The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-02

Fred Barker, OHn Barker. John Sean
land and Walter Bolsinger are camping
south OF Ebensburg.
The attention of our readers is called
to advertisement of J. A. Blair * Son. who
will be pleased to furnish all kinds Of
meats TO the people OF Ebensb and vi
cinity.
The wheat crop OF Franklin county is
so enormous tha: the farmers have trouble
in harvesting il, while the ground is so wet
that reapinR machines come from the fields
as muddy as road wagons.
AT Bernviile, Berks county. the price OF
potatoes has fallen TO a figure that places
them within the reach OF the poorest. On
Saturday the new potatoes were sold at 25
cents per bushel and the old ones at Is
cents per bushel.
Charles Rose. who was confined In the
county jail for carrying concealed weapons,
and John Smith. accused OF assault bat
terry with Intent to kill. broke jail at Bed
ford on Wednesday night OF last week.
They dug through the wall OF the Jail with
a poker, and then through toe 1ail-yard wall
into Judge Hairs garden. and made their
escape. The Bedford county jail is now
empty.
The Hastings HsruJd of last week has
an original allegorial illustration of power.
hope and truth. Power is illustrated by
man holding a newspaper In his hand hope
by the figure OF a miners pick. ard truth oy
the picture OF a steamipg coffee pot The
allegory and artistic work are original and
each figure is labeled power" "hope" and
truth" so that no mistake can be made In
| the application OF the allegOry.
J There are four men now in the county
! jail on charges OF murder as follows Jos
| eph and David Nicely convicted at our last
/ court Of the murder or Herman Umberger ;
I Henry Patterson charged with shooting his
step father John Spieher. and James Lehr
: placed in jail Monday last a week ago,
/ charged with shooting Charles a. Scott, at
/ Conn uence, this county. The last two.
/ Patterson and Lehr will be tried at the Sep
/ tember sessions. Somerset DenoTcrdt.
] Attorney General kirkpatrick. in re-
sponse to an inquiry of Adiutant General
Hastings, on Tuesday gave an inIerprets-
ton of the act to provide transportation 10
Gettysburg, at the time of the dedication of
monuments for the Pennsylvania organiZa-
tions for all surviving soldiers residents in
Pennsylvania who participated in the bat
tie. He says To be entitled to trans.
portation the soldiers name must have been
on the rolls not only prior to, but also at the
time OF the battle.
The Auditor General of Pennsylvania
furnishes the following Information Re-
tailers should remember that mercantile
licenses are not transferable from one dealer
to another, and parties going into business
after the first of May, and who have not
been been rated by the mercantile appraiser
are required by law to pay a license OF
twenty dollars for the year, and any such
persons who do not before OF within one
month after commencing business. take out
such license, shall pay the full year o:
twenty dollars.
After an illness of several months Mrs.
Margaret Noel died as twenty minutes OF
two o'clock Monday afternoon. at her home
I in Newry. Deceased was aged about sixty
/ years and was the widow of Peter Noel.
She was an excellent woman, a devout
member of the Catholic church. a kind
neighbor, a loving wife and affectinnate
mother. She leaves one SOD. Sylvester W.
Noel, undertaken. No. 1906 Twelfth street.
Her death was caused by an affection of
the heart. She leaves two brothers and two
sisters-Mrs. Martha p. Hickey, OF Altoona
Mrs. Ann Smay. of Johpstown Edward
Burke. formerly Of Chest Springs, Cambria
county, now re siding on the Dry Gap road.
near this city. and Daniel Burke. OF GaIIitz-
| in. Her remains were Inferred in the
Catholic cemetery at Newry.-Ahoona Tri>
bune.
Valentine Kimpel. of Philadelphia, has
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possession OF the estate or his deceased
brother. Christian KimpeI. late Of Johns
town, who perished in the food. When the
body OF KrmpeI was recovered 8. 600 were
found on his body. he had no children, but
left a will, under the terms OF which his
estate, amounting TO S;s, ,OOO-S9, 600 of
which was personal property-the PERSONAL
ity absolutely. and :be real estate should be
held in trust for her during her life and af-
ter her death 60 to his i've brothers and sis
ters. one OF whom is Valentine. The wife
I OF Christian Kimpel also perished in the
food, and letters OF administration on the
estate were issued to her relatives, as they
claimed that Mrs. Kimpel, being entitled TO
the personality absolutely under the will,
II would come 20 them as heirs. The ques-
tiOn at issue is whether the husband or wife
l perished first.
/ Mcdonald Is selling goods at rock bottom
| prices at both his stores (Loretto and CTes-
son) for spot cash or trade OF to prompt
paying customers, as follows; Sugars, s. Q.
10 and IL cents per pound teas. 35, 80 and
I 20 cents per pound COffees, 20 TO p cents
per pound boxes Of essence Of coffee, 10
cents papers baking soda, 10 cents 2
boxes Of baking powder. 10 cents boxes
/ OF yeast, &c cents pounds Of rice, 25
cents pounds OF prunes, 25 cents 4
pounds OF dried apples, % cents 3 pounds
OF dried peaches, % cents pounds bar
ley, % cents pounds of oat meal, %
cents pounds OF rolled oats, 25 cents
6 pounds or hominy, 25 cents 3 cans OF
| corn, 25 cents 3 cans of tomatoes, % cents
3 pounds of starch, % cents pieces oi
soap, % cents ? pounds of star candles. .;
cents 1000 matches. 10 cents brooms
20 cents . wash boards, % cents; good
syrup 20 cents per gallon pure vinegar 25
cents per gallon -four, meat, dry goods
notions, hats, caps, boots and shoes a
equally low prices We always pay tn,
highest prices for all kinds OF country pro-
duce.
JOhnstOwn Relief Fund.
At meeting of the relief commission a
I ,Johnstown On "Wednesday ata.srnapt n