The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-01-15

/ years ago.
{ The Somerset county commissioners
! have decided TO tav all the property of the
South Penn railroad company lying in
: somerset county. The tax will amount to
f over 5000 a year. and aS other counties
are expected 10 take similar action. it i
thought the move will cause the road 20
be either completed or abandoned.
Elmer Lee Hughes son of Mr. Richard
; j. Hughes. of Altoona. died AT the home
of his grandfather Mr.. John Hughes. Of
I Cambria township. a. an early hour on
Sunday morning. The young man, whose
age was about twcnty-niue years. was
subject to fits and his death resulted from
an attack during the night.
some time during the past summer
/ Collins Brus.. of Ebcnsburg. took options
I ON several thousand acres Of coal lands
7 along tho upper Chest creek. in Allegheny
| township. The options expired on .Ianu-
AIRY l>t. lS.2. and only in few cases WIS
/ the purchase completed. ThcS" were ON
the lands farthc>t down the creck.-H"~-
tjHa~ Tribune
A man known aS Bennett. a piaStercr.
/ was found dead AT CharcrOi, Pa. ia a one
. ruumcd Shauty ON Tuesday. He had been
/ mi--iuI,iucc JanuaIy B. His oucchrawny
frame was frightully cmanciatcd and
grin of the most horrible expression rested
about his mudth. lie was a plaStCrcr.
. whose home was unknown. lii supposed
ne was taken with influenza. and the dis
ease and stary alton caused death.
AT a meeting of the Cambria Mutual
! Fire Insurance Company of Cambria Conn
" on Monday the following gentlemen
/ were elected uS a board of directors for the
ensuing year: Gco. VI. Road". II. !. Hop
pei. j. G.. c. Bearer. VIM. j. Bucl. j. {.
Gates. j. NJ. Thompson. Webster Griffith.
G.. T.. Roberts Iuhh LLOYD. John J. EV-
ans y. =. Barker and y. W. Luke. The
Other officers will bc elected at the
! next meeting.
Michael BuriN. Hungarian resident
: of the 18th ward. Johnstuwu. working for
the Cambria Iron Company at tie old Cam
hria blast furnaces. on Sunday evening
ran iron rod up into the burner of one of
the electric lights used to light up the
I premises. when he was seen orcclaud fall.
, When picked up by his fellow wurkmcn he
[ was dead. having received a charge of
. twelve hundred volts. lie was about 81
years OF age and leaves wife and family.
ON SUNDAY Thomas J. Hughes. of Mum
SJcr township. attempted with his team of
/ Lnr-,.. and g, ,,ronp IN CROSS "a .,rr.,p, nf
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and the outfit went through 10 the bed of
the creek. After considerable pIunufup ON
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. wagon gut cut before the. attempt 10 cross
was made. and they were thereby saved
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/ arrived hero on sunday evening. driving
overland i'm q sled with fbc repI,.inS of Mrs
Daniel Prouph and her eighteen months
old babe. mother and child having died
within few hours Of each other from that
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mcrlv from Huntington county. where
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