The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-11-18

Dr J. a. Nuuuau. formerly of Chest
Springs. was her. on THURSDAY The
D.srtBr has Recently hung out hi> pruie~-
,IuuaI ~hIugIr al Patton. where he has
already fallru into large practice which
is ~uu growing. His family j. >till at
chest springs but be contemplateS re-
moving them to Patton IN the near future.
The election OF Hon. John Dean. OF
IIullidaySburg, tn the supreme Bench will
create a vacancy on the judicia, bench in
Blair county. Petitions are already out
and numcrouSly signed 10y the friends Of
Hon. y. y. Lands, of IIolliday>bnrg, and
also by the friends of y. V. DiVely, f So, of
Altoona, asking for the appointment of
one or the othcr.
The steam tanncry in this place, has
changed hands and will he operated in
the future by Mr.. RabenStein, Of Pitts
burg As soon a. there is sufficient sup
ply of water the plant will be- operated To
its full capacity and the leather tanned,
will be- finished here. Heretofore the
leather was finished in Messrs. Gallery X
Cos establishment in PittSburg
Mrs. Ellen Evans, widow of the late
John j. Evans, died at her home in Cam
bria township on Saturday November
twelfth. aged about 20 years. The de-
ceased leaves nine children To survive her.
Hosea, of Ebcnsburg; Mrs. Hugh Evans,
OF Cambria township; John H., of Cone
maugh: David J., of Pitt>burg; Mrs.
Daniel Griffith aud Alice Griltith, OF Cam
bria township, and Miss Annie and Han vey
who reside at home.
We clip the following complimentary
notice from the JOhnStown HCrG IT,:
James G.. HaSSon, editor of the CAMBRIA
FREEMAN and chairman of the Democrat
ic committee of this county, is "A candidate
for the postmastership of EbenSburg. Mr..
IaSSOn was postmaster under Cleveland :
former term and performed the duties of
the Office in an able and conscientious
manner He has been a lifelong Demo
crat aud has always been a faithful work
er for the party. Mr.. HlassOn deserves the
Office
The payment Of the annuity To flood
orphans, was made at .Iohnstown ON Mon
day, when s.O.325 was distributed. Each
orphan under sixteen years OF age was
paid SO. There are now 21i orphans of
parents who were lost in the great flood.
The original number was 339, nine having
died aud ifty-ni became of age. The
biggest check paid To amy one person was
$500 To Mrs. Schubert, widow of Editor
Shubert, of the Free Press, who was
drow ned and left eight small children.
The fund has done incalculable good and
there remains much for il u do.
A freight wreck in which three men
were badly hurt and twenty six ears and
two engines were smashed up occurred
near the tower at AlIegripp Us on Wednes-
day night yUout ten o'clock. The wreck
was caused Toy IA train getting beyond the
control OF its crew while descending the
mountain from Gallitzin and when near
Allrgrippus ran into another train. Fire
man ID. f.. Hughes, Engineer Grant Johns
ton aud Fireman Samuel Buck were all
severely uj urcd aud were taken 10 the
Altoona hospital, but We failed To learn
| whether their injuries are regarded as IA
tai, or not.
| Already several petitions are out and
| are being circulated for signers for the APP
| pointmeut of Democratic postmaster in
! Ebcnsburg. There are 81 many applicants
| mentioned that at this date we are not GER
| tain who is and who i not candidate.
| Among those who are certain To be-, II liv-
! ing and well when the proper time comes,
! i the editor of this paper, who believes he
! can I'LL the bill aud perform the duties ia Il
! satisfactory manner To the patrons of the
] Office If there is anything in working
! year in and year out for the cause of De
mocracy whether there was AN office in
| sight or not, we believe we have been there,
| expect To continue there, and when the
] Presidential chair is occupied by Grover
! Cleveland, will press our claims To the eX-
| tent of our ability.