Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-19
Pressed Bricks.

oysters served in the most appetiz-
ing styles at Mrs. r. G. Dodson's, this
evening.
A nice assortment of mems fine dress
! gloves, rs well as a varied line
of heavy working and driving gloves,
now displayed at N. Seger's.
You wouldn't have caught that heavy
cold, which developed in case of grip
had you worn some of our fleece-lined
underwear N SEGER's.
DON'T forget that the ladies of the
Presbyterian church give one of their
popular oyster suppers at the home OF
Mrs. r. G. Dodson, on Fifth etreet,
this Thursday evening.
An official of the P. & E. remarked
few days ago that never in the his
tory of the road had business at this
season of the year been as large as it is
at present. This refers also to the
passenger business.
A lady from Eaglevile was immersed
in the Bald Eagle creek Sunday even
ing, Jan. 4th, with the mercury at five
degrees above zero and the slush ice
freezing solid in the creek, and eight
inches of snow on the ground.
There will be three eclipses of the
sun in 1899, and two of the moon, viz:
Partial eclipse of the sun, JAN II and
June 7; annular eclipse of the sun, Dec.
2; total eclipse of the moon, June %;
partial eclipse of the moon, Dec. 1G.
The only eclipse which can be observed
here is the last mentioned.
Just twenty-one years ago Charles
and Albert Lowell of East Hiram, were
plowing when Albert lost his silver
watch and was unable to find it, This
fall Charles was again plowing the
same field. when he turned out the
same watch as bright as when last seen,
with the crystal unbroken, but the
works sted.-Coudersport Enterprise
A conductor making his rounds on
car running from Union to Bingham
ton, the other day, was offered five
dollar bill in payment for fare by
young lady holding a small baby in
her arms, the conductor inquired if she
had anything smaller, when the young
lady replied that she had not as she
had only been married a year.-Cherry
Creek News.
The Pottstown News says that a
Phoenixville young man advertised for
a wife, under an assumed name, and
his sister answered the advertisement,
also under an assumed name. The
photographs were exchanged and now
the young man thinks there is no balm
in advertisements, and the old people
feel pretty hard to have two fools in
one family.
1t is reported that new oil field has
been discovered at Scio, Allegheny
County, N. Y, and the Standard Oil
Company is said to have offered lease
holders 100000 for options on $500
acres Of land. The excitement in this
new oil-feld exceeds that at Gaines,
and the town has quadrupled in popu-
lation within a month -Wellsboro
Agitator.
An order of much interest to pen
sioners of the government has been
issued by the PostofTice Department.
1t is to the effect that postmasters of
money-order offices may cash pension
checks from money-order funds. The
order states that it is not intended to
apply to large cities, where these checks
may be readily cashed through banks,
'and, while post-masters at the larger
money-order offices may also cash such
checks as an accommodation to pen
sioners, those who present checks at
such offices may be requested to have
them thereafter cashed through banks
as heretofore