The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-10-02

| The Huntingdon Mifilin boundary
! commission has made its decision, an
nOunced IS officially Monday. The de-
ciSion changes the line eastward three
miles and places Allensyille and large
| part of Memo township, Mffiin county.
| Huntington county. The population of
the territory thus changed will not be less
than 2,jOO.
Ed Martin, who was on a bicycle tour
through this county, was the victim of a
very painful accident on Monday While
coaSting down a hill at Patton. he was
thrown from his wheel, and in consequence
his nose was broken and his head cut in
several places. His injuries were dressed
and he went to his home in Altoona on
Monday evening.
The United States secret service Off
cials are quietly advising merchants and
others to watch the SO bills that may be
offered to them. The counterfeiters are
unloading batch of these bills all over
the country. The Martha Washington
and Stanton 81 and the Window and Me-
PheTSon 81 silver certificates are being
raised to $40 and $40.
Mrs. George Steffey, of Huntingdon.
for the time evidently insane. attempted
to kill one of her children with an axe last
Friday evening. The screams of the wo-
man and child as they ran attracted
neighbOrS, who appeared on the ground
at once and prevented the crazy woman
from performing the awful deed. She
was quieted and is now carefully guarded
The results of the state fair recently
held at JohnStown, have been exceedingly
gratifying to those who conducted it. as
well as to the exhibitors and public The
gross receipts were about $4,000 and the
premiums purses and expenses have beeh
paid. with u net profit of something over
$1,000. movement is ON foot to perma-
nently locate the state fair at JohuStuwn
Cambria County Pomona grange No
81, Patrons of HuSbandry, will hole a
meeting in its hall at Chest Springs. on
Monday, October 5Gh. commencing at 1880
o'clock The morning session viii be de-
voted to the regular business of the order
and in hearing report of the secretary of
the Patrons of HuSbandry Fire Insurance
company and reports of subordinate
oranges.
Christian Myers, of Bald Eagle town
ship, Clinton county, states that during
one of the recent heavy gusts six of seven |
calves that were in the open field were
killed by one stroke of lightning The |
seventh calf was so badly frightened that |
it ran aS hard as il could to the stable and |
would not come outside for several days
All the calves killed were about nine |
months old. |
The Altoona, Clearfield & Northern |
Railroad company, being unable 10 paw |
the RAINING expenses of the company, and |
4 ka int Z H.. IN i.;r |
court on Monday, appointed +. &. Patter
son receiver to sell the road, and its Graa
chiSeS The liabilities are S32G 800 The |
road traverSeS Blair, Cambria and Clear
field counties, and was built as u feeder To |
the Beech Creek system.
"A COW died in Lock Haven recently |
and as there was some difficulty about |
diagnosing the disease that killed the bo-
vine. an examination was made after |
death, when il was found that large hat |
pin had penetrated the animals heart. |
That organ was of immense size, and the /
indications We're the pin had been in the |
cows heart for several months The COW |
had evidedtly swallowed the pin, which |
was several inches in length.
j. w. Gore. agent for the Fennsyl |
vana Railroad company, at CreSSOn, is /
about To- resign on account of i'll health,
and ii is understood that William Culbert, |
night station master at Union Station. |
PtJsburg, will be promoted TO agent a |
Cresson. Mr.. Gore will make tour of |
the Southern States, and may locate in
that couLtry if he finds place suited to
him. A circular announcing the above
changes will be issued in a few days.
-Ebensburg Choral Society met and or
ganzed Monday evening, September 2Sth,
and elected the following officers: Presi-
dent H. III. Myers; vice president, James
y. Dick; secretary and treasurer, ,. l..
Reed: director, T. L. Gibson; assistant |
director, +. II. Davis; pianist, Miss |
Frances Mex enrick: assistant pianist.
Miss Maude Zahm. The officers cOnsti-
tute the executive committee. The society |
will meet every Monday evening at 7:30 in
the opera house.
Don't lose your bank book. y judge |
of the supreme court of New York has de-
cided that when bank book is presented |
at the bank which issues it, the money ii |
calls for shall lawfully bepaid to the bear
er unless there are circumstances accom-
panying the presentation of the book that |
look suspicious This decision will no |
if you lose your bank book the one who |
finds il may collect your money and the |
bank not be held responsible.
"A number ot merchants at Chester, |
Delaware county, who were arrested last |
week on warrants sworn out by the Pure
Food Commissioners, had hearing on |
Monday before an alderman, who held
them in 500 bail each for court 1t
was shown in evidence that cottonseed |
oil was sold as olive oil: ground ginger |
was found 10 contain about II per cent. oil
added gypsum and a portion of Sablimate
of lime: cream of tartar contained alum,
gypsum and starch, and vinegar contained
a mere fraction of solids.
Another nefariOus attempt TO wreck
passenger train was made at GraZierViiIe,
a few miles west of Tyrone, "Wednesday
night WheE Philadelphia express came
along the engineer spied tie across lhe
track. but too late TO avert running INTO
the obstruction. The train stopped ana
examination disclosed the fact that the tie
had been fastened to .he one rail by
chain. The other end of the tie was loose,
but a chain showed that this end would
have been fastened in a few moments.
The fend wreckers wereevidently surpris-
ed nv the train before they got the job
completed.
Mr.. Frank Scheonhardt, ofJohnStown,
had close call on his life while at work