The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-01-18

and his suferings are much more severe
than that OF a younger person.
On Thursday Luke Wea kIen. of this
place, hauled from Barker's mill in Cam
bria township, to the railroad in this place.
2024 feet of green hemlock lumber. at one
load with two horses. 1t was a big load
and is an Indication that Shedding is
| pretty good in these parts
Pension Agent Skinner is about to
| prepare circular of instructions TO fourth
| class pOStmaSterS as to the execution of
| pension vouchers. a recent act gives this
| class of pOStmasUerS the right to execute
these vouchers, but many of them seem TO
| be ignorant of the purpose of the law and
| allowed their assistants 10 do the work.
which is clearly Illegal.
Mary Geesey. demented woman. who
had made her home for some time in the
| su burbS of Altoona. wandered away from
/ the house where she was staying on Sat
| urday evening. As soon as her absence
was noted search for her was instituted.
/ but it was not until Sunday afternoon
| about 3 O'Clock that her body was found at
| the loot of the Reservoir mountain. frozen
| stiff.
| Republican candidates for prothoro-
tary and register and recorder are begin
ming to whisper around their intentions
| among thier friends. a degree of un-
| certainty exists however. owing TO the
fact that Col y W. Davis is To have his
choice Of the two offices. and until he
makes his selection. the balance of the
| patriots do not know exactly where they
are at.
| John ShaiIer, of JOhnStOwn. in at
! tempting 10 get Oft moving street car on
| Saturday slipped and was thrown under
the trailer and dragged a short distance
! before the car could be stopped When ta-
| ken To his home it was found that his right
leg was broken in two places. one at the
| thigh and the other at the ankle, besides
being cut and bruised about the left leg
| and body.
AT the election of officers for the Pro-
| lection Mutual Insurance Company held
| al the office of the secretary in this place
| on Monday last, the following board of
directors was elected for the ensuing year:
! IL. J. HOppIe. J. NJ. Thompson. John J.
! Evans, Webster Griffith. c. T Roberts, V
| ). Barker, John LLOYD. John e. c. Bearer.
| VIM. J. Buck. John c. Gates. ID. w Luke.
| Mathiot Reade.
| Cyrus BurnwOrth was found dead in a
! hollow near SomerfieId. Somerset county.
| on Tuesday about thirty yards from the
| depot. BurnwOrth was a victim of the
! recent snow storm. He had been evident
| ly very suddenly overcome while return
| ing flom d neig ghbOr'S house. and fell face
| downward in the show, Smothering and
! freezing to death. He was forty-o years
| old, and leaves four small children. His
wife died a year ago.
The prospects for a speedy settlement:
of the coal miners strike are apparently
very good, says a dispatch from Dubois.
The men are willing to work on short
time. if their comrades who were recently
discharged are taken back. Mr.. Elliott,
the general manager for Bell. Lewis X
Yates, the owners of the mines in which
the strike is in progress. has gone to Buff
falo 10 lay the proposition from the men
before the mem berS of the firm.
Each of the 40 priests of the Pitts
burg diocese has been notified Of an ordi-
| nance recently issued by Rt. Rev. Richard
Phelan. Bishop. prohibiting their attend
ance at base ball, foot ball or other games
of sport. as well as attending the theatres
The order has been authorized by higher
authorities and must be observed The
the absence of priests attending amuSe-
mentS or sports has caused Inconvenience
to persons needing their services.
The survey for a branch of the Penn
Sylvania into the northern section of Som
erSet county has been finished. 1t is said
To be the intention of the Pennsylvania TO
anticipate the Pennsylvania Midland by
the immediate building of a circular line
that will extend from Lovett. on the South
Fork branch, to Scalp Level, thence to
Pott Creek, and join the Somerset and
Columbia road at FouStwell. Tie branch
will then be extended up Shade Creek and
back to Duno, to join the South Fork
branch again.
At the coming spring election the ctl-
zens of Ebe bensburg should see that council
men are elected who will either enforce
the COW ordinance or repeal it, and pass
another acceptable to the people. The
present ordinance was forced through cOun-
ell at the dictatiOn of the few against the
wishes of the many and ever since its pas
sage the present council have not had
sand enough to make an attempt to en-
force it. Candidates for council should
get ready to declare their intentions ds the
voters will want to know plainly how they
sta nd on the COW question.
After an illness of two weeks. Matthew
NagIe an engineer of the PittS5urg diviS-
ion Of the Pennsylvania railroad, died on
Friday night last at his home in Altoona.
He was b years or age and had been en-
ployed by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company for fifteen years. He i survived
bv his wife and four children. their ages
ranging between two and nine years.
He is also survived by his father, Michael
Nagle. who a Few years ago was resident
of Carroll township and the proprietor of
NagIe's mills now Eckenrodes), and by
several brothers and sisters, all of AltOO-
ma.
Mrs. Rebecca ProudfOOt, relict Of Hon.
Richard J. Proudfoot, died in Iowa one
| day last week. aged 90 years. Mr.. and
/ Mrs PrOudfoot were old-time residents of
| this county, living on a farm in Chest
/ township. Mr. Proudfuot in addition TO
tilling his farm. was a surveyor, and "a
| such was a frequent visitor to EbenSburg
| as a witness in the numerous land cases
| that were then on trial in our courts. In
| 1853 he was elected a member of the leeiS-
! lature and served one term. About 1850
/ he removed To Iowa. where he resided up
| until his death, which occurred about 20
! years ago.
The Portage opera house, large
/ frame structure, caught ire about o'clock
/ on Tuesday morning and was totally de-
stroyed. II is supposed that the fire origi-