The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-19

An excursion train oyer the Pennsyl-
vania & Northwestern railroad will carry
| passengers to Niagara Falls on Tuesday
June %, 1896, from Bellwood to the Falls
| for the low fare of 81 for the round trip.
The train will leave Bellwood Tuesday
morning, June 23. at 5 A. NJ: Lloydsville,
S:2s: Cnalport, 9:O2; Mahaffey, 9:25. For
| further Information apply to w. A. Ford,
superintendent. BelIwood, or to agents Of
the T.. * y. w K. r.
"A man named Sigmond Shope threw a
stone at Conductor John King, of the
Logan Valley Electric railway, on Friday
afternoon at Hollidaysburg, striking him
on the head and fracturing his skull.
King is at the Altoona hospital and is not
expected to recover. Shope is locked up.
Shope was drunk. and the conductor pro-
tested against him riding on a car in that
condition in obedience TO rule of the COM
pauy, whereupOn he picked up a stone and
hurled it at King with the result as stated.
Miss Lucy Berkey, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Berkey, the aged
| couple who were robbed and horribly tor
tured at their home near Rummel, Somer-
| set county, about ten days ago, is dead
iIOHl the elltCj vi III ui lcN itCclNtu oS Iaii
ing from porch while trying to make her
escape that night. Miss Berkey identified
Dick Jackson as one of the robbers before
she died. jackson was then taken to the
Somerset Jail. Both of the robbers are
Jailed, Roddy having been captured We'd
uesday.
John Good. young man who is well
known IA Cambria township, and who
bears an unSavory reputation, is now in
the Indiana county Jail charged with be-
ing the robber of Martins store, near the
line between Indiana and Cambria coun-
ties. The robbery occurred Oh the night of
| the 10th of this month and John and Joe
Good were arrested on suspicion. a pair
| of pants found in their possession was
identified by Mr.. Martin as being part of
| the goods stolen and they were remanded
To Jail To answer to the charge
DIR. Walker, who recently went TO
Alaska, took a number of horses with him.
AT the first Indian village the sight OF the
horses drove all the dogs bowling into the
| woods. The children dropped their rude
playthingS and went crying into the huJS.
The men and women stood their ground.
although in open-e eyed wonder. After
much inducemeut, they were finally pre-
vailed upon to approach the horses, and
their wonder knew no bounds. No amount
| of persuasion would induce them to mount.
TIey were the first horses they had ever
met.-NetU TOrI. Tribune.
johnnie Smith, aged nine years, son of
John Smith, of Summerhill township, on
| Friday morning got in his possession a
bottle of gun powder, an il did not take
he would start the Fourth of July early.
| Getting some matches il vas but short
| time until there was an explosion and
| Johnnie was found bleeding and inSensible,
with numerous cuts on his head and face
made by the broken fragments of the bot
| tie. He soon regained consciousness and
will soon be himself again. but he will cary
some of he sears TO the end of his life.
The people of Hollidayshurg were
| startled Saturday night 10y the fatal sta y
| bling of John Lemon, Jr., aged twenty -foHr
| years. He is Il son of The late John y.
| Lemon, who was auditor general of Penn
| SYlvania and for many years state seuai Jr
| from this district. The young man was
| engaged in an alteration with Il compIu-
| ion, John FarmholSt. when the latter, it is
said, suddenly drew pocket knife and
made furious assault on Lemon, slash
| ing him in the left side, making several
| gaSheS four inches deep. Lemon lies at
his home in a cOmatose condition, and
| FarmholSt has been arrested.
| "A HoIlidaysburg correspondent of the
| Altoona Times says: OF the five survivors
| Of the original members of the bar who
were admitted to practice law at the for
| nation of Blair county in 1916, three o!
| them were in attendance at the bar meet
| ing Wednesday in the court house, name
Iy: William Doris, Esq. of Huntingdon
now almost four score years of age; Hon
Johh FenlOn, of EbenSburg, who has fully
completed his four score years of existence
and who was present at the HARRISBURG
legislature when the bill authorizing tn,
formation of the county was passed, ant
Hon. John Scott, of Philadelphia, fOrme
resident of Huntingdon county, and gen
eral solicitor for the Pennsy ylvania Railroad
| company