: en 11—NO. PATTON, CAMERIA CO. PA. THURSDAY , SEPTE :MBER 5, Sos, $1.00 PER YEAR. VISIT COOK, SALMOND & COWDE TN S STORE, ATITOONA, PA. An ne you want from a Angiing os sumer THE CONDITION OF TRADE JATTON [DARMMACY coor mr And she we | Commercial Agency woe the Baby ~My Stock. ELEPHANT. - Medicines Chemicals Confectionery Tobacco Snuff and Smoker's Articles. Toilet Articles Holiday Goods Always - Fishing Tackle Sporting Goods Base Ball Goods Knives Razors Scissors Strops Mugs Ete FINEST SODA WHTER. Drugs Among Jobbers in Dry wv Goods, Hardware, Clothing and Groceries. Stationery BosTON, August 30.— Business is im- amount of activity is noted in some lines of trade. The money market continues quiet, however in the face of a fair business, with commercial paper in scarce supply. ‘paper is yet about 4 per cent., with corporation loans at 3(x3} per cent, and collateral loans at 3(«4 per cent. The trade in boots and shoes continues quiet, with conditions nnchanged. Buyers are holding back in regards to placing orders, but the leather and hide markets is strong and manu- facturers will only accept business at full rates. The iron and steel sitnation is strong, and values from the mills are quoted higher on many kinds of ma- terial. Copper is going well into con- sumption and holds firm. The lumber trade is fair, with prices steady. Coal Shears ~Manufactu rer of = { Magic - Drops —and— Magic Cough Cure. .* (jusranteed to give satisfaction or ~ money cheerfully refanded. | Prescriptions a Specialty. 1°" : PHILADELPHIA, August 23.— Wool is quiet. There is little change in dry 1] GEN With each Dollars worth of goods | bought at this store we will give Five | Cent Money Orders, and when Twenty | . Are ted to ns at one time, we, will redeem them, giving So | ~ ONE DOLLAR in eas or merchandise for thers; or we | will accept them one or more at a . time towards paying for a bill of goods purchased at any one time at this store amounting to fifty cents or 4 C.W. HODGKINS, Sih & Beech: Ave. - | being done. leather and morocco are | active, . without change in prices. | Large orders are coming in from out- of-town sources for boots and shoes, ! with a decided improvement in collec- | tions. Iron continues strong. Besse- mer pig has advanced 25 per cent., and is 50 per cent. higher than at the cor- responding period last year. PITTSBURG, August 30. — General 1780s is fairly satisfactory in most ; sales are improving, and orders Ti commercial travelers are increas- |ing. While indications are good, the | demand for fall stocks has not fally | opened up; a large season’s business is i anticipated. Collections continue slow and far from satisfactory. Iron and steel continue steady at the further ad- lines, especially steel billets and Besse- mer pig, and the market is now in | much better condition than the most | sanguine predictions a few months Patton, Pa. | | ago; better prices are still expected; | all mills are sold up for several months : to come. : | BALTIMORE, August 30.- | the dry goods, boots and When you Go To Johnsiow Trade in | active, with influx buyers; prices firm | reported seasonable. Some lines re- : : port an increase of from 10 to 30 per ot Aree i ‘ cent. in volume for August, 1895, over There is one thing in particu- gush lar your attention is called to | for an increased trade later, based upon the advance in cotton and the general and that is the Mammoth and | resumption of the manufacturing in- : Extensive Furniture Store of | dustries. i CLEVELAND, August 30.—In all mer- : : ‘chandise lines the volume of trade 'n , during the summer months has been 4 7 | better than last year. The outlook for GOMER BROS., tan active fall business is regarded as bd : 1 very promising. The metal markets CHICAGO, August 30, —The feature of : | the week was the steady improvement Largest and Most Re-| in the jobbing trade Ee all a and liable Furniture House in especially in dry goods. Sales are ‘Western Pennsylvania. | large for the season and are better : i : | than for several years. | expected, as many of the | merchants are at the Knights Templar fconclave at the east. Shoes were 1 taken well. Leather is slow and easier. | Some tanners are more anxious to sell, : are active. clothing were not as large as jobbers We are the leaders of ufacturers to come in and buy. The | steel interests are excited. Manufac- i turers of billets and steel rod have Low Prices and our goods are of the finest quality and the prettiest pat-| were not disposed to consider bids for {time being, and at the close to-day billets for less than $33 to $34, or $1 to “terns you can find anywhere. yo y | $1.50 advance. On rails they are not It will pay you to make us| { come in freely. Charcoal pig iron ad- a visit while in the city. | vanced $1, with sales of 203,000 tons People living in the city will| | his week in round lots at $14.50 here. ‘have their goods delivered | Bessemer pig iron scarce and §1 higher. : ; ] | Farnace men are sold so far ahead on free of charge. | coke i irons that they are not anxious or : : | for new contracts. Lumber is strong, is | with a growing demand. Produce Remember the Place. laegot of the season i | 535, 864 pounds. | LouisvILLE, August 30.