i HE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
ISSTA BUSHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH L 866.
VOL. 37.
BRIEF fIENTIO.N.
In many places potatoes shows signs
of rot or blight,
Hay has stood so long on the ground
that it is beginning to rot.
Mrs. Charles Seger entertained a
number of lady friends last evening.
The heavy rain of last evening did
considerable damage to property and
g&fc'ens in Emporium.
Two lawyers, while bathing at Santa 1
Cruz the other day, were chased out of ,
the water by a shark, This U the most j
flagrant case of want of professional (
courtesy on record.
A Bradford man shot an eagle last |
week measuring 8 feet ft inches from |
tip Lo tip of wings. It had been steal- j
ing poultry in that vicinity says the j
Era,
£>r Mann, of Buffalo, who perfomed J
the surgical operation upon the late ■
President McKinley,has been awarded j
for liiij services the sum of §10,"000. j
Other surgeons in the case will be paid |
in proportion. )
A trestle at Howard Go's mill at this j
place, on which a number of men were |
at work gave way one day last week,
MatLuew Bums being ? be n3oßt unfor
tunate, severely spraining one knte !
The dial on the East side of the town
clock is now in place. Mr. Egler
having completed his work on Wednes- ;
day. The clock keeps accurate time and
is a greatly appreciated public con- <
venivnee.
A lawyer had his potrait taken in his
favorite attitude—standing with his |
hands in his pocket. An old farmer re- ,
marked that the potrait would have
been more like the lawyer if it had rep- [
resented him with his hand in another '
man's pocket, instead of his own. I
The director of the census reports I
that when the next census is taken it
will bo found that the population of
the Uuited States is 100,000,000. Then
in population as well as in wealth and
political influence it will be found that
this nation is indeed a world power.
A holt of lighting struck a 2"),000
barrel tank of the Emery Oil company j
near Toad Hollow on Saturday even
ing. There was an explosion immedi
ately and the contents of the tank, J
13,0C0 barreh of crude oil were de
stroyed after a lire of about 12 hours.
—Bradford Star.
An e.\ change says in Roulette town
ship, Potter county there were thirteen
persons who had been maintained at
public expense, but when informed
that they mus. enter the new poor j
house just opened, twelve of them de- j
cided they could earn livelihoods and !
refused to be taken to the new refuge, j
The supreme court has decided that !
shade trees in front of a man's residence, 1
although located on public property be- j
long to him. Theci.se in which the de
cision was rendered was one in which a
property owner sued a telephone com- j
pany for cutting off the limbs of his ,
trees. The decision is one of vital
iuterest to property owners.
Mere's to the kicker, the treacherous
kicker, the foul-mouthed kicker who
never was true; who always is crying
and never is trying some good for his
town to do. No use trying to correct
him, nor need you expect him to come
to the front like a man; while others
hustle he sits down all rusty and raises
objections to each plan.
A man stopped his subscription to
the Cavvker Ledger the other day with
what will be deemed generally a brand j
new excuse. He says that up to three I
years ago he had never taken a news- j
paper and he finds that the newspaper
reading habit is growing on him to
such an extent that he had not time to
read his Bible as he wishes.
The Dußois Courier rays that the
Goodyear Brothers' railroad, the Buf-j
falo & Susquehanna., is to be extended I
from Sinnemah.oning, Cameron county, !
to Du Pioie. A distance of about forty j
miles. Vhe main line of the road runß '
ir°'ji Wellavitle, N-. Y., south through
hotter aud Cameron counties, with
Various branches Potter county, and
f.uother division tv *:ns from QaleUm. 'a
'JJ r (.ln line point, to Addison, N. Y.
To aijy one vto sifS at work nil day
with the door or window opoß, there is
one great overpowering subject that
forces itself upon his attention. This
subject i • flies, plain, <w?inary, six-leg-
Ked, iMsbber-nosed flies, lit!:ere is any
thing on earth, or w the waters under
?he earth, which s'.r»ws more real, gen
uine, unadulterated joy at meeting
the writer than *v.'iy, he has yet to make
•his apearanee. Like the Ethiopian of
■popular melody, all flies look alike, but
the painstaking men who have corn
filed the encyclopeadia have discovered
that all flies are not alike, and many
interesting bits of information, relative
to their Latin names, their habits, cus
toms. and matrimonial inclinations mat
he gleaned.—Ex.
