The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-31

the congressman.
Thomas Redding. of Chester Hill, Cen
ire county, Is suffering with a sore arm,
the result of a singular accident. His COW
choked on piece of turnIp and Mr.. Red
ding thrust his hand down her throat try
ing TO remove the obstruction. The cow
furious with alarm and pain, bit him
twice, once on the elbow when his hand
was in her throat, and again Oh the hand
a. he was trying to free his arm
About noon on Tuesday OF last week
Mrs. John Martin, of Hastings, heard her
little f-year- old girl crying for help from A
room on the second floor, and running up
the stairs, she found John ShetIock a
ooarder, IN an attempt To commit an out
rage upon the child. Tha rascal was ar
rested ana Squire Anna committed him 10
tue EbenSOurg Jail a EbenSburg To await
lriaI at the June term of court The par
ties are HungarianS.
Mrs. Mary l. Lily, executrix of Isl
dore Lilly, late of Munster township, de-
deaSed, will offer at public sale at the late
residence in that township Oh Thursday
June 18th, 1895, at one o'clock p. NJ, one
buggy, one spring wagon one new CANOPY
top. one Land cart, two wheel barrows
washiLg machine. ropes, chains. brides
harness, locust posts, hosting windlass
and lot q: other articles too numerous 10
mention.
On Saturday Mr.. K. H. Tudor, who
mas been Ill FOR some time past, ON getting
up in the morning, fell in his room in the
cambria House, and striking his forehead
on Spltton, cut an ugly cash that bled
considerably. Landlord Bender heard Mr.
Tudor moaning and OH opening his door
found him lying on the floor bleeding. A
physician was called in who bound up the
wound aud no dangerous results are an
tlclpated. Mr.. Tudor is one of Ebens burg's
Oldest citizens, being IS years of age TO day
Thursday.
"A fatal accident occurred at the Sum-
merhill bridge on Saturday evening last
Three Hungarians were walking westward
and several empty engines were going in
the same direction. freight train was
also coming east Seeing their perilous
position. one Hungarian laid down in the
SlX-IOot, but one of the others started
To go across the bridge The result was
that he was knocked therefrOm thrown
out a distance of ten feet and fell into the
river below, only 20 meet his death His
name could not be learned nor could his
! age.
On Friday night about half past ten
O'Clock the steam saw mill of Mr.. Christ
OFT, situated within the limits of the Dor
Ough of Hastings, was discovered to be on
tire nd such was the rapid progress made
by the flames that before anything could
be done the whole structure was enveloped
in flames and soon reduced TO a heap of
twisted iron and smouldering ashes. The
loss is estimated at about 81 900 with no
insurance. The fire is supposed to have
started from smouldering spark in the
sawdust as the mill had been running
during the day.
An entirely new counterfeit $50 treas
ury note, act of July Il, 1880, department
series 1890 check letter A, plate mum bered
o, portrait Marshall, w 5 Rosecrans,
register of the treasury, +. H. Nebeker,
treasurer of the United States, small car
mine scalloped seal, has made its appear
ance in New York City. This counterfeit
is of the pen and ink process, well executed
and exceedingly dangerous. The words,
United States of America, twenty dol
lars which appear six times in the border
of the face Of the genuine are wholly
omitted from the counterfeit.
Felix Skelly, Revolutionary soldier
who died near Wilmore, was buried in the
Catholic cemetery at LOreJto. 1t was he
who was captured by the Indians in the
Juniata Valley in l1Ts, and was taken
across the mountains on the way To De-
trOIt in company with Mrs. Elder, who
was captured with him, but escaped at the
Allegheny river by jumping out of a grist
mill in which they were lodged for the
night-plunging from a height of sixty feet
into the mill-dam and swimming to the
shore, escaped. He afterward serYed as
soldier in the army of Washington
South FOT, Record.
Mr. David Pryce is erecting a new
dwelling house on the site of the old Pres
byterian church in the East ward, and has
the frame work up and weather boarded.
The weat her boarding used was taken in
a trade by Mr.. Pryce twenty-five years
ago from Hon. A. a. Barker, who was
:hen in the lumber business aud had
planning mill near the railroad water plug
in the east end of town. Mr.. Pryce took
the lumber To his farm and stored it away
in the barn, where he concluded he would
keep il until the time would arrive that
he would need it, 1t is certainly well
seasoned after being kept for twenty five
years.
A we'll known Republican from one of
the outlying districts was in town on Mon
iay during the session of the Republican
county convention. He was enthusiastic
in his opinion OF the success of his party,
and took great pains to impress everyone
he met with his belief that the Republi-
cans would control the affairs in Cambria
county for d number of years. Incident
ally he mentioned TO one of the delegates
that he would be a candidate for county
| commissioner next year, when his enthus-
iasm was effectually dampened by being
Informed that he had better wait for three
years longer as the nomination FOR com
missioner next year from this end Of the
| county was promised to Mr.. +. james, OF
| Ebensburg He went home a sadder but
| wiser man.
during the past month agents repre-
Senting different companies have been
| busiIy engaged throughout Somerset
county in securing options on coal lands,
and most of the available territory has
| been secured. the average price paid being
about SIS per acre for the coal. Engineers
| are at work in different localities surveying
| coal lands or locating the routes of pro-
| posed railroads, and the outlook for the
mining industries in that locality is en-
couraging The available coal of that
region is mostly contained in two seams OF
three feet eight inches and four feet in
| thickness. respectively, and is of excellent
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