The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-03-09

~ W tue usual custom, very lew drunkS.
The new borough officers were ushered
into their respective offices on Monday.
! The first thing To stare them in the face is
the Cow question"
John +. StuIl, a well-known farmer of
Adams township. captured the prize offer
ed by Philadelphia seed firm for the best
sample of fifteen varieties of vegetables.
The Costing devotes half a column
! this week in telling what q great estab-
lishment the home of the GOsling is and
that il is no place for chickens To rooSt.
Bipeds of the Costing variety don't rooSt
They squat.
"A night between number of trampS
near Tyrone on Friday last resulted in the
shooting and probably fatal injury of two
OF them. One was found stretched across
the railroad track, badly hurt and had
been put there by his companions so that
he might be run over by the next train and
killed.
On Tuesday afternoon u nine-y year-old
son of John Hoyanetz, of JohnStown,
while returning home from school. jumped
on wagon for a ride When he got off he
failed to notice rapidly moving street
car and stepped directly in frontof it. His
body was horribly mangled and death was
almost instantaneous.
On Tuesday afternoon five Dunkard
converts were immersed in the StOnycreek
river at JehnStown 10y Rev. AnniaS Myers,
a large crowd OF people witnessing the GER
emony. The persons baptized We're MIR.
aud Mrs. j. Kill, of East Conemaugh;
Harry Barclay, of RoXbury, and Edward
Livingston, of Johnstown.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Schaeffer has notified the directors of GER
tain school districts in the state that the
failure to teach physiology in the schools
as required by the act of April ,, 1855, is
cause for forfeiture of state appropriation.
1t appears that certain districts have not
been teaching this branch.
The Blair county license court meets
on Monday, March 10Th. There are % ap-
plications for tavern licenses and appli-
cations for brewery licenses. Seventy-two
applicants want To conduct hotels in AL
tOOna. This is an increase over last years
applications of about . per cent. in the
county and 20 per cent. in Altoona.
David f. Kirchel, a venerable and
highly esteemed citizen of Altoona, en-
ployed as watchmab at No. l Round
house in that city, was knocked down and
run over by an engine on Friday after
noon and nearly cut in twain. Mf. kitch-
ell was in the seventy-fourth year of his
age, and is survived by two sons aud two
daughters.
A fire in Altoona on Sunday mor1ing
destroyed James McCoy'S livery stable, +.
q. Vallade'S brick house and dwelling
house occupied by David Dunmire. In the
livery stable five >leighs, three buggieS, a
hack and several tons OF hay were destroy
ed, but the horses We're saved. Total loss,
$1,000; insurance, 5000. Mr. Mccoy was
former resident of Allegheny township,
in this county.
While in lit of dependency caused
by brooding oyer the loss of his wife and
failure To secure satisfactory person to
look after his four small children, Jacob
Wadlinger, a leading citizen of Houtzdaie,
Clear ield county, member of the town
council and treasurer of the Emerald So
ciety, hanged himself late on Wednesday
night, from the transom over a door in
LiedeTanz hall.
One night last week a large barn be-
longing to George Cramer, near Big Run,
Clinton county, was destroyed by fire.
Three horses, twentv-four sheep, two bug
gieS, two farm wagons. twenty five tons Of
hay, sevcnty-fve bushels of oats, reaper,
mower, harness and farming implements
were also destroyed. Loss, $500; inSur-
auce. 81 800. The fire iS believed to be Of
iucendiary origin, as when discovered the
barn was burning in four places.
On Saturday morning burglars entered
the store of Laurence Kimmel in Altoona
aud stole about 500 worth of goods At
ter they had secured all tie goods they
could carry. one of them cut of IA piece of
cheese, and taking a bite from il, laid down
the piece when he left. 1t was found the
next morning and showed that the man
who bit the piece out was min us a front
tooth. Acting on this clue, James Terry.
a colOred man, was arrested on Monday,
and the stolen goods recovered.
A dispatch from Hollidaysburg on
Tuesday says: The breech between the
Blair county auditors and the board of
poor direC tors was widened to-day. Evil
den2e was produced tending to show that
one of the directors had charged excessive
prices on the new almShOuSe contract: had
given elaborate wedding presents 10 the
daughter of a former steward and lad
charged the bill To the county. The audi
tors directed the builder of the almshouSe
to refund 81 COO the amount of overpaY
mentS on the contract.
Hiram YOder, a young man whose
home il in Somerset county. but who has
been working al his trade as a carpenter at
for some time past, on Wed
neSday afternoon started To walk from
MorrelvilIe TO Johnstown along the rail-
road. Shortly after he started a freight
train came along and he attempted To
board it. In the attempt he missed his
hold and was thrown under the wheels,
which passed over both his legs, and they
were ground off. He was taken to the
Cambria hospital where both legs were
The Herald this week say the late Re-
publican convention was not held in the
Court House To save the $50. 1t was
pure patriotism. All the same it was
saved and Congressman Hicks, who paid
for the transportation of the delegates, was
not called upon To ante up the rent for the
Opera House. As to the rebuke the editor
of the FREEMAN received, "a mentioned in
the Herald, in being turned down in the
fight, II is lot so very long since
the editor of the Herald got the same re-
buke. Instead of being turned down, how
ever, MeSSrs. Barkers did not allow him
even To turn up.
We have seen quite a number Of watch
chains about town ornamented with
neat lt:le charm in the shape of watch
case opener, which obvates the use of a
knife or 6nppr-nail 10 omen the watch |
We have lust received one. too. They are