The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-24

-Thore arc 1871 engineers in the employ
of the Pennsylvania railroad company.
The FREEMAN office is the place to get
your job printing. Good work at low
prices.
The Ebensburg Base ball club held a
dance at the Opera House on Wednesday
evening.
Deputy Treasurer VI. ID. Bearer, re-
ports that in his rounds collecting taxes
he finds the money coming in much slower
than in former years.
William Shaffer of Indiana county,
has buried four children within two weeks,
all having died from diptheria. The last
two died in one day.
Mr.. Austin King, of Houtzdale. Mine
Inspector. has carried of the prize recent
ly offered by the Pittsburg Times for the
best article showing how 10 prevent acci-
dents in mines.
Hereafter, persons who, dock" horses
tai l. are To be prosecuted by the Humane
Society of Pennsylvania. This is right.
A more cruel punishment could not be
practiced on horse
Hugh Greenwood. while driving from
Johnstown 10 Ninevah, on Saturday last
when about five miles out from JohnstOwn
was met by several masked men who, re-
lieved him of his watch and chain and
So in money
Rev. Plus Preiser, o. 5. b. died at
Poplar Bluffs, Mo, July &, 1891 Father
Preiser was once pastor at st. Boniface,
again at st. Lawrence, this county, after
ward at st. Patrick's Church, Cameron's
Bottom, Indiana county, until 1887.
William Brady, aged 23 years, having
his home in Altoona, and employed at the
Pennsylvania Railroad machine shops,
was handling heavy casting on Tuesday
when il fell upon him mashing him badly
across and between the thighs. He can
not live.
An Independent paper is like double
barrelled gun. 1t has one barrel for Re-
publicans and the other barrel for Demo-
Gratis. The only difference is that when a
Republican sits in the editorial chair the
barrel intended for killing Republicans is
never loaded. And rice Uersd.
e. Fra NIX Wood. of Tyrone, an engin-
ecr on the Bald Eagle Valley railroad was
killed in an accident on that road on Wed
n .Sday, caused by his locomotive striking
COW on the track The locomotive was
thrown over an embankmdnt and Wood
was crushed under the tender.
Jacob 5. Knauer died at the home of
his son-in-law, Edward Evans, in Cam
bria township, on Sunday, aged about 65
years. The deceased formerly lived in In
diana cou nty, and on Tuesday his remains
We're inferred in StrongStown alongside of
L -.
years ago.
Two Stangers, mounted on ponies, gal
lop through town on Monday without ap
pearing To care whether there was an or
dinance against fast riding and driving or
not. As the aforesaid strangers did not
wait for the borough officials to catch on
TO them. the borough treasury was not
swellcd by the payment of any fine.
The contractors on the new railroad
from Kaylor's to Marx Mills have COM
menced work at Kaylor's station. Up un-
I'll the beginning of this week, the work
was prosecuted along the line some dis
tance off aad Invisible to the people trav =
cling on theFanch trains. Now the Dagos
can be seen work near Kaylor's station.
The direeors of the Agricultural So
ciety have decided TO make the following
charges for th' admission of horses TO the
fair grounds oIring the season: Single
admission for ach horse, 10 cents, season
ticket for one ,orse, So; season ticket for
two horses, g, These prices are not for
special races or lr annual exhibitions.
-Tae Agricultural Association will
have number ofraces on their track, on
Tuesday AugustIIth. Six hundred dol
lars in premiums viii be offered and it IS
expected that lrge attendance will be
on the ground. Among the attractions
will be on exhibition of speed by II. Y.
Haw.' pacing kors Jewett with record
of ELF
Ed. Morris, an lrphan boy who has
been living several Vars with Mr.. Daniel
j. Davis, took his doarture sometime on
Sunday evening withut waiting TO bid Mr.
Davis farewell. In having the boy took a
five dollar bill fromMr. Davis pocket
book and left a note sitting that he would
return the amount : soon as he could
earn it.
The barn of Willim Carney, in Nuns
ter township; about to miles from Ebens-
1urg, on the pike, VS. burned down on
tuesday night about nine o'clock. We
have been unable to lern any particulars
as torhe origin of the ire but presume it
was iccidental. The brn was a good one
and was insured in tt Cambria Mutual
company for 500 witt an additional in
surance on the contents,f 300.
"A gang of wiremen arrived here on
! Monday and on Tuesday 'tarted to string
( the wire on the American Telegraph and
/ Telephone Company's line. They began
work near the AlmnShouse and are work.
ing westward, putting up for the first, a
single wire on top of the poles The wire
Is very heavy, of galvanized iron, and in
tended TO steady the poles, although it
will also be used for transmitting messages
The other wires will be put up hereafter
and VIII be of copper.
Frank Judson, a stone mason, of Johns
town, on Friday evening while under the
influence of liquor, went up on the hill
above the station at Conemaugh and
while there went to sleep. Shortly
after going to sleep, he rolled down the en-
DE- nkment and was hadlv injured his
spine and right shoulder being disloca-
ted. He is now lying in the Cambria Hos
pital in precarious condition. Judson is
2S years of age and came from England
about two years ago
Every night the residents of Julian
street are kept awake by the tintinnabu-
lations of cow-bell. About one O'Clock,
after every one is in bed, this enc particu-
lar COW makes her appearance and for an
hour or two moves up and down the street
in quest of gutter grass or anything else
catable that strikes her fancy. Her pres
ence is made known by the ding dong
of bell that is not conducive
10 repose. Her owner ought to keep her
N at night or take off the bell
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