The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-10-27

Mr.. James Gormley, highly esteemed
and respected citizen of CIearfield town
ship, died on Wednesday of last week. aged
about 80 years. The deceased had been
out getting some wood and returned to the
house, complaining of not feeling well. and
went To lie down. In few minutes after
he breathed his last. He leaves 10
survive him a wife and six children, the
youngest of whom is babe of eight
/ months.
"A driver of vehicle who attempts 10
! pass another on the same road does so at
/ his peril, for if any accident occurs to the
man he is passing the rear driver j. re-
I sponsible. This does not mean that the
man in advance is not obligated TO yield a
part of the road when notified but the
burden Of care rests on the rear driver
who i in position To see and avoid dan
ger while the other is not. II injury To-
the leading results from the attempt 20
pass whether ON a crowded thoroughfarr
or on country road, the rear driver Will
bc held responsible.
A case that Is a marvel % the medical
fraternity is thai % youag Michael Ga,i-
gan. 20 Braddock, who was shot iu the
haad last "Wednesday and Is still living
The bali cHtcredhis brain aud j. stiIl there.
Tho huy was shot hy q lad named Billy
Hal while they were shooting az "a target.
The Hall hoy was arrested and charged
with lrluu.uu~ assault and battery. bat has
since bs.n released ou 5000 bail. The
bullet penetrated the frontal bone, passing
into thr iah" OF the brain. whrr. it still rc-
mains. The hoy. despite the fact that hc
b. very weak, has beru conscious since
sunday and talks seusibly.
In the Unitej States district court in
Fitt>burg on Friday hast Joseph n PrinrIc.
Of Summcrhill, charged with having ia his
possession a mould for acounterfrit dollar.
admitted the accusation. hut pleaded i'm
rNtcnuation that il belonged 10 another
man. The jury rendered verdict Of
guilty, aud +. G.. Kerr. ESQ. Of ofJohnstown.
PrinEle's attorney, asked the court To i'm
prison his client in the Cambria county
jail, stating that he had been severely
wounded recently by the accidental dis
charge OF a gun and needed medical attcn-
tion. Judge Burlington released Pringle
on $500 bail To appear on demand of the
court.
Some time during Saturday night or
Sunday morning thieves broke open five
box cars AT the Pennsylvania railroad sta
tion at JohnStown. The cars were loaded
with all kinds of merchandise. one Of
them was filled with flour in sacks, and il
Is thought that number of these were
carried away. In one of the ears were
found two boxes broken Open out il was
evident thar none of the contents had been
disturbed, no doubt because they contained
nothing but stone jars filled with writing
fluid. There is no clue as yet 10 the rob
bcrS, nor will il be known what was stolen
until the goods are checked off from the
bills OF lading.
Edwin II. Jackson. time clerk for the
mining department of tlc Cambria Iron
company, Johnstown. was arrested on
Monday afternoon in the Cambria's GEN
cral Office on a charge Of fraud. preferred
against him by Assistant General Manager
II. H. Weaver. At the hearing on Tues
day the defendant was charged with utter
ing forged checks amounting To SlSs. 10 on
the Cambria Iron company and selling
them at a discount 10 parties in Johns
town. After witnesses for the prosecution
had been examined the counsel for the de-
fenSC said they had nothing to offer in re-
buttal. The prisoner was asked TO give
bail In the sum Of $1,000 for his appearance
at court. which was furnished by John
Thomas becoming his bondsman. Later
Investigations Indicate that the company
has lost nearly $1,000 by Jackson's way of
doing business.
Miss Fannie A. stephens. of Duncan
non, Pa. on Tuesday of last week while
suffering from typhoid fever and probably
delirious, made an attempt on her life by
cutting her throat al the home of her uncle.
Robert Stephens, of Irvona. ClcarfieId
county, and the injuries received were of
a horrible character. There were about
seventeen gaSheS in the throat and the
windpipe was severed. a silver tube was
inserted and nouriShment supplied through
it. although from the nature of the
wounds it was found to be difficult mat
ter to supply the victim with food In
the opinion of physicians, the wounds in
the throat were sufficient TO cause death. I
independently of the fever from which
Miss Stephens suffered. She died at . /
o'clock on Sunday morning. She was %
years of age. and her remains were taken /
TO DuncannOn for interment.-