THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866.
VOL. 36.
BuNlnesf) Cards.
B. W. GREEN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Emporium, Pa.
A businessrelatingto estate,collections,real
estates. Orphan's Court and generallaw business
will receive promptattentiou. 42-ly.
J.C. JOHNSON. J. P. MCNARNEY
JOHNSON MoNARNEY,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
EMPOHIV, PA.
Will give prompt attention to all business en
rusted to them. 16-ly.
MICHAEL liRENNAN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Collections promptly attended to. Real estate
and pension claim agent,
85-ly. Emporium, Pa.
F. D. LEET.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW and INSURANCE AO*T.
EMPORIUM, PA
To LAND OWNERS AND Orimns IN CAMRUON AND
ADJOINING COUNTIES.
1 have numerous calls lor hei.ilock and hard
wood timber lands,also stumpage&c., and parties
desiring either to buy or sell will do well to call
on me. F. D. LEET.
THOMAS \V A DDI N UT( >N,
Emporium, Pa.,
CONTRACTOR FOR MASONRY AND
STONE-CUTTING.
All orders in my line promptly executed. All
kinds of building and cut-stoue, supplied at low
prices. Agent for marble or granite monumeuts.
Lettering neatly done.
CITY HOTEL,
WM. McGEE, PROPRIETOR
Emporium, Pa*
Having again taken possession of this old and
popular house I solicit a share of the publicpat
ronage. The houseisnewlyfurnisliedand isone
of the best appointed hotels iu Cameron county,
ao-iy.
THE NOVELTY RESTAURANT,
(Opposite Post Office,)
Emporium, Pa.
WILLIAM MCDONALD, Proprietor.
I take pleasure in informing the public that j
have purchased the old and popular Novelty
Restaurant, located on Fourth street. It will be
my endeavor to serve the public in a manner
that shall meet with their approbation. Give me
a call. Meals and luncheon served at all hours.
n027-lyr Wm. McDONALD.
BT. CHARLES HOTEL,
THOS. J. LYSETT, PROPRIETOR
Near Buffalo Depot, Emporium, Pa.
This new and commodious hotel is now opened
forthe accommodation of the public. Newinal
its appointments, every attention will be paid to
the guests patronizing this hotel. 27-17 ly
AMERICAN HOUSK,
East Emporium, Pa.,
JOHN L. JOHNSON, I'rop'r.
Having resumed proprietorship of this old and
well established House I invite ine patronage of
the public. House newly furnished and thor
oughly renovated. 48ly
MAY GOULD,
TEACHER OF
PIANO, HARMONY AND THEORY,
Also dealer in all the Popular Sheet Music,
Emporium, Pa.
Scholars taught either at my home on Sixth
street or at the homes of the pupils. Out oftown
scholars will be given datesat irv roomsinthig
place.
F. C. RIECK. D. D. S..
DENTIST.
Office over Taggart's Drug Store, Emporium, Pa.
112 ■ V. Gas and other local anaesthetics ad
ministered for the painless extraction <
<uTT&of teeth.
SPEClALTY:—Preservation of natural teeth, in
cluding Crown and Bridge Work.
I will visit Driftwood the first Tuesday, and
Sinnemahoning the third Wednesday of each
month.
S The Plate to Bny Cheap /
\ J. F. PARS^^
Mr ~ , M
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We have just received a fine line of the latest Spring Ml
£$ styles in Ladies' Tailor-made Suits, all of which are well H
N made and strictly up-to-date. These goods have to be seen H
U to be appreciated. The prices are very reasonable. |J
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M RAINY-DAY SKIRTS. M
fcg Our assortment of Rainy-Day Skirts is simply fine—the jig
II best we have ever had, and the prices at which we are of- £3
fering these popular goods are bound to move them early. El
|J LADIES' DRESS GOODS. |J
Our efforts in this line have gained for us a reputation Pi
Pf among the ladies of Emporium and vicinity, of which we P*
M are very proud, and this year display the finest line of Dress M
Goods in this county. H
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OLD RELIABLE
DRUG STORE'S I
I
Prescription Department i
is np to date in every par
ticular. Hundreds will at
test to the very low prices.
