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

While local freight was shifting a
Clearlield on Monday wreck train ran in
TO the rear of the freight, demolishing six
cars and the engine. One car was throw:
over the bank onto the Beech Creek rail-
road, fatally injurins George ocheii ant
Charles Stewart.
John II. Benford the contractor. il
engaged In erecting ten dwelling house.
for the Cambria Mining and Manufactur
ing company on Trout Run. about thre,
miles from Portage. He also expects or
ders for ten more. and when these ar,
completed it will make a total of sixty
houses which Mr.. Bcnford has erected fol
this firm. Mr.. Baird, pI resident of thu:
corporation. is n millionaire. and is chair
man of the committee for carrying out tn,
charitable purposes of the viii Of the lat,
1. V. Williamson, of fPhiladelphia.-John
iOtcn Herald.
On Wednesday. II. \. HawS' cclrhra-
ted trotting horse, eGett, arrived here
/ on the cars from Erie, and is now quarter
! ed in the stables on the Fair Grounds.
! Jewett has a pacing record of mile in
! 2:14 and a trotting record of 2:22 and some
! of these days at the track on the fair
! grounds some of the fastest trotting that
has ever been witnessed it this part OF the
country will be done by this noble speci-
men of the horse. We understand the Di-
rectors OF the Fair have in contemplation
! holdiG- some spirited races sometime dur
ing next month.
Mr.. John Keough, of st. Louis, Mo,
came up TO Ebensburg on Saturday and
spent a couple of days in town. Mr..
Keough is remembered by our older resi-
dents as having lived when a boy for sew
eral years with General Mcdonald and the
late Thomas Il. Moore, and afterward
clerking in Moore's store, Carrolltown.
Mr.. Keough at the breaking out of the
war left Ebensburg as a member of Com
pany A, 11th p. X. c., and after serving
for three years again enlisted in Company
+, nth =. V. He is now a 4 member of
the Christian Brotherhood a: st. Louis.
On Sunday last Captain Thomas Davis,
while sitting on the porch of his residence
with his wife, noticed a commotion among
his chickens. He had hen that number
sd among her flock four little ducks that
claimed her for a mother, besides num-
Der OF half-grown chickens. One of the
little ducks was seen TO be backing away,
apparently from some object, while the
the old hen and the little chickens and
ducks were following up, seemingly great
ly alarmed. On the Captains approach he
found a garter snake about eighteen inches
long had closed its mouth on the little
ducks bill and the duck was making fran
tic efforts to break away and disengage its
bill from the hold Of the snake. The Cap
tain killed the snake and released the lit
tie duck much to the satisfaction Of the
old hen and her brood.
The erection of marble is the last work
of respect 10 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 reputation for doing their
work in n most artistic manner. Their
work is an ornament to the town as well as
n 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.
They take pleasure in showing their work.
whether you wish to purchase or not.
They have on exhibition at their works
two carloads of monuments and head
stones. and in April and May will receive
two carloads more. They will then have
a large assortment of the latest styles for
customers to select from. They have
arrangements made with wholesale gran
lite dealers so that they can fill all orders
for granite monuments and headStones in
a short time and as cheap as can be done
anywhere. They buy their stock in such
large quantities that they defy csmpeti-
ton They also have the agency for the
Champion Iron Company and are prepared
to furnish all kinds of fencing or anything
in iron. Persons wishing to purchase any
thing in their line OF business would do
well TO give them a call before leaving their
order with any other manufacturer, as
they have as fine, If not the finest stock Of
marble that ever came to Western Penn
sylvana. Give them trial and you can
depend upon getting good job at q fair
price.