Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-22

Mrs. Fred Pepper is very low and
her death is aquestion a OF only few
hours
w. II. Cramer and large force of
workmen are rebuilding the trestles at
the furnace.
w. B Thompson has moved his
barber shop two doors East of M. M.
LARA bees store.
Thos. Welsh and Harve Welsh have
accepted positions at the iron works
with Cramer's carpenter crew.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hackenberg came
down from Gardeau yesterday and
visited with Mrs. Bonham.
A. d. Gould and wife, of Eldred,
visited in town on Sunday They ac-
companied the Pennsylvania Editorial
party to Washington.
Miss Bertha Dolliver went to East
Emporium on Saturday last for a visit
of two or three weeks -RidgWay Ad-
Vocate.
Chas. c. Craven was called to EN-
porium last Sunday, on account of the
dangerous condition of his sister, Mrs.
Fred Pepper.
Ed. T. Dougherty was a welcome
caller at the PRESS office on Monday.
He graduated from Dickinson College,
Carlisle, with honors.
Mrs. p. Schweikart and two of her
small children were poisoned by drink
ing buttermilk, on Monday, and were
made quite seriously ill for few
hours.
Mrs. b. Coyle and family are moving
into the Fifth street residence, recently
remodeled by Frank Shives and will
conduct boarding house.
Isaac Smith, Jr., of Gibson, an old
time friend and subscriber to the PRESS
made us a social call to-day. He reads
his own paper another year.
Thos. McDonough, famous about
here for his rugged constitution and
youthful spirits in his old age, is quite
seriously i'll at his home at this place.
Burt Mckee, a polished and gentle
manly young man, who has been guest
of his uncle, Rev. Robert McCaslin,
for the past week, returned to his home
at Clintonville, Pa, on Tuesday.
II. J. Olmsted and wife of Couders
port visited in town last week, guests
of his brother II. c., and he enjoyed
their visit tiptop until they struct
factional politics when they could not
hitch worth a cent.
We had the pleasure of shaking
hands with eX-Sheriff Moore and w.
B. Brightman, of Coudersport, last
Tuesday. They took in the banquet
given by the Emporium Chapter, A.
Y. M.
Mrs. Morgan, formerly Mrs w. T.
Wasson of Emporium was visiting
old Emporium friends last week, on
her way from Florida to CouderspOrt,
where she will remain during the
heated season, after which she goes to
Florida.
A. Leo i. Suhrie, principal of the
borough public schools, left this week
for six weeks vacation in the west,
stopping at Erie, Cleveland, Toledo,
Detroit and Ann Arbor-St. Marys
Gazette.
Jas. VI. Dawson has accepted and
entered upon the discharge of his
duties as clerk and book-keeper at the
Sterling Run Tannery Store. James
is a very efficient and obliging man in
any position requiring ability.
Mrs f. T. Osborn, of Charlevoix,
| Mich, has been visiting her mother,
Mrs. j. NJ. Judd for several days. She
will leave next Monday for Charlie
| voiX, accompanied by Miss Florence
| Olmsted, Of this place, who will re-
main there during the summer.
Chas. L. Butler is attending the
! Great Camp Convention of the X. 0.
! r. NJ, now in session at Franklin, Pa,
! as one Of the delegates from this sixth
! district, composed of the counties Of
| Cameron, Elk, Clearfield and jefferson.
| He is prominently mentioned as Rep
resentatiVe to Supreme Convention.
Hope he may be successful.
Prof. II. +. Stauffer accompanied +.
X. Blumle to Allegany College last
| Tuesday, to witness the Commence
ment exercises Of Allegany College,
where two of Mr.. Blumle's bright
daughters attend school. Miss Jose
phine Blumle also visited those SER
vices last Friday, returned home on
Wednesday with her sisters.
John Norris, of Blowville, came over
on Sunday to investigate Emporium's S
brand of prospective prosperity. He
is glad the cold town. is assuming an
air of industrial activity, and says
there must be a "little virtue in this
here Mckinley prosperity" and, conf
dentially, we believe he seriously con-
templates voting the Republican ticket
in 1900.
Harry F. Stouffer, of Emporium,
visited Elk's capital on Friday =. Mrs.
Herbert Day and children, of EmpO-
rum, were in town Thursday ... Mrs.
j. II. Shanbacker, Harry Shanbacher,
Mrs. F. w. Shanbacher and the latter's
sister, Miss Catharine Little, went to
DriftWood Monday to meet j. H.
,.yhnp, +hn,r iaI
home on the evening Ridgway
Democrat.
Guy S. Hoover, Of Wellsville, n. Y,
representing the Empire State Cigar
Co, visited in Emporium yesterday
and today. He called on ye editor
and we were pleased to shake hands
with the son of an esteemed friend of
our boyhood days, Samuel S. Hoover,
of Mt. Carmel, Pa, but now manager
of the Lackawanna stores at Gross
| Forks, Pa.