30 years experience.
Wall Paper.
2000 rolls at 3c per roll. 1
A great variety of high ;
grade paper at greatly re
duced prices.
Paints! Paints! Paints!
Paints, oilsand varnishes, |
a full line. Enamel paints,
1 varnishes and stains, in all I
colors.
J Pishing Tackle.
Save money I Coll for your Prescrlp
tions, Wall Paper, Paints, Oils Fishing j
Tackle.
L. TAGGART, Prop.
R. Seger&Co.,
THE PIONEER TAILORS.
Opposite M. E. Church, Emporium, Pa.
STYLISH
CLOTHES
for the people,
GUARANTEED FITS.
We carry at all times, the
largest line of imported
and domestic goods to ho
found in this section of
the state. Our prices are
within the reach of all,
while we aim to please
our customers.
NEW WINTER STYLES
now here.
STYLISH BUSINESS AND DRESS
SUITS.
R. SEGER & CO.
"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."—WEßSTEß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 21,1901.
On Deck Again.
| After thoroughly repairing his store
room in a neat and tasty manner
Jasper Harris on Monday reopened his
clothing establishment with an entirely
new line of furnishings and ready
made clothing, trunks, etc. He will
j be pleased tn meet all his old custo
mers and all others who may come.
Notice.
Tho ladies of Band No. 3 of the M.E.
Debt and Interest Paying society will
have on sale, on the afternoon of Sat
urday, March 23d, in Larrabee's vacant
store room, corner Fourth and Chest
nut streets, bread, pics, cakes, cookies,
j friedcakes, candy, etc., and in the evc
i ning of same day, in same place, will
I serve supper from five o'clock until all
! are served. Price twenty-five cents.
Narrow Escape.
John Furl and his father went to
j Mix Run last week and purchased a
I horse, which John undertook to ride
i through Bennetts Branch Creek at
I Rancy. When about the middle of the
stream, the horse fell down and roll
| e-J over John, who had a terrible ex-
J perience before he reached shore The
horse drifted down stream and lodged
against a rock, from where it was res
cued by Newton Mix.
A Few of Them Here.
The Sharon correspondent of the
Pittsburg Leader, in speaking of the
failure of a number of firms who were
attracted to that city by the supposed
boom, says: "None of them did any
advertising in the papers, and aside
from the people along State street who
passed their stores almost daily but few
people knew of their whereabouts or
what sort of business, if any, they hap
pened to be trying to do." There are
a few stores here just like that.
The New Trains Popular.
The new schedule on the P. & E. R.
R., and Buffalo branch went into effect
on Monday and gives universal satis
faction The new trains are solid ves
tibule and consist of two sleepers, din
ing care and two day coachos, one of
which is a smoker. Many of our citi
zens witnessed the arrival of the 11:25
a. m. train on Monday. Both of the
through trains are well patronized.
The arrival and departure of W. N.
Y. & P. local passenger trains at Em
porium depot is a great convenience to
the public.
The Electric Light Question.
J. H. Vail, of Philadelphia, an elec
trical engineer of prominence and
highly endorsed by men of high stand
ing, came to Emporium last Friday,
upon invitation, and consulted with
Burgess E O. Bardwell and Council
men C. Q. Catlin, G. F. Balcom and S.
i E. Murry, appointed by the Borough
| Council to negotiate plans and specifi
cations. The gentlemen viewed the
i town aud located the lights. Mr. Vail
; contracted with the committee for full
j plans and specifications and also to
supervise or inspect the work as it
progresses. The Council will shortly
! advertise for bids.
riaro the Magician.
i The citizens of Cameron county will,
for tho first time, have an opportunity
of witnessing one of the most clever
magicians appearing before an Ameri
can public. Maro, the refined Magi
, cian, Musical Artist and Shadowgraph
"nnear at the opera house,
Friday evening, March
29th. Kb O. S. Metzler, who enjoyed
the services of this talented gentleman
while he served as President of the
Ashland Star Course, endorses the en
tertainment in the following flattering
card:
ASHLAND, PA., March 24, 1899.
i We gave Maro the biggest audience
of the reason and he gave us the best
entertainment of an exceptionally bril
liant Star Course. A polished gentle
! man and princely entertainer. He
| captivated ALL by his clever feats of
| magic and rare powers as a musician.
