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

| The Government has eSta bliShed a sig
nal service station of the weather bureau
| at this place Mr.. NJ. ID. Bearer will have
charge of it and has already received the
| flags and signals. a pole thirty five feet
in length is on the ground and will be
| erected in front of Mr.. Bearers store on
Julian street to-day. Hereafter the peo-
pie of Ebensburg can get government
weather predictions, and if not always re-
liable. it will be the fault of the wealth
er not coming up to the government
standard. The prediction for to-day is
for colder
AT IL o'clock on Tuesday morning
Augustine Walters. a former well-known
citizen of Allegheny township, and after
ward of Carrolltown. who was in his 14tI
year, died AT his home in Houtzdale Clear
field county. Mr.. Walters was born in
Luretto on the 10th of November. Is2O. He
is survived by his wife, aged - years
An ME, wife of DR.. WeSSner; NJ. ID. and
Henry Walters, of Houtzdale; DR.. j. l..
Walters, of ScOttdaIe. and Eta. wife of
Marshall Riddles of PbilipSburg The flu
neral will take place at HoutZdale. In
terment in the Catholic cemetery at that
place.
-EX-Judge Krebs, of Cleariield. who
asked tor and obtained an alternative man
damOuS against the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company last week, alleging unjust
discrimination in coal rates against the
coal producing firm of K. Wigton X Sons,
of the Broad Top region, went into the
Dauphtn county court on Tuesday and
asked that the mandamuS be set aside, Civ
ing aS a reason that the court had not jur-
iSdiCtiOn in the matter. A similar pro-
ceeding was instituted against the compa-
ny in the courts of Philadelphia about the
same time the plaintiffs petition was filed
in the Dauphin county court.
Mr.. f. Il. McGara, of Marion Center
Indiana county, visited the Courier office
in BlairSville Saturday and expressed him
self as believing that the development of
the Indiana aud Armstrong counties gas
belt was as yet in its infancy. In Indiana
county he says there are 2OOoO acres OF gas
territory under lease and that more would
De taken up were il not for the land own
erS are holding out for terms that il both
impossible and Improbable To comply
with. Mr.. McGara is now engaged i'm
leasing gas land in the northwestern
portion of Indiana county and says that
all that territory will be given a thorough
test.
"A cablegram from Germany on Sun
day To DIR. Fred w. Stammler. of Johns
town, announced the death of DIR. James
J. Fronheiser, a we'll known citizen of
Johnstown, at DarmStadt, Germany. DIR.
EronheiSer was superintendent of the
Cambria Iron COmpany's labratory and
left JohnStown on the 18th of January last
for Germany in the interest of the com
pany. He was born in JohnStOwE on the
18th of February, 1919, and was a son of
the late Jacob FrOnheiser. He leaves a
son and daughter To survive him. his wife
and one child having been lost in the
Johnstown flood. His remains will be
shipped from Brennan on Saturday and ar
rive in Johnstown about April 3rd.
-Alonza Rodgers. of this place, was APP
pointed janitOr of the court house on We'd
neSday. The appointment of Mr.. Rod
gers was a surprise, as very few knew
that he was an applicant. Mr.. j. a.
Boney, of this place, up until the time the
appointment was made. seemed TO be in
the lead, as he had petition signed by
large number of leading ciUizenS asking for
his appointment, has always been a good
Republican, a good citizen and is an old
soldier. Old soldiers. however, are in bet
ter demand with Republican officials about
election time than when they are appoint
ing ianitors. Or perhaps Mr.. Rodgers had
passed a better examination and had bet
ter certificate from the county superin-
tendent of taxes.