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McKean County Miner (Newspaper) - June 30, 1904, Smethport, PennsylvaniaHarry l. Backus editor and part official paper county terms per vol. Ali. Smethport pa., thursday june 30, 1904. No. 26 it Allegany 9, Smethport 7 the result of the bail Friday afternoon. Game it was a ragged exhibition. A Horte wedding. Fisher s chewing was not appreciated by the friary of. The Waitie. Atid he Congress. Of acrobats acid port Allegany Friday last Aud with the assistance of Talent demonstrated to the Smethport Bunch in a surprising manner that the unexpected is very liable to occur or Fisher was unable to a Complete cast at port Al Lenruud Aud As n result Cunningham and Andrews were drafted from sme Liport which was fortunate for they practically won the game for this aggregation. Cunningham is a Rennu to Synieth porec and the Way he delivered the goods won him much applause Andrews is. Usual captured every Wmk that Fame into his territory Aud his in the last jump called port Allegany out of a danger by s place. Fuller wus in for Smethport and with even Ordinary support would have won ins game he issued no free pusses allowed but seven Well scattered bits and struck ont seven men. Mcculie played another game at one error being a throw to first which . Stull carried off. The batting Hon prs i Voith two two baggers. Port Allegany started the run getting in the second inning when Andrews reached first of King s and then cause All. The Way Home when King let Fuller s away from him and lost the Ball inthe tall grass. S in the third in nine Stull reached first of an Fisher to third on Ramer s came Home on a passed Ball Ramer stole second. King Drew a Bast on balls they went up a Noah on a. Passed Ball off King hit making Smethport to the Good. One hit two three stolen bases was a combination that netted port three runs in the fourth inning while two hits gave Smethport two runs in the same Inong. Lee started the sixth inning with a two Bagger stad Horne and sealing singled two errors occurred m rapid succession giving More runs Smethport scored twice in the e eighth. Stull made his second two Bagger for the game and Ramer smashed a hot one into right Fieldi the Ball going into the tall Timber and could re covered both. Men had chased themselves across the Platel in the ninth inning the usual reliable Daniels had a Baloon ascension which coupled. With King s two errors and a passed Ball put the game on the shelf for two Star catches by Andrews and one by Lee put s fire out in the last act Makin g the score 7 to 9 in favor of Fisher or. Frank j. Andrews and Nestle. N. Shepard the Hlub Coo tract lne parties. At , at the of or and Sirg Gsg Shepard on. Me chanic Street Rev. Gaylord h. Pastor Sou of the methodist episcopal Church spoke the United in marriage their daughter miss see Mae to or. Frank Andrews eldest son of. Or and or s. Wai Andrews. Only the immediate relatives of the contract eng attendance the appointments Tor the ceremony were perfect m every detail and the was performed amid most pleasant surroundings the Interior of the , and this of a tarred under a canopy of in the North parlor. The Bride was attired in becoming 11 of White n and curried a Bou Quet of White roses Hur sister miss Lenua Shepard gowned also in White Lawn and carrying a bouquet of White carnations acted As bridesmaid and afr Andrews a Broshot of the Groom was Best Man. After congratulations had been i a sump Nona wedding a after which Anvid a Shower of Rice the Happy Young couple were driven to port Allegany where they left of an Early morning Tram for an extended tour upon their re turn Fiey will but the guests of friends until Early m september when they will go to Roulette . Both of the parties Are Well known and highly respected Young people. The Bride is a Beautiful Aud accomplished who during. Her residence in Smethport has won the esteem and love . The a. Popular Young Man and until recently was in the employ of the Yauip window Glass factory and like estimable Bride has Ninny friends will wish him a Long Ami Happy wedded life an insane Hilster. Rest Albert Turner of mount Morris a but recently removing to insane and on sunday was taken into by the police for commitment to the state Hospital at Gowanda it was Nee Essary to put the unfortunate Man under restraint As he bad attempted suicide chd Tector s punch and before he was discovered had made of Tverdal. Cute on his body none of which however Are regarded As dangerous Rev or Turner came to Jamestown position As. Editor of the. Fal Coner chronicle the defunct newspaper published by the Brown printing Pom Pany. He began his Lorch 7 and held the position for two months. The directors of