THE GAMEKON COUNTY PRESS. ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866. VOL. 34. 20 PAGES. L'OCAL _NOTICES. For fine china goto M. C. Tulis'. CHRISTMAS goods in endless pro- i fusion at D. F. Cramer's Variety Store, j You can buv a good sled for boy or i girl, cheaper of M. C. Tulis than of any one else. 41-3t. See the new Platnum Photos at SchrieVer's Gallery. They are just the; tiling for Xmas presents. LADIES' fine kid and Mocha gloves, at bargain prices. D. F. CRAMER. Don't mind bad weather but goto ' Schriever's and have your Xmas photos made. See his latest styles. For dolls, toys and games goto M.C. Tulis', Largest stock and lowest j prices. 41-3t. XMAS PHOTOS.— There is nothing j more acceptable for an Xmas present \ than a good photo of yourself. Sch- j riever makes them you know. *-«> « Have your pictures framed at Sch- | riever's. He has a new and large line j of mouldings and frames always on ! hand. JUST received a new invoice of the rarest and most delicate perfumes ever ; brouget to this part of the state. R. C. DODSON*. FANCY dresß patterns in Scotch and French plaids and cretons, at D. F. Cramer's Variety Store. Call on H. L. Raymond, who has a great variety of Christmas goods at very low prices. 42-2t WANTED— Timber lands, large or small tracts, also logs Give full des cription, quantity and price. Address, J. C SCHMOHL. Newberry, Pa. Taggarthas been rushing the holiday goods out at a two-forty gait but still has a good line on hand will give a surprising reduction in prices from this on until Dec. 26, 1899. It will pay you . to call and investigate. LADIES! clean your kid gloves with j Miller's Glovine, for sale only by j Balcom & Lloyd, headquarters for kid j gloves and the famous Dartmouth j gloves; all the latest shades. 5-ly Don't forget about the twenty-four thousand prescriptions put up in the three drug stores of Emporium and that L. Taggart in his Old Reliable Drug Store put up over nine thousand of them. This should do away with the stale drug chestnut. HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATE.-!.— ln ac cordance with an old established custom the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Ry. will, this year, issue cxcursiod tickets between all stations on its line, account Christmas and New Years Holidays, at a fare and one-third for the round trip. Tickets will be sold and good going on Dec. 23, 24, 25, 30 and 31, 1899, limited for return passage until Jan. 2, 1900. n-it. "John, I advise you in the future to take your prescriptions to Taggart's; I was looking over my record for the past year and I find that I have had one hundred prescriptions compounded which cost me over fifty dollars, and if I had taken them to Taggart and had them mixed I would have saved fifteen dollars. My prescriptions will be mixed in the future." This agreement made and concluded this 21st day of Dec. 1899 by and be tween the Old Reliable Drugstore party of the first part and the good people of Cameron Co., of tha second part. Witnesseth that for and in considera tion of the best interest of said people and thirty-five cents, I will mix all ordi nary four oz. mixtures on physicians prescriptions until further notice. Respectfully, L. TAGGART. EASTMAN'S KODAK ) . _T '' " I J LLOYD'S LONG RANGE FORECAST OF THE WEATHER AND EASTMAN'S KODAK. fif; J \PV' t When von were not thinking of Christmas yet, we baked a jjl p] v iW»w 'f/J >' nr TTRif p I T7ri Is plum-cake for Yule-tide. It is very rich; we give you a few p il| r 112 ]jUlfrUillVij ! s slices of it on another page of this week's Prf.ss, but in order to jj;i fcj fkumy. i- nir m.,st of theday; probably threat- j ( <? fully appreciate it you want to visitour store; "seeing is believing." : «l II sati'rimy ''"w'anmr run i'i t>, • Tlic little folks all say that its the greatest toy show in Kmpo- !«j ',jfi prubttiny cieaiing'ii'lifteruoon. r iuiu, aiul they seem to be practically a unit in the wish that Santa Clans will do his clioos- Jf ; _l| SUNDAY, and Christmas, Fair weather. £ ill*- 1 " llCl'C. 11l '[ikl You can carry it In your hands, on your shoul- (* Ijjl IITI ** n yp ur pocket or on yourbicylc. > r£;j U Yo<l press the button and the Kodak will { __ - - _ -v lrr . P do the rest. Hxlßßl S. LLOYD. y A Pleasant Evening | The social hop given at the opera j house on Friday evening last, by Em j porium's young people, was one of the | most enjoyable functions ever given in Emporium. Some twenty or thirty i couples were present and as it was I generally conceded to have been a i very pleasant social event, this will | probably be hut a forerunner of man}' } such during the present season. The j Emporium band orchestra furnished j the music for the