The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06

'oiih b'Nihe' Wnlle waking on the
railroad between Bellwood and FoStoria on
Saturday evening, was struck by Mail Ex-
press and instantly killed. The deceased
was son of the late Thomas Deyine. a
former resident of Ebensburg and sister
OF Mrs. Jed Dow, of this place. His re-
mains were taken to his home in Bellwood
The inventory of the personal proper
ty of the late Bishop Tuigg was filed in
Pittsburg on Saturday. II amounts TO
only S231 worth, and of this all but SS7 is
placed on his library. The Ss7 is made up
OF a gold watch, dressing and
manicure set. There were 7g2 volumes in
the library, the highest priced beingsl and
the lowest fivs cents.
The largest freight car ever built was
turned out of the Pennsylvania Railroad
COmpany'S shops at Altoona Saturday
morning, after three months steady work.
This car will be used to transport from
Sparrow Point, neal Baltimore, TO Chicago
the l24-ton gun manufactured at the works
of the Krupp Gun Company, at Essen.
Prussia, for the Worlds Fair.
On Monday Eddie Decker, the eight
year, old son of James Decker, Il miner liv-
ing in Elder township, near Hastings,
while coasting down a hill on a small sled,
run into piece of iron pipe that was
sticking up out of the ground and frozen
fast. The iron pipe struck the boy in the
stomach and penetrated up into the region
of the heart. causing death almost instant
ly.
AS will be noticed by a glance at our
advertising columns the readers of the
FREEMAN will perceive that the we'll
known firm of Simon * Co.., at GallitZin,
has been succeeded by MessrS. Orth & Co.
Messrs Simon & Co., return their thanks
to their many patrons in the past and
recomend their successors in business to
the good graces of the people of GallitZin
and vicinity.
John C. Blakeney, prominent citizen
of Salisbury, Indiana county, as well as
member of town council of that place, was
instantly killed Saturday afternoon by
fall of slate ia the mines at Fairbanks,
WeStmoreland county, where he had been
employed for number of years. Mr..
Blackeney for a number of years was prin-
ciple of the Salisbury schools, but owing to
declining health engaged in mining i'll
hopes of improving his health.
When Farmer Crssinger, of Green's
an old man introduced himself as David
Dallson, of Wheeling. w. Va, and said he
had lost his pOcket-bo containing sum
of money and a railroad ticket to Wheel
ing. The young man bought a meal and a
ticket for DalliSOn. DalliSon took Girls
singers address and promised to return the
money. The young farmer grew tired of
waiting for the return of his money and
hn hoH ed
| On Monday he received a letter from a
Wheeling attorney saying the old man
was dead and had left Crissinger $4,000.
Engineer James Doran, of this city,
was handling the throttle lever on the
engine of the day express day or
two ago and narrowly escaped n fearful
accident near Wilmerding. Two east
bound freight trains were wrecked near
there and blocked the tracks. A tlagman
had gone back to signal approaching
trains, but Engineer Doran on first No. s
did not see him. owing TO smoke, and did
not perceive the wreck until within few
hundred feet OF it. He then had only time
to apply the air, reverse his engine and
brace himself for the shock which came a
few seconds later amid a shower of flying
splinters. No one on the express was hurt.
-ALtOOitd Times.
The Democratic convention of AltoO-
ma on Tuesday ev ening nominated the fol-
lowing ticket: Mayor, Samuel NJ. Hover;
controller Joseph \. McCleary; treasurer,
Samuel Lloyd; school directors, Frederick
Hesser aud Rev. Allen Sheldon WoOdle;
assessors, Adolphus AXE, William Kim
mel and w. w. Osborne. A. V. DiYely,
Esq, was chosen chairman of the city
committee. Mr.. Hoyer, the mayOrality
nominee is a native of Croyle township,
Cambria county. He attended the local
schools, worked on his fathers farm, mined
coal, carried on a coal yard, and moved to
Altoona in 1850, where he continued the
coal business. ii is thirty-SiX years old.
A fatal accident occurred at IrvOna on
Monday morning, by which Joseph Keller
man, Jr., was instantly killed. kellerman
was brakeman OF the Pennsylvania and
Northwestern railroad, and at about IL
o'clock, at the point named, attempted TO
make a coupling between cars. just as the
cars were about To come together he slip
ped. falling between the deadwoodS, which
caught him across the left side of the
chest, crushing his life out instantly. The
body was Immediately taken To Bellwood.
Coroner Poet was then notified and went
to Bellwood and impanelled a jury Of
inqnest. After viewing the body and hear
ing the evidence, which all went To show
that the fatality was purely an accident,
verdict was returned in accordance with
the facts.
About half-past o'clock on WedneS
morning of last week fire broke out il a
dwelling house occupied by George Blair,
in MOrrellville, and before the flames were
gotten under control four dwellings and
one store were burned 10 the ground, and
several other buildings badly damaged by
fire and water. The buildings completely
destroyed were three dwellings owned by
William Mette, a double dwelling owned
by David Hammond and his son William,
the dwelling of John Marsh, a large furni-
ture store belonging to Marsh, as well as
all the outbuildngs on the rear of these
lots, and the stable of j. w. Rager, across
the alley from of the burned properties.
The loss is estimated at about twenty
thousand dollars which is partially cover
| ed by insurance.
| "A dispatch from Indiana to the Pitts
| burg papers last week says: Surveyors in
| the employ of tho Pennsylvania Railroad
| Company are pushing still another survey
| for limo along the Blacklick. The engin-
| GERS are now at work in this county, and
ii Is given out that the survey is FOR line
! from EbenSburg into the Blacklck coal
! fields in western Cambria county. The
| character of the survey indicates purpose
to make something more than short coal
road. by running the road from the head
water to the mouth of the Blacklick some
OF the best coal land in the state would be
| tapped in Indiana county, and the new line
would have the addional advantage of
forming a junction with the Indiana
branch. There will be a great deal of new