The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-05-11

! only four days a week and nine hours each
| day.
| Misses Minnie Craver, Blanche Fol
| som, Blanche McKenrick. Monica Murray.
and Masters Morgan Evans. Fred Jones
and Philip \. S3ettg compose the grad
| uating class of the Ebehsburg High School
Tor the year 1854.
On Thursday morning of last week Will
liam IL. Berry. a well-known citizen of
JohnstOwn, dropped dead while going
from his residence in JohnsIown To ST
Johns cemetery in Geistown. where he
intended planting some flowers on the
graves of his two deceased sons NJ
Berry was 81 years of age and was born in
Kilkenny, Ireland
East bound freight No 1911 broke east
OF the GreenSburg tunLel on Monday
morning, wrecking the cab and four or
five rars, loaded with merchandise The
shock was so great that the cab and two
ears went over the dump Conductor
Lego and ID. Williams, of Altoona. were
painfully injured. sustaining several con
tuSions on their heads, faces and bodies
i Ii. Smith, aged eighteen years, son
OF Hugh Smith, of Holidaysburg while
| beating his way home from Pittsburg on
an east bound freight train. fell off on
saturday morning in the tunnel at GalIit-
zIn and had his right leg badly crushed
| and three o: his fingers cut off by the
wheels He was attended by Dr. Fergu
son and then sent to the Altoona hospital
John Russell, of JOhnStown was arrest
ed as he was leaving the Allegheny work
house on FRIDAY and brought TO Jail here
on Saturday He is charged with being a
member of the gang of robbers that robbed
the station houses at Carrolltown. Brad
ley's junction and Kaylor'S last fall foI
which several parties were convicted and
sent 10 the peniJentiary at the last term
of court.
"A corps of engineers working in the
intereS l. of the Beech Creek Company are
running line from the Chest creek AT
EckrnrOde'S mill TO the headquarters of
Blacklick. The route passes through the
farm of John Flick, near town. crosses the
tunnel of the SuSquehanna extension and
then along the plank" road To the Half
way House, where a branch of the Black
lick can be reached CdrTOIitOiUn NeiCS.
Lucinda Dull, daughter of John T.
Dnll, of JohnStown, committed suicide ia
Pi5tSburg on Friday by taking a dose OF
rough on rats. The unfortunate girl wa>
only seventeen years of age and had been
committed to- the Morganza reform school
in March 1892, ON complaint of her father
for inCorrigibiliIv. About year after
she was paroIled and for some time past
had been living in Pittsburg aS a domestic.
Postmaster General BisSell has issued
an order prohibiting the dropping Oflrtters
into mail cars. The order requires thai
letters must first pass through a ostOfficr,
the claim being made thai the habit OF
dropping letters directly into the postal
cars or into mail boxes placed at passenger
stations makes too much extra work foI
the postal clerks, aud takes MP time
necessary for the sorting ofleIters between
stations.
An awful accident happened at Hunt
ingdon on Friday night. Lewis Snyder,
young baker, aged about 20 years, had
gone under a building on Fisher x Mill
er'S premises. containing tons of ground
plaster, and while in stopped position
the floor gave way aud the contents crash
ed upon him. When his body was extri-
Gated, after several minutes. it appeared
that every bone in it was broken. Death
was instantaneous.
On Tuesday evening about O'Clock
the saw mill owned by j. w. Spangle
"hiCn mas bt-tn USED 10 Sd" the w r NC
Nanl timber, situated three-quarterS of a
mile above town, was destroyed by fire.
a large number of men and boys from
town proceeded to the scene and gave as
siStance which saved the lumber piled
near the mill. The origin of the fire is moi
known. The loss is about 81 900. No in
snrance.- Coat port Standard.
james Croner, "a deputy sheriff on duty
at LriSenring No. 3 accidentally shot and
killed his mother, Wednesday night. He
had been on guard at the works and went
home about l. o'clock To get lunch In
sitting his Winchester rifle down in the
room it was accidentally discharged. The
bullet passed through the ceiling and bed
in which his mother was sleeping, piercing
her body and resulting fatally. The
Coroner family formerly resided in Scott
dale TestmOreIdnd Democrat
William Smith, Jr., the young man
" no was injured in the Galiitzin tunnel on
Saturday last, mentioned in another
item in this paper, died from the effects oil
his injuries al the Altoona hospital OF
Monday night. he not having regained
consciousness at any time after the acc-
dent, and his death being almost GER
tainIy from the first. His father and
mother, three sisters, and two brothers
were with him a portion of the time OIL
on Monday afternoon, aud a portion OF
these were at his side when death came
Charles FarueswOrth, of Braddock.
while IN JohnSJowu on business on Tues
| day, was not feeling well and took what
| he supposed was two fiveg grain quinine
pow ders. Mrs. KuntZ, at whose house he
| Was stopping. found INN shortly after
| working in epasmS and sent for DOCTOR
who a once discovered that the sick man
| had an overdose of poison. The proper
| antidoJeS were administered aud Mr.
| Farnsworth at latest accounts was on
| fair way TO recovery. He had recently
| purchased quinine and morphine powders
and getting them N: xed, took the wrong
dose.
| Anthony Shiver, an old resident OF
I Munster township died at his home in that
| township on Monday April 3Oth, aged "a
| wears The deceased was born ia SwiLZer-
! land aud came To this country when
| young man. Shortly after his arrival in
| this country he came To e ambria county
/ and about forty years ago worked for
| time in Ebensburg. He afterward married
/ and bought farm in NJ unsIer township,
| where he resided until the time of his
| death. He is survived by his wife and
| family of grown up chilcTen. His remains
| ,,-.r. in Micha4IfS cpmptaTV "A