occasion. A tienuine Hustler. Ex-Congressman W. C. Arnold, ofj | Dußois, has lost none of his influence ! at Washington and has secured the I establishment of free mail delivery for | Ridgway, to commence March Ist, 1900. The old fighter, although he fell by the wayside last election, is in ! close touch with the counties of his | district and, if we mistake not the signs j of tiie times, will again appear in the | House, the champion of the rights of I | the people. Ridgway should, and no | doubt does, feel grateful to Congress- ' | man Arnold for his interest in their ! j behalf. • Republican National Convention. Philadelphia captured the Republi-1 I ean National Convention for June : 19th, 1900. The Exposition building, j with small alterations, will make the j finest convention hall in the United | States. The first Republican Conven- j tion, in 1856, when Gen. Fremont was j I nominated, and in 1872, when Gen. i Grant was our standard bearer, are j the only Republican National Conven- j tions held in the greatest Republican city of the grandest Republican state in the Union. Pennsylvania will give President McKinley, who will be re- ' nominated by acclamation, at least i 400,000 majority and it is fitting that the i Keystone State should be accorded the I Convention. Let the old Liberty Bell ! summon the Old Guard. More Railroad Talk. So much has been said and published concerning new branches of the Buf- 1 falo & Susquehanna railroad that the j Dispatch has taken the matter in hand j i and found out how many of the rumors ! I and statements were true. In previous issues we have spoken j i about the new road up the valley J north-west of Corbett to within one i I mile of Sweden Valley, which will tap j \ a richly timbered territory and will be ! used exclusively for lumber operations, j I also the forty miles of new road up the j j Prouty, below Costello, which will also j |be used for lumbering. Work on both j ! these branches has been started. Mr. F. H. Goodyear signed a con- ' tract last Thursday for sixteen miles ' jof new railroad from Wharton to j Sinnemahoning, where the new branch ! will connect with the Pennsylvania ] railroad system. The grade will be i | very easy—about fifty feet to the mile , —although considerable rock blasting ) will be necessary in some places. Work j will begin on this last contract Jan. j Ist, and about Uoo men will be em- 1 ployed. We presume that this new J branch will be used for both passenger and lumbering service. —Galeton Dis | i patch. Frank liarnett Improving. We are pleased to learn that Frank I Barnett, ol Sterling Run, who has been i in a critical condition and confined in j the Dußois Hospital is improving. His | ■ wife and children have been visiting II Mrs. E. N. Lacey, her mother, at this I place for several days. Mrs. Barnett was formerly Miss May Gross, of this ( place. The third quarterly meeting of the Cameron Circuit Weslyan Methodist ! church, will be held at Rich Valley, Dec 23-24. Milton E. Remniele, of Michigan, will be present. First service ' Saturday at 2:30 p. m., evening services at If p. m. All are cordially invited. WALTER READETT. Call at N. Seger's and see the beauti ful line of boys clothing. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21,1890. Death's Doings. OERMOND. Miss ADA QERMOND, aged 24 yea: , | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mart n ] Qermond, died at the family residence, j near Emporium last Saturday morning, | after a long and painful illness of that j dreaded disease consumption. The j funeral took place last Sunday, at 2:00 J p. m., Rev. Shriner, of M. E. Church, | officiating. While the young lady was i a stranger to the PRESS she was highly j spoken of by those intimately ae- j quainted with her. Her sufferings are j over and wc trust she has gone to her . righteous reward. FISHER. In the last issue of the PRESS we i were pained to announce the death of Mr. and Mrs. Fisher's infant babe and serious condition of the mother, at the i their residence in Ashland, Wis. Mrs. ! N. Segor, of this place, accompanied ' by her son Frank, immediately left for the bedside of her daughter who con tinued to fail and baffle the skill of the most eminent physicians in Ashland. 