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cass nail mintter,
From L. A. W. Bulletin
Fle oases) to bore se half 10 deaths,
Five, svety single day,
He'd casenae “ronpond thy tris ssffioe,
Ard Just stay, si istay,
f couldn't ment shake
Though I gave rom! iin ted hints
Bat § lent him Balf 8 dollar,
Blan winiey
And | haven seen hi
Finest
Soda water
In Patton at
Hodgkins’ Patton Pharmacy.
Patton Borough is now minos of a
policeman.
D. M. Kinkel came up from William-
sport Tuesday.
For that tired feeling, try Hodgkins’
ool soda water.
Harry Raflner came over from
Spangler Tuesday
John Raye, of DuBois, spent Mon.
day night in Patton.
L. C. Bickler, of Cresson, wis seen
on our streets Monday.
Work of paving Magee avenue will
he commenced in n few days
C. J. Burke, of Boston, Mass , spent
Friday of last week in Patton.
Onions, radishes and rhobarb on
Thursday at the Cash Grocery.
Go and examine and be convineed of
prices in millinery at Mrs. Dartt’s,
Dr. Dowler ia confined to the home
of his sister, Mrs, E. O. Hartshorn, by
illness,
Mr. and Mme. John T. Culp and
daughter, Marion, are visiting relatives
at Lock Haven.
Coalport expecta to celebrate the 4th
of July in the good old-fashioned style.
- What about Patton ?
The familiar face of W. H. Denlinger,
the hustling oil than of Philipsburg, was
- seen in Patton Tuesday.
John Hunter, who is stopping at
Nant-y-glo, this county, spent Tuesday
with his parents at this place.
All mines in and around Patton re
sumed work on Tuesday morning after
being idle for about three weeks.
Miss Alice Lumodue has returned
home after spending the winter with
her sister, Mrs. 8. M. Watt, at Youngs |
town, O.
(leo. Boone has received his commis.
sion as Justice of the Peace. See
announcement in business directory of
a ol Direciors C. C. Crowell, W.
H. Bandford, C. C. i, R. McPher- |
som and Geo. H. Curfman attended the |
convention at Ebensburg Tuesday.
Jas. W. Docse, of Marionville, Pa.,
spent Monday night in Patton. Mr. pearance of that place of worship.
~ Deveo added his pame to the steadily |
growing list of the PATTON COURIER.
~ E. C. Poorman and Harry C. Brooks,
of Tyrone, two of the most popular
~~ ‘*“drummers’’ on the road, were circu-
lating among their customers in Pat-
ton Monday.
Geo. M. Dimeling and Guy Snyder, |
; baffey are contemplating the scheme
of putting down a tust well for oil and |
Cut off the inconsiquential papers, if
a you have to, but always keep your ad
in your best paper big enough to do
you justice. It is better to convince a
few people than talk to many.—Ex.
Telford Davis, who is acting in the
_eapacity of fireman on the Pittsburg
Division of the P. R. R., with head. '
quarters at Derry, Pa, was shaking
hands with his many friends in Patton
Monday nigh.
‘Considerable attraction was centered |
on Dewey Day to the east window of
QGoldstein’s mammoth * department |
store, which contained an artistic and |
onique display of fancy linens repre- |
senting Admiral Dewey's flag-ship.
Faust Davis, who has been an em-
ploye of W. E. Probert’s tonsorial
pariors for the past three years, de-
parted Monday for Pittsburg, where
e expects to be employed at his trade.
Faust has a host of friends in Pytton
who extend kind wishes in his new
Sep
casTORnIA.
Tho Kin Tou fa Mars But
Memorial Day, Tuesday, May 30th
The much wanted showers came at
last.
J. K. Thompson, of Philipshorg, was
a visitor Tnesday.
Oysters all the vear throughout at
the City Restanrant.
All flavors of soda water at Hodg-
kin's Patton Pharmacy.
J. J. Preston, of Spangler, was a
visitor to Patton Tuesday.
