THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOUI.D, MARCH, 1866.
VOL. 34.
NEW STORE. FRESH GOODS.
CRAMER'S
j Popular Variety Store
We thank the public for the very f?en
erous patronage bestowed upon us since
we purchased this establishment. We
have just added a very tine line of
Ladies Dress and Fancy Goods.
Bargains in Every Department.
Ladie« Waists, Skirts, Wrappers and
Suits at Special hot weather bargains.
Ladira' • Furnishing • (looils.
.
r Tinware, Glassware,
r Silverware, Dishes, by sets,
112 One hundred piece
\ Dinner and Tea Sets,
{ Crockery, •
I Lamps, Lanterns,
112 Clocks,
< Table Oil Cloth,
112 Clothes Wringers,
( Window Shades, Wall Paper,
t Sewing Machines,
We are closing out Men's Clothing at cost, j
D. F. CRAMER,
Emporium, Pa.
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TO RENT.
THE BRICK BUILDING AT THE CORNER
OF BROAD AND FOURTH STREETS.
NOW USED AS A LAW OFFICE.
E. HI. NEWTON.
L2OGAL NIOTIGES.
GREAT bargains in clothing at N.
Soger's.
N. SEGER is rapidly closing out his J
entire line of summer clothing.
LEAVE your order for peaches before 1
it is too late, also tomatoes—ripe or J
green. DAY'S.
IF you are looking for quality in
meats, nothing gives satisfaction like
those handled by DAY.
THE clearance sale of summer goods
at N. Seger's is being largely patron- j
, ized and some great bargains are
being secured.
LADIES! clean your kid gloves with j
Miller's Glovine, for sale only by
Balcom & Lloyd, headquarters for kid ;
gloves and the famous Dartmouth
gloves; all the latest shades. 5-ly
DIME SOCIAL.— The Y. P. S. C. E , of
the Presbyterian church will hold a
dime social at the home of A. Mclnnes,
Sr., on Allegany Avenue, Friday even
ing, Sept. Bth. Cordial invitation ex
tended to all.
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NOTICE—The ladies of the Presby
terian Church will serve a Chicken
dinner at the home of Mrs F. D. Leet,
Thursday August 31st at 5 o'clock.
Price 25 cents.
MENU.
Fried Chicken, Roasted Chicken,
Stewed Chicken,
Mashed Potatoes, Scolloped Potatoes,
j Sliced Tomatoes, Celery, Pickled Beets,
Cranberry Sauce, Jelly,
Hot Biscuit, Brown Bread,
Lemon Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Apple Pie.
Chocolate, Coffee.
Ice cream and cake will be served on
i the lawn during the evening. Music
by the band.
Robinson-McGregor.
A quiet wedding took place at the
residence of Henry Robinson, on -V 11c
i gheny Avenue, on Monday evening,
August 28, at 8:00 o'clock, when Mar
i garet Robinson, the youngest daughter ot
; our esteemed townsman, w.is united in
1 wedlock to Thomas McGregor, tor a
number of years a resident of this place,
the Rev. J. M. Robertson, of the Em
' maiiuel church, performing the ceremony. '
The bride is well known to our people
; as a courteous and highly respected lady
! and enjoys the esteem of a very large
circle of friends, who wish her a happy
and successful voyage over the turbulent
! sea of life as the matrimonial bark
braves the bounding billow? of its most
; violent tempests with the man ot her
choice clinging sturdily to the helm.
The groom is an honest, industrious
i man, who stands high in the estimation
; of his fellows and who will make a model
! husband.
Mr. and Mrs. McGregor left on the
1 Toronto excursion, Tuesday morning, for
a short wedding trip to Buffalo, Niagara
\ Falls and Toronto, after which they will
i take up their residence at Providence
Bay., Ont. The best wishes of the
PRESS go with them.
| HONEY FOUND IN THE HAIL BAGS.