1 On Friday, Dec. 15th, our citizens were shocked at the sad intelligence of the young lady's death, and deeply sym pathized with the grief stricken family. The remains of MRS. ROSE FISIIER and her babe arrived in Emporium 1 last Monday evening, accompanied by the bereaved husband, Mr. W. \V. Fisher, agent at Ashland, Wis., for the , Wisconsin Central Railroad; Mrs. N. Seger, of this place, mother of the de- | ceased; Miss Anita Fisher, Mr. Ellis S Fisher, Ashland, Wis.; H. G. Seyer, (brother), Chicago, Ills.; Mrs. Mary ! Bonham, sister) Franklin, Pa., and J. I 11. Morehouse, Pittsburg, Pa. Under | taker M.lloppenyan of Ashland, accom j panied and had in charge the remains, : which were taken to the home of her | heart broken parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. i on East Allegany Avenue, from whence she departed one year and live days previous a happy bride, full. | of life and bright hopes for the future. VIEWING THE REMAINS. In accordance with the expressed I wish of the deceased her remains were I to be viewed by her friends at her old | I home, and notatchurch. On Tuesday, ! ihundreds of old friends, former asso ciates and school mates visited the : home of their friend and took a last ; look upon the sad yet beautiful sight. All that was mortal of ROSE SEGER, in j her twenty-seventh year, was richly ; | attired in white satin and reposed on I a bed of roses, her left arm clasping ! her little babe—the infant's little fingers j entwining its mother's index finger, j The picture was one that deeply im- I pressed all who viewed the remains. | The satin-lined casket was the most i i beautiful we have ever seen, being | arranged so that the oval shaped top j raised piano style, while the side drop ped even with the base, forming a j couch—a very pretty effect, removing | to a great extent that feeling of death. THE FUNERAL. Yesterday morning at ten o'clock the funeral services took place at St. Mark's Catholic church. Requiem ! Mass was said for the departed dead after which Father Downey spoke 1 I words of consolation to the deeply ; afflicted ones and dwelt upon the ex cellent life and character of the beaut i | ful dead, now surrounded by tributes of love and esteem. The great edifice j was crowded to its utmost capacity with our citizens, of all classes and denominations, for the dead lady was universally loved and respected by all. Her remains were laid at rest in St. Mark's Cemetery, in the family plot, to await the loved ones left behind, while her spirit, pure and noble as the babe upon her breast, together, with ■ clasped hands, are with their God. The Rosery Society attended the fun eral in a body, Mrs. Fisher having formerly been its secretary. Among the relatives and friends from abroad, who attended the funeral in addition to those above mentioned we noticed : W. T. Seger, (cousin), of I Smethport; John Lion and wife, I. G. I Schaut and wife, Mrs. P. Myers, St. Marys. The sad circumstances connected with the death of Mrs. Fisher have cast a pallor over the entire community and many were silent tears shed and prayers offered for the dear girl and her babe. Her friends in Empo rium received the news like a thunder bolt and cannot yet fully realized that it is a fact —Mrs. W. W. Fisher is dead. We, in common with all citizens, greatly respected the lady and from childhood she was always a favorite with her associates. Quiet, intelligent and dignified, ROSE SEGER always oc cupied a position in society, school, church and home that carried with it respect, love and confidence. The PRESS cannot find adequate words to convey our profound sym pathy to the terribly afflicted husband, father, mother, sters and brothers. In times of af ,cion and distress we have only one fountain of solace to turn to. William Morriscv Dead. Just as we goto press word comes informing James Morrisey, Sr., and wife of the death of their son William, who succumbed to a complication of diseases this morning atSidnaw, Mich. "Bolivar," as he was familiarly known, will be remembered by our citizens as the ball player, who emigrated west some eight or nine years ago. Samuel Shadman Failing. We regret to inform our readers that Lieut. Sam'l Shadman's condition does not improve. The old veteran, sur rounded by a faithful wife and loving friends is quietly waiting for the old familiar command "lights out." At this writing he continues to grow weaker. The University Association. The date of the next meeting of the University Association is January Bth The subject for that evening is sec tions 3-6 in No. 12 of the Literature Course —Lowell, Whittier and the Anti-Slavery group. Assignments: Biographical sketch of James Russell Lowell, Miss Abbie Metzger; The "Fable for Critics," Miss Hogan; The "Biglow Papers," Josiah Howard; Lowell as Essayist, Miss Van Valken berg; His Work in Politics, W. H. Howard; Whittier's Anti-Slaverv Poems, Mrs. Burke; "Snow Bound," Mrs. Balcom; Charles Sumner, Ray White. Congressman Sibley. Henry Hall in the Pittsburg Times writes that Representative Sibley, of Franklin, says he is making no effort to get places on committees, and would just as soon as not be without any. "There is