Gerald Adams ix slowly recovering
‘after an illness of several weeks,
John W. Wrigley, of Clearfield, tran.
sacted business in Patton Monday
John Lumodne will commence his
business of sheep clipping next week
Misses Froma, Alma and Edna Nich.
olson spent Sunday among friends at
Hastings
KR Watt, of Youngstown, (1 ig visit
ing his brother-in-law, FJ Lomodoe,
this week
At a (ieorgia lynching is bevoming
more popular than ‘At a Georgia
Campmeating.
Joho K. Miller, a traveling salesman
of Tyrone, Pa, waxlooking after trade
in Patton Monday,
J B McKee, one of Westovere's
prominent citizen's, tarried in Patton
fir i few hours Monday,
EP. Baker, one of Susquehanna
township's prominent citizens, was
seen on our streets Friday,
Mr and Mrs. (© A. Sharbuagh and
Mr and Mrs. GE. Hipps, all of Car.
rotitown, drove down to this place
Sunday.
MB Cowher, one of Patton's hast.
Hng insgrance men, was & caller at
this offloe last Thursday. Spangler
Bentinel
Walter Melion Iv confined to his
home at Hotel Patton by serious iil
ness. His many friends hope for his
speedy recovery.
M. B. Courtright, an enterprising
merchant of Hastings, and HJ. Van
Dusen, postmaster at that place, drove
over to Patton Wednesday.
L. M. Scanlan, formerly typo on the
Hastings Tribune, but who now re-
sides at South Pork, and M.S Binder,
of Hastings, were pleasant callers a
this offive Monday
A petition is beiag circulated praving
for the paving of Fifth avenue from
Beech to Magee avennes, Work will
likely be commenced on same as soon
as Magee avenue is completed.
M. G. Lewis apent Sunday at Johns.
town. He was visiting his son, H. O.
Lawis, who is an employe at the civil
engineering department of the Cam.
bria Iron Co. of that cite,
Elsewhere in the Covnigr this week
will be found the announcement of Dr.
F. B. Evans, dentist of Hastings, Pa,
who is prepared to treat all diseases of
the teeth and mouth in a skillful
manner.
A new stone wall has been erected in
front of the First Baptist church of
Patton, which greatly adds to the ap-
Several other improvements, such as
the painting of the building, otc. are
also being made.
“Hello!” said the Dime Novel to the
i Yellow Journal. “You seem to be
pretty well fagged out. Taking vio-
lent exercise?’ “Yew replied the
yellow one, “I have to work hard to
keep my circulation up. -- Philadelphia
of « in Patton a few |
hou Ged; eid, opp en route to Vint. | orth American.
~ omdale, where Mr. Dimeling has large
lumber interests.
Beveral prominent citizens of Ma-
An adopted child of Mr. and Mm
‘Philip Huber, of Carroll township,
aged about six years, was bitten by a
dog on the lower lip and jaw a few
days ago. The little girl was carrying
water from the spring to the house
- when the animal attacked her,
The Johnstown Athletic club will
cross bate with the strong Westminister
| College team on the Westmont Johns-
town grounds next Saturday. Rep
hopes to down the visitors even as he
conquered the Indiana team and thus
pave the way for a season of victories
, throughout. Democrat.
The editor of the COURIER wishes to |
‘acknowledge receipt of invitations to
commencement exercises of class
of "9 of the Patton public schools, |
which will take place May 11th. The
‘class roll consists of Misses Virginia
Dale, Clara Myers, Minnie and Sarah
' Holter, Carrie Crowell, Walter Mellon |
‘and Mervyn Lewis. This will be the
| first graduating class of the Patton
| public schools, and therefore an elab-
orate program will be a special feature.
: CASTORIA
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
| Bignaturg of
THE PATTON COURIER, MAY 4, 1899.
Strike or no strike, the Cash Grocery
| CAN save you money.
What about the 4th of July? Are
we going to celebrate ?
The employes of the PARSON Ear serv.
lice of the P. R. R. have donned their
sum mer caps.
t
Ott Sisters have a new dine of ladies’
and children’s hate and trimmings. The
latest styles and lowest prices.
