The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-07-19


DO print, they would command more gen.
erous Judgment.
Lost on the road between Mountain ,
House, Ebensburg and Loretto on Sunday .
morning, a small fair-leather satchel, having .
thereon the initials -. B. D." The finder 4
will be suitably rewarded oy leaving It at !
the Mountain House. Ebensburg, or at Nc |
Donald's store, Loretto.
Fred. Davis, OF Pittsburg. was run over
and instantly killed between Johnstown
ana CouemauRh by No. express east about
O'Clock Sunday morning. He had been in
Johustown for some days gathering relics
of the food, and II is alleged had been
robbed Friday Of some Sl65.
Mr.. Eli Gibbons. of Blairsville, has
brood Of domestic partridges. They were
hatched by an old hen. who takes very
kindly TO her uIm0le little flock. There are
fifteen Bob Whites" and not one of them,
or the the old hen. either, is yet aware Of
the fact that they are not chicks.
The prolonged rains are delaying the
farmers Of Pennsylvania at a critical time
In harvesting grass and grain crops. There
has been very little opportunity for cultiva-
the State the ground Is badly washed and
covered with a rank growth OF weeds.
The Pittsburgh aad Ebersburg special
made its first trip on Saturday last and will
\ continue to run during the summer leaving
/ Pittsburg every Saturday at . 55 p. NJ, ar,
| ryiug at Eoensburg at G. 20 p. NJ. and leay-
| ING Ebensourg every Monday morning at
| 7,OS \. NJ. and arriving at Pittsburg St 1885
/ A. NJ.
"A woman manages to sit upright. aid
doesn't change her position, scarcely look
| ing TO the right or left, during a sermon in
church. man will sit on picket fence a
/ whole half day to see game OF base bah
played but place him in a church pew for
ten minutes and he will wobbie all OF er the
seat.
-Johnstown DePocrat, July II = Robert
Buffers house, the Pennsylvania railroad
hotel. more generally known as the Field
house property, on Iron street, Millvtlle
borough, had In il at the time of the flood
thirty one persons, not one Of whom is
known to have escaped. and none Of therr
bodies, we are informed, have yet been
found.
"A solution consisting OF three pounds
of lime. one tablespoonful of concentrated
lye and six gallons of water, Is given as an
effective remedy for the protection Of po-
tatoes and other crops from damage by POI
tato bugs. It has been used with success
One application with an ordinary sprink-
Ter is all that is necessary. This sppliea'
tion not only protects the crop, but stimu
lates growth.
| No licenses having been granted in the
east end of Mercer county the express traf
hc 70 that section has grown very large, and
many OF the the trains to and from New
Castle are almost wholly 'iug trains The
regular passenger trains on the Indians
branch might be called "keR trains" 1t 1:
an extremely cold Day when from twenty tC
nifty kegs are not brought to the station
IndlageG Messenger.
+ DIR. Benjamin Sheppard and Benjamin
b 5. Whittier. of Bedford county, went 4
Roanoke, Va. on Monday. and procured
the release OF ID II. Sloan, arrested on Sat
urdSy for counterteiting. Shortly after
, their arrival officers came from Bedford
! with warrant and a large amount OF coun-
terfeit 80 and 9 cent pieces, said to have
been found on their premises, and they
. were arrested and locked up.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works hayt
Just completed their ten thousandth loco.
, motive. And a huge engine Ii Is. too, be-
> ing one-fourth heavier than the Iarges
freight locomotive on the Pennsylvania
railroad. It was built for service on tn
mountain division Of the Northern Pacih
railroad. Five thousand Of the ten thors
ana locomotives built by these works hay,
been built during the last nine years.
-JOhn Duffy and Thomas Towney, win
had been working In Johnstown but ief
and were travel ling eastward on the railroad
Were struck bv an engine about a mile snC
half east OF Kirtanniug Point on wedRes
day morning. DuTfy was Instan tly kiIIet
and Towney's left leg was broken in twr
places spd also two of his ribs on the righ
side. Towney Is now in the Altoona hos
: pital receiving treatment and will recover
The Centre Hall Reporter has diseov
cred, what many persons believed. that II
one OF the mountain districts in that count,
there was an actual cloud burst at the tim,
OF the recent disastrous flood. 1t fell In the
vicinity Of Paddy's mountain, and the wa
= ter came down Swift run in a flood, at som,
points showing height OF twenty-seyeG
feet. cutting bed sixty feet wide in piaep
] OF the Old which was from six to ten feet Il
width.
-LsWistown Free Press From an eIe
waited POINT on the Black Log mountais,
you can Get a distant view OF three differ
ent counties -Juniats, Mif1in and Hun
tingdOn-aud also of the blue Juniata river
Aad there is point in the Concord Mar
rows where a house might be built with
= four rooms, every one In a separate county
5 viz: Franklin, Huntingdon, Juniata anC
Perry. A chap living in such a house coulC
A have good time lodging law processes"
The II. q. Frick Coke Company ha
purchased the property of the Connells
Vile Coke & Iron Company, consisting o
!, 800 ovens and ten thousand acres OF val
y. liable coal lands. and including three oi
plants. This makes tie Friek concern tht
largest eoke-producing company in tn,
world, with seven thousand ovens an
: twenty nge thousand acres OF coal land
and a daily outpat OF twelve thousand ton
. OF COKE. The transaction was the Iarges
a that has ever taken place IN the coke region
"A German shoemaker. name unknown
was killed on the railroad at NiEeYeh. oi
Saturday morning. by the Mail train. 81
was sitting on the track whe n FIRST seel
The whistle was blown vigorusly but he dit
: not heed II and the train passed over him
A small kit OF stoeme ker's tools was founl
on his person. There was nothing to es
tablish his identity. Hls body was interre,
at the new county cemetery at NiDeyeh
, where the remains Of those who persisted Il
I the flood repose-
Circulars have been issued calling for
meeting OF the county commissioners o