Patton Courier.
PATTON PUBLISHING CO. Propristars.
FE. Wins. GREENE, Editor.
ESTABLISHED . ie
1903.
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counTy OFFICERS.
| President Judge Hon, A. V. Barker
Prothonotary 8. W. Imvis
Register and Hovordes—F, B. Jones,
Treasurer FE, F. Spencer,
Rhein, M, Wertz
Deputy Sheriff Fimer Davin
District Attorney —H, 8 Murphy
Hae Jones, Hostetler and
Commtssione ns’ Clerk John C. Gates
County Buperigtendent<T, LL, fitbeon
County Sarveyor.s G0 Fetterman,
Cotnty Auditors. A. 1. Miltenterger, PM,
Hawrence, John Gittings,
Commissioners Apsiem Wenkiand
snd WD, Ser.
Ooroner--Dre. BLS Livingston,
Poor Directors Jams Soaneryi
dones ahd Jamey More,
rive or BOLING COURT,
Jat Monda¥ of March 181 Monday of Sept.
= Mona Jarre. 1st Monday of Inc.
: aA Oomrt is heb tween the above
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Thos T
‘tion residing in this State. The di-
vision officials have just been called
_npon to pay the first reward ander this
BOROUGH OFFICERS.
© Burgess ion, Prindible.
jAfex Montieth, president: W.
Wii Dani PP. Jones, 5 D Riair, EP
S MetSarmiek, Fea Ander, John Scheid,
Behool Bowed 4, pywell, president; GG.
HL Cora, feta vA =
tin of the Poner Haji ¥
Helin,
oiter. W, C. Lingle.
mie, Jas
Prosser W. H, Sandford.
Clerk —E. Will Greene.
Collector Jas, Mellon,
Assessor Joh H. Somervitie.
i Auditors Elmer Smale, W.
Judge of Election—John Traman,
Inspector Wa. Clark, James Gillie,
Constable Sarmoast E. Jones,
Chiof of Potice—Dun’t Holes
| Street Commisstoner—Sam’l E. Jones,
High Constable Dan’l Holes.
A. Mellon, €.
fre aa ering
merECT or WAR ON — ¥ INSURANCE
i vi rn
acts from individaals, |
the
power, and weighing five tons and
over, are drawn by lighter teams than
| wagons which, with their loads, would |
| not weigh more. This is owing to the
{broad tires always used on engines. |
| The ash pans on engines are seldom
' more than 10 inches from she ground;
‘but owing to the wide tires theses
| engines seldom bog deep enough to
“allow the pans to touch the ground.’
granted soldiers and sailors the priv.
delivery, provided suach letters are
‘marked ‘soldiers’ letters” and signed
by an officer.
Ir = estimated that the wheat crop
in the United States for the present
the enormoos
amount of over six hundred and fifty
year will reach
million bushels, or over ten bushels for
each man, woman and child in this
country. Surely nobody need starve
with such a bountiful harvest to draw
from.
Tae Pennsyivania division of the
League of American Wheelmen offers
a reward of §256 for the arrest and con.
viction of any person who steals the
bicycle of any member of the organiza.
offer. W. J. Bennett, of Wilkesbarre,
secured the amount, he having cap-
H, Sandford, tres tared the thief who stole a wheel from
‘Dr. Geist, of the same city. As soon
as it was known that the wheel was
stolen, and that the League wonld pay |
‘a reward for the thief, Bennett started
to work with the above result, and the
consequence is that the owner had his
{ property restored without cost to him-
‘self. This is another of the great ad-
: vantages of membership in the Loague,
. and one that will be heartily appreci-
‘ ated when a machine is stolen,
To the Seashore
On Thursday, July 25th, the Beech
Creek railroad will sell special excarsion
| thekets to Atlantic City, Ocean City, Sea
THE POSTOPFICE department has
Yea the strength of griszly bears is
| seat begun brie I have read about |
| the powerful muscles in the arms of |
| African gorillas, but none can compare |
. with those in the arms and shonlders of |
| big grizzly bears I have seen a grisly
bear with one fore paw shot into useless
| ness pull its own 1,100 pounds of meat
: pould not do
across a mountain
and [ have heard hunters teil of having
thunderimit with one blow of the fore
paw of a bear.
