The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-12

Three Reade township hunters, Domer
! Mccartney, B. +. Myers and Herman Gil
| more, succeeded In killing an old bear and
two cubs near the Green Springs, over the
| line in Blair county, on Thursday of last
week.
Rev. Father Bush, pastor of st. Johns
Catholic church, Altoona, formerly of Lo-
rctto, vas presented with handsome gold
! headed cane on last Sunday afternoon by
| a committee representing St Johns Lit
! erary and BENEVOLENT Society.
| Residents of Union county have con-
| trita;cd sixty -four bushels OF wheat to the
| famiue-Stricken people in Russia. II every
! county in the United States would do this
! il would send over two hundred thousand
| sacks OF -four TO the sufferers.
| Cora, wife of George Frey. both of
/ Ncwville. Cumberland county, who in Sep
! tcmber last threw vitrol into her husbands
! face while asleep, has been convicted.
! The trial lasted two days and was very
sensational. Sentence was suspended.
AT a meeting of the Democratic coun-
| " committee OF jefferson county held at
| Bruokville last week, the delegates to the
/ state coventon We're instructed to use all
! honorable means To bring about the nomi-
nation Of Grover Cleveland for President
-Twcnty-Jwo acres of land are needed to
/ sustain man ON flesh meat; while the
same amount of land under wheat feeds -
| people: under oats. - people: under pota-
| toes. Indian corn ana rice, l76 people. and
/ under the plantain, or bread fruit tree,
! over 600 people.
On Thursday of last week a little four
= NJ F.,rs
! or residing on BenShoH hill. near Johns
| town, got his han cut in feed cutter and
| had iour fingers 50 badly angicd that they
wcte amputated by the doctor who was
| called To attend him.
! Thieves broke into the po>totlicc at
| Webster. Wcstmoreland county, aStTueS-
| day night and stole Il large number of let
| tiers. and those they did NOT take they tore
up ard scattered about the floor. There is
no clue. II is not known how mucn money
! If any. they contained.
-Gcorge IIoup. a brakeman ON The Ty-
| rome Division. while coupling ears in the
| O~ceOia yard was SJuCk by Il locomotive
/ aud thrown on the track ON Wednesday
morning and had his lcft arm cut of and
! received other injuries which will i'm all
! probability prove fatal.
/ The firm of William MckfIip u Co..
composed of William McKHip. W. :. HoI-
| singer. aud r. c. Cunningham. who were
! i'm the mercantile business AT Ca~Sandra,
! this county has made au assignment 10 Mr..
| Mr.. Edwin K. Baldridgc. .ofIIollidaysburg, of
| for the benefit ot its creditors.
| Thomas Jones. aged nineteen years.
! was struck and Killed by an engine near
! Ktttanning Point ON Thursday of last week.
! He was walking on the track and in at
! tempting To get out of the way Of the To-
I connective was struck ON the head. His rc-
/ mains wcr" sent to Trenton. y. j.
! On Sunday last in 81. Johns Catholic
| church. Altoona. the bans of marriage were
| published for u ne first time between H. y
! NcPike. of the Altoona Times. aud Miss
! Rose Doughcrty. of New Haven. Connect
! irut, niece If the late Squire O'Friel. of
| Lorctto. and a very amiablc lady.
The Coucmaugh Valley Memorial Hos
! pital built AZ Johnst0wn "a an enduring
| monument of the great calamity that befcll
| that city. was dedicated on Thursday Of
last week. The hospital was built with
funds contributed 10y the charitable people
Of the world Tor the relief Of the Johns
town flood sufferers.
-MeSsrS. William Snyder and Ed Luther.
of thus place. have diScoved vein Of lead
ore ahout five miles from EbcnSburg. and
which they have high hopes of turning in
TO ycritablc bonanza. When they come
To organize "a stock company we expect to
get in on the ground floor along with the
rest Of their friends
After raiding Il disrcpatablc house in
Altoona on Tuesday night and capturing
James Barnes and William Thompson. col
orcd. aud an unknown white man. officers
secured stolen goods valued at Sl.lOO. \
wagon was required to haul the goods 10
police headquarters. The men belong TO
"a gang that has been operating in that city
for months.
George BaUghman. who on the 18th Of
December last. while out hunting near
Frugality. accidentally shot himself in the
arm and who. il was feared at the time
would lose the injured member aS a result
Of the accident. was discharged from the
Altoona hospital on Tuesday. having en-
tirely recovered and having the full use Of
his arm.
MIR. G. 4. FarhauEh. the well-known
brewer Of Carr6lltown. was here on "A bus
ineSS visit on Monday Part of his bust
ness was the transfer of three wagons
loaded with beer kegs from this place. where
they had arrived by rail. to his brew
cry in Carrolltown. They will be IA scd in
supplying his customers with his ee1cbra-
ted brand of beer.
"A Mercer woman. whom a local paper
speaks of as a prominent lady has invent
ed q new mouse Erap. She went to sleep
the other night. with her chewing gum IN
her mouth, a mouse took a fancy 10 the
gum. her jaws closed and there was one
mouse less i'm the world. She now goes To
bed regularly with ncr gum in her mouth
and the local paper says it works like Il
charm
While hunting on Thursday moraing
Of last week Allen TroXeH. aged lG. Of
Bcade township. accidentally shot himself
i'm the left leg. His foot catching on a root,
he was tripped aud in falling the gun was
discharged. and the entire load of 12S shot
lodged in his left leg His home is about
TWO miles from Glasgow and he is Il son of
Mr.. George W. TroXcll, one Of the town
ships leading citizens.
x-poiiceman William T. Horner's
house. Oak street. Seventh ward. was rob-
bed on Monday night of SIS in money and
bot Of slverware. a man who had been
working at the Seventh Ward Hospital
boarded there, aud was supposed TO have
considerable money. This is supposed to
be the game sought for, but the thieves
failed to get what they were afger.-JofIlS-
torn Democrat.
Mr.. John Finn. of Ebensbuig, was in
this cisy on Saturday completing arrange
ments to take charge of the Johnston
House at Walnut Grove. Mr.. Finn, for
number of years. has been connected with
the Cambria House az Ebensburg, and has
considerable hotel experience. He will