The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-08-07

About O'Clock Saturday morning Juli.
Us Parker, and his fifteen-year- son,
Julius, were crushed to death in Berwind
& Whites coal mine. at Dunlo. Thew
were found under a fall of coal and slate
one hour later, when driver Pierce enter
ed their room for car Of coal. Parker.
who was Frenchman, and his son were
bearing in and were caught under the
fall The miners who were in the neigh
boring rooms heard the roise, but thought
that il was nothing more than an ordinary
blast.
AT a meeting of the Spangler Improve
ment company on Wednesday of last week
various matters in regard To the develop
ment of the town was discussed, and il was
decided that national bank should be es-
tablshed; Mr.. W. p. Duncan. q banker of
Philipsburg, was entrusted with the or
ganiZatiOn. and ii Is expected the project
will materialiZe within the next three or
four months. Mr.. Duncan. in conjunction
with Mr.. James A. McClain, was also
authorized TO make arrangements for the
extension OF the Spangler Water com
pany's system TO supply North Spsngler
and Barnes boro.
Snake stories are ripe now and We clip
the following from an exchange showing
how plentiful the rattlers are in Centre
county: On Dry Ridge one day ,sst week
three men who were buckle Deriving
walked into den of IS to 100 rat
tie snakes and were completely surround
ed by them, all showing fight. The men
were armed with shot guns and at once
opened fire, with the result that 40 snakes
were killed. while the others scampered to
hiding among the rocks. Several deaths
have occurred from the bites of these poi
son snakes, and few people have courage
to venture on the mountains in search of
berries.
Professor John Hamilton, deputy sec
retary of agriculture. SAYS a good road is a
dry road No wet road ever was or ever
can be good. Another requisite in good
road is that it is solid at all seasons of the
year. He says the roads of Pennsylvania
can be piked six inches thick with finely
broken stones in all districts where stones
are easily obtainable for S4Al 60 mile. In
other words, the $50 900 miles of roads in
this state can be piked with the taxes of
last year in just nine years with no bond
ing of township or increase of debt. A
road balasted from five to six inches thick
proper traffic that it may be called upon to
bear.
George Yeckley. Sr., an old and re-
spected citizen of Gallitzin, died at his
home in that place. on Tuesday, in the 6sth
year of his age. The deceased was borh in
Germany and came to this country in 1850
aud first located at Plane No. 5, on the Old
Portage road, where he remained for sew
ua afs r4l ln,a cd nal-
litzin and has been a resident of that place
for nearly forty years. Besides his aged
wife he leaves to morn his loss five sons
and two daughters, viz: Jacob and Chas.,
of Galiitzin; William, OF Elyira, o John,
Of Summit; George. Of Portage; Mrs. w.
r. Hancuff, of Gallitzin, and Mrs. Sam
uel Miller. of q Uniontown, Pa.
There is probs bly but one person in the
state of Pennsylvania, says the Philadel-
phIa Record, who can boast that he sleeps
with his head in one county and feet in
another. Joseph Wilson. of near Allen
town, who is at the present time studying
at the Philadelphia School of Design,
claims that when he is at home he rests
with his head in Lehigh county and his
feet ia Northampton. He says the house
he lives in stands on the dividing line OF
| the two counties and his bed lies directly
across the line. There is also a bed in the
same house which is bisected from head tC
| foot by the county line, so that two per-
sons may lie side by side in it and yet be
| in two different counties.
| On Monday morning of last week Mr.
| Emanuel SwartZweider, whose farm i:
| situated two miles from Chaneysyille
| Bedford county, and his fon Frank wer,
| engaged in cutting hay by a mower drawn
| by two horses, and In attempting to rak
| some grass from in front of the machin
| the elder Mr.. Swartzwelder was caught b.
| the knives and dragged ten or twelve fee
before he succeeded in extricating himsel
from his perilous position. Upon exami
nation it was found that his limb was )
badly lascerated that amputation wa
necessary, which was promptly done b
Drs. Enfield, Smith, and Trimbath Th
other limb was horribly mangled but ns
| so seriously as the left one. He sutfere
| from his injuries until Wednesday nigh
| when death resulted. Deceased was sixty
two years old, and leaves a widow and fiv
sons.
Death came Unexpectedly to ID
| Joseph Meredith Toner, of Washington
, d. c., while he sat in a chair on the pore
of the Mountain House, Cresson, Tt ur:
day evening of last week at 7:30 O'clocl
Mrs. John Shields, housekeepeT of tt
) hotel, made the discovery, and DR.. Edwal
F. Graham, house physician, who We
summoned. stated that life had been g!
tinct two hours. DIR. Toner was born
Pittsburg, and in 1s49 and 1850 studied vii
the late Dr. John Lowman, In Johnston
5 and later was a graduate of JeffersC
Medical College,. He practiced his profe
E sion for while at Summit and then r
moved to Harper's Ferry and afterwar
' to Washington, ID. C. He was a batchelo
? | retired from the active practice of b
profession. He had come to the Mou
tain House from Washington. The eve
2 ing previous to his death he had return
from visit to his brother at Derry. L
, remains were taken to Derry, where tn
were inferred on Sunday morning.
C0rresp0Ddence.
Lilly, Pa, August 5th, 1896
ED. FREEMAN:-LillY is one of the me
progressive little towns in the state