The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-14


the snug sum of 30, 800. The new proprie.
tors intend TO begin operations forthwith.
The product of the Cambria Steel w orkn, ]
Johnsiown, Pa, for the year ending Dec. !
81, 1915, was 55, ,525 lsO 224O tons of steel. !
This is the largest output, by many thou F,
sand tons, OF any other five ton plant in the
world The capital stock of the company
which runs this establishment is 81, ,0o0, ,eOO
Six prisoners were released from the
county Jail on Monday last. their terms of
having expired. One of the
six was tried befors Judge Dean, and the
other five before Judge Barnes, of the late
District Court at Johnstown. Seven pris-
oners yet remain in the Jail, the smallest
number that Sheriff Baumer has had uuder
his charge for many n day.
And now comes the champion mean
man ot the ago. the owner Of n coal mine
near Philipsburg who, according TO the In
dusfrtdt World, walked three miles
cent occasion TO find ont how much per
centage Philipsburg merchant would allow
him on three dollar order which he was
obliged to give TO one of his employees be-
cause he did not have the articles needed in
his own store.
The large steam saw mill Of Messrs
Joseph Dysart & Son, located in Ciearfield
township, was, with all its machinery and
mnch other property, destroyed by fire OH
Saturday night week. The loss is es,imated
at SIC, 900, without any insurance. How the
fire originated il n mystery, but the mill
had not been in operation for several days,
the presumption that il was set Oh fire seems
to be well founded.
MIR. Daniel Covle OF Altoona was re-
lieved Of about S25 in money by a couple of
tramps on Monday evening last, one of
whom, lie AYERS, put his arms around his
neck while the other wen: through his pock-
els. The police subsequently, arrested two
suspicious characters, hut as no money was
found in their possession and Mr.. C. failed
TO identify them, they were discharged with
An injunction to 'git up and git," which
they promptly obeyed.
AS the present issue closes the ninth
volume of the FREEMAN and as we intend
10 erase from our books the names of all
Subscribers who owe for two years aui
upward, excepting such only we have
reason 10 believe will pay ua those. inter
csted need look for no paper after this date
unless they comply with the terms an
hpuucet N The last issue of our paper. They
Will all hear from us again, however,
through an officer of the law.
A two and u half vear old ciiili the only
son of Mr.. Neal Patton. residing at Lloyds-
vie, IN White township, this county, was
so badly scaIded, on Tuesday afternoon of
Hst week, by running against pot of boil
ING water aud upsetting the contents on It's
person. that it died in great agony on the
following morning. The grief of the father
IN consequence of this sad bereavement is
said To be heartrerding. The remains of The
unfOrtunate little one were inferred TT Gal
ltzin OH Friday last.
The construction of n narrow guage
railroad from Eneusi,urE ria Carroltowu 10
To ChSrryi Tree, Indiana county, is one OF the
prot abilities of the near future, provided Of
cour-4 the necessary fluids are forthcoming.
= charter, rUmor has it, Will br asked for at
the next term OF Court, and after that will
come the opening OF subscription books.
We hope that the enterprise will be iberallv
sustained hy our citizens and by all con-
cern-t and that the work will be pushed TO
an early completion. No Improvement is
more necded or more likely TO pay large
dividend OH the investment.
So far as Tunnel II I'll or the vicinity of
Gailtzin is concerned. we glad to learn
that there is no truth whatever in the
reported shouting OF four men at Il bal held
on New Years eve, as stated by us last week
The affair took place al Bennington, Blair
county, and not one of the participants at
the dance VAS from ,rnnnel Hill or indeed
from any part Of this county. We gave the
report as we heard il, without intending to
bring odiuin on any person or section, aud it
therefore affords us pleasure to DO justice To
i people who are too often charged with
crimes and shortcomings in which they have
had no part whatever.
The Champion bigot of the age resides
in Latrohe, If "A correspondent of the Green's
burg Times can he relied on. His name in
Rev. Reilcy, lie il 4 minister of the M-tho-
dist persuasion. and his superlative bigotry
consists in refusing to preach n funeral SER
mon over the remains of n little child of "A
citizen of that place Mr.. BFaden by name,
hecause four young Catholic boys had among
others been selected TO act az pall-bearers.
He even went so far az to remove the Grape
from the arms of the offending (?) youths,
and DELAYED the funeral more than an hour
by his confeIuptible conduct. As the editor
of the Times truthfully remarks, he made a
cOusumnate asa of himself.
Rev. y. McGongle, the worthy pastor
Of the Presbyterian church in this place. was
made the victim of a very pleasant "chicken
raid" one evening last week, five members
of his congregation having appeared at the
pastoral study on the OCCASION referred TO.
each bearing with him a pair of fine chickens
which We're presented aud received with the
usual 'rhin music' pertaining 10 such pleas
ing episodes. Among the poultry were two
'roosters" of fancy breeds and of the
common dunghIll species, and the best of
the joke Is that the newly formed partner
ship had not been long in existencr before
Mr.. Duughill went for his aristocratic breIh-
rem aud knocked the stiffening out of them
in short order.
A son of Mr.. Johnston Moore not OF
Ebensburg, but of Scotch Valley. Blair
county. succeeded in killing "a bear with an
axe on Sunday last. Young Moore, il seems.
WAS wandering in the woods, not far from
his home, when lie espied something trying
to emerge from small cave at the mouth of
which considerable earth had accumulated,
and having IN axe with him, he took up his
position in trout of the opening, and az soon
as the animal, which he afterwards dis
covered TO be n bear, stuck it's head out he
dealt il two or three heavy blows with the
blade OF the axe, which soon settled he hash
of MFR. Bruin. THE carcass, which was found
10 weigh 24U pounds, WAS subsequently
taken 10 Altoona and sold, the captor, who
hy the way il a deaf mute, realizing quite a
handsome sum from his venture.
We have received n notice of the mar
riage OF oEr young friends, Mr.. Roddy
Morgan and Hiss Maggie Pircher, both of
Hollidaysburg, which happy union was
contaminated at St. Mary's church, in shat
place, on Sunday, January 2d, Rev. Father
O'Counor performing the ceremony. We
have never been called upon to record an
event Of the kind in which we take more
pleasure n. we know Of none more deserving
OF welded bliss than the high contracting
par ties 10 This trn!v happy and cOInmcndable
alliance. Maggie is III honor to her sex-a
sweet tempered, aniable and most eNrm-
p.ary vuuug lady dy-~'hile Eoddy ia all ihata
good husband could IT,; aud ii they do not