The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-01-09
RETIRING OFFIcIAL REmEMBERED.


presented 10y the Court House officials with
very handsome mt erschaum pipe and
bag OF tobacco. NJ. d. KitteE, ESQ, made
tile presentation in the following happy
strain
John \. keuLrdy, stand up Some OF your
foJmsC fellow officials OF Cambria county
have constituted themselves a Court Of In
quiry concerning your conduct as an official
of Cambria county and have found you guii-
ty of yetH grave charges. They have dele
gated to me the power of imposing sentence
on you, and l regret exceedingly. ttat it be
cnms my painful! duty to do this. They
have fouud that during a Tong t}sm of
years as an official os Cambria county. YOU
have performed your various duties i'm
careful, faithful, conscientious manner, and
ttry haye fixed "a sentence which it becomes
nIy duty to ime,t1e un you. TIE sentence
OF this Court is, that you, John \. Kennedy,
be required TO smoke one pound of Virginia
smoking tobacco "a uerrSchaum pipe
which are h-Iewith furnished 10 you, aud
We regret that the sentence is not much
greater. Ne hope that this sentence viii he
"A warning to you, and that you will live a
long life aud be required to serve many
more such sentences. We trust that wnen
the Great Treasurer of all accounts shall
/ balance hIS books and call you 5efore Him
/ for sentence your page in the Book of Life
will la as free from error is your balance
sheet as late County Treasurer.
Mr Kennedy received the pipe and ten
dered his thanks to his former brother Off
cial chips and as the next thing in order
woGd be to take smoke our reporter left.
We can but add that Mr.. Kennedy has
during his administration of the Office Of
County Treasurer, performed the duties OF
: the office faithfully and efficiently and has
"a all times auI to all persons been an ac-
commodatiug and obHeing officer.
AMMONIAIN IN baking POWDERS. Among
. the recut discoveries in science and chemis
try, none is more important than the uses to
which common ammonia can be properly
put as a Ieavening agent, and which indicate
that this familiar salt is hereafter to per
form an active part IN the preparation of cur
daily fool
+ Carbonate of ammonia is an exceedingly
volatile substance. Place a small portion of
it upon knife and hold over a fame, and
it will almost Immediately be entirely deyel-
oped into a gas and pass off into the air. -
The gas thus formed is a simple compost
ton of nitrogen and hydrogen. NO residue
is left from the ammonia. This gives it its
superiority as a l+ayening power over soda
F amt cream Of tartar used alone, aEd has in
duced it use as a supplement- to these arti-
cles A small qua tJty Of ammonia in the
dough is effective in producing bread that
will be lighter, sweeter. and more whole
some than that risen by any other leavening
agent. When it is acted upon by the heat
. of baking the Ieavening gas that raises the
dough is liberated. In this act it uses itself
up, as il were the ammonia is entirely diff
fused, leaving no trace or residuum what
ever. The light, fluffy, fiaky appearance,
SO desirable ia biscuits. etc, and so sought
after by professional cooks, is said to be i'm
parted to them only by the use of this agent.
Tie bakers and baking powder manufac
tories producing the finest goods have been
quick go avail themselves Of this useful dis
cov-ry, and the handsomest and best bread
and cake are now largely risen by the acid
of ammonia, combined, OF course, with other
leavening material.
Ammonia is one OF the best known pro
ducts OF the laboratory. If, as seems to be
justly claimed for it, the application OF its
properties to the purposes of cooking results
in giving us tighter and more wholesome
bread, biscuits, and cake, 1t will prove
boon to dyspeptic humanity, and will speedily
force Itself insO general use IN the new field
t. which science has assigned it.-Scjeutifc
. american.
a NILLIONATRE's 1I8NEY.-Tde Hunting
don Semi Weekly NetoS says: Inquiries have
come from Spain to an official of that gov
erment in tins country in regard to the heirs
of an American who recently died in Madrid.
leaving an estate valued at 5000 600. ana
who was formerly a resident OF this county.
Tue name of the dead man was Oliver P.
McGahan and he was raised near Mt. IN
ion by man named John Hanawalt, of
whom the citizens of the county have sume
recollection. From Mount Union he went
to Lewistown, where be worked at and
learned the trade of a ieweler. About fifty
years ago he left this part Of the State and
went 10 Phi!adeip phia where he remained
short time. He then bought sngar planta-
tioE in Cuba and resided on that island
Through his business as planter he became
Interested in commerce between Spain and
Cuba and went to the former country and ac-
CURED an ownership in .Ine of steamers
plying between the two, and subsequently
purchased an interest in lines running to
Dbitt pAIiS bt the WOtlu- lie ltlL no VIII
nor defendants OF other relatives in Spain
or Cuba, and his heirs are in America. He
is said to have a sister, Mrs James Cooper,
living in HoHidaysdurg, and another, Mrs.
Edward Comfort. whose residence we Lave
not learned.
A LoNe FAsT.-The Shippensburg Nezes
says that some days ago Mr.. Christian Hoo
yeT who resides few miles west of Ship
penshurg, called at the NeI0s Office, for in
formation in regard to advertising an astray
steer, but thinking the animal might turn
up, said he would let the matter rest for the
present. One. day last week he informed us
that the steer disappeared in October, on
the day they were threshine, and af-
ter q lapse of forty-one days it vas discov-
. cred under the straw stack. The cattle il
the barn-yard had eaten around and under
the old stack and it turns out that the steer
was in this place and was gradually covered
up with the straw uutil unable to get out
Early in December a calf was missing but it
was supposed that it got under the stack in
a small opening between the old and new
stacks On the sixth of this month the calf
was brought out OF this place and, greatly to
the surprise of the parties, the steer was also
found The bottom of the stack was com