Gea, O. Brady and family will leave
to-day for a ten days’ visit among
friends at Mill Hall and Lock Haven
Peter Lityill was nnanimonsly elected
as captain of Co H, N. GP, at Johns- |
town Friday night. RH. Adams was
“chosen as first leutenant.
Thanks to Denlinger Bros, the pop
uiar dealers in oils of Pittsburg for
‘another lot of their splendid blotters
Their blotters, like their oils, are “A
No. I.
The Johnstown Athletic base ball
team defeated the Indiana Normal
team Saturday by a score of 4 to 0.
Pete Speriein, well-known to base bali
enthusiasts in Patton, did the twirling
for Johnstown.
The only reminder that Monday was
Dewey Day in Patton was the roar of
. W. Hodgking' brass cannon and a
few flags flouting to the breeze in dif.
ferent parts of town. We trast that
the 4th of July will be more appro-
priately observed
The Cambria Freeman says that F.
H. Barker, of that place, has been
appointed by the chief marshal of the
unveiling of the Hartranft statue, Har.
risburg, May 12th, as a captain on his
staff. Mr Barker is a member of the
anh Regiment PV,
ticipate in the ceremonies,
which will par
Our attention was called Sanday to
the fact that a dead pig, partly de
cayed, was lying on lang averae,
between the Firemen's building and
Marks’ old grist mill. We have not
learned ss to whether it has been re
moved or not. If pot, it shoaid be
attended to at once and the party who
i responsible for such an act Should be
taaght a lesson in regard to keeping
the important sanitary laws, which he
wili not soon forget,
The “Small pox.”
The “small-pox’’ scare in Johnstown
rapidly sabsiding. It is very fries
tionable if there ever was Any canse
for alarm first, because thers are
doubts if there has been a case of
smallpox in or arotod town recently
or for many years, And his diseass
which has been called variolowd, and in
several instances after the report was
widely vireaiated, diagnosed an measles,
wak contagious, there has been very
great opportunity given for its spread
ii, people have come in dar loads
aver the B & ©, and by the way of
South Fork from Windber, where sev.
eral cases were reported, and have
mingled promisicunously with all they
cared to ses, while numerous others
have gone from here to Windber and
come back, Yet there are and have
beer: but 11 cases of something that
may be itch and may be measles, but
is hardly small. pox if this latter disesse
8 ax contagious as specialists would
lead us to believe it ia Johnstown
Tribune
Spangler Damage Sui.
Mrs. Anna Heffren, a widow of
Spangler, will bring suit against Spang.
ler borough for at least $300 damages
uniews a settlement is made shortly by
the borough council. Mm Heffren
alleges that while on her way to church
Easter Sunday, she was thrown by a
loose plank io a defective sidewalk and
received injuries that confined ber to
‘bed for a week and has not yet fully
recovered from the effects of the fall
A. G. Palmer Frometad,
The Williamsport Gazette and Balle.
tin says: “An important railroad
rumor came from Jersey Shore Satur.
day night. It was to the effect that
Superintendent A. G. Palmer has been
promoted to the high office of superin.
tendent of the Pennsylvania division
of the New York Central, which in-
cludes the Beech Creek and Fall Brook
i Hines.”
sale of SM. Viecent’s Beer
It is stated that the church aathori-
ties have issued an order prohibiting
the brewing of beer at St. Vincent's,
Latrobe, except for the use of the
monks. Bishop Phelan, of Pittsburg,
several years ago tried to stop the sale
of St. Vincent's beer, but his ight was
unavailing. It is hardly lkely the
present move will succeed either.
Undertakery’ Conventic eh.
The States Undertakers Association
will hold their next annual convention
in Bellefonte, June 7th and Sth. It will
“be a large gathering. The officers are:
J. Ostertag, Columbia, Pa., president:
Geo. Chandler Paul, Philadelphia, sec-
retary; J. W. Garlic, Gettysburg, C.
H. Mouk, Harrisburg, and F. E Nagi-
ney, Bellefonte, executive committee.
