The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-05-22

on Monday by which Ebensburg is given
an extra train, making three trains daily
The extra train leaves Ebensburg at 81
/ T.. NJ. and returning leaves Cresson al
S:45 p. NJ, and arrives at Ebensburg al
/ 9;I5 r NJ The regular trains leave
| Ebensburg at 7:3O A. NJ, and $40 M
Mine inspector j. T. Evans reports
that out of 33 applicants examined recent
ly for mine foreman ana fire bosses, only
/ six passed. They are John Thomas. oi
JOhnStown; James Nelson of Glen Camp
bell: Ralph Platt. of South Fork: James
| n. Nicholson. of Hastings. and William
| Oldteld, of Barnesboro.
While Archie Stewart, of Centre
township, Indiana county, was plowiag in
one of his fields on Tuesday of last week. a
rain storm came up. Suddenly there was
binding flash and when Mr.. Stewart,
who was somewhat dazed came to, he
| found one of his horses lying dead on the
/ ground The other was standing motion
| less but soon fell over dead. Mr.. Stewart
| was unhurt.
Raymond Ickes, employed on the rail-
| road work near Portage, in attempting to
get on a moving freight train at Sonman
| on Saturday morning, missed his hold and
| was thrown to the track and badly cut by
, the ballast, but luckily escaped being run
| over by the wheels. He was taken TO the
Altoona hospital where it was found nee
essary TO amputate one of his fingers.
DR.. John Evans, of Homer City, Indi-
ana county. a native of Ebensburg, was
| taken TO the Allegheny City Presbyterian
| hospital on Wednesday morning. He has
been sufferer from nervous disease for
| twenty years, and at various times his
| physicians looked upon his death as fore
gone conclusion. Under new methods of
treatment in the hospital it is thought his
health can be permanently restored.
-LOyaIhanna township. Westmoreland
county, was the scene of a terrible acci-
dent Tuesday afternoon about 3 O'Clock, in
which a man named William Davis, of
MELVILLE. Indiana county, lost his life.
He was engaged in hauling lumber just
| across the river from Salisbury, and when
driving along a sloping piece of ground
the wagon upset, burving him under the
load of lumber and crushing the life out
of him.
Fire. which broke out at $3.50 o'clock
! on FRIDAY morning, totally wrecked the
building at the corner of Eleventh avenue
and Eleventh street, Altoona, and destroy
ed - ,OC0 worth of cigars, tobacco, billiard
and pool tables. and bicycles for B. J..
Murphy. and damaged j. L. Shute's bar
ber shop to the amount Of 500. The loss
on the building which was owned by
County Commissioner Hurd, was not
learned.
Two peddierS recently stopped at the
house of John Z. Thomas, in Cambria
l. n
horse and wagon from him, paying for the
latter and leaving two watches as security
for the payment of the former. which they
were To return aud redeem in a couple of
dayS. They have not returned and as the
watches on examination have proved to be
worthless. Mr.. Thomas is likely 10 be out
the price of his horse
The recent purchase of mining property
of the Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and
| Iron company includes the HeIvetia mines
| of Adrian ISeiin. with "a daily output of
| over 900 tons, and the MahOning Valley
railroad, with nine miles of track, as well
as the Bell, Lewis & Yates plants. The
company now owns all the mines in JET
| ferSon and CIearfield counties contiguous
| To the Buffalo x Rochester railroad except
| Coal Glen and the Toby Valley.
William H. Jackson died at his home
in Altoona on Saturday, of paralysis. He
was born in West Chester in 1881. and was
a machniSt by trade. In 1853 he became
a locomotive engineer on the Middle Divi-
sion of the Pennsylvania railroad and in ten
| years he was appointed road foreman OF
engines on the same division. He was
later foreman of the Tyrone shops, fore
man of the Middle Division round house in
| Altoona, and in 1893 he was appointed
road foreman of engines on the Altoona
| division.
R Dew. Robinson, an enthusiastic
| .'LanoX'' man, started out bright and early
Yesterday Sunday umorning for tour o.
| Cambria county. In coming down the bill
| this side of Ashville he struck a sharI
| stone that resulted in a puncture and q
| header Mr.. RohinsOn'S right hard was
badly torn and his left knee was bruised
| He managed To cover the II miles to Car
| roIltown. where DIR. Sloan sewed mp the
wound in his hand. This morning the
| wheel and rider both consiaera bly, the
woSa for wear. reached Altoona by train
| "A ItOOnH Gazette.
Last Sunday c. X Blough crossed th'
mountain between st. Clairsvlle an6
Brumbaugh, Bedford county, and dis
covered in the road ahead of him a snake
which crawled down over the bank. Mr.
Rlough went back few steps TO secure
| club. While engaged i'm this proceeding
the snake came toward him ready TO
fight He at once tried to kill the snake
with stones, but only crippled it. They
then took a foot race and he finally sue
ceeded in killing the venomous reptile
He then made an examination and fonnC
| 1t to be "A black racer seventy six and one
half inches in length.
| -George Stock, aged twenty-seveI
years. of Chicago, jumped from raIidly
moving stock train at Tyrone Saturday
morning and received frightful injuries
which in all probability, will result in hi
death In jumping from the train h
struck the top of pal!ng fence with tn
left side of his head, fracturing the skull
A sharp paliag tore open the flesh, expos
ing the skull. and another penetrating tn
| upper lin. knocking out several teeth an
badly cutting the whole tongue. Hi
| right thigh and leg below the knee wer
} badly fractured and his body is mass {
bruises. He was taken to the Altoon
hospital, where his skull was trepanned.
One day last week Mrs. Sophia Lanl
| of CreSSon, was badly burned with turper
: tine. She had been helping her moth'
clean house. and can of turpentine wi
n | set IN the back part OF the stove. Mr.