The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-08-21

the ca mining ground. Committees are now
at work and every effort is being put forth
to have the reunion held in this place
Gallitzin TjndicdfOr.
A passenger on Eastern Express on
Tuesday night acted so queerly that he
W as watched by the conductor and train
men for fear he would do himself harm.
Some place east of South Fork the man
eluded the train men and jumped from the
cars while going at full speed. He had a
ticket for New York and a steamship tick
ct
DIR. W. f. Matthews. who is inspector
for the state board of health, has been or
dered to go to Richmond. Indiana county.
TO Investigate the causes OF the typh9 Did
fever. which is epidemic there. DIR. IL. F.
Tomb may accompany him. Richmond is
a small village about ten miles from Punk
sntawney. There are about dozen ser
ious cases. end the inhabitants are said to
be panic-s tricken.
John Bremen. of Sum merhill town.
ship, has become insane and was brought
to jail on Tuesday. Brenner has not been
altogether right in his mind for some
years, but some time ago his farm was
sold at Sherif's sale and lately he was dis
possessed of the premises. Since then he
has become much worse and at times is
wild and dangerous. He is about 45 years
of age, and has wife and family.
-.Johnstown has scandal on hand
which is sharking the town from center to
circumference. Professor Siffried Brut-
kiewiez, director OF the Conservatory of
Music. of that city. has been arrested
81 han wit nd haS tar
The victim of the Professors wiles is
daughter of Rev. A. ]. Furman, pastor of
the Baptist church, OF that city. Brut-
k1ewiez gave bail for his appearance at
court.
The testimony in the Greevy Scull con-
test arrived here on Thursday and con-
tains 2,63O pages, or three volumes of close
ly printed matter. and is larger amount
of testimony than in the famous Curtin
Yocum contest. According to the rules,
Mr.. Greevy has thirty days to submit fnr-
ther points and testimony in the case. If
il can be shown that he was fairly elected,
we hope he will take the seat, and then
look out for public building here.-Al-
tOOnd Times.
Specimens of the worms which are rap
idly destroying the hemlock forests Of Pot
ter and adjacent counties, have been re-
ceived by Secretary Edge, of the state
Board of Agriculture. He gives IT as his
opinion that they are the Larvae OF the
larch saw fly. which during irregular per-
iods appear in great numbers in the forests
of Maine and northern New York and de- |
stroy the foliage of the larches and other |
trees. The worms are about three fourthS |
of an inch long, and very sluggish in mo- |
tion.
During the past six weeks hundreds OF |
sheep have been killed In the southern end |
OF Westmoreland county. In every case |
the slaughter has been attributed to dogs, |
but il now appears that the wholesale kill !
ing has been done by wolves. Several |
packs of these fierce brutes have been seen |
by hunters lately on the ridges in the |
of Mechanicsburg. A trav
eler passing over that wild mountain the |
other day was followed for miles by pack |
Of the wolves and only kept them back by |
frequently firing his pistol.
On Tuesday morning a freight wreck
occurred near Summerhill, by which num-
ber OF freight cars were thro En off the
track and the railroad blockaded for a
time. Mail Train. Limited and Day En-
press were all held a short distance west
Of the wreck. When one track was cleared
the passenger trains pulled out, the Limit
I'd going first. Near Wilmorc, Limited
crashed into a freight train but as its
speed was checked before striking there
was not "a great amount of damage done
the engineers and fireman jumping and es-
,aping without injury. The arrival OF
noon train on the branch was delayed two
hourS on account of tho accident
The Catholic congregation Of st. Au-
justine. will hold another of their noted
picnics on all day of Thursday the 27th
md on the evenings OF the 2sth and
9th of the present month. We need
say TO those who want to en-
'njoy themselves that they cannot go
wrong II they take in the picnic at st.
Augustine The people are noted for
heir hospitality and the committee having
he picnic in charge are determined that
The coming one shall surpass all previous
Dicnics in furnishing pleasure to their
guests. The hall and grounds are well
arranged for comfort and pleasure and an
orchestra that cannot be beat will furnish
music that will Timber up the most rheu-
matte limbs, BY all means go to the ST.
Augustine picnic.
The erection of marble is the last work
II respect to the memory of departed
riendS, and is a custom which has been
ollowed from the earliest ages OF an
iquity. For many years j. Wilkinson *
Son have been in the marble business In
:bensburg and through their energy and
honorable dealings, they have built for
themselves a reputation for doing their
v ork in a most artistic manner. Their
work is an ornament TO the town as well as
credit to themselves. We are giving
hem no more notoriety than they
eserve, and to prove our assertion, go TO
heir establishment and see for yourself. !
they take pleasure I'm showing their work,
whether you wish to purchase or not.
they have on exhibition at their works
wo carloads of monuments and head
tones, and in April and May will receive
wo carloads more. They will then have
large assortment of the latest styles for
ustomers to select from. They have | |
made with wholesale gran
te dealers so that they can fill all orders
Or granite monuments and headstones i'm
short time and as cheap as can be done
nywhere. They buy their stock I'm such
lrge quantities that they defy competi-
ion. They also have the agency for the ,
hampton Iron Company and are prepared :
D furnish all kinds of fencing or anything !
4 iron. Persons wishing to purchase any ,
hing in their line of business would do
ell To give them acail before leaving their ,
rder with any other manufacturer, as ,
hey have as fine, IL not the finest stock of .
larble that ever came to Western Penn :
1ivania- Give them Il trial and you can !,
epend upon getting a good job at Il fair q
rice.
Spots On she sun. )
Astronomers have this summer discover !,