—As a rule | jobbers and manufacturers are season- (ably busy, reporting a material im- | provement over last year's ‘sales, x a | especially in paints, oils, glassware i Johnstown, Pa. | and queensware. Leaf tobacco is sell | COMER BROS., if 108 4 Market St. Telephone No. 140. ers report, deposits wood, but Tight INCREASE oF BUSINESS cattle and 4c. hogs with in 30 days. proving as fall approaches, and a fair. Rates for business “hogs are 10c. continues dull with the market feature- lot: though fair volume of business ‘vance, with unbated demand for all: shoes, hats | | clothing and millinery lines is very °* | and goods advancing. Collections are | . August, 1864, with very good prospects | in. The calls for interior and are cutting prices to induce man- | practically withdrawn prices for the | naming rates. Ord g ers continue to... 41. squash trade is fair. Supplies of fruits are the ing freely at satisfactory figures. Bank- | doiviand for loans. Collections fair. Kansas Crry, August 30.—Receipts | of cattle are more liberal and values have been sustained most satisfactorily. S Offerings of hogs have been smaller, but values continue to decline for the week 20c. to 35¢. per ¢wt. Sheep re- ceipts are fair and values are firmer. Prospects are for steady values on All other lines of jobbing trade report large orders, with fair collections. Preparations am being made to handle large fall and winter business. MINNEAPOLIS, August 30.—Jobbers in nearly all lines are very busy and shipments are larger. Grain is coming in freely and flour is more active. Lumber is moving freely. OMaEA, Algust 30, —Trade is a Tittle quiet in most lines, except dry goods and manufactures of cheap lines Cattle receipts are still falling off, and lower. CHARLESTON, August 30. Jobbers are getting a good many orders for Reptember delivery. Some trading in all lines. Coliections are fair. Good fall prospects. ar = ATLANTA, August 30.—Jobbers in dry goods, groceries and hardware report a small increase in sales. Col- lections are fair; prospects bright. JACKSONVILLE, August 30.—Retail and wholesale circles show quite an improvement, the former especially. City and country collections are very slow. NEw ORLEANS, August 30.—Trade has been fair, particularly in clothing Cotton is brisk. Rice is (cross ties or pillar blocks, vitrified and shoes. unsettled, with small arrivals of new crop. Some bulk grain is. arriving, but exports are light. SAN FRANCISCO, August 30.—Trade is moderate in commercial lines. Pro-| Fruits are duce markets are dull plentiful, with the exception of pears, which are in good demand. Wheat freights are nominal at 30c. Tacoma, August 30.—Trade main- tains - its usual volume. Collections satisfactory. British ship Duchalburn ‘has arrived to load wheat. ToroNTO, August 30.— Wholesale trade is moderately active, with the general tone of markets frm. The namber of buyers are increasing, and prospects are more satisfactory for the fall trade. COUNCIL MEETING. Th: Dog Ordinapee is Repealed and the Canines are at Liberty. Patton borough council met in regu-- lar session on Tuesday evening in the ‘office of Dale & Patterson with the fol- lowing members present: Chairman L. S. Bell, B. F. Wise, Ralph Leisch, S. M. Wilson, P. P. Young and Frank Camp beil. The minutes of the two last meetings were read and approved. During the past week a petition was circulated in the borough of Patton which contained a large number of . : TE . waters of the Susquehanna river two | railroads signers asking the borough council to repeal ordinance No. 24, relating to the taxation, etc., of dogs in ‘the bor- ough. A vote was taken and the re- peal was carried and the dogs are again set free, A motion was made 25d carried that the report of the street commissioner be accepted and orders drawn in favor of the following persons for street work: Fred Heller eats : ck Wm. Lineoln 20 in