The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-04-09

P'ainUiu secured verdict of s.. IL was for
manages zone bY sow in a potatoe patch.
Inc cost of the case to the county was s1oo
John Mehaney, bar keeper at the Div
on House, Greensburg, on last Monday
morning committed suicide hv ebootirC,
himself with revolver A few wears aUo
ne was worth considerable money, but had
squandered it and was reduced to earning a
IlVeilhood by tending bar A wife and four
children survive him.
"A gentleman from thy north of the
county informs as that at about this time
last year we had the best sleighlng during
that winter. He says his team hauled the
biggest load of boards to this place on the
l4th of last April that had been hauled dur
Ing the winter, and on that particular dav
the seighing was elegant.
MI. Charles Humphry, OF East Cone
mauRh, died at the University Hospital in
Philadelphia, on Thursday of last week
he mad been III for some time and had gone
to the hospital with the hopes of being bene-
htted by their treatment. He was a son of
Mr. David Humphreys, deceased and was
an engineer by occupation.
An exchange tells how farmer tried
new way of catching rats He took keg
| and filed it half full of water and placed
| cottonseed on top of the water, which float
ed on the surface. He then sprinkled meal
on top Of the cottonseed, and placed the
keg in his barn. Next morning he emptied
his keg of over hundred drowned rats.
George w. Usher, of Franklin county,
is feeding steer that is a curiosity. The
animal is pure white in color, stands seven
teen hands high, is eight feet and ten inch
es long, girtbs nine feet five and a half
inches, and weighs between ,, 500 and 9, 500
pounds. He is OF the Durham stock, and
| possesses a velvety coat and is quite gentle
On Friday Msitland's steam laundry in
Huntington was destroy ed by fire. The
( building and machinery belonged to l. d.
Kunizelman, whose loss is 81 500 insur-
ance is 81 800. Mr.. Maitland's loss will be
considerable. He has only $3.50 insurance.
His lease expires on the 18th of May, when
be intended to return to his home near
/ CressOu.
Mr.. Ed. b. SeulI, Of Somerset, passed
through this place to CTesson. Mr.. ScuIl, it
/ Is understood, has been appointed Superin-
/ tendent Of the CressOn & C1a lpOTt railroad,
under J. Fl. BOytts, his brother in-law, who
Is General Manager of the road Mr. Scull's
father, Ed. ScuII, ESQ, editor of the Somer-
set Herald. is one of the Directors of the
road.-J0hRstotCH Tribune.
The indications are that we will have a
backward spring, those who pretend to be
posted Oh the weather being unanimously
OF the opinion that we will have but little
good weather during this mouth. The gen.
eral opinion also prevails to a great extent
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goods, boots and shoes. groceries and pro-
visions. Is at the store Of John Owens, on
High street where goods can always be
bought at bottom prices.
dozens Of letters a day pour in upon
Dr. David Kennedy, Of ROndout n Y,
from people who have been benefited by
using his popular preparation called Ken
( nedy's 'FavOrite Remedy And they often
illustrate what this remarkable medicine ac-
/ cOmplishes in some new and hitherto uutried
I field Of operation. Not infrequeutly patients
( come long distan noes to grasp the Doctor by
| the hard and express their gratitude for de-
liversnce from pain, Troy, IN. y Daily
l Times
| The prolonged controversy between
/ Father NJ. p. Stack and Bishop o, Hara. of
/ Scranton, which has been see-sawing
through the courts for the last fourteen
/ years, has at length been decided by Judge
/ Tbayer, in tie common pleas court of Phila-
! deIphia. He decides that the exercise OF
( priestIy functions is not a property right, for
/ the deprivation of which a civil suit for
damages will lie. 1t is a common sense
opinion that is in accord with tie best law,
keeping as it does a strict line of demarca-
. tioD between church and state.
The card Of John S. Rhey, Esq, of Eb-
snsburg, as a candidate for Assembly, ap-
pears in this weeks paper in the proper
column. Mr.. Rhey is we'll known through
out the county as man of ability and ex-
perlence as a legislator, having served in
the Legislature during the session Of
1S5O-51 and '52 as a member from Armstrong
county, where he then resided, the latter
term having presided over that body as
Speaker He has been connected with the
editorial department of the FREEMAN Office
for number of years, and in that capacity
has at all times labored earnestly and faith
fully for the supremacy Of the Democratic
party. If nominated and elected, Mr.. Rhey
would make an active and efficient member
and would serve the Democracy of the State
with strict integrity and undoubted ability.
Miss Helen Windsor, Countess Pie
DORA" in "Siberia," says the Johnstown
Tr i51tne, of Saturday, was handed tele-
gram last evening, just before appearing on
the stage at the JohnstowR Opera House,
announcing the sudden death Of her mother
. in New York. The young lady was quite
overcome by the sad intelligence. but there
was no person to take her place in the cast
of characters, so she had to smother hel
feelings as best she could and perform heI
part. Once OF twice while behind the
scenes during the play, Miss Windsor gave
way to her feelings and tainted, and it wa;
feared at one time that she would not bt
able to reappear before the foOtlights, bu
she proved herself equal to the emergency
and answered every summons to go upoI
the stage promptly. This morning she de
parted for New York. another actress haY
ing been telegraphed for to take her plac
temporarily in the company.
, Terrible Accident