O. S. METZLER,
: Pastor M E. Church.
I President Citizens' Star Course.
Marriott Brosius Dead.
Lancaster, March 17. —Congressman
Marriott Brosius, chairman of the com
mittee on Banking and Currency, died
at 3 o'clock yesterday morning from a
stroke of appoplexy.
He was stricken at 5 o'clock Friday
afternoon and at once became uncon
scious and remained in that condition
until he died. At no time was there
any hope entertained for his recovery.
Mr. Brosius was in good health up to
noon of that day. In the afternoon he
assisted to carry a trunk to the attic
and bumped his head against a rafter.
Although the accident caused him
considerable pain it was not regarded
ibriously. This, however, is not be
lieved to have been mainly responsible
for tho stroke.
Mr. Brosius' first appearance as a
Congressional candidate was in 1882,
when he was nominated as a Congress
man-at-Large, but was defeated with
the balance of the Republican state
ticket. In 1888 he was elected to Con
gress from the Lancaster District, and
has represented it continuously since
then. Since 1890 he has had no oppo
sition for the nomination, and last No
vember was re elected for his seventh
term.
James Nefcy Killed.
B. Nefcy received the sad intelligence
Friday that his son James had been
killed at 8 o'clock that morning while
at work on a P. and L. E. freight train
near Pittsburg.
A special dispatch to the Philadel
phia North American, dated McKees
port, March 15, says: "W D. Brisbin,
while collecting mail in the P. and L.
E. railroad yards this morning, discov
ered a dead man sitting on top of a box
car, pinned to the upright brake.
Brisbin signaled the trainmen who
stopped the engine The victim had
been struck by a beam of a bridge fif
teen miles below this city. He was
Jame3 B. Nefcy, of Driftwood, Pa., a
brakeman, who was making his first
trip over the line." The top of his
head was knocked off.
His remains arrived here Monday
afternoon and were viewed by many of
his old friends. Rev. Father O'Hern
conducted the funeral services Wed
nesday morning in St. James' R. C.
church. Interment was made in St.
James' cemetery.—Driftwood Gazette.
high School Literary Society.
March 15, 1901.
Minutes of last meeting read and ap
proved.
PROGRAMME.
Piano Solo, Nellie Lingle
Select Reading Grace Metiger
DEBATE.
Resolved: The pen is mightier than the sword.
Affirmative—Fred Heiiman, J.M. Bair.
Negative—Guy Klees, Frank Felt.
General debate.
Piano Solo, Eva Leet
Judges decision: Affirmative, 2; negative, 1.
Judges: Nellie Lingle, Iva Leet, Laura Lechner.
The following officers were elected: President,
Joel Jordan; Vice President, Claude McCaslin;
Secretary, Myrtle Olmsted; Critic, Miss Van-
Valkeuberg; Ass't Critic, Miss Bonham; Pianist,
Iva Leet. The term of office is six months.
The visitors at these meetings are increasing in
numbers. Come one, come all, and enjoy an
hour or so with the society. It will cost you
nothing. X. Y. Z.
Correct Your List.
These are the latest phones, cut this
out and put on your call card. A new
directory will be issued soon:
No. 48—Bardwell, Dr. E. 0., residence.
No. 19-2—Dodson, R. C., drug store.
No. 47—Emporium Furniture Co.,store
No. 37—Hayes, D. C., livery.
No. 39-3—Huntington, L. K., store.
No. 33—Slocum, B. A. & Co., store.
No. 30—Shives, Frank, store.
Others as soon as we can get the in
struments.
Stamp collectors all over the world
are adding the new Pan-American ser
ies of stamps to their collections.
MARRIED.
MITCHELL—-LoauE.—AtWarner House,
Emporium, Pa., March 14th, 1901, by
Rev. O. S. Metzler, pastor of M. E.
