The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-04-30

less than a gallon of vinegar, promptly
poured down his throat, the deadly effects of
the poison were counteracted and his life
saved, though he still feels as If he had Swal-
lowed something akin TO a red-hot cooking
stove The Tribune says this IS not the first
time his eccentTicitieS have come near cost
ing him his life, and it is to be hoped that he
will conduct himself more nationally in the
future.
Our amiabIe little friend r. II. Thomp-
son. who for a month or two past has been
very acceDtabiV filling the position Of clerk
at the Merchants Hotel, JOhnstown, has re-
signed that position to accept more lucrative
one Of like character at the Parke (for-
merly HerdIc) House, NHllamSpOTt, one ot
the largest and finest hotels in the country.
"DOc" is now with us, but Will leave this
(Fridav) evening for his new field of labor.
. II he meets with all the success he deserves
it will not be long before he will be called to
60 up higher in the line Of promotion. So
mote it be
Our friends and patrons, Messrs. d. *
G. Moore, of Altoona, who own large tracts
OF timber land in the eastern part Of this
county, are about TO erect another saw mill
at Ashland Furnace, which IS to be forty by
. one hundred feet in dimensions, and will
contain a circular saw and the necessary
machinery for making lath, pickets, weather
boarding, etc The MILL which is to be two
stories high, viii require 100000 feet Of lun-
Der for its construction and dam To supply
it with water is now being built across
ClearheId creek. The old mill will still be
. operated as heretofore.
Six head OF the finest twO-yeaT-Old steers
. that ever invaded our town were driven in
ON Monday last by Mr. David Aitemus, Of
Brush Valley township, Indiana county, to
whom belongs the credit of having raised
them, and by whom they We're sold to our
. butcher friend GutWald, who long since
earned the reputation of furnishing as good
beef, veal etc. as can he obtained anywhere.
. The six steers in question weighed 1,165
7 pounds, and were admired by all who saw
them. One of the best of the lot viii be
" served M to customers this (Frday) even
ing at Mr.. Gutwald's meat market, next
door TO the pOstotlice.
An Altoona Isdy named McGarbick
found shirt, uuderShITt and PAIR OF pants
pretty well saturated with what was sup
posed to he blood in the attic OF her house.
i'm that city, on Friday last and this led to
the sUppOStiOn that murder had been COM
mittcd there some eight months ago. The
4 house had been previously occupied bV two
Jewish peders named Marx and Klemen,
with their wives and families, and as the
former IS said to have mySteriOuSly diSdp-
ppaTed about the time Indicated, the theory
has been advanced that he was murdered by
the latter, who at present IS said to be living
i'm Huntingdon. The shirt has slit across
the breast, apparently made with knife,
and these fact gave further color to the muir
der theory.
Clement Burke, the young man who
shot and killed a Swede named Volt in Johns
town on Monday night last, an account of
. which will be found in another column, made
his way to Pittsburgh as speedily as possible
after the tragedy. but being closely pressed
by Chief-Of-Police Harris, who went to that
city in quest of bin, the youthful murderer
made a virtue OF necessity by giving himself
M about 6 O'Clock Tuesday evening. lie IS
. now In the JohnstOwD lookup, but viii 10
doubt be brOughttO to Jail here this (IhurSday)
evening. Apropos of the tragedy, the Johns
town Tribune SAYS that the young man Who
. has cot himself into such serious trouble Is
son of AIr. John Bur be, who died at SDnman,
. this county. about a dozen years ago.
