
When they start they give that shrill whistle that
the American engines used to have. I think it
must be nearly 900 miles from Paris to Nice and
on the way we stopped at Avignon and Marseil
les. We arrived in Nice this morning. The
scenery down here is beautiful. I am told it is
like that of Florida and California. Fig, olive,
palm and divers other tropical trees abound.
The people just seem to swim in olive oil. It is
too hot to be comfortable, but we leave in a day
or two for Italy, by boat.
1 must be closing now, as thev servo all the
dinners in courses and I would not miss a course
for the world. It takes a couple hours to eat. '
Give my love to all.
Your affectionate nephew,
FRANK.
Pleasant Social Happenings.
Mr. and Mrs. I. K. Hockley enter
tained a small party of friends Monday
evening. Duplicate whist and a good
time, of course.
* j
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Green gave a j
large duplicate whist party to their |
young friends, at their cosy home on
Sixth street, last. Thursday evening.
Mrs. J. G. Bryan and daughter, Miss 1
Nina, entertained a large party of|
friends Tuesday evening at duplicate I
whist. It was a very pleasant occa- '
sion.
* *
About twelve couple of our young
people assembled at tiie rini* on Mon
day evening, where they held a very |
pleasant party, and thoroughly en
joyed dancing to the sweet strains of
the traveling Italian musicians. Dur- I
ing a lull in the dancing the musicians j
rendered a selection that elicited the
hearty applause of"the revelers."
Notice.
The Borough schools will not open
until Monday, Sept. 4tli, 1899.
JNO. D. LOGAN, Sec.
Shall We Strangle It ?
Emporium is now in a transition state,
neither worm uor butterfly; and it is a
matter of some speculation whether this
place has not seen its happiest days.
One of the greatest checks to prosper
ity in a provincial town in the insane
desire to ape metropolitan airs. A vil
lage, no more than an individual, can af
ford to be over-extravagant; and in either
j case bankruptcy is the certain result.
The borough bond alluded to in "Why
not Pave Fourth Street ?" is the round
little sum ol ten thousand, seven hundred
dollars. Add to this the eighteen or
twenty thousand dollars proposed for the
j paving of Fourth street; and you have no
small amount on which the present tax
i payer must put/the interest, besides pay
his usual county and state tax.
Moreover a pavement is no cleaner, no
more sanitary, and no more exempt from
dust than the ordinary highway, except
it is swept daily; and to sweep a street as
long as Fourth daily would entail an ex
penditure likely to make the tax-payer
howl, and every Elysian field to bear the
pretentious motto, "This lot for sale."
Will it be, as in the too recent past, in
vain ?
Let us get out of the woods, neighbors,
before exercising the rooster's voice.
As for laying the dust, did it never
occur to the zealous advocates of pave
ment that a sprinkling cart would he an
j effective instrument ? And in many
|! larger towns than ours the Hose Cornpan
! iestake the matter in hand, in order to
i increase their funds, and exercise their
horses.
Why not experiment in some such
simple way before running the risk of be
| ing obliged to put our Judges in jail, as
security, as happened to a bonded Indiana
town. Any way the equinoxial storm
1 is now at hand, when, presto, the dust
will be laid without any intervention of
job contractors.
; E. M. N.
Our Firemen at Bradford.
Our firemen who attended the con
vention at Bradford returned home well
I pleased with their reception. The dele
gates made an effort to secure the con
vention for 1900 but were unable to
reach the coveted prize. Delegate A. C.
Blum, as well as all our boys, made a
determined fight in behalf of Emporium
but came out third in the The
Bradford Hearld, in speaking of the
convention, says:
"Emporium's cause was in able hands.
Mr. A. C. Blum painted a pretty picture
of the good times the boys could have if
they went to that busy little town next
' yeav. The sum of 81 COO had been
j pledged in two hours to entertain the
firemen it they would honor Emporium
by their pre-ence and the people
were unanimous in welcoming the laddies.
A vote was taken and Kane won the
! convention, receiving 57 votes, 31 for
! North East and 20 for Emporium.
When the vote was announced Messrs.
Collins and Blum thanked the delegates
for their votes and the vote was made an
unanimous one for Kane, as the conven
tion city in 1900."
While Emporium would have made
every effort to entertain the visiting fire
men next year, we very much fear it
would be a big take. We hope Kane
may be equal to the emergency, but they
; have no small task before them. Let
I every town along the line render all the
aid necessary to make the convention a
success.
From Driftwood Gazette.
; Miss Mary Carey is visiting friends
! in Emporium.
Miss Nellie Huntley was the guest of
Miss Mary Davison, at Emporium, a
couple of days last week.
Mrs. Alma Mix, of Mix Run, was re-
I ported dangerously ill on Sunday and
immediate relatives were summoned
to her bedside. She rallied however,
an is considerably better at the present
, writing.