Church, Mr. Randolph T. Mitchell,
of Williamsport, Pa., and MissDessie
Logue, of Driftwood, Pa.
SIOO.OO Reward.
Emporium, Pa., March 20, 1901.
Editor Cameron County Press:
Dear Sir:—For several years in suc
cession several gentlemen in Cameron
county have sent requisitions to the
Pish Commissioners for trout fry, and
have brought every influence to bear
they knew how, to get the young trout.
They have done nobly, and have put
into our streams for several years, at
least thirty cans per year, at a great
inconvenience to themselves, and loss
of time; in some instances outat night,
always lugging cans to small streams
or springs most suitable for trout fry,
sometimes through snow and over logs.
The writer has pulled his team through
snow and mud, with cans of trout fry,
to get to some choice spot, until the
team was white with foam, and then
lugged the cans over snow and ice.
All this and more has been done for
years, not by one alone but by many.
All for the public good, that all might
enjoy a season of pleasure indue and
proper time. What is the result of all
our labors? There are less trout in our
streams now than last year, less last
year than the year before. At present
there is not a stream in the district
where we can get a good day's fishing.
The reason is not hard to find. Any
sportsman will tell you that on the 15th
of April, when he starts out expecting
to enjoy a good day's sport, he finds
beaten paths along the streams, where
parties have been up and down ille
gally fishing.
It would not be so bad if parties
fished for a mess of trout for their fami
lies. I am sorry to say most of this
fishing is done to get trout to sell, and
some of our supposed best citizens buy
the trout. These people are no better
than the pot-hunters. Then some par
ties dynamite the streams, but the most
dastardly act of all, so far as I know,
was the putting in of a fish-basket at
"Indian Run,"on the main stream
above Mr. Peasley's. Our Sheriff told
me he pulled out the basket, and stat
ed he judged there was at least 1,000
little trout not as long as his finger,
caught by the gills, dead, not being
able to get between the slots, and also
stated that one side of the bank, on a
sand-bar, was covered with little trout
thrown out by these vandals. Someof
us think this is one of the greatest out
rages ever committed in this com
munity.
With such proceedings as above
stated, we feel that it is no use to try
to stock our streams, or do anything
with them except try to catch some of
the parties who are committing these
illegal acts. To this end I will person
ally pay $50.00 for information that will
lead to the conviction of the parties
who put a fish-basket in above referred
to, and? 20.00 for information that will
lead to the conviction of parties fishing
out of season, selling trout out of seas
on or buying trout out of season. I
will also pay $25.00 for information that
will lead to the conviction of parties
dynamiting our streams. I will agree
to have the detective work done, hunt
ing up proofs, etc. All I ask parties to
do is to put me on the track of law
breakers, and I will do the rest.
I do not propose to sit quietly and
have this dastardly work goon, and
nullify the hard work so many of us
have done for so many years.
Yours respectfully,
FRED JULIAN.
Some Advantages of Poverty.
Some disadvantages of plenty, Cor
nelius Vanderbilt used to say, he had
one advantage over to', boys; he was
born poor. This ma' seem a strange
remark for such 1 man to make, but
analyze it and you will find more truth
and wisdom in it Chan at first appears.
Man does little except some force be
applied, especially is this true in child
hood. Sometimes this force is from
within, and sometimes from without.
An inward feeling of something higher
and nobler induces youth to put forth
exertion, or the gnawings of hunger or
the chill of winter forces it; in either
case there is a kind of compulsion used.
Conscience compels, duty compels,
want compels. But what disadvantage
can plenty have? There are two points
from which to rise, are attended with
great difficulty and require unusual
qualities. The children of a long line
of wealthy and refined ancestors, which
from some course has been reduced to
extreme poverty, have a very steep
hill to climb which is rendered rough
by the obstacles thrown in their way
and which their past lives have render
ed them very poorly qualified to
overcome. By heridity they take the
tastes and prejudices of a long line of
ancestors, and if they do not take more
or less of lethargy, especially from tho
female side of the house, they are for
tunate. They have been accustomed
1 to look upon their position in life as
TERMS: IN ADVANCE.
