The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-07-01

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Mrs. Jane Jones, widow of the late
Daniel 7. Jones. of Cambria township. is
| living at the home of her son i'm law. John
Jones (camp-hilD, very i'll. with but little
prospect for her recovery. Mrs. Jones is
about 81 years Of age.
-MeSsrS. Johnston Buck & Co.. bank
erS of this place. will observe the Satur-
day half holiday from July Ist to Sep
! tembcr LIST. People having business with
the bank will notice that they need not
call on Saturday afternoons.
The Carrolltown railroad station has
been secured at a point near Charles Gains.
and the road from Carrolltown to the sta
| tion will be commenced this week and will
be completed in a short time The right
of way has been secured.-CdrroJtoicn
| NclrS.
The steam tannery in this place will
| shut down next week for period of one
month or perhaps longer The leather
market is said to be in depressed condi-
| tion and this, together with some needed
repairs being necessary is the cause of the
Stoppage.
j. c. Stineman. S. w. Davis, j. C.
| Gates and =. ID. Patterson are down on the
| Republican slate for office this fall. They
are old feeders at the public crib but they
| have as good appetites as ever. The con-
vontiOn will parcel out the nominations
| among them.
| The large Wholesale grocery firm of
| RalSton & Buzbv in Altoona has gone to
the wall. The Sheriff of Blair county
| closed the establishment on Wednesday on
| executions aggregating about $4,000. The
liabilities are rated at about $4,000 with
assets of about $4,000.
| Mr.. James Westrich. Of Carroll town
| ship. and Mr.. l.. A. Craver. of this place.
started on Saturday last for St Mary'S
| Elk county. Pa. Each of the gentleman
has sister in the convent at that place.
and it was for the purpose of a visit to their
sisters that the trip was taken.
Chester county farmers are being
| plagued by a new pest. It is a small green
bug, the shape of potato bug. but only
| one third the size, and attacks clover
| heads. On some stalks may be found a
| dozen Of these bugs. They soon eat the
| heads off and the stalk AT once dies.
Best pocket map Of this state ever
| made; colorS: in strong cover. All coun
| ties. rivers. railroads. poStOffceS. Correct
| to date. Fast seller. Agents wanted
Boys. girls. make money easy. Send lOc
| for agents sample copy to the CaNton I'm
| ion room :. 134 Water ST. PittSburg. Pa.
The Pennsylvania State Editorial AS
| sociation will this year take trip To
| Scranton. over the famous gravity road
| from that place to HoneSdale. thence TO
| Albany. y. V. and a sail down the river
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| ly 18th and the trip will last until the 10th
While returning home from a visit TO
| Carrolltown on Monday last. Mr.. Thomas
! Mcnamara, OF this place. and his little
daughter were thrown out by the vehicle
| upSetting, but luckily escaped serious in
| jury. The accident was caused by the
| breaking of one Of the straps of the neck
| yoke.
Saturday last the Saturday half holi-
| day went into effect. The law allows
banks to close at II o'clock noon on that
| day. Notes, checks. drafts. bills OF cX-
| change and all bankable paper due on that
| day or Sunday following must be paid or
| attended to before Il o'clock noon on Sat
urdav
On Saturday evening lightning struck
the barn of Mr.. Ross Orabaugh near New
| Washington, Burnside township Clearfield
| cnunty, setting it atire and burning il and
| all the contents. together with one horse
| that Mr.. Orabaugh had been plowing corn
| with up to the storm, when it had been
| put in the barn.
| Because hen belonging to Farmer
| Steer Of North MahOning township. near
! Marion Center. this state, made her nest in
an old barrel containing several pounds Of
| phosphate and hatched out her brood in 1G
| days, days ahead of time, Mr.. Steer
| thinks phosphate will help incubation as
well as vegetation.
Beech Creek engineers commenced
| work above Mahaffey this week. They
| are locating the line which will furnish an
| outlet for the Patton coal from LaJoSe.
Some work has already been done on the
upper end, in the way Of connecting the
new line with the Cambria tS Clearield.
! Hastings Tribune.
The School Directors Association of
Cambria county met at the Office of Super
| intendcnt Lcech, in the court house, on
| Friday of last week with thrty-four di-
| rectorS present. After the discussion of a
number of topics interesting 10 the friends
! of education the meeting adjourned until
| the 1St of December next
| In last weeks FREEMAN we mentioned
| the serious accident that befel Mr.. James
Brady in the Altoona yard on Thursday
morning. He died few hours afterwards
in the Altoona Hospital. His remains
were brought to his home in Munster town
ship on Saturday and inferred in St. Mi
chaels cemetery at LoIetto.
/ 10,
don't fret, don't watch the ther-
mometer. don't take heating food or drink,
don't wear starched clothing, don't be
afraid Of perSpiring, don't seek crowd,
seek the sunny side of the street, don't
talk about the weather. If you can't be
comfortable. be as uncomfortable as you
can.
| The time required for a journey
| around the earth by man walking day
and night without rest would be f2s days;
an express train, 40 days; sound, at me-
dium temperature, 321& hours; cannon ball
! 21$i hours: light, a little over One-tenth
of second electricity, passing over cop
| per wire, a little less than one-tenth OF a
| second.
| The funeral of Geo. NJ. Reade Esq, OF
this place on Friday was largely attended,
| the OBJ sequies being in charge OF Orien-
| tai Commandery No. 81, of Johnstown-
of which society the deceased was mem
Der. The members of the bar were present
in body to pay the last tribute 10 the
memory Of their deceased fellow member OF
! profession.
| In Surv eying the extension OF the
branch road the preliminary line crossed
lSthe clay pike twice about about a mile
west OF town. In locacing the road
| the line crossing the pike has been aban-
| doned and the road will follow the stream
| from the old toll-gate, keeping on the