Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-07-31
BRIEF 1ENTION.

The heavy rain of last evening did
considerable damage to property and
gardens in Emporium.
Two lawyers, while bathing at Santa
Cruz the other day, were chased out OF
the water by a shark. This Is the most
hagrant case of want of professional
courtesy on record.
A Bradford man shot an eagle last
week measuring feet 8 inches from
Zip to tip of wings. 1t had been steal
ing poultry in that vicinity says the
Era.
Or Mann, of Buffalo, who performed
the surgical operation upon the late
President Mckinley, has been awarded
for his services the sum of $4,000.
Other surgeons in the case will be paid
in proportion.
A trestle at Howard Co.'S mill at this
place, on which a number of men were
at work gave way one day last week,
Matthew Burns being the most unfor-
tunate, severely spraining one knee,
The dial on the East side of the town
clock is now in place. Mr.. Egler
having completed his work on Wednes.
day. The clock keeps accurate time and
is greatly appreciated public con-
venience,
A lawyer had his portrait taken in his
favorite attitude de-standing with his
hands in his pocket An old farmer re-
marked that the potrait would have
been more like the lawyer if it had rep
resented him with his hand in another
mans pocket, instead Of his own.
The director of the census reports
that when the next census is taken it
will be found that the population of
the Uuited States is 100000, 600 Then
in population as well as in wealth and
political influence it will be found that
this nation is indeed a world power.
A bolt of lighting struck $4,000
barrel tank of the Emery Oil company
near Toad Hollow on Saturday even
ing. There was an explosion immedi-
ately and the contents Of the tank,
13,OOO barrels of crude oil were de-
stroyei after fire of about II hours.
Bradford Star.
an exchange says in Roulette town
ship, Potter county there were thirteen
persons who had been maintained at
public expense, but when informed
that they mus. enter the new poor
house just opened, twelve of them de-
cided they could earn liveiihoods and
refused to be taken to the new refuge.
The supreme court has decided that
shade trees in front ofa mans residence,
although located on public property be-
long to him. The case in which the de-
cision was rendered was one in which a
property owner sued telephone COM
pany for cutting off the limbs of his
trees. The decision is one of vital
interest to property owners.
Here's to the kicker, the treacherous
kicker, the foul mouthed kicker who
never was true; who always is crying
and never is trying some good for his
town to do. No use trying to correct
him, nor need you expect him to come
to the front like a man; while others
hustle he sits down all rusty and raises
objections to each plan.
A man stopped his subscription to
I alr tIo nt1 do y.t,ftt !,
what will be deemed generally brand
new excuse. He says that up to three
years ago he had never taken news
paper and he finds that the newspaper
reading habit is growing on him to
such an extent that he had not ii me to
read his Bible as he wishes.
The Dubois Courier says that the
Goodyear Brothers railroad, the Buff
falo q Susquehanna, is to be extended
from SInnemahJning, Cameron county,
to Du Bois; distance of about forty
miles The main line of the road runs
tro.h Wellsville, n. Y, south through
rotter and Cameron counties, with
various branches IN Potter county, ard
another division G~ens from Gaietoh, z
spcin line point, to Addison, N. y
To any one wGo SITS at work Ill day
with the door or window open, there il
one great overpowering subject thai
forces itself upon his attention. This
subject i flies, plain, ordinary, six-leg
ged, lub5er- nosed hies. lfthere is any
rhing on earth, or iR the waters unde
the earth, which s'raws more real, gen
nine, unadultereted joy at meeting
the writer than CITY, he has yet to maxi
his appearance. Like the Ethiopian o
popular melody, all flies look alike, bu
the painstaking men who have com
piled the encyclopaedia have discovers
that all flies are not alike, and man.
interesting bits of information, relativ
to their Latin names, their habits, Gus
toms and matrimonial inclnations ma.
be gieaned.-Ex.