The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-04-22

ing friends in Ebensburg.
Mr. Clark Crcerv. of this place has six
young foxes that ne captured one day las
week.
Mrs. Malinda Byrrc. of Altoona, is
visiting her parents ~. and Mrs. John
Bender. of the Cambria House. in this
place.
Mrs Judge Johnston and her daugh-
tiers. Misses Maud ANA Irenc Glass. re-
turned home on Monday after several
weeks absence visiting friends.
On Wednesday morning thieves entered
the store of Thomas J. Armstrong in Al
tuona. stole Zine pairs of mems boots.
dozen suits of underwear and two boxes
of cigars.
--Rajah. an elephant much larger than
Jumbo passed over the Pennsylvania rail-
road on Saturday cn route 10 Kansas City
He arrived in New York few days ago
from the East Indies.
Mr. John +. Straycr. of John>town.
has announced himself "a candidate for
the Legislature on the Democratic ticket
at the approaching Democratic primary
| election. Mr.. Straycr is a working Demo-
crat and if nominated would serve the peo-
pie and party faithfully and well.
Mr.. Patrick Branitf. Il wcll-known cit
iZcn of AtOena and former resident OF
Lorctto. died al his home in Altoona on
Wednesday. aged - wears. He leaves "A
wife and one son. Thomas J.. of Kansas
City. Mo-: and three daughters. Mrs. Il.
O'Hagan. of Frugality. ard Mrs. H. j.
LyncI. and Miss Jennie. both of Altoona.
While burning rubbish i'm the lot last
Wednesday evening. little G-year-old
daughter of John Turner. of RoStraver
township. was burned to death by her
clothing taking fire from the flames. She
live d only short time. and her Sufferings
were almost cN"ruciating. No less than
three children have shared the same fate
in this county within the past week or
| two.--GrcCnSbUr Argus.
We understand that one Indiana
| county man recently went to New York
| and was swindled out of $40 by the green
| goods men. He i a man of family, but
! has never subscribed for Il county paper.
The sum he gave the swindlcrS and his car
| fare 10 New York and back would have
| paid for the Messenger for many years.
| Had he been a subscriber to this paper he
| would have been saved the humiliation of
| being taken for a Suckcr.-HtdjGuG Ness
! cngCr.
| On Wednesday morning the post office
| at Woodbury.. Blair county was entered by
| burglars the safe burSted open and robbed
/ OF ninety dollars in money and stamps be-
| longing 10 the government, a blank money
| order book. and nearly three hundred dol
lars belonging 10 the postmaster taken.
| The noise made by blowing open the safe
aroused several of the ncighborS who got
up and went in pursuit of the thieves and
succeeded in arrcSting one man who is be-
iicved To have had hand in the robbery.
Several shots were fired by the retrcatng
thieves.
| Miss Minnie Dichl. of this place. L. Il.
K. telegraph operator at DonahOc station.
played the role of "A heroine on Wednesday
evening and saved "A human life. Miss
Dichl was attending To her duties when
she cSpicd an engine sweeping up the track
at great speed. At the same time she no
Iiced a child. probably two years old.
crawling across the rails and making its
way Immediately in front Of the approach
ing locomotive. Quick as possible the
young lady ran down from her office and
Snatchcd the infant from the track just
"a the engine flew by, thus saving its life.
Miss Dichl is certainly true heroine
Grccnsbtug Democrat.
AT the Republican convention held AT
Harrisburg on Wednesday Hon. John
Dean. of IollidayShurg. was nominated
! for Judge of the supreme Court on the 9th
ballot, his principal competitor being
Judge Henderson. of Crawford county.
Judge Dean iS well known i'm this county.
| having large business interests along the
| line of the CreS>on N Coalport railroad. and
| hc was President Judge over our courts
! when Cambria and Blair counties Were
| in one judicial district. Although he i a
| republican and il i but seldom we can see
| much good cmanating from "A Republican
| state convention, We are constrained 70
say that Judge Dean iS an able juriSt and
his nomination which i the equivalent OF
an election will place on the Supreme
Bench a Judge in every way qualified and
competent To discharge its high and re-
SpouSible duties.
| Too much attention cannot De- given Il
foundation walls of buildings Many fin,
buildings are ruined by poor walls. and
there are many buildings in this and al
other towns that are almost daily going te
ruin GA account of bad foundation walls
II i a lameutablc fact. well known I,
architects that dishonest contractor vii
almost invariably slight his work in IN,
foundation walls for three reasons: FirSt
| because. there is less attention paid 10 tn,
foundation by the owners than any Other
part of the building: second. the contract.
or wcii knows that ne can always get hi.
contract of his hands before the fOunda.
tion walls give awav and the plaStcrins
begins To crack: third, Their. i always
class of stone masons that are building
foundation walls that could not build :
| good stone fen 20 on a farm