The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-02-06
co- vour sale bills printed at the FREr

Get vour sale bills printed st the FREF-
MAN office.
One soft coal double heater for sale
cheap at Dufton & sons.
Mr.. f. \. Lyte, of Kane. visited Eb-
ensburg the present week
A new post Office will soon be located
At Patton, formerly Marx Mills
Mr.. NJ. D. Bearer has been appointed
Deputy by county Treasurer Mayer ana
viii continue in the position he SO Wen
filed under Treasurer Howe.
Mr.. Elias Powell, of Chicago, brother
OF Mrs. Griffith ]. Lloyd, Of Cambria town
ship. was here on visit last week after
an absence Of nineteen years.
When the oil excitement pr evailed in
the. western part Of this State twenty years,
ago. a farm was purchased by syndicate
for 81. 10000. At a recent sale Of land Tor
taxes this same farm. situate near Pithoie'
was sold for 800
Mr.. Allen Wightman, who appear In
the title role Of .'Our German Ward" at the
the Opera House on Friday evening, Feb
ruary 18th, ranks with Ellis, Fritz Emmett
and Stalev, He is one of the sweetest
singers on the stage.
A house occupied by Elmer Berkepile
on one OF the Cambria Iron Com pany' S
farm near Johnstown, caught fire from Il
defective nue about o'clock on Sunday
dav evening while the family We're absent
at church and in short time was heap
OF ruins The loss on building aud furni-
ture is estimated at about 1920
On Thursday night OF last week. as
New York e Chicago Limited was pass
ing Bens Creek, some one threw bottle
through the window OF one OF the cars.
A Mrs. McKeever who occupied the seat
next 10 the window was badly cut about
the forehead by the broken glass. On Sat
urday two Hung2rians We're arrested
charged with being the parties who threw
the bottle.
On Wednesday morning OF last week
the dwelling house OF Michael Snyder, OF
Carroll township, caught fire about B
o'clock and. toge ther with the entire con-
tents, burned to the ground, the family
barely escaping with their lives. The fire
IS supposed 10 have originated from de-
fective lue. Mr.. Snyder was absent from
home at the time and the members Of the
aroused by the sutfocating smoke, and on
" in time TO save the others, who made
their escape by jumping from the second
story.
james Fisher and wife OF Altoona,
while going into their house on Wednes-
day, were set upon by two drunken toughs-
The wife escaped into the hOnse, but her
husband was knocked down and almost
beaten into inSensibility with an ak handle
one OF the men carried. Seeing her hus-
band being malterated. the wife ran out of
the back door and started down the street
in search Of the police She was overtaken,
however, and, while one man held her, the
other took an az handle and repeatedly
struck her over the head. Her face and
shoulders were badly bruised, ana she is
now in very precarious condition. The
men were arrested and gave their names as
James McRaulek and John Doll.
Mr.. Jacob Brallier, of East Cone
maugh, was taken suddenly sick, while at
his work in the railroad yard at East Con-
emaugh, on Wednesday Of last week, and
| physician summoned who administered
| morphine pills. Mr.. Brallisr fell into 8
| sleep from which he never awOlle and not
| withStanding the physician was again
summoned, who did everything possible.
Mr.. Brallier never rcgaIued consciousness.
An autopy revealed the fact that infam-
nation Of the kidneys which produced
uremic poisoning was the cause Of stu
por and dea tn and not an overdose of NOR
phine as was at first supposed. Mr.. Brazil
ier was the eldest son Of Mr.. Samuel
Brallier, Of Jackson township, and leaves
wife and several small children 10
mourn his death.