The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-11

--Constaoie WHEREBY of this place succeed
ed on "Wednesday last, after the emDlovment
or good deal of strategy in arrestjpo a
Young and powerfully built man named VIM
MCCALL, who Is charged with committing
snndry derredafions in the railroad ticket
ONCE at Portage station, prominet among
which was an assault and battery on the
person or the agent at that place. The
aiieged offences were perpetrated several
months ago, and although several efforts
were made since then to arreet the cpfltv
party. he managed to elutie the vigilance OF
! the officers until our rather diminutive
WHEREBY succeeded hy dinI:of perseverance
and n vast amount Of ingenuity in layine his
hands upon him. The prisoner was brought
To this place in sleigh and committed to
Jail the same evening.
The Seaboard Pipe Line Company hav-
ing secured the right Of way from Butler
county TO Baltimore, or near that city, the
work OF laying down the pipe will be com
menced on the first Of a pril and completed
! u is expected. during the coming simmer
The company is under the control of capital
ISIS In the oil region who are engaged in the
/ production Of that article. and is STYLED
! THE Producers Union" The pipe will he
~ inches in diameter, and will be laid 215
! feet under the surface Of the gronnd. 1t
barrels, and will be operated during both
day and night. The line will be 230 miles
| long, 40 miles of which will be located in
! MARYLAND. 1t will cross the Carrolltow n
| road abont four miles north Of this place
and will pass between Chest Springs and St.
/ Augustine.
| The same series Of events which have
inst eliminated in the induction Of Mr. c.
| F. O'Donnell into the Prothbnotary's OH ce
! have Of conrse made 1t imperative upon Mr.
! Bernard McColgan to retire from that posi-
tion; and In noting this fact we de-m it due
to the latter gentleman to say that his entire
official career was marked with strict ard
faithful attention to business and by the
/ with all who had business relations with
him. He has our best wishes for his future
| health and prosperity, and ever gratefully
shall we remember that he was not onlv one
of the most prcmpt-paying officials for whom
| we did work of any kind. but that he at all
times acted on the principle that the Demo
cratic papers Of the county we're justly and
| by right of service to the party entitled tC
! the patronage of bis office.
| "A dwelling house on farm in Bar
township owned by Mr.. Thomas Griffith, o
this place, and Just vacated by the family q
Mr.. Geo. z. Kruge, who had removed to
new honse on The same place, but had as We
taken nothing away but stoves, bedding ant
a few other articles, caught fire in som,
mysterious way about 8 o'clock on Friday
morning last and was totally destroyed to
gether with about so bushels OF corn in tn,
ear, 30 bushels Of rye, bushels Of wheat, II
bushels of bucKw neat az 10 bushels OF bar
ley, besides three sets of good harness and
lot OF household furniture, etc. How tn
fire originated is unknown, although the pre-
sumption is that n defective f1ue had some
thing to do with it. There had been FIRE il
the house the day previous but wa
taken to extinguish every ember before lea Y
ing the premises. We did not learn the ex
tent of Mr.. kruge's loss, but As he is he is
poor man it il heavy enough 20 be felt yer,
seriously by him, though his energy aud in
| dustry will no ooubt enable him to overcom
the misfortune before great while.