Pretty Bradford Girl Works Four
Months in a Weeding Steel
Plant.
For four months Mabel McElhaney
worked side by side with men in half'
i a dozen different establishments, in
j Wheeling, W. Va., associated with
boy companions, frequented the pool
; rooms, smoked cigarettes, indulged in
i modern slang and was known to the
I world as "Dave Kyle," The denoue
; ment came Sftturday night. She spent
Saturday at the Central fishing pond,
j below Benwood, wit a some young men, i
J who knew her, and who had their BUS-
I pieiona previously aroused by little
; acts which smacked of effeminacy.
I One of the young men reported his
suspicions to the authorities. Mabel's
arrest followed. She cried bitterly,
the first time, according to her story,
since she adopted the garments of the
sterner sex.
The daughter of John A. McElhaney,
of Bradford, Pa., she was left mother
less at thirteen, and has since earned
her own livelihood. She worked four
months in Wheeling, in a stamping fac
tory, as a house painter, as a tin roof
er, and handling steel slabs in the
Aetna standard mill. Her last em
ployment was as cabin boy on the
steamer Ruth, which she left when she
found her sex was suspected. She was
a good boxer, and had two fights while
she was "Dave Kyle." The tears flow
freely now when Mabel talks. They
are not tears of regret for anything
she has done, but the simple expression
of relief from the constant strain she
underwent during the four months.
She wore a neat shirtwaist and skirt
yesterday, and her hair long in front,
is dressed in pompadour fashion.
The Towixdlips Must Pay.
The Superior Court of this State has
rendered an opinion in a cate of
township indebtedness which is of im
portance throughout tho estate. The
particular case came from Luzerne
county, where a township with less
tha.n 7000 inhabitants has judgments
amounting to nearly 1*04,000 piled up
against it.
There is no v. ay in which money can
be had to discharge such indebtedness
save by a tax levy for the purpose, and
this had not been done by the township
authorities. The matter was brought
belore the Luzerne county court, which
ordered that a tax should be levied suf
ficient to pay oil' the judgment against
the township, together with the expense
of collection and the costs o!' proceed
ings. This conclusion the Superior
Court sustains, but modifies the order
so tiiat the levy shall bo made on the
valuation as revised by the County
Commissionersaud not as originally
returned by tho local assessors. The
commissioners found that the total
assessed value or the taxable property
of the township was $1,050,124, l'rom
which nearly §64,000 to pay Judgments
must be raised.
This is a pretty heavy burden, but it
will likely teach an importaut lesson in
"«.h© administration of township affairs.
There are several other t-> wnships in Lu
zerne afllicted very much as is the one
which has been directly involved in this
case. In one the schools have been sus
pended nearly all the time the past year,
because mismanagement had wasted
the m"ney. In other oojutida there are
[ similar cases, though possibly less
aggravated. The decision of the court
in a broad sense covers them all. It is
a mandate that they must collect
enough money though tax levy to pay
j theirdebts. Property owners who have
not cared much how the affairs of the
township were managed will care more
when they find that their indifference
has brought upon them enormously
increased tax burdens.
The lesson is a severe one, bu'„ S'JVUtti'
or later it is iuovitably ov-ory
J Community Wftone p<>dple are in Lifer
I out to the administration ot'their pubiiu j
! affairs. BonMwing may serve for a |
j time to reckless aud extravagant
! expenditure mism inagoma.it, but
j must finally beaday of settlement
. ,*>rd the money must come out of the
' taxpayer. It can be had from no other
! source.—Philadelphia Press.
To Enforce Bird Laws.
