The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-01-29

primary election, ana II elected VIII DC op-
posed ~ Quay for United States Senator.
Judge Krehs made ali order during
the recent Clearfcld county license co1rt to
the effect that all landlords who refused to
give 4 meal TO travellers any time they ask
Ior il after regular hours would have their
license revoked,
One hundred and four customers re
ported at meat time on Sunday last, at the
AlmShouse The institution is crowded,
with but little prospect for its relief until
the warm weather induces immigration to
more congenial climcs.
On Tuesday night the safe in the office
of the Baueriien Brewing Company in
.JahnStown. was blown open and the con-
tents examined and scattered over the floor
About - in money was all the safe con-
tanned and was all the night prowlcrs got
for their work The safe door was broken
to pieces by the explosion.
i. Milton Connen. of Ebcnsburg. who
for the past nine months has been employ
cd as night operator in the Postal Ielc-
graph Office here, was yesterday notified
by Superintendent Campbell that he had
been promoted TO the general managerShip
Of the McKcesport Office. the change To
take place Monday next. -J"hHSt"tch Her
dId.
Last week one of the sub-contractorS
on the new railroad was believed to have
skipped after getting his pay. and num-
Der of the la abOrcrS who had been working
for him were here on Monday for the pur-
pose IF taking legal proceedings To Necur"
the amounts due them. We understand.
however, that the contractor returned and
made u satisfactory settlement.
a Il. Klingcrman. whose home j. in
Altoona. and who is engaged in teaching
school AT Glen White. attempted TO board
moving freight train at kittauniug
Point on Monday evening when he missed
his hold. and falling with the great toe of
his right foot under the wheels, had il
mashed into Il pulp. He was taken To the
Altoona hospital. where the physicians
amputated the toe.
There is likely To bc trouble in the
CIcartirld coal regions between the opera
tors and miners over the prices To be- paid
for miuu" " hat is known IL low coal
This coal i in very thin veins. and much
work i~ required To be done for which the
men receive no pay. The operators viii
refuse the advance asked for and will close.
their mines. While the miners organization
is pledged 10 fight if need hr.
We have made the agreeable discovery
that i'm the counties of Indiana. JctfcrSu u,
Cambria and WcStmurcaud, there are +sS
men who insist upon the title of professor.
This includes musicians. teachers OF music,
NchoulmaStrrS ;wu >lcight- men.
one vcntrIouu>t. four >lUggcr~ or pro
fcS>ur~ of >parrug." nine dancing masters.
two oyster openers. and twelve driuk-miN-
cr~ or bar tenders. Indiana county doesn't
claim any of the latter cla~S.-IHdhJ'd
Messenger.
-.Iudgr EWst, in answer To petitioners
from Logan township. Huntingdon county
for the appointment of TWO assistant as
SnSSorS filed an opinion saying that ne be-
ljcvcS the oct of February. 1850. rcpca'S
the acts of 1894 and 1874. 50 far as assistant
assessors are concerned. Hcsays assistant
assessors exist only as provided for in the
act or June I6, 1891. where Il borough OF
township j. divided into several election
districts. in each of which by this act as
SCISSORS are To be elected.
The handsome Catholic church cdifcc
AT COuucllSvile was destroyed by fire on
Saturday morning The fire originated
from an overhcated furnace and was well
under way before IT was discovered. None
Of the valuable paintings. records. furni-
turc. etc. could be gotten out. The build
ing. including contents. was valued at
nearly S1CONOO. on which there was only
50. 600 insurance. The church was built
in lSS6. and the building. which was the
finest in the county. alone cost $4,000
-Isaih Clark. aged 112 years, of Me-
chanicSville. Indiana county. is dying Cf
Gangrene. caused 10y breaking his left LEG
by Il fall in the winter of 1857. Several
eminent physicians called to consult in the
case declared that the only possible way 10
save the old mans life was tO amputaJc
both legs. He was willing to undergo this
ordeal. but the physicians did not think
him strong enough to survive the opera
tion. His relatives. too. objected, because
they thought his end was near anyway,
Last week and the week before the
workmcn engaged in putting the heading
through for the tunnel on the Susquehan-
ma branch Of the Cambria II ClearfeId
railroad. under the skilful direction of Mr..
w. j. Ingram. the gentlemanly managerOf
the work, broke the record in the way of
while the week before they did still better
making 80 feet with but two machines.
At this rate of working it will not be long
until they have daylight through the hole.
The mammoth bull that Mr.. William
VI. SiEgerly will exhibit at the Worlds
fair promises TO be the biggest things on
hoofs at tho great exposition. The animal
weighs 1900 pounds. about double the size
OF an ordinarily large bull. Although
short legged. he is seven feet i'm height and
his bust measure is twenty-five feet. II"
is of pure IIol>tcin- FriSian breed and wa
purchased by Mr.. SinCerly in Michigan
He is still growing at Mr.. Sngerly'S farm
near Philadelphia, and his keeper expects
him to weigh 1000 pounds by the time he is
shipped to Chicago.
-George Gilgore. Of Blarsville. brake
man on the West Penn railroad, while
making coupling on Wednesday night
OF last week. his clothes caught on the car
and he was thrown under the wheels. by
which one leg and one arm were cut of.
He lived long enough to bid goodbye 10
his wife and eight children. His oldest
hoy is l3 years of age. As the wife OF the
dying man and their group oflittle children
gathered about him 10 take their last, low
ing good bye, the scene was oneof the most
pathetic ever witnessed by those present
and caused the tears TO flow freely.
The American Telephone Company
has gang of men on the road measuring
the distance along the line from their main
Office in New York city. This Thursday
morning they passed through Ebensburg
and numbered each pole as they passed
along. The pole in front Of the FREEMAN
building is numbered 1896, there being
that many poles on the line from the FREE
MAN office to New York city. The distance
from this pole To the New York city limits
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