Sond . i —— Lo ill 100 LBL JH 10H Hd! ation, and every other element of our
Churches Muy Kntp Pastor ad TPHsliz Pardue Frogatis snd Rich) SPILL © Hialele Win people bas a distinct Interest in seeing
¥ a » They Plas, ; : 3 EeSead Yi
,.. Fate A million doliar deal consummated | ; : : jst the oi alisties of Hteracy and own
in Philadelphia Satarday involves the Is Our People Advancing or |"TYp woh apply to them ure
sale of tho entire town of Progality, | Receding? {onrrstly repeensnied in the next een-
this county, and opens the way for im. eceding laus. There are the standards accord.
Store Where You Get Your
"Money's Worth.
THE TIME (1811 REMOVED CAMBRIA COUNTY TOWN S010
A
! iL NEWS | Method
With the lection of Bishops and the
mportant question of admitting
women to the General Conference dis
sini
i ed ORR REDS vee
‘Gleaned Here and There by |
ing to which they will inevitably be
~All Sorts of—— | the “Courier! Reporter.
i 5 ; 5
COUNCIL IN SESSION.
: a It wis expected that this question
would be settied before the close of the
Severul Fits Ordered Paid Other Busines | morning sess ian.
o Toamsneted.
£5. Patton Borongh Council met in ad.
We have selected with
greatest care, to secure for
1 the most pleasing designs Harts
Men's. Boy's, Children’s meetifg beld Monday evening, May
oC 21. were read and approved.
g apparel. ; An excel. A communication was mceived from
assortment for your im:
24th, with the following men bers
present: President Campbell, Ander:
Ha rie and Cornelios
was impossible for him to get men to
. ; : : ie rHINE work on the street at 15 cents per hour, |
S ARTISTIC CLOTHING. ja they Sakel Ir 174 nent. on Hl extended for perinds of three years
tion of Cornelius, seconded by Mo.
You should see the hand-
some line of Suits we are
flering at
hs Commr'a: wages he advanced to 20
12, : 15, $18. cents per hour.
» oliiTe "The following bills were read and on
3 'S SUITS. motion of Cornelius, seconded by And:
‘We have the choicest as- a Suns Sa fod: gut. se be
sort Bo ey 3 CACO RIN TT Lid Geass for The
ie iment in Patton. Our vations amounts: (Gen, E. Prindible,
suits at Bon WC
Nae 8 10 12 $15 Jue Co, $0.00; Patton Pub Co,
: Ed] ’ ? . ) $8.25: J. E Kirk Hdw. Co, $10.20: and
are very stylish. the following for street work: Hiram
REN'S NOBBY SUITS,
: Wilkins, $31.20; Enoch Short, 25 cents,
W. O. MecNeeley, $1.50, Jobn Tate,
In the mannish styles, 2,
s 2.50, 4, $5.
27h: HM Inghw 75 conte John
R HATS.
e carry the best sivies from
Gea. BE. Prindible was present
asked council to fake some action lo
ot makers. You should see the
Coresick, it was carried that the Street
Commissioner be instructed to pay men
Cwarde the opening of alley 8 rear of
ots pen which (en 5. Good has
‘erected houses, said Rotess faring an
Terra Cotta avenue
On motion of MoCormick, seconded
by Hartshorne, it Was carried That
bonnet] hire BR. McPherson te prepare
! | 00 duplicate.
On motion of Winslow, se cde by
Anderson it was carried that the we
ection of a Borough Eogineer be ad
over anti next meeting night.
On. motion of Mol ormick, seconded
by Winslow, it was carried thal
[Goldstein be sxonerated of Seessmand
on Fifth avenue sewer.
| Om motion of MoUormick, seconded
by Cornelius, it was carried by & vote
“of three to two that W. H. Bandfard
be exonerated one-half of Pilmer ave
| nO sewer Aesemmment.
LO. Winslow asked council to ex
Patton, Pa. |
| oes and Dry Goods
a Specialty.
oreente him of messsment on Pewch
avenue sewer, ka suid sewer was not
dewp enough to wi of any benefit to
him, even though be world build a
house on front of lot,
On motion of Hartshorne, wens bead
i by Anderson it wis carried that conn
ast il adjoarn.
