The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-09

called ful Friday evening. December 9th,
at o'clock. p. NJ, for the purpose of aom-
mating officers TO be voted for on Tuesday,
December 18th
Three years ago. William Sarver, of
Somerset county. according To his own
statement. captured a red fox that he
trained with his hunting dog To hunt rab-
bits. etc. He says while hunting in the
Allegheny mountains wild foxes would
get on the track of his fox and follow her
up close enough for him to shoot them,
and frequently they would come to his
house to visit and he could shoot them
without going out of the building. The
fox comes into the house to be fed while
the family are eating their meals Mr.
Sarver says the fox can outrun any dog he
ever saw, and has run down every rabbit
she has ever tackled.
Announcement is made that a new
schedule will take effect on the PennSyI-
vania railroad on Sunday. December llth.
On Wednesday last preliminary meeting
was held in the Office of General Manager
Charles +. Pugh, in Philadelphia, atwhich
was arranged the time of through trains
between New York. Chicago and ST. Louis.
During the latter part of the week another
meeting was held. at which the details of
the schedule were arranged. General Su-
pcrinJcudent Sheppard is quoted as say
ing: There will be many changes made
made in the schedule for through trains;
than there haye been made in any
schedule prepared for years"
The connecting link of the Cush creek
railroad between this place and CreSSon
In, 10 III Fa tn
meet is from La Jose to McGee'S Mills. a
distance of six or seven miles. The rails
are laid as far as MahaiTey and the road is
graded To McGee's. Thus all that is re-
quired to complete this work is the con-
Struction of the bridge across the SuSque
hanna river near Big Foot McGeeS" and
the laying of the ties and rails from Ma
hafTcy TO Notices Mills. which is OLly
two miles. y large crew of masons are
working day and night on the abutmrnts,
which means a speedy completion of that
s,ructure.-GIen Campbell Comet
"A terrible explosion occurred at the
residence of j. NJ. Bradley at ScOttdale on
Sunday evening about o'clock, which
will likely rcSultin the death of two of Mr..
Bradlcy'S children. One of the children,
a lad about years of age, had procured
a can containing about one pound of
powder and going to a room where IA o.
ycar-od boy and a 2-ycar-old girl were
sleeping sat down in front of the fire To
open it. The powder became ignted and
an explosion followed blowing the win
dows out of the front of the house and set
ting fire to his clothing. In the excite
ment the little fellow jumped into the bed
where the other two children We're sleep
ing. settngit on fire and burning the child
rcn so bodily that il is feared they will fiie
while badly burned himself it is thought
the older boy will recover.
One day asst week while some men
were inspecting an abandoned coal bank in
Banks township. and when about one
hundred feet from the mouth, they came
upon the body of a man. The body was
much dccOmpoScd, but papers found in the
clothes showed that the remains We're
those of Curtis Pcarcc, single man and
resident ofCanoe township. Deceased had
disappeared about the 9th of July last, on
which day he was in PunXsutawney, and
the presumption is that he was murdered
on his way home and his body dragged into
the coal bank. Nothing of value was
found on the remains, though deceased
and usually considerable sum of money
y large knife dropped from the clothes
when the body was turned over. He was
bruther-in-law of IL. +. Mccullough,
constable of Canoe township. The day
after the finding of the body four Italians
who had been working in the ncighborhoOd
suddenly bundled up their goods and left,
and il is presumed they know more Of the
mystery than they are willing TO tell.-Hl-
did1u Messenger.
Bunker Hill is suburb Of GreenSburg
and To il moved recently from Derry a man
named James Smith. He was arrested on
Friday on a charge of malicious mischief.
Aftcrward the house was searched. there
having been considerable thicving in the
ucighborhood The search. says the
Grcensbura Press. revealed remarkable
state of affairs. seated on the iloOI before
a Smouldcring wood fire in a CRATE We're
Mrs. Smith and nine children. Not sin
gle chair was visible. All that was found
was an old square table upon which were
four lOaveS of bread and two pies. There
was also a paper box containing small
pound cake. Hanging along the mantcl
were seven hats drying and on the parti-
tion was lot of ragged clothes. There
was not "A cooking utcnsil about the place
except pot i'm which were a few dricd-up
turnipS. In the cellar We're TWO dogs, a
pie Of chicken feathers and some ashes.
A few womcn'S dresses were hanging in
the wardrobe and that was all, The fem
lily from the youngest TO the oldest. sleep
on the floor. eat without dishes, cook with
out a stove and burn no coal. Such, in
deed. is their condition and yet
Mrs. smith l. frequently seen on the street,
dressed not only comfortably but elegant
" and the children are models of health
and strength"