only one committee I would care to be a member of,"he said, "singularly as it may appear, every Democrat who served on it in the last Congress was re-elected and consequently there is no vacancy. Speaker Crisp appointed me to a vacancy on the committee on appro priations in the Fifty-third Congress, and I must say that I enjoyed the work. That is especially a business | committee, and business is right in my line." Mr. Sibley is a great ad mirer of Col. Quay as a political leader and is confident that he will be seated in the Senate. lianquetat Driftwood. A number of Emporium Masons at tended the Masonic Banquet at Drift wood last evening, returning home on Flyer this morning. They were royally entertained by their Driftwood breth ern and are full of praise for mine host Reilly who prepared the spread. The Driftwood brethern and their wives will be guests of Emporium Lodge next Wednesday evening. A nice overcoat for your husband or son will be just what will please them on Christmas. Go at once to N. Seger and see what great bargains he is offer ing Those Christmas Turkeys. Quite a number of Emporium widows have availed themselves of the generous offer made in last week's PRESS and either sent or brought their names to this office. Deposit you name in a. smled enve lope and either drop it in tlie post ofliceor deliver at this office not later than Saturday, Dec. 2.'lrd., that all may be supplied. The person from Ihe East Ward who sent us a list of the widows in that ward and who failed to sign his name will please call at this office at once. Please do not let modesty deter you. as your visit will lie treated in strict confidence. Lawton Dies by Filipino Rifle Shot. MANILA, Dec. 1!). —I I p. m. — Major General Henry W. Lawton was killed this morning while lead ing a cavalry troop against General Geroninie at San Meter. While the cheers of his men w ere mingling with 1 lie rifle volleys that just proceeded the grand rush into the town he was struck down by a bullet from a. Filipino sharpshoot er's rifle. All the morning he had been smiling, though the bullets whistled around him and dipped the grass at his feet. Stall' officers called his attention to the danger he was run ning, but his contempt for rifle balls only caused him to laugh at their fears. EASY MARK FOR THE ENEMY. He walked along the firing line within .'SOO yards of a sharpshoot ers' trench, conspicuous in the big white hclmit and light yellow rain coat. iiis commanding statue also distinguished him from among his associates and marked him as a target. Suddenly he stopped, clenched his hands in a desperate effort to stand, and reeled into the arms of a .staff officer. Orderlies rushed across the field for surgeons, who came up immediately, but their ef forts were useless. The body was taken to a clump of bushes and laid upon a stretcher, the great white helmet that he always wore covering the face that even in death wore a smile. TEA 1!S FOR A HI!AVE COMMANDER. After the fight, six stalwart cavalrymen forded the river to the town, carrying the litter on their shoulders,the staff proceeding with the colors and a cavalry escort fol lowing. The troops filed bareheaded through the building where the hoby was laid, and many a tear fell from the eyes of men who had long followed the intrepid Law ton. The entire command was stricken with grief as though each man had suf fered a personal loss. Owing to the condition of the country, which is impassable so far as vehicles are concerned, the remains could not be brought to Manila to-day. Mrs. Lawton and the children are living in a gov ernment residence, formerly occu pied by a Spanish general. Man Cremated Alive at the Furnace. About 1:30 o'clock Wednesday morn ing as the cinder-snatcher at the furnace was dumping cinder, engineer P. McMichael, from his position in the engine, noticed a man throw up his hands in agony as the molten mass struck him. One momentary struggle and all was over. The man had evi dently been asleep on the warm cinder, or having lost his way stumbled onto the cinder bed and was overcome by the gasses arising therefrom. Many rumors are afloat as to the probable cause of his being on the cinder bed, all of which lack corroboration. Investigation proved the man to be one Harry Crawford, of Cowley Run, aged about 30 or 40 years. On Tuesday evening he was around town, with three companions, and wanting to see the furnace in operation started over there alone, and being somewhat in toxicated probably lost his way. He was burned beyond recognition, being almost entirely cremated. 