| in the orast mountains up in Monterey
county, and one moonlight night I mw
a big grizzly bear in the act of carrying
a dead cow home to her cull. [| had a
position on the mountain side where |
could see every movement of the bear in
the sparsely timbered valley below me
The critter carried the dead cow in ber
fore paws for at least three niles across
jagged, sharp rocks ten feet high, over
fallen logs, around the rocky ag Ain
sides, where even a jackass © rest
get a foothold, to a narrow ruil oo the
steep mountain. She never 10
rest for a moment, bat wont rigid
1 followed, and just abour half
from the beast’'s imir | ladd ber ow
The heifer weighed at least 200 ponds
and the bear would bave tipped
beam at about 450 pound —Chicago
Inter Ocean
General ‘MeDowelk.
flue
I have never met any one who gave -
me a stronger impression of honesty and
sincerity than Irvin McDowell. He was
then in the primes of life—4) or 45 years
old—powerfully bailt, but rather pon.
derons in movement, kindly and sim-
ple in manner, with a very pleasant,
soldierly face, a water drinker and al
most & vegetarian, After the croel war
was over I moet him one day in some
foreign city—Vienna, I think—and ps»
we ware conversing he said, Strange,
isn't it, our encomnnter today?’
“Why so. general?’
“Have you forgotten’ This is the
2int of JInly—the anniversary of Ball
Ran. Had I won that battle I would
have bean one of the most popular men
in the United States and yom would
have been another. 1 need not say how
and bone ap precipices and perform
feats of muscle that trained athletes
I have seen grizzly bears
carrying the carcasses of pigs that must
have weighed 70 pounds several miles
side to their lair,
sen cows knocked down as if by a
Reduction
Three summers ago I spent the season |
trust, and the first demand of true
ence of the gompany so it can
firma, and corporations, and, among | je City and Cape May and retarn, good
others, life insurance companies have fp tan days. The rates of fare are as
received praise for not charging a WaT gnouy: Clearfield, $5.00; Mitohells,
rate on policies already in existence gg g7. Kerrmoor, $9.10; Gazzam, $9.25;
in case their holders enter the Army. Mahaffey, $9.76. These tickets are
The advisability of thin course is good via the Reading Railway Royal
called in question by L. QO. Fouse, in poate and will be honored for pass
the Insurance Sun. He says that “the
: on connecting trains from Phila
_fands of a life company are a sacred | gor, od
delphia. No extra charge will be made |
2 for a ride on the Reading famous sixty
patriotism is to perpetuate the exist- ...i, fiver leaving Philadelphia 3:40
re ‘p. m., and making the ran from Cam-
charge its obligations,” and it Is not | gop ¢ Atiantic City, a distance of 55)
Toe the companies during the 80 minute route to the sea; id
much it is the other way with as now.”
But I do not think his countrymen
blamed him after all When I went to
the United States some years ago |
found him in command at San Francis
oo—much changed aged and sad bat
courteous and kindly as ever 1 told
‘ him that I bad in a place of honor st
home the photograph which he gave me
before he left my lodgings the day he
was Jooking for Barry's guns "And |
"he said, “your friends ask,
‘Who on earth was OGemeral Me
Dowell?” '* «— Kir W. H Ruosswll in
More than 50 years ago lachlan Me
Donald left his home in Strathspey,
Beotland, and went to the shires of Lake
We, the undersigned, do hereby
| agree to refand the money on two 25-
‘cent bottles of Baxter's Mandrake
: Bitters, if it fails to cure constipation,
. billionsness, sick headache, or any of
the diseases for which it is recom-
mended. Also will refund the money
concludes that | 0 ® S0-cent bottle of Downs’ Elixir, if
Sr me ue i nL any cough, cold,
: ! p, whooping cough, or throat or
_ ” dithenity. We also guarantee
one 25-cent bottle of either of the above
to prove satisfactory or money re-
funded. For sale by C. W. Hodgkins,
Patton Pharmacy.
