: y VOL. 1L —NO. 85. Fa i TAA RRR, PATTON, CAMBRIA co, PA. THURSDAY, JULY 1 11, 1895. “$10 00 , PER VEAR. ~ PLANT YOUR ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE “COURIER.” ” i want: from a onkey to an Elephant. | ATT umeana : My Block. Drugs | Medicines Chemicals Confectionery ; Tobacco and Smoker's: Articles. ~~ Toilet Articles Holiday Goods Always Fishing Tackle ELEPHANT. . Stationery [)HARMAGY THE CONDITION OF ThADE As Reported hy Bradstreet’s| i ‘Commercial A gency [ i § { i | For Fall Trade, Based on Higher Wages | | and Prices. BosTON, July 5.—While the general Snuff tone of merchandise is firm, trade is {mostly of a moderate character, and IMPROVING} G PROSPECTS contintes healthful Improvement looked for after the holiday. is active, but sugar and rice a SAN Francisco, Joly 5. ee ‘only of moderate volume. Reports regarding the wheat crops are variable, | some districts reporting a fine yield, while in other sections the wheat is threshing out poorly. The fruit crop thus far is late, and shipments over-' land are not up to the average. W heat is unchanged and freights are nominal, no tvailable tonnage being in port. One transaction in tonnage for De- [ = TH GLORIOUS ih OF JILY Eon Made by Moses Perkins After a Quiet Ob servation, In Patton and How it Was i eee fifty cents saying he cvald Celebrated. not afford it, but he immediately went into a bar-room and spent $2.15 by | | actual count, treating the boys. He was | A DECIDED SUCCESS. | 1 “geod fellow,” but not to his family. 8! saw a man strike a boy for putting A Large Namber Were Present — Patton off a fire cracker near him, and that Fire Co. te be { 'ongrataniated. Independence Day in Patton was cel- | scomrade’s face and then called him by i ebrated in true American style and our | | name 80 that he tarned his face against THE CAMBRIA 0. JURORS Drawn for he Term of Court BOYCE AND W WEAKLAND the First ‘Week. The Jury Commissioners have made the drawing of grand and traverse Septem ber Of Patton are Drawn From the Wheel for ‘same man held a lighted cigar nears | cember loading is reported at 31s, great National holiclay was one enjoyed | the fire. He was not of a long memory. (Jurors for the term of Combria County | much activity is not yet noticeable. Cork for orders. A partial cargo of alike by young and old, rich or poor. | saw a man who paid no more at-| | Court beginning the first Monday of | The money market is quiet and rather | barley was cleared for England, via The day was ideally perfect and all tention to his wife by his side than be | | September. ‘easy as a whole. Commercial paper is | Panama, by steam this week. things concurred to make it a memor- | would have paid to a stranger, yeinok Following is the lint with Johnstown ~ Sporting Goods Base Ball Goods Knives Razors . Scissors Shears cent. Business paper is quoted at 3(+3} 8trops Mugs Etc. FINEST SODA WATER. —Manufacturer of— | quiet. The wool men want money | from four to six months at about 3 per Toronto, July 5. General wholesale of leading staples continue firm, and remittances are fair. Wheat is dull at 85c. at Ontario points. Large imports of hay into this providence are made froin Quebec. Reecived an Indian Skull, A few weeks ago Dr. S. W. Worrell, (per cent., with corporation loans at 2{(=.3} per ‘cent. and collateral loans at. | 2}(a 3} per cent. In the boot and shoe trade business is semzsonably quiet, al- though the faciories are busy on old ‘orders, and large shipments are being made this week, footing up in excess able one in the history of Patton. Pat-. tracle is quiet and featureless. Prices riotic and loyal citizens expended much | . could not do without her; he also had | effort in beaatifying the town, snd bunting, flags and «evergreen were pro- fusely used in decorating homes and business blocks. Arches were erected at short distances apart along the prin- cipal streets and everything presented a gala appearance. The town was astir at daybreak and - more than two years ago he swore he | and Morreilville omitted: . Grand Jarors. a short memory. [saw a man ander Anna, Charles, farmer, Carroll. the influence of liquor whose only Adams, J. Q., foreman, Coopersdale. daughter was shedding tears because | Bowman, B. F., weighmaster, Reade. of his condition and he slapped her | Caney, Alfred, farmer, Jackson. severely for her sorrow. He was a Dorer, 8. E, farmer, Upper Yoder. ‘brute—not a brute by natare, but by Dufton, W.J., merchant, Ebensburg. whiskey. 