the company that a was Nec Essary dispensed with his services at that time and since then he Hoa had no regular employment in the City. As he has a wife and Foi children to. Support preyed upon his mind to Sach a extent that he became mentally Jour Nal. New manufacturing Industry. Last thursday a dear was consummated Between an interest Toni letter. Golden Colorado. Editor tide Miner for one wishing Day climate there no place better than Colorado. A have. Here an average for the Twenty year of three Hundred and fifty even Brtha Hiruy Days year. By Tobii we do not mean that the Sun shines All of those Days for we get showers and Cloudy but to Jese Are soon driven away by fauns me California -.and, com paring the two states believe Colorado to be better for Hose afflicted with tuberculosis asthma or Catarrh first there is not by much moisture in Colo Rado in California. Second the coun try being at so ranch higher Elevation the air is purer. We Don t get the Continua who t weather of California which is so Enner Yating. As Fot the business for. Rado thunk it is As Good As Pennsyl and much Trotter Cali fornia. Anyone i Keg ranch work could strike no better place than Colo Rado. For esinip.le.es8lsy s fruit the Foat 6f the Kocky. Mountain. He Haa thirty acres under ditch or irrigation which he has set to apples pears peaches plums strawberries and other berries. Besides these he. Raises quite extensively among which Are Sweet Corn string Beans peas., want Alopey Toma toes onions and lastly what pays the Best of All is e third acre Gas from details of big Battle the russians suffered sunday and monday. Losses reported Are severe of if that gentleman t out nine tenths. Of station which he insists Tzuoo addressing to the Umpire in the Noddle of the Dia mond he would make a bit with players and spectators and save a vast amount of Energy which might a directed in njord profitable directions although the. Work of team does not look Well on paper for this game we hate a Good and fast games will is the Rule in the future. The smote follows . Daa tals 2d. Mccabe Orris snit c. Dennsie u Bull jul Ratiner of King All 4 s 5 b to 2 0 0 has sold already nearly one Hundred dollars w Darth and Tho season not nearly Over yet he expects eight Hundred crates of Twenty four quarts each of cherries and two Hundred debates of strawberries. His cherries for. Less than nine cents per. Quart. Or. Easley raises Alfalfa of which he cuts lire crops p or wheat which is Cut Green for Hay. One can easily see for himself what Tho prospects of a Farmer in Colorado Weland. Here Sells at Abou t two Hundred dollars -.per. but Plose to Denver vegetable Laudis War. The. One thousand dollars per acre there Art still thou Sands of acres of land that could be Pur chased at at Alvery Low figure but this is without. Wot Eit or nearly so. One attempting to cultivate this has to depend entirely on rain which is not to be depended on. Mountain land pasture brings about ten dollars per acre of it while a great amount of it is worthless unless for minerals of which the Mohn it uni Are pretty Well stocked within Twenty five mile from Here. The minerals consist principally of Gold Silver Aad Copper and Art mined by shafts being let from the surface of Jie Mountain to the main tunnels running into the Mountain horizontally. There Are great quantities of soft Coal in1 Colorado which costs three dollars and a Everty five per ton. Wood is Worth about Fotter dollars per Cord. As for coat of living in can buy. Groceries just As cheap or per haps cheaper than in Pennsylvania our Best now one Dollar and Twenty cents per sack butter Twenty five. Eggs Twenty cents ancient history. Por t Allegany Turner is Fibber 1st -l.ee, 3d-c a of .38 a 12.12. Alt b so a sealing pref Wood to ,7 27-15. 4 0082080 1 0 3 .0 put hit by by. Innings Smith part Auer an base stolen roller studholme 2, Sherwood struck Fuller 7, by Feon Hng 1 base on Seung hit by to Fisher Lynnaa to push or Bettyne to Lee w Fisher of e. K. Kane of in Abequa whereby the. Former com Pany became of the land neat the and by k. Railroads formerly occupied As a lumber Yard by a o. Hahn. These gentlemen will on this site for the manufacture of Bent such As. Sqq a cases chins cabinets and the like. Just hour the Plant a run we have not Learned but understand that the Glass to be tired bus teen from the so Etbert window the concern employ about six experienced hands. This May seem a very to most of our. Readers but a every Little Industry will be welcomed. Work has been gun on excavations and it is expected that by fall All details will be ready. Bad Accident this morning. Ransom Wetenhall a Yoong Man aged about eighteen years was seriously in jury As a result of a