Almost SIO,OOO a Year for Which Claimants
are Never Discovered. «
| "It seems almost increditable that in
tlie neighborhood of §40,000 in actual
| cash should have been confined to letters
i during the last year, and harder still to
I credit that the most exaustive efforts
! have failed to find the owners ot one-
I fourth that amount," writes Patti Lyle
Collins in The Ladies' Ilouie Journal for
' September. "The .envelopes which are
addressed are kept on file for four years.
; blank ones not so long, but in either case
; a liberal margin of time is allowed for
, claimants to appear before the money is
finally turned into the Treasury to the
credit of the Post-Office Department,
lu addition to the money contained in
letters during the same period, something
like SIO,OOO was found loose in the mails.
It is officially styled 'loose money.'"
"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 31,1899.
Seven Social.
The "Seven Social" as announced last
week in these columns, to be given by
the Epworth League, is one of the events
of the past, and to say that it was a suc
cess in every way would be but a milu
allusion to the realness of the occasion.
In the first place a program consisting of
seven parts was nicely rendered and*
greatly enjoyed by the audience. Then
a contest for prizes was engaged in.
To the one who produced, in writing, in
seven minutes, seven sentences in which
I seven is famous, in the best manner,
j would receive a book entitled "The
j House of Seven Gables," next best a
| seven pointed star. A large number of
I contestants engaged in the struggle for
! the prizes. The judges were .Mrs. W.
1 P. Shriner, Mrs. Y. White, Mrs. J. M.
Judd, Mrs. It. I'. Heilman. Miss
I Gussie Vossage, Miss Myrtle Tuggart
| and Mrs. F. .Julian. After a thorough
I examination of the sentences the first
| prize was awarded to Miss Myrtle Lloyd,
| and the second prize to Mrs. John
Kaekenmeister.
Aftc r the contest was elo-ed seven
| young ladies served seven kinds of re
■ freshments to over seven times twenty
i seven people. And while this entertain-
I ment was not gotten up for the purpose
! of making money, but for a sociable time,
i the seven cents admission being charged
! partly out of oddity and partly to help
pay tor the refreshments, it may be well '
: to state that fortune favored the society
and they netted the singular sum ot
j seven dollars—"singular" because of the ;
occasion. May the League have many j
more such happy gatherings. • j
J. A. JOHNSTON.
Died in Florida.
A telegram was received on Monday i
announcing the death of William Krapf.
who died in Florida. 31 r. Krapf had j
been in poor health for several years
suffering from that terrible disease con- j
sumption, and went to Florida about two
years ago with hopes that the change of.
climate would prove beneficial to him, j
but he has gradually grown worse, until
Monday, when he passed away. His■
r remains will be brought to Ilazleton, I'a.,
for interment.
Mr. Krapf will be remembered by i
many Kmporium people, being a resident :
of this place some six years ago, in the :
employ of Mr. Geo. Isupp.
Deceased was married to Miss Jennie i
Narby of this town, who went to Florida '
about a year ago to remain with her !
husband. She Ims the sympathy of!
the entire commnity in her sad bereave- !
, ment.
Last Call for Toronto Fair.
On Tuesday, Sept. sth the W. N. Y. i
& P. Ky. will run their second and last j
! Grand Double excursion to Niagara Falls
and the Toronto Fair. Special train will
I leave Emporium at 8:.'!0 a m. Fare,
Niagara Falls and return 82.50. To
ronto and return 83.50. Train will ar
' rive at Buffalo at 12.30; Niagara Falls
1:15; Lewiston, 1:45 p. m., where Toron
to passengers will take one of the Niagara j
Navigation Co.'s Palace Steel Steamers,
giving a sail for eight miles to the mouth
of Niagara lliver and forty miles across
Lake < )ntario to the Queen City of
Canada.
Meturuing, Niagara Falls tickets will
: j. be good for passage on all regular trains
Sept. oth. There are five Steamers,
! daily except Sunday, between Toronto
' and Lewiston.
The geat Toronto Fair and Exposition
| will be held August 28th to Sept. 9th,
I 1 and promises to be bigger than ever this
year. Do • not miss it. General admis-
J sion only 25c. Nothing like it in
America. Absolutely the cheapest outing
I I you can take and the most entertainment
| for the money. Get full program ot
' j each day's doings from W. N. V. & P.
