J<*" y Slate Librnry 30jun1902
THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
•IS L'A BUSHED BY C. H. GOULD, MARCH L 866.
vol.. 37.
Sunday Dinner.
Mr. Mannet desires to inform his
patrons that, hereafter, Sunday dinner
at the Warner House, will be served at
promptly 1:00 o'clock,and the rate will
be strictly 50 cents each.
The Public Ledger Sold.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger, one
of the oldest and most prosperous news
papers in America, was sold on Monday
to Adolph S. Ochs for $2,250,000. The
Ledger was established in 1836.
Lost.
Reward at this office for the return of
a ladies solid gold horse shoe pin with
letters D. S. and others engraved on
back. Lost Sunday, July 20th, 1902,
between the tannery and Episcopal
church.
Killed at Queens Pun Bridge.
Michael E. Schultz of Flemmington
a workman on the Queens run railroad
bridge, met with an accident on Satur
day which resulted in his death. A
p>ink fell from the top of the bridge
breaking his skull and otherwise injur
ing him.
Laundry Changes Hands.
E. E. Mulliner is now out of the laun
dry business having disposed of his
plant to Floyd F. llellicker of Buffalo.
The latter has had twelve years exper
ience in the business in a leading laun
dry in Buffalo and guarantees his pa
trons prompt service, satisfactory and
up-to-date work.
Jealous Husband Shoots Wife.
Calvin Cowies a painter and paper
hanger, whose home is on Center street
Bradford. Pa., is in Ridgway jail await
ing the result of a pistol shot which he
fired on Saturday morning wounding
his wite below the heart. The latter is
at Bradford hospital. The shooting
occurred at lustanter and jealousy was
the provocation.
General Brooke Petiretl.
Major General John R. Brooke, com
mander of the Department of the East
having reached the age limit, retired
from active service Monday and will
be succeeded by Major-General Adna
R. Chaffee, who is now stationed at
Manila, as commander of the Philip
pine Department.
General Brooke has been in the
service for more than forty years..
Broke Jail.
Six prisoners escaped from the Cler
field county jail last Thursday morning
between three and four o'clock. Toni
Fiori fell outside the jail wall and broke
his leg and was captured. The others
who escaped were as follows Mike
Knpsiek, a Siav, Moses Brown, colored,
James Carter, colored; Guini Boni.
flint The?. Ermine. 1
Rose Edwards wl.o was in jail refused
togo into the scheme to escape. The
gang threatued to kill Edwards
if he divulged anything regarding
their manner of escape, which '
was effected by digging through the
cell partition with an iron bar which
they broke off the coridor rail.
License for Peddlers.
In the Butler court, a decision was
rendered sustaining the imposition of a
line by the borough upon an offender
against an ordinance prohibiting
peddling. The Butler Times says:
"An interesting case disposed of in
court was that of Butler borough vs.
John Hagins. The defendant in the
case represented an out-of-town
grocery firm and sold to Butler people
on orders, delivering the goods to the
purchasers. Information was made
against him by the borough authorities
and he was fined for selling without a
license. He appealed from the decision
of the burgess and the case was heard
in court and the decision is now made
in favor of the borough. The case was
an exceedingly important one, as the
decision gives the borough the right to
collect a fine from persons selling by j
order."
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Bradford County Will Work Its
Prisoners.
The Bradford county prison board
which was formed some months ago, I
will soon have prisoners confined in
the county jail at work. The act of the
legislature permitting this luis not been
genera ly followed in the state because
of some disadvantages but the board in
Bradford county will give the system a
trial. The work of prison labor, while
not directly highly renumcrative, has
the grit saving of scaring away from
the country a class of citizens who com
mit minor depredations for the yako of
securing warm quarters for the wint» r
months without having lo work fir :t
Jiving The board is composed of the
president judg«' as president of tho
board, the sheriff', as vice president,
and the county commissioners men
Ijers. Wiillamsport Bulletin.
Dog Days are Here.