Rena Way Accident. He Lead at the Cream query and was about to when the team started to the Street Young Wetenhall was thrown from the Najj just opposite the Camp Glass factory. He struck on his head and was rendered unconscious. Sirloin Steak fifteen cents and anywhere other things owing to nearness of beet sugar factories run about the same in prices As in Ania. Run about Twenty five Orit Vand. Board for ranch have captured three forts fighting a War correspondent killed. A dispatch from St. Petersburg dated june a says the details of the. Defeat of russians by japanese forces in Moun Tain passes of Mauo Buri june 26 Aud 37, Are beginning to arrive. The details show the defence put up by the russians in the different Pipii Tlouga was most bin Boru in bib description of the Tallieu struggle a correspondent says the in Swfit batteries poured a heavy fire the dense mos bet of japanese cavalry pro dicing great confusion then firing Censed at dusk sunday but Tho Japa Nese worked Chro Tigh Ost the night Brinig Imp up their guns preparing for Mon Day s Battle. During monday s fight the e russian artillery Center and right held out until they exhausted their am munition and shall i the japanese then brought up their guns and opened fire which was terribly Effie Tive many7 russian gunners were killed a the 5 worked the russian losses during Tho two Days High tag were very heavy Tolu june 29 in reported that a Force of japanese captured Throe forts to the Southeast of the port Arthur fences on saturday last Hai Cheng june War Pic Ture has quickly changed thanks to Jen Kuroki a movements a heavy engagement is expected. To Florrow near the Village of Simon Cheng 15 Miles Southeast of Hai Cheng and an equal distance due East of the railway the japanese have now passed dal Thill and Are so Miles South of the russian position. The associated Pratss correspondent. Returned Here from to. Tube Ciao at Dawn to Day a terrible ram hindered the roads almost impassable. The russian regiments Are camped on High grounds. Sygna fires from the Hill Topa Are constantly flaring lighting up the bivouac and the. Horse lines. Of the cavalry regiments Long trains of sol Diers Are constantly passing and Repas sing. The russian droops Are m Excel Lent condition Gen Koropatkin and his staff Are apparently Emte easy m their minds. Tha japanese have Given the russians time to strengthen their base and Gen. -knroki1 is not As. Secure Flani attack. Gen. Soroki cannot the Ras sum in without fight. It is reported that Edward l Knight a correspondent of the London morning killed at Hwafang Tea Henry j. Middleton an Arf Larican War correspondent connected with the. Associated press died sunday from enteric dysentery. The russians sustained heavy losses at a Battle near the Entrance of port Arthur. The russians with a Fleet of happening in of Lockean county in Days of old taken from the flies. Residence in Fargo a sey inthe 86th year of the deceased was a son of or. Morgan say of Keating township and ii earlier were spent Here. Commencing life without Aid he himself by manual Labo Raud by teaching school while a student at the Academy and afterwards at College he enlisted As a private m the army and suffered m n rebel prison hardships which have finally caused jus death he left Tho service Brevet rank of and engaged in the practice of Law at Corry soon removing to Duluth was made circuit judge of that District finally going to Fargo m the Hopa of beige Fittig his health an Able lawyer urn a useful Aud enterprising citizen he has been cat Short in a career of Usu anal Success wednesday evening Only 1874, of Scarlet fever Samimy p Sou of Jonathan Aud Cole Grove aged 7 years f Mouths mud 7 Days i shall go to him but he shall not return to the picnic last wednesday for the Benefit of the farm is Volley Clinch vow we Ore told a pleasant and successful affair the Only event to mar the pleasure of the Vas the runaway j of de Mccoy s team which to arc Happy to soy resulted m no greater injury than Tho demolish ing of the carnage As a Ruven Erable relict Olden to Mev each Tho loss of the carnage is worthy of More than passing notice. Last Fimlay or in App and or John b Taylor were at Alton. A couple of Nien of Coliat that they had a Gail Deal of Money. With then thought to possess themselves of the they took the most expeditious Way of knocking them Down to accomplish their purpose and relieved or Taylor of Over ?70 or Knapp Camo immediately Home and secured the. Chad Wick with whose Assis Tanc Eione of. The robbers waa captured and the and re turned to or. We regret to hear of the death t Rev wish who. Has for som until quite recently been pastor in charge episcopal Church at this place. He die hands or