1saw a man Folge Lo very Fleming, W. C. B., farmer, White. two small packages for his wife be- Ickes, C. 8, farmer, Adams. Magic . Drops wand Magic Cough Cure. Guaranteed to give satisfaction or | ~ money cheerfully refunded. pEneptions a Sova $100 EVEN AWAY FIVE CENT MONEY ORDER. With och Dollars worth of goods | bought at this store we will give Five Cent Money Orders, and when Twenty ave ted to us at one time, we ~ will redeem them, giving ONE DOLLAR ” ins cash or merchundise for them; or we | i will accept them ons or more at a time towards paying for a bill of goods | +at any one time at this | ; ue to fifty cents C. W. HODGKINS, 88 & Bosch Aves, - - ————————— Farmers i (of 102,000 cases. Leather is firmer, ‘with higher prices marked on some | rade, light union sole leather being advanced 1c. Hides are very strong, ' but quiet. The iron and steel market is firm, with values tending higher. | Pig iron has been advanced $1 per ton. | The: lumber trade is quiet, with spruce | rather easy. Coal is quiet and the . market featureless, The wool market is active and prices higher. ' PHILADELPHIA, July 5.—Wool pros- | ‘ facturers generally are looking forward | to a good business. There is a fair trade in dry goods, although the vol- |. | ume has fallen off incident to the season. Petroleum is more active, with a steady increase of out-of-town orders. A good demand for boots and | shoes, prices advancing right along, and the opinion is it will be permanent. | | A fair demand for paints, Srugs we | | glass. Pig iron has advanced $1 pe | ton, and the market is quite oe) | Coal is dull and prices are low. BurraLo, July 5.—Business is light this week, owing partly to the holiday i interruption. Trade conditions in . general remain unchanged. { 'M. 1 & Co, : Worrell by Geo. 8. Good, and is sup- pects are a little brighter, and manu- | of this place, received by express a present which he prises very highly, | but no doubt would be a “horrible” present for anyone who was not an D. It is the skull of an Indian chief and was unearthed near Oklo- hotna by the employes of Geo. 8. Good | railroad contractors, who are building a railroad in that country. The: piece of anatomy was sent to Dr. i posed to be a young chief by the name | iof Black Cloud who was under Big. Lightning, an elder chief, well-known {to the early settlers of that country, The grave in which he was buried was {walled in by huge stones and in the’ tomb with the young chief were a’ | tornahawk, beads, jewelry, and other | articles valued by their tribe which is | pmof that he was buried with consid- erable pomp and grandeur. The skull 'is in elegant preservation and contains ‘a foll and firm set of teeth. The war- , rior is supposed to have been about . thirty years old when he died and has been buried over seventy years. Coal Seventy-five Fee! Thick. ‘The Pittsburg Press says that a | party of Massillon coal drillers recently during the early morning hours the liberty-loving people for miles around | began pouring in t> assist in the cele- bration. The regular trains brought in numbers from Mahaffey, Westover, Hastings and other towns in this vi- base balls at the wooden babies. He was another man of short memory. cause his arms were sore and he after- | Kirkpatrick, Edward, farmer, Elder. wards spent seventy cents throwing Leib, Joseph, farmer, Barr. Mock, W. H., carpenter, Franklin. Rowland, Wm. R., farmer, Carroll. Isaw two young ladies who will not Shell, Gi. M., butcher, Hastings. help their mother do the housework Skelly, James, farmer, Portage. _cinity and a special conveyed them | because it makes them tired, dance for Willis, Alexis, farmer, Clearfield. to their homes after the festivities three hours at the Firemen’s Hall. | were ended. ' They were “society girls”? I could Every preparation had been made to name more than a hundred such inci- ‘ welcome visitors and insure them a day | dents, but I will not take the space to | gratifying to themselves and creditable enumerate them. The few I mention ‘to the town. The big industrial parade, are sufficient to show that we are the first principle feature in the day's prone to do for pleasure what we will | prodeedings and composed of floats, ‘not do to help our nearest friends. We | fantastics, fire companies, brass and | sre all built cn a pleasure seeking plan | martial bands, secret societies, G. A. ' 4nd if a thing looks like pleasure we 'R., U. V. U. and others, formed in line are apt to work hard at it. promptly at 9 o'clock and marched to: | heard a man make this remark on the strains of the ever popular airs the day preceeding the 4th: “If [ bad aie wll Ine PrOmitaDr sooo ‘my way I would not have any of this One feature occaring to mar the 4p foolishness, it don’t do say day's aicusements to one unfortunate | good and makes men get drunk.” | individual was the accident which be- am sorry that man is so poorly edu- fell Samuel Eckenrode, breaking one cated and knows so little of the history of his lower limbs, caused by the run- | ,f this great country. No man needs ‘away horse of Geo. 8. Good. He was 15 get drunk because of the ith, if be driving the team attached to the Com- | iy a true man he will be sober oa that mercial botel float which was artisti- | | day. It is an anniversary day and a cally decorated, and a tempting array day on which we should teach the les- or PrrTsBURG, July 5.—General satis- returned from Marseilles, Mo., bring- of delicacies representing the cusine | sons of patriotism to the young, and | faction exists in nearly all lines of | ing tales of coal veins 75 feet thick. department of that popular hostelry | not teach the lessons of debauichery. trade, with larger sales and prices | | This remarkable deposit (firm. The general advance in wages low the surface,and will be blasted and eral that a | and the increased number of workmen | | Groceries are moving freely, with in- trade continues steady, with a good | demand for seasonable dry goods. 4 Collections show improvement, but are ' lies 30 feet be- ' quarried like Ohio building stone. At Patton, Pa. | employed has had a good effect. | first it may seem rediculous to speak of | coal 75 feet thick, but it tarns out that | creased orders. The boot and shoe! | the report is correct and that a com- sack race, tug of war, etc., as had been | | pany of Pittsburg and Ohio capitalists ‘bas been organized to develope the territory. J. F. Pocock, one of the displayed, a pet. don’t know whether or not, my y of the | reader, you were one of the above, but if you were I hope you will see how differently the things you say and do are construed. I for one love the #th when it is properly observed. Moses PEREINS. Leg Broken on the 6th. — articles piled up in gmt ne | was quite the reverse om upp soane antict After the parade came the foot race, reviously annouan which consumed the time until luncheon when i n assembled to witness the Travers: Jurors - First Week, Boyce, Samuel, laborer, Patton. Byrne, Sylvester, farmer, Barr. Davis, Chauncey, laborer, Roxbary. Empfield, T. S., merchant Blacklick. Grumbling, J. P., farmer, Adams. Griffith, Joseph, farmer, Munster. Good, John J., farmer, Eas® Taylor. Goughner, D. D, Iaburer, East Cone- msagh. | Gessler, Eberhart, confectioner, Hast- ings. Haapt, Samuel, laborer, Ashville. Hughes, Thomas W., farmer, Munster. ‘Hughes, Isaac J., farmer, Summerhill township. : Kebler, Geo., farmer, Elder Monaban, Robert, farmer, Washing- ton. Moran, Peter, farmer, Allegheny. Murphy, Albert, farmer, Adams. Myers, J. R., clerk, Cresson. Mariett, Harry, farmer, Dean. McNally, John, botel-keeper, Cresson. Plumper, Amos, farmer, Summerhill township. Penrod, James, farmer, Stonycreek. Perry, C. H., J. P., Chest Springs Powers, Thomas D., farmer, Portage : township Parrish, F. J, Jr, druggist, Gallitsin Platt, Prancis, liveryman, Gallitsin Reiman, J. J., laborer, Dale Ross, William, farmer, East Taylor a nd Mi | ners | iron ore markets continue active. In [other lines trade is fair only for the first We wish to call your attention | la that we carry the most co - eral ~ | abund ‘plete and largest line of gen-! gn not satisfactory. ‘The iron and steel | heaviest Massillon operators, recently | | market is active,steel billets and Besse- | | mer pig being the features with that an opportunity for profitable in- | structural iron for some time past. vestment existed. 4 CLEVELAND, July 5. —Iron, steel and The Falls Creek Herald, Again the Falls Creek Herald ap- at the Cou vin weelk of July. pears COURIER sanctum, having CINCINNATL, July 5.—Business shows less to raise for this al : slight improvement. Loanable funds ua speek p or Journ, as it is well-known everywhere as one of the best, but as to its editor, Charlie CHICAGO, July 5.-~There have been Bangert, an old acquaintance of the mo striking developments this week. Drilimaster Chas. went to the scene and satisfied himself much pains in teaching the members ‘arisen from ashes the third time. It is | Hastin agai | tion drill by the Patton Fire company. by rh es of the company the various difficult ‘movements and the figures as they | were formed by command from their eae evoked rounds of applaase ind the delighted This was truly one of the features of the day. A ball gume between Patton and | attracted lovers of the sport to the ball groand, which lasted until '4ix o'clock was won by the Patton team by a score of 6 to 26. During the afternoon. and evening the company | held a dance in their which was pro- | nounced a decided success. - %-.