The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-03-24

Miss Mary James died at her home il
Jac hSon township on Monday. aged .
| years. She was IA daughter OF the late
! Benjamin james. and sister o
/ benjamin +. james and William James
| of Jackson township, and of Mrs. lSaa
| Kelly and Mrs. Robert Davis, of Cambrii
J township. Her remains were inferred a
! Beulah on Wednesday
james Kelly, Of JohnStown, wa!
brough To Jail on Monday under thirty
lay : sentence for Slapping his daugher
! Mrs Mary Hallet of the same city. kel-
/ ly and his daughter had entered eroSS-Suit'
for assault before Alderman Harris, and
after hearing the evidence. Mrs Hallet was
! discharged. and Kelly. in default of paying
a fine of SO and costs. was brought 10 Jail.
Mr. Ambrose Gray. of Carroll town
| ship last week was one of the most unfor-
I tunate of men. First on Friday his COW in
crossing over "A fe nee Injured itself so mnch
That it may die On Thursday evening his
wife stepped on something that twisted
her ankle and broke a bone. His little
three year-old daughter on Saturday night
fell out of bed aud dislocated her shoulder.
-CdTTOUfOtCH Nctcs.
Mrs. Polly Alderman. an aged woman
living near Youngstown, WeStmoreland
county. was burned to death Tuesday
evening She was alone in an upper roo m
of her sons house. and while smoking, II
is thought her pipe fell from her mouth
into her lap setting her clothing on FIRE.
Her screams brought her son 10 the rescue.
but too late, a. she was 50 badly burned
that she only lived a short time.
AT the late license court. Peter
Symorc and John Byrne of Portage, each
applied for hotel license for the same
house in that place. The court granted
a license to Seymore and refused Byrne.
Bvrae however has possession OF the
house having kept a hotel therefor the
past year and more and refused to give up
the possession, claiming that he has a
right 10 a lease Of the pr emiseS. The law
will probably be revoked to settle the dis
pute.
Mrs. Regina Buck. wife OfC. Buck.
a we'll known citizen of Carrolltown, died
on Monday afternoon after a short Illness.
Mrs Buck was about 32 years of age and a
daughter of Mr.. Thomas RoS,nStcel. for
mcrly resident of Ebensburg. but now Of
AEhVillc. She was a sister OF Rev. Father
Ruscnstecl of AshviIle, and Of Mrs. j. y.
O'Hara. Of this place. Besides her bereav-
ed husband She leaves four small children
who are thus early bercft of 4 mothers
love and care.
Mrs. Bridget Farrell. wife Thomas
Farrell. died At her home in 81. Augustine
ON Tuesday of last week. aged - years.
Her aged husband and one daughter
Mrs. Luke McCabc. survive. She was born
i'm Parrish Pctumua. County Galway, Ire
land came 10 this county thirty -fouryearS
ago. and has lived la CIrarliold township
ever since. She was married 10 Thomas
Farrell ffty-four years ago. and was the
mother of nine children, all of whom died
in Infancy except Mrs. McCabe.
Mrs Rachael McMullcn, aged - years.
died at her daughters residence In Gal
litzin ON Saturday night from the result OF
a puraIyitic stroke. She was the widow of
Daniel McMulru. who died in June. 1880.
Deceased Is survived by five sons and
TWO daughtcrS-Conrad. OF Allegheny City:
Thomas. in Mexico; Daniel, Of ReHova;
John and Robert McMullen. of Altoona;
Mrs. Lizzie RciSSmau, of GallitZ in, with
whom Mrs. McMullcn made her
home, and Miss Nancy McMuIlcn, of Blair
Furnace. The remains we're taken To AL
toouu for iutermcnt on Monday.
Owen McGraw driver in the employ
of Brown Bros. x Sons. contractors al No.
10 bridge. east of Birmingham. Blair coun-
". was instantly killed at $40 on Satur-
day morning. He wa driving cart when
his horse shicd on 4 o aDproach OF Pacific
express, and Mr.. NJ Graw was thrown upon
the track and struck ,.. the head by the
train. The remains were taken TO Tyrone
and placed in the surgical rooms, and AZ
tcrward gwen in charge of Undertallcrs
Burlcy Il Graham The deceased came
from JohnstOwn, where he was engaged in
horse dealing.
Tobias Foreman. Que of the Associate
Judges of Huntington county. Pa. died at
his home in IIopcwcll township on Tues
day afternoon, pneumonia. aged seventy
five years. Judge Foreman. WHO was ell
crtcd twice ON the temperance issue,
achieved considerable distinction in lSS >.
when with the aid Of brother Associate
on the bench. he over-ruled President
Judge FurSt's opinion TO grant license and
placed Huntingdon on the list of Prohibi-
tiOn counties. 1t was on exceptions filed
against this euling that the rupreme court
Judges prevailed.
In late opinion the supreme court
says that # an engineer on a railroad en-
giue. in approaching point where il is his
duty To sound whistle, aS required by the
statute observes nearby on a highway, a
man struggling with a team of horses
hitched to Il wagon, and can see from the
surroundings that sounding a whistle will
make the team unmanageeble and greatly
eudangcr the team and man. it is his duty 10
dcSiSt until the danger point i passed or
If necessary to stop the train. and if he does
not but ncedleSSly sounds the whistle and
pcrmi Is the steam 10 escape, causing them
To run away, the company is liable for the
injuries inflicted.
AT the time of the flood John KcKen-
ma, the machiueSt, lost a valuable gold
watch which had been presented to him by
the mechanical department Of the Vulcan
Steel Comp pany. of st. Louis when he left
there in July. 1880. \ short time ago the
watch was left with a ieweler here for re
pairs, by stranger, when the jewelcr no.
ticcd the inscription aud sent word for Mr.
McKenna. That gentleman fully identi-
He'd the timcpiece and recovered what was
to him very valuable keepsake, both on
account of its associations and the long
time it was given up a. lost. 1t seems that
the maa who found it had picked il up
shortly after the flood and had carried il
ever >iucc.-JoltHStOicH Herald.
John f. Beard, aged %. a freight
brakeman on the Pittsburg division whose
home is at Mowry's Mills, Bedford coun-
ty. was instantly killed at Crrsson ON
Wednesday night of last week. His train
was ON its way 10 Altoona and stopped at
CrcsSon. Mr.. Beard. who was in the cabin.
stepped OF into the darkness aud did not
notice an empty engine going west on the