thirty five dollars and vege tables Board himself. Day labor from a Dollar and clerks and business Lien get same As in Pennsylvania. In conclusion anyone desiring a change from wet Pennsylvania c limits for a High dry climate and where chances arc As Good or better than any where in the. East j better come to m. L. 6 battleships five cruisers and 4 torpedo destroyers were attacked by the japs of june 25 and theol after Sank one battleship and disabled another. Prince Dato sky and 750 men lost their lives. The new postal Law the .bill., on and after Only 1, letter carriers of the Rural free delivery service shall another John Dehn a Well known expected Farmer of Wrights died at Home evening of Tor an ill iei8 of but an hour b Ilu Tiou it the age of 66 Yean. The flee and born m Kiri Tauy in and at an Early came to thik o he fits Ami is tilled in Clermont but for Tuu last Tju Arter of k Century to has resided on the Dehu Arm on Portage Creek. La 1844 he was married to Mies Miami Delm who with Dobro theirs survive him. He qua anole of o. Herzog of this place. The following f rom the port Allegany reporter in a Good account of his Bril Antiwar record or. Was a vet ran of the War and a member if tire 1st Miau Sota historically known an the Iron brigade by reason of its unswerving and Pluck distinguish d him Bolf at Gott Shurk us color Sor f font of hib regiment. Three of his comrades had been shot Down bearing he Flag Well to the front Aud the blood inked Emblem was on the ground when Young Delm a Prang Forward hat Iff and breast Bare seized the to tag Aud carried it on to the Point whore Tea Vio Ory was on though a rebel Bullet Cut off the Middle of Tho right Laud broke Tho Flagstaff and shattered Hia amputated at the Hospital later. At Tho Nuiver Ary of the battle1, and the reunion of surviving members of the Linn brigade it Gettysburg last year or Dohn was and honoured and praised of every hand to tied of the. Mou aleut then dedicated to Tho memory of the regi heroes wan placed a to Dalli ii of Texe profile Doh the right wrist the Arm Hoine in Ohio Ari leaves wife and several to mourn his loss. He was a Man Oto fila education and Many excellent qualities arid notwithstanding pardonable peculiarities Vyain As faithful and zealous pastor As Ever Laboured in the or. William Tenney one of the old est. Snurr Iviria residents of Lafayette passed away on the 25th lost. An open faced watch with Hatherine Mcgrath. Engraved of Back residence of. Mckean and school building Reward will be Given if ret Nied to this office 6r. Janics to Keau a residence. Blackboards 1 bucked arts t the easiest backboard to be Fonnet two second hand Biggie i As Good for Sale cheap. Holmes Gilfillan. Attended by or Olio in formed the writer that the Young Nian received some bad the head but just Tow serious several hours to determine eco Lias been removed to his father Bre Unata North , Liere the patient is resting As the Tenin was taught any Flam age was Doue. Bridge for Sale the county Flo offer for Sale the Bridge at Burbank s crossing. The Bridge contains g6dd lumber att Iron. It ban be As the new Bridge or rides. For particulars Mil on or address .tb.6 county com j missioners at Tho the fourth at Bradford. The glorious. a observed at Bradford by a grand Celebration. Everything As Here All visitors. Features of. The Day Bham Baitie and. Battalion Drill by the Cony Warren Ridgway and Bradford companies clothe Hati Onat guard of Semi Sylvaria under command of Solbjor a. A Burns display of Daylight and night fireworks a grand Parade to and tic feat Rebi. Athletic con including a baseball game be tween Bradford and Sale Thooft sack races i shoe races Etc. Prizes will to awarded to All win Norse. There will to band concerts morning afternoon ii and reduced rates acid excursion of All railroads. Everybody is Iii Vito to assist in the Celebration. Horsemen s Slimmer goods of All kids a Complete Stock of Lap horse whips Wagon time Nollas. Holmes t. For Mise. _ other or Fri ther allow Ance or salary shall be made to said car Alid big and after Date said by Isaias s or receive orders of any kind from any per son firm or corporation and Snail not during their hours of employment carry any merchandise for hire provided that said carriers May carry Mer Chandise for hire for Aud upon the quest of patrons residing Union their up motive routes lie never tha same Small t interfere with the proper discharge official and under such regulations As the postmaster general May it is not , of Congress or of the Post office department to prevent or prohibit Rural carriers from doing any errands which their patrons May request them to do and for which they Are will ing to them. The object is Hibit carriers from