The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-13

| w. NJ Butler. who was shot in the
mead while peering into the window of a
| nelghbor'S house in Martinsburg Blair
county, on Friday night, March 30. by j.
r hyler, who was in the house courting a
young lady, dieO on Sunday Kyler is in
Jail.
Miss Nav Hentz. of Somerset. who last
August tripped On defective pavement i'll
that borough and fell. breaking bone in
| her arm, dIslOcating her shou, der aud tear
ing tendon by which she is permanently
injured, has sued the borough of Somerset
for $500 damages.
Henry Mccall. a brakeman on the
Pennsy lyania railroad, had his right hand
caught while making a coupling at RIairs-
vile On Friday forenoon, and it was so
badly crushed that amputatIon was neces-
Sary- McCalIS home i at OSceoIa but he
boards IN GreenSburg
Webb Evans, formerly of this place. Il
notice of whose arrest at Kane. Pa. for
forgery was noted in last weeks FREEMAN.
is now in Jail at Ridgway. Elk coun-
". where he has been incarcera:ed in de-
fault OF bail to await trial at the next
session of court to he held for that county.
R. NJ. x |. X. Linton. sons of the late
Colonel John p. Linton. of Johnstown
have purchased tue Somerset Democrat
and with this weeks issue of the paper
have assumed control. The Democrat has
always been one of our most valued eX-
changes and we wish both the old and new
proprietors success in the future
james ;. Keagy. of Altoona, an en-
ploye in the planning mill of the PennSvI-
Vania railroad in that city. fell from a
treStle while endeav0ring to remove a belt
from a pulley on Monday morning and re-
received injuries which resulted in his
death several hours afterward He leaves
Il wife and daughter TO survive him
Peanut soup is a new culinary wrinkle
which appeals to those who are in search
OF novelty. The nuts are shelled roasted
and ground to fine powder. and stirred
into cream soup made from "a pint of
milk and Il pint of water. a small table
spoonful of flour and large one of butter.
rubbed together and well seasoned with
pepper.
A force of men is engaged i'm tearing
out the end of the Johnston Company's
rail- mill in order to erect an annex building
about one hundred feet square. Many i'm
provements have been made on the mill
strengthening
presses having been moved some distance
from the rolls, and it is now found ncces-
sary to enlarge the building. -JoI,nstotcn
Tribune
Bicycle riders are everywhere awaiting
anXiOuSly the advent of good roads that
they mount their metal steeds and take a
spin through the country This leads us
mention the fast that MeSSrS. Gable IL Co.
of Altoona. are selling first class, well
made, highly finished bicycle with all the
latest Improvements for $50 1t Is the
Swan Safety and anyone intending to buy
Il bicycle should give them "a call
John Brown and Samuel Grove. two
young residents of jackson township, were
arrested on Saturday, charged by Penn
Sylvania Railroad Policeman SharettS, of
GallitZIn. with larceny and receiving s1o-
len goods. The article stolen was u cad
dy of tobacco which was taken from
The compauv's warehouse at Mineral
Point on the night of the 18th of March
Brown entered bail for his appearance at
court and Grove was brought to Jail
Nelson y. Butler. the engineer who
was 80 badly injured at Patton on Thurs
day of last week, died on Friday night and
" "a buried al Harrisburg on Monday after
loon The deceased four years ago reSid-
ed at Harrisburg where he had charge of
the United States Hotel in that city. Two
years ago he disposed OF his interest in the
hotel and resumed his former occupation
~ an engineer, and accepted position d,
such on the Beech Creek road. He was
about ~ years Of age.
Bill Nye writes: Every newspaper
experience, met the man who takes more
papers than he can read. lie was in town
last week lie paid - cents for an alma
nae. wiped his nose on awning. tried to
blow out an electric light at the hotel
Irird to light his cigar oD it, put nickel
IN the slot at the pOStufiice because the
mail didn't appear wanted To lick the
cashier of the bank because it closed at ,
o'clock ana watched the sign over the jew
elry store looking for it To strike
On Thursday night Of last week about
10 o'clock fire broke out in the basement of
the sroreroom of ii. c. Waudby, ard had
made such progress before its discovery
that the buiIding and its contents were
soon "a mass of flames. The StOreroom.
dwelling house and stable of Mr.. Waudby
were burned TO the ground. "a was also a
dwelling house occupied by Mr.. J. RYAN.
The household effects of Mr.. Ryan were
saved. Mr.. Waudby'S loss is estimated at
about ,OOn, with an insurance of SI2.OOO,
while Mr.. Ryan had an insurance of $500.
The Cambria fire brick works, located
near Hommer's. in R"ade township, have
been sold to the firm of HarbinSOn Il
Walker of PittSburg. one of the largest
firms Of operators and shippers of various
kinds of brick in PennSy lvania. The di-
rectOrS met at the works on Tuesday at
which time the sale was completed. 1t is
stated that the new company will
commence operations on a larger scale than
heretofore. and aS the clay is OF a superior
quality from that found in any other part
of the state. there i every prospect of
there being a ready market for the mater
ial
A dispatch from Phiipsburg states
that the failure of the delegation Of miners
from the Ciearfield region in attendance at
the Dubois and ReynoldSville mass meet !
inge to induce. the miners of those regions !
To suspend work has materially changed |
the situation OF affairs in the Clearteld |
aud Beech Creek districts. The SuSpen-
sion will continue at most of the mines |
until Friday. when all the men will return |
to work in anticipation of being ordered To |
again suspend work SOME time between the |
18th inst. and the lst of May, the order 10 |
be issued by the officers of the national o..
Frank Suter aged D wears "A fireman