1 lis charred remains were taken to Laßar's under taking establishment where they are awaiting advice from hi;; relatives. The Coroner's inquest was held yes terday morning, M. M. Larrabee acting as Coroner, and the jury rendered a verdict to the effect that "deceased came to his death through his own carelessness and through no cause of the Furnace Company." Barbers are busy clipping football heads. TERMS: $2.00—51.50 IN ADVANCE. BRIEF HENTION. Emporium schools will close to-mor row, in order to give the teachers and j scholars a two weeks' vacation. A man named Jolofl", from Glen Hazel, fell on an icy side-walk Friday evening and severely injured his right leg. Hundreds of handsome Christmas presents may be procured at N. Soger's old and popular clothing house, on i East Allegany Avenue. James C'reaton's billiard, pool and ■ bowling alley is one of the most popu lar places of amusement in town. A ! game often pins iu healthy exercise. I Try it. I There will bo three eclipses during | the year 1900, two of the sun and one 1 of the moon. The most interesting one will be on the sun, May 18. in this | State it will be nearly total. The Edinboro Independent advises | the township school teachers to move j out of Crawford county on account of | the low saiaries paid. Tt has been j shown that the average salary of teaeh j ers is about S2OO per year. The Louisville Courier-Journal is of ! the opinion that tho confidence of the | Republicans of the country is largely i due to the fact that they are setting in j the game behind very impressive I smokestacks. | The Baptists of Brooklyn are going to | build a 5100.C00 church which will have 1 a roof garden where services may bo | held during the summer evenings, j There will be four elevators to carry people up and down. There is an old saying: "A burnt 1 child dreads the fire." The experience ! of the workingmen and business men ; from 1893 to 189(5 is burned in their i memories. They don't want any more j of it.—Burlington "Hawk-Eye." Another extension is talked of, and j we understand the contract has been I let for the grading of a connecting link. | whicli will be run from Bailey Run, to ; Sinnemnhonirig, on the P. & E., tapping i the soft coal fields at Medix Run.— j Austin Autograph. Wendell Philips, one of the greatest t orators of his day, once said: "Not one | man in ten reads books. The newspa per is parent, school, college, pulpit, theatre, example, counselor, all in one. Every drop of our blood is colored by it. Let me make tho newspapers and I care not who makes the religion or the law." Howard & Company's mills at this place were compelled to shut down Monday and Tuesday, 011 account of the scarcity of logs. "Big Dan" could not deliver the logs fast enough. This great industry has missed very few days this year thus far and has less lumber on hand than when they com menced in March. Emporium merchants are all doing a nice trade and the increase in busi" ness over last year is very marked and commented 011. We note with satisfac tion the fact that t hose who have plant ed their advertisements in the PRESS are reaping their reward. The day has gone when live merchants prosper without judicious use of printers'ink. Kane Republican: "111 conversation I with a well known P. & E. official on j Saturday evening, he informed us that ! there would in all probality be a great i many changes take place on this road the first ol the year on account of the pensioning of the employees who were 70 years of age. As an illustration he j said that in one office in Philadelphia | there would be sixteen changes made 1 011 account of this new feature. Batavia 1 is trying a system of school i instruction that promises to have im | portant results. The idea is a new one ! in educational methods, and consists in [ placing an extra teacher in each room for the individual instruction of the | pupils, during the same time the rest |of the work is going on. This system i removes discouragements, helps the | backward pupils, evens up tiie rank of the grades and more rapid move | merits, besides many more beneficial ] results. The system has been tried in | the above named school with good re- I suits. An exchange says: "If you toot your little tooter and lay aside you horn, there's not a soul in ten short days will know that you were born. The man who gathers pumpkins is the man who plows all day, and the man who keeps a bumping is the man who makes it pay. Tho man who advertises with a short and sudden jerk, is the man who blames the printer, because it didn't 1 work. The man who gets the business has a long and steady pull, and keeps the local papers for years and years quite full. He plans his advertisement in a clear and thoughtful way, and I keeps forever at it until he makes it , pay " NO. 43.
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