Ry. agents.
Safe riethod of Removing Warts.
! j Get from the druggist a solution of
, ! chromic acid to drahms to one fluid ounce
:j of water. Dip a sliver ot wood, as a
• match or toothpick, in the solution and
i | touch the warts with it. The process
! | may be repeated every day or two for
i three or four times. Warts sometimes
i : disappear without treatment, which ac
; counts for the supposed efficacy of some
of the charms used to remove them. —
September Ladies' Home Journal.
Local Necrology.
MRS. MARY ANN GAUEK.
About ten o'clock last Sunday evening
the spirit of Mrs. Mary Ann Gager took
its flight to the other world. The tidings
ot lier death wera a painful surprise to
the entire community, as a malady which
was not supposed to be aggravated gave
no warning that her end was near. In
deed, tew knew that she was at all indis
posed. (hi Sunday she sat around the
house conversing with the family and
spending much of the time in reading.
A few minutes before ten in the evening
she retired, walking alone to her bed-
I chamber. As soon as she retired her
j husband noticed that she was quite ill
and when he asked her if she was suffer
ing she replied: "O, no! I am just
going." A few minutes later she ceased
to breathe Thus peacefully and beau
tifully came the end to a noble life.
"Mother Gager, :I as she was recognized
by nearly everyone, was one of the best
known and admired residents of our
community. She resided among us for
27 years, and during all that time was
known as an exemplary christian lady.
She was a woman of strong mind and
a prolific reader; this, together with
many natural talents, made her an in
teresting conversationalist, a wise coun
selor and a safe adviser. Though seventy
six years of age, she was modern in her
spirit, habits and ways. She lived in
j the present. The presentation of most
any subject of modern life, found her
with a well matured opinion.
She was a christian and a member of
. the Methodist Episcopal Church for
j sixty six years, having united with the
j church when only ten years old. Soon
I after coming to this community she
I united with the Methodist Episcopal
| Church of this town, where site was
| always regarded as an ensential part of
j the life and activities of the church,
j She was active in Suuday School and
I Epworth League work and was always
I present in her p'ew in the public worship
I unlebs prevented by sickness.
> She was united in marriage with
| Anos 11. Gager on Sept. 20. 1847, who
j sti. survives her. Five children were
the result of this union. Those surviv
ing are Mrs. Clara A. Healy, of Empo
| riuui; Mrs. Mary E. Reese and Mrs.
; Amy Reese, of Costello, all of whom were
j present at the funeral.
Her funeral services were held at the
I Methodist Episcopal Church on Tuesday
j afternoon at three o'clock and were in
I charge of her pastor Rev. Wilford P.
j Shriner. The church was draped in
i mourning as was also her pew. Many
j beautiful floral offerings attested the high
j esteem in which she was held ; one from
I the Sunday School, two from her Sunday
| School class, a beautiful floral League
emblem from the Epworth League and
a handsome wreath from the Junior
League. The burial was in Newton
cemetery. The pall-bearers were Messrs.
L. Is. Huntington, 11. C. Olmstead, W.
F. Lloyd, Geo. Metzger, Sr., F. P.
Strayer and A. Chapman.
MATTHEW STANLEY HITLER.
I MATTHEW STANLEY, son of Mr. and
, | Mrs. Charles L. Butler, aged nine
months and eighteen days, died at their
residence on W. Fifth strett on Tuesday,
of cholera infantum. Little Matthew
was one of the biightcst and healthiest
looking babies in this town and his
j untimely end was a surprise to the com
j munity. He was taken sick on Satur
| day and died on the above date,
j This is another sad blow to Mr. and
j Mrs. Butler, this being the seventh child
j they have been called upon to part with,
j They have the sympathy of the com
munity in this their hour of terrible
affliction.
The funeral was held from St. Marks
Catholic church on Wednesday, and was
largely attended. Interment was made
in the Catholic cemetery.
Afternoon Meeting.
