The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-08-17

| The barn of the Calumet Coal & Coke
! Company, in Westmoreland county, was
| burned Wednesday night. the 1st, with all
| this years crop. Three horses and eight
mules persisted in the flames, and three
Others had to be shot on account of in
| juries.
"A sad accident occurred at No. s.
Sterling mine. as Hastings on Friday
aft ernoon, by which a Slav miner, whose
name we failed to learn was injured 50
badly that he died shortly after being
taken out The deceased was engaged in
digging under a mass of coal when il fell,
crushing his head. \ wife and three child
ren are left 10 SURVIVE him.
"A dispatch to the Philadelphia Press
from New Bloomfield. dated August IL
says: The term of court which closed in
Perry county yesterday deveoped queer
state of affair i'm the in the legal circles
here. In the criminal court one lawyer
was convicted of assault and battery and
breach of the peace, another of embezzle-
ment. two others had true bills found
against them for embeZzement. one JUS
tice of the peace was convicted of malfea-
Sancr in Office and two conStables were re-
turned for drunkenness and neglect of
duty.
Incorporate eating and drinking i the
chief cause of Indigestion. Few people
Starve To death; many Kill themselves by
eating and drinking. The stomach to be-
strong, sound and healthy must have time
10 dispose of one meal before any other
food Is imposed upon il. There are two
elements in the foods eaten. nutritious and
non nutritious. The first i digeSted and
produces nuurishmpnt: the other, not be-
ing dIgeStible, il rejected. From five To
seven hours should elapSe between meals:
Furthermore there should be no eating be-
tween meals for good health aud good ap-
petite.
Randall Mclaughlin. Jr. of Rostraver
township. Westmoreland county, has been
held for trial at court on the charge of ma
IiciouS mischief and conspiracy against
the person, preferred by DAME! Rhodes. on
Information received from his wife, who
alleges that Mclaughlin on several oc-
cdSiOnS tried 10 induce her 10 poison her
husband. after which She and Nc cLaughlin
were To be married. He was To buy the
drug. she To administer it, then lay the
bottle by his side and arouse the neigh bOrS
The defendant is said To have admitted
the truth of the story at the hearing. but
To have claimed that the half had not been
tCIG
-Bctwean 300 and 400 men went to work
in the mines Of the Altoona Coal * Coke
Company. at kittanning Point, the East
End Coal Company at Bennington and the
Hem ieta Coal Mining Company at DuIo.
Oh Thursday of last week. These three
companies are all operated 10y Altoona
men and have not been operated since
April -, just sixteen weeks. The reSump-
zion of work by the mountain miners is
the result of declaring the coal strike off
The strike resulted rather disastrously to
some of the men at the above mines as
they went To work fer b cents net ton,
whereas prior 10 the strike they were re-
cciVing 40 cents per net ton
Many methods are recommended to
the fruit grower for the destruction of tent
caterpillcr, which at this season iS in Ihe
nearly all kinds of trees, DESTROYING the fol-
iage and making the trees Un~ighty. Fire
i The remedy most commonly emf loyed,
but that means the destruction Of the
twig> with which the fire comes in con
tact. "a we'll a. of the catcrpillars them
selves. Farm and Fircsidc recommends
" hal il considers just a. effective bat d
far simpler and neater method 10 get rid
of the pests. 1t i the application of soap.
Dissolve common soft soap in water, max
ing a strong "SudS" and apply with u cloth
on the end of a pole, or a syringe. 1t is
fatal To CaterpillarS aS the fire OF kerosene