A dispatch from Harrisbwrg says:
I "Orders have been sent to all deputy
j game wardens in tha stat3 to arrest
every offender who kilis insectivertms
and song birds, It was shown the State
\ Game association at its last meeting
l that thousands of thaae birds are bulled
every year in a wanton manner by gun
ners and it was determined to it.
Saturday Deputy Game Warden
Berrier arrested three young mi-n who
had in their possession several song
i birds and three insectivorous birds that
'they had kiiled Saturday afternoon.
Dr. Kalbfusigave lhe»* a hearng and
i fined them heavily.''
"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WEßSTEß.
EMPORIUM, PA„ THURSDAY, JULY 31.1902.
Emmanuel Church.
Next Sunday, August 3rd, celebra
tion of the Holy Communion at 11:00
a. m.
Old Not (io.
A large number of our citizens were
disappointed on Sunday on account of
the excursion to Portage Falls being
annulled, owing to the destructive
floods in some parts of New York state.
Fell in Pond.
Last Friday evening Francis Quinn
and Chas. Cox two employes of City
Bakery went fishing. While the chubs 1
did not bite very rapidly Quinn lost
| all interest in the sport and undertook '
to do some acrobatic "stunts" on the '
boom at Racket's mill pond, with the J
result that he took a bath in that "pure,
sparkling" water.
Bucktails' Annual Reunion.
The sixteenth annual reunion of the 1
Bucktail regiment will beheld at Du
Bois on September 16, 17 and 18. Only
254 men survive of the total enlistment I
of 1,198. who came down the Susque- !
hanna river on rafts at the breaking I
out of the rebellion. These survivors
now live in twenty-one states of the
union.
Bones Found Among Scrap Iron.
The John Rhone mystery, of West !
Keating township, Clinton county, has j
again been revived. A story is being I ,
published to the effect that the bones '
of a man were found among a lot of ]
strap iron at Iron Gate, Va., and that '
they may have been those of Rhone. ! .
Rhone has been missing for over three j ,
years.
Rainfall.
The average rainfall for July is 4J j'
inches, for 30 days of the present ' '
month 12A inches has fallen, rain fell I '
on nineteen days. In June and July i '
191 inches rain fell; the average rain- '
fall from January first to August first '
is2fl j inches, for the same time thi. '
year 3! inches has fallen. The yearly j !
average of rainfall is 43 J inches. The 1
previous largest monthly rainfall re- 1
corded at this station in the past fifteen '
years, was 9.t> inches in May IS9O.
Leg Amputated,
A Swede by the name of John Peter- '
son, while walking along side a mov- j
itig train between furniture factory and
Emporium Junction yesterday after- ; 1
noon, was struck by a car, knocked j
down, and his right leg and foot crush- i
ed. He was carried to the American i
House, where Drs. Bardwell and De- I ;
Long, assisted by Dr. Felt, ofPhiladel- 1 '
phia, who is visiting his parents, at |
this place, were called and amputated ]
that member below the knee.
Badly Burned.
Buffalo flyer, No. 14, met with an
accident at Huntley Saturday night, in
which Engineer John Lovett was quite
badly burned. The train was going
to Renovo and when near Huntley j
struck a large rock, which had rolled |
down the mountain sid,e. When the !
train was stopped it was found that
the gasoline tttnk on the baggage car
was damaged. Engineer Lovett took
his torch back to investigate, when an
explosion occurred. The lighted liquid
struck the engineer on the Alee and
arms, burning hiin quite badly. The
baggage car took lire aih\ after being
hauled about two hundred yards,
to a spring, the flames were
extinguished after much hard
work After a delay of several hours,
which was caused by the transferring
of baggage, the train was taken to
Renovo by Engineer George Leverin, j
who was a passenger on the train.
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A Terrible Year.
An exchange says: In 1813 the«'» was '
'a sharp frost in every month year i
in the Northern States. H Was known j
[as the year without* dimmer, The
i farmers used to rcieV t'o it as "eighteen
| hundred and »fcafcv<3 to death. In May
I ice formed half fc.il inch thick in Hart-
I ford, buds a.fnl'lowers were frozen and
| corn was kilted in tha adjacent towns.
