The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-03-28

Mrs. Mary Leonard, a cousin Of the cd
itor of this paper, died at her home in Pine
township, Indiana county, on Wednesday of
last week, after painful illness Of only one
weeks duration. aged about 4S gears. De-
ceased was very exemplary woman, mod
ell wife aud mother, good neighbor, and
devout member OF the Catholic Church. Her
bereaved husband, family and other kindred
near aud dear to her have our earnest sym
pathies in their great loss. Her disease was
Inflammation of the stomach and bowels
May she rest in peace,
1t il a fact patent to al that the iron
which has entered the soul Of the Herald
man and is goadipg him on to desperation
in his'tirade against the Poor House report,
recently published in these columns, was
forged nv tie Board of Directors themselves
when they took the matter into their own
hands and prevented a repetition OF the
hagrant wrong done to the Democratic pa
pers OF the county one year ago, and since
repeated in quarter which there Is no ne
cessity now to name. Hence IT $ that the
futile fumings of our frothy friend mp street
command no price whatever IN the political
market.
~ legal light undimmed by time, and
prone quite oft to wit aud rhyme has struck
a streak of purest ioy--a bouncing, bright
eyed baby boy and that, 200, a. the age OF
sixty-fOur, be ths same a few days less or
more Yes It's sOn-JOhns son beyond
doubt-and weighs a stone or thereabout,
which means of course it kicks the beam
at fourteen pounds, which TO al viii seem
hefry weight for one so young, though us
we'll IN sav while wags our tongue, that such
5oyant wave from distant shore has ne er
enguiphed our friend before, and hence 1t 10
but f aud fair that this should be bouncing
heir. And now TO close our st-aggl'hs
rhvme. We wiSE 10 all a JOYFUL time, ana
hope the babe SO large and bright viii not
B only live long and prosper, but that he VIII
at all times and in all things initiate his re
spected father jD the doing of whatever Is
good and right
The Altoona Tribune SAYS that on Fri
day evening last, about 10 O'Clock, Council
I man John r. BurkeJt of the Eighth ward,
was walking up Ninth street, on his way
home. When in front of the residence OF
Mr. Grouse an engineer on the middle divis-
T ion he saw brilliant light cleaning from
the street windows. SuSpectiug something z
+ wrong he was in the act of crossing tse
street when Mrs. Grouse burst from the door
shouting fire. He ran into the dwelling and
/ discovered the clothing of Mrs. Grouse Two
little children, both girls, in flames. He
tore the carpet from the floor, and, selzIn g
+ the children, wrapped them ia it, smOthering
the flames. after which he eItinguishcd she
re which had communicated to various
/ pieces of furniture in the room. Mrs. Grouse
J was slightly burned. the little girls were
burned quite severely, and Mr.. Burkett
/ slightly The fire originated from the eN-
/ plosiou Of kerosene lamp. Mr.. Burkett
deserves much credit for his prompt action.
The last meeting Of the Town Council
; e'eCred year ago was held Monday evening
+ importance was tr3nsacted, the members
meeting merely to finish up some imperfect
ell work, shake hands, and adjourn sine die
. The principal thing hey accomplished during
The wear was to arrive at the decision that a
windmill to pump water into the reservoir
at the water work would be a saving TO the
taxpayers. and thereupOu ordered Que Of the
machines from an Ohio firm for trial
Should the incoming Council no: reverse
the action of the old body, the windmill vii
reach here in due time aud 5e put 10 work
at once. The new Council will be composed
of the following named members: F. H
Barker, Alvin Evans, Thomas l.. Jones, )
+ A. Shoemaker, James G. Hasson, j. ID
Parrish-3 Republicans and Democrats
The new Burgess, Lieut. Edward j. Hum
phreys, il n Republican, thus giving th'
control OF said body TO that side of the poll
teal house. It viii begin life one weel
from next Monday evening.
OVER ~ EIGHTEEN Foot EMBANR
B NrESr-The train which left this place Mon
day evening last for CressOu sustained a de
tention before it got beyond our borough
limits not provided for in the regular time
table Through the inSdvertenCe of SOM
one = switch near the depot was left open
t or, IL may be, as asserted 10y some, that tn,
/. engine and tender stood or the wrong tract
while waiting for the signal to start-aud a
a consequence the train ran out OF The sid
instead of the main track, the engineer aut
fremen giving as reason for failing TO nc
, tice the mistake dat the night was dark ant
wet and hey felt so confident OF being righ
that they never thought OF taking observa
tiOns. Be that as it may, at the end Of III
side track upon which they found themselve
when it was too late to avoid the disaste
" bich overlook them, was y pole stuck /
the ground, and just below this pole, som
? thirty feet away, and down at the bottom {
- an eighteen foot emhankment on the Eort
side Of the track, immediately adjoining tn
abandoned industrial establishment: know
I cs hp n q L
3 tensIve mud puddle. In the nature Of things
, il did not take long for the locomotive
find out precisely how deep that mud puC
: die was The tender followed The engine
b portion of the way down and then brok
? loose and stopped, while several frei ght car
and the passenger car remained oTrths tract
= + Luckily, nobody was injured, though eugii
ecr NCCabe and fireman Zahm went dow
. with the engine, which fortunately mai1
9 tanned an upright position. The iocomouy
, was considerably damaged and literally ru
u into the ground, aud il took the combine
= efforts OF two wroCkjug crews. OF about ST 4
employees, from Altoona all night ana muC
Of Tue next day to get it on tie track agai
and take il 10 the latter city for repairs. Tt
regular trip OF the train, with mails and pa
: sengers, was of course delayed un!il the 70
lowing morning, when another engine W.
brought into reQuisitiOn. Mr.. I. G. Cal,
. well, of Philadelphia, was one Of the passe1
b gers on Ike demoTaiized train. He waute
, 10 60 to Portage, and wouldn't have though
- that such y thing as n run-oh on the Chen
burg branch where the farm dogs, as
some times faCetiously remarked, follow \
= ter the train and lick the grease of Il
Z wheels Could have occurred. Mr.. Christi
pher Houser, of Altoona, was another, an
. he said that it looked very much like
+ scheme on the part of the EheusJurg lRnt
lords to keep strangers in town over nigh
Mr.. Christ. Reich, o. Summitviiis, who al'
accounted himself victim, was undersro c
tn say that railroad disasters as eIeinplift
nv =rrT4 in hat he call II
{ Ferry " Wcckly had frequently come uudt
, his observation. hut that none of them
. point OF bitterness Of desolafiou could con
Z mp to this, in that he was only nine mill
+ from home and couldn't get there, and b
sides was hungry aud sleepy. CouGucJC
Quartz was in the act Of taking tie ir
ticket Of the trip at The moment when IL
,, jar 10 the passenger car occurred after q
Q rUn-of. he was iostled by its force violeu
, ~ forward against the door, bat was n
long in recovering bis "cqual-abrah7m
:. though he didn't feel called on just then
o resume the ticket punching business whel
n he had SO Suddenly and Unexpectedly y left OF
DEATH WHICH RECALLS A MURDEI
: Mr. Michael StibOlisky died at his res
. deuce in Croyle township, this county la
Sunday. He was native of Poland, br
emigrsjed to America many years ago.
was = mild iuoffeusive man, and was a