Mrs. Mabel L. (,'onklin, National
| Lecturer and Organizer and General Sec-
II retary White Cross Societies, will be in
j Empoiium, Sept. 4th. She will address
• uu afternoon meeting for women only, in
the Presbyterian church at 3:30, p. m.
: .Mrs. Conklin will speak to a general
i audience in the M. E. Church at 7:30, p.
1 in. All are invited.
"Band Concerts."
i We have been informed that hereafter,
i providing the weathc# is favorable, on
j regular iehearsal nights, the band will
i ; give concerts (?) on the Court House
lawn, next to the jail.
Card of Thanks.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Butler takes this
j method of returning their heartfelt
! thanks for the many kind favors rendered
j them during the sickness and death of
their little son, Matthew Stanley.
(iuns for the Court House.
Last week, D. W. Taggart Post No.
i 241, <!. A. R., received from the New
York Navy Yard two of the obsolete
| Perry rifles, made for use in the Civil
! War, which will be placed in position on
the Court House lawn. The guns are
! large, muzzle-loading, east steel Navy
j rifles and weigh about 1750 pounds
| apiece and when in position will add
I materially to the present imposing ap
| pearance of our beautiful terraces at the
! Court House. They were obtained by
| the Post through the courteous efforts of
I LT. S. Senator Penrose.
Chapter of Accidents.
HURT AT HOWARD'S MILL.
j Last Saturday, Mr. Andy Cavanaugh,
! who works on the edger in Howard's
I mill, met with a very painful accident
i that, although not serious, will lay him
up for awhile. He was busy at his posi
j tion on the edger when a large block
thrown from the rapidly moving saws of
j the chain-gang hit him on the cheek
boue, just under the left eye, inflicting a
I painful flesh wound, but no bones were
I broken.
LEO BROKEN.
While Mr. Thos. McGrain, who lives
I at the corner of Third and Spruce streets,
i was assisting in unloading a heavy iron
. band at the furnace, last Thursday, it
j suddenly toppled over on him pinning
! him down. When he was taken from
under the iron, which weighed nearly
i half a ton, it was found that he had
suffered severe eontusions of the flesh
about the lower limbs and that his right
! leg was broken below the knee. He was
I placed on a stretcher and carried to his
| home, where Dr. Smith dressed his in
juries and he is now getting along first
1 rate.
i
Special Train to Philadelphia via Penn
sylvania Railroad, Account (i. 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,
i September 4 to !), inclusive, the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company (Philadelphia
and Erie Rrilroad) will run a special
| train to Philadelphia, September 4, on
j the following schedule :
! Lv. Erie 8.10 a.m.
| " Waterford 8.42 "
i " Union City 8.55 "
" Corry 9.15 "
j " Garland 9.38 "
| " Youngsville 9.49 "
" Irvineton 9.55 "
" Warren 10.07 "
I " Clarendon 10.21 "
" Sheffield 10.31 "
" Ludlow 10.43 "
" Kane 11.05 "
" Wilcox 11.20 "
•' Johnsonburg 11.32 "
i Ridgway 11.49 "
j " St. Marys 12.05 p. m.
| " Emporium 12.40 " "
Ar. Emporium Junction (Dinner) 12.41 "
I Lv. Emporium Junction 1.05 "
| " Driftwood 1.37 "
j " Renovo 2"30 "
i Ar. Philadelphia... 9.17 "
Excursion tickets good to return until
I September 12 (or until September 30 if
i deposited with Joint Agent at Philadel
-1 phia on or before September 9, and the
j payment of fifty cents made), will be sold
1 iat a rate of a single fare for the round
hip. ' 1415-25-3t.
King of the Klondike Fails.
Alexander McDonald, King of the
Klondike has failed. His liabilities
are estimated at §6,000,000. His assets
i are of uncertain value.
In his formal declaration of insolv
| ency filed at Dawson City, July 29,
McDonald states his liabilities to be
| approximately $6,000,000, while there
1 is no way of fully computing his assets
; ; as his investments are of proble
i | matical value. As they will have to
be sacrificed, McDonald himself says
j there will not be enough togo
i around, although he believes their
ultimate value will prove §20,000,000
at least.
TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE.
BRIEF nHNTINO.
School will commence on Monday-
Sept. 4th.
The rooms over the bank are being
remodeled and will be occupied by
Messrs. Green and Shaffer.
Females will be obliged to give their
ages at the next census. A fine of SIOO
is the penalty for false statement.
Some people are so mean that they
won't even speak the truth unless it is
for the purpose of hurting some one's
feelings.
Mr. John Schlecht's house, situated
on the hill, carr.e near being carried
away by a washout, as a result of the
rains on Sunday.
The kindergarten school will open
Sept. 4th, in the East Ward Building.
All pupils between the ages of five and
six years will be admitted.
W. J. Brown, deputy internal
enue collector, has been assigned to
Cameron, Elk and McKean counties,
with headquarters at Jolinsonburg.
A scientist says a wasp can be picked
up in the bare hand if it is done gently.
Of course it can; it's when the wasp is
laid down again that the trouble begins.
An edict has gone forth that all
Pennsylvania railroad employes must
be vaccinated. The work will bo done
by physicians in the service of the
company. %
During the storm 011 Sunday light
ning killed a horse on the "Echo
Farm," belonging to Herbert Day.
The horse was known as "Mollie,"
formerly used at the tannery.
During the builders trial of the new
U. S. Battleship Alabama, outside the
Delaware capes, on Tuesday, she de
veloped the wonderful speed of 17;
knots per hour, in the teeth of a rag
ing gale.
The Hartborn (Missouri) editor, who
believes in all the comforts of a home
says: "We would prefer living in a
small town where the people will sym
pathize with you in trouble, and if
you haven't any trouble they will hunt
some up for you."
On Sunday afternoon the little
stream in Plank Road Hollow became
so swollen, on account of the heavy
rain, that it overflowed its banks,
flooding Frank Blumle's pig sty and
chicken coop drowning two pigs and a
number of chickens.
An exchange in speaking of the
recent advance in the price of lumber
says:"The Goodyears and a number
of other lumber companies have re
cently made an advance of 75 cents per
thousand feet on all green stock and
the Williamsport lumbermen have ad
vanced the price 50 cents per thousand.
The public schools of the borough
will open Monday, Sept. 4. Pupils will
report at the rooms in which they at
tended last year. Pupils who attended
school elsewhere during the past year
will report at the Principal's office,
High School Building for admission
cards, between 8 and 9 a. m., opening
day.
A man giving his name as Wm. Van
Buren, of Smethport, Pa., appeared at
the Harrison street police headquarters
in Chicago, and informed the police
that he had been fleeced out of S4OO by
a couple of confidence men. He was
the representative of an oil firm of this
section and was on his way to Seatle,
Wash.—Pittsburg Times.
Sweet peas grown from seed taken
from the tomb of an Egyptian mummy,
buried 2,000 years ago, were recently
exhibited at the Windsor flower show
in London. That this germ of plant
life should live 2,000 years, imprisoned
in a mummy vault, and then be trans
formed into life and beauty by heat
and moisture, is one of the wonders of
creation.
A story is told of an auburn haired"
man who inqusitively asked Jl young
man how it happened that so young a
man as he should be so bald. The young
man replied that when it was time for
him to get hair, they said that there
I was nothing lelt but red, so he thought
jhe didn't care for any. This explana
-1 tion undoubtedly satisfied the inquisi
l tive man.—Louisville (O.) Herald.
An exchange says: . "You seldom
hear the public say anything in favor
of their local paper, but the local paper
is always favoring the public. And
how quick the local paper hears of it if
by accident an error appears, but if the
public or its officials make a blunder it
must not go in the local newspaper
because the local newspaper would
lose its head. Nobody but local news
paper editors make blunders; the rest
of the populace doeth all things well.
A great many people who know how
to edit newspapers are somehow or
other filling other positions and some
of the positions are on the top of a
mutilated dry goods box.
NO. 27.