The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-19

Herman W. Wilson. son Of the late Or
!. &. Wilson. OF East Conemaugh, formerly
I Of EbcnShurg. died at Baltimore on Satur-
day. The deceased was student of tn,
College of Physicians and Surgeons of that
city and his death was very sudden and
unexpected. He was a cousin of COUNTY
Superiut"ndenJ Leech. of this place.
The extension of the Beech Creek rail-
road to PittShurg via New AIeNadria and
Latrohc and the coke regions. seems to b.
a settled fact. The engineers are busy at
work surveying in that vicinity. and are
making their headquarters at the Lewis
House. The people of New Alexandria are
GreeHSblIg Record
The new Baldwin compound locomo-
tive on Monday morning hauled the New
York and Chicago limited on the PennSvl-
vania railroad up the west slope of the Al
, lcgheny mountains unasSiSted No single
engine has before been equal to the task
| There is much talk in railroad circles as
| result. The engine gained nineteen min
/ uteS in the run between Pittsburg and Al
| toOna.
The jury in the sensational Gaut arson
! case At CIreenSburg returned verdict on
tuesday morning acquitting the defend
! ant. W. Il. Gaut, and placing the costs. ag-
gregating overSl 900. on Detective Murphy.
| the prosecutor. Gaut was IA young man Of
good character, and was charged with
burning his mothers home for the $1,000
insurance.
Harry =. Snowman, young man aged
about - years. of Donegal township, West
| morcland county. was placed i'm Jail at
GrccnSburg on Friday. charged with
forging a deed on the Michael Hayman
farm of 300 acres in that township, after
which he attempted to negotiate loans on
the property end in which effort tho for
gerry was discovered. The farm was val
ucd a 5000.
John d. Jones a well-Enown citizen Of
JohnStown. former policeman, on Sarur-
day forenoon while at work in the Cambria
works in that city was caught by a large
piece Of metal weighing about Iour tons
falling while being loaded on a car His
hands and legs We're badly crushed but il
is thought 10y the doctors thar amputaiiou
will not have to be resortcd TO. although il
is believed Mr. Jones will be- permanently
crippled.
john Bell. q timrkecpera at the Johnson
works in Johnstown, on Saturday evening
about o'clock went TO the ArmOry skating
rink and after skating few rounds sat
down. In few moments il was noticed
his head was hanging down on his breast.
and persons who went To his assistance
found him TO be dying. aud his death oc-
CURED in a few minutes. He was about
twenty years of age and was subject TO
heart disease.
L. Elmer Bingham. "A Pennsylvania
railroad conductor. while engaged in
dropping cars in theAltooua yard SATURDAY.
fell from car in front of some moving
cars that had been cut from his train, and
eight -ars passed over lin. Both legs and
one arm were crushed and he sustained in
jurics about the head. He died in a few
minutes after the accident. lie woS about
twenty years of age and leaves a wife
and two children.
Yesterday friday afternoon probably
tn" first jury composed entirely of culored !
men which ever >at i'm this state heard the |
case of Mrs. Mary Green, colorcd. against |
Fillmore Allen, cOlOred, the charge being |
larceny, the woman alleging that the boy.
Who is about II years of age. stole - cents !
and bottle Of wine from her house. AZ |
Ter hearing the evidence the jury retired |
and remained out about ten minutes. re-
turning with a verdict of mot gully"
The county pays the coSts.-JObnStOrn |
HcydId
John Wanamaker. the Philadelphia
merchant, says that during the ten days |
previous To Christmas, his sales covered |
100000 day, 81 that the total for the ten
days was Onlya few dollars undera million.
l its az &. 81 Il > ..y.,
EertiSing. and | pay a Skillful man $500 a
month 10 do it for me. Advertising is a
leverage with which this store has bcerr
raised up. do not see how any large and
business can be done without |
liberal advertising"
-George Grumbling. who resi- led near I
Ninevah, while temporarily insane from an
attack Of the grip. on Tuesday morning
about five o'clock got out of his bed. and
going 10 window. ran his head through 4
pane Of glass and then sawed his head
back and forward on the Jagged edges of |
-he glass until he cut an artery and bed To Z!
Ieath. His wife and another woman rricd
TO prevent the rash act. but were unable
10 get him away from the window He
was about 30 years of age.
While Daisy Kaine, IG years old. was
preparing the noon-day meal at the house
81 her uncle, John Robinson. near Scott
idIe, Monday. tramp asked for some
-hlng 10 eat. She began 10 meparc a
uhCh Tor him. when he seized, bound and
gagged her She struggled violently 70 free
lefscll, and The tramp became augercd and
mt on her curls with his pocket knife !
hen ne ranSaCked the house and left |
me Slil managed 10 give an alarm, and
soon men, heavily armed. were hunting
or the tramp. and are still on the chase
Il i thought he is hidden in one of The
die coke plants.
"A sensation was created on Monday
-tternoon by the arrest OF Il. NJ. 3IcEntirc.
N-county treasurer of Clarion county.
hargcd with cmbezzIcmcnt of county !
und> Curing his term of office. \ warrant
also IN the hands Of the constable for the
rrest OF ID. Lawson. prominent attorney.
). no was deputy under McEntire and sew
raj OF his predecessors. There is a short
ge Of over $4,000. McEntire was appoint
d court-crier by Judge Clark at the last
erm OF court. Lawson had been in active |
'ractice at the Clarion bar for thirty wears.
: an elder in the Presbyterian church and
uperintendcnt of the Sunday school. He
now confined to his house with the grip. |
Peter Kinney. who in August last eel
orated his one hundredth birthday. died
Il his home in COnemaugh on Thursday |
last week. Mr.. Kinney was born in Ire
and in 1921 and came to this country in |
Sl3, first settling in Canada. He came 10
ambria county in 1s3l-sixty- years |
go-aud has been resident Of the county
yer since. forty years of that time being
pent on a farm near Vinco. I'm Jackson |
ownship. He leaves 70 survive him three
ons-John, residing at Conemaugh; |
'homas. at Wilmore, and James. at PITTS
urg, and one daughter. Mrs. Hanaghan. Of
ohustown. His remains were iutcrrecd in