WEATHER REPORT.
(Forecast by T. B. Lloyd.)
FRIDAY, Probably Fair.
SATURDAY, Pair.
SUNDAY, Fair.
secure. They lack the inward prompt
ings oft he laboring class for something
higher, and they know not, as the poor
do, how to got their daily bread, and
having lived at tho top have no inward
promptings up. The children of the
liberal salaried man who has lived up
to the full extent of hi 3 salary, having
laid up nothing for an emergency, are
in many respects in the same position
as the wealthier, reduced to poverty.
Their children have mingled freely
with those of their employers and oil
equal terms, their apartments are as
tastefully and expensively furnished as
theirs, and they have not been taught
to rely upon themselves All their
wants have been supplied and the fut
ure to them seems one of pleasure.
The head of the home is taken and they
are compelled to face the world with
no idea what to do or how to do it, and
to make their condition more difficult
they arc. met with the cold shoulder
from their previous associates, and the
sneers and gibes of those whom hereto
fore they have looked upon as beneath
them. Every boy and every girl should
learn some business or occupation that
will enable thorn to live independently
and support any who may rightfully
look to them tor sustenance and should
cultivate such a spirit as will induce
them to do it with pleasure. ***
Emporium, Pa., March 20, 1901.
Local Institute.
A local institute will be held in the
High School room, in Emporium, on
Saturday, March 23d, 1901. The ses
sions will open at 10 o'clock a. m., and
1:30 o'clock p. m. All friends of edu
cation are cordially invited to attend
the sessions.
The following questions will be dis
cussed: (a) "Primary reading;" (b)
"geography;" (c) "literature in the
pupils' life;" (d) "relation of teacher
and parent;" (e) "waste of time in pub
lic school work;'' (112) "the teacher's
duty toward the backward pupil;" (g)
"history teaching;" (h) "the teacher's
authority and influence;" (i) "literary
teaching;" (j) "school visitation."
Hissionary Sermon at Bmmannal
Church.
The Rev. H. M. Clarke, Ph. D., of
Port Allegany will preach a mission
ary sermon in Etnmanual Church on
Wednesday evening, March 27th.
Service at 7:30 o'clock. All invited.
Letter From California.
Los Angeles, Cal., March 13,1901.
MN. H. H. MULI.IN,
Emporium, Pa.,
My Dear Sir: —ln order to "stab" sev
eral persons with one "pen," and pos
sibly kill an editor with grief, I would
like to use a little space in your esti
mable paper to communicate with old
friends back there in the land of the
"ground-hog's winter." While I had
had designs on southern California's
climate for some time, they were not
very serious, until the ground-hog acted
as he did on the day set apart for his
exclusive use, in February; that settled
it as for me, and I forthwith decided to
part company with the ground-hog and
his operations for this year, and within
a week I had packed my "grip," and
together with what I had of the "same
commodity" stored away in my system,
was on my way to the land of sunshine
and oranges, which I reached within a
week after leaving Olean.
Upon my arrival here I was reminded
of the words of the song, "If you want
to get to heaven o'er the Nickle Plate
Route," etc., which route, sure enough,
I had taken as far as Chicago, the trans
ition was so great, the change so mark
ed. At Chicago I had become desperate
and made a dash for a milder climate
which I "fetched up" with at St. Louis
that same evening, but as the article I
was looking for was not quite of the
right consistency yet, I only continued
my sojourn in the future Exposition
City (no charge for this advertising)
about twenty-four hours, and hied me
onto El Paso, where I found it more
congenial, after a continuous ride of
fifty hours. Here I made a somewhat
longer stay, going over into Old Mexi
co and taking in some sights in the
quaint old city of Juarez (Hoo-ar-ez)
originally called El Passe del Norte,
but changed to Juarez in honor of the
President of the Republic of that name
during his administration. While in
this city I visited the old Church of the
Crucifixion, a temple of historical in
terest reputed to be 354 years old, thus
taking rank with somo of the oldest
buildings dedicated to the worship of
God, on this continent. This church is
richly ornamented in hand carved
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