The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-07-27

robbed him.
| Mrs. Mary Wagner. one of the oldest
residents of Jackson township, died a. her
| home in that town nship on Thursday of la
| week, aged 81 years. The deceased was
| married twice and is survived by five sons.
| William Smith, Emanuel Smith. solomon
/ Wagner, George Wagner, John Wagouer
| and one daughter, Mrs. Joel SimOnS
"A lady passenger on an east bound
! train lost $3.50 diamond ring " hile wash
ing her hands in Pullman car few days
ago near JohnStown. The gem fell into the
basin and thence made its way through the
waste pipe 10 the road bed. The railroad
authorities at that point made immediate
search for the lost article but without
avail.
"A seven year-oId son of A. w. Byer.
of Tyrone. crawled into a corn bin on the
third floor of his fathers mill on Tuesday
afternoon. The bin being filled with
Shelled corn which in process of grinding
was passing down funnel the little fellow
was sucked in, and before his perilous
position was discovered he was smothered
TO death.
In the cucumber season, instead of
throwing away the peel and pulp. put them
IN jug of water on your toilet table. ard
wash with this fusion. You NAV also
use slices of pulp instead of soap. Cucum-
Der has wonderful cooling as well as soft
ening properties. Orange ard lemon peel
used In the same way will keep the water
soft and scent it delIciouSly.
AT meeting of the South Fork school
board on Saturday. f. l.. Fiscus. of In
diana, was selected principal at
salary of $50 Der month: Miss Ella Bar
nett of Robbery. Miss Mary Kanauer
Miss Margaret Smith, of Indiana, and
Miss Anna McBrugh. of South Fork. were
selected as teachers of other rooms at sal
aries of $50 per month each.
1t is interesting to know as matter
bearing on the present railroad situation.
that the damages done in the railroad riot
of 1877 in Allegheny county amounted to
s., 10000. and the committee settled for
:. -. 3ig. the Pennsylvania railroad get
ling 81 10000. bonds issued then To meet
this debt are now maturing, and this years
taxes are higher ia consequence
burgess Lloyd in the Herald this week
saws the destruction of VIM. ii. Williams
garden on Sunday night lis strong argu-
m"nt for puuting up cows at night" VIII
the burgess please suggest sonnet hing of
that kind To the council at their next meet
ing? We doubt whether that learned body
ever thought of il before. Suppose they
pass an ordinance To that effect and en-
force il.
One day recently. while Farmer Bent
zel. of neal Dover, York county, was haul
ins hay. the brake of his wagon got out of
order. Upon arriving at d blacksmith
shop aud finding the blacksmith absent he
attempted To fix the brake himself. He
finally constructed a temporary lock, but
the heated iron set fire to the hay aud both
Wagon and hay were entirely consumed
The farmer barely escaped with his horses.
The traction thraShing engine which
travels by its own power from farm To
farm has long been source of terror To
drivers whose teams are 81 easily fright
ened by the noisy engines. In Delaware
recent law requires under heavy penalties,
that man shall travel fully three hun
dred yards in advance of the machine, to
give warning to pc Isons driN ing along the
road and 10 assist in leading horses past
the object of terror.
-George Huffman. a wealthy but eccen-
tric fan mer of Unity township, WesJmore-
land cUnuty, was arrested Wednesday.
The hearing developed the fact that Huff
man had kept d horse confined in narrow
stall for three years, during which time ne
had never been taken out or given any at
tentiOn- He had an idea that people ad
mired the horse. which was very ordinary,
and To prevent this he kept him confined.
Huffman was fined.
On Monday evening the Ebensburg
school board selected the following named
teachers for the ensuing term at the fol-
lowing salaries. Room No. l. Allie Lloyd,
S34; No. >. Annie Beynon, S3I; No. 3. Myra
Richardson, S3l: No. 4, Maggie Shenkle,
SO; No. ;. Annie Jones, $40. Professor
Gibson had been selected as principal sew
eral weeks ago at sa,ary of $50 per
month. The schools will open on the first
Monday of September for a term of seven
months.
The mills at SparrowS' Point, Md.
will commence to-day TO saw the logs that
were taken adrtt in May from the Lock
Haven and WilliamSport bOomS The
mills at the point have been closed since
May y. 1893. when the last of the logs were
ioated down in the disastrous food of 1889
had been sawed. There are about 10000,
90 feet To be disposed of now, and Il is es
timated that il will now take a year and a
half TO complete the work, 125 men being
employed ia the saw mill aud $50 in col
lecting logs on the bay.-LOck HdUen ET-
press.
A lot of cows. whose disposition TO be
orderly and law abiding, stopped where
the Ebensburg COW ordinance began, broke
into the garden of William Ii. Williams
in the West ward, on Monday night and
utterly destroyed il. His loss is DrOO4bly
twenty five dollars, besides the inconven-
ience that must follow the destruction.
And all because Ebensburg'S council, in
stead of passing an ordinance agreeable %
the wishes Of the people passed a stringent
one. in direct opposition to their wishes
and one " hich the council has not the
sand To enforce.
DIR. VIM. a. GaTman preserves with
care a silver half dollar given him when a
youth of fourteen, 10y Prof. Morse. invent
or the telegraph. The Professor, Who was
stopping at Mr.. Garman's fathers hotel in
SJoyestown, heard the embryo physician
express a desire for pair o. mittens. and
after the lad had accOmpaied him in car
Tiage 10 JOhnStown and was about To re-
turn home he handed HIM the coin and
bade him crafty his wish. Young William
wisely concluded To preserve the half dol
lar and buy a cheaper pair of miIteuS-