The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-03-05

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more stories which nothing short of his we'll
! known veracity would induce anybody 70
believe True to his record, he appeared IN
our Office on Tuesday morning last, and IN
| reply to the usual query about the news in
his neighborhood, staggered us with few
/ wonderful yarns, not all of which are strictly
in season, but all of which wilt none the less
! bear telling; and as they are vouched for by
Mr. TreXler who avowS his ability TO prove
every one of them, if need De, there need be
/ no hesitation about accepting them as liter
| The first of these stories relates to three
| turkey hens in White township, although
Mr.. Trexler opened up with only one, which
he assured US had been laying eggs all Win
| ter. Doubts~being expressed bya gentleman
/ present in regard to this wonderful news
! from Turkey, Mr.. Trexler stood not upon
the order of his going but went at once and
l hunted up two reputable citizens OF said
{ township, who were in attendance at Court,
and who soon after returned with him to
| our Office and not only verified his statement,
/ but assured us that instead of one turkey
! they had personal knowledge of the fact that
not less than three turkeys owned by Mr.
Matthias KessleT, of White township, have
/ at no time failed, not even for n ngle day,
during the last two months and half to
/ "shcll OUT three eggs-One for each turkey
! every twenty-four hours. More than that,
( one of the witnesses called bore testimony 10
still another fact, and that was that number
/ of geese owned by a certain citizen of White
/ township, whose name has escaped us, COM
menced laying on or about the holidays, but
whether or not they have keptlt upeyer since
/ he was not prepared to say. This OF course
/ left no lo0phoe for our ''doubting Thomas,
/ whose name is not Thomas at all, to crawl
/ out at, and the only ggs-plauatiOn he had
! to make was that this is an eggs-ceptlonal
kind of winter and that such eggS-traordln-
I ary proceedings on part of the turkeys and
/ geese aforesaid might in that way be eggs
/ planned, although it would be eggs acting en-
tirely too much to eggS-pect any one to be-
. lieve that such a thing was possible during
regular old-fashioned winter in this region
( So much for much; and now let us re-
I vert to a couple more of Mr.. TTeXler's won
. derful Stories which, as already stated, are
/ somewhat out of season, but none the less
I worthy of credence on that account. The
first of these relates to a remarkable yield of
. corn which rewarded Mr.. T.'S labOTS during
the past summer, the story being that on a
portion OF his farm, and not very small por-
tion of it either, the cornstalks averaged
fourteen feet in height, the ears fourteen in
ches in length, and the leaves or blades on
the stalks eight inches in width. That's
corns-taIk enough, we should say before we
IeGre the subject for all who are willing to
! give ear to the statement, as most of our
I readers, we have no doubt, will be disposed
/ to do The next story from the same source,
and the last one we shall impose upon a pa
/ tient public at this time, is in regard to a Ie-
markabe yield OF oats which Mr.. L. gives
! the figures to verify and claims to be able to
I produce witnesses to SubStantiate. He SAYS
that last spring, Messrs. John and James
! Gallagher, of GallitZin township, sOwed sew
/ en- bushels of oats on farm owned by their
3 mother in Allegheny township, the ground
covered being not more than three acres, and
! when threShing time came he (Mr. Trexler)
. thTeshed the oats as il came from the fled,
. and is willing to be qualified that there were
! two hundIed and five bushels of clean oats,
. or q yeritabie Weld of SiXtY-eight and one
. third bushels to the acre. All which we sub
nit to our farmer friends to believe or other
wise, as the spirit moves them.
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DAsTARDLY OUTRAGE AT GAIL1TzIS.-
An assault and battery with the undoubted
. intention of committing an outrage on q
German woman named Rough, wife Of Mr..
. David Rough, of Gallitzin, this county, was
made by some unknown scoundrel on Friday
evening last. It seems that Mrs. kUUgh
/ who resides on the outskirts of the borough,
was on her way home from the store of Mr..
J Frank Christy, and when she got within a
short distance of her residence size was con
fTOuted by brute in human shape, who
struck her a heavy blow on the side Of the
head with an oak Stave, knocking her down
and iniiCtiug q wound about two inches in
length Fortunately the blow was not Sc
we're enough to render her insensible, and as
she yelled Justify her oUtcries attracted the
attention Of some OF the neighbOTS, who has
tened to her assistance, the da5taTdly wretch
WAO'cOmmittCd the assault meantime making
{ good his escape, the night being too dark for
any one to intercept him, or even for Mrs.
Rough to recognize him, If such a thing were
possible, the presumption being that he was
. q stranger and therefore unknown to his
victim, though some there are who think he
J IS not so much Of stranger as he ought tC
be in that locality. However that may be,
Mrs. Rough was taken home almost inSensi-
/ BILE and a physician summoned, who attend
ed to her wound and otherwise administered
/ to her physical comfort At latest accounts
/ the daStardly scOundrel who committed tile
deed was still at large, but it is to be hoped
that justice will not slumber until it ha:
overtaken and secured for bin tie punish
ment he so richly deserves.
MEssRs. JOHN LUDWIG & SONs. of Centre
county, came here on Friday last and con
cludcd negotiations with MesSrs. Barker
Evans & james for the purchase Of tn,
Ebensburg Woolen Mill, which they deSigI
to take possession Of next week Tht
amount paid for the property was 50, 600
which is more than double the sum the mil
and all that thereto pertains including abOu
fifty acres Of land, cost the ate owners les
than year ago though since then cOnsid
cradle new machinery has been put into tn
establishment while more than enough, pre-
, baby, has been realized in the way of profit
, on the work done to cover this outlay. Still
the property is worth all and more than al
} that the MesSrs. Ludwig have paid for il
l and they all thoroughly acquainted
with the wooden manufacturing business
, / and are enterpTising, industrious and il
: 7 every way competent for the work befOr
I them, EbensbuTo will have ample cause Z
, ( rejoice at the advent of such worthy citizens
7 / Postmaster James, one of the late owners
tells us that it is the intention of MessT:
p . Ludwig & SOnS-a f~U comprising thre
T partners-to run the mill to its fullest capac
= ty and give work to not less than twelv
= . hands six Of whom are members of the LuC
il wig family. We cordially welcome til
= gentlemen named to our midst, and hop
4 they will have no reason to regret the inves
, ment they have made
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~, .--r- So.
h Mr.. Michael Storm died at st. Mary's Mi
S sion. Kansas, on the 18th of February last,
. the 9th year of his age. He was a son
: John Storm, who came here from Adam
u county at a very early day and settled nea
Il where LOrettO now stands. For many YEA
n after the completion of the old Portage raj
road, Mr.. :. worked in the Triggers loft
the Summit. In the spring of 1868 he sol
v the place on which he lived, in AlleCher
e township and removed to St. Mary's, Kal
saS. He was an industrious, haTd-wOrkir
: man while he lived in this county and col
n tinued so in his late western home. II
It character was bIameless in every respect al
Y he died as he had lived, consistent and e.
= emplary member of the Catholic Churci
y May he rest in peace.
c AVESERA BILE CITIZEN GONE.-Mr. Mic
a / ael Skelly, who was one of the very Olde
. residents Of Cambria county, died at his re
= idence in CToyle township on last Wedne
y day week, at the advanced age of o.. WhC
T he was a boy only eight years old he can
., here from Maryland with his father, who
said to have been the third settler within Il
4 limits of our county. Mr.. Skelly raised
il largeTamily, and during his long life enjoyt
n the confidence and esteem of all who kne
d Ollie cemetery at Wilmore on Friday las
ie RegttiescGt an pace