The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-21

! b""n general manager of the Carncpi,
! works at Braddock. succeeds Mr.. Potter a,
! homestead. Mr.. Schwab is well known
| IN this county. being son of Mr.. John
/ Schwah, a we'll known citizen of Loretto
Calvin and Arthur Isenburg and
! Charles l.ouckS, three boys of Rellwood
| Blair county, had dispute over the pos
! sesS ION of pistol in the woods near rhei,
! h ONE on Friday. Loucks finally secured
| IL and while playing with the trigger the
weapon. accidentally went off, sending
ball into the left side of the neck
of Arthur IScnhurg. The injury is serious
| but not fatal.
statistics compiled at the sch DOL do
I partment for the year ending June 9Th.
| 1872, gives the total number of school dis
| tricts in this state at 2,35s, an increase of
| ~ over the previous year total number
| or schools, 23.436 an increase of SOP:
whole number of teachers, -, ,33a; number
| or pupils, @1s.52s; cost of tuition. s.7O5,
! 65' lh. The figures show an increase in
wages paid teachers and general improve
/ ment all along the line.
The chief Of the secret-service division.
treasury department, announces that a
new counterfeit - silver certificate was
| put in circulation in Chicago October 18th.
Ii has the new back, and is of the series
1891, check letter c; Rosecrans, register;
, Neheker, treasurer The paper is fair
and an imitation of the new dstinctiyely
distributed fibre paper used by the govern
| ment. the fibre being initiated in blue and
pink ink by the use OF pen.
Joseph Miller, youngest son of Col.
John y Miller, of Huntingdon. Pa, for
mcrly proprietor of the Blair HuSe in this
place, on Wednesday of last week had a
piece OF diseased bone removed from one
of his legs at the University hospital AT
Philadelphia. Young Miller about three
years ago. while a resident of this place.
got his ankle hurt in playing baseball and
il never got well. The operation was a
successful one and it is believed will give
him permanent relief.
About twenty persons met in the office
of +. \. CreSsweil Monday evening where
an organization of a cavalry troop was ef-
tected. l.. Y. Nelson was choSeIf as COM
mander, and there was much enthusiasm
manifested. There are now twenty-eight
persons who have announced their inten-
tiOn of joining the troop, and drills will be
commenced shortly. 1t iS hoped that the
troop may be In shape to take part in the
Columbus Day parade, but that has not
been fully dccided.-JOhnstOtcn Herald
Some miScreantS one night last week
threw Il lot OF paris green into the hog
trough of Mr.. Jacob SmithbOwer, farmer
residing in Cambria Township, four miles
southwest of EbenSburg. Mr.. Smith
bower, oon after feeding, found his pigs
We're sick. and an examination revealed TO
him the cause. He haj six pigs in the
pen, only one Of which died, the lives of
the Others being saved by feeding them
sweet milk. II was n dastardly trick. If
the perpetrator could De discovered he
Shonld be severely punished.
A twelve-y year-old daughter of Mr.
Joseph Zolner OF Carrolltown, was kicked
in the head by a horse belonging 10 her
father on Sunday last, and received iniur-
les from which il Is thought she cannot re-
cover The CAild was standing in the sta
blr close 10 the horse when a small dog ran
in past the horses heels. The horse kick
ed and his iron bound hOof struck the little
girl ON the temple. crushing in her fore
head and forcing one eve from its socket.
She was IA fsvOrlJa child and much SYM
pathy is manifested for her parents.
A wonderful cave has just been dis
covered ut W OoNlN dIhr Tenure NOuuiN. anu
stock company has been formed ts eX-
plOre it. Those who have visited the
place give its dimensions as five miles in
length and varying in height from fifteen
feet upward, while il is filled with innum-
cradle caVernS that rival in grandeur the
famous Mammoth cave in Kentucky. In
( 1t i flowing stream. almost river, and
a waterfall the depth of which can only
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great rxcltcme nj in the eastern part of the
county.
For a week past the woods along the
old Wilmore plank road, about four miles
south Of nSburg, near the farm Occu-
pied by Lewis King, has been on fire, but
as long as the weather remained calm
there was not much alarm felt. On Tues
day the wind raised, the fire began spread
ing. and the people Of the nclghborhood
viewed with alan IN the danger threaten
TO their fences and buildings. All day and
into the night they were fighting
the dangerous element. The rain on
Wednesday morning, however, gave them
relief and rest by checking the progress OF
! the flames and dampening the leaves and
! tim Der.
The new ballot law is an imperfect
measure. but il is better than the old one.
| The praC tiCal politicians didn't like ii and
/ at first meant TO defeat II in the senate.
! But public sentiment was too strong for
| them and they were Obliged 10 content
| themselves with making IL as intricate as
/ possible and ordained that it should be
! tried for the first time at the coming ma
| tionaI election Recently they have been
| talking about its cost, the huge size OF the
| ballots. the probability of there being no
! election, their whole purpose being TO
! prejudice the people against the law and
| render It's repeal easy. In this way they
| have met with a measure OF success. we
! want 10 say, however, that every citizen
| who has been led TO doubt the utility OF
| the law has been deceived - ttOOrld TTib-
! uuC.
On Monday afternoon All explosion OF
! powder occurred in a Hungarian boarding
/ house at Bens Creek, by which four men
were badly burned. two of them fatally,
The house Immediately caught fire and
was burned 10 the ground, The building
| belonged To J. l.. Mitchell, who operates
| the mines at that place, and at the time OF
| the explosion four Hungarian miners. who
were off work for that day, were inside
] engaged in drinking Several cans oil
blasting powder were piled around ON the
| floor, and il is believed that one OF the
men, in lighting his pipe, dropped partly
burned match into Cne of the powder cans.
| An explosion followed, and the men with
their clothing on fire quickly emerged
from the door and ran to the creek, where
they succeed In queaching the flames, but
not until they were tearfully burned. 1t
is believed that two of the men will die,
willie there l. a possibility that the other
two will recover.
At an early hour on Tuesday morning
rbe brakeman on the Pennsylvania railroad