* hod Sulondwy Feindug,
: Ells, wife of Martain Link, died Rats
. nrday evening st her home in Clearfield
So Doe
You know where
ou can buy the finest
roods for the |
Carpets, mattings,
RRR ne eT : | hours, at the age of 42 years. Mew. Link
rugs, oil cloth, I Wision Fasiar doing wom
shopping and returned home in ihe
linoleum, wi ndlow best of health, but about 8 ¢’ clock whe
shades, curtain {WAS taken Jil, and pamed sway 28
; poles, and an aged mother and several alaters,
rn abe is survived by & bosband and tes
a full line of children. Mrs Link waa a kind wife
fu et ‘and a loving mother, and had a large
urniture. circle of friends who were shocked to
J. oo as | hear of her sudden demise. After fun.
he Also the largest eral trices en in ont St
a line of hard- - Angustine Catholle church, ihe remains
ap ’ iil were Laid to rest in the churih cemetery
ware and stoves, nerdy
shelf hardware,
paints, oils, glass,
Olliver plows,
etc. The leading
stoves, Ideal Red
_ Cross, Capello,
: Dockes h Ranges. fore the citizens of ti
LU [again witness the solar eclip
sive us a call and see
for yourself.
| Monday's Relipes
. The much talked of solar peiipae
‘the san occured Monday between
Sand 10 o'clock a.m. The sky was
clear, with the vxpeption of a few light
fleeces which would pase over the eglipse
Cncoasionly, and everywhere in Patton
yon could see people looiting al She
| phessomena through smoked glasses,
It was about twinthirds
section, and daring the eclipse
‘gmite dark. Several years will
£4 tn -
iE
Lis
62
Hewitveal Pe Meni Bornes
H. T Peters, propristor of We
Bestasirant. on Monday received a
gonnter soda fountain.
and Mr. Peters slates tha) la
he will be ready
Capdth that refpeahiog drink
: every Pattonite, ai
Patioiilos, Wa 08o
w
rk Hdw.
&RurtCo,
© Pifth avenue. Call of
i | | : voor address
LCL GRENINGER, Mgr. | T. Cornelius, Patton, Pa. 26il
1s
Very Respectfully,
tor BU
A store roon 11x50
¥.
sitpated on
A.
fet,
journed session Thursday svenitg, May mites,
son, MoCormick, Cordell, Winslow,
Minntes of
amendment was offvired iy Secretary
Dh 8
the Street Commissioner stating that it
174 vents per hour, and that his | Streat
; cof Methodist
Habbared, $2.02, Patton
Al
LX : : a Pomnay ive 5 : Bit iy
Lo Hip an Hines of but MB of the Pennsyivania Railroad on pum
township, after | erous cocasions.
‘had been in Patton Friday doing some
Bers s a8 ahove Besides place to the effect that the man was
House, at Hastings this connty, have
in of
¥
have a pleasant time,
posed of, the Methodists ( senaral Con
ference last Wadnesday resumed the | Fe deelopmants; the nites | :
i . Ceaebal 2 «iy involving one of the richest tracie of, A NEL AILS
discousion of the pastorage time limit od lund In Pennsylvania 16,000,000 HOME OWNERS
The transaction involves the exten evi ;
sive holdings of Sapreme-Justics John LT the United States The Vuihowing is of
Dean, heretofore operated ander the Interval to Fyery Cltinm. !
title of the Frogality Coal & Coke How are we to know whether our’
company. The prioe iw understood to : civilization is advancing ov receding, :
have Bean something in the neighbor. whether the condition of the present
hood of $1,000,000, generation is more tomfortable and re- :
The new concern will be known a8 fined than that of the preceding gender i
the Cresson & (learfield Cond & Coke ation, whether, as a natinn, we are
company. [a officers are State Sen. better off than we were AfLy years ago ”
Mornoe, sabstitating the word ator I. Henry Coihirane, Williamaeport, Keatesmen and sconomisty have sug
dtheee’ for five’ in Section 8 of Pars president; Pa : B, Widener, Phiia- gested several standards by whieh to
graph 173 of the Prscipline, this retard. detphia, Yep resident, E A. Ballard, judge: The per capita wealih, the per: :
ing to the threnyesr mit, bal with of the law firm of Shapely & Ballard, centagy of iliegitimate births, the posi.
