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PATTON, CAMI
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Commencement Exercises
Patton Public Schools,
TRORS. EVE.. MAY 11th, 99,
At 8 o'clock p. m
The commencement exercises to be
held in the assembly room of the Patton
public schools on Thursday evening
promises to be an event of interest and
one in which seven voung ladies and
gentlemen will close the last chapter
(of their lives in the schoolrooms of
Patton, As this is the first class to
graduate from the public schools of
this place much interest is naturally
manifested and the members of the
graduating class will make their debut
‘to an andience which will share with
(them the pleasure of witnessing the
i presentation to these young people of
| their well deserved diplomas.
| The baccalaureate sermon was de-
livered in the first M. E. church on
Sunday evening by Rev.
| Careful preparations have been made
for a most enjoyable evening's enter.
tainment, the class being assisted by
; Patton Pharmacy.
Headquarters for
‘as given in the following programme:
‘1. Music.
(2. Invocation.
Music.
Essay.
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~ Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals,
Stationery, Confectionery,
4 ‘“Highor Education
! (iris!
Minnie Mai Holter.
Piano Solo, Miss Helen Prindible
Fasay. ‘‘ Heroism of Scholarship.”
Clara Cecelia Myers,
Duet. Miss Flick and Mrs. Barton,
“Class History."
Miss Virginia Dale.
Piano Duet. Miss Minnie and Jas
CHiliece.
“Character of Wash:
ington.’
Walter James Mellon,
Piano Solo. Miss Rachel Sandford
“Class Prophecy.’
Sara Jayn Holter.
Piano Bolo. Miss Mamie Jones,
Essay. ‘' Libraries.’
Mise Carrie Crowell.
Quartette. Misses Flick and Noo-
nan, Messrs. Dinsmore and
Giilliece,
Oration, with Valedictory. '* Nihil
sine labor ent.’
Mervyn R. Lewis,
Piano Duet, Miss Minnie and Jas,
Giillisow,
Vocal Solo. Miss Ilona Sandford.
Presentation of Diplomas,
William H. Sandford.
Vocal Bolo. Madrienne.”’
Miss Cecliia Flick.
Address. Supt. Thos. J. Fuitoo.
Piano Bolo. Miss Lida Gregg
Benediction,
GRADUATES
| Minnie Mai Holter.
Clara Cecelia Myer,
Carrie (O. Crowell.
Virginia Dale.
Sara Jayn Holter.
Mervyn Ralph Lewis.
Walter James Mellon,
ADMISSION.
for
Cigars and Tobacco.
~ Opposite School Building.
TO THE
LADIES
Oration,
11.
12.
Every lady in Patton ands
vicinity calling at our store
will be presented with a souv-
~ enirof the Spanish-American,
in the shape 00 a beautiful
fan. |
Call early before they aro
all gone.
~ C. W. Hodgkins.
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The finest designs of Mattings
at the following prices:
* 3
and joc per yd.
16 different |
and 30c per
2 per
nig to acloct |
‘arpets--- Rag |
yard; cotton In- Adults,
Red: Union| Children under 12 yrs.
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from.
Well,
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25¢
- 15C
Edwin G. Dusen Heard From,
. The Carrolltown News says that Val-
: y place to buy your entine Dumm received a short note
farniture. The best for the least money. | from his son Edwin, who was injured
: | in a wreck on a western railroad on the
12th of April. The note was written
| with his left hand. It states that his
i right arm was broken in three places,
his left leg was also broken and he was
considerably injured about the head.
"He says he is well cared for and hopes
to pull through. Mr. Dumm was un-
‘able however, to reach by mail the
‘doctor who first sent word of the
‘young man's injunes, as he did not
: i state at which of the six or more hos-
following will be our leading Pitals in Quincy he was being cared for.
which you very well know are Tntendenta’ Salaries.
in the market. Quite a va. Saperinicwichis waren.
select from: Capello | The salaries allowed school superin-
Sunshine and Othello, The tendents differ materially. For instance,
Be Ranges, ye an Montgomery county pays $2,500 a year,
res them a ioe * | Chester $2,000, Lancaster §2500, Clin-
OL s line of shelf hardware, ton $1,500, Delaware $1,800, Columbia
n he S3snisher, etc., sash and $1,500, Centre $1,500, Westmoreland
a Tail ine.
'ire fencin
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shove
“All kinds of tinwork will
be attended to and guaran-
of every description —
poultry wise.
of repairs for plows, ete.
uarters for miners’ tools -
augers, powder and
Berks $2,000, Carbon $1,600, Lebanon
$1,700, Cumberland $1,700, Clearfield
$2,000, Erie $1,900, Adams $1,200, York
$2,000, Lycoming $2,000, Cambria
' $1,700.
ng you for all past favors,
£ your further patronage, Patton Cemetery Co. Notice.
