The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-05-04

hardly give away.
David D. the 16-year- old son of Amos
Runyeon. of Altoona. on Monday morning
while looking through the bureau drawers
a his home came across his fathers re-
| NolVer- While in the act of examining il
the weapon was discharged the ball en-
tering his left leg between the thigh and
the knee The wound is not dangerous.
but iS painful and will lay the boy up for
some time.
Waller Sherhine son of Isaac Sherbine
while driving across the Pennsylvania
railroad track at WiImore on SATURDAY.
evening. was thrown from the wagon and
had his nose broken. besides sustaining 9th
or InjulieS. 1t appears IN crossing the
track the horses became unmanageahIr
and one line broke. causing him to fall
from the vehicle. The horSeS ran to their
hon,, about one mile from the town.
-.Iuhh Campbell. whose home is at Mill
wood. went 80 .JohnStown on Monday and
IN short time became intoxicated. In the
evening hc went To the depot. wandered
down the track about 100 yards below the
station and sat down on the rails. where
he went tn sleep, uhnOticed. locomu-
motive came along aud ran over him. the
wheels passing oyer his abdomen. disem-
boweling him. lie was about II years of
age.
The Indiana Messenger is responsible
Tor the story that ON Saturday night
thieves visited the coop of the senior
editor and stole a half-dOZen of the finest
fowls and nice fat turkey. \ spring
gun now guards our coop. and if it Is
again visited by thieves the coroner will
have job. yarn of that kind told in
this part of the country would result in an
inquiry as To where the editor got the
fowls
Representatives of the Allegheny Val
ley and Pennsylvania Railroad Companies
says the GreenShurg Press. have been
making overtureS to the owners of conn
try banks i'm the vicinity of ParnaSSuS.
asking them TO furnish Goa, at their own
price. but the mine ownt r.. who are large
ly i'll sympathy with the strikers. refuse To
sell them coal. They have also refused to
furnish coal To mills and factories which
secured csal from the mines whose diggerS
are ont.
John McMillen. who was employed in
the Carnegie Company ore mines al Scotia.
Centre county, on The Tyrone and Lew is
burg railroad. committed suicide by hang
ing himself in his shanty near the mines
sometime during SATURDAY. night. His
dead body was discovered on SUNDAY morn
ing. The cause for the act has not been
discovered. but i prcSum, To be drSpund
ency on account of the present condition of
affairs. He was 90 years of age and with
out family.
l.
Somerset county. was in JuhnStown on
Monday. Mr.. Wagner said that repre-
ScntaIiyeS Of the New Hampshire and
Maine railroad syndicate were in Shade
township on Wednesday of last week, and
made number of purchases of land and op-
tionS. and gave assurance that railroad
would be built into that valley from OSter-
burg. Bedford county, or up the Kinney
gap, within three months. The Kinney
gap route has already been surveyed.
On Thursday evening of last week an
attempt to aSsa>SiuaIe Sheriff McCann, of
+ fWeStmorelaud county, Was made near
Mammoth While driving home in his
buggy, the sheriff noticed two foreigners
crouching behind a shanty AT the roadside.
just as he passed them TWO shots were
fired. the bullets cutting the air close To
his head. The sheriff whipped up his
horse and drove to Mammoth. where he
secured assistance and returned To search
for the aSsaSSins. but failed to find them.
Operators aud large consumers now
concede that the coal supply on hand
throug hout the PittShurg district will not
be sufficient for manufacturing purposes
for longer than two weeks. if the miners
ho!d out, as estimated originally by PreSi-
deur John A. Cards. of the strikers.
There iS no coal on hand. except the littl,.
that is being held 10y retailers for regular
customers. which il is estimated will last
from TWO To three weeks. when many of
the mills and factories will be compelled
TO shut down.
Fried ice cream has become very pop
ular in Philadelphia. \ small cake of ice
cream. says the RccOrd. is enveluped in a
thin sheet of pie crust. and then dipped in
boiling lard or butter long enough to cook
the outside covering To a crisp. If served
Immediately the ice cream is found Ia Se as
sOlidIy frozen as when first prepared. The
process of frying i 50 quickly accomplish
ed. and the pastry 50 good IA protector that
the heat has 40 change 10 reach the frozen
cream. Another novelty is baked ice
cream. which has a meringue top.
We are in receipt of a communication
that would have been published this week
had the author furnished his name. moi
for publicatiO but aS a matter Of princi-
pie In some cases il would make but
little difference who il the author of "a
communication but it i IA rule that We will
publish no anonymous communications
and for that reason. it does not appear
We do not at all times. either indur>e or
a gree with the views contained in com
municatinnS that we publish. but when
accompanied by a reputable sponsor and
they do no harm. we publish them.
Saturday evening" issue of the Pitts
burg Chronicle Telegraph saws: Levi
Gouehner aged - years. of Altoona, was
badly Injured while riding on a freight
train on the Fort Wayne railroad. near
Beaver. on Friday afternoon He was
standing on the top of one of the cars
while the train was crossing the bridge
ever the Little Beaver. One of the grderS
struck Goughner before he saw il and
knocked him to the trestle. He received a
number of injuries about the head and
body. but it is though, he will recover
He i now in the Allegheny general hos
pital.
The township bridge, wooden Strue-
ture at Cyphrr. bedford county. blew
down in terrific hail and wind-IOrm on
Saturday night at $50. 4 party of seven
2 .ntIemen who were returning from the
delegate election al RjddlcSburg. were on
the bridge " hen il went down. and all eN-