TL7Art de tn Mode.
The current issue of L’Art de In.
Mode is full of the latest imported
ideas for all kinds of costumes. Seven |
te & war fund; or it should in- | colored plates and nearly one hundred .
other illustrations make it the most
useful book for dressmakers published.
Articles of great interests including
‘suggestions as to every important
| branch of dressmaking. L'Art de Ia|
Mode is for sale at all newsdealers, or
send 38 cents for a single number to
The Moree-Croughton Co., No. § Bast
19th street, New York.
United Brethrem Camp Meeting. :
| For the United Brethren camp meet. |
ing at Mt. Gretna, Pa, August 2to 11,
1898, the Pennsylvania Railroad com-
psny will sell excursion tickets from
all points on its system east of (but
i not incloding | Pittsburg and Erie, and |
of the population which eligible for
the army oarry insurance, and the
iverage amount per capita is over $190.
In the Civil War the percentage of
deaths in the Union army was 15.4 per. |
> ig while in civil life it was 3.8 per
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west of and incloding Philadelphia to | )
Winnipeg. He did not neglect to carry
with him hix beloved bagpips, and many
an evening it spoke to him of the old
home beyond the seas
Even in the daytime when he was
busy in the woods felling trees, he
would have it by his side and on one
this
past, for prices were never as
y low
31 to August 11, inclusive, good to re- |
turn until Aogust 20, 1998, inclusive. |
For specific rate, conditions, &c., apply
| to nearest ticket agent.
says the roads are cut up by narrow |
Ee res until the dust in a foot deep, and
fils A oan al for ronda is gravel,
“hat gravel roads will not carry loads |
of ten and twelve tons on three-inch.
sand four-inch tires. An experienced
_ nage his team can draw. He will say |
I think the road will carry five tons,’
or more, as the case might be. I have
heard road superintendents say that
enormous sums of money could be
saved annually if broad tires were used.
The only objection I have heard raised
~ against the wide tires is that they do
pot fit into the ruts cut by the narrow |
ones, which makes the draught heavier |
upon the team. That is partly true;
bat the ruts would not be cut if all the
~ wagons had wide tires. Portable
Reduced Rates to Sarstogs.
pi For the Young People's Christian
Ips popabiliog ‘August 310 8, the
Pennsylvania Railroad enmpany will
sell excursion tickets from poiots on
its lines to Saratoga at rate of single
‘fare for the round trip. Tickets will
_ teamster will not speak about the ton- |
be sold August 2 and 3, good to re-
‘torn August 3 to 10, or by depositing
ticket with joint agent, return limit’
{ may be extended to August 31, 1508
Ripans Tabiles: pleasant lazative
Ripans Tabules cure nausea.
Ripans Tabules: for sour stomach
Ripans Tabulas: one gives relief,
Ripans Tabules assist digestion.
Ripans Tabules cure indigestion.
Ripans Tabules.
Ripans Tabules cure dizziness,
Ripans Tabules cure headache.
Mt. Gretna and retarn at redoced |
‘rates. These tickets will be soll July |
wayside to partake of a frugal howl
and crackers The initials of
illustrious in Great Britain's his
are graven upon the surface of its
- deal tables, and its very wiadow panes
| are littered with the names of Macaulay,
| Dickens and Thackeray It has been
| put in at least one book, and J Quiller
Conch has ased 18 as the scene for one
of his Serville tragedies
Too Big a Contract.
“Doctor. said a man to bis medical
attendant, who had just presented a
small bill of 35 shillings for weatment
during a recent illness, ''| have not
much resdy money Will yon take this
out in trade®’’
“Oh, yes '" cheerfully sowwered the
doctor. I think we can arrange thas,
but what is your business?