The dog days are here and will last
six weeks. This season is regarded by
many persons as more unhealthy than
that which immediately precedes or
succeeds it, and as being a time when
mankind are more liable to attacks from
disease through exposure or impru
dence in their general habits than in
any other. If there is no foundation
in fact for the belief it is a superstition
of long standing. There are even those
now who would not for a single mo
ment be regarded as at all superstitious
who look upon the dog days as exer
cising bad influences upon everything.
The heat while the dog days last is
usually more sultry and oppressive
than any other in the summer. Then,
too, meats and vegetables are supposed
to be in more danger of spoiling from
the effects of the weather than at any
othertime. Be this as it may, we will
enter upon the dog days, and it would
be well for us to be careful in our diet
and manner of living.
Result of Carelessness.
Eighty-seven thousand letters were
placed in the post office of the United
States last year without being address
ed. Fifteen thousand letters were
placed in the post office containing
money, ranging in sums from a dime
to twenty dollar bills, without a sign
of address. One hundred and fifty-six
thousand persons last year forgot to
place stamps on their envelopes. It
would seem almost impossible that
persons should be so careless especially
when mailing letters containing mon
ey, and yet this is the record of the
Dead Letter office last year. Most of
these letters found their owners event
ually, but many of them did not. The
U. S. postal service is almost perfect in
its handling of the mails but it cannot
always provide against the carelessness
of the individual. When you mail a
letter always give it a final glance be
fore dropping it in the box. In this
way you may often avoid the result of
your own carelessness.—Ex.
Murder in a Lumber Camp.
INDIANA, PA., July 19.—During a
tight in a lumber camp at Kehrum, in
Bufflngton township, this county,
George Clinton, one of the principals,
was shot and killed, while the alleged
murderer, John Dubie, alias John
Gainor, is at large with officers in pur
suit.
Dubie walked boldly into Nanty Glo
this morning and bought a bag of
crackers and cheese and immediately
left. Officer John Bratton, of Altoona,
who was on his trail, arrived 15 min
utes too late. It is believed that Dubie
has found a hiding place iu one of the
abandoned coal mines in the vicinity,
where friends will provide him with
food until he can escape.
The principals in the above shooting
affray are known in this county.
Clinton having run a boarding house
on Cowley Run.
Hinisters Swindled by a Woman.
A clever swindling game was suc
cessfully prepetrated in Bradford dur
ing the past few days by an unknown
woman, who called on the ministers
and other charitable inclined people
and solicited money from them by tell
ing a smooth hardluek story. To each
she gave a different name, but her
story, in the main, was the same. She
claimed to be a stranger in the city and
named various town as her former
place of residence. She said that she
had five small children and a husband;
that their home had been destroyed by
fire and that she had moved to that city
greatly in need of furniture. She asked
for §2 with which to buy a stove and
promised that she would return the
money as soon as her husband drew
his ffrst month's wages.
Bailey-Kepner.
Married at Olean Wednesday, July
loth, Mr. Gregg Bailey, foreman of the j
Argus, Port Allegany, Pa., to Miss ;
Frances Kepner formerly of that city. 1
The happy couple will spend a brief
honeymoon with Mr. Bailey's parents j
at Sterling, Pa., »nd will return here
next Sunday evening, where they will |
take up a residence. The entire Argus .
force join in wishing them a long,
happy and prosperous life.—Argus.
Gregg's many Cameron county
friends extend congratulations.
"Whiskey Lew" Dead-
Lewis Manning, better known as
"Whiskey Lew" who has been a tramp
printer for nearly forty years and was
well known in the newspaper office in
this section of the country, died recent
ly at Ovvego,
To the surprise of many Lew was
possessed 0f5250 when his pied form
was thrown into the bell box. Kx.
Deceased was well anil favorably
known at this place having visited
here about one year ago.
"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 24.1902.
DEATH'S DOINGS.
LYMAN.
Oscar Lyman, aged 29 years, died
Thursday night July 17 at his home in
East Emporium of apoplexy. He is
survived by a widow and two
children, the youngest being bnt
two months, and the oldest,
one and one-half years old. Much
sympathy if felt for the family in their
sorrow. The funeral services were
conducted last Sunday afternoon at his
late home by the Rev. O. S. Metzler,
and the burial was made at Sizerville.