~All persons who occupied ground in
' Highland cemetery for graves prior to
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| the same are hereby notified that in
order to preserve record and location
! of their graves, and title to the ground,
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Kirk Hdw.
&F ur’ Co.,
c C. GRENINGER, Mgr.
{ ter with the Cemetery Co. before May
done the location of a few of the
graves must be changed.
PATTON CEMETERY Co,
E. C. Brown, Mgr.
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Witman.
some of the best local talent of Patton
1 $2,600, Juniata $1,000, Mercer $1,500,
August 15, 1898, and have not paid for
| it wili be necessary to arrange the mat-
| 17th, 1899. To enable us to complete
{improvements and grading now being
BOROUGH FATHERS MEETING
Bridge Needing Repaive Communication
From Burgess Prindible,
Patton Borongh Council met in reg.
nlar seasion Momday evening, May Sth,
with the following members present as
Habbard, Anderson, Me. j
Hair, Cordell and Campbell
The minutes of regular meeting held
Monday night, May 1st, were read and
approved,
E. P. Met ormick, of the Street Com-
mittes, reported that bridge on Fifth
avenue, near Ir. Noonan's property,
and the one West Magee avenue
were in an npsafe condition and that
Council sbhonld take immediate action
for the repairing of same,
President Hubbard stated that |
selvisable for the members 19
peer rofl call:
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meet Tuesday evening, May ®th, and
inspect said bridges and retorn
connci! chambers and take the neces.
sary action
W. T. Robinson was present and
stated that in order to reach an amio.
able rettlement with the Borough be
would reduce bill $1000 and asccept
the balance, $15.00, for work done on
East Mages avenue it ordersd
same paid.
A communication from AE
of Cuarwensville, relative old log
hose, was read. Mr Patton stated
‘that he would meet Council at the
earliest possible convenience
On motion of McCormick and sec-
onded by Rialr, it was corrried that the
Borongh Engineer be instructed to give
most desirable route and make profile
for sewer on Fifth avenue from Magen
to west side of Rassell avenue.
A communication from Borough
Engineer was read stating that Bor-
ough would have to purchase several
different oastings to be used in the
paving of Magee avenue; that prope
‘erty owners making sewer taps should
tamp ground in filling in ditch. The
Ceommunication also stated that several
of the telephone poles were too far
out on said street and would interefers
with the curbing.
On motion of Cordell and seconded
by Campbell, it was carried that all
property owners on Magee avenue from
Fifth avenoe to I. BR. BR. be instructed
to make sewer taps at once; that the
Patton Water company run water taps
to all vacant ots on sald street beforn
the paving is completed; that the
Central District and Prioting Tele
graphh company be notified to move
poles in off line of curbing; that Mr,
Brown get prices on the several cast
ings needed for nee in paving.
On motion of Campbell and seconded
by Blair, it was carried that the follow
ing resolution be adopted as read;
“Whereas, the Burgess and Town
Council of the Borough of Patton have
ordained and laid oat and opened a
street in said Borough, extending from
Fifth avenue to the works of the Pat.
ton Clay Mfg company; and whereas,
there is a building occupying a portion
of said street, known as the “old log
house,’ name being the property of A.
E. Patton, trustee, that it is the desire
to have said house removed and street
opened to full width, and inasmuch as
the said A, E. Patton, trustee, by his
duly appointed agent, E. CC. Brown,
has objected to the removal of said
building; it is therefore resolved that
the Burgess and Clerk of Council, be,
and are, hereby authorized and em.
powered to execute and deliver a bond,
in the sum of §200,00, in the name of
the Borough of Patton, to the said A.
E. Patton, trustee, conditioned for the
payment of such damages as shall be
adjudged due the said A. E. Patton,
trustee, by reason of the removal of
said building and widening of the
street aforesaid.
“Should the said A. E. Patton fail to
accept said bond, then the same shall
be presented to the Courts of Cambria
county for their approval and be filed
in the Prothonotary’s office for the use
of the said A. E. Patton, trustee
“And the Street Commissioner is
directed, after said bond has been duly
executed and presented approved
by the Court aforesaid, to go upon the
premises and remove said building
from the street aforesaid.’
A petition sigued be several citizens
was presented to Council, praying for
sewer on Magee avenue to be lowered
50 as to afford drainage to the cellars
of properties on the south side of said
street, and on motion of McCormick
and seconded by Anderson, it was car.
ried that the same be tabled.
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Council
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The following communication was
read, and on motion of Campbell, sec.
~onded by McCormick, it was carried
| that same be accepted, put on file and
‘action be deferred until next meeting:
“To the Borough Council of Patton, Pa.
