Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-02-13
BRIEF rlENTION.


employees received $3.50, 900 in wages.
The largest congregation in years as
sembled at the Presbyterian church
last Sunday evening. The State Col
lege quartette and orchestra assisted in
| the services.
Ellis Hartz, the venerable "goosebone
prophet" of Reading, declares that
February will be record breaker for
severe weather of all kinds, and he
warns the people to be prepared.
Mr.. F. H. Goodyear's private car
Sinnemahoning has been overhauled
at the Galeton shops in preparation for
a Southern trip, on which its owner in
tends to start in a few days, accompan-
led by party of friends.
1t is the duty of every tax payer to
go to the polls next Tuesday and ex-
ercise their constitutional right Elect
only good men and vote for those you
know by their acts have the best inter
ests of all at heart.
After praying for forty years for
baby, q New Jersey couple placed
small want ad in newspaper and that
same night a bouncing boy was left on
their door step. Prayer is all right if
you are not in hurry, but for quick
results use printers ink.-Ex.
Attorney General Elkin has confirm
ed the opinion of Secretary of the Com
monwealth Griest to the effect that the
ballots shall not be numbered here
after He holds that the constitutional
amendment adopted last November
does away with this feature of the bal
lot
G. A. Snow & Co., of Washington,
| d. c., will send free Booklet contain
ing abstracts of decisions in leading
patent cases, and other information of
Manufacturers. They will also send a
Booklet on Trade. Marks to any one
who may desire to have Trademark
registered.
Senator Quay has a fine habit of
keeping his word. He promised the
citizens of New Castle during speech
in the campaign of 1900 that he would
secure the passage of bill in Congress
for q new public building for that town
and he has kept his word. Before ne
started for Florida the Senate by unan-
imous consent allowed Senator Quay
to call up the bill out of order and it
was passed.
For many centuries the Cowanesque
river has flowed into the Tioga but the
latest flood and ice jam in the two
rivers has changed it all and now the
Tioga is tributary ofthe Cowanesque.
An ice jam formed in the Tioga river
not far from its junction with the Cow
anesque and this obstruction has caused
change. The Tioga plowed through
. the sand flats for sixty feet and left an
E island of several hundred acres ofland.
A colored pastor was expounding
gospel to his little flock, and after
vividly describing the place of the
damned, concluded his services with
the following: "Bredren, | has been
asked how hot is hell and would say
dat if YOU took all de wood in York
state and all de coal in Pennsylvania
f and piled 'em all in heap, and poured
, on dat heap all de oil in de world, an(
set all dat on fire, an den took a mar
, out OBJ hell and put him into that burn
in mass he would freeze to death
, Dats how hot it is."-Ex.
!. Speaking of things that go to make ;
good town an exchange says: "a
. newspaper whose columns overflow
: with advertisements of business mel
has more influence in attracting atten
J. ton to building up town than an.
It other agency that can be employed
Q People go where there is business
n Capital and labor 60 where there is al
J. enterprising community. No powe
on earth is so strong to build up tow
so we'll as paper we'll patronzied. TIL
o man who overlooks his town paper in
lures himself by injuring his town an
% townsmen."
The Rutland correspondent to tn,
Mansfield Advertiser, says: 'The da
of miracles has not wholly passed." !
lady visiting friends in Perrytown re
10 Gently, was taken sick and confined
" her bed for several days. While ur
g. able to get up, she requested that
messenger be sent to a gentleman liN
,t ing near Painter Run, to come an
~ pray for her. The man came throug
snow drifts, and finally reaching tn
place began to pray for the sick on,
j. Before he had finished the lady ros