New Saw Mill.
Mr. W. L. Sykes is in town superin- 1
tending the operations on the building
for the new hardwood saw mill. The I
new industry will be located on a suit- I
able lot above the railroad shops.
Galeton Dispatch.
TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE.
BRIEF HENTINO.
The band is attending I. 0.0. F. pic
nic at Port Alleganey to-day.
The continued drought in this sec
tion has about dried up all the streams.
Water has never been so low in sixteen
years.
That "Bird Book" is giving some of
the legislators of 1897 a heap of trouble.
They have about fifty to distribute and
every other man wants one. Some
body is going to be disappointed.
The refreshing rain on Monday was
as welcome as the first rose of summer
It was the first to visit this section in
weeks and was a God-send, the springs
having almost dried up, lawns having
burned to a crisp and the water in the
city lines foul enough to kill even a
skunk.
Mrs. J. O. Davis, proprietor of the
Hotel Davis, is Mrs. Davis no more.
Last Wednesday, at Niagara Falls, she
was married to J. M. Cotter, of Eldred,
Pa. Mrs. Davis was probably one of
the best known and most popular
hotel keepers in Potter county.—Austin
Republican.
Sinnemahoning has a public library
with a start of 300 volumes, the choic
est work of the best authors. Cleveland
Dodge, of the firm of Phelps & Dodge,
well known timber owners in that sec
tion, started the subscription and it
will be called the Dodge library. A
kindling-wood factory is to be built at
the same place, which will operate
sixty packers—Potter Journal.
Emporium has a liar's club. The
Miner has no direct knowledge as to
whether editor Mullin is a member or
not. If not he ought to be as he can
tell a story in a manner that would
cause Bill Nye to have a twinge of
jealousy.—Smethport Miner.
We regret to inform Col. Olson and
other shining lights that we have thus
far been unable even to get into the
club's cellar. At the last meeting of
the club a desperate effort was made
to extend the limit of the charter
to include Smethport. The chair
ruled the motion out of order, stating
it was one of our tricks "to get Bert
Olson, Jas. McKean, Frank Wright
and Geo. Mitchell, of Smethport, into
the club, and then close the charter.
The reputation of this club would then
be at (take and we might be forced
to take in even Sam Lindsley and
Mullin, to hold them down." We are
afraid your reference to the club will
keep us out, made just at the time we
fondly hoped to add you loving and
amiable lights of truth.
A (1. A. R. Souvenir.
The big Q. A. R. encampment at
Philadelphia begins September 4. Next
Sunday's "Philadelphia Press" (Aug.
27) will be a souvenir edition, dedi
cated to the heroes of the Grand Army.
It will be filled with valuable informa
tion for those who attend the festivities
and interesting matter appropriate to
this great event in Grand Army circles.
Artists and photographers will aid the
most skilled writers in making this
edition the finest ever published. Be
sure to get next Sunday's "Press."
Are you looking for an old comrade,
who you believe will be here at the
encampment? Some old friend per
haps in a regiment whom you have
not seen for years ? If so, "The Daily
Press" will help you find him and will
print free of charge, all personal re
quests of old soldiers who will take
part in the encampment and who wish
to learn the whereabouts of old com
rades. Write to 'The Press" and give
names, regiment and other details, and
address simply "The Press," Phila
phia.
Special Train to Philadelphia via Penn
sylvania Railroad, Account (J. A. R.
Encampment.
For tbe accommodation of persons de
siring to attend the Thirty-third Annual
Encampment of the Grand Army of the
' Republic, to be held at Philadelphia,
j September 4 to 'J, inclusive, the Pennsyl
| vania Railroad Company (Philadelphia
i and Krie ltrilroad) will run a special
i train to Philadelphia, September 4, OR
| the following schedule:—
; Lv. Erie
j " Waterford 2*12
" Union City o'« ..
; ' Corry 9T5 "
" Garland o'™ „
' " Youngsville
1 " Irvineton ,-.' v ..
j " Warren... ..'..'.'.'.'.'.'"inn? ••
I " Clarendon ' in'oi ••
" Sheffield
| " Ludlow ••
Kane
I " Wilcox '.'"liM "
" Johnsonburi? II'QO ..
•; Ridgway ... :::::::::: it's ..
! •' LS:::::::::::::: |p-.-
Ar. Emporium Junction (Dinner) '12,11
Lv. Emporium Junction "" f'/e ..
Driftwood
" Kenovo iiSi
Ar. Philadelphia 917 •.
Kxcursion tickets good to return until
September 12 (or until September 30 if
deposited with Joint Agent at Philadel
phia on or before September !), aud the
payment of fifty cents made), will be sold
at a rate of a single fare for the round
<n P- ' l H5-25-3t.
NO. 26.