Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-20
BRIEF HENTION.

Now let us get a glass factory in
Emporium.
ID. E. Olmsted has an new ADVERTISE
ment in this issue. Read it.
The Remove Shop Picnic will take
place on the 25th, at this place.
The dance at the opera house last
Friday evening netted the F. A. A. $50.
Why are Spaniards afraid to sleep
on an American bed? Ask II. c..
| Olmsted.
j. II. Day has something new to say
to his customers this week. Read his
ad on 5th page.
Secretary of War Alger, has resigned.
Attorney General Griggs will possibly
succeed him.
The Maccabee membership is now
37S, 1886, including the L. T. VI. which
numbers 116, ,799.
Street Commissioner Beattie has a
force of men engaged in building a
|
Grandpa Walker says that boy is a
girl and we hasten to make the cor
rection before the ladies meet us.
While driving to the early train,
Monday morning, "Tom," one of the
Warner House bus horses, fell dead,
after many years of usefulness.
Many statesman, says an exchange,
| owes his smooth sentences to a seven
dollar,a-week stenographer, and good
many of them owe the stenographer
the seven dollars
The j. G. Daily Quartette was greet
ed by large and appreciative audi
ence at the Presbyterian church, on
Tuesday evening, These people are
fine musicians and gave fine, high
class vocal entertainment
Twenty.six fire companies have al
ready said that they will attend the
convention at Bradford next month.
The Emporium department will attend
we are informed We understand the
Bradford boys have guaranteed Il
tn eatrical troupe as an incentive to
Emporium firemen.
The Remove ball club met with an
ignominious defeat at the hands of the
Emporium club yesterday afternoon,
the score being 10 to in favor of the
latter club. The Emporium's played q
fast game and up to the seventh inning
had our boys shut out. From that
time on the game was never in doubt.
This is the Removes first defeat and
since they have found foemen worthy
OF their steel the chances are that other
games, perhaps a series of games. will
be arranged between the two mines.
1t is understood that the home club
will try the Emporium's another whirl
in Remove next Saturday. Remove
News.
AT its recent meeting in Wilkesbarre,
the Pennsylvania State Bar Associa-
ton selected as member ofthe execu-
tive committee the prominent Empo.
rum, Pa, attorney, a choice which has
been favorably spoken of in this city.
1t is felt that wise selection was made,
as Mr.. Green is among the ADLER men,
bers of the State bar. He has been en-
gagged in active practice for over
twenty-eight years and is we'll read,
being widely known in Cameron
county and the State generally. He is
q member of the prominent law firm of
Green & Shaffer and is a man of per-
haps fifty years of age. Mr.. Green has
been identified with many important
and intricate litigations during his ex-
tended career at the bar, and in his
conduct of these has been very success
ful.-Financial Review, IN. Y.
Satisfies of the iron and steel in
dustry of Pennsylvania in 1898, have
just been completed, The production
of pig iron was 5,367,9 1919 gross tons;
! this was an increase of 75O, ,345 tons
| over 1897. The value of the product
was S4S, 1854, ,S54, an increase of 4,446,-
374. The average yearly earnings of
the men employed, 10000 in all, was
7 per cent. The output of Bessimer
| steer was 800 oS4 gross tons, an in
crease of 509, ,4S0 tons. The production
! of open hearth was 1,S4S, 732 tons, an
increase of 427, ,359 tons, and ofcrucible,
69,568 tons, an increase of 20,323 tons.
The total production of steel was
5,275,9S4 tons, an increase of 957, 1862
tons as compared with 1897 The total
! production of iron and steel rolled into
! finished form last year was 1887, ,249
tons, as against 4,714,33 the year be-
fore. It's value was S136, $50, ,442, as
against S123,900,771 in 1897. In this
| production the number of working
people employed was 56, 23O, and they
received in wages S27, 7,S79, 2O2, an in
crease in wages of $3,529, ,236. There
! has also been an enormous increase in
the production of tin plate Thanks to
the protection which the tin-plate
manufacturers received in the McKin-
/ ley tariff, and which is contained in
the Dingley tariff, the United States is
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