The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-07

| HcpdIt tihcnt nave been on q strike since
December last. They Will work for s.. 20 {
day.
The best purpose to which coal ashes
can be applied. in town or country is in
making garden walks If well laid down
no weeds or grass will grow, and by usC
they become aS solid and more durable
than bricks
The members of the 153rd Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers who attend the
National Encampment of the q. A r. a,
PIttSburg, are requested To meet at the 4th
ward schooI in that city on Wednesday
September 18th, at 1Oo'rlock, A. NJ. for the
| purpose of having a reunion and forming
u permanent organization
-MeSSrs- Geo. Huntley. w c. Shields
and .. o. Philips, of this place. who spent
a couple of weeks in Michigan on u hunt
! ing and fishing expedition, returned home
last week. Among the trophies brought
back was the skin of black bear that Mr..
| Huntley had shot. They report the hunt
ing and fishing as excellent.
On Saturday afternoon Branch No.
40 of the Emerald Beneficial Association.
was organized in this place with the fol-
/ loving officers: NJ. ID. Kittell, ESQ, presi-
! dent; o. E. Wilkinson. vice president: f.
! {. Parrish, financial secretary: NJ ID.
Bearer, recording secretary: A. w Buck:
treasurer, and a. f. Bender marshal.
John Ricketts,, of Reade township. at
tended the Democratic convention in Eb-
! enSburg last week, and after receiving the
| nomination for assembly, went home
| Sowed II acres of wheat, then sowed the
same ground To- clover and timothy. and
I a NI
friends. John is bound to get there if it is
in the wood.
Abe Obcr. of Indiana, charged with
having counterfeit money in his possession
and passing the same. was accorded a
hearing before United States Commission
er Grai1iuS in Altoona last Thursday The
evidence adduced showed that he was
guilty and lac was accordingly held for
trial in the United States district court.
The county funds of Blair county are
locked up in the closed Second National
Bank. of Altoona, which is now seeking
extensions of time of payment from dcpoS-
ItGrS. In consequence. the county treas
urer cannot pay off the orders for poor re-
lief and other current expenses. The tax
collectors have been notified to hurry the
outstanding taxes in the county treasury.
There is no use in walking the floor
with Il fcIon. says a gentleman who has
had some experience in that direction.
Wrap a cloth loosely around the felon.
leaving the end open. Pour gunpowder in
the end shake il down until the felun is
covered. then keep it wet with camphor.
In two hours the pain Will he relieved and
a perfect cure will surely follow.
A fellow at WayneS burg turned stream
of water from a hose on an are light just
to have some fun with it and see if he
could put it out. 1t had some fun with
him and nearly put him out. Water is an
excellent conductor of the electric current,
and when it ran down that stream and
walI0Ded the fellow over the ground a few
times he was ready to call quits.
MIR. =. u. Ludwig, of the firm of John
Ludwig y Sons. wooden manufacturers of
this place. returned home on Friday after
an absence of couple of months in the
northern part of the state. Sam makes an
annual pilgrimage 10 the northeastern
counties for the purpose of selling goods,
and as their goods Is we'll known, all wool
and yard wide, his coming is always
welcomed
Since June last the school board of
Mount Union. Huntingdon county. has
been unable 20 agree upon u teacher for
No. school, the vote standing. time after
time. to upon the application of Charles
Hiney- Upon petition of the citizens and
on request of the board, the matter was
discussed before court on Saturday last.
and an order was issued removing the
board and appointing an entire new board.
"A dispatch from Du BoiS. Pa. on
Wednesday says: Forest fires have ap-
preached this town 50 close that a change
of wind will involve a fight to keep the
flames from spreading over it. From Falls
Greek To- Ridgway there iS an almost un-
broken sea Of fire. which is raging all along
the Ridgway and Cleariield road. There
i much anxiety in this locality and hun
drcds of property owners are doing guard
duty.
John Humphreys, aged about 10 wears,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Humphreys of
Cambria township, died at the home of
his parents on Sunday last from typhoid
fever. The deceased had been i'll for sew
eral months with the dreaded disease and
it was hoped by his many friends that he
would finally recover ont "A relapse set in
and caused his death. 4 sister, Mrs. Dan
weeks ago
Jacob Dwell. an aged German, died
at JuhnStown on Wednesday morning from
a dose of rough on rats. He took the pOis-
on OIL Tuesday night in a bucket of beer,
and when his alarmed wife called phys
ician he berated the doctor, saying that he
hoped a man could get drunk in his own
house without interference. He feIgned
drunkenness so well that the doctor was
fooled and when too late it was learned
for a certainty that he had taken the
poison.
AT an early hour on Wednesday morn
ing the barn of Martin CuppleS. in Clear
field township. was discovered to be on
fire and in a short time afterwards was re-
duccd to pile of smOuldering ashes. The
barn contained this seasons crops, togeth-
er with lot of farming implements, ma
chfnery etc. The fire is thought to have
been the work of an incendiaTy. Mr.. Cup
pIeS i a brother-in-l law of John Cox. whose
house was burned the day previous, and
the two men were near neighbOrS.
Harrison RingIer, two miles east of
ShankSviIle. came near having his team
drowned in an old well Wednesday. He
was dragging big rocks by means of
chain to fill up the well and when near
the we'll with a large rock one Of the
horses shicd and caused the rock to tumble
into the well and pull the horses in after
it, The water came to the horses neckS