A great concourse of people followed
his remains to the place of interment.
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LEWIS.
After a period of five months of ill
ness death relieved the sufferings of
Isaac Lewis, Sunday, July the 20th.
He was 83 years and one month old,
most of which time he has resided in
this section, where he has successfully
engaged in farming.
He was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church of town, though un
able through the infirmities of age of
late years to attend many of its services.
Mr. Lewis was thrice married. He is
survived by a widow, Mercy Lewis, a
son Albert Lewis and a daughter
Nancy Jane Barr.
Funeral services were held in the
Rich Valley church Tuesday last at
one o'clock and were in charge of Rev.
O. S Metzler, assisted by the Rev. M. |
Wagner.
HOUSLER.
The death of Aden Housler, of Rich
Valley, last Sunday evening removes a
well known figure from the business
circles of Cameron county. Probably
two waeks ago lie was seen on the
streets of our town, apparently in his
usual health though infirm, from his
nearly 88 years of life. He was confined
to his bed for not more than ten days
and was in full possession of his mental '
faculties to the very last. He was con-'
scious that the end was near, but ex-!
pressed his readiness togo and spoke '
words of comfort to the members of !
the family gathered about him.
For a number of years lie affiliated
the with Methodist Episcopal Church.
He enjoyed the esteem of an entensive
circle of friends by whom he will be j
greatly missed.
Mr. Housler was born in Freehold, |
Monmouth County, N. J., but removed I
tD this section about fifty years ago, I
where he has since resided. He is sur- j
vived by one brother, Joseph Housler,
of Lock Haven, 89 years of ago, who
was with him when he died; was the
father of eight children five of whom
are living, Mrs. Win. Cramer of town,
Mrs. Ella Swartwood, Mrs. . illman
Chadwick, George E. Ilousler and S.
D. Ilousler.
Funeral services were held in the
Rich Valley church, Tuesday at three
o'clock and were numerously attended
They were in charge of the Rev. C. G.
Wagoner, who had visited him during
his last illness and who paid fitting
tribute to his memory. The Rev. O.
Metzler assited in the services.
A male quartette composed of H. C.
Olmsted, Charles H. Felt, I. K. Hock
ley and George Metzger, Jr., rendered
appropriate singing.
The Star Course.
The following list of attractions will
comprise the Peoples' Star Course the
coming season. It is by far the best |
Course yet presented and only th 9 most I
liberal patronage will insure its flnan- |
eial success.
1 The Brockway Grand Concert Com- j
pany.
2 The lion. Walter M. Chandler of the I
New York Bar-lecture.
3 The Chicago Glee Club.
4 The Coit Novelty Company.
5 Ths Brockway Jubilee Singers.
The above selections were wade from j
a long list of attractions and embraces
absolutely the best available talent in
the lyeeum Held. The Course tickets,
including reserve seats will be one j
dollar an a half each.
Eye Specialist.
Prof. W. H. Budine, the well known j
Eye Specialist, of Binghamton, N. Y.,
will be at R. 11. Hirsch's jewelry i
store, Emporium, Pa , August Ist and
2nd Eyes tested and examined free.
All work guaranteed. If you have
weak eyes or headache don't fail to call i
and see Prof. Budine, as he makes a
speciality of correcting all such cases. 1
Lenses ground to fit all kinds of peculiar
sight. 21-2t.
\\ HAT is INDL'UINK: A pure mineral
paint in dry powder form requiring
the addition of eoid water only to bo
ready for instant use. It is absolutely
lire proof and is 7/> per cent cheaper
than lead and oil. Any quantity.
Prices made known on application.
G. 11. fUCKISNSON.
The Rummage .Sale.
i.i'f lung tin- l.eli.s Sewing Society nl
kiijiiMiiui'l church will lioM a ruminant'
■-aK Many liar.'lius in u.»cl'ul article
will 1> • ollcrei. I•• limit! uiiiioiiiii'iiieilt i
a- to time and place .nil be made noon.
