The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-11-20

PennSVlVanlA Midland railroad which Is
projected to traverse a portion of Bedford
county will be completed in the early
future. On October 5th, the supreme
court handed down an opinion in the case
affirming the opinion of the court below
aud authorizing the receiver 10 borrow
money and complete the road
To clean "a window seems a simple
operation. 1t is, too, but one must know
how TO do the work. cloudy day is the
best time TO do the cleaning, or day
that is clear and dry, so that the sun does
not strike the glass, which would cause it
TO dry in streaks. Clean, soft water in
abundance, plenty soft old rags, and
leather or chamois skin I'll ese are neces-
sary. Wash the windows down quickly,
inside and out, and dry with the rags.
Begin inside, finish outside.
David Hunter, a carbuilder, of AL
toona, marched in the Republican rati-
hcaJion parade at Tyrone Saturday even
ing, and after it was over he and some
friends decided to go home on a cabin car
While in the act of getting aboard, St
Louis Express came along on the next
track, and striking him, threw his body
under the tender of moving engine OH the
third track. The unfortunate man was
horribly mangled, and lived but few
minutes. Mr.. Hunter was thirty eight
years of age and single.
James Foust, chief of Altoona's police.
has been impeached by the city councils
on the grounds that he is Il deserter from
the United States Marine corps The
plaintiffs in the case claim to have concIu-
siye evidence of his guilt. Fuust's friends
will contest his removal from office on the
grounds that he was minor when ht. en-
listed In the Marine corps in 1SSl The af-
fair has caused "a sensation in the cfuy
Mayor Barr has been asked to relieve
FOust. but intimates that he will not do so
unless compelled by law.
On the Laurel Hill mountain. about
six miles from Mechanicsburg and a like
distance from Beams church, i'm Somerset
county, is what is known as "Huckleberry
Flat On the eastern side of the Flat is a
ledge of rocks, below which is a steep de-
scent of the mountain, and here is the rem
devious of a pack of woolveS that are car
rying off pigs. chickens, sheep, etc, from
the residents of that section. They have
become so bold lately that many persons
dread To go out after dark, and the people
contemplate concerted action To get rid o:
the pests.
Miss Sadie Howard. aged about six
teen years, of near Somerset. was instant
ly killed while crossing the Pennsylvania
railroad tracks at Jeanette Saturday
evening. The unfortunate young lady
was on a visit to her sister. Mrs. Adam
BrosSell, at the time. She had been to the
grocery store and was returning home
when the accident happened. When pick
ed up by the train crew she was a shape
less mass, not bone in her body being un-
broken. The body was taken to the Penn
Station. where it was identified by the
grocers book found on it,
"A HOIlidaySburg correspondent of the
Altoona Times says that Saturday after
noon an atfrighted wild turkey flew over
the Kellerman House. in Gaysport. and
became cntangled in the innumerable tele-
graph wires. 1t fell to the ground. then
arose and flew through one of the windows
in the Pennsy ylvania railroad railroad de-
pot. A number of small boys were in hot
pursuit, in which Master Ed. Stroup seems
TO have been victorious, as he captured
the bird. 1t was fair specimen, weIg hing
twelve pounds. and made reiiShed feature
of the dinner al the Kellerman House on
Sunday.
There are obvious objections to the
employment of men in the prisons and iaiIs
OF the state in road building, says the New
York Tribune, but the state prison com
mission is confronted with a condition
not a theory. There are two facts To be
considered. One is that better roads are
greatly needed. The other is that work
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| prisons, without having the articles they
! produce come in competition with outside
| labor. Under proper restrictions It seems
| possible to employ these people on public
roads without offense to the public at
at large.
Saturday night two masked men called
at the home of Frederick Kaiser, near La
| trobe while the old gentleman was alone.
| and demanded his money. He had col
| Iected some rent that day and told the
| men where to find it. bat they appearantly
| did not understand Mr. Kaiser'S broken
| German. and one of the robbers knocked
| him senseleSS with a sand bag; the other
| then secure his keys and searched the
| house for the money, but failing to find
| any Mr.. Kaiser is seventy five years of
| age. and is in a critical condition from the
| brutal assault The Williams left no clue to
| their identity.
| On Saturday morning the dwelling
| house of George ). Mitchell, yard master
| at CresSon, was entered by thieves during
| the absence of the family and the house
thoroughly ransacked. Satchel belong
| ing to Judge Clark, of Washington, ID. c.,
| who was visiting the family was broken
| open, fifty dollars in money, a diamond pin
| valued at seventy five dollars, and several
| other orticles taken from the satchel.
! Several articles were taken from the house
and Mrs Michael's purse was taken from
bureau drawer The thieves were evil
IDENTIFY frightened away before they had
completed their looting of the house.
Mrs Joseph Gutwald died at her home
at Cressnn. aboat 10 o'clock on Saturday
evening. Mrs. Gutwald took sick sudden
Iy and Notwithstanding medical aid wa
promptly summoned, she expired before /
| could avail. Mrs. Gutwaid was wei
known in Ebensburg where the family re
sided for a number of years and man,
friends remember her as kind and gener
Gus neighbor and an estimable and chris
tian woman She was about GO years o
ace and is survived by her husband an
the following children: Peter, AndreV
and Joseph, of GalIitZin; John, Lizzie an
Mrs. Harry Goodman, of CresSon, and Mrs
I.aoniau DeloZier, of Patton. Mrs Gut
,raId was a constant and exemplary mem
-. .rorsius- "a thoIic church Sum