The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-04-10

d"aEulug the contract To Phliadetphla
seed house. who will deliver $4,000 worth
OF vegetable seeds at Washington in TO-
l25.OoO packets, ready for distribution by
mail.
Frank Otte-maskie. "A labOrer employ
ed on the work at Lilly, was taken to AL
tOona on Tuesday and admitted to the
hospital suffering with a crush of the
right thigh and left heel. Ottermaskie
was struck by an engine while at work
His injuries are of serious nature and
may yet cost him his life
Stephen James, of Johnstown, a form
er resident of Cambria township, had his
right foot amputaJed at the Cambria hos
pital, IN that city, on Sunday, Mr.. James,
a couple of months ago, stepped upon a
piece of wire which penetrated his foot AMI
the wound never healed. Modification set
in and amputati0n was necessary to save
his life
On Monday morning about 9:25 a
broken wheel on an east-b bound coal train.
wrecked II cars just below Kittanning
Point. blockading all tracks and destroying
traffic over an hour. J. Il. McCan, of AL
tooua. aged y, brakeman of the wreck
ing train, was painfully bruised about the
A new game called the Editors De-
light IS played this way: Take sheet
of ordinary writing paper, fold it carefully.
and enclose bank note sufficiently large
To pay mp all arrearageS and one year in
advance. Keep an eye on the editor and if
a smile adornS his face the trick works
like charm. Now is the time To play the
joke.
Norman Shatfer, miner at the LiStie
coal works, Somerset county, and his wife
were terribly burned about the head and
face by an explosion of powder at the
kitchen stove. His Young wife pIavfnlIv
threw few grains in the fire A spark
was communicated to the can and the ex-
2loSion followed. Their dwelling and con-
tents were also consumed
By the recent explosion in the Ber-
wind White shaft near Du Bois, twelve
women were made widows and thirty
seven children We're deprived of fathers
The Express, of Dubois, says that several
movements are on foot looking to the re-
IIef OF these unfortunates, as many of tie
children are very young and several of the
widows are in delicate condition.
"A Republican candidate Tor the nomi-
pledges himself, If nominated and elected,
to refrain from charging mileage. will not
charge for more than 300 of the 313 work
ing days and will do the clerical work of
the office, if the other two men elected
with him divide up the labors of the court
house janitor and court crie1 No extra
compensation is TO be charged for this ad-
ditional work.
Mr.. Robert Ferguson, of Blacklck,
will be a candidate before the next Demo
cratic comfy convention for the nomina-
tiOn for county commissioner. Mr. Fergu-
son is a well known citizen who has the
ability necessary to perform the duties of
the Office we'll and his Integrity of charac-
ter i u certain indication that if the
Democracy see fit TO nominate him. they
will make no mistake. We publish his
announcements in another column.
The z. r. r. have recenely had forty
| buns put in jail at GreenSburg for tres
| passing or their railroad. All along the
| line the same policy has been pursued so
| that the jailS of the different counties will
| soon be overlooking with trampS. Itseems
| ,he p. r. Il. was led 10 take This step on
| account of the injury done to merchandise
| by the way-farers who took every Oppor-
| uunity TO iDiiict damage To goods i'm charge
| of the =. Il. X. vino had to foot the bills
From November 30, 1885. to March %.
| 1925, Mr. Noah Ream. of Paint township.
Somerset county. sold. after deducting
what his family used. 200 dozen of eggs to
| customers in JOhnstOwn, receiving for
them S4O,Is. Mr.. Rnam has about ninety
| hens. OF mixed breed. brown and white
|
| Wyandotte. etc. The chickens have head
/, quarters in his barn in the daylight and
J rOost in coopS alongside of the barn at
night.
/ One Of the finest pine RATS ever landed
| in the lick at this place, was run on
| Thursday forenoon by Robert Bloom. the
| pilot. 1t contained three large 100 foot
| sticks, platform of - foot sticks. one of
80 foot sticks and the rest of the raft near
ly "a large. II was a beauty. It belongs
to John F. Weaver and was taken from the
| woods OF Ferguson township. 1t was much
admired aud will attract much attention
| in the lower markets. CJeGrteId Public
Spirit