The Lecture.
The lecture given by Miss Frew at
courthouse last Friday afternoon was
not only profitable and instructive but
also entertaining.
Thanks.
Miss May Agnes Kelley desires to
thank the County Commissioners for
the use of the courthouse on Friday
afternoon last, in which was given the
lecture by Miss Frew.
Badly Scared.
Avis, the five year old daughter of
R. C. Dodson who was playing with a
furl off of a small hose, slipped it on one
j of her fingers, which caused consider
able commotion before the same was
extricated. The little girl does not
want another such experience soon.
Do You Believe In It?
Those who believe the old supersti
tion that if it rains on St. Swithin's
day, which fell this year on Tuesday,
July 15th, it will rain forty
days thereafter, will have their belief
strengthened this year. It rained on
that day, and it has rained every day
since.
Smallpox in Lock Haven.
Lock Haven has developed a case of
smallpox. Lizzie Reed the unfortunate
victim was undergoing treatment in
the hospital, when the rash which is a
sure indication of the disease made its
| appearance. She has been isolated
and no future spread of the contagion
is feared.
Creditors Met Last Saturday.
At a meeting of the creditors of the
Mankey Mfg. Co., last Saturday, Mr.
Josiah Howard's appointment as
assignee was confirmed. Mr. Howard
will make all collections outstanding and
hopes to close the business as speedily as
possible. Charles E. Crandell was also
appointed general manager of the above
business.
Will Interest Mail Clerks.
An item of particular interest to rail
way mail clerks was incorporated in
the postal appropiation bill by the
senate postoffice committee. It gives
the authority for the payment of §I,OOO
to the families of railway mail clerks
who are killed in the lino of duty.
Provision is made for the payment of
the sum immediately after such casual
ties occur.
Old Soldiers Read.
To the E-litor Cameron County J'ress :
Knowing your patriotic feeling to
wards the old soldiers, I would kindly
ask you to assist in your columns to
get information wanted to complete
the story of Co. F., 148 th, Penna. Vols.,
togo into history, which is now being
prepared by Col. James A. Beaver and
adjutant J. W.Muffey ofthe 148 th Regt.
Penna. Vols.
The commissioned officers of Co. F.
being all dead, it devolves upon the
non-commissioned officers to take up
the matter and push it to completion.
A picture of David C. Freeman is
desired for engraving and reminis
cences of his services while connected
with Co. F. 148 th Itegt. or before will
be thankfully received, the picture
will be returned to whoever sends it.
Send all communications of the above
to J. M. English, Driftwood, Pa.
Other papers please copy.
Driftwood, Pa., July 21st, 1002.
Newspaper Laws.
The following rules are laid down by
the Government for the protection of
newspapers:
Subscribers who do not give express
notice to the contrary, are considered
as wishing to continue their subscrip
tion.
If subscribers order the discontinu
ance of their periodicals, the publisher
may continue to send them until all
arrearages are paid.
If subscribers move to other places
without informing publishers, and pa
pers are sent to the former direction,
they aro held responsible.
The courts have decided that refus
ing to take periodicals from the ollice
before removing, and leaving them un
called for, is prima facie evidence of
intentional fraud.
If subscribers pay in advance they
are bound to give notice to the pub
lisher at the end of that time, if they
do not wish to continue taking it;
otherwise tin- publisher is authorized to I
send it on, and the subscriber will be
responsible until an express notice,
with payment of all arrears, is sent to
t he publisher.
It is a dangerous trick for a man to i
allow his subscription account to run
on from year to year unpaid, and then i
tell the postmaster to mark "refused " '
or to send I lie editor a notice to discon
tinue tin paper.
FOB SAI.K \ desirable lot and build- |
nig lor sale at corner of Sixth ami ,
Cherry streets. For terms apply to J
Mrs. J. <j. BHYAN.
Maurice Judd Dead.
A telegram was received this morn
ing by Postmaster Chas. Seger an
nouncing the death of Maurice C.