taking Borders or in any. Way acting As for or representatives of outdoor inns doing the medium. Of mail or they Are also prohibited from carrying. Daily newspapers under some of the Eysteinn now prevailing in Aud can Only carry them after they Haye been regularly addressed to the several subscribers and in had As any other matter is Maii de. For rent a pretty Flat in control location. . Terms reasonable. For particulars Call at the miser office Smethport life of suffering for More than thirty years. He with Christian patience the most severe bodily afflictions to the end. Only a Days be fore his death his pastor oh-1. Meeting him arid As they Shook a Ahab .6aid Well father Tenny How. Do Yon get. Along5" he replied Well i am at the same time expressing the unmistakable. Evidence of Wooten Trout. He leaves Many friends to mourn. Wilder Story at the House of the Bode s parents Marvin Creek Only 20, 1874, sir Dexter Wilder of Cottam nuns co n y., and miss Eva Story of Smethport Paas j. A. Wendell and were driving in a Light Biggy Over the in Gwyn this Side of Larabee Flats last monday they were met by a boy ing give any. Portion of the ran into and upset the baggy throwing out the occupants to the risk of their lives and damaging the vehicle very seriously. It was a piece of Heedles Suesa or maliciousness on the part of the boy deserving the and or Wendell proposes to make his father the damage and let him take Tho Cost of his boy m any manner he chooses Burley Shedd on monday Angus Slit 1874, at the methodist parsonage Smethport pa., by Rev j. L. Rush Bridge or. Burley to miss Eliza Shedd both of. Cole Creek a. Dutchman who finally corned Flag victorious to that Post que the Battlefield. Tho funeral was hold hint fuday morning and the interment was made m the Colegrove Ceme Fary. Base Ball notes. Efforts Are being Madia to organize a four team base Ball league to1 comprise. Mt.jew6.tt, butted Roul Ette and Smethport and Tia up for each team to inlay one game Hub Jasaa to be from july 18 in sept. 28 Taeuu be a Rajott 10 Grpss receipts of. Each Gamp we ind go to club league sex the schedule Smethport would have games at Home on july 23, August i 19 and 25 Aud sept. 1 and 14. Orvi Hemphill of Emporium is Gam a enviable reputation As a Pitcher at Driftwood recently he allowed butt two hits off his delivery in. Nine and struck out fifteen of the opposing batters. Servatius. Has joined Austin or the the he Aspri As. Baa also Walter. Has been play ing with the local season. Succeeded in Downing it port Alle important notice. Attention is to the jaws of forbidding the Sale of the toy. Pistol and. Canuso Cra Okera. The total number of. Casualties in the United states these deadly weapons for last year amounted to the state Board of. Health has sent .0 civic near letter to rhe urging me to. Pre serve order and As the 4tlv is. Irbid of. Apy such weapons or Eva Losnes under pen Alty of the Law. Chasi Mckean Burgess. I urls wanted. Two girls for general housework Good wages and Nice Home. For. Par tical Iris apply to or address mrs. We Mkeown i. Alton a for the my web. With the assistance of Donder sport a player. Walter Blair who. Pitched1 for. Oon Der sport in the Hab signed with the Wells Ville team. Smethport plays two games on Mon Day at Bradford in the morning and Mil Jewett in the Ridgway Defeated it Jewett last thursday to the 1. Has two Ball teams. How business booms town. When the Potter Enterprise editor recently he asked one of the leading men the secret of their Success in being Ible to keep the town prosperous and in lbs Lui wer was the stand together and patronize our news papers liberally. To Feal that our newspapers Are a part of our very life and existence and we do Ery thing pos make them prosperous and m turn publish anything we want them to for Tho Benefit of oar Community. The result As that they keep pegging a and in every Issue the town is or Jess. And we get returns for All the patronage we Gire on my opinion a business Man is very near sighted who fails to run an advertise meet in his Home the papers Are constantly to oui ing the town in which they Are published of do the place a great Deal of Good. A town is invariably by stranger by the Enterprise of its and it. Is impossible to estimate the number of people who Ore attracted to a Plao e by newspapers Yea sir in my Romniou we owe muck of. The Success of Bur thriving to Wii to the Success of the it a a jeers. All of. Our Bonsi Wejs. Due n loyally Liy out . This Weall. Work together Anil As a i insult accomplish something that. Is. Of general for Sale. Bound volumes of Scott s works for us All new. Inquire at this Offlie. Sub scribe for the

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