“In view of the financial condition
of the Borough Treasury and froma
‘careful study of the imperative needs
of the corporotion of improvements in
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our streets, sewers, and other public or |
yuasi-public atilities, this communni- proper could be redoced to a greater
cation is respectfully submitted for extent, and on the whole would give
your action, us sufficient fonds to carry out the
“Attention has been called by many improvements needed, benefit the pres.
taxpavers to the condition of streets ent generation as well as the sucosed-
in several portions of the Bor- ing, make the Borough orders worth
ough, where partially opened streets 100 cents on the doliar and redoce the
and alleva, and in other cases practi- rate of taxation to an appreciable
cally no outlet from their properties, extent (igo. BE. PRINDISLE,
which in justice to these, who contrib- * Burgess.’
ute pro rata by taxation, should be The bill of W. T. Robinson was then
remedied at the earliest possible date. presented and on motion of Winslow
“For safety to the traveling public, and seconded by Anderson, it was car-
and also as a protection to the Borough ried that same be accepted and order
from a finaneial standpoint, the temp. drawn for the amount—-§15.00.
OTAry bridges on Fifth avenue, between The following applications for the
Kerr and Lafig avenues, and on Magee position of Chief Police were received: |
aventie, near Sixth avenve, should be P. J. Hartasog, W. P. Jackson, W. J.
re paired, ap preferably replaced by Gill, W. T. Robinson and 8. E. Jones.
substantial and permanent improve | Five ballots were taken, all resulting in
ments, which could be done at this time a failare to make a choice - Gill and |
at a minimum cost to the Borough, Jones having three votes each on every
“The general condition of the Bor. ballot.
ough highways is much below the (ouncil then adjourned to meet on
absolute need of the traffic thereon. regular meeting night, Monday, May
“In view also of the fact that the Bor- 15th, at 8 p. m.
ough is obliged to construct and main-
tain sidewalks, when the property (Governor Stone, Attorney General
owners fail to do so, considerable work pipin and Senator Mitchell are care
should pow be done in this line for the ' gy going over the bills awaiting the
better protection of life and limb and ,yecnfive's signature. The Governor
the Boroagh ordinance in this connec. Tharsday signed two more measures
tion be rigorously eaforoed in all por jn by the Legislature. One is House
tions of the Borough. Bill 492, appropriating $200,000 10 cover
“While this expense must eventually 4p, deficiency in the fund for the care
be borne by the particular property oe .., indigent insane. The executive
benefitted, in nearly all cases the Bor- 1, Jiiached his signature to the Butter
ough must make the immediate outlay Bill, which provides that all packages
of cash, and await the collection of same, butter made by working of stale
generally by the slow process of law. poiier and adding skimmed milk and
“The same applies Als to the construc. other ingredients shall be plainly
tion of sewers, which are rightly contid- | uo kad with the word ** Renovated.”
ered the most important fmaprovementa There was a big fight in the Legislatare
to be made, and should be immediately passage of the bill, a determined
prosecuted in such districts as have attempt having been made to have the |
petitioned for same and would further (oon new process’ used instead of
suggest that the recommendations of «panovated.”” Major Levi Wells, of
the Board of Health for the sewerage 43. pare food commisdon, who coined
of such districts as may not have peti- 1). 1atter term and helped frame and
tioned in the usual manner, be fully pass the bill, regards the signature of
investigated and when found to be & the bill as a great victory for pure food
necessity to the health or sanitary iq the State.
conditions of the Borough, be con-
structed from the general fund and the
benefits be assessed in the manner pre
scribed by the Act of Assembly. whose death occurred at Mount Lake
“These conditions are more or less Park, Md., on Tuesday, the 3d inet,
familiar to each individual member of '20X place at Philipsburg on Tharsday
your body, and are rehearsed here only uiidey Hie aaspioen of J oshianoh
the more important items of expense, «xdge, No. 391, F. and A. M., of which
Ha on prea # to the recommendations to Order deceased was a member Major
follow. Wolfe was for several years proprietor
“The Borough Treasury is without af the Palmer house of this place and
funds and reference to the last state. WA highly exteemed for his many ex-
ment issued by the Borough Treasurer C01ent qualities. In 1361 he enlisted in
and Auditors will explain our inability the famons Bucktail regiment and der.