Postal Changes,
The official Postal Guide for April
publishes the following offices in Cam-
bria county at which money order
departments have been established
recently: Dunlo, Dysart, Nicktown
and Puritan,
CASTOIT.A
Bears the ihe Kad You bow :
JACK AND HIS WiLL.
A Special Act ot the Britian Parlin. |
ment Arranges That Matter,
Jack has the proud distinction of
having had an act of parliament passed
for the express purpose of deciding the
way in which he most make bis will
#0 that while all other Britons are
Inmpesd together in this matter nnder
the wills act of 1838 sailors’ testament
ary doenments are made nnder the
naval wills net of 1888 The mest itn
portant proviso of this act i= that all
wills made by sailors or marines most
be withesaod and attested by the chap
ain or scone other officer if they are
actually made on board ship, and this
is somewhat enriong
If a sailor likes to make his will on
shore any one can witness it for him,
bat on board ship the case is diferent
| Neediess to say they almest all to a
man choose the fatter conrss as they
know that things will be straighter for
bearing an officer's signature If how
#VEr. Aupeing that the vessel was in
activin and a man was to he atraek
down who hud not previonsly made a
will, if he had to do so before he died
even if it wera not attested by an of
cer, the admiralty bas fall power to
act em the merits of the case and to dis
pense with that or any other foraalisy
that it was impossible to comnly with
Another thing a sailor shares with a
scdidier the privilege of when on sotive
service being the only man who con
dispense with a written will and make
a vertml one
In former times any one could make
his will vortmliy if he #0 desired
brit this as may be oanpposed, end
the door to no end of frand ard it was
copinent!y repealed in the 1508 set
sxoept in the case mentioned abovs
On the night before a ship or a regi
ment goes into actam there (@ na mors
pathetic sight than to ss the men,
yomng and oid laterioasly writing their
wills in case tomorrow shonid be their
Inst day in this world, and what with
witnessing wills and making them on
the forme jwsned by the anthoritios for
those who cannot write and this ¢lass
has now almost entirely disappeard
froma teith the navy and the army. the
officers have a very busy time Lon
don Golden Pr
THE Er AaN'S LIFE.
“wm Fintah Flies Toile:
~ mn Wirror.
He Cann:
Hr , Ciling abet the See
departiient inioresia as always, said
Mr. (lis but thera in one Hftle
thine 3H that I've wen |
AT ope a sad tires that apreais
85 Ge fare + Fagg tine I meas 31 ari th wt
ix the firemen getting into their wit
ax they go along Yon sow this amon
the men on trae and on hows wag ns
The men on the engine have to ree
their hands 4 hold on
i cape enongh thing ih won
man Po gon haw ont
“
Bop in de
ha's it vail
he Thi Tend
? 4 rbakey
fw i and taken Bis coat neder }
arm and slid down a sliding pole and ia
fet ¢ dresaing sitting on ton
of a rack of ladders going throngh the
street ike mad drawn by three great
hors at ctw end, with a man down
at the other em] steering this ovis
with a wheel This sight never kes 114
Ks% ey! GF dix interent. Yor ghay ses tha
sane th of a hose wagon
*Bnt po i st me 0 spemking sbont
this BOW Wax seeing & man on & fire
patrod wagon, sitting on one of their
long seats, [acing ontward, pulling ap
the tops of his high boots red wagon
galloping horsm, banging gong, men in
fire hats and robber coate the whale
booming ontfit on the dead jump and
this man sitting on the side seat rogeh
ing down for the tops of those boats and
straightening ap with each (ne asx he
got it and swaying hack a little as he
pulled it ap into place, jast as a man
world sit on the edge of his bed at home
to put on his stockings and slippers and
Just ax cool and comfortable New
York San
Geography For Women.
The introdaction to Parkenton s
“Modern Atlas,’ pablished in 1513
has a reference to ‘the sex’ which
ongzht to be very interesting & onr
modern college girl The learned anthor
SA TH
Geography is a study so aniversally
instractive and pleasing that it hae for
neariy a century been tanght even to
fernales, whose prarsnite are foreien from
seriona researchvs In the trivial con
versation of the sowial circle in the
daily avidity of the covtirrences of the |
Umea, pregnant indeed above all others
with rapid and important changes that
affect the very existence of states and
empires, RroRTRpRY has became a ha
bitnal resotires to the slogant female as
wll as the pro tonnd philosopher
Moppinm " mie Steamabip.