the provision that the pastorage may Philadelphia, seecnelary and treasnrer; tion and treatment of whmen, tha
W. LL Elkine, Thomas Dolan and P. A. rate of illiteracy, and the ownership of
RB Widener, Philadelphia, and Senator property, partionlarly of farms wd
(I. Magee and J. 1. Rhodes, Pili¥ homes Of these standard the last two
burg, directors. PH. Walls, the pros. wpem by far the most practicable, amd
ident of the dad caampany; hee omes socordingly Congress has directed tho
manager and selling agent for the new Cengus Office to ascertain how many
The offices will be, moved monthe esch schola: bas
from the Rothschilds building to the gehool during the precoding year,
{and Title & Trost company’s building, | what proportion of the people can read,
Broad and Chestnut streets, Phils gpite, and speak English, how many
adelphin fumiliem own thelr homes or farms, how
Ineluifed in the desl are 16,000 acres many rent them, How many own then
of comi and extensive mining opera gablect to morfgage or other income
rionk. The tows of Progality, where seance. In the coming consus, every
the old company owned every foot of territorial division of the tountry and
ground and every building, PpPasSESR avery separate plement of the popalie
bodily into the bands of the new cof yan will have & shanos to show whit
: : corn. [t sontalvis 150 houses 3 Jarge ooption of thelr number own thelr
A exudes DE Berman gensetinent store, two churches, three homes and what portion pan read or
achiools, a large hotel, and a town hall, weite
: a. : The new company will spend $300.000 The pratical applies fons of thaw
Peter Ray Wy Post, accom panied Hy & toy mine 1 Bo and voke-making a. sniit in a
ergo torpont of ed Mon and ROIRIE oe : : Ai :
of the Golden Eagle, attended Memur do
sry ioes (0 the First Baptist Chueh
i
Discussion that morning was mainly
over the minority report of the Com-
which provided for a five-year
extension of the pastorage Only on a
three-fourths vote of a Quarterly Uon-
farencs, which one speaker dec ard Li
be # ‘viclons proposition,” snd an
by a majority of a Quarterly Con:
ference.
The Conference voted to abolish the
tise limit one pastorates
After a spirited discussion, the Come
mittee on Book Conoeras atlopted a
report directing the managers of the
ehureh’s book depositories lo close ont
their stock of miscellaneous books and
confine the business to the distribution
Hteratare, This will
mean the clowag of the book storm
now operated in Boston, Pittsburg,
Cincinnati, and Ban Francisco,
THE MEMORIWL LERVICES
SREY
Rev
On Sanday ihe members of Lient,
employment as sufferage gnalitications.
This ja thi fest vam in Central Petit. people differ about
evivania whers 4 whole town, incind. qo sntferage qualiffeation, of the owner
mg the shurches and schools BAA whip of property and the uhility to red
ehanged ownership in a day. Frogal- and write, bat there is nn danbit of te
ity ia on the ne of the Uresson & mmense sgnifloance and importance
Coalport branch of the Penusylvania of the two choses of facta in Fraoce,
pailrand. The rnd was beilt by Justice g 1501, there were about J 500,000 own
Dean if 1588, and was operated by Bim ere of land; England with about the
wheres Lhe pastor, Hey, A lexander, de
Hyeeod 8&8 Ane The line of
wiareh was Beaded by Lhe American
} W lien
hrave
wh PIR
ag ad Conchrd Utuage Baad.
§ bavi
&
Sughd for Lhe prosnryance Bi ane
§ Union, be kiows thal 5ot malty
s ghe Grand Army membairs
syivania rallrond. The line i» miles ing Chita tha sh Sita task SEL
sui mrawered to the great roll . ownem, while the United States ott)
in length and hinds more coal to the : pled un termediate position with a
miles than any other brageb of he uo onintion about 10 per cont greater
Pennsi varia system. than that of France and little over 8,
a, 0 familivs who owned their hoes i
or farms No one can dopbt the signi
Avan of these fgures in explalaing
wicinl vonditions in Franee and Exig-
land and the United Stam. They nip.
resetit the difference betymeen our land
call, Several have pasu<l away bore
since the organization of the Post. So
i honor of the desd heroes it is the
daty of the Ameriian cllizns Wo give
& stronger helping band so the Grand
Army exch your fur the proper obser.
vanes of Merperial Duy, an it's ranks
Frow Weaker as hoe passes
On Memorial Day Wednesday” he
Post at Patton wimt to Carroiltown,
where approfate stremoliios were con.
ducted and all soldier’ raves dec
arated.
Nessie Canis Eagan ators.
Joh Marphy, Loretta; Mase Mare
pliy, Loretto sabatitute | Thomas i.