Lo carry oul these necessary improve. °F his service of four and one-half
mobi years was promoted to the rank of
“it unreasonable that the Major. He was aged 30 years and ln
burden of thewe improvements, perma- saryived yy & daughter whd two nan:
nent in character, should be borne en- The Major had MANY wars Jemona
tirely by the taxation of any single friends in Patton who learn with sor.
year, and be of equal benefit to resi. TOW of his sudden demise.
dents ten, twenty or fifty years hence, Donahey Guilty,
“In like manner it is not the best Much surprise was created at the trial
policy to make only temporary struct- of W. A. Donahey, ex-assistant post-
ures for this year at the lowest cost and master at Barnesboro, who was charged
poorest workmanship, only to be re- with embezzling more than $4,000 from
placed next year with like structures, the post office at that place when he
snd eventaally after years of excessive was arrainged in United States court at
taxation have practically what we have Pittaburg, by bis council the Hon. J. D.
to-day nothing. Hicks, of Altoona entering a plea of no
“1 would therefore recommend to defense. The plea was accepted by the
yolir body, that a special election be court and several witnesses were ex-
called at the earliest practicable date, amined to determine the character of
to submit to the suffrages of the the crime. It waa deveioped at the
people, the sdvisibility of imaing bonds trial that at the time of his appoint-
to run ten to twenty years, of such an ment to office the firm of Donahey
amount as you deem requsite to carry Brothers, of which he was a member,
out the improvements necessary and was deeply involved in debt.
likewise to refund the Borough bonds
now outstanding to the amommt of
$7,500 bearing interest at the rate of
8 per cent. per annum, as the informa-
tion 1 have from authorative sources
justifies the supposition that bonds
bearing 4 per cent. interest can be sold
at par and perhaps at a premiam.
“Provisions sticuld also be made for the
payment of outstanding orders, which
likewise bear 6 per cent, interest, after
acceptance by Borough Treasurer.
“To sum up, wa have a bonded in.
debtedness of 87.800 at an annual inter-
est charge of £454, and in addition The grand opening o
thereto we pay probably $0 more or Company's Park will take piace on
less annually on Borough orders, or a Tuesday, May 30th, when a grand
total interest charge of upwards of dance will be held in the afternoon and
$500 per aunum. We have probably evening. Refreshments will be served
$600 or $700 of unpaid orders issued, on the grounds Finest music in the
“The Improvements contemplated country has been secured. Everybody
above, roughly estimated, will require invited,
about £5,000 to £3 500,
“Provisions should therefore be made
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Two Bilis Signed,
Obituary
The funeral of Major J. A. Wolfe,
in also
Apportiouiaent of Delegates,
Republican State Chairman Elkins
haa caused to be prepared the appor-
tionment of delegates to the State
convention based on the vote cast fur
Governor last year. For this section
the apportionment is as follows: Blair,
3: Bedford, 2; Cambria 3; Clearfield, 2:
Indiana, 2; Somerset, I; Westmore-
land, 5. The total apportionment for
the State is 243. Philadelphia gets 64
ard Allegheny 22,
a.
Grand Opeiing
¢
¢ Patton Fire
Ordinance for the Printe;
Punxsutawney borough has passed
to cover the above enumerated items, gn ordinance prohibiting any person
and also provide for a reasonable work. from out of town taking orders for
ing balame to carry on such work printing in that place without first
other than above as is needed, a total of waking out a license, :
probably of $12,000, the interest charge
on which would be less than we are
now paying and would put our affairs ira
paying : F good 2-story frame building used as a
on a busipess basis. : :
; ; store and residence, with first-class base-
“The rate of taxation for interest and ment, situated on Fifth avenue, Splen-
debt account would not of necessity be did well on premisess. Also good out-
increased, only for the purpose of haidinge. all ill be SNS 5k # reasonable
earlier redemption of the obligations JOHN GAGLIARDI,
and the millage for Borough purposes 15t12 Patton,
Priperty for Sale
A valuable property, consisting of a
A Basy Haase,
It is quite evident from the number
of suits we are making that the mujor-
ity of people who wish to feel comfort
able and look well dressed come to
us fo get the mont service and satisfac
ton out of money spent for clothes
Onir clothes are made right, look right,
and the price is right that's why we
are busy. PHINeMORE BROS,
Merchant Tatlorm
Fora
Chanes of
10 for 10e
Day or night.
Rex
to
a life time
Pron't
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get some.
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RIGHT IN PRICE.
HQueen Quality’ finds favor with
women who have paid $4 and 8 for
their shoes, because it is readily
nined by them as a thoroughly hi
clcmn shoe of Unusual Merit at a
Sensible Price :
To pay more is throwing money awa
when such valoes can be obtained for $3.
Oxfords, §2 5
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THE FAMOUS SHOE
FOR WOMEN, 81.00
‘We invite you to call and examine
our fashions of "Queen Quality”
shoes, for which we have exclusive sale.
MILLER’S
WHITE SHOE STORE.
Stytisd Mittinery
We khave the largest Millinery
Department in Pennsylvania, out
We sell
ready-trine
at lower prices than
besides
the advantage of the
very litest styles and gracefulness
sule of the larper cities
Millinery,
hats,
any store
mcluding
red
we know of,
IVIg von
1 the trimming
We sell ready-to-wear Hats as
low asx $1.98, while vou can get
one at mast any price from that
up to $28.00.
GABLE & CO.
1320-22-24 11th AVENUE,
ALTOONA, PA.