The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-05-06

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| aged - years, was brought to Jail on Sat
| urday last by Sheriff Shumaker charged
| on oath of George Simmons with shooting
the Iattcr's heiffer. EdmiSton is badly
| crippled and hardly able to walk.
| "A Young man named Garner. residing
at Hublersburg, Centre county. is only
seventeen years of age but his heighth is
| six feet four inches. He i slender and is
| growing rapidly and bids fair To become
| the tallest man in the United States.
MIR. Peter Riley. one of firm of con-
! tractors McManuS X Riley. who have the
| building of the section of the branch rail-
road from Kaylor'S to CrcSSOn, died in
Munster on Monday last from pneumonia.
Mr. Riley was about forty years of age and
| a resident of Altoona, where his rcma inS
were forw arded on Monday last for inter-
ment.
| Thomas Thompson. a Pennsylvania
| railroad brakeman, while engaged in MAX
| ing IA coupling on Monday evening. slipped
| ynd fell across the track. The train
passed over his right thigh, intlicting fatal
| injuries Thompson was resident OF
| Derry. near which place the accident oc-
| Cured He was married and leaves Il wife
| and several children.
| Wesley Miller. nephew of General
| Seigcl Miller. moOnShiner and murderer
| of old man Hochstetler, had a hearing be-
| fore United States Commissioner McCand-
| less at Pittsburg on Friday last, charged
with Illicit diStillng. and was held for
court in the sum of 500. All of the wit
: neSSeS against him offered to go on his
bond and they were accepted. One OF
them said he would like to have the de-
fendaut go home till the fall term of court.
This was agreed to-
While Overhauling passenger coach
at Altoona last week, fifteen 500 bonds
were found concealed in the ventilatOr of
the water closet. The bonds were drawn
by the Tennessee and Nashville railroad
in favor of Smith county, Tenn. They
were due in the year lS92, and the coupons
are cut of up until January, lSg2. They
were turned over to the railroad authOri-
ties TO await instructions from the Smith
county officials. 1t is supposed they had
been stolen. and the thief being possibly
hard pressed. had hidden them in that
strange place.
Joseph PaIa is the name of the Fin
lander who attempted suicide ia the Car
roltown lock-up. aS reported in last weeks
FREEMAN. He was brought To Jail here on
| Thursday of last week and IN Tuesday Of
this week was taken to the AlmShouse,
where he is reported To have a fair chance
| Cor recovery. In his country the penalty
| for burglary is death, and when arrested
| and charged with that crime and being ig-
| norant of the laws of this country. he
| thought he would be executed for certain.
| 1t is said that he is innocent OF the crime
and an dlibi can be- proven in his case.
| The PittSburg Dispatch of Monday
| last has the following: John L. Under
| wood. of Coal Center. the insane man Who
| escaped from constable at the Panhan-
| die depot on Saturday last, l. once more a
| prisoner at Central Station. The conSta-
BILE was taking the prisoner to the Wash
ington county poor farm, and while wait
ing for a train Underwood managed to
give the officer tie slip. The escaped
prisoner managed To get a. far a. Ebens-
| burg, Pa, where he was captured by Shcr
| i'll Wilson. who i now on his way To the
| Washington county farm with him.
james White, of Irwin. has just sold
| 800 acres of coal land for a quarter of
| million that was involved in the Pool
bank failure. The WeStmOreland Coal
Company i the purchaser. The tract is
situated in Versailles and nOrtE Hunting
don townships WeStwOreland county. and
adioiuS the other lands of the company.
\ large shaft will be- sunk To develop the
property. and ultimately this promises To
be the largest colliery in the gaS-coal re-
giOnS. The coal will be transported over
Il lateral railroad. whicn il To be construct
ed from the Scwickly branch of the Penn
Sylvania railroad at Fulton poSt-oftice.
The annual meeting of the Juniata
Valley Editorial Association was held in
the Tribune office in Altoona last Friday.
opening of the meeting for business, the
following officers were elected for the en-
suing year: President, II. c. Dern; vice
president. Frank Mortimer; secretary and
treasurer +. Conrad: executive committee,
Z. II. Hastcr. Hugh Lindsey and w. w.
Trout. Several minor questions were dis
cuSSed and the merits of a number of places
for the next excursion were put forward.
The date of the excursion was finally fixed
for September 5th. but the executive COM
mittee was given power to select the route.
The meeting then adjourned.
An exchange says there seems To be
pecuniary responsibilities that don make
ii pleasant or safe to be borough council
man, for some one has gone to the trouble
Of discovering that all contracts made by
borough councilmen with gas or electric
streets of any borough. and to be paid for
out of the borough funds, are illegal and
cannot be collected off the borough, the
councilmen being personally and indvual-
ly responsible for all such bills contracted.
And, if the taxpayers of any borough saw
| tit TO do so. they could bring suit against
cOuncilmcn and collect all moneys paid out
| on such contracts. This is not pleasant
situation for borough fathers, but il is
said TO Dc the law nevertheless.
"A letter received at this office from
Chest Springs. Cambria county, says that
a kite 36l 5X26l9 inches in size, alighted on
farm at that place on the l2th, inst,
bearing a card with the inscription. Hill
side, March Il. 1892" 1t looks aS il this
kite had been started from Hillside, on
March l., and after Il vacation trip of a
month decided to locate permanently in
Cambria county meadow. Doubtless some
one at GetteSburg is mourning his long
lost kite and will be glad TO know that ii
fell into kind hands-thoSe of girl.
There's quite foundation for "A romance
here. and il the sender of that kite will call
athe Gdzcttc Office he will be furnished
with the address of the lady who has tax
en- Such good care of his high-fyeT.-IHdi-
ana G0zettc.
MIR. John Fulton, General Mining en-
gineer of the Cambria Iron Company of
JohnStown, was in this vicinity on Tues
day looking up the compauy's interests.
The company is endeavoring TO make a
deal with MeSSrS. Powell and Ashcroft
who operate the CressOn shaft, to buy that
plant. The negotiations are about closed.
and il everything is satisfactory il will
give the Cambria Iron Company access TO
about 1900 acres OF the best coking coal
in this region. The capacity of the Cam
bria Iron COmpanv coke il abouf