Mywrs, Ashville; Elis L. Giasgiow,
fisaigiow subsitate | LK. Myers,
Buarneshors: Richard DD, Evaug Vatera: :
Witlian BR Georpe, BHelsano; Leighton system the system of larje und hold
Rowland, Veteran, Fd D. Beawley, ing fa England, ard that of lange pro
OCarrolltown: Joseph V. Maveher, Car. pPrietomship in Francs. |
rolitown: IL McPherson, Patton; Geo. itis hard to overestimate the value of
P Dupegin, St Augustine; Oliver sach information or the interest felt in|
Evans, Fbensburg: Joha Gittings, it by statesmen and social students in
Dearmiin, substitute: William A. general. Take the race guestion, for
Libby, Hastings; Peter V. Abla, (sub- instance, as a single illustration of a
Cmtitatar Jieoh Yeckiey, {allizddn; H. : iargy clans of similiar gnestions. In:
J. Conway, Elstie; John A. Gray, Dear 1580, 70 per cmt of the culored poptila- |
min: Levi D. Stiffler, Lilly: Myra Rich- ton was illiterate, while in
ardeon, Ebensburg; Janes {tell, Port: proportion was loss than 57 per cent
age; Joseph C. Lauffer, Portage; Pat- Not only did the proportion of colored
rick Flankets, Gallitsin; Joba A. Lord, illiterates decreise between 1880 und.
Hastings. {890 But the sheolute number of sch
4 A Double Miafortioe. persons diminished. ‘Whether the
: saemangh Purites yestartiay morn. On Sunday lust Henry W. Fox, Sr, colored population will hake as adrairs
Hie IS ass astamipt bo igeate ihe Allow: of Beir this place, underwent an oper. able a showing in 1900 is a question of
noon another report conten from. that addon in a hospital at Philadelphia, in the utmost significance.
ee to the effect that th which he had nin log removed. Last The territorial distribution of the i
seen, but that be had fled through the mn My Por went sy Pufiudel pia iterate population in anther gestion
forests, when effort was made to cap- i. a ii a aw BO ae oe of great interest, In 1810 the percents
tire him." ia supposed he froze his leg. It cons you of illiteracy in Lhe North Atimotic
sis stantly got worse and at last RANETENE Grates wus 6.19, in the South Atlantic
Lomas ® Bonk set in, and the operaton on Sunday Wis Qeates 30.89; in the Morth Central
James Rosh, the well-known rail NeCRYSATY To Wave his life. Sometime Spates the rate was 5.70, in the Saath
road coaductor, formerly on the Ebens- ago be underwent an operation in AL Central group 29.73. In the lant ten
burg Baanch, but lately losated ab Jonni and had one of his legs taken off, yews the South has had a mugnificent
Giien Campbell, and George M. Bedell, and now in losag the other he 8 industrial development. Whether thiy
formerly proprietor of the Lafay ote doubly unfortunate. Jacob A, Hoover, material progress has resttited tn 0
a son in-luw of Me. Fox went to Phils yigher state of education; whether the
delphia to be present at the gperation, benefits of progress has been shied
Carpsiitonn News by ihe masses, or have been secured
mainly by the richer classes, are gues: |
will he party apawers by
Wandering Thosagh the Sones.
he following is clipped from the
Monntaln News solemn of the Pills
burg dispatch: “An individual, appar.
ently demented, has been wander
ing through the woods in the neighbor.
heed of Conemaugh Furnace, and has
attracted the sitention of the employes
1890 this
Officer Michael Sallie
vir, of Johnstown, was sent down to
{eased for a period of five years the
Croose Hotel, at South Fork, They
are to take charge June Ith, and In
the meantime the hotel will be closed, A aan hives in og feemiol pommanity | tons which
reanefer of Ho hy : wifes died. He the statistios of {literacy in Lhe sanths
wen known by many Padton od ix spit tas Rive a ory Stalies For THEHL
grave, nelghbors
Pug [is Wiles Lixave
pending the Heense.
frend Seeptieny
pe Another problem of great nporaiace |
iw the increase of WINE, A apposed
braved ty ¥
Glas
; Se SAE thE $4 aun
psralieoes mal yet hey
Tay Deal Ti HITE
the ownership of real @
nid had cessed Peogm 1590 10 1890 the nambar O1
$ Bist
husband whose Gest 1
Hew gdversily renants iy the United Skates inoraasail
irhbors to 4 The wis
Alls
divisors Gr
nat 58 Leer gel norsiee
general, Bab greater in the Doan
tantie dud Sonth Cenlin
shige Plrdteal Nlales Laan 0 siier
Ys $5
15
piieral 1h
of Hwee country
in whh
af ownurship of farms
ind in ke gr
waiting
fesasiy
Artiieos, are os
Yack Sil
SHY a
gx bob iv. 0 ¥ Ysoupprin TR EERE
Friends Bones is ESET, Hh
ot, statist EL
LC RYE itil
whips and mosh
Dineen op
CRIB
Wilh the exception of
Italians, foreign-born persons of wvery
for our special offers next nationality exceed thy Americans in
the Cormiki nod also baad the degree of frm owiership. :
En. A. MELLON, Each State, county, and
Aciiress Jules LILLE,
Clerk. Patton, Pa
Hip
fuk in
jaune ol
bila
June ho wise saa
ha served Unme he, oome ail and
attended
the relative merida,
Hines
aati! AGH, vhen he sold it to Ue Pols gune population, had only 585,000 land
been in fore for a gumber of
Cand it has been decided to take
the employes of the whole system who
| have been employed & certain number
£0 Fi £ Tp 3 sip had i
EIA Branch id shane
afer
judged.
