The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-07-13

IN the 69th year of his age. He is survived
| by his wife and one daughter. Mrs.
Thomas NJ Reese. of BIackli lick township.
On Saturday the grading on the Black
lick railroad was finished. The track is
laid and ballaSted for nearly eight miles
west of E5enSbnrg, but on account of be-
ing unable to get rails the work of Iaying
the track has been suspended for the pres
ent.
Mrs. James McBreen. OF this place. on
Tuesday last. was standing on the plat
form of a well in the rear of her residence
when without warning the platform gave
wav and she started downward. Luckily
sUme of the boards were stronger than the
others and she succeeded in saving herself
from going through and escaped without
being hurt.
Miss Sallie Smith. pOStmiStreSS at Por-
tage. was severely burned on the evening
Of july 4th by the explosion of lamp.
Miss Smith was carrying the lamp, tripped
and fell and the burning fluid was scatter
ed over and ignited her clothing Her
mother. luckily, was neal by and succeeded
in putting out the flames before she was
dangerously burned.
-EbenSburg had her usual Fourth of
July fire alarm. The alarm was caused
10y fire being discovered in the roof of the
residence of Robert James near the steam
tannery- about one o'clock in the after
noon. y few buckets of water iu-
diciously applied soon quenched the flames
aud on the arrival of the fire company il
was founG that their services were useless.
A little twO-year-old child named
Pauline Dermitt was seriouSlyi hurt at
Johnstown on Saturday by being struck
by street car. While il may be possible
that with proper precaution on the part of
the street car officials such accidents could
he prevented. it looks To the ordinary
reader as being bad place for a JwO-year-
old child To be- without a proper guardian.
On Monday EStela, little daughter of
+. NJ Brown, of WiImore, while in the barn
gathering eggs, jumped from the NOW to
the floor below, and alighting on a pitch
fork, one of the prongs went entirely
through the calf of her leg. She pulled
the fork out herself and the wound was
afterwards dressed by DIR. BlaiSdell. who
has hopes that the injury will not be ser
iOuS.
A young man named Magee met with
instant death on July 4th at Cherrytree.
Il
was under the influence of liquor The
horses became frightened at something
aud Magee used the " hip freely, the team
running of and finally throwing him out
OF u buggy between the wheels. One of
tn. hInd wheels passed over his neck,
breaking it and killing him Instantly.
James McElwee, Iaborer aged about
IL years. was instantly killed by freight
train at MorreIlviIle on Tuesday. He
stepped from one track TO another and was
struck by an approaching freight which he
did not see. while trying to .avoid
freight on the track which he left He
was mang'ed about the face and his arms
and legs We're cut of. The remains were
sent TO Petersburg, Huntingdon county,
for inUerment on Wednesday
William and Thomas White. cousins
residing in Washington township, Indiana
county, got into an alteration while
working together in a harvest field on
Tuesday, when, after coming To blows,
William drew a knife and Thomas re-
vuiVer. Thomas fired one shot which took
effect in Williams neck, the ball striking
him full in front, passing through his
windpipe and lodging in the back of head.
1t i said the injured man cannot live. He
i - years of age while Thomas is 40.
Mrs. Mary \. Cassidy. wife of Silas A
Cassidy. died at her home in Altoona on
Monday night in the the 65th year of her
age. The deceased. with her husband and
family, was for number of years d resi-
dent % Cambria tow nship. living on a farm
about three miles west of EbenSburg but
removed to Altoona a mum ber of years ago.
L L D.
all residents of Altoona with the eXcep-
tion o! Robert, of this place. Mrs. Susan
Mccullough, of Lilly i a sister of the de-
ceased.
Frank Decker. of StroudSburg. for
several years past has been mOuTned a.
dead by his brother. Morton Decker. presi-
dent of the Standard Cash Register Com
pany. of East StrOudsburg. and 10y friends.
Decker was supposed to have persisted in
the Hood at JOhnstown. but he has been
living al Wells, Mimi, engaging in buSi
ness. Morton Decker received d telegram
u few days ago stating that his brother
was very sick. being the first intimation
that he had in five years that his brother
was alive.
On Friday last a wagon shed on the
farm Of Mr.. T. c. Miller. near Chest
Springs. was discovered To be on fire about
four o'clock in the morning and was burned
To the ground. In the building were stored
Il two horse carriage, a single buggy, plows,
harrows. seds, a lot of valuable farm ma
chiuery and implements, which were all
DESTROYED The loss is estimated at about
500. which is total loss, there
being no Insurance. The lire was the work
Of an iucpndiaTy, as there was no fire about
the premises.
ON Sunday afternoon horse attached
To d buggy belonging To Benjamin Jones'
of Cambria township. which had been
hitched to a post on the outskirts of the
town, broke loose and ran down Julian
street. Near the Catholic church the We
hicle struck Mrs. Hosea Evans, who was
passing along, knocking her down, cutting
her head and face and bruising her body.
She was taken TO TIE residence of Rev. j.
j. Deasy, when, after it was found that
her Injuries were not dangerous, she was
taken ~ her home.
Miners mass meetings were held near
Houtzdale and PhilIDsburg ON Monday
morning. At HOUIZdale the men declared
against going To work for less than forty
five cents ton, and al the Philipsburg
mass meeting a resolution was adopted,
in>tructing the local assemblies and local
unions To call on John Mcbride to order
out all the miners again, and especially all
in Central Pennsylvania, until a majority
of the operators were willing TO pay forty
five cents ton, and also requesting rail
road men not To haul ''Scab'' coal.
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