The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-17

During a severe thunderstorm in Ad-
'ms township lightning struck the barn of
Alexander Murphy, ripping off a quantity
IF Notwithstanding. but doing no other
damage. The same bolt struck a tree near
hv and killed five sheep standing under it,
rive other trees were struck within dis
tance of half a mile from the barn.
Since active work has begun on the
proposed Beech Creek railroad through
Indiana county the coal lands all along the
line are being leased. 1t is stated that all
The territory between Latrobe West
moreland county. and Salisbury has been
'ca>ed. and farm land along the proposed
new railroad has also gone up in price.
A NapOleonic tea party for the benefit
of the ST. Augustine Catholic church win
he held in the hall at st. Augustine on
Decoration day, May Both. Everyone is
invited To attend. Prof Maitland's or
chestra, of Gallitzin, will furnish the mus-
ic Tickets admitting lady and gentleman.
lhcIndlng supper and dancing. are Sl.OO.
Judge Ermentrout of Berks county.
IN charging jury in a suit for damages
against a railroad. once more emphasized
IN the most emphatic manner the duty of
persons who crossed railroad tracks s.to
stop, look and listen before yenturing
upon them. The jary rendered verdict
for the defendant without leaving the Jury
box.
DR.. Thomas, father of Mrs. NJ ID. Kit
tell, OF this place, died at his home in
Leavenworth, Kansas. on Saturday morn
ing, May II, 1895, aged 90 years. The
cause of his death was paraIytic stroke
received some time ago. Mrs. KfttteH has
been at Leavenworth for several weeks,
while Mr.. kittell left for there on Saturday
afternoon.
Elijah ColYer. aged -, residing at
Juniata, was badly injured on Tuesday
night while polling cars near the Red
bridge IN Altoona. He was struck by a
car and had his left leg 50 badly mangled
that IL had To be ampuLated at the hospi-
tai. Additional injuries were u cut in his
chin, confusion OF the hand and numerous
bruises on the body.
The vault in the commissioners office
has been fitted up with steel letter files
which Improvement will be a factor in
preventing any surplus cash from bur
dcniug the treas ury at the end of the year.
although the keeping up of the mills rate
of taxation and the raising of valuations
treasury than ever before raised
Thomas Harding, aged - years, living
| in JOhuStO town, while riding in Il car III the
/ brick works Of the Cambria Iron Company,
was struck Oh the head by Il projecting
| piece of timber and knocked off the car.
| He was picked up in an unconscious CON
| diuion and taken TO the Cambria hospital.
| He may die from the injuries. The boy is
| the only support of widowed mother.
| B. J. McFeely and Lawrence Wyland,
| two cuJerprising citizens of SpangIcr. Pa,
were III town on Thursday. Mr.. McFoely
! says he was instrumental in having MI.
! McGraw locate his glass works in Hunt
| ingdon. After it was found that the site
at Spangler could not be had without con
siderable delay, Mr.. McGraw came to
! HuntingGon.-H,CH Local NCJCS.
! In the United States court at Pittsburg
/ on Wednesday William King. of Pavia,
! Bedford county, was found guilty of pass
/ ing counterfeit money. The prosecution
! alleged, and proved to the satisfaction OF
| the jury, that the defendant had passed aS
| i SO bill a 81 bill that had been made To
resemble the eagle by the use of an inter
nal revenue stamp. King was remanded
! for sentence.
| The surviving members of the One
| Hundred and Thirty third Regiment
! PENNSYLVANIA Volunteer Infantry, will
! hold a reunion al Johnstown on the 18th
! Of September neXt--the anniversary of the
| battle of AuJietam. All survivors of the
| organization are requested TO send their
! address TO the committee -MeSsrs. j. l..
| Royer. John w Price and Jacob NJ. Fock-
! Ter, Of JohnstOwn,
| After a good deal of delay in the mat
ter, Judge BIdde at Carlisle on Friday
| filed an opinion denying newspapers the
tight TO publish marriage license records
| lie says they may be published by grace
| but not by right This decision is directly
| the reverse of decision 5Y Judge Bland
! Of Reading, which ordered such records
| thrown open TO the press, and the latter
! opinion was filed among the papers pre-
! Sented there.
! Farmer John Dewalt attended a public
sale at Upper Bucks Eddy, Pa, on Satur'
day He sat down into a chair and fell in
| to a doZe, accompanying the same by nod
! ding his head When an old COW was put
up Dewalt's movements, but not his con
| dition, were observed by the auctioneer.
| The COW was knocked down to him at S35
| Waeu he woke up and was informed OF hi:
purchase he refused to accept it. y sui
| will likely follow.
The lens for the big telescope for the
! American University at Washington, ID
C.. cast at the Standard plate glass work!
at Butler. Pa, on Monday last, is perfec
| in every respect. II is the largest lens u
the world. being 90 inches in diameter
| Heretofore all the large lenses have beer
! made in Paris. Dr. John Peate, un
der whose supervision the work was done
is To be- congratulated for his patient per
| Scvcrencc and success
| When Alb. Steele. a prominent farme
| who resides near HannaStown, Ncstmore
land county, was driving home in do!
cart Saturday a-week, leading stallion
the animal suddenly became maddened
and. leaping on the cart with his foreieet
ferociously attacked Mr.. Steele, decorating
his arms with his teeth in terrible man
ner. \ neighbor rushed to Mr., Steele
rescue. and. after "a desperate battle, sue
recdcd ia driving the iufuriated brut
away.
On Friday morning of last week a tn
crew If repair hands on the EbenSbur
branch We're working their way towar
Kaylor on a hand car they were met q
the cut east of John Il. Davis farm by tn
work train moving along at fast rate
The crew consisting of John X. Davi:
william Byrne, Gust. Harvey and DAME
w. James had barely time To jump whe
the pilot of the locomotive struck the han
car and wrecked it completely. All of tn
men escaped unhurt.
How dear 70 our heart is the Old sIIve