The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-24

! then let ii down again and the animal will
! start OFF as usual. A horse can only think
! OF one thing at time and that is the Sc
( cret of this cure for baking.
"A fire occurred at 1925 Eleventh ave-
/ nue, Altoona, on Friday afternoon which
! destroyed property to the value of $4,000.
/ Among the losers by the fire is George Nc
| Pike, former Ebensburger. who, with his
/ wife. occupied rooms in the burned build
! ing. His loss is placed at $3.50.
! Chester county farmers are complain
] ing of devaStatiOnS of cut-wormS among
! The young corn. This weather lust suits
/ the little pests and they are cutting the
! tender stocks off by the hundreds The
! worms have also attacked vegetables in
! the farmers gardens and are doing great
! damage among them.
"A curious ana profitable Industry has
| sprung up in the large Sawmill districts in
| the utilization of the immense quantities
OF SawduSt and shavings by compression.
| Thousands Of tons are compressed into
| compact blocks and bales and in this form
are finding ready market for kindling
| and for fuel in eastern sections.
| In the senate at Harrisburg on Thes-
/ day Mr. Vaughan introduced bill to re-
peal the act of April L, 1878. providing for
| the division of counties and the erection of
! new counties The passage of this bill is
| intended to prevent any county from tax
| ing advantage of the act under which
| Lackawanna county was created
A mad dog got among u flock of sheep
near Iitlin, Ohio, last week and bit one
hundred and seventy-eight of them.
| Nineteen We're killed outright. nine went
| mad and the remaining one hundred and
! htty had To be killed in order that the dis
ease could not spread. The same dog bit
| TWO cows which had to be killed
Mrs. Thersa Criste. reIict of Joseph
! CriStc, deceased. died at her home in CreS-
son township on Friday morning The
deceased was born in Munster township
on December 25th, 1905, and was at the
time of her death aged ~ years, months
and - days. Her remains were Inferred
| in st. AlOysius cemetery. Summit, On
Monday.
| Peter BuTnheimer, an old and respect
ed citizen of Wilmore, died II his home in
that place on Thursday night. May 10th.
| 1885, aged - years. He is survived by two
| sons and three daughters, viz: Peter. of
| Lilly: Philip; Rebccca, wife Of Michael
| Connolly; Elizabeth and Sarah, of Will
| more. His remains were Inferred in St
BarthoIomewS' cemetery at Wilmore on
Sunday last.
The corner stone of the new Catholic
| church a Nicktown Will be laid LeNt sun
| day afternoon by Rt Rev. Bishop Phelan,
| of the PittSburg diocese, of the Catholic
| church assisted 10y a number of the Cath
Ollie clergy. Rev. Father Rupert, pastor
of the congregation at that place, is work
ing with a commendable zeal in pushing
the work on the church and will extend L
| cordial welcome To all on Sunday next.
| William King of Pavfa, Bedford cOun-
| ty, convicted in United States District
| Court at PittSburg last week of trying to
raise a 81 bill to a SO bill by pasting a fig
ure cut from revenue stamp over that of
the bill, received sentence on Saturday.
He got light dose 81 fine aud year and
a month in the penitentiary-pro probably in
consideration of the fact that the job was
a clumsy one, and therefore not particu-
larIy dangerous
A thrifty Republican farmer of Cambria
township, who, to use a Wall street Simile,
is long" on horses and perhaps short
ON oats, has struck practical idea to tide
over the depressed condition Ct the horse
market. Being a friend of the steward OF
the almShOuSe, he has committed two colts
TO the care of that Institution where they
will thrive and grow sleek on county oats
and be in tirst-class condition for the mar
kct when there is better demand for
horse flesh.
Don't lick postage stamps" cries a
medical authority. They pass through
from ba fa rturnr 10 ? D.
office boy. They are torn off, folded and
carried about through pOStoffices in dis
ease stricken localities, and sometimes
carried in mailbags dirtier than anything
They may give you diphtheria, small -poN
or scarlet fever. They have OH tap any
kind of disease that you call for. There
fore, don't lick them. Moisten them with
a wet sponge"
On Thursday night of last week burg-
lars entered the house OF Hiram Hoffman
near David>viIle, Somerset county. and
succeeded in getting possession OF Mr.
HofTman's trousers, which We're hanging
! at the foot Of the bed in which he and his
| wife were sleeping. and taking them on
on the porch. rified them of pocketbooL
| containing S44.35 and an old EngliSi
watch 1t Is believed the burglars UseC
chloroform on Mr.. Hoffman and his wifi,
as Mrs Hoffman was quite i'll from tn,
! effects of some drug when she awakened
Andrew, Robert and John Forrest, o
! Jahustuwn. made an assignment Monda!
| u J Ohm Thomas for the benefit of credi
! tors The liabilities are between 500
| and $500. The assets consist of a Valu
able farm underlaid With minerals, situated
in Conemaugh township. The Forresu
have always borne the highest reputation
for honesty in business transactions anC
were thought To be on solid inancia
footing Their friends assert that the
EN- barr aSsment is only temporary and tina
they will be able shortly to pay dollar 70
dollar.
On Monday the Republican county
con vention will meet in EbenSburg for th
purpose of nominating \ county ticket
The work of the convention is all cut an'
dried and everything is fixed for harmon
ious working ). w. Davis. of EbenShurg
will be nominated for proJhonOtary; +. Il
Jones, of JohnStown, for register and re
corder: Robert \. MIrphy, of JohnStown
for district attorney; Thomas l.. Jones. o
Cambria township, for poor director: Dr
+. j. Livingstone. of Richland township
, for coroner. and John II. DYE, of Johns
town for county surveyor.
r The civil service commission has re
Gently completed the regulations to carr.
into effect the presidents order placin:
store keepers and gaugerS under the ciyi
service law, and as consequence eNami
nations of candidates for these places vii