The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-10-16

handed down Iast week, 1t Is decided that
a stockholder in water, gas or electric
company, having a contract with a city or
borough for the products of his company
cannot mold a position on the council of
such city or borough. That puts a re-
striction on many of our people most COM
petent for councilmen, but it is the law
now.
Albert Koontz, of JohnstOwn. who
piayfully pointed gun at his sweetheart
in that place, on September 29th. and
while doing so the gun was discharged
was arrested last week, charged with hav-
ing shot and attempted to kill her He
was given hearing on Saturday evening
and was held for court without BAIL The
evidence showed that there are consider
able grounds for believing that Koontz in
tended TO Kill the woman, it being proven
that he was told the gun was loaded before
ne pointed the weapon at her in a manner
In which he claims was a joke. KoontZ
denied that he knew of the loading of the
gun.
-ODe day last week, while threshing at
John Hardman, Jr's., Mr. Hardman sent
one OF his hands TO get some oats to feed
his horses. On going to the granary he
dld not see anything to get the oats in but
a box containing wheat bran. He took
the oats and bran mixed and fed the horses.
The bran contained rough on rats, and the
result was that one of the horses died from
the effects of the poison and the other one
is still lingering and suffering from the
effects of the same. This should be
warning to persons who have rough on
rats sitting around in so careless a man
ner as it was in this case.-EUerGtt Repltb-
ticdn.
MIR. friedrich Hauk, Sr., a well-known
citizen of Carroll township, died at his
home in that township on Wednesday
morning OF last week from heart failure
superseded by paralysis. The deceased
was born in Prussia, 65 years ago. and
came tc this country when 10 years ofage.
1t 1858 he came to Carroll township and
settled on the farm where he resided up
until the time of his death. He is survived
by his wife, two sons, j. j. Hauk, of Car
rolltOwn, and Frederick Hauk, Jr, of Car
roll township, and two daughters, Mary
and Kate at home. His remains were in
TERED in St Benedict's cemetery at Car
rOlltOwn on Saturday afternoon
Mr.. Timothy Brophy. a well-known
and respected citizen of Altoona died at
his home in that city on Wednesday morn
ing from a complication of diseases, in the
10th year of his age. Mr.. Brophy was at
one time a resident of Ebensburg, and was
well known to the older people of the town,
manv of our middle aged people having
attended his private school when he
taught in the old academy which stood on
the southwest corner of the court house
square. He was born in Kingston, Can
ada, December 4th, 1927, and when a child
his parents removed to PittSburg After
attaining manhood he came to Ebensburg
where remained for several years teaching
school. While in Ebensburg he was mar
ried to Miss Catharine Kane. He after
wards removed to Blairsville, Pa, and in
1865 removed to Altoona where he resided
until the time of his death. His wife died
in 1884. He is survived by four children
all grown up. His remains will be taken
10 LorettO for interment.
-Four men, Martin Nolan and Oliver
LAZY, brcklayers, and George Workman
and Joseph Nelson, hod carriers were
thrown twenty-five feet to the ground by
the breaking of "a scaffold at Hart's build
ing on Eighth avenue and Nineteenth
street. Altoona on Thursday afternoon.
The injured men are employees of Con-
tractor Finn, who is doing the brick aud
stone work on the building. Nolan and
Lacy were laying the brick from the scat
fold. which had about 1000 bricks stored
on il. beside some mortar. When the three
hod carriers brought up additional loads,
the weight was too much for the struc-
ture, which simply collapsed. The four
men were dropped to the ground and were
buried under the masses of bricks, mortar
and timbers. Workman, in his descent, fell
aStride a timber, and suffered horribly
painful injuries. The other man escaped
by catching to board as the Scaffold fell
All are badly hurt and il will be several
days before the full extent of their in
juries will be accurately determinated.