The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-11

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is Captain Collier, of Altoona, and Will
fooling with pistol in front of the gran'
jury room in the Court House it exploded
and more by good luck than the good sens
of the owner no person was hurt. The
ball struck the floor within few inches %
a mans foot but luckily missed it.
The reunion of the Sons of Veterans in
this place on Friday and Saturday of last
week brought a large crowd of people tC
! town and was a very successful affair
The town was tastefully decorated and
with the exception of the weather. which
| was not even fair To middling." the re-
union was very pleasant one for the Sons
of Vets. The next reunion will be- held al
Johnstown.
! -Messrs John and Albert Flick have
leased the Gray Hotel in Carrolltown, and
Will at once take charge of itaand cater To
! the wants of the travelling public. They
are both clever and agreeable gentlemen
| who have hosts of friends, and all who
! hang their his up in this well-knOwn hos
I telrie may feel assured that everything in
/ the landlords power will be done to make
them feel comfortable.
-George Launtz, a fireman on the Penn
Conemaugh, on Saturday last, while sitting
on his engine at Cresson, tainted and fell
on a red hot poker which he had been us
ing TO stir up the fire in the engine a few
minutes before His one hand and arm
was burned i'm a horrible manner and il
will be some time before he will be able to
go TO go To work again.
MIR. II. III. Heist. the proprietor of the
! Maple Grove House of Ebensburg, was in
this city yesterday making negotiations
for securing control of the new Merchants
Hotel. The terms were, however. unsatis-
factory. Mr.. Hsist, with Mr.. Cropp, some
years ago. rented the old Merchants Hotel
and had control for some time. He also
had control of the Bolton House of Har-
/ riSburg, but recently sold out. Mr. Heist
would make an efficient and successful
roprietor.-JOI,nstOtC1t Democrdt.
On last Sunday afternoon while Mary
Tomchik. a domestic employed by Mrs.
Krnok, of Fifteenth ward, Johnstown.
was making a fire in the cooking stove, she
poured kerosene oil on the coal to hasten
the fire. The oil ignited from some smoul-
dering Goals in the stove and in an instant
there was an explosion and the unfortu-
nate girl was envelopei In flames. Before
the flames were extinguished the girl was
burned so badly that portions of burned
flesh fell from her body with her clothing.
She died in a few hours after. She was
about nineteen years OF age and had been
in this country about six months being
native of Hungary.
The crops of Washington and Greene
counties are suffering terribly from the
ravages of graSShOpperS. Not only are the
field crops injured, but fruit is suffer
ing from the evil. Near jefferson, GreeRe
county, it is reported that grasshoppers are
devouring the peaches, leaving the stones
hanging on the trees. Near Lone Pine,
Washington county, they have in many
fields eaten the silk of the corn. Many
turnip patches in that ncighborhoOd are
eaten up. Garden stuff is not escaping
their ravageS and il is likely that there will
be a falling off in Washington county's us
ually large celery crop as "a result of the
grasshopperS' destructive work.
The erection of marble is the last work
of respect TO the memory of departed
friends and is a custom which has been
followed from the earliest ages of an
tiquity. For many years J. Wilkinson x
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 "a most artistic manner. Their
work is'an ornament to the town aS well aS
a credit to themselves. We are giving
them more notoriety than they
deserve and To prove our assertion, go TO
their establishments and see for yourself
They take pleasure in showing their work
whether you wish tn 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
IA large assortment of the latest styles for
customers To select from. They have
arrangements made with wholesale gran
ite dealers so that they can fill all orders
for granite monuments and headStopes la
a short time and as cheap as can be done
anywhere. They buy their stock i'm such
large quantities that they defy competi-
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 acall 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
sylvania. Give them a trial and you can
depend upon getting u good job at u fair
price.