The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-10-16

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mill in Cambria township, on land o
Thomas X. Williams, had two of the I'm
gers of his right hand taken of and one
badly lacerated by being caught between
the cross heads and the guides of the en-
gine. Mr. Brown was working about the
engine. and seeing some dirt on the guides
undertook To brush il off. when his hand
was caught Two of the fingers We're am
putated. the third finger was badly crush
ed. but the doctors have some hopes OF
saving il.
Capt. and Mrs. ID. j. Weaver visited
the EbenSburg Fair last week and also Mr..
and Mrs Jacob Weir who live near Holli-
daySburg. During the late unpleasant
ness Mrs. Weir, then Miss Harmon, liv-
I Ing in Virginia, heroically assisted Mrs.
I Weaver through the Confederate lines and
across the Potomac river To rojOin the
! Captain who had previously made a daring
| escape from service in the Confedcracy.
| They had not met since the exciting times
| of '6l and no doubt the meeting was pleas
{ ant. as the Captain and his lady entertain
very tender recolections of their old
friend.-CherTlfree Record.
The hearing of President Dill. of the
! First National Bank, OF Clearfield, took
place last Friday afternoon in the parlor
/ of the Jail and was partly private, no one
/ being present but those interested. The
! United States commissioner required bail
! in $4,000 dollars for Dill's appearance be-
/ fore him to-day Friday.) The bail was
/ promptly furnished~by Ashbury w. Lee,
I James Mitchell, ID. r. Fullerton and Alex.
! Patton. Dill was then brought before
Judge Krebs on a writ of habeas corpus
I and released on 81. 800 bail for his appear
ance at court. This bail was furnished to
/ satisfy the HoutZdale parties.
Col John p Linton, the Democratic
candidate for President Judge, has had a
| law practice of almost forty years, having
been admitted to the bar in 1853. Four
years of this time, however-during the
! civil war-he was among those who imper-
lied their lives for their country's sake, by
helping to put down the most powerful re-
bellion that ever attempted 10 resist the
established authorities Of any natisn- As
a soldier. Col. Linton achieved greater dis
tinction than IL has has ever been the good
fortune OF any other son of Cambria coun-
" to achieve. A. lawyer. he stands sec
ond To node in this part 81 the Common
wealth. II would h. but simple juStice for
the people Of Cambria county TO honor one
- well qualified by calling him 10 the
highest Office within their gift.-JohHsfogrIS
DsInocruf.
The ForSt 4 Grrenlee oil well In the
McDsnald oil field. eighteen miles from
Pittsburg. T. the greatest gusher that ever
vas struck. The oil j. gushing out from
the well al the rate Of CsD barrels pr hour
or it.ioo barrels perday, and - unexpected
Was the unprecedented flow % oil that for
time the greater portion was lost for want
% tankagr. IL will b. gratifying news 10
a number % our readers 10 know that
former Ebeusburg boy, Mr.. Isadore II.
Sultzhach. now one of Philadelphia's lead
clo'hiug merchants, j. one Of the lucky
owners 81 the well, and. as matter Of
course. viii profit greatly from his share
Of the grease. Mr.. Sultzbaeh Is well known
to a number Of people in Ebensburg and
LorettO, where his family lived in his boy
hood days, and his old aeqIaintances will
b. glad 10 hear of his luck.
Mrs. Isaac SPACE, pretty mulatto, liv-
ing at Glenfield, Allegheny county,
mournS the loss of one ear and her nose,
both of which were cut of by her husband
on Tuesday evening. SPACE is colored
barber He had suspected his wife of
being too friendly with ohher men and
warned her il he caught her he would
spoil her beauty for the rest of her days.
Several days ago he learned that she
was i'm the habit of meeting a man named
Irving Lustard. So Tuesday night
SPACE lay in wait in the bushes past which
the pair Strolled on their promenade.
Then he jumped out, plugged Lustard one
under the jaw, overlook Mrs. SPACE in her
flight, and before she knew what he was
about he had pulled a razor and cut off
her nose and an ear. Then he took To the
woods and has not been heard of since
"A telegram dated Tallahassee, Florida,
October . has just reached us which says:
John Crunp, a farmer, and Overton Ber
nard, of the real estate firm of Bernard Il
Son, met this morning and had a quarrel
oven some business connected with the
crop ou the Gwinn plantation, and they
decided To go into the country and settle
the affair with weapons. They left town
together and when they had gone few
miles Bernard said that he would go no
further. Crump fired a shot which missed
its aim, but wounded his antagonists
horse Thereupon Bernard returned the
fire, wounding Crump three times, after
which Bernard returned. Crump fell from
the animal he was riding into the road
where he was found by passers by and
brought to this city" Bernard was mar
ried TO Miss Annie, daughter of the late
Isaac Crawford. sf Ebensburg.-JolnstOlc
DemOcrUt.
Sale bills were printed at this Office
during the present week for w. A. Il. Lit
tie, ESQ.,, of Allegheny township, who on
Saturday, October 2ith inst, at 10 o'clock
A. NJ will sell a 6ne team of Clydesdales
six years old, one mare and one horse will
weigh about l. 800 each, three milk cows,
10 shoats, , hogs, lot OF chickens, pea
fowls, head of young cattle, shesp p,
about - tons of hay. Is tons OF straw, 800
shocks of corn. new Osborn reaper and
binder, Osborn mower, Rake, Grain drill,
Oliver plow, double harrow, single harrow
shovel plow, cultivator. two horse wagon,
Condor spring wagon, wagon ladders, hay
fork, ropes and pulleys, B sets new harness
and many other articles too numerous TO
mention. Everything will be sold and pur-
chasers will find il rare chance for bar
gains as Mr.. Little has recently purchased
the Me cDonald property in Loretto, and in
tends going into the business OF merchan-
diSeing.
The erection of marble is the last work
of respect TO the memory of departed
friends, and is a custom which has been
followed from the earliest ages of an
tiquity. For many years J. Wilkinson &
Son have been i'm the marble business in
Ebensburg and through their energy and
honorable dealings, they have built for
themselves reputation for doing their
work in most artistic manner Their