# Wagons, | Trade in dry goods, clothing and shows | for immediate delivery is quiet, but good orders are being received for fall delivery. This makes jobbers feel good, as prospects are for a good fall business. Cotton and woolen goads are firmer. Inquiries for pig iron con- | tinue liberal, but sales are not as large. The feeling is stronger, aud prices are i slightly higher at $12.50 to $13 for No. 1 foundry. Steel rails and billets are being ordered freely at the late ad- vance. Light and heavy hardware move well. Leather is firm, with fair sales. Hides are stronger, with pack- ers sold ahead. Lumber shows a dis- | position to advance, and cargoes of | ! ploce-stuff are 50c. higher. The pro- a, oils, varnishes, etc., | duce trades is fair. Potatoes and but- | {ter are lower, with larger receipts. | | Wool is firmer; receipts 3,188,878 ever brought to this section. All kinds of mining tools, pdwder, oil, etc. plows and all kinds of Farming Implements. Light and heavy shelf hard-' COURIER representative, too much can- ti pr echnios | not be said of his untiring efforts to per- which atl ace in *ront or Chas. W_ | severe, notwithstanding the adversities Hodgkins’ store and was capably | he has met with. It is truly a hard managed by him elicited much ap- te to pi a go (hing down Pnincand be, rien color ita 230 wij always pop up again, constituted the fire works gave hue to : See the Balloons. all the surrounding locality. ai This completed a highly satisfactory Owing to the severe wind on the .ypjhition et nothing but commenda- evening of the 4th of July, the com- tion has been heard for the Patton mittee on fire works were unable to Fire company under whose auspices send up the ballons as advertised, and | the celebration was given. on Satarday evening at 9 o'clock, To Organise u 6. A. R. Post, under the personal supervision of (the afternoon of the 4th inst. qui Chas. Hodgkins, in front of the Pat- , j;yber of veterans met in Good's ton Pharmacy on Fifth avenue, the ,, ...ye preliminary arrangements ascensions will take place. The bal- toward organizing a Poet. of the (3. A. loons to be sent up into the air have p . oome convenient point in North- ' beautiful fire works attached and will muke a nice display. oy organized by calling Colonel Tuttle to | List of Unclaimed Letters. the chair, and L. C. Miller was selected | The following letters remain in the to act as secretary. After consultation : ern Cambria county. The meeting Sam’! Eckenrode, an industrious Richardson, Joseph, laborer, Portage young man of this place, had the mis- = township fortune to have his left leg broken be- Smeitunr, Jobn E., carpenter, Waah- low the knee on the morning of the = ington 4th. While the different wagons Wissinger, which were decorated and trimmed Taylor for the industrial parade were standing | Weakland, Bert, lamberman, Dean Samuel, farmer, East on the vacant lot at the rear of the. ' Weakiand, Aaron, liveryman, Patton Good building waiting for the Williams, Johh G., farmer, Barr - time of march a horse belcnging Wyland, Lawrence, farmer Spangler to G. 8. Good, attached to a wagon Yonker, Thomas, policeman, Duisy- near the store, became frightened town and started to run off and before Traverse Jurors Second Wark. | his speed could be checked he collided Anna, Charles, farmer, Flder | | with the wagon on which the display Amiegh, Harvey E., teamster, East of the Commercial hotel wus on, Conemaugh : smashing it up considerably. On this Allenbaugh W. H,, laborer, Adams : float was Mr. Eckenrode and Hayes Behe, Frank, PA Washington - Wilson.” Besides breaking the un- ‘Berkey, David H., carpenter, Gallitzin fortunate man’s leg, Hayes Wilson also Berkey, Jacob, farmer, Adams received severe injuries on one of his Bender, James G., laborer, Gallitzin limbs. Mr. Eckenrode was removed Baker, E. P., farmer, Susquehanna to the Commercial hotel and at pres- Crouse, H. J, bar-keeper, Ebensburg ent writing is getting along quite com- Cassidy, George, farmer, Clearfield HT. Twenty- Two New Members, The Methodist Episcopal church of this place is growing, and the pastor, Rev. Chas. W. Wasson and his band of faithful workers, have reason tc be