Peter Hardsoek Jas. Milligan : Hiram Wilkins, J. Wagoner Jos, Karthedm.. Nicholar Graham John Biller, (roo, Quinn Jax. McMahan 1.08 CAM 2.25 8.45 1.540 1A. 0 3.10 _o - » iw ew Wm. Banks Andrew Salisgiver Bil, (ilass . Simon Bortmon Win. Shesirer A. T. Cornelus A. J. Jackson Patton Supply Co, F. H. Kinkead miss.) H. Patterson, clerk (sal ary 3 ma. 15.00 Council then adjourned to meet at its ~ -3 wt — we ml 3p pk Sv pt - rnd se. | bit ‘next regular meeting night, Tuesday evening, September 10, 1895. Something of a Squash. Jas. Perry has in his garden at Chest Springs three squashes that would make a meal for a regiment of hungry soldiers, and he would still have con- left. In fact Mr. Perry's squashes are not to be sneezed at. The largest of the three measures nearly six feet in circumference and is still growing. The other two are not much behind this one. They will be plucked and taken to the Carrolitown fair in three weeks, by which time they will be a trio competent to hold their own against all comers. The * three squashes grew from a vine that sprung from a seed that was brought from the World's Fair. It may be set down that these three squashes, if they ' attend the fair, will be the most ad- mired in the vegetable department and | they will return home proudly bearing ; first premium. Drink Ambrosia. More News - manager and head of the ‘variety Mahaffey with J. ‘are then poured down PTTON NEW INDUSTRY. Concerning tte - Big Clay Work THE P. & BE "RAILROAD Which ix Now Being Built From Mahaffey to Pittsburg and Other Points West, Last week the COURIER contained the cheerful information that Patton had practically secured the location of a clay manufacturing plant of consid- | erable magnitude, and gave the names | of business men who are interested in its '. establishment. As previously stated the preliminary plans are aboat completed and the building of tae plant here is about as certain as the appearance of the tax collector and death, and those are two things we can all count npon with a great'deal of certainty. . - Mr. McEifresh, who is the general MeElfresh Clay Manufactaring company at Pen- rith, W. Va, and who will have charyre ‘of the new plant at Patton, writes the COURIER that ground will be broken within thirty days. He also adds that when completed the plant will manu- facture fire clay products, such as fire proof building material for architect- ural buildings complete, flue liners, pressure water mains for city water works, underground conduits of every description, large sectional sewer blocks, electric railway terra cotta paving brick, sewer pipe, of other clay specialties. 1 Since closing the deal for the estab- lishment kere Mr. McElfresh says. that and a great goods and he’ has been east and secured contracts that will call for $200,000 worth of pro- duct for the mew plant. Direct con nections with and the competition of New York, Lake Erie and Western, the Pennsylvania, Philadelphia aad Reading, Fall Brook, New York Cen- tral, Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg, and the Beech Creek roads will give ‘the new enterprise shipping facilities not surpassed by any plant in the country and consequent low freight rates, which ig an important matier when the bulky nature of the product of the plant is taken into consid- eration. WORK ON THE PITTSBURG & EASTERN Hundreds of Men Busily Engaged—Some Immense Cots to Go Through. Probably the wildest and most picturesque scenery to be found in this region is between Mahaffey and Me- Gee's Mills, in Clearfield county, along the building of the line of the new Pittsburg and Eastern railroad. Iuis only a distance of about three miles and in the narrow valley of the hexl- wind around. the hills and another is being built. representative spent iast- Sunday at D. Hepburn, at the Aldine hotel. the Aldine. : Sunday afternoon Mr. Hepburn in- vited the COURIER man to take a drive up the liné of the new railroad, and the wonderful work that is now being done on that end of the new roal is worth traveling miles to see. P. Mo- Manus, of Philadelphia, one of the most experienced railroad men in the country, has the contract for building twenty miles of the east end of the road —from Mahaffey to Rankin Sum- mit, and it is probably as difficult and as expensive a piece of road to build as: any that have been finished in the State. Leaving Mahaffey the road takes a bee-line from the Beech Cruek across the river, crossing the low lands on a big fill and thence over the river on the tops of stone piers 38 feet high. The road then