Judd, formerly telegraph operator at
Junction, which occured at Emleton,
Pa. No further particulars.
BRIEFTIENTION.
Costello has a case of smallpox.
Ping pong is a favorite mid-summer
pastime with some of our young
people
At Le Roy, N. Y., a negro has turned
white. It is the second case of the kind
on record.
The famous Repasz band of Williams
port has been engaged by the Bradford
firemen for the State Convention in
in October.
The Oak Grove land associatian will
begin in a few days the erection of
twenty-five houses, with all modern
improvements.
The Kane band is making big prepa
rations to attend the Firemen's conven
tion at St. Marys in August and have j
ordered new uniforms for the occasion.
During a thunderstorm at Farmers
Valley on Monday, July, 14 a herd of
eighteen fine brpd cows belonging to 1
D. C. Young, of Smet.hport were killed
by lightning.
Class No. 9 of the Presbyterian Sun
day School will serve ice cream, cake
and coffee on the lawn of Miss H. L.
Raymond Saturday evening, July 28.
Come everybody.
Our Presbyterian friends are matur
ing plans for the improvement of their
Church property. To what an extern
these will be carried, has not been dis- |
closed, but they will no doubt be tlior- j
ugh. The Jchurehes of Emporium are
properly a matter of municipal pride i
It is conceded that this is the greatest |
huckleberry season in years. Owing to j
the strike in the coal regions thousands |
of men, women and children turn out j
to pick the fruit and it is estimated that
between 16 and IS tons are shipped
daily to New York from Mahanoy City,
Girardsville and surrounding stations.
The pickers are paid six cents per quart.
A Kentucky paper has this item: John
Filson, a farmer, living seven miles
south of Eminence, is the proud father
of 41 little chickens, but much of the
credit for the result is due to his wife.
Filson has been ill with fever, so she
decided to utilize him as an incubator.
She borrowed the eggs and placed them
about his body. Only four failed to
produce chickens.
The new battleship Maine is evidently
a wonder. She has already broken all
records for heavy war-craft of her class.
On the trial trip the other day, she made
a maximum speed of 19.95 knots, the
contract calling for 18 knots. The
Maine is a magnificent ship in every
respect, and will be the best monument
that could be built to the brave men
who lost their lives by the destruction
of her ill-fated predecessor in Havana
harbor.
Neatness, says an exchange, is a good
thing for a girl, and if she does not learn
it when she is young she never will It.
takes a great deal more neatness to
make a girl look well than it does to
make a boy look passable. Not because
a boy, to start with, is better looking
than a girl but his clothes are of a
different sort, not so many colors in
them, and people do not except a boy
to look so pretty as a girl. A girl that
is not neatly dressed is called a sloven,
and no one likes to look at her,
Judge Simonton, of the Dauphin
county court, has rendered two opin
ions which are of importance to every
county in the state. In interpreting
the act of 189-5, under which the state
rebuilds county bridges destroyed by
fire or floods, Judge Simonton declares
that the state cannot be required to
erect bridges over streams that are not
navig.able or on streams above the
point where they eease to be navigable.
He also declares that where the dam
age to a bridge consists merely in in
jury to the approaches thereto the state
cannot be requried to build such bridge
The latest labor saving invention is a
brick laying machine; the invention of
a Canadian: "The machine workod by
two men and a lad, will lay 400 to 600
bricks per hour. Door and window
spaces cause only a slight delay. The
machine is suited for all plain work,
such as walls, sheds, factories, mills,
rows of cottages, piers of bridges, etc.
Considerable pressure is put on the
brick, and it is claimed that the work
is more firmly done than by hand. The
invention will do the work of six or
seven skilled bricklayers, and it is be
lieved that a machine adapted to build
a factory about 00x40 feet could bo put
on the mark t for SSOO. The apparatus
can be readily worked after a fort
night's instruction.
TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE.
WEATHER REPORT.
(Forecast by T. B. Lloyd.)
FRIDAY, Fair.
SATURDAY, Fair.
SUNDAY, Fair.
Predicted Garfield's Assassination..
