Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-04-23
CAMERON.

II. II. Span9er, OF Sterling run, MADE
a business trip to this place Tuesday.
Mrs Johh Schwab visited friends in
the City Tuesday.
Mrs. VIM Wykof aud her mother,
both are reported i'll at this writing,
Mrs. d. b. Peterson visited friends
and relatives in Emporium Monday, re-
turning home Tuesday morning.
Harrison, the oldest son of A. A. Smith
signal repairman, visited his father in this
place Friday, returning with him to En-
porium in the evening,
w. Whitton, Signal Foreman, of Kane,
made business trip to this place, Mon
day, looking over the electric block sys-
TEN.
d. B. Peterson finished very success
ful term of school at Canoe Run, Tues
day.
Joe Yocum claims the record of hav-
ing caught the finest basketful of trout
caught this season. He certainly had
nice catch, none less than eight inches
long.
Trout seem to be very plentiful and
some very good catches reported, but
owing to the recent heavy rains the water
is too high, and the temperatures is little
too low
Quite number of the miners, who
were employed at this place before the
mines closed have returned which looks
as if the mines were again going to renew
business We all hope this to be the
case.
Thos. Furgeson, of Osceola Mills, has
accepted the job of opening the coal mines
at Calder on Britton Hill, for the Penn
Nitrifed Brick Co., and began operations
Wednesday, as the coal is needed badly.
David and Wesley Atherton, of Phil
ipsburg, Pa, made business trip to this
place Tuesday, the guests of A. f.
Walker. 1t is understood they are look
ing after good location for new in
dustry, which is reported will be located
in this city in the near future.
F. c. r. Rice, of Chicago, ILL.,, Gen.
eral Inspector of Transportation of the
G. B. & @, r. r., visited the operators
in this place Monday, examining the new
lock and block system which has been in
operation in this place for some time,
with the intention of placing this system
on their road, and started Tor New York
on the Erie mail east.
John Schwab, proprietor of Schwab
Bros store, after having finished sue
cessful term of school at Sinnamahoning,
is now arranging his goods, and is devot-
ing his entire time and services in the
display of new spring and summer goods,
preparing for the spring trade, which
promises to be large.
lilo Barger, Geo. Hess and VIM. Wertz,
of Calder, were initiated into the myster-
les Of the L, G, this week. Edward Nc.
Cracken brought them down in his air
ship, but says the next meeting they will
have to walk, as on their way back, two
of the party commenced to discuss several
things which happened in the meeting
and they started to scrap, and nearly up
set the whole bunch.
Quite an exciting time occurred Mon
day evening. when the l.. G., went to the
"Reehive" to hold their meeting. The
first member arriving, was promptly
thrown out by President Krise, who
claimed the rent was not paid and no
more meetings could be held there until
it was paid. After a short discussion,
collection was taken up, and the members
were allowed the use of their rooms.
Frank Sullivan returned from Cleveland
with lengthy report Signal repairman
A. A. Smith received his first degree.
John Devling and Everett Barr, of Sterl-
ing Run, handed their names in to be
acted upon at the next meeting. Thos.
Furgesen, mine foreman, received his sec
ond degree. Owing to report being
lengthy, do not have space for it at this
time. LOUISE