To stop the Etruria, whose displace
ment is 9.650 tons, horsepower (4, 501
and speed 20.18 knots an hour, 2 min
ates ard 47 seconds are required, and
during the process of stopping the ship
will forge ahead 2 484 feet, or nearly
half a mile The United States craiser
Columbia with a displacement of 7 830
tons, 17 991 horwepower and a spend of
22 3 knota an hour, can be stopped iu 2
minutes and 13 seconds and within a
space of 2.147 feet In each case the
vessel 1s supposed to be going at full
speed and the stoppage prodaced bv
reversing the action of the propeller
Dumas’ Quick Wit.
Dumas found a man asleep in the
Theatre Francais during the playing of
8 place by his friend Scamet “Yon
see that!" said he, ‘that's your work
Next evening a Dumas comedy wis
put ot. The two friends looked in again
and found a sleeper
“Yon sew, dear Dnmas said Son
met, your works can produce sisep
“Do you refer to that man ¥' replied
Damas. “Why, that's the man who
was there last night He's pot awake
yet! San Francisco News Letter
»
ill You wear
For Spring ?
THE NEW SHOE.
von want
[ast year's shoes are not what
Buy with us, Buy
‘5 shoes. They are
up-to-date, and you will start out
caring them prejudiced in their
They are made right and
sold right. We claim
‘wes are the lowest for
v, but many claim
~hinch it, offer to res
ney if you find as
Isewhere at a lower
[TON SUPPLY
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1348 Lire HE ii h A AR fate, st ¥ lish and
NEW SHOES OW displayed here.
Don’t Buy Your Shoes
¥ ry 1s ¥ 1
11] See Oir ing £3}
wh
Awe pha! reve d
are tne owest
atl
ave the hest and largest line of
1 8ee tor vonrself, (Omr prices
HAVE YOU SEEN IT?
f( . »”
The Sorosis,
THE S3.50 SHOE FOR \WOMEN.
reer td
"52
abe Sis!’ Shoes, as well
that common
acy support
red for womaa
perfect, and is
no matter what
amd has became the
Ie, nost fasion.
‘Sarosis”
ear. Dainty
ie Na} wile T ine Of shoes
Oh er 22 iw worth of cla i ldren's
M
New Shoes
31%
others it will May vou to call
For Babies.
One of the largest and prettiest Lines ever showed in Patton. We have
thers in all eonjors
We have shoes for all Men, Women,
*
Black, all styles, at 15¢ to $3.50 per pair.
\WVE HAY
Boys, Girls and Rabies In Tan and
EE THEM.
Come and Sew Them - WASH GOODS. Madras, Ginghams, Percales, Dim-
ities, Zephrys, Hatiste, Organdies, Lawn Pi que in all colors |, Ribbons (the
very atest | Laces and Embroiderion
aver #OU warth to select from. Belts
in all colors and styles. This Department has hadded ont in all ite spring love-
line. There is a revelation of beanty and newness coming to hand. * are
showing the vanguard of things that are fashionable und
will be worn by
ladies of goad taste in all of the large ities this season.
No end of new things in this line, and to our large assortment we add the
additional indocementa of low prices that can’t be approached elsewhere, »
PATTON
JUPPLY G0.
The BUSY Store mans
OR
rs
sell a
gold hlle d CANE
an Americar
ment guaranteed for
two years. [| give
vou my guarantee
with this watch and
it 18 also guaranteed
by the manufacturer,
Come in and see it.
TOZER,
The Patton Jeweler.
This Bedroom Suit
Only $15.00.
Fine Furniture in every conceivable
pattern to suit all tastes. A short
time spent ooking over our line will
convince vou that we have the goods
and sell at prices that cateh the
orders.
‘Undertaking,
Embalming,
Etc. Etc.
attended to.
methods used.
soy Win sf Cte 3
Sal action a.