“1 am a cornet plaver
startling reply london a3 Tel
Foor Baby.
Unsophisticated Parsnt—Hello there,
parse, what's the baby yelling that way
for? I can’t read at all
Nurse—He's cutting his teeth, sir
U. P — Well, see that he doesn’t doit
was the
sRTAph
. any more or you lose your place. —Har-
| lem Life
SALE
— Will continue for—
I'he prices we are
making are sure to
interest you.
All Wash Goods, Dress
Ginghams, Percales,
Shirt W aists and Tan
Shoes will be closed out
heiow cost.
Here 1s a chance to get a
Handsome
Dress
Pattern
At a Bargain
Will give vou a big
reduction on all
DRY
GOODS
In our store. Our stock
1s all new and up-to-date, and
of the best quality.
Special low prices
on remnants of carpet
Will make beautiful
RUGS
fail to
Reduction Sale is
Don’t
hg
as now. [If you want
bargains that are bargains call
and get them.
['rv Thomson's
Glove-Fitting
Corsets and Juha
Marlowe Shoes,
The most
corset
perfect fitting
ind and shoes
on the market.
Patton
Supply
Co.
Patton, Cambria Co., Pa.
come before:
|
New DENTIST
FOR PATTON,
Dre. Chas. Ernest Chase, Er luate of
Pennsylvania Universit ¥.
; Bnd ented in the Balamon baiting, oprgpwmit
City Paewtnomnl, where Be & preparid to do rl :
Kinds of eatal work, #arh ae
FILLING TEFTH, PLATE WORK
CROWN AND HEIDE Wy
EXTRACTING Ev,
Cifiee Stoel? hime
Hine
Em lp aut sp moand?
An wi el grmrnrteont and a
vise gas Dons wiiiritesy dm
PATTON
RR.
yobuant with all modern age
Hee Buetren wii] be Pes ts "aa My 4H
P) Tee. 16s =p x 23
Phaerpal ah of
|
C OMPANY,
prrfiatyivers of and Desens (peas
Lamber of all Kinds, Pity Mill |
Wark, Sash and Doom of
all Kinds,
MR MANKHIP AND
LUMHER GUAHANTEED, |
i
We
Prices and terms reasonable.
We have just received a car load of |
doors and sash to which we call your |
special attention.
OFFICE
At Mill and in Room No. 7
Building.
of Good!
FirstNation'IBank
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OF PATTON,
vt
CAPITAL PAID UP, $50,100.00.
SURPLUS, $40,000.00.
Aevoants of Corpomtions. Fira, individ
aie and Banks pesived apon the host Savors
Bie lerie condstent with safe snd conservative
barking
, Stemrnats ip thokets for sade tor atl the fomlt
ines, Foren Drafts payable in the prinetpal |
ettion sf Lhe £3048 Wot
All correspondence will have our prompt and
perncstin latter lion.
interest patd on time depowite.
A. E Patron, Wx H. SAMDFORD,
President,
R. F. Notley,
- Dealer in.
Wines, Liquors,
Beer, Etc.
D. Lutz & Son's Beer a
Specialty.
family use cannot be excelled.
Are reds ynable.
FLASKS, CORKS, JUGS, ETC,
nas
in Every County to Supply
She Boost Popader Demand for
America’s War
for Humanity
ou IN PICTURE AXD RPORY
plete and written by
SENATOR "JOAN d. INGALLS,
of Kansas.
The most brilliantly Writien; most
profusely and
and most intensely popular book on
the subject of the war with Spain.
Nearly 200
SUPERB [LLUSTRATIONS
from Photographs tiers spactall
this great work.
$50 to $100 a week se ul it
table bonanza for live cuanvassers.
Apply for description, terms and terri-
tory at once to
'N. D. THOMPSON PUBLISHING CO.
ST. LOUIS, MO. or NEW YORK TTY.
