The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-01-19


saturday January l3, aged about 43 years.
The deceased was native ofWimore and
was a sister Of Poor Director John Long
and Mrs. Joseph \. Skelly, of Cambria
township and Of Mrs. Henkle of Wilmore
James McFecly. an old time resident
OF Cambria county died AT his home in
Cieariield township, on Wednesday, aged
- years. The deceased left this county
nearly fifty years ago and spent thirty
eight years in Wisconsin and Iowa but re-
turned TO Cleartield township about ten
years ago.
The collector for Cambria township
will be at the township school house in
the borough of Ebeusburg on Saturday.
January 18th, between the hours of one
aud six in the afternoon for the purpose of
receiving all unpaid school taxes. After
that date five per cent. will be added to all
unpaid school taxes
During the past year Rev. Father
hittcIl, of Loretto, has had the parochal
rcSiC ence of that parish adorned with
h andsome Crayun portraits ot all the pas
tors OF thai congregation, from the Rev.
Father GaliiJZ.u, the pioneer priest of the
AIcghcnicS. who established the congre-
CATION in 1893, down To the present time.
j. NJ. Guthrie, the owner of extensive
saw mills at Homer City, Indiana county.
has failed. Guthrie was also the owner of
several thousand acres of coal lands in In
diana county. His liabilities will proba-
bly, reach S2uO,OOO. All of Mr.. Guthrie'S
property is now in the hands of the sheriff,
but owing To the genera! depression in
values il is thought that the assets will
not equal the liabilities
Earnest d. Riley, a former Ebeusourg-
or. but for many years resident of the
West where he was in the employ Of the
government as clerk in the Quarter
masters department of the L. = ~. and
who a short time ago returned To Ebeus-
burg. was taken to DiNmOnt asylum on
Monday. after being adjudged insane. He
is rhout - years Of age and is a brother of
the late Hon. John :. Rhcy.
John X Schryock. an old and we'll
known citizen OF Wimore. died at his
home in that place on Wednesday morn
ing. aged s3 years. He is survived by his
aged wife, four daughters. Mrs. Matte
IInadricI>, of Polo H.. Mrs. Fes Lloyd. of
EbeuSburg, Mrs. Laura Ferry, OF Du-
qucSne, Pa. Miss MoIlie of Wflmore and
ship and Harry Of Nebraska.
From the financial report of ST. Mi
chacI's church at Loretto. recently printed
at this office. We learn that the receipts
for the year leg3 were SiGO3.3l. the eNpeud-
lures Si55O.iJ leaving "a balance in the
treasury cl $3.50 with an indebtedness Of
S,u.Sl. leaving total Indebtedness of
SI1.9" During the year there were eight
marriages i'm the congregation. thirty-SiX
hapti~mS and twenty eight deaths.
Philip Collins of this place. on We'd
nr~day was awarded q verdict i'm the Cen
tire county court at Brllcfontc of 81. So in
case against the BciIcfonte Central Rail-
road company for rolling stock in use on
that road aud which was conveyed To the
company when it purchased the road at
sheriff sale three years ago. Mr.. Collins
proved that the stock did not belong To the
old company. bur To himself individually.
The board OF directors OF the Gambia
Mutual Fire Insurance company met at
the office of the secretary on Tuesday for
the purpose of organization and election
of officers for the ensuing year The fol-
lowing named gentlemen were elected: j.
NJ. Thompson, Ebcn~burg president:
J. G.. G.. Bearer. Spangler. vice president:
I. Ii. Dick. Ehcu>burg. secretary and
treasurer; John Lloyd. John J. Evans.
ana {. T. Roberts. EncuSburg. executive
committee. George A. kinkcad for the
north aud ]. +. Roberts for the south Of
the county were retained as agents.
While Zcphaniah Painter and another
gentleman. of Claridgc Wcstmurclaud
county. were Telling tree Saturday
morning preparatory TO making it into
pit posts, portion of the trunk split of
striking Mr.. Painter and piuniug him to
the ground. His companion with great
difficulty succeeded in lifting the timber
oil him when it was found that his collar
bone was broken. Scyera! ribs fractured
and internal injuries of serious nature
sustained. He was carried TO his home
and physician summoned who reduced
1 the fractures and attended 10 his other
Injuries but he Is not expected 20 recover.
This is the season of the year that Re
puhIicaus take advantage Of 10 plant a
few Republican school directors in Dem
ocraric Districts under the plea that the
schools should be kept ont of politics.
| The Republican directors thuS elected be-
come very useful in the cour~, of time
when "a county superintendent is To he
elected. who. in addition TO the duties
Imposed upon him by his office viii attend
to tine payment of taxes for delinquent
Republicans and perform such acts as the
law ia its efforts TO prevent fraudulent and
illegal voting specially prohibits the par
~ chairman from doing. Look out for
them,
"A bin viii bc presented by one of the
members from Somerset county at the
I n lot d f...r
the prohibition of the adultcration Of
maple sugar and moIaSseS. and requiring
manufacturers OF the genuine articles To
brand their packages. a resolution TO
this effect was unanimously adopted by
the farmers institute AT Somerset this
week. The manufacture of maple sugar
! aud molasscs is one OF the chief industries
/ of that county. and the manufacturers re-
/ allie they have gotten into bad rcputc
| through INSCRIPTIONS parties putting
| authorizations on the market as the genuine
/ article
The great offer being made ay the
] pittsburg Dispatch 10 take sixty teachers
! of the public schools of PittSburg. Alle-
! ghruy and other points in Pennsylvania,
| Ohio. West Virginia and Mary land. 10
! Atlantic city in July is the talk of the
| hour. The additional induccmcnt that
/ the twelve teachers Of the sixty who re-
| ccivr the largest number of votes will be
/ taken ON a supplementary trip 10 Phiia-
/ drlphia. New York and Boston after tn,
| Atlantic City trip l. over is Indicative oI
/ TIE libertlity which governs the PittSbura
| Dispatch in everything ii does Give youI
/ favoritc teacher the benefit Of splendid
/ outing.
the big shaft Of the Cambria Mining