dives into the hills west of the river and follows up the valley to MaGee's Mills, Glen Campbell and on to the Summit. All the way up the valley deep cuts, big fills, and as few curves as possible are made. MaGee's is the big cut where five men Near ‘lost their lives by an explosion a few days ago. Drills, steam shovels and scores of men are working away in the mountain side, cutting a passage through the solid rocks for the roai- bed. Steam drills drive deep holes in the mountain and barrells of powder ‘the holes. Electric wires are then attached and ' when the workmen have retired to a safe distance the powder is exploded and the five men were killed a ton and a half of powder was poured into one of these drilled holes. After the explo- sion the men raturned to their work in the big cut and the smoke from the | ' quickly overcome and before A COURIER. Every person who has. traveled knows DeWitt Hepburn and burned powder stttied down them. upon The unfortunate fellows were they could be rescued they were dead. | Emerging from this eut the Pittsburg and Eastern road takes another leap ‘ through the air and crosses the Penn- syivania and Northwestern road, the river and the village of MaGee’s Mills far above the housetops. Continning ep the stream the road cuts hills ia two and spans the valley in a seemingly reckless manner, but ail the time avoiding sharp curves and main- taining an easy grade. .The building of the road ap the, valley is a wonderful piece of work, sand with three railroads between the {hills that form the banks of the Sus- (juehanna from Mahaffey to MaGee's there is not much room left for a wagon road. But a fairly good drive- way climbs along the hillside, some- times above the railroads and some- times under them, but all the time between One or two. - Mahaffey is enjoying a great boom “during the building of the new road and her people are living in the belief that their town is the coming Chicago of the east. They Grew in. Walta's Garden, This is a great year among the farm- ers and if those of Cambria county do not enjoy a prosperous season it will not be because they have not had good crops. Corn was never bigger nor. better, odts, wheat, apples and fruits are in abundance. Potatoes are aiso making a record for themselves, and as they come tumbling from the ground they are in a condition to take a front seat at any country fair, Big potatoes. have heretofore been mentioned in the! Waltz, of COURIER, but Mr. M. C. Chest Springs, came to the front with the largest production from a small planting. - Last spring he covered two and a ‘half pounds of potatoes in his garden, and a few days ago he un- covered from the same spot eighty- three and a quarter pounds. Whe can : beat it? © Was 1 to 11 for Patton. On Saturday the Loretto base ball club came down to Patton to “do our boys ap,” but at the end of five in- nings, which time the game was post- poned on acecunt of darkness, the score stood 1 to 11 in favor of the Pat- ton nine. Wolfe's pitching and Reil- ly’s catching were the principle features of the game, also the heavy batting by the home team. The Loretto boys proved themselves to be perfect gentle- meu and the Patton nine will be pleased to receive Another visit from them soon. : Time Extended. The grangers of Cambria county recently preseinted a petition to the Cambria county commissioners pray- ing to have the time for receiving the discount on State and county taxes extended to October 1st. instead of September 1st. The COURIER has been informed that the petition was granted. Too much coramendation cannot be bestowed on the county grange for the interest they take in matters of this kind which always benefits their fel- lowmen. A Good Fair. The Ebensburg county fair was pro- nounced a decided success, nowith- standing the inclemency of the weather. The balloon ascension, which was the special attraction, was a decided suc- cess. The racing was good and every- body was satisfied. Base Bail. There will be a game of base ball on the Athletic grounds at Patton on Sat- urday, September 7th, between Hast- Game calied at 2:30. Ren- ings and Patton. Batteries, Reiley and Reiley; ninger and Sibert. Millinery Store Removed. The millinery store of Miss Alice A. Ashcroft. which wus formerly in the Solomon building, has been removed to the Patton bailding on Magee ave- nue. Ladies call and get a bargain. -39tf Time or Temper. No time or temper wasted when you use the Cinderella Range. and roasting. Sold and guaranteed by A. M. Thomas. ; Will Soon be Ready. J. C. Patrick, the