In the spring of 1882 the writer of thir
met a man, whom wo shall call Mr. I).
who had a tale to tell which if not tru*
was certainly quite interesting. He wai
a man of culture and address, but wat
what might be termed an auli-Masonic
crank.
In June 1880 he was spending a (e®
hours at Niagara Falls. Among tb<
crowds were many politicians just returE
ing from the Republican national conven
tion. His attention was drawn in par
ticular to two men of distinguished ap
pearanee, and getting into conversation
with them learned that they were the
nominees for President and Vice-Presi
dent. 'Jen. Garfield began to speak of
the policies he expected to carry out if
elected President, especially with regard
to the reform of the civil service.
"May I ask, General," said Mr. D., "if
you are a IreeMason? "lam," Garfielc
replied.
"Then permit me to say that if you at
tempt to carry out this policy which you
have outlined, you will be assassinated."
"Why so?"
"Because you are bound by the oath of
your order not to turn down any of your
brother Masons. If you do so you will
meet with trouble."
Mr. D. then proceeded to advise Gar
lield to renounce Freemasonry. Mr.
Arthur broke in saying, "General Gar
field is not the man to do that."
As they parted Mr. D. reiterated h»
warning and advice.
According to Mr. D., Guiteau was a
Freemason, and his crime was committed
in revange for what Guiteau regarded af.
ungrate!ul and disloyal treatment irom a
brother Mason. When the shooting oc
curred, .Secretary Blaine,who was with th»:
Pre.-ident. sprang towards the assassin
but stopped suddenly when the latter made
a mysterious sign. "Although Guiteau
has been sentenced," said Mr. D., "mart
my words, he will never be executed
The Masons will save him."
The writer had been brought up to
entertain a holy dread of Freemasonry,
and this story at the time intensified this
feeling. But in many years acquaintance
with members of the Masonic order he
has never been able to come upon tht
traces of anything worse than an oc
casional conspiracy to give an effectual
and quiet lift to a deserving man whee
he is down.
A Warning to Young nen.
Many young men in Emporium, as
well as elsewhere, may read with profit
an editorial in the Philadelphia Times
for July 22nd, entitled "A Drama o?
Sin." The text of it is the ditsgraceful
careers of the Yohe woman and younj
Strong.
"It is not true that in a guilty liaison
the man escapes unblamed and the
woman only suffers. The man does
not escape. He may be sure hip sin
will follow him, will entangle him
will drag him down, even below th«
woman's level. Men will goon sinning
in this way, or pursuing pleasure, a*
they choose to call it but they need nol
expect, when they throw away honor,
to avoid ruin and disgrace."
Post Mortem Praise,
A minister in the West preached a.
brief but beautiful funeral sermon the
other day. Here it is: A word to yoiv
all. Post mortem praises and love are
in the air. People kiss their dead but
never stop to kiss their living; the?
hover over open caskets in hysteric
sobs, but fail to throw their arms
around their loved ones who are fight
ing the stern battles of life. A word of
cheer to a struggling soul in life iir
worth more than the roses of Christen
dom piled high on a casket cover. The
dead cannot smell flowers but the livinp
can; scatter them broadcast in their
pathway therefore, and pluck out the
thorns before it is too late.
Remarkable C**
M. Blodget, of Slnnamah'oning, wa»
in town last Monday and made us a
short, pleasant call, and tells this of &
remarkable cow owned by his father
He said the cow had a peculiar fond
ness for apples and that on one occ*
sion, after she had gotten into a neigh
bor's orchard and eaten all the appto
she wanted, his mother milked her
ohurnod the milk and got three quarU
of good npplo butter. On another oc
casion the cow ate off the tail of a
rooster that roosted in the stall with
her, and the next morning, in place of
giving milk, sho gave a gallon and a
half of the finest kind of cocktail. It u
needle** to say that Llalrytnp'e kept
his distance.
Kino rtiiit UnnduiK Mukb
l> vi» Lend and Zinc Paint wear iwu*
as loiig as l< id and oil mixed by hand
Murry A Coppersmith sell our paint.
NO. 22.