FroSt, iee 'and snow were common in
Jr.nf: throughout Connections and snow
fell 'five inches deep in New York and
in Massachusetts ten incites deep on
iT«ne 19th.
July was accompanied with frost and
ice. On the sth ice farmed the thick
ness of a window -glass in Canton,
Conn., and New England
and Pennsylvania corn was nearly all
destroyed in manj-sections. In August
ice formed an in h thick in Litchfield.
A cold northern wind prevailed nearly
all summer, with heavy rainfalls. Corn
was frozen sothatagro iter part was cut
down and dried in fodder. Farmers
were obliged to pay §4 or !-5 a bushel for
corn of ISIS for seed for the next
spring's planting.
riaurlce C. Judd Buried.
Last Sunday afternoon all that was
1 mortal of Maurice C. Judd was laid to
rest in Newton Cemetery amid the
tearful regrets of a large company of
people who had known and esteemed
him during his six years residence in
Emporium, llis body was found in the
Allegheny river at a point ten miles
above Emlenton, July the Bth, by a
deputy coroner of Venango county,
and an undertaker, and without decent
decorum buried, the poor courtesy of
a casket being denied, the presence of
I a christian minister dispensed with and
the formalities of a coroners jury pro*
i nouncd altogether superfluous,
i A day later, at the instance of the |
, Rev. C. C. Rumberger, a Methodist :
■ minister and Mr. Stewart, an under- j
taker of the firm of Borland & J
Stewart, both of Emlenton, some j
, means of indentification having
j come into their hands, the body was j
disinterred and being inclosed in a j
casket was recommitted to the earth. 1
Upon word being received here last
Thursday, July 24th, giving a mere out
line of the above facts,it was determin
ed if possible to bring his remains here,
that they might receive the kind dis
position, his friends alone could give
In pursuance of this purpose Mr. Geo.
A. Walker, Jr., being intrusted with the
difficult arrangements, repaired to
Emlenton, where with the assistance
of an undertaker, the remains were
again disinterred, placed in a metallic !
lined casket and brought to this place j
arriving on Saturday night. They 1
were placed in city hall where they
reposed until Sunday afternoon at
three o'clock, when they were convey
ed to the First Presbyterian church,
where impressive services were held
by the pastor, the Rev. Robert McCas
lin, assisted by the Rev. O. S. Metzler,
of the First Methodist Episcepal
church. Mr. Judd had regularly at
tended the services of the Presbyterian
church and was a member of the Sun
tin • school. The fact that he possessed
many excellent traits of character and
made a brave fight for the mastery
over evil besetments was pointed out.
Among the floral tributes were a
wreath of roses from the telegraph
operators, and a floral pillow from the
Mountaineer Hose Company, of which
the deceased was a member. The Em
porium Fire Department attended in a
body and this with a large contingent I
of our citizen? made the funeral a very
large un<j. Music was rendered by a J
male quartette. Prior to second burial, i
a jury composed of a track foreman
and his men, under instructions, rend
ered a verdict of accidental drowning.
Public sentiment is divided as to how
Mr. Judd came to his end. Some in
sisting that death was self inflicted
and others that he met his fate by foul
means. The latter supposition is sup
ported by the fact that his watch and
portions of his clothing were missing.
Mr. Judd has an uncle in Uniontown,
Pa., who has given notice through his
attorney, George Porter, Esq., that he
will meet all expenses incurred in the
burial.
A "Quitter."
A "quitter" is a person whose good
impulses are of shallow ground growth,
who is ready to help a cause along so
long as the band is playing and glory
is flush, but who, when the hurrahs are
over and indifference reigns, and the
voice of the croaker, who never does
anything, but knows all about how it
should be done, is heard in the land, —
why then the "quitter" quits, if he
hasn't quit before.
The "quitter" is the son of Uie man
who carrjes an ultimatum l«p his s!eeve,
who is always giving to under.