>O TO THE
take
| Prodericiotows; Mo.
| Chamberlain's colle, cholera and Diar
oale by Cc. WwW,
Cashier:
HASTINGS, PA;
AGENTS WANTED |
Fis
TRE WONDERS OF SCIENCE
that will cure chronic diarrhoea.
4. Because it is the only remedy that
will prevent bilious colic.
5. Because it is the only remedy that
will cure epidemical dysentary.
6. Because it is the only remedy
that can alwayw be depended npon in
cases of cholers infantum.
Because it is the most prompt
and mont reliable medicine in ase for
bowel complaints.
3. Beonose it produces no bad resulta.
#. Because it is pleasant and safe to
10. Because it has saved the lives of
: more people than any other medicine
{in the world.
The 25 and 50c sizes for sale by C. W.
odgtion nin Potruter
WOODEN MANUFACTURING
“Last summer one of our grand-
children was sick with a severe bowel
| trouble, says Mr. E.G. Gregory, of
“Our doctor's
had failed, then we tried
| rhoea remedy, which gave very speedy
i relief.” Porsale by C. W. Hodgkins,
Patton Pharmacy.
To Advertise
Hereafter all patrons who wish a
! display advertisement in the Parron
Couniur, or who wish to change their
“ad” now running, must hand their
| copy in not later than Toesdsy at 2
i o’clook p. m. of each week. If handed
in Iater than that time it will have to
‘be held over 'till the next week. All
{ well regulated newspapers must have
a specified time in which to receive
such business; if not, the paper is
liable to be issued several hours be-
hind time and then the subscribers
- wonld have good reason to complain.
Try to get copy in early.
Parrox Pus. Co.
Mr. C. L. Hasbrouck, a druggies st
Mendom, Mich., says all of the good
testimonials have been published by
‘the manufacturers of Chamberisin’s
colic, cholera ond Diarrheoa remedy,
could be duplicated in that town. For
Hodgkins, Patton
A reward of $50.00 will be given to
| det ponwon furnishing the necessary
‘evidence for the conviction of the
party who set fire to our coal tipple
“and burned the same to the ground.
Mosnaxyon Coan Co,
Patton, Pa
RE PAH YS A SR Sr A 3
Yon may hunt the world over and
Our Bottled Beer and Forter for Plains It is pleasant, safe and reliable.
For sale by C. W. Hodgkins, Patton
A RAS
Subject to market changes:
Butter... . 18 comts per pound
Cabbaoe ng
Boek whest.
oven.
es
oS 1
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vas roms Co. Limited]
Por fine cakes and pies go to Dane’
- -
deen
pashel
a
oe
Even the children insist on going to
Ladies’ wrappers for the most fie
tidious at Mrs. Dartt’s
¥ illustrated,
ON heer on tap at C. W. Hodgkina, Patton
Cool soda water and refreshing root
Pharmacy.
Patronise home industry by buying
your flour and feed at the Patton Feed
and Buckwheat Mills-36t(
Lung Troubles and Consump-
tion Can | be Cured.
People’s § Market =
MAGEE AVENUE,
~ FOR
Fresh and Smoked
Hams. Salt Meats of
All Kinds.
re Made
BOLOGNA
Hand.
Meats are Pure and
Wholesome.
3
AH (yy
“ = A & &
0 enue dail d wonders,
108 y develops new
and this great chemist, ha produced
periiianing for years, has
results beneficial suffering
asp Wing as can be Siniped by any
modern genius. His assertion that
inng troubles and
curable in any climate is proven by
“heartfelt letters of gratitude,” filed in
his American and Euro labra-
tories in thousands from those cured
in ail parts of the warld,
Medical experts concede that bron
chial, chest and lung troubles lead to
consumption, which, uninterrupted,
means speedy and certain death,
Simply write to T. A. Slocum, M. C.,
a% Pine street, New York, giving post-
office and express address, and the
freee medicine will be promptly seat.
Sufferers should take instant ad-
vantage of his generons proposition.
Please tell the Doctor that you saw
his offer in the PATrox COURIER.