The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-03-29

for the statement that the Cambria Iron
Company is making surveys IN the yards
& the works preparatory TO arranging for
hr use of the direct process in the manu-
ii~ture of steel. The change is to be made
during the coming summer and will involve
an outlay of several thousands of dollars.
Sunday evening Mrs. John +. Core. of
Marion, Indiana county. who is slightly
1. mented, carried her youngest child
wars old to the well and dropped the in
FAINT in. Another child. or Is years old.
"udeavored to prevent the mothers action.
but failed. The body of the child was re-
covered an hour or 80 later. The woman
will be sent 10 an asylum.
C a Sharbaugh. the enterprfsfng
clothing merchant of Carrolltown. has a
change of ad in this issue of the FREEMAN
that will prove interesting to our readers
in search of bargains in men and bov>'
clothing and furnishing goods. His new
stock is a complete one, of the latest
styles and his prices, always low. are now
lower than ever. Step in an see his stock.
The old slope mine at Bennington has
been abandoned at last. says the South
Fork Record. This mine, together with
the shaft. has been in operation for the
past - or II years. the Blair Iron and Coal
Com pany having operated them up to the
the lst of September. IS.r2. wnen they
leased their mines to LLOYD Il Mitchell.
| which company has been operating them
since.
Ten pupils of the EbenSburg High
School passed the examinations on
Wednesday ard will be given their dipIo-
mas on Tuesday evening. April 10. The
graduating class consists of the following
members: Misses. Ada Jones. Minnie
kirSchner, May Davis, MesSrS. Walter
| Perry, Carl McKenrick, Edward Jones.
| Harvey Williams, Charles HasSon, Benia-
min Williams and Harry WILDER.
Representative Bmrren. of Mercer
| county, has introduced u bill in the house
at Harrisburg providing for pension of
| SO month TO public school teachers who
| have taught fifty years or more within the
public schools of the state. Pensions
seem to be a favorite way for giving away
| money collected from the people. but Il
| man or woman who works at anything else
| equally "a hazardous as school teaching
| ought TO be- equally deserving of pension.
| Why not pension Us all?
! The bill pending in the house allowing
| Justices uf the peace TO try certain cases
| with d jury of six will probably pass.
| The cases which would come mp under the
| provisions OF the Law are blaSphemy, as
| SauIt and battery, larceny. where the
| amount does not exceed SO, disturbing
| public meetings. cruelty 10 animals selling
| unwhOISome provisions. revealing teIe-
| graphic dispatches. cheating -hcepers.
| firing woods and malicious treSpaSs and
! cutting down timber.
The United States supreme court at
| Washington affirmed the decision of the
| L uited States district court of Western
| Peunsy lvania in the case against Lewis
| c. Statler. of Altoona. who was convicted
| OF having counterfeit money ia his posses
| sion. and sentenced To paw fine of - and
| To undergo Imprisonment in the Western
| penitentiary for 13 months. Since the case
| has been pending in the supreme court
| StatIer has been out on bail. He must
! now surrender himself and serve the SEN
| Jence.
In the supreme court on Monday opin-
ions were handed down in six cases, which
seriously affect many suburban electric
railway interes l.. The substance of the
opinions is that trolley lines being con-
Siructed under street railway act have
no right 10 eminent domain: therefore the
consent of owners of anY property which
is desired by trolley lines must be obtained
| and there Is no method of forcing him to
| give that consent This decision practi-
cally strikes at about S5O.OOO,OOO of invest
! mentS in lines either constructed or pro-
jectcd.
-Thurspay night of last week the large
barn in Milford township, Somerset coun-
|
pletcly destroyed by fire. The fire occur
red most inopportunelY, for when the
flames were discovered it was too late tC
save any of the live stock or other con-
tents Of the building Four horses. eight
head of cattle. several hogs and loI OF
poultry perished. besides valuable lot OF
improved agricultural implements, wag-
ons. buggieS, sIeds, harness, grain and hay
r The burned property was insured for less
than one half of is value
The long-drawn out case of Frederick
Ja,Lcl V. Israel c. Caldwell. Of PhiIadeI
phia. was settled out o. cOurt in Hoili
davSburg on Wednesday by the defendant
/ coufeS~ing Judgment for $3.50. Year
ago Caldwell and Supreme Court JuSTic,
John Dean. who owned fOurty thousand
acres of coal and timber land in Blair anC
| Il
over ss0J.OOO he could sell the land for
jacket improved the property, but thcrt
D | was hitch over the agreement. Judge
| Dean paid his share of the reimbursement
. but Caldwell was sued The case was il
| the supreme court three times.
p While working with log at IlIig'
D saw mill in Allegheny township, on We'd
| ncSCiay afternoon of last week. JacoI
Trinklcy was crushed and instantly killed
| He and two other men were putting log
on the skid way" The ground was quiz
steep and they were handling a log abuu
twenty inches in diameter and twenty fee
, long The log started to roll ami Mr.
TrinkIey while trying to get out of tn
way. slipped and fell in front of it. Tn
log came on his head. crushing one side q
| il 20 that blood gu>hed from his mOutI
and nose lie was Immediately releases
by the other men. but he drew only one o
two brcaths after. He was about 40 year
OF age and unmarried.
Henry Schenck, of Erie. Pa. who's
- firm has been awarded the coLtract 70
y the proposed new academy to be erecte
d by tbs Sisters of Merry at CreSSon. was a
: the head house of the order at Loretto o
Il Tuesday morning and completed th
: final arrangements i'm regard to the con
tract This work. il will be remembered
= was begun several years ago but, on aC
% count of some misunderstanding betwee
: the former contractors and Sisters. il wa
% discontinued. The new contractors Wi
# begin the work the iSt of april, ard wi
/ push the construction a. rapidly posi-