photographer, has arrived in town and will be ready to do business at the gallery avenue in a few days. Say, have you tried Hodgkin's soda | thousands of tons of rock and. water? .earth are shaken up for the steam shovel to get in its work. At the time ! will be postponed until Monday, Sep- School te Open September Oth. The opering of Patton Public Schools tember 9th instead of September 2d, as previcualy intended. G. H CURFMAN, Sec. - C. C. CrowEI, Pres. Its. large ‘and high oven insures perfect baking on Fifth | LOG MINING FEARS, WwW ork Suspended Indefinitely at Rochester & Sandy Lick PA. A Large Number of Men Out of Employ- : © ment—Other Mining News. The mining situation at DuBois has for many months been such that the miners, those in the employ of the Bell, Lewis & Yates company, could ‘not earn a living, and now they cannot earn anything at that occupation un- less they go elsewhere for employment. Three notices were posted in the win. dow of the company’s office Friday evening. One read; FINES AT DuBOIlS, Work in Rochester Mine No Work in London Mine To-morrow. "Anothér was this: Notices, DvBoms, Pa, Ang. 30, 1865. The next semi-monthly pay day, for work done during the frst half of mber 7 i. August, will be on Se JoHN REED, Superintendent. The third and the one of general interest to the public of DuBois, was as follows: . Notice. ] DUBOIS, Pa., Aug. 30, 1885, Circumstances which we regret com- pel us to shut down Rochester mine ‘and Sandy Lick mine for an indefinite period after Saturday, August 31, 1895. BELL, LEW & pris CMOCo. The company has three mines there, Rochester, the large mine, and London and Sandy Lick, two smaller mines London mine is the only one in which work has not been ordered entirely suspended for an indefinite period. Upwards of 200 men are employed there, and they have been doing very little there all summer, the same as at the other mines. A¢ the two other mines about 700 men are employed . when they are running full. Since work has been so slack the number has been constantly decreasing. A miner who works in one of the mines stated that be thought that not more than . 300 were working in Rochester when they had work, several hundred hav- ing sought employment elsewhere. Some of those who left found employ- ment at Walston, Adrian and Helvetia, and still others have taken up som? other occupation. ' Others will now ba. gin to look for work elsewhere.. Some have been continuing on with the hope that there would be an improvement ~ till their resources have become re- duced so much that they must leave their families, if they go away, until they have had time to earn something. While the company retains its large “holdings there any suspension is only temporary; but the men cannot stand the pinch while it lasts. The cause of the mines not running at DuBois is said to be on account of high freight rates owing to a discord between the coal company and the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg: Rail- way company. Other Mining Notes. Work on the rope haulage system at Magee & Lingle’s colliery is progress- ing finely. . It will soon be ready for operation. The recent contracts given out to Beech Creek shippers makes the min- ing in this district decidedly more active. : Men are reported to be working i in the Hamilton mine of the Bell, Lewis - & Yates Coal Mining company, near Reynoidsville, for 30 cents a ton. This price is 5 cents a ton below the district ‘There is much interest manifested concerning the successful bidder on the ‘several thousand tons of bituminous - coal for use in the United States navy. A portion of it will be filled by the Patton Coal company. E. H. Ellsworth, formerly a member of the firm of Jackman & Ellsworth, “miners and shippers of coal from the Colorado mines near Philipsburg, and who some time ago disposed of his interest. in the mines to his partner, has, in connection with F. J. Durham, purchased Colorado No. 2 from Mr. Jackman. The new firm will begin shipping coal September 1st.—Coal Trade Journal. Some of the new Beech Creek gon- -dolas which are being erected will soon be put on the road for use. Transfer of Cambria County Priests. Rev. Father Phillips, O. 8. B., pastor of the Catholic churches at St. Boni- face and St. Lawrence, has been trans- ferred to a large congregation in Baiti- more. Father Walter, formerly curate in Carrolitown, goes to Baitimore with | Father Philips, and Father Constantine 4 will have charge of St. Boniface and | 8¢ Lawrence.
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