The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-18

crossing in that town several years ago. go
verdict for 5000 against the Pennsyl'
vania Railroad at Belfonte last week.
Thursday night the horse tn ieveS who
for the past few months have been opera
ting in Westmoreland county broke open
the stable of John g. Myers, of Penn Sta
tion and took a bay horse valued at s226-
Miss Mary Richards, of Johnstown
while attending the merchants picnic al
( Ninevah last week, fell into the Cone
maugh river. and was rescned by Harry
Miller when going down the third time
DR. j. A. Doerner and wife, of Cum ber-
land. Maryland, are here on visit To the
IatterS mother, Mrs. General Mcdonald,
who for the past few days has been eX-
tremely i'll with but little hopes for her re-
covery.
Mr.. Jos Pringle. an engineer on the
Pennsylvania railroad, whose home is at
East Conemaugh. will lead TO the hymenial
altar to-day Thursday Miss Annie
Humphreys. daughter of Mr.. f. j. Hum
phreys of Cambria township.
The Dubois Courier gives the follow
ing dimensions of two pine trees cut on
Dents Run: The first made five sticks.
3 three of them b, one 40 and enc - feet
long: the other made six sticks, one 30,
two b. one -, one 20 and one 16 feet long.
: Mr. F. c. Parrish has on exhibition at
+ his store in. this place an ear of corn, or
rather cluster of ears numbering thirteen,
all growing out of the same stem. 1t is u
curiosity worth seeing and when viewed
on one side has the shape of a mans hand
! The agents of the coal producing COM
panics in New York. met Oh Wednesday
J and ordered the prices advanced ten to
Twenty-Five cents per ton on October /.
/ Broken is advanced ten cents. egg and
! stove fifteen cents and chestnut twenty
five cents.
/ The Government has already been cx-
perimenting with a machine to produce
rain. Now l.. &. Kniffin of Chicago wants
: the Government to try method of his for
preventing froSts. Our Secretary of Agri-
culture will soon have all he can do in
taking care of the weather
A race for a purse of $50 came off on
the Fair grounds on Monday last between
Pat Browns mare Maud. Col. =. W. Davis
black horse and a horse from Gallitzin,
owned by Frank Gillen. Gillen'S horse
won taking three straight heats with
Colonel Davis horse close second.
On Tuesday night New York * ST.
Louis express ran into IA freight eugine
which was standing on the siding at Min
evah. The train was running very slow
at the time AM the only damage done
was to the two engines. Both were con-
siderably broken and had To be sent To the
shops for repairs.
-Rodgcr Mcbride. formerly resident
of the Twelfth Ward. but for some time
an inmate of the county almshouSe on ac-
count of mental troubles, has been granted
a pension of SI2 per month. Mr.. James
Quinn. Mr.. McBride'S committee. secured
the pension for him after considerable ef-
fort.-.JOJ,HStOirn Tribune.
Samuel Gardner who lives in Roxbury.
a suburb of JohnStown, was run over by an
electric car ON Monday evening and badly
injured. One of his legs was crushed so
badly that 1T had To be amputated, and il
is doubtful whether he will ever have the
use of the other. He was hurt while at
tempting To jump off a moving car.
The Empire City FLYING Club" of New
York, on Saturday took l25 carrier pigeons
to CrrsSon and on Sunday morning at 10
o'clock liberated them, first marking each
one of them on the wing and fastening
they rose to some height. and after circling
around. found their course and started
eastward.
One day last week at the grade cross
ing of the Pennsylvania and Beech Creek
railroad. near Philipsburg, IA Pennsylvania
locomotive ran into Beech Creek coal
train. which was passing at the time.
The locomotive WAS completely wrecked,
two coal ears dcmoralized, and the two
story signal tower upset, the signal tender
narrowly escaping with his life.
Mr.. Andrew Eckenrode of the firm of
Ecl<enrode II Hoppel merchants, of Car
rolltown, passed through town on Wedncs-
day on his way home from tour to the
cities for the purpose of buying "A large
stock of goods for the fall trade. New
goods will be arriving daily at their store,
and people wanting the latest styles should
make it thciI business to call on them.
IL. \. McPike and George F. Fresh. of
the Altoona Times and III. and w. Slcp, of
the Altoona Mirror have been arrested on
a charge of libel. w. II. France, lately "A
drposcd member of the police force is the
complainant i'm the case. and charges the
defendants with malicious libel. placing
his damages ut "A heavy amount. The ar
rested parties waived hearing and gave
bail for their appearance at court.
On Sunday night X. j. Hurst. of Altoo
ma, while taking a ride on a freight, met
with a painful accident. Some distance
west of the city he attempted TO dismount
from the freight. but fell. The grert toe
of his right foot was caught by wheel
and crushed so badly that il was aputatcd
at the hospital, TO which institution he was
taken. He received several cuts on the
head. but was not seriously injured.
In this issue of the FREEMAN will be
found the advertisement of Mr.. James
Quinn of Johnstown. dealer in dry goods.
carpets millinery. etc. Mr.. Quinn was
"a member of that old a nd reliable firm of
Gels. Foster Il Quinn. 50 we'll known 10
the people of Cambria county before the
.Iohnstown Hood. and his business house
stands on the same ground occupied by the
old firm When you visit Johnsto give
him a call.
In the Over beck ease tried here on
Monday night Col. Linton appeared as
counsel and argued one side of the case.
Some Of his friends from the north of the
the county who had heard the Republican
fake" stories about his great Illness were
utterly astonished at the mastery argu-
ment made by Col. Linton. One old Dem
ocrat remarked that IF he could do that
well when he was sick, he would certainly
make an able Judge when he is well, and
is the man To vote for" The fake" stor-
les are beginning To react
The County Commissioners of Erie
county are considering the advisability of
establishing stone yard where tramps
can be worked. II will be cheaper than
work house and will have the effect of