The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-11-16

like big diamonds in the sunlight
William Paul, while ascending the
shaft OF the Henrietta Coal Company at
| DunIo on Monday. stepped from the NOV
| ing cage at the first landing. His feet
| slipped from under him and he fell back
| wards to the bottom. u distance of TO feet
crushing in the entire top of his skull.
| Death was inSUaneouS. He was a son of
| Sylvester Paul, living near Salix, aud was
| about 20 years OF age.
Some time ago we mentioned the fact
( that Squire John a. Kennedy, IA former
| resident of this place, but for a number of
years resident of MOBILES county. Iowa.
| had been renominated by the Democracy
| of that comfy for register of deeds. We
| are glad 10 note that in the general wreck
| IN which Democrats in every part of the
| country went down. Mr.. Kennedy came
out on top being re- elected by a majority
of 35S
| The GOsling suggests that it would ''be
an up hill job for Hasson to demonstrate
in the face of the facts that he is not an
| ape" 1t is but few weeks ago since we
heard a weIIknown Republican of Ebens-
burg say after reading the GOsIing's arti-
Gle in which it claimed that il was the
|
money in the till during CIeveIand'S first
| term that the editor was ass" and
| it carried without dissenting voice
| On the farm of William Fleming. in
| Armstrong township, John King huSked
| l-lio bushels of corn in seventeen and one
| half days making an average of sixty five
and one-Seventh bushels per day His
best days huSNing was eighty-six bushels
!
this corn ana certify to the statement be-
| ing correct They also measured of an
acre IN the corner of the field which
yielded li5 bushels of corn.-Tndiana
Times.
On Wednesday about nOOn the dwell
ing house of JOhnIR. Edwards who resides
on a farm about five miles north of Ebens-
burg. in Carroll township, caught fire from
Il defective tiue and owing to a scarcity of
water and no help was soon burned to the
ground Some few articles of household
furniture We're saved but nearly every
thing was lost The house vas plank
building erected about twenty years ago,
and was Insured in the Cambria Mutual
for 81 900.
As previously announced the unveil-
ing % the Cherrytree monument will take
place on Friday afternoon. Besides the
speakers previously announced Governor
PattiSOn, Governor Hastings, ex-
Governor Beaver and Hon. John p. EIkin
there will also be short talks by f. A
Shoemaker, Esq. of EbenSburg; Thomas
ii. Murray, of Cleartied; Judge Harry
White, of Indiana: Judge A. V. Barker,
of Ebensburg; Judge Cyrus Gordon, of
Clearfeld, and others.
"A strange law suit will shortly begin
at JohuStown that will recall the great
flood of ISS9. Last June a boy in the en-
plOy of Undertaken LOeDrich found jar
in the cellar of the store containing 81 100
in so gold pieces. MIR. Loebcich took the
money. telling the boy to say nothing and
promising tn diyide He failed To keep his
promise and on Wednesday he told Louis
Wehn, his next door neghbor. Now Wehn
claims the money, saying he had it hidden
in his own cellar at the time of the flood.
The claimants will take case to court.
Jacob Dunckle. a soldier living at
AarOnSburg, Centre county, lost an eye in
the wal. AT the time the injury was re-
cciyed the surgeon merely washed 1is eye,
and ,he bullet was not probed for. On
Thursday Mr. DuncKIe toDk ID coughing
spell, and during the SpaSm, friends in his
company noticed something drop from his
month. On examination it was found to
be a minnie ball. which had been lodged
in the back part of his mouth, having
found its way down from the eye.
"A terrible railroad accident occurred
near lockwood. Somerset county, on Wed
neSday evening of last week by which six
trainmen were killed and two seriously in
jured. The accident was caused by MS
take of the trainmen in taking a train that
was on a siding at lockwood for the regu-
lar freight train. 4 head-end collision
was the result. with six killed, two engines
disabled and number of cars broken up.
The wrecked cars contained a lot of cattle,
many of which were killed and injured.
The superintendent of public instruc
tion has notified the secretaries of the
boards of school directors in the several
school districts of the state that the school
director, may determine for themselves in
all cases which DAYS designated by law as
public holidays shall be observed as school
holidays in their respective districts. In
case the schools are open for regular in
Struction on these DAYS the time can be
counted, reported and paid for the same as
other days constituting a school month.
John Weaver, aged l. years. son of
Mr. and Mrs Jacob Weaver, of WilmOre,
died on Saturday afternoon. About two
weeks ago John, while playing with
younger brother. put u silver half dollar IN
his mouth for the purpose of hiding it and
accidentally swallowed it. The coin
lodged in his stomach and every effort
made by the physicians failed 10 give him
relief and caused his death. His remains
were Inferred in the Coleman cemetery on
Monday afternoon, Rev. y. B. Erhard, OF
the Wilmore Lutheran church. officiating.
The mysterious case of Mrs. Samuel
Jack, OF Worth township. Mercer county,
who left her home on Monday of last week
and was found in a hollow log, nearly
dead was not an abduction nor an as
SauIt. When she first recovered con-
seriousness she refused To make any state
ment, but on Friday she told tn" whole
story. She said she was tired of life, went
into the woods, took stone and tried TO
beat out her brains. Not succeeding, she
became unconscious. and after lying TWO
days and two nights on the ground she
crawIed INTO the log To die. She will re-
cover
The Pennsylvania State Sportmen's
Association held meeting in Harrisburg
on Thursday. AT the next session OF the
legislature bill will be introduced to
create a game commission, which shall
consist Of six members TO be appointed by
the governor, the commission to have the