The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-06-14

On Monday evening council met in
special session in order TO discuss what
should be done with Center street in front
OF the residence of Miss Kate Noon The
pavement at that point Is about one foot
lover than the street. causing the water To
drain into the cellar of Miss Moons mousse
ID * thought the house will have to be
raised about fifteen inches and the pave
ment about one foot. but final action in
the matter VIII not be taken until the
meeting Of council on next Monday even
ing.
The town of Brisbin. in CIearfield
county, is being depopuIated on account
"i the coal having been worked out in that
section. The value of property has so de
ciIncd that il is almost impossible to make
a sale in the place. Properties are basng
deserted and their owners offer them for
sale al your own figure. We learn of one
in particular that a few days ago was sold
Tor 5000 which to-day can be bought for
a. many hundred. The mining business is
a little like the oil business. when the sup
ply i exhausted the people fit to new
fields.
The celebration of the BeIlefonte cen
tenntaI ended on Friday of last week Re
cent Developments disclose an almost un-
limited amount of pocket picking and all
manner of confidence games during the
last two DAYS il was at its height Some
estimates place the amount stolen and Sc
cured by Swindling at from :. coo to 5000.
while others aver that il would aggregate
full 5000 easily. Although there was 50
much of that kind of work done, not one
criminal was even detected II is a safe
estimate To say that between 80 and 2Ou
people We're Swimdled out of sums ranging
from - To 500.
En- Sheriff James NJ. Shumaker. of
John>tuwn, was in town on Monday The
eN-Sheritf has announced himSelfaS a can
didate for the nomination for county
treasurer on the Republican ticket next
year, much 10 the CONSERVATION Of the
Republican bosses, who have promised the
aforesaid nomination to a man named
| Spencer from Hastings. As the eN-Sherfi
Is a hustler and not inclined to be sat down
! upon. there promises 10 be a little more
| life in next years Republican convention
than there was this year. II looks like
| trouble ahead for the firm of Spencer.
/ James ~ Co, Limited.
The issue Of ). .OlO.oOO of new stock by
| the Cambria Iron Company. aS officially
announced from the Philadelphia Office
! viii be- followed 10y vast improvements, eS-
/ pecially at the Gauuer steel works. the
| capacity of which, it is now reported, Will
/ be doubled. The foundations for the new
! structures are already in and it is believed
| that work in other directions will be taken
/ up at an early date. A very large SIm j.
! To be and i now being expended in the er-
/ cctiOn Of new coke works, which will be
| the first OttoHotTman tGerman process
| coke ovens in the United States.
| Russell. son of Daniel GIesSnpr, who
! lIvrS near Boone. Somerset county. was
/ killed in a strange manner on Wednesday
/ morning of last week. The young man,
/ who was about - wears of age and lived
| with his parents. went to the pasture foI
! the horses, taking with him a rope halter
/ In Il short time the horses came home. one
! of them having the halter on his head, bu1
/ Young GlrS>ner was not with the stock
/ The family Immediately FASTENED 10 the
/ field. where they found him lying on the
/ ground bleeding and unconscious. They
/ summoned Or. Bri>Singer. Of Shank>yilIe
/ but life was extinct before he arrived
/ The ~uppOsitiOu i that the young man
/ L. nv, tf Z I..I