The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-23
George Kinkesd is night clerk at Maple

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day.
Judge Harry White, OF Indiana, Pa,
arrived on Thursday and will hold an a ryu-
ment SQUIRT on Friday.
Mr.. Michael McMOrris. well-knOwu
citizen OF Galiitzin. Is said TO very M with .
no hopes for bis recovery.
Hon. Daniel Mclaughlin mas purchased
the BAKERY and confectionery business OF I
Mr ;. II. Dunkls. and Is now in possession .
OF the same. GdLjt-iR ViRdioltor
Tuesday afternoon while Frank Roberts,
Of Ligonier, Westmoreland county, was
crossing over the Loyalhsnna. with steam
thres her, the bridge gave way and tue en-
gine and thCesher were thrown tato the
creek and eadly wrecked, while Robarts
had an srU broken and was seriously cut
aboct the head aud badly bruised on other
PORTIONS 81 the body.
The Loretto Normal School will hold
Us entertainment in the hall % ST. Francis
COLLEGE on Saturday evening, Aug oath.
The exercises will consist CT recitauons,
declaynations, plays, music. miscellaneous
exercises, etc. etc. No pains will be spared
10 make it OF the most entertaining charac>
teV. Doors open 7:l5 p. NJ. Admittance, u
&C nts chiicreR, Is cents Reserved seats,
81 cents.
Chief Of Police Harris, of Johnstovu,
found 10 pawnbroker's shop in Wilkes
Barre, on Saturday, diamond ring valued
at $500, which had belonged to Mrs. Pata-
lin, wealthy lady who was boarding at the
Huber House. JOhHstown. Mrs. Pata-
Inns body was found a few days sitter the
food, with the finger upon which she hac
worn the ring severed from rhe body.
CHIEF Harris traced the thief and nas had
him arrested. Hts name is ZundeI
The J9hnstown Tribune relates a funny
incident OF the great flood a saloon
keeper, who, with his coloIec bartender,
had taken refuge on the roof OF q building
was so impressed with the awfClness of the
/ situation that he appealed 20 hts bartender
10 pray for both. as he (the saloon-keeper)
dtd not know how to pray. The bartender
I prayed, "Oa Lord, IL you ever saved & mig
ger and DUtchman, save Us now" They
/ were saved.
The fret Monday of September In each
year shall be made holiday in PeunsyI-
vanis to be known as Labor holiday. by an
act approved April 25, 1889. 1t provides
that 1t shall be lawful to require payment
of all notes, checks and bills of exchange
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/ on the secular day previous thereto, and in
/ default of such payment the same may be
protested and such protest shall be as valid
/ as If made on the day on which note, check
or bill became due by its own terms.
-One Of our exchanges speaks of a mil
! iinarY store kept by an estimable young
lady and said that the editor was gratihed
TO See her stocking up. The editor says he
. ma n n ~
he was after the paper came out. to meet
the millinery lady and have her strike him
across tie brow with an umbrella. and tell
him he was liar, and that she would tell
his wife. He didn't know what she was
mad at, and he read the item over hun~
dred times to see IL there was anything
spitetnl in 10.
The JOhnstown Tribune says that on
Friday while workmen were cleaning out
the cellar OF the former residence Of B. +.
Hoffman, the hAekman, corner OF Vine and
Market streets, they unearthed lot Of gold
coin, which, when gathered up by Harry
( Hoffman, one OF the sons, who happened to
BE- present, was found 10 amount to 81 O2O
mostly In twenty dollar pieces. Mr.. Hoff-
man had the money in box IN the house
when the uood came, but it was nearly all
out OF the box and pretty we'll scattered
when found
Ii any of our readers are in need OF
artistic aud substantial cemetery work,
made from the best qualities Of marble and
granite, they VIII do we'll to call n J. VIII
kinson * Son, marble and granite dealers
IN this place. where they will hod a nice
stock 10 select from, or send them word
Fh4Nr Mil MI
tlon Of new and original designs, they guar.
antee all their work aud II their work is
not as represented they will not ask you to
take Il, they are prepared 10 fI all orders
at home aud abroad at prices that defy CON-
petition. Give them a trial. A56m.
The Holiday sburg Standard SAYS, COM
plant comes from the rural districts that
the early potatoes after being dug from the
ground become AT ected with rot In few
days. and that the destruction Is rapid and
alarming. The trouble is ttriouted TO the
long protract-d wet spell. IL air Stacked
lime be spTinklrd over the tuber after they
are taken from the ground the decay will be
prevented. In putting away potatoes for
winter use Stacked lime should be proIuse-
ly interminRled with and rot will not make
us APPEARANCE. There is gentleman in
this town who has followed this practice Ior
more than twenty hYe years and he has
never had rotten potatoes
On Tuesday evening an unknown man
received injuries which resulted Ia his death
short while afterwards on the PeppsvI.
vania railroad at South Fork station on ths
western slope OF the AlIeghenies. ae was
endeavoring to board an east bound freight
"a he ba mi b,s
leg was caught by the wheel throwing him
to the ground. The Injuries were of such
nature as TO lead 10 his death twenty-fye
minutes after the accident. So far as can be
learned the mac was resident of Ben's
Greek and was completing his education in
order to quality as mine boss Since the
above was In type we learn that the mans
name was Tnomas Barker.
The dead body of John Wharton. an
old and respected citizen of ClearfsId
township. was found in the dam aboy e the
bridge at Ashville on Tuesday morning
His horse and wagon were first noticed
stan ding 10 the water. and on closer iuspee-
tion It was discovered that Mr.. Wharton's
lifeess body was holding on 10 the bride Of
the horse. IL Is supposed that Mr.. wbar-
ton drove into the stream to water his horse
aud forgetting to loosen the bride rein be-
fore driving in. yentured Into the water for
that purpose and was overcome by paraIv>
SIS The horse had his nose above the wa.
Ter and was rescued. Mr.. Wharton MAS
about 20 years OF age AID leaves a wife ard
several sons and daughters, all OF whom are
grown up.
Mcdonald is selling goods at rock bottom
prices at both his stores CLoretto and Cres.