Fr r.aF Jrif ffT ~
terpSring article on the European Carp a
food fish introduced into this country about
B three years ago by Prof. Baird, L. = Com
missioner Of Fisheries who has had the graft
fication of seeing them increase during that
. time from 10 to about 10000. The carp
would be an excellent fish to Introduce into
the waters uf this region, and there Is some
prospect. 50 lar as EDen>bUTT is concerned,
that few of the fish will be forthcoming in
the near future, Judge r. !. Lloyd having
written 10 Congressman CUIrutH on tie sub
iect and He in turn having referred the mat
ter tD Prof. Baird. Tie dams htreWay
would he carp-itai places for depOSitiug
carp, and it is to be hoped that o dozen or
more OF the species will be sent to Judge
LIoEd for that purpose
county. occupied by Mr.. John McNahOn and
sister. was burned down about ( O'Clock
on Monday morning of last week, and with
it was not only destroyed every article OF
household furniture and every stitch Of wear
ing apparel but Miss McNauon- who IS old
and rather feeble, was terribly burned about
the face from the effects of which she Is
still in a critical condition, with but faint
hopes for her recovery This loss is a very
. severe one to the aged couple, who are lett
entirely destitute 10y The sad misfortune, ana
their case is one which appeals patheticaliy
to the charity Of all. Any contributions in
the way of household goods, money, prOyi-
sious, etc, will be thankfully received on
behalf of MIR. Mcmahon and his afflicted
sister by Rev II. McHuch, Wilmore, Pa.
-Abuut one thousand acres Of land in
BIacklfck township, known to he UndcTaid
with coal. iron ore, etc, was sold at public
Outcry i'm this place, on Saturday last, by +.
4. Shoemaker, ESQ, administrator OF the
estate of Johnston Moore. deceased, for the
sum of Il. UIU. Me~~IS. Curry aud Jones, as
Signrcs Of VIM. NJ LLOYD, becoming the
purchasers. Other parties bid the land up
to SAOu5, but seeing, or at least believing,
that there was little If auyhCpe of Outbdding
their competitors, they gave up the contest,
much to the regret of our people, who had
reason to hope that Il the result had been
different narrow guage road from this place
to the BIackijck, distance of about eight
miles would have been constructed at an
early day As it is, the land is apt 20 lie as
b it IS for some years to come. Mores tie
While John N'Guire. an employe Of the
PR. Il. Co. at Altoona, was looking iutotGe
firebox of a new boiler which had been put
on q truck and ruD out Of the boiler shop on
last Saturday afternoon, car Of coal was
dropped down on the same siding uunOticed
by that gentleman, who was caught and badly
2 crushed between the bumpers. The Uufou
tunate man was picked up and taken to hi,
home. where Dr. tHriSty sOOn after attend
ed to his wounds. which he found to consist
of several broken ribs, one Of which had in
iuTed the lungs, and n severe hurt in the
: back. lie never rallied from the $ hOck, but
died the same night. leaving wife and large
family almost destitute. lie was the third
2 of his family who lost their lives in the Com
2 panv's works. one Of his brothers having
2 been killed at the weigh scales and another
i'm the shops, This, says the Ersn5ng Gail o1
1 Monday, makes three persons crushed last
z weeE-Ahern, CiayOaugh and MGuire.-
May he rest in peace.
Our former correspondent, 'Peter .
l Ieum.' writes to the CaTr0.ltOWH Ner
1 from White township to say that AIr. Charlie.
I RauStcGd, OF Baltimore. who, by the way, il
]. Il pTOmpt-2dying patron of the FREEMAN
l intends to build dam on the main Urancl
D of the Beaver Dams, in that township, dur
e ING the coming summer, which, il is said
> will be about thirteen hundred yards across
e the breast and is TO be six feet high, with
wagon road twelve feet wide on the breast
! We don't wish to question the yeracity O
the cores pOudent aforesaid, and DouahO,
does, but as thirteen hundred yards Is no
I much short of mile, can't but thini
that the writer has made mistake in hi
Z figures which damages the dam story yer,
j. considerably. Even thirteen hundred feet
n il seems to us. would be eXtraOrGnaT
o length for dam in that region, though j
0 is possible that the dam-ask rose may fad
u about dams in the abstract to tell whether
5 dam of said dimensions is too big dam 10
the Beaver Dams or not.
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