en- couraged. The services last Sunday were interesting and impressive. After ‘an appropriate sermon by the pastor in the morning the class of probation- Custer, Samuel J., farmer, Richland Douglass, James, Jr., farmer, Carroll "Davis, John T., mason, Ebensburg - Eger, Charles, laborer, Cresson Fouch, Jonas W., farmer, Adams : Fritz, Daniel, farmer, Sasquebanna Fry, Ed., farmer, Allegheny Gates. Isaiah, farmer, White Gillen, John, farmer, Jackson George, Samuel, farmer, Blacklick “xe efrigerators; ice h&mmocks and everything to ~ Keep you cool. TMinware, cutlery, and al kinds of household articles. You will be used right when you call and don’t forget it. : THE CAMBRIA “HARDWARE (0. chests, | pounds. LousviLLE, July 5.—General trade continues quiet. - Lo:af tobacco is! | active, but at irregul.: r prices. Good | | Hans Hauge, Geo. Kane, John Kibler, signed by quite a number of comrades || rains have improved the crop prose! Jay McHann, Jas. McAman, Edward and support pledged by many mem- Kansas Crry, July 5.- .Jobbers re- ' Shearer, Geo. Shope, G. G. Shuff, committee consisting of Comrades S. {| port a good trade. + Collections are fair. Indications for future business are exceedingly fine. Prospects for bri corn crop in Missouri and Eastern Kansas were never better. of hogs and cattle are good and prices , are firm. | MINNEAPOLIS, July 5.- This between- | seasons period is naturally quiet, yet: staples are in fair demand. Lumber is firmer in price and sales are increasing. Flour is quiet. CHARLESTON; July 5.—Some per ; ceptible is felt in hardware, dry goods Collections are the sum- | mer average. : ! | | and shoes. NEW ORLEANS, July 5.— Busines | wird Walker. Receipts | : | posstoffice at Patton for the week end- | ing Satarday, July 6, 1865: Hon. Ed. Eaton, D. P. Ewing PL {ee 'y | Morgan, David H. Owens; Geo. G. Harry Russell, Thos. J. Reiley, Ed- : Persons calling for the above tters will please say they are adver- E. A. MELLON, P. M. : For Cash Only. On and after July 15th I will doa istrictly cash business, not giving credit to any person, white or black, rich or poor. Will treat all alike, so please do not ask to be trusted, and you will not be refused. ! C. W. HoDGKINS, Patton Pharmacy. New York has-385_ clothing manu- facturers. : ~ Patton was selected as the most suit- able place to establish the Post. A petition asking for a charter was ers, twenty-two in number, were called forward and having been ques- tioned as to their faith and purposes, were received into full membership in the church. A Lange Natateriam. W. B. Auman, formerly of Patton, . has secured the contract for furnishing the plans and specifications for a nata- | torium now under construction on Tenth avenue, Altoona, which is being | built by E. Cohn. The building will be 50 x 110 feet and will contain eighty- Base Ball Challenge. foar locks, three sets of Turkish baths, The Climax base ball club, of Ebens- | i Russian baths, and shower baths. The burg, hereby challenge any 15-year. swimming pond will be 40 x 75 feet. old cid in Cambria county for a game Will Be Opened. : to be played at Ebensburg. We would jor to open the connecting | like to hear from a Patton nine. Se and the St. Law- | | dress all challenges to Leo. F. McKen- rence road was confirmed absolutely | | rick, ‘Ebensburg, Pa. ; | by: the court this ‘week and the order Try Gold Leaf Flour, RJ. Yothus, | piaced in the hands of the Sajurvisor Hastings, Pac-Soe4 ho | to proceed with the work. Lik bers of nearby Posts. An executive | M. Wilson, Luke Behe, L. C. Miller, P.! B. Curn and A. J. Jackson were ap-. pointed. They were requested to pro-| cure all the names possible %o the peti- tion for charter and report at a meeting to be held at the call of the Sharman, | Grom, T. V., farmer, Reade Gardner, Joseph, farmer, Susquehanna Gilmore. J. F., blacksmith, Reade Koontz, Charles, carpenter, Stony- creek : Kline, Jacob A, carpenter, Hastings Livingston, W. W., farmer, Adams Myers, Wendel, teamster, Croyle Nelson, August, miner, Hastings , Ream, Ephriam, carpenter, Dale | Shaffer, William, farmer, East Taylor Shaffer, W. A, laborer, Dale Scanlan, J. C. farmer, Cambria. . Stiffler, Jacob H., farmer, Jackson | Sibert, P. A., laborer, Gallitzin town- ship ‘Sharbaugh. T. A., cashier, Carrolitown . Thomas, John F., farmer, Carroll . | Thomas, John E., farmer, Cambria i Troxell, B. F., laborer, Reade Westover, Oliver, laborer, Spangler Yenger, Samuel E., engineer, Franklin a — teen a portect at. e0at ;
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