' stand that he is un&£r >\o sort of obli
: gation to render the service he is
' rendering, a ! hd Serves notice every
j other day Ihkt'if things do not go his
I way just to a'tee or that if he meets
with the feast criticism or unfeeling
' treatment, he will throw up his work.
lOfcoursehe expects that others will
fall on their knees with clasped and
1 uplifted hands the instant the gleam of
his flashing ultimatum is seen.
The sense of social duty sits lightly
upon the "quitter" and upon the man
who carries an ultimatum inhissleeve.
Smallpox.
The Board of Health recommends
that all persons who have not been
successfully vaccinated within the past
seven years be vaccinated at once.
There are cases of smallpox in several
neighboring towns, and Kmporium is
not likely to escape when cold weather
sets in. It is also recommended that
all premises bo thoroughly cleaned up
- and kept in a sanitary condition, as it
1 is well known that dirt and filth favor
the development and spread of dis
ease. * # *
July 31st, 1902.
League Entertainment.
i The Epworth League of the First
| Methodist Episcopal Church, will give
| an entertainment in the church next
Friday evening to which they cordially
I invite their friends.
Quite a Record.
I Chief of Police Monday made quite
j a record on Monday evening. He
j "gathered in"three drunks in about
i ten minutes. This is pretty quick
work. We understand he has been
I kept quite busy in this line lately.
Infant Dies.
; The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
I Jessee Loucks died Friday July 24th
; The parents feel greatly afflicted in
I their loss and have the sympathy of a
large circle of friends.
Funeral services were held last Sun
day afternoon at their home on Portage
road by the Rev. O. S. Metzler.
Rabbit in Snake.
While cutting hay at his farm east of
town last week, It. P. Bingeman, so he
reports, came onto a large rattlesnake,
which he killed. The snake looking
somewhat'eurious, he cut it into with
his scythe and to his great surprise a
halt grown rabbit went jumping
through the field. The snake having
evidently swallowed it alive.
Business Change.
W. B. Thompson has disposed of his I
barber business to J. 11. Mulcahy and i
accepted a position with the Climax
Powder Co. Mr. Thompson has a
patent on a shell machine, we under
stand.
Mr. Mulcahy has been in the employ
of Mr. Thompson for a long time and
is an industrious young man and will
no doubt, give the trade first class
service.
Arm Broken.
Mrs. Frank Slaves had the great mis
fortune Sabbath morning to brake her
right arm at the elbow. She was lean
ing on a banister on the second story
of her home, that broke, precipitating
the fall,which caused a compound frac
ture. A very painful injury indeed.
Drs. Hard well and DeLong reduced the
fracture and while as comfortable as
possible under the circumstance her I
disability will of necessity continue for
some time. N Dr. Bardwell is attending
her.
No Order Against Kissing.
Pennsylvania railroad oflieials seem
ed to be highly amused Thursday at
the published reports that orders had
been issued by the company to prevent
kissing between parting friends in the
stations. "No such orders have been
issued," it was stated at General Man
ager Hutchinson's office and no such
orders are to be issued by the company.
We do not care to give official denials
to any such reports.
Mr. and Mrs. herteau's Loss.
Howard, the six months old child of
Mr. and Mrs. George Herteau died Sat
urday, July 26th, of an affection of the
brain superinduced by a cold. Thesiek
nessof the child was not regarded as ser
ious and its unlooked for death come as
a sad blow to the parents,who have the
sympathy of the entire neighborhood
Funeral services were held in Saint
Marks Roman Catholic church last
Monday morning, the Rev. Father
Downey officiating.
Ely Paper for Caterpillars.
Ely paper is pgaiii Hwhlg used this
1 summer to head Vl'V the caterpillars.
Person's who !iaVe trees in front of
their nomes tying the sticky stuff
arotVnd th** trunks to catch the des
tructive "caterpillar as he crawls up to
the leaves. The paper does the work
splendidly. As a rule the worm will
go up the paper and snuff at the scent
ed death, then turn and crawl back to
the ground glad to get off with life.
