The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-01

ana Ossle Wilkinson; assessor, E. c. Par
rlsh; Judge of election, Thomas j. James:
inspector, John A. James.
Lewis f. Jones. resident of Patton.
In this county, who has been employed by
the Wainright Brewing COMPANY. of
PittSburg. as an agent, was arrested on
Saturday by Constable James W. Jack. of
Plttsburg. charged with the embezzlement
OF a sum of money from his employers.
"A son of Postmaster Lewis. Of Smath-
ers. Indiana county. was bitten by a mad
dog last week. as was also a horse belong
ing to Mr.. Lewis When attacked sec
ond time the animal kicked the brute-s
brains ont. Several dogs. hogs, cows and
horses which were bitten by the rabid
canine, have died with every symptom of
hydrOphObia.
Editor J. J. Shick. of the Clarion Jack
soliidH. charged with criminal libel on
oath Of Hon. George f. Kribbs. was SEN
fenced on Monday on the third count of
the Indictment to pay a fine of 500 and
costs OF prosecution. and to stand commit
ted to the county Jail until it is complied
with. The case will go to a higher court.
Inc defendant proposes TO edit his paper
this week from the county Jail.
William Jasper, son of Il negro minis
ter OF Richmond. Va, whose sermons on
The Sun Do Move made him famous.
, was arrested at Altoona on Wednesday for
forgery. He succeeded in passing two
forged checks to the amount of SIS and
when arrested he WAS in the act Of trying
To swindle in the same manner "A lumber
OF prominent business men. 1t is believed
that Jasper has worked his forging scheme
in other cities.
Last Saturday Amos MingIe and Dav-
I'd Ross. of Blair county, with six children
went To funeral. On their return home
the team became lodged in a snow bank
ana could not be eXtricated. The two men
went To farm house for assistance and
when they returned they found the six
children frozen stiff. They we're taken to
the nearest house and put IN ice water TO
draw out the frost. The children were all
living but in preCariouS condition
Persons desiring To aid in the Increase
OF edible fish in the waters of the state.
can, by applying to the Pennsylvania Fish
Protective Association, 1920 Arch street.
Philadelphia, obtain placardS containing
Information as TO close seasons of the diff
ferent varieties of fish. and other informa-
tion pertaining to the same: also blank
applications for procuring trout fry. free
from the Pennsylvania fish commissioners.
will be supplied by the Association upon
application.
Prank Leap executor. c. T. A of Mrs
DOrthea Leap. late of Washington tow n
ship, will offer for sale al her late resi-
dence in Derby. in said township. on Sat
urday, February sth. 1895. at > O'Clock P
NJ, set of furniture. heating stove, sewing
machines, bedStea dS, sofa. chairs, carpets
and lot of other household furniture, al
so the contents Of store room, consisting
of gloves, thread, shoes, DimOnd dyes,
show case and u lot of other articles too
numerous TO mention.
Representative We Womelsdorf. of Centre
county, will Introduce a bill in the pres
ent legislature for the formation of Il new
county out of the bituminous coal district
composed of parts of Centre, CIearfeld and
Blair, with PhilipSburg as the county
seat. 1t would be purely d bitumnous
coal miners county, and would undoubt-
edly be of great benefit to that district.
The division would make Clearfield arc
Centre more strongly Democratic and the
the new county would be Republican.
On Saturday evening the Republicans
of the West ward of EbenSburg nominated
the following ticket: Council, Web Grif-
fifth: school directors, c. 7. Roberts and T.
W. Dick: assessor, Milton Jones: Judge of
election. q. \. Davis; inspector, q. l..
FrederickS. On Wednesday evening a
meeting was held and the names of c. 7.
Roberts for school director and Web Grif-
fifth for council were wit hdrawn, and Web
Griffith substituted for school director and
Sherman Tibbott substituted for council.
"A terrible explosion occurred in the
WestmOrel and fire brick mines at Hunk
eT'S station, WestmOreland county, on
Thursday evening, which resulted in the
death of yOLngman named Albright and
perhaps of another named Elmer Kauff-
man, and the serious injury of Frank
Kaufman. an elder brother. The men
were seated around can containing
twenty-five pounds of rock powder, when
il was igniJed and an explosion ensued,
burning all the men in a horrible manner
Luke Rodgers, a well known citizen of
Munster township, died at the residence
of his son-in-law in Pittsburg on Monday,
January 2lst. The deceased was on a Wis
it to his daughter and during the night
went to the head of the stairs, fell down
and soon after death enSued. Whether
his death was caused by a tit OF some kind
or by the fall. the physicians called in
were unable To tell. His remains were in
TERED in a PittSburg cemetery on Wednes-
day.
Owen W. Roberts, an aged and re-
Spected citizen of SUmmerhill township,
died at his home two miles north of Will
more on Sunday morning, aged about 75
years. The deceased was born in North
Wales ami came TO this country with his
parents when about l. years of age. He
has been a resident of this county ever
since and owned the farm upon which he
resided for the past fiftYtwO years. His
wife, with five children-Richard of Will
more; Mrs. William Howell Mrs. Richard
Humphreys. and William. of Iowa, and
Lincoln, who lives on the old homestead
survives him. His remains We're inferred
in LIoyd's cemetery in this place on Tues
day.
Doing Justice.
a Blair county jury did very wise act
last week and Cambria county juTieS mig hit
follow the example with much profit to
the taxpayers and teach aldermen a les
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