The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-07-19


no circumstances will he become a candi-
date for the presidency" 1t is the old
story of sour grapes"
The county auditors of SchuylkilI
county have surcharged ex-Sherif Wool
upwards of Sl.2oO for credits allowed him
Tor horse hire and other incidentals claimed
b. him in his .aSt report
The Z. K. L. agency at Cherrytree has
been changed from passenger and lirSt-claSS
freight to passenger. baggage and first
class freight. and Clarence H. Books ap-
pointed agent, rice l.. q. Gorsuch, trans
fcrred.
The son of John Slopienski, aged >
months, died at Greens burg on Thursday.
The lighted candles placed around the BODY
ignited the drapery covering the corpse,
and the coffin was burned aud the body
charred black
w hlle PLAYING careleSSly with loaded
22-caIIbre revolver in company with sew
eral companions Tuesday morning, Cyrus.
the l4-year old son of Mrs. Mary Long, of
Morrellville, was shot through the palm
of the left hand.
The Stafford Lodge I.O.O.F. was
established at NintOndale on Monday and
large delegation of members of the order
were in attendance from Ebensburg.
special train was called into service for
their transportation.
A recent issue Of the ClearleId RcDlib-
iic"t said: AT family gathering in the
home OF William y. Terpe, at Redfcrn,
this county, last week. there was present
A>aph Kirk, of Grampain. the head Of five
generations OF his family
An exchange remarks that people wEo
are tImid about travelling on the railroad
should be rca>Sured by the fact that last
year only one passenger was killed out of
each l,9I2.6lS carried. and only one injured
out of each POI, ,2IS carried.
A common wooden bucket is travelling
by express over the Pennsylvania system
OF railway, which was started from At
lanta- Every messenger who handles iu
attaches tag, and at present the sides of
the bucket are covered with stickers
1t is reported that during the month
of June the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pady handled more freight in JohnStown
than in any previons month in its history,
and the Cambria Iron Company's bilI alone
amounted to S2l2,OOO for the month.
1t has just been announced that the
Philadelphia company which is opening
new coal mine at Hastings. this county,
will erect l.UuO coke ovens 1t is proposed
To EQUIP the mine with electric light and
machinery driyen by electric power
Mr.. Simon Fisher. an old resident of
Allegheny township. was in town on Mon
day and left on the 1920 ;rain for New
York. intending to take steamer from
that city on Wednesday for Baden, Ger
many. his native place, which lie left about
- years ago.
-Pavmaster J. p. Wilson distributed
SI.oDo aS TWO weeks pay among the min
er> of the Couemaugh Coal company. at
COnemaugh. and 81 900 among the Argyle
Coal company'S miners at South Fork on
Monday. On Tuesday he paid 500 to the
miners at DuulO.
Freeman and Good. the condemned
murderers who are To be- hung in Greens
burg to-day Thursday. made their Wills
last Saturday. Freeman bequeathS his
body tn his hrother. who resides in Pitts
burg. and Good bequeashS his To the Reys.
Meek and Funk
In the ease of the widow of Rev. James
Walker. of ROckdaie. who was crippled for
life in the South street railroad accident,
a jury IN Philadelphia awarded her S23,
so. but the court made ruling reducing
the verdict to $1,000, and Mrs. Walker ac-
cepted the amount.
Tie best of the laws Of widespread
interest in Peuusy Ivauia signed recently
by the governor = that fixing 2.24O pounds
a. "a ton of coal. Dealers who sell less than
that can row br fined In some parts Of
the state dealers have been giving only
300 pounds for a ton.
Miss Mary StritImatter an estimabIe
young lady, daughter Of Mr. and Mrs.
Augustine StTittmatter, of Carroll town
ship died at her home on Thursday, July
! 18th. from pneumonia aged about J. years.
| Her remains were inferred in St Bene-
| diets cemetery. Carrolitown on Saturday.
One night last week Charles Tomlin-
son. Of Allegheny township. while return
| ing from GallitzIu, was knocked down on
! the road near ChriSty'S uill by some one
who dealt him blow from behind which
rendered him unconscious. His watch
| aud chain and pOcketbCok containing -. =
were taken.
The Delaware peach harvest promises
| To be abundant ard is now estimated at
| about a.5OO.OOO baskets. Such prospect
| a good peach crop means the cancelling of
| many obligations and a general straight
/ cning out Of the shortcomings of the past
! three years.
This year will 90 into history as bicy-
! Gle year. The growth Of the wheels pop
| uIarity has been 50 amazing that 1t seems
| a. if all the world had discovered that the
| wheel i a good thing and is trying To get
! ON one as soon as possible. The roads are
| alive with cycIers and one meets them
! everywhere.
| James ). McCIemmonS stole banana
! from Mrs. n SAINTS fruit stand at Johns
/ town. Mrs SAINT who is an Arabian,
| caught him at it and knocked him down
! with chair. Then she proceeded to
] maui him good and had him nearly dead
| when Officer Miller interfered and took
| both to the lookup.
| -Governor Hastings has signed the bill
! passed bv the recent legislature which re-
/ quireS county commissioners To buy all
| blank forms. letter heads and stationery oi
every description used in the sEerif's Of
| fees in the different counties of the state
| also to provide all necessary furniture
! Hitherto this has not been the case.
MIR. William Wright. OF Figart, who j:
| suffering with a tumCr on the left JugulaI
! vein. went to the West Penn Hospital
| Pirt,burg. a few days ago, with view tc
| having an operation performed, but he wa:
! told that he could not survive il, and wa:
advised 10 return home and take things a:
easy as possible in order prolong his life.
Just "a We 90 to press we learn that {
g-v.ar-old daughter of Mr.. OSlen, whC