The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28


Pennsylvania lines is authority for the
statement that their gross business is
thirty three per cent. larger than it was al
| the corresponding period of last year, and
! that the increase is not confined to any one
| point or section, but is general.
Mrs. Margaret Healy died at her home
| in Lilly on Wednesday. aged about *
| years The deceased was UrOprietreSs OF
! the Union House in that place where she
had been a resident for a number of years.
! She i survived by six children Her re-
mains were inferred at Summit.
| On Friday night dogs killed number
| of sheep for Hugh Edwards. of Cambria
| township. ana a few nights after the flock
| of Woods Thomas in the same neighbor-
! hood was attacked and several killed. Mr..
/ Thomas heard the dogs after the sheep
and succeeded in shooting one of them.
Now that you have registered and have
been assessed, the next thing to be attend =
{ ed To Is the payment of your tax. Examine
| your receipts and see whether YOU have one
! dated November Is. IS92 If not. and YOU
are over - years old, you must pay a
county or state tax before Octeber 9th.
Rev. d. NJ. GemmfH will be installed
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church on October 18th Rev. w. W.
Moorehead. of Greensburg. will preach
| the sermon, Rev f. NJ. Bowman. of
EhenSburg. will deliver the charge to the
pastor, aud Rev. c. c. HAYS to the people
A typhoid fever epidemic is raging out
near Rochester Mills. Indiana county.
There are II cases in the Immediate vicin-
ity of the town and many more in the sur
rounding country. The physicians are at
loss to assign any cause for the disease.
The first case developed about five weeks
ago.
Fourteen bridges. to be used by the
PennSy ylyania Midland Railroad. have been
ordered by the contractors. The Edge
moor iron works. of Wilmington. Del. has
the contract. and. as the bridges are want
ed aS soon aS possible, the works are running
day ard night, with a force of seven hun
dred men.
MIR. c. a. Sharbaugh, the popular
cIOthier. of CarrOlitOwn. has a change of
ad. in this issue of the FREEMAN. Once a
customer of Sharbaugh'S you will ALWAYS
remain one. aS he sells nothing but the
best goods, and you can reiy upon being
dealt with in such a fashion that YOU will
be sure to 20 back
Last week the array Of Jurors in .he
WeStmOrcland county court was quaShed
for the reason that the jury wheel had not
been kept in the possession of the jury
commissioners as the law required. but
was left in the possession of the sheriff.
The result of this is the quashing of all
bills of Indictment found by the grand
l., l.
j c. Dorman found a stone tomahawk
hea on one of the old Durman farms in
Mif1ln county that i we'll shaped and bcv-
elcd very accurately to a blade edge.
rounding at the top. 1t iS composed of a
flint or creek stone. and is very smooth and
wcighty. The weapon was found near a
spring where Il number Indian arrow heads
have been found at different times
The state board Of health has adopted
the rule that any or all persons who suffer
from typhoid fever or such contagious dis
eases are to be kept out Of the public
schools for six weeks from the time they
take the disease. ana all other children in
the family wher,. the diseases exist cannot
attend the school until II days after the
physician has pronounced the patient well
Some time during Monday night the
grocery store of II. a. McPikc ~ Co. 1920
Eleventh Avenue was entered and robbed
of nine cents taken from the money drawer,
several cans of corn beef. cheese. etc En-
trance was effected through the doors lead
ing inrO the store from the rear and the
work was evidently done bv some one con-
verSant with the surroundingS.-AItO
Times.
"A friend in speaking of the weather
had for the past month tells Us that during
the night of September -. 1874. snow fell
to the depth of i inches. although it had
been warm weather with no frOStS up TO
date and very nice weather the week fol-
lowing. The snow broke down great
quantities of timber and made it difficult
travelling for several weeks aftcr.-Indidnd
Messenger
Charles Riehl, former resident of
JOhnstOwn, where for twenty years he
worked for the Cambria Iron Company,
but who left that city three years ago TO
accept a place in the steel works at Home
stead. committed suicide at his home in
the latter place on Tuesday evening while
under the influence Of liquor. His remains
were taken to Johnstown on Wednesday
for interment.
The jumping bean which is at present
being widely exhibited in store windows. is
the product of a Mexican plant allied to
the milk weed family The seed owes its
jumping habit not To any quality of its
own. but to the Iarva of a small moth
which fnhabitS il. The uneasy movements
Of the Iarxa cause the seed to roll about
fiat surface and even to jump a slight dis
tance in the air.
"A decoction of cinnamon Is recommend
ed a. a drink TO be ken freely in localities
where there Is typhoid fever or cholera,
for cinnamon has the power to destroy all
infectious microbes. Even its scent kills
them. while il is perfectly harmless to hu
man beings 1t is said that the essence of
cinnamon. when exposed in a sick room,
will Kill typhoid bacilIi in twelve hours
and prevent fresh cases.
William Freeman who last July shot
and killed Gertie Timbelake at hotel in
Mt Pleasant and who was on trial al
Grecnsburg. was found guilty of murder in
the first degree on Thursday morning of
last week. the jury being out all night. a
motion was made for a new trial on the
grounds that the jury was illegally drawn.
He was not affected in the least on the an
nouncemcnt of the verdict.
"A warrant was issued last Monday for
the arrest of Sheriff Britton. of Crawford
county. on a charge of perjury, on inform
alton of w Il. Hoag. Mr. Hoag was a can
didatc for the nomination against BrittOn.