Statue of Mr. Howard.
j "Miss Grace Hinckley, daughter of
j City Controller Hinckley, has been
engaged in making a wax model of a
I statue to be of marble to be placed in
| the Howard Memorial room of the
1 Scottish Rite Cathedral, and on Satur
day the Masonic committee accepted
the model, which shows William How
ard, attired in the treasurer's garb of
I the Scottish Rite body, with his right
arm resting on the arm of the chair.
It will be shipped to an eastern sculp
tor, who from it will make a marble
statue of Mr. Howard. The marble
statue will be of heroic size—and will
be placed on a pedestal in the mem
orial room at the cathedral. Its cost
will be something over $2,000. —Will-
iamsport News.
Zinc and Grinding Make
Devoe Lead and Zinc Paint wear twice
as long as lead and oil mixed by hand
J Murry & Coppersmith sell our paint.
TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE.
WEATHER REPORT.
(Forecast by T. if. Lloyd.)
FRIDAY, Fair.
SATURDAY. Fair.
SUNDAY, Fair.
Village Loyalty.
Tf one is not too good to live in a
village, lie is not too good to iden
tify himself in heart and effort with
its best life. What right has any
one, because lie has visited, or
perhaps lived, at one time, in a
larger and more favored place, to
assume a supercilious attitude to
wards the village in which he is now
living? Why should he be so ill
bred as to show that he regards
j himself as a martyr because stern
necessity compels him to stay in
the village for a time? Why should
one be so caddish as to give the
impression that he regards it as an
unparalleled act of condescension
if he uses his gifts in the service of
the village church or of the village
social function. Why should one
be so lacking in tactful perceptive
ness as to demand that the condi
tions and standards of the city
shall bo enforced in the village?
\\ hy should he sulk in his tent
when lie finds that the village is
not going to conform to his urban
standard, or the village church is
not going to ape the appointments
and service of a cathedral? Why
should he always speak of the
village schoolsjwith an air of patron
izing pity or, perhaps, contempt?
Perhaps there i:- much in a
small village to try the patience and
to wound the sensibilities of a per
son who has enjoyed superior ad
vantages of education and culture.
'1 here is, 110 doubt, much narrow
ness, much pettiness, much stolid
indifference and even spiteful
jealousy towards the things that
make for higher grace and refine
ment. But a person of real super
iority of culture (not the per
son who is selfishly conscious
and assertive of liis advantages)
knows how to make generous and
kindly allowance for the faults and
defects of his neighbors. The secret
oi' all true culture is the spirit of
whole-hearted love and service. He
who is in the world, not to be min
istered unto, but to minister, and
who seeks and values superior
advantages for the sake of render
ing a superior quality of service,
will not waste much time in dress
ing the wounds of his own sensi
bilities. In the community where
God has placed him he will play
his part like a man, giving the
community his sincere and loyal
love, studying its conditions and
working for its uplift; not with the
air of a superior being reaching
down, but as a brother among
brethren striving for the common
good.
Prospective Entertainment.
A suggestion that meets with great
favor, is that an intertainment by resi
dent and visiting talent ba given in
the Public Library Hall in aid of that
meritorious institution, at a date during
August. Arrangements to that end
will doubtless be matured and a fine
musical treat afforded our people.
A Simple Cure for E- >frtc j ie
"I am afraid I have greatly interfef
ed with my own practice," said a cele
brated auriat, "by giving the following
advice to many cf my friends:
"At the first symptoms of earache
let the patient lie on the bed with the
painful ear uppermost fold ajthick tow
| el and wrap around neck; then with
j a teaspoon fill the ear with warm wa
j ter. "Continue doing this for fifteen
lor twenty minutes. The water will fill
1 the ear orifice and flow over on the
j towel. Afterward turn over tho head
| let tho water run out and piug the ear
with warm glycerine and cotton.
"This may be done every hour until
relief is obtained, li is an almost invar
table cure and has saved many cases of
acute inflammation. The water should
be quite warm, but not too hot"—Lon
j don Tit-Bits.
FOR SALE—A desirable lot and build
; ing for sale at corner of Sixth and
I Cherry streets. For terms applv to
17-tf. Mrs. J. G. BRYAN.
NO. 23.