The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-17


, leg ground of by the cars on Thursday in
attempting to jump on moving freigh
train.
Tho Pittsburg and Ebensburg specia
train will leave Pittsburg during the Sum
mer season every Saturday afternoon a
2:45 p. NJ, and returning ON Monday.
will leave Ebensburg at 1905 and Cressor
at 7:35 \. NJ. On Mondays any of our peo
, pie wishing to go TO Pittsburg for POI
visit can go there and back on the sam.
lay.
"A special from Cresson Springs to tn,
New York World says: 1T is understood
that the President is expected here this
m onth, though no official assertion to that
effect is to be obtained. 1t is thought he
will come alone and be at the hotel few
days. Whether his family will arrive
later is so far merely matter of conject-
ure.
"A Clinton county man who had been
10 Lock Haven attending a meeting on
Tuesday night, on his return home heard
his hogs Squealing and upon investigation
found big black bear in the pen. In the
absence of a gun the animal was attacked
with an axe and driven away. Some time
afterward the largest of the hogs was
found dead, its back having been
broken,
Mr.. f. =. Creswell. of this place, IL
! sufficient encouragement be given him by
the people of Ebensburg, will erect an
electric light plant for the purpose of fur
| nishing light to the town. Already num-
Der OF people have Signified their intention
of using the light and we hope it may be
but a short time until we can touch the
button and the electric light plant will do
the rest.
| While Martin Beam, of Bell township.
| Clearfeld county, was cleaning up scme
| brush and tops preparatory to moving
some shlngle timber, he cut away a sap
| ling that held another tightly bound. of
| which he had taken no notice whatever,
| and when the bound tree was released il
| struck him a terrible blow across the alb
domen, injuring him internally and caus-
ing his death two days after the accident.
The School Directors for Ebensburg on
Monday night met and appointed the fol-
lowing named teachers for the ensuing
| term, commencing on the first Monday of
September next: No. 1. Miss Allie Lloyd,
s32 per month; No. ., Miss Effie Myers,
4, Miss Annie Jones, s37; T. L. Gibson,
principal, who was selected some time ago.
will have charge OF No. 5, at SIS per month.
-Theophilus s. Wilson, aged 81 years,
President Judge OF the 18th Judicial Dis
trict OF Western Pennsylvania. whose ser
iouS Illness we noted two weeks ago, died
at one o'clock on Monday morning of last
week at the home of Edward Nixon, at In
diana. Pa. He came from his home in
Claricn, Pa, some weeks ago to held court
for Judge White. Heart failure caused his
death, aggravated by an attack of lumba
90, which attacked him while holding court
in Indiana.
Rev. Ferdinand Kittell, pastor of st.
Michael's church, Loretto, has issued a
circular appealing TO the people of Cam
bria and other places for funds to preserve
from ruin and decay the chapel and resi-
dence of Rev. DemetriuS y. GallitZin. the
pioneer priest of the Alleghenies. If, as
the circular says, you care TO aid in per-
petuating the memory of one who was great
as a prince, missionary and an American
citizen, kindly send contribution, how
ever small. To Rev. Ferdinand Kittell, Lor-
ettO, Pa.
The Johnstown Tribune learns from
trustworthy source that the firm OF Wood,
Morrell & Co. Limited. has sold to a syn
dicate of capitalists its buildings, grounds,
stores, goods and fixtures. The sale covers
not only the buildings, grounds goods, etc,
in JohnStown, but those in Blair county,
and everywhere else the firm has interests.
In an article taken from the Phla-
delphia Record to be found on our second
page, the reason OF the sale is accounted
for, and goes to show that there are other
ways of killing a dog than choking him
with butter.
John w. Whistler, formerly of Johns
town, was drowned in the Allegheny river
on Sunday last. The Pittsburg Post of
Monday morning has the following con-
corning Whistler and the manner OF his
death: John w. Whistler, a man of
thirty-five years old, was drowned in the
Allegheny River at Brilliant yesterday
afternoon, With some companions he had
gone in bathing, but got beyond his depth
because he could not swim. William Mon
dell found the body an hour after. Whist
Ter was painter and decorator. He
boarded at No. 41a Frua kstown avenue.
Mrs. Peter Huber, died at her home in
Carroll township, on Sunday, the 5th in
stant, aged 20 years. Mrs. Huber was born
in Lycoming county, March 18th, 1921, and
was married June 3Oth, 1910. Last year
the deceased, with her husband, celebra-
ted her golden wedding in the presence of
a large circle of relatives and friends. Her
death is Elourned by a bereaved husband
who was her companion for fifty lone years,
and ten children, Thomas, who is at
Present Stward of the Almshouse: James,
Simon, Joseph, Rev. Vincent, o. :. B., Ed
ward, Peter, Mrs. William Dishart, Sister
Teresa, o. ). B., of Allegheny, and Sister
Irmina, o. 5. b., of Carrolltown.
Altoona was visited on Wednesday
morning by another disastrous fire which
destroyed about $4,000 worth of property.
The fire originated in the ice cream manu-
factory of Harry Nixdorf corner of Tenth
and Eleventh streets, and before il was
gotten under control the rooms occupied
by Geo. +. STREET., dealer in hides and
leather, James c. Watts & Bro, commits
sion merchants, Henneman Il Besant,
commission merchants, all under one roof
and owned by Geo. +. Street were con-
sumed. A building owned by Andrew
PARCEL, Sr., fell prey to the devouring
element. The roof of the Lenoard House
House was partially burned and the inside
of the house deluged with water.
jerry +. Magginnis, OF Greensburg, I
lost his life by a peculiar accident on Tues
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Maginnis were sitting In |
the kitchen together, the latter preparing |
breakfast. Up stairs above the kitchen /
was their sleeping room and under the bed |
were two loaded guns one a Winchester
rifle. Their little son aged three years and !
seven months got ont of bed and seeing the /
guns took the Winchester rifle and drag