The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-05-27

"A great bycicle race from Chicago to
New York was begun on Wednesday of
ast week II is described as a relay race,
and was participated in by 100 of the fast
est wheelmen of the country. The object
of the extraordinary performance was 10
demonstrate the superiority of the bycicle
over horses as a means of carrying mes
SageS in war times. The distance covered
was 900 miles. and the riders carried
sealed message from Gen. Miles, of the
army headquarters at Chicago. to Gen.
Howard at New York. TO be delivered in
100 hours from the time of starting. The
heavy rains greatly retarded the expert
ment the message being delivered about
nine hours behind schedule time.
An item in the New York coal Trade
Journal. of last week says: 1t is report
ed that OvertureS have been made 10 the
! CreSSon II Clcarfcld Coal x Coke Co. own
er of the Cresson& Cleariicld R.R.. controll-
ing many thousand acres of Bituminous
| coal lands and producing annually large
! tonnage. If an agreement Is reached IL
| will result in the construction OF seven
| mile line from GaZZam 10 lrvona the hr>t
| point on the Beech Creek, and the second
| on the CreSson x Clearfield II. L. The
| haul will he over the Beech Creek 10
| WilliamSport. distance Of about l-o
miles. The CrcSSon * Clearfeld is a road
| 80 miles long. and running from CreSson TO
! Irvona."
| In the political announcements in the
| FREEMAN this week is the card of DIR. Geo.
| W. Wa goner, of Johnstown. az "A candi-
| date for 4 SSembly. DR. Wagner has al
ways been a tried and true Democrat and
! "A worker in the ranks. He has served the
! party aS county committeeman for num-
/ Der of years: as member of the state cen
! tral committee for two terms; as one of the
| representatives of the county in two state
| conventions: as alternate TO the Chicago
! convention when Cleveland was nOmina-
ted: as chairman of the Democratic city
! committee. of JohnStown. for several years.
| AMI has taken a very active interest in the
| party aS all our canpidateS for office can
within the last fifteen years can testify.
! On Saturday John Sherry. we'll
| known farmer of Barr township. accom-
panied by one of his sons. hitched up his
team for the purpose of hauling some hay.
In the team was a spirited young horse
! that had only been broken a shorttime. and
from some cause or other became frighten-
ed and unmanageablc. Mr.. Sherry was
knocked down and trampled, and was run
| over by the wagon. When carried 10 his
home and physician summoned. he was
found TO be fatally hurt, being injured in
ternally and his breast being crushed. He
fingered in great suffering until Monday
when death ensued. Mr.. Sherry was about
60 years of age and leaves a wife and
grown-up family. five sons and three
daughters.
james Griffin. Esq. who was well
! known so the older residents of this coun-
". died at the residence of Edward Brady,
in JohnStOwn, on Tuesday. aged - years.
! Mr.. Griffin was born i'm PittSburg in 1871
! \ year after his birth his father moved
! with his family TO this county and located
| at JohuStOwu, where ne died in 1916. III,
was survived by wife and five children,
| all of whom are now deceased. James
| Griffin. when a young man, learned the
| blacksmith trade and worked at the buSi-
ness for a number Of years in JohnStown.
| In 1853 Mr.. Griffin was elected 10 the office
| of Register and Recorder on the Democrat
| ic ticket in this county, and at the end OF
his term was rcuominatcd and reelected
filling the office in highly credirable man
ner. During his six years residence in
| EbeuSburg he made many warm friends in
| the north Of the county who VIII be sorry
10 learn of his death. At the time of tn,
Johnstown flood Mr.. Griffin and two sis
terS were at their home on Walnut street
and We're carried away by the waters, Mr.
| Griffin being rescued couple of miles be-
| low JohuStown: one sister was found dead
AT Nincvah. and the other found badly in
jurcd in the debris al the stone bridge auC
soon after died from her injuries. Mr.
Griffin. although he was able to go about
never recovered from the effects of his ter
| riblc experience in the flood, and his dcatl
resulted from that days injuries. lie wa.
possessed Of considerable means, estimated
at $4,000. the bulk of which. having Il,
relatives, he left TO st. Johns CathoIi,
| church in JOhnStOwn.