Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-19
NO. 81.
BRIEF nENTION.

flenty OF pretty school marms in
town this week.
The Bank building is being treated
to fresh coat of paint.
Mechanics and laborers of all kinds
are busy as bees. Few loafers here.
The furnace attracts many of our
people to see the process of running
iron.
Down-county citizens came up in
large numbers to hear Cen. Gordon's
lecture.
contractor Cramer is rushing work
on the new school house in Plank Road
Hollow.
Ed. Reeney, druggist, committed
suicide at Eldred, last night. Revolver
route.
Dr. Culp at the institute tonight.
This will be the last evening lecture
Be sure you attend.
Butler county will issue 500. 600
bonds to raise money for the erection
Geo. J. LaBar drove to Driftwood on
Monday with load of furniture from
his store. He keeps the goods.
Mr.. F. Fl. Goodyear has given
Buffalo an elephant for the city's zoo.
The gift cost several thousand dollas.
One of Chas. Fry's horses threw up
the sponge one day last week and is
now with the good horses in horseland.
Fourth street storekeepers complain
OF a sneak thief in dresses. Every
evening fruit and vegetables disappear.
Police!
A large number of Emporium Masons
went to Erie on Wednesday to attend
session of the Shrine and have Jolly
good time. They had it.
Alton Housler is the proud possessor
OF pair of twins-presented by his
Jersey heifer. They are beauties and
of course there was great rejoicing.
The furnace is now turning out one
hundred tons of iron per day and as
soon as another battery of boilers are
in position will run about 15O tons per
day.
The season opened Sunday for shoot
ing pheasant, quail, woodcock and
squirrel, and the willy nimrod shoulders
his blunderbuss and HES himself to the
woods in quest of game.
The Commissioners have put a large
gas lamp on the Court House porch,
which illuminates the whole terrace,
thus depriving our youthful lovers off
well-established trysting place.
Senator Davis, of Illinois, is quoted
as saying each year every local
newspaper gives from $500 to So, 900 in
free lines for the benefit of the COM
munity in which it is printed. No
other agency can nor will do this.''
Jos. Kinsler, the enterprising Broad
ST., grocer, is doing rushing business
and in order to meet his rapidly increas-
ing trade is erecting an addition to his
store. We are pleased to note this evil
dence of prosperity. Joe is a tip-top
citizen and good fellow.
The Carnegie Steel Company will
Immediately begin the construction of
improvements at its plant in Duquesne
to cost from 81, 5000 to $S,OOO,0OO in
dicating that the company's officials
think the existing prosperity In the
iron and steel trade will continued
A Western New York farmer pre-
diets a long and hard winter. He
bases his calculations upon the state-
ment that the beechnut crop is phe-
nominally large, and adds that when
this occurs it forecasts season calcu-
lated to make life a burden to all who
do not enjoy extreme cold.
Two of the five international yacht
races to be run off Sandy Hook have
been won by the American cup de-
fender Columbia. The third race comes
off to-day and should the Columbia
win it Sir Thomas Upton will please
lift his hat to we'll established principles
of American superiority.
The boys in blue who sat upon the
beautifully decorated stage with Gen.
Gordon, last Tuesday evening, COR
daily applauded Hon. J. G. Johnson's
tribute to worthy soldier and an
honorable gentleman. Mr.. Johnson's
remarks were seconded by the great
audience in true Cameron county
style.