The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-05-20

ulOntOWn. who expects TO open ~ by the
lSt ofJuly. The lease is for a term Of five
years. with the privilege of five more at an
aurua! rental Of 5000
Mrs Isidore LfIly.of Munster township
who was marron of the AlmshouSc fora
number Of years while her husband was
steward and who has many friends i'm this
naighhorhood, Is lying critically i'll at her
home. with llttlc or no hopes for her rccov-
cry.
james Norrclo. who Killed Joseph
Partc with a brick in Altoona on Sunday.
NJ ay Sth. was arrested in Newark. y. J..
ON Tuesday. MorrclIo refused to return TO
Pennsylvania until the necessary rcquSi-
tion from the Gov crnor is obtained by the
officers.
Editor LcttS. of the NcrS, Carrolltown.
and William Lchmirc of the same place.
spent few hours in town on Tuesday. re-
turning home the same evening. We un-
understand Mr.. Lchmirc has accepted
position as clerk at the Blair House and
will begin on Monday next.
Mr.. William Gompcr-. of Indiana.
fathcr Of Mrs. w. A. Scaulan and Mrs
| Robert Scanlan. both Of this place, had
paralvtic stroke AT his home. i'm Indiana.
| one day last week Mrs GompcrS who
| was visiting her daughters here at the
time was called home by his sud len i'll
! ness.
| -About two months ago a fine imported
! bull belonging 10 farmer named NTaurcr
| i'm Wcstmorcland county mvStcriouSIv dis
| appeared from the farm. On Monday of
last week hc found the bull. very
thin. but stiIl alive. under a straw stack
which had fallen over him and kept him
prisoner.
Thomas LucaS. colcrcd passenger
from PittShurg to fredericksburg. Va.
died ON Fast Line on SUNDAY night aS the
train was passing Mineral Point. Tho re-
mains were taken off the train At Altoona
and after due attention wore shipped to
their destination. His death was caused
10y consumption.
1t is said there will hc no change Of
schedule on the Pitt~burg division of the
| PENNSYLVANIA railroad Mi. spring This i
probably the first time i'm the history ofthc
road that this ha. occurred. The reason
given that no changes will be made is tnat
m" time Of none of the through trains is
hc altered ON any Of the roads and the
schedule is quite satisfactory as it Is.
Mrs Frank ShafTcr of Altoona. while
walking on Eighth avenue i'm that cftv
and carving a nine months old son of
| Matilda Brown ON Wednesday. was struck
| by an electric car and dragged some dis
| rancc before the car was stopped Her
/ lcft leg was broken i'm two oplaccS. the right
| leg broken and she received q number of
/ other injuries that may prove fatal The
/ child was also severely injured
! On the day Of the battle of Gettysburg.
! i'm which Co. \. nth 2. r. V. c.. from this
/ place participated. Major Burke when he
| gave the command 10 fire, stood ON a rock
! which hc readily recognized when ne Wis
tied the scene of the conflict twenty years
! after. On his last visit do@wood Sappliug
/ had grown mp on the edge of the rock. and
/ the Major cUt IL and converted il into a
cane which ne carries aS souvenir Of the
battlefield.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has Withdrawn its appeal to the supreme
| Court and paid the damages awarded 10
| Or. DUuwiddic by the Centre county court
| He is the PhIipShurg physician who got
! - 900 for Injuries received bv being thrown
| from his buggy by locomotive. Accord
/ ing 10 his bargain. his attorneys. Nc~SrS.
\
of the amount. aS they We're not to receive
anything had the case been lost.
On Tuesday morning between and
o'clock. four men entered the Baltimore Il
Ohio railroad ticket Office at West Newton.
Wcstmorcland county. and after tying the
operator TO a chair, blew open the
safe, securing Uhcrcfrom little
over =. after which they made good their
escape without their identity being known.
\ lutte messenger boy boy named Kcch.
who was i'm the Office with the operator.
was lcft from raising an alarm by threats
by the robbers.
Frank 7. McPiIlc. son of II. \. Nc
| Pike, Of Altoona. former proprietor Of the
FREEMAN. died AT the residence of his
| father i'm Altoona on Wednesday. May Is
aged - years. months and davs. The
deceased was born in Altoona on the IG Of
January 1860. Two years later. his father
/ removed 10 EbenSburg with his family and
established the FREEMAN and the subject
OF this notice was well known tu the pcO-
pie Of EbcnSburg since his childhood. CON
ttnuinG 10 reside here with his parents un-
I'll 1851 when the family removed 10 Al
toona. Frank aS boy and man had many
noble qualities and the friends of his child
. hood and his brethren Ofthc craft for he was
a printer by trade. deeply regret his early
demise. The deceased in June 1889 mar
ricd Mamie Fitzgerald of PittSburg, who
with a son two years old survive him. His
remains will be- buried i'm the Catholic Gem
ctrry in this place, to-day friday immc-
diatoly after the arrival of the 1910 \. VI.
train.
On Tuesday Mrs Annie. wife of Joseph
NcNUllcu. and her sister. Miss Clara Sank
cr. Of Allegheny township, drove up 10 Eb-
cusburg and spent the day visiting friends.
The horse was one they were well acquaint-
ed with. belonging to their father, Mr.. An
thonv Sankcr. was quiet. and which they
had frequently driven. About five o'clock
I'm the evening they stared home and when
opposite the blacksmith shop Of Mr..
Thomas Evans the horse. from some un-
known cause. became fractions and un-
manageable and started torun. Miss Clara.
who was driving. tried in vain to stop the
frightened animal but her strength was
unequal 10 the task. and the horse contin-
ucd its mad career down High street 10 the
forks Of the road. and thence down the LO-
rctto road. Just after after passing the
race at Ludwigs' wOOlcn mill, the ladies
We're thrown out and severely injured. both
being badly cut and scratched about head
and face. The horse was caught near the
farm Of Mr. Elijah Marsh by someone on
the road, neither horse nor vehicle being
injured. Dir. Jones dressed the wounds Of
the ladies. one requiring several stitches to
close up the cut, but which one we are un-
able 10 say. They were taken to their
home the same evening and are getting
along very well.
spring Fever.
The gradual opening of the budding
trees and the shooting upwards Of the
blades Of grass are signs of the advent Of
spring, The farmer is already at work