The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-02

| lehu 10 lnt matter without delay
Mr.. Aron Davis of this place, is visit
! ing friends at Bad Axe, Michigan.
! Citizens must be registered by the
eighth of September in order to vote in
| November.
Mr.. Harry Fenlon. of BeIefente, is
! visiting his parents Hon. John FenIon and
wife of this place.
! Miss Annie NJ. Jones. daughter of
| VIII lam NJ. Jones, of Allegheny, Pa, is
| visiting friends in this place.
! Nothing is So fortunately built as the
| fly. 1t can stand on one leg and scratch
| itself anywhere with five legs a once.
Our neighbor the Herald this week is
| ont in new dress of type and is as hand
| some aS u pretty miss in new gown
! On Tuesday and Wednesday nights of
! next week IA festival will be held at the
| Opera House for the benefit of the Congre-
| gational church.
| E. W. Rue, fireman on the Pennsyl-
! vania railroad. whose home is ii I Wilmore.
| fell from the top of freight car at Son
man on Saturday morning and diSlocated
| his shoulder
The Somerset Poor Directors have con-
| tracte to have the almShouSe in that
| place, lighted with electric lights. Fifty
| lights will do the business and the price is
| thtrty-fve cents per light per month.
The residence of Misses Harris and
! Bishep. IN the west end of town, was en-
| tered on Sunday night and quantity of
! edibleS and provisions carried off. The
thieves gained an entrance through a cellar
window.
| The surviving memberg of Harm
| tranft's Division. will hold reunion at
| Petersburg, Va. on the 10Th of this month.
| Company c., of this place, was in that Di-
/ vision and several of the veterans are talk
ing of attending the reunion.
The Ebensburg council at their last
meeting on Monday night passed an or
dinance requiring all persons carrying
! passengers and running hacks to the fair
! grounds To take ont a license. They also
passed an ordinance prohibiting all games
of chance within the limits of the borough.
! The Republican senatorial conferees
! of Blair and Cambria counties met at the
! Lloyd House. in this place, on Monday and
! nominated John a. Lemon. of Holidays
burg. for Senator. John has Il large hank
cring after office and as longas life remains
he will be asking the people to vote fcr
| him.
The dwelling house of Samuel Kelly in
! Clcarticld township was destroyed 10y fire
| on Tuesday night Of last week. The fam
lily was absent at the time and everything
| in the house was destroyed including con-
siderable sum of money. The loss is esti
mated AT $500. on which there is an in
/ >uranco of 81 800.
-MeSsrS. Elijah Mahan and Timothy
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Barker Bros. in this place and in the flu
ture will do all Kind of machine repairing
in connection with first class blacksmith
shop. \ machine shop in EbenSburg is
much needed Institution and We wish the
cntrrprising firm success.
The barn on the farm of J. \. Learn,
/ near Decker'S Point. in Indiana county,
was struck by lightning about noon on
Thursday of last week and together with
lis contents, completely destroyed. The
contents belonged to Arthur Lydick, who
had the farm rented. There was an insur-
ance of s2.3GO on the building and contents.
The Repubica congressional confer
| cnce for this district met at Bedford on
! Tuesday but up TO this date have made no
! nomination. The Bedford county confer
! ecs are voting for Edward =. AShcom: the
] Somerset county cOnferees for Edward
| SculI the present Incumbent, while the
| Blair and Cambria conferees are voting for
! J. ID. Hicks.
Under the ruling of the supreme court
| in the matter of WeStfield borough against
the commissioners of Tioga county, the
| approaches TO all county bridges, unless es-
| pecially agreed to the contrary, will be
! built by tie county. This finding of the
| supreme court iS of considerable interest to
| boroughs and townships in which one or
| more county bridges are located.
The law requires that Canada thistleS
! be cut in time to prevent them from going
to seed. and thereby spreading to greater
! ex tent. 1t is the duty of the constable of
| the township or borough 10 see that the
| thiSt ties are cut and must give notice by
| printed circulars posted i'll prominent
| places. The constable upon cutting any
| thStles is allowed - per day and fine is
/ also imposed upon the property for ne
! glcct.
The Democratic senatorial conference
| will meet at the Mountain HOuSc, CressOn,
( today Thursday. Blair coumty's candi-
| date George W. Rhine, Of Altoona, has APP
! pointed his confcrecS To represent his inter
estS at the con ference. They are w. {.
Mytou. Of the Eighth ward. Altoona: =. NJ.
| Hoycr. of the Sixth ward. Altoona. and w.
| II. Smith of Holliday<hurg. DIR. Conrad,
| of JOhnstown, is Cambria county's caudi-
date, but We did not learn who he has APP
pointed as his conferees.
Mrs. Black. ofEbensburg, who is visit
ing her daughrr, Mrs. Learn, of Fifth
street. met with severe accident one day
last week In the evening she stepped out
on the porch ID get a drink of water. She
missed her footing. and fell to the gronnd.
cutting a large cash across her forehead
Her face was also considerably bruised.
She is is eighty four years Of age, and for
| "A while il was feared the fall might prove
| serious but at last accounts she i doing
ujccly.-TRdiGHd Gazette.
Mrs. Cathariuc Sweeny will sell at pub
lie sale AZ her residence in Allegheny town
ship. one mile from AshvilIe and two miles
from Chest Springs, at l o'clock, L. NJ,
/. / Thursday. September 18th, four head
LOrSeS one spring colt, two milch cows,
I three ycarIng calves, five head of sheep,
thlee ShoatS. hay 10y the ton, wheat and
oats by the bu>hel, corn by the shock, one
moving tuachinc, hay-rake, cutting box.
sled sleigh. ywO sets heavy harness, one set
light harness. plows. harrowS, chains, etc.
/, household and kitchen furniture and other
articles.
Col Linton Very Sick.
The condition of Colonel John L. Linton
does not improve as his friends would wish,
and at present writing it is somewhat crit
icaL About ten days ago he attended a