The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-02-13

-Tha ner. Methodist Episcopal church
-. ,--r,-aIiry viii be dedicated on Sunday
with appropriate services. Excursion tex
ets viii t,> sold on the Cresson & Coalport
road good for return on Monday.
The remains Of the food victim, found
at Sang Hollow on Monday, as noticed In
another column, after being taken to
| Johstown, were identified as those OF MISS
! Frances Sarah, dau ghter OF John Shifauer'
aged 10.
! sponse to a letter from the members OF the
| Bar Of that county requesting him to again
! no a candidate for President Judge, has
! consented and announced his candidacy Tor
that office.
! John Cummings, OF South Fork miner
who worked in the Argyle mines at that
place on Tuesday morning, was taken /
| suddenly i'll. sat down and in few mo- /
! ments expired Mr.. Cummings was about /
fifty-four years OF age.
There will be exposed TO puolic sale on !
the premises OF Martin Ward, IN TINS
place, on Saturday, February 18th, 1891,
lot OF household goods consisting OF furni-
ture. stoves sewing machines, tinware,
crockery, etc. Terms, cash.
Mr.. II. j. Shettig, formerly OF the
! Hastings House, Hastings, has removed
from that place and taken charge OF the
Hotel LeGrande at Dubuois, Pa, where he
will be glad to have his many friends call
TO see him when visiting that place.
-Washington's birthday February 22nd)
this year falls on Sunday. The fact VIII
not interfere with those who wish TO OBJ
serve the legal holiday, as the law pro-
vides that when a holiday falls on Sunday
the following Monday shall be observed.
hos a
proposition to walk the length of the
American continent for $4,000. He will
start from Aspenwall, passing through
Central America, Mexico, and thence
northward He says he will do it in 100
days.
In the Bedford county court last week
there we're thirty three applicants for ho-
tel licenses, twenty-five of which were
granted, one refused and five held over.
There was a great fight between lawyers
for and against, in which Hon. John Cess
ma took the leading part against.
, John Burton n miner living at Ehren-
field, was found lying beside the railroad
; tracks on Monday morning by acquaint-
ances. He was conscious, and told them
, fast train, supposed TO be No. 2l, had
, struck him. A few minutes afterward he
, died. Burton is aged 43 years and leaves
family.
-Messrs Gable & Co., of Altoona, have
:, an ''ad'' in this paper which will prove IN
! teresting to our lady readers. Gable x Co.
are well known for their low prices, but
the figures announced in their advertise
/, ment to-day are cutting under any hereto
:. fore announced. and everyone should read
II them.
Thomas Ray, OF Tenth ward, Johns
t town, aged twenty years. while fooling
= with a revolver and trying To frighten his
g sister on Saturday, unexpectedly dis
charged the weapon and shot his sister in
3 the breast. The bullet struck the breast
d bone and glanced TO one side, inflicting q
: wound that luckily is not serious.
Mr.. C. p. Mcdonald, of Altoona, son
II of General Mcdonald of this place, en-
r pIoyed in the railroad shops at Altoona,
P. while hewiug piece Of timber on We'd
nesday. was struck in the right eye by a
= heavy chip. The eye was badly bruised
a but an examination at the hospital dis
= closed the fact that the sight was not in
@ jured.
Mrs. Findley, wife of Robert II. Find
, ley, Of Johnstown. who has been insane for
> some time past. on Sunday eluded the Wig
= lance Of her husband who was watching
:, her. and running 10 the banks OF the stony
creek river, threw herself in and would
=, hBve drowned had it not been for her time
Il ly rescue by a ncighbor who happened tC
Il arrive on the scene in time to prevent hcI
Il rash attempt at sclf-destructiOn.
Testimony was taken here on Tuesday
and Wednesday in the Greevy- -Scull Con
p" greSSional contest. The commissioner sa
: in the arbitration room in the court hous,
|
IL parts OF the county were examined. Dis
trict Attorney O'Connor represented th'
5 interests OF Mr.. Grecvy, while Hon. Johl
: NJ. Rose, OF Johnstown. and Fred w. Bier
n seeker, Esq, OF Somerset, were the attor
Il neys for Mr.. Scull.
Mfr. Frank w. Selders, OF Blacklicl
township, will sell at public sale at his res
= idence one and one half miles south OF Bel
" sano, on Wednesday, February 25th, inst.
I. at one o'clock, T. NJ. n lot of personal prop
.; erty, consisting of one horse, one COW an'
); calf, two yearlings, one set of harness, on
= one-horse sled, one plow, one harrow, ont
cross-cut saw, hay by the ton, sewing ma
4 chine, bureau, stove and variety OF othe
, articles too numerous TO mention.
= All the departments of the Edga
Y Thomson steel Works at Braddock, viii
l. CIOSt uON u on LOT
,t time. The A. and ID. furnaces are now of
and f was on Wednesday banked Th'
" mill will close for repairs, and on Sunda.
m all the other furnaces will be banked
:, The contemplated improvements and re-
- pairs can be completed by April 1st, bu
IN the resumption of operations at the biz
~ mill will depend largely on the outlook IL
"a the coke regions.
The Pennsylvania railroad company
in view OF the increased traffic and heav,
:, coal trains that will be hauled on that par
10 OF the Ebensburg & Cresson branch roa'
from Kaylor station 10 Cresson, after tn
building OF the new railroad from Brubak
er junction up the Chest creek TO Kaylor
" will commence work as soon as the wealth
er permits on Strengthening the track an
leSsening the grade on that part OF tn
lie branch road between Kaylor station an
y, Munster. Between these two points, whic
X. have about the same elevation, there is on
ne very heavy curve and a grade on the roa
to OF eighty five feet which will be obviate
C. by running the road further south near th
yh village of Munster.
It, 1T Is impossible for the people here I
as forget the sad scenes OF the flood OF Ma
of 81, 1889. Every once in a while there
ng something discovered or unearthed as
as sad reminder of loss OF either life or prop
90. erty. Yesterday in digging a hole for on
Ir. OF the poles for electric wires, corner {
nd Market and Locust streets, little satch,
n evidently belonging to a lady was throw
he out, and falling to pieces, a number OF silv,
be coins were scattered all around. Mayt
men aud boys didn't hustle TO pick il u,
70. Dimes, half-dimes, quarters, dollars an
an half-dollars were picked up, aggregatiu
q, about $50. The silver was as black as
a. black cat. The question Is, to whom di
= IL belong? Probably the nnestinn wi