Can rteltors Sewtciond.
Judge Buffington, in the United
[tates district court at Pittsbarg, Fri
day, pronounced, scenténce upon Sam-
ged Bennett, Joseph Molanley and Pat-
risk MoUormick, the Bisiravilie count.
srfelters. Bennett, found guilty of
making moulds for connterfeiting
United States coins, was given fifteen
months in the western penitentiary;
Melagley, who torned state's evidence
against Bennett and confessed to hav
rig aided him in bis operation as well
mp liaving passed some of the spurious
aol, was sentenced to twelve months
“and one day in the same institution,
and MeCormick convicted of having
interfered with 4 rovenoe officer while
shjtaged in the performance of his duty,
wean sentenced to pay a fine of $500,
andl costa, g
Will Koawn I Heatly
The pew road boak of Pennsylvania,
that will gladden the hearts of all mem.
hers of the Pennsylvania Division of
the 1. A. W.. is now in the printer's
lagds, and will be ready for distriba.
tion to every member of this division by
ubont Jane 3. The new book will cover
more tha two-thirds of (be State, and
will morever be ibe largest and most
romplete road book ever arranged by.
this divisden, which means the beat in
the whole League. Wheelmen who
have no means of otherwise securing
‘this valuable road book should loss no
Hise in Becoming members, as this book
absne will be worth many times Che
dally a year dues in the I. AW,
Fxicading the Pageion Famili
Al the lines controlbed by the Poeun.
syivania Railroad company will, after
Junuwkry 1 1901, have a pension fund
similar to that pow in force on the
Pennevivania Railroad company's
The relief department of
linew west of Pittsburg and Ere
toe
fas
Em,
UAre of
of years, At the meeting of the board
of directors of the Peansyivanla com-
pany, held in Philadelphia Wadnesday,
preliminary action looking to pulling
the pension fund into effect on January
1 paxt, was taken,
Log Hoke
Walter, the li-year-old son of Mr
and Mrs. George Boyer, of West Ma
gee avenue, had the misfortune to have
his left leg broken about six inches
from the hip. The lad was riding with
Jon. O'Leary on a load of mine props
when, in some unknown manger, he
slipped and fell under the wagon one
of the rear wheels passiog over his
limb with the above stated results
ors. Murray and Dowler reduced the
{Fracture
Vote of Thanks Extended
At the regular meeting of the
Patton Plre Co. No. 1, held Tuoesday
pvening, it wis unanimously carried
that a vote of thanks be extended to
Uf. C. Brown, superintendant of Chest
reek Land & Improvement Ca, for the
Yiheral donation of $81.58 he made to
said company ou the Park east of town.
Hunk Must Stand Loss, ?
The State Supreme Court, with two
Justices dissenting in a decision ren.
dered in Philadelphia the first of inst
week, held that a bank or trust comp
‘any paying a check endorsed with a
forged signature most stand the loss of
the amount of the check.
Bridge Letting.
Seated proposals fur the erection of
an Iron Bridge over Little Chest Creek
in the Borough of Patton will be re.
peived at the County Commissifer's
{ifee. Ebensburg, Pa. autil 2 o'clock
p.m. Tuesday, June 10th, RK Al
hide to be accompanied by bond for the
apeunt of the bid as a gnarmnlee of
good ith on part of bidders, Re pan-
rate Bids for Masonry and Superstract.
ave wil be required,
plans and specifications of ba seen at”
ihe County Vemmbsione’y Ufios
Syesemstiy] Bidders will be requiesd 10
rponnt of toe
til for faith formne
Crs.
"Aid Lica ix
Bus. Jo
AnRax HOSTETLER,
TW. SHERHAN,
Co. Comm'rs,
lerk.
, May 4, 1%,
esis ent
Agteat
Jorn U, Gates
Comirs Office, Thy