The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-09
Albert McNp,Ien. of SINKING W,

| worth about $4,000; liabilities, S45, 900.
| The barn of Jacob Hickman. on Plum
| creek, in Indiana county, was burned to
| the ground on Thursday night of last
week together with all it contained con-
siSting OF lot of grain, hay, four valua ble
horses and large lot of farming implements
The barn is supposed to have been set on
fire.
Mr.. John Riffel, of Summit, will offer
for sale at his premises in that place on
| Saturday, September nth, 1892, at one
o'clock, P. M, one house and lot and fifteen
acres of ground adjoining the Summit,
! with good barn thereon, about eleven
tons of hay, lot of potatoes, household
| and kitchen furniture. A reasonable cred
| it will be given.
James Hagan, of Center township, has
real live curiosity. His house re-
Gently gave birth to four lively kittens.
! Three of them were common every day
! kittens, but the fourth one Is something
out Of the regular order. The face and
! ears are those of a cat, but the feet and
! body back of the head are those of rab-
! bit, and instead of walking it Jumps lust
| like well regulated rabbit. He has taken
| ii TO JOhnstown for exhibitien.-India,,a
| Messenger.
On Monday morning, w. A. Ferguson.
brakeman in the employ of the PennSyl-
| vanla railroad was killed at South Fork by
collision of the $50 coal train from
| South Fork and an east bound freight
! train. The fireman and engineers of both
| trains saved themselves by jumping when
! they saw that collision was unavoidable
/ Ferguson was in the rear of the tender and
| was horribly crushed. About ten cars
| were wrecked along with two locomotives
! and tenders.
The proprietor of the Hotel Pautau. at
| funNsutawncy, put Il rat in box in which
We're five large rattlesnakcs The rodent
! was so overcome with fear that he dropped
| prostrate to the floor. The snakes think
! ing him dead would not touch him. Then
| the rat plucked up courage. bit a snake in
| the back, and for four hours he eluded the
angry reptiles that struck AT him dozens of
| Tunes. Finally one of the deadly fanys
penetrated the rodents neck and in ten
minutes the rat was an ignOminious corpse
This month the new postal money or
ders will go into use. The system is Such
that there is little or no complication. and
at the same ;ime it is a good way to send
money. y sheet calling for amounts from
Z
on payment OF one cent and the amount TO
be sent, will be torn off about the same as
an express order There will be no writing
on it by the postmaster, the sender en-
dOrSing it as a check or draft The gov
ernment guarantees its safe transportation
1t j. thought the system will be used ex-
| tenSiVely by the SenderS of small amounts
Miss Sarah Evans, a domestic who
i I,sa,1 ,IrN,- 4
ing by Mrs. K, Roberts. of this place, when
she went TO visit the family of Mr. Frank
DeyereauX, a relative in Cambria town
! ship, about noon on Wednesday, in a fit OF
melanc holia attempted to cut her throat
| with pair of sheep shears. She was dis
! covered while m aking the effort to end
her existence and the shears taken from
| her before she had succeeded in doing her.
self any serious injury. DIR. Jones, of this
| place, was called, who stitched up the
wound and has no doubt that she will soon
recover. She is u native of Wales, about
! twenty-five years of age and came TO this
| country about five years ago.
| John kaylor, a laborer in the Juniata
| shops at Altoona, met with an accident a
| noon on Wednesday that cost him his life.
/ On his way home 10 dinner, to avoid
! passing wagon, he stepped on a street car
| track directly in front of an approaching
! car. The power of the car was reversed,
! bat too late. Tie man was knocked down
! and the wheels of the front truck passed
| over his body. He was terribly crushed
| and maugled and died at the hospital on
! Wednesday afternoon. The victim of the
sad accident was 22 years old and was a
! son of William and Amanda Kaylor, resid
| Ing in Altoona. He was born in Lore ito,
! Cambria county, and went 10 Altoona
| five years ago. Besides his parents he
| leaves one brother and two sisters: Irwin
Kaylor, Lucy, wife of Simon Kar-
| stetter, and Miss Bertha Kaylor.
| One Of our subscribers from Clearfeld
township was here on Monday and told a
good joke on Mr.. R., one of his neignbors.
On Saturday night IL was very dark and
| our friend was called out from his house
! by Mr.. K. and told TO bring a lantern as
there was something wrong with his check
lines. Our friend went out with his
lantern, the two men examined the har-
ness and soon fixed up the lines, and Mr.. K.
was about ready 10 start when our friend
walked back behind the wagon with the
lantern and discovered that the wagon had
lost one of its wheels. They went back
some distance. found the wheel and put IL
on the wagon, when Mr.. Il. started on his
way rejoicing, thinking il good joke on
himself that he was able TO discover there
was something wrong with his check lines
but had failed to discover the loss of a
| wheel.
Mrs. Margaret Mills, rclict of the late
William Mills, OF this place died at Kane,
Pa. on Monday last after brief illness
Mrs. Mills had been sick for some time bat
was able To be- about, and a short time ago
started on a visit To her daughter. Jennie
who is the wife of Mr.. KebIer, of thai
place. On Sunday night she complained
Of being in, and on Monday morning she
became much worse and soon expired
She leaves TO -urvive her five daughters
, Jennie who who is married 10 Mr.. JOhT
Kebler and resides at Kane Pa, and Rose
Annie. Lizzie and Flora, who are single
and reside at home, and one son, Harry
who also resides at home. She is also sur
vived by one brother, William Maher. o
New York City, and three sisters, Mrs
Patrick Moran. of Loretto; Mrs. Anr
Tuey, of Gallitzin, and Mrs. Judy Kerna
OF Bennington.
On Monday last Stanley Miller, o
, Reade township, while on his way home
from a picnic held at Hastings was throwi
from a wagon near Thomas VI ills in Eide
township and instantly killed. Mr.. Mill
> or in company with his brother Charlie
was returning home in buggy and wheI
; | they reached the hill near Thomas Mills
turned out TO let wagon pass them. Th
wagon in passing caught on one OF TIT
buggy wheels and damaged il SO that i
was unsafe to ride in. Mr.. Miller ther
, got into the wagon and had scacely go