The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-07-01

| tEc JOhnStOWn ITtbl'BC.
| The jury at Hollidaysburg at II o'clock
| Saturday night rendered verdict of muir
der in the second degree in the case against
James Morrello, an Italian, for killing
| Joseph PariSi, a fellow Italian, with
brick in Il street in Altoona on May Sth
last. Morello fled after the killing and
was captured in Newark. y. j.
An effort is being made To have COM
mission appointed to examine the dams
| througnout the State. many of which. il
| is said. are menace to the communities
| in their vicniticS, and liable To break at
| any time. There seems to be no doubt
that the terrible catastrophe al Oil City
aud TituSvillc was due, like JohnStown'S
horror, TO a defective dam. the result of
| criminal carclessncss on the part Of the
| builders
Here is a conundrum running some
| tn ing like this: Smith found a ten dollar
| gold piece lying in the road and gave it
| Brown 10 settle meat bill; Brown gaveit
TO Jones TO pay grocery account: Jones
| turned it over to Baker in payment of
balance due on lumber: Baker returned it
to Smith i'm settlement of note: Smith
took it to the bank to deposit il, when the
| cashier threw it out aS counterfeit. Now
were those various debts paid?
John CHASER and companion named
BodenshotZ, both boys about twelve years
Of age were sitting under cherry tree near
the formers home, in Croyle township, on
Monday evening. when the tree was struck
by lightning and the descending bolt
caused the death of CHASER. BodenShotZ
was badly stunned but came TO after some
time and was able TO go home and report
the accident. Young GlasSer is the son OF
Mrs. Frederick GlaSser a widow woman,
| whose husband died few years ago.
Some extra carving was done AT Al
toona in the Brant House kitchen on Mon
day morning during the breakfast hour.
Two of the walters, William Dugan and
| Aaron Anderson. had a quarrel. when the
former seized a carving knife and SlaShed
Anderson across the cheek. inficting an
ugly wound that required about a dozen
stitches to fix up. Anderson also received
several cuts on his hands in endeavoring TO
protect himself Dugan is a cOlored man
and was taken to Jail 10 answer for his as
Saut.
A sad drowning accident is reported
from Peale, about eight miles from Philips
DuIE- OenleT county, Ia An tlSul- year
old son of Frank Fuller and Il fiftecn-year-
old daughter of Henry Mansell We're cross
ing the MoShannon Creek at that place on
foot bridge. The little fellow was ahead,
and, the stream being swollen. he became
dizzy and fel In. The girl made an at
tempt 10 rescue the bov. but the turbulent
waters were too much for her. and she was
also swept Down the stream, and both
HnIias
Burglars entered the residence OF
Rev. Father DcaSy i'm this place on last
Friday night, but with the exception Of
tossing things around prOmiScuOuSlv in the
lower story of the house and cellar. did
little damage and took nothing ofSuttcieHt
Importance TO be missed. They effected
an entrance TO the building through a
kitchen window. BurgareS are getting TO
be too frequent in EbenSburg and several
of our citizens are preparing themselves TO
give them a warm reception. Some of
these nj ghtS these midnight merchants will
get what they have long deserved, dose
of cold lead.
The bottom dropped out of the North
Scwickly cattle dehorning case very sud
denly at Beaver Friday afternoon when
Judge Wickham declared that under the
statute the Indictment which charged
wan:on and cruel treatment of the cattle
could not be sustained sy the evidence
produced, and said that if the jury should
find the defendant guilty he would be
Obliged TO grant new trial. District At
torney Wickham. therefore. entered no!le
pros. Henceforth, or until the Legislature
makes a change in the statute under which
the suit was brought, the farmers of Bea-
yer county will continue TO saw off the
horns of their cattle.
Miss Laura HauSer. a German cm-
employed as a domestic at the Grouse HO-
tel, in South Fork. was killed in that
place on Sunday evening about g o'clock.
She had been talking to a couple of lady
friends and started to cross the track in
front of an approaching train. She saw
the train and tried to get out of the way,
when suddenly the engineer blew the
whistle, when she appeared to become be-
widered and stood. In an instant the
iron monster struck her and threw her OIL
the track, Her back neck, and left leg
were broken and she also had an ugly cut
on the fore head. She had only been in
this country about four weeks and was
about nineteen years of age.
Every now and then are inquired of
as to the law regarding StraYS. the leading
program regarding which is about aS fol-
lows: II you take up stray animal, yeu
must within ten days, give notice of IL TO
| your township clerk who must make a
| book entry of the same: then you advertise
| the animal in your local paper, and sixty
| days after such advertisement has appeared
| you apply To your Justice of the Peace to
| sell the animal; he issues a warrant TO the
| Constable who gives ten days notice by
| posters and then sells it, and you get it or
| your expenses, according TO the sale. The
penalty for taking up stray and not Civ
! ing notice is 81. and besides this the owner
can come upon your place and take itaway
| without paying you anything for anything.
Thomas Montgomery, a wealthy Arm
| strong county farmer, was buncOcd out Of
| 81 800 by two sharpers one day this week.
| One of the men called on Mr.. Montgomery,
| telling him he wished to buy a farm and
asking him to go along and look AT it, say
| ing he would pay him for his trouble. On
their way TO look at the farm they met
| sharper No. >, who represented himself as
| agent for the farm, and Offering ii for SlO,-
! 600. Mr.. Montgomery said il was bar
| gain and sharper No. l concluded To take
| it but had only $500. Mr.. Montgomery
| offered TO loan the other $500 and take a
mortgage upon the farm. In making the
| arrangements Mr.. Montgomery's $500
| was put in Il box with the other $500 and
| given Nj. Montgomery TO keep until the
| purchaser could come back, he being sud
denly called away before completing the
transaction. After their disappearance
| Mr.. Montgomery became suspicious and
on examining the box found il contained
| no money He offers 81 600 reward for the
| recovery OF the money and the arrest of the
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