Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-07-18
BRIEF r1ENTION.

August 9th, 7, 8 and 9th.
The explosion of a river excursion
boat at Sunbury, last Saturday resulted
in the death of three persons and in
jury of four.
VIM. McGee, poprietor of the City
hotel is making an noticeable improve
ment by the erection of a new porch
in front of that popular house.
Howard G. Benham of Batavia, once
committed and once acquitted of wife
murder, died of typhoid fever in the
hospital at Columbus, Ohio, on Sunday.
Eleven prisoners are now confined in
the county jail and if more are COM
mitted Sheriff Swope will be puzzled to
find room. Court will not be held
until October.
The Dubois Courier says that the
next Congressman in the new Con-
gressional district will be furnished by
Clearfeld county. "This is so sudden"
that the proposal seems like joke.
Bradford Era.
Jantor Barker has a gentleman's
belt, found in the rear of the court
house that he would be pleased to de-
liver to the owner His collection of
curios are unique.
The county commissioners of Potter
county have placed seats on the court
house lawn. Why do not our officials
do likewise and furnish our citizens
comfortable resort these warm days?
On Tuesday, Floyd, the three year
old of Marcus Taylor of Fifth street,
while playing about the stove, was
severely burned. The little fellow
turned on the gas and then lit match
and threw it into the stove when an ex-
plosion followed, with the above re-
suits.
The will of Mrs. Harriet B. Cooper,
filed in New York city on Wednesday,
bequeaths all of her property, valued
at $4,000 to her mother, with the ex-
ception of $500, which she leaves to
her husband, whom she designates as
the best OF men and amply able to
make living for himself"
The new congressional district in
which McKean county is placed has
population of 1S1, 1893, distributed by
counties as follows: Clearfield, 80,G14;
Centre, 42, ,894; Cameron, 7,048; Mexican,
51,343. McKinley's maiorities in the
same last year were: Clearfield, 1899;
Centre, 345; Cameron, 457; Mexican,
1892. Total, 1888.
Last Friday afternoon the house of
John Cavanaugh, on Clear Greek,
was discovered to be on fire by men,
who hurried to the scene and lent their
assistance The house was completely
destroyed, also quite lot of furnish
ings. Mrs. Cavanaugh being sick at
the time, was taken to an neighbor's.
They are now comfortably located
in one of Mark Wright's houses.
Through the generosity of State SEN
ator J. Henry Cochran, of William
sport, says an exchange, the Rev.
George G. Foley, pastor of the Trinity
Episcopal church of that city, will make
tour of Europe. Mr.. Cochran has pre-
sented the reverend gentleman with
letter of credit for 50, 500 and substan-
tial check beside.
All the passenger cars on the Penn
sylvania railroad are about to be fitted
with windows that will open automatic
ally by the slight pressure of spring.
Those who have wrestled with the
'burglarproof'' windows ofthe average
train in midsummer, will lreadily admit
that lot of profanity will be averted
by this most simple and much desired
device.
The jay who sees a young man in
evening clothes with his head harness
ed in a collar four inches high, laughs
aloud at the folly ofthe dandy, and the
dandy whose neck is held in one posi-
ton by his collar, sees in the collarless
jay an unkempt fool. Educated opinion
wakes condescending to the ignorant
fool out west, and the westener refers
to the superior person in the east as a
| bigoted fool. And so all men are happy,
thinking that the others are fools-and
who is the fool anyway.-Ex.