The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-03-23

and is deserving of the appointment.
John s. Nagle, an old and respected
citizen of Barr township. and veteran OF
the late war, died at his home in that
! township on Tuesday, March 18th, aged
about 30 years. He leaves widow. three
daughters and one son to survive him.
"A cool ing, wholesome drink is made
mixing two tablespoonSfu of pearl barley
with a quarter of pound of sugar. Pour
on it little more than two quorts Of
boiling water. Add the peel of fresh
lemon. Let it stand all night, then strain
aud 1t is ready for use.
T. :. Fettinger. editor of the Altoona
Graphic Ne,CS, who was prosecuted by
Michael Poet, coroner of Blair county, for
| libel, was acquitted on Tuesday. The libel
! charged consisted in publishing the state
! ment that the coroner was no more fit TO
conduct AN inquest than Mexico is To de-
feat the United States in battle.
Easter comes very early this year. as
| it falls on March -, but il will be- oyer
| half century before il falls again on this
date, the next year being 1851. The earliest
date upon which Easter can fall is March
-, and the last casters on this date We're
in the years 1888, l7lG and ISIS, but so early
an Easter will not come again until 1870.
| There is rumor current that at a
! meeting of the coal operators of Clearhcld
county held in Philadelphia on Wednesday
| Of last week, il was decided To reduce the
| price of mining from To To - cents per ton.
| Tue reduction will take effect on April
! The operators allege that they are forced
| to reduce the price because of reductions
made by other firms.
On Wednesday a deal was made be-
| tween c. J. Blair aud +. Il. CrcSSw ell, both
| of this place 10y which the former becomes
| the owner Of the Ebensburg electric light
| plant. We failed To learn the exact terms
Of the contract but understand Mr.. Cre>s-
well valued the plant at Sl2,OOO, and that
| Soome.real estate down the Blacklick was
| part of the consideration.
The Pennsylvania railroad relief fund
| at the close of the year showed balance
of $53l. 10. The surplus fund now
amounts S2.S. .SIO.41, having been increased
| during the year 10y the addition of interest
| amounting 10 Ss.SS6lG. The subject of
utilizing this fund is being considered by
| the advisory committee and the manage
mcnt There are 32.S21 members.
week we made note of the death of Hen
ry KunkIc. OF BIacklick township. On
Wednesday last a search revealed SiOO in
gold Sccrcted under the porch. His
daughter had noticed that he frequently
got up at night and went and looked after
something under the porch, hut did not
dream tnat he had money hidden there:
but an investigation disclosed tho amount
described.
William f. Zimmerman. prominent
citizen of Somerset county. committed sui
eide on Wednesday morning by hanging
himself in Captain John Hite's barn. Zim-
norman was merchant and an eX- post
master and was seen going TO the barn with
a rope in his hand couple hours previous
to the discovery Of his lfelesS body hang
ing in the barn. He was about fifty years
of age and leaves wife and grown
up daughter.
An unOccupied house in TunneIhill was
set on fire in some mysterious manner at
an early hour on Sunday morning and
burned down. The Emmett House. of
which Joseph Bertram is proprietor and
which was in close proximity to the burned
building, was in great danger and had il
not been for the efforts made by the neigh
bOrS and hose company, would have Ger
tainly been burned. 1t escaped. however.
with "A severe Scorchiug.
"A Harrisburg dispatch of Friday last
says: The Clearfield aud Couemaugh
Railroad Company, which was chartered
recently to build line from Belsena
Cleariicld county, to .IohnstOwn, has con
solidatc ted with the Cleariield Creek Rail
road Company, which is building a line l.
miles long from Belscna to the mouth of
Little Cleariied creek. The proposed lines
will have an aggregate length of - miles
and capital of SI,5OO,OOO."
David John. son of Mr.. and Mrs Wal
ter John. of JOhnstOwn, aged fifteen years.
with a companion, jumped Il freight train
at Johnstown on Friday morning and rode
To New Florence. After a short stay they
boarded an east bound freight train to re-
turn home. They had only travelled few
miles when a jolt threw young
Johns from the bumper to the track and
the wheels cut of one leg, one arm and his
head. The train was stopped and the
mangled remains taken to JOhuStOwn.
Martha. the four -ycar-old daughter of
Harry Mock, of Bloomfield township. Bed
ford county. was fatally burned on Wed
ncSday afternoon Of last week, aud died
that evening al o'clock. She aud anoth-
er child had been left mp stairs, sitting be-
hind the fire, while Mr.. and Mock were
down stairs. When discovered the child
was mass of flames from the knees up.
In cndcavOring To stop the flames the par
ents were seriously burned, and Mr.. Mock,
who is subject To heart disease, is seriously
i'll.
Joseph Bender and William McCor-
mick had Il quarrel in the bar-room of the
the Union Hotel in Altoona. When Ben
der and some companions left the hotel
they were followed by McComick. William
Ahern and Barney Inflow, who pelted
Bender with stones, one of which struck
him on the right temple and caused his
death next morning. y coroaer's inquest
was held and verdict rendered that death
was caused 10y William Mccormick, who
was arrested. Bender was p years old
and unmarried.
The central board of education of Pitts
burg having adopted resolutions refusing
payment to the Sisters of Charity engaged
as teachers in the Riverside public schools,
of that city, unless they dispensed with
the garb of their order, the Sisters with
drew An injunction was also asked for in
court TO restrain the Sisters from acting as
teachers by w. Il. Kerr, state councillor of
the Jr. O. u. \. NJ. The hearing in the le-
gal proceedings has been fixed for March
~ by the court, but the application has
been withdrawn.
Engineer David Dunmire, of Altoona.
who owns a farm near SummcrhilI, this
county intends going into the chicken
raising business there this spring. and had