The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-29


John l.. Slough.
Hon. ~ T. Macdonald, present mem
Der Of the Legislature from Blair county
has been appointed postmaster at Altoona,
to succeed T. Il. Patton, who resigned
some time ago.
Notices are conspicuously posted .n.the
POstoflce warning people against sending
money through the mails TO lottery enter
prises. There Is heavy penalty for using
the mails for such purposes.
On Monday and Tuesday evenings
June 1st and end the members of the c. NJ.
church will hold festival in the Ebcns-
burg Opera House. Ice cream, strawber-
ries etc, will be serv ed. Everybody is In
vted.
Don't be fooled into sending of your
photograph to New York parties, under
the delusion that they will make you
fine crayon picture free. They make you
a cheap picture and charge anywhere
from - 10 sl2 for the frame.
1t Is said by thoroughly competent
Judges that never before has Centre coun-
ty sustained such immense damage by for
est fires as this spring. II is estimated that
the value of improvements, lumber and
standing timber destroyed will amount TO
sl5oOOo.
An incedendiary tried to burn the
Court House at Belfonte, on Saturday
night. The discovery was made on Mon
day morning, and paper and sawdust. sat
urated with coal oil, were found just OUT
side the door, where hole had been burn
ed in the mating, when the fire went out.
The barn Of A. C, Lausberry, OF Gra-
ha, lt,rt
ed about o'clock on Saturday morning Of
last week together with IS sheep, calf
mower, drill, rake, thresher, tanning mill,
buggy, spring wagon, sleigh, lot of hay,
flour and feed, harness, etc The fire Is
supposed TO have been OF lncendiary ORR
gin.
The Supreme court has decided that
all bridges, after being constructed, are
part of the public highway and a. such
must be kept in regular repair by the
tywnship or borough in which they are
situated. Heretofore il has been the
custom of the county to keep In repair all
the bridges erected at the expense of the
county.
On Sunday evening the house OF Hugh
O'Donnell, at Summitville, was entered by
burglars while the family were at church
and trunk broken open and about six
hundred dollars in money, one gold watch
and two silver watches taken. So far as
We have learned there is no clue to the
robbers, but II is supposed 10 have been
the work OF some one acquainted with | he
premises.
Some people never know that they
need certain things until some smooth
tongued peddler makes them believe that
their past life has been blank because
they never possessed the erticle he wants
TO sell them, and he generally succeeds.
But this is not all. If the matter be prop
erly Investigated the buyers will find that
they have paid much higher price than
they could have purchased tho article of
some of the local merchants
"A trick pony belonging to Aliens cir
Gus which showed here on-Saturday got
loose on Saturday Right and Strayed away.
a reward OF s25 was offered fer the return
OF the pony and on Tuesday, Herman Rob
erts of Cambria township, brought the
pony into town, he having foIrnd the pony
on his premises on Sunday morning. Mr..
Roberts only accepted ten dollars of the
reward, regarding that amount as Sutli-
cicnt remuneration for his trouble.
The Chicago Lin fted on the Pennsyl-
railroad on Monday night, when passing
Latrooe struck carriage, with unree per-
sons Richard Fox, Miss Mollie McNally
and Miss Bertha McCreary. Fox was torn
70 pieces and Miss mcNally Instantly
killed while Miss MCl-eary was badly in
jurcd. The party were out driving and
did not see the train in time te escape.
The accident occurred in front Of their
homes the parties being next-door neigh
borS
The following recipe for home made ice
Is simple II effective. Take cylindrical
vessel and pour 3Is inches Of commercial
sutphuric acid and lsi ounces of water into
1t, and then add one ounce Of po Tdered
suip-soda. In the center of this mixture
place a smaller vessel containing the wat
or To, De frozen; then cover the vessel, and
II possible revolve the whole with gentle
motion In few minutes the water in the
small vessel will be converted into ice.
The OPP ration should, II possible, be per-
formed, in cool place-in celler ;cr eK-
ample
-Ths-erection of marble il Hhe last work
OF respect 10 the memory of departed
friends, and is a custom which has been
followed from the earliest ages OF an
Son have -Ueen in the marble business in
Ebensburg and through their energy and
honorable dealings, they have built for
themselves a reputation for doing their
work in a most artistic manner. Their
work is an ornament to the town as we'll as
= credit TO themselAes. We arr giving
them no more notoriety than they
deserve. and 10 prove our assertion, go 10
q haf fab q.
They take pleasure in showing their work
whether you wish TO purchase or not
They have on exhibition at their works
tt~o carloads Of monuments and head
stones, and in Aprli and May will receive
two ar-loads more. They will then have
a. Large assortment of the latest styles for
customers to select from. They have
arrangements made with wholesale gran
ite dealers so that they can fill all orders
for granite monuments and headstones ih
a short time and a. cheap as can be done
anywhere. They buy their stock in such
large quantities that they defy competi-
'tlon. They also have the agency for the
Champion Iron Company-and are prepared
80 furnish all kinds OF fencing or anything
-, iron. Persons wishing toPurchase any
thing In their line OF business would do
veil 10 give them a call before leaving their
order with any other manufacturer, as
they have a. fine, II not the finest stock OF
marble that ever came 10 Western Penn
sylvaRia. Give them trial and you can
depend upon getting good job 81 a fair
price.
The alood Gray Poet.
Walt Whitman makes a truly "pictur-
esque picture" He looks as honest as he
writes. He wears no cloak; there's no ky-
pocrisy, no sham there. We have 'sOld