The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-04


Patterson. were brought to Jail on Wednes-
day evening from Johnstown, charged
With murder in causing the death of Harry
Roberts. In another column will be found
detailed account of the bows death
The coffee cup is a capital barometer.
| After the sugar has been put in il the bub-
bles collect in the middle of the cup Il e
weather will be fair; if they leave the cen
ter and adhere to the sides of the cup,
forming a ring of bubbles with clear
space in the middle. there will be rain ; if
they scatter themselves indifferently On the
surface, the weather will be variable,
while "a cluster of bubbles at one side OF tie
cup indicate rain.
Ray Lloyd, a thlrteen-year- West
moreland county youth, after purchasing
eight boxes of toy pistol caps, went home
to his mother, who, with rod in hand, laid
the boy across her knee and proceeded to
administer threshing. About the second
or third stroke the rod came down across
the pocket with the caps in and there was
an explosion which tore the clothes from
the boys back scattered them over the
room, and badly burned both the mother
and the boy. Moral: When you go to
whip your boy, be sure he isn't loaded.
Conrad Denne, of Portage township,
while in the woods chopping, one day last
week met with a serious accident. He
had chopped off u tree which in falling
lodged against another when he attempted
to climb up to cut it loose. While climb
ing up he fell alighting on a stump on
which was large splinter sticking up,
which entered his body between his legs
| penetrating as far as his bladder and max
ing a terrible wound. After receiving
medical attention he was taken to the
Cambria Hospital at Johnstown for treat
meut.
On Saturday, September 5th, there will
be u grand harvest home picnic held at the
Pringledale Campmeeting grove, near
| Wilmore, for the benefit of St. Bartholo-
news Catholic church, of that place. The
| grove is one of the best equipped picnic
| grounds in the country and the committee
having charge OF the arrangements will
| spare no pains to make it pleasant and
| agreeable to all who attend. A fine dancing
platform is on the grounds, an elegant or
chestra has been secured, dinner and sup
! per will be served on the grounds, and ev-
erything necessary for comfort and enjoy
ment will be there. Don't forget the day
| -Saturday-and be sure to go.
On Tuesday last two little boys James
and Cha rles Peters, aged four and six years
| while playing in the house of their grand
father James Patton. in Johnstown, found
an oil can in the kitchen and after pouring
out part of the contents set it on fire.
There was an explosion and James was
enveloped in flames. Charles ran and
! alarmed his relatives who hurried to the
scene but too late to save the unfortunate
| boy, and barely in time TO save the house
! as the kitchen was on fire and il required
the efforts of the fire department To sub
! due the flames. After the flames were ex-
tinguiShed the body of the little boy was
found burned to crisp. The damage done
to the building and furniture is estimated
at about $500 which is covered by inSur
| ance.
= On Saturday last the best contested
| base ball game of the season was played on
the Belmont grounds in this place, be-
| tween the Court House nine and the prin-
| ters. Ink singing is calculated to develop
the muscles, and the batting done by both
mines was theme for wonder and admira-
| tion for the spectators. The running of
the Court House nine might have been i'm
proved on and would have been much bet
ter had the game been played closer to
election time, but as 1t was, the Court
Housers had not been trained down as fine
| as they will be In few weeks. When the
| printers came to the bat the umpire be-
came uneasy and nervous and manifested
"a desire TO get outside of the fence but on
the assurance that there would be no dan
ger OF being knocked into ''pi'' was finally
induced to remain in the field. Owing to
his being kept busy dodging the ball he
| failed to witness the numerous fine plays OF
the printers and gave all decisions In favor
OF the weaker party, the Court House nine.
That accounts for the score standing Is to
ii in favor OF the Court Housers at the
end of the game. III there should be an
other game between the two mines the
printers will insist on having high pres
sure umpire with all the latest improve
ments and the Court House nine will never
again be heard of.
| On WedneSd ay morning Messrs. Davis
& Owens who operate a steam threSher I'm
this locality, commenced threshing on the
farm OF Mr.. John ID. Jenes in Cambria
township, about four miles north OF Ebens-
burg. The thresher and separator were
| placed on the threshing floor of Mr. Jones
barn, which was Il large one, being 9Ox4O
| feet, with the engine about IS feet away.
A crew of fourteen men were doing the
threshing and everything had gone well
until after dinner. About one hundred
and twenty-five bushels of oats and one
hundred bushels of rye had been threshed
and they were Just about commencing on
the wheat, whea spark from the engine
was carried into the barn by the belt and
set some straw ON fire. One of the men
grabbed the burning straw 10 carry it out,
but gust of wind carried il into the barn
and in an instant almost, the inside of the
barn was a sheet of flames and the build
ing doomed to destruction. The men set
To work to- save what they could and got
out n lot of harness, mower and reaper,
wagons and other farming utensils. All
the grain that had been threshed, besides
200 dozens of wheat, about 60 tons Of hay
and buggy were burned. The loss is es-
timated at about 81 600 on which there is
an Insurance of 81, 600 in the Cambria Mu-
tual Company.
The erection of marble is the last work
/. OF respect to the memory of departed
| friends, and is custom which has been
| followed from the earliest ages of an
tiquity. For many years j. Wilkinson &
| Son have been 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 well as
! a credit TO themselves We are giving
them no more notoriety than they
deserve, and TO prove our assertion, go to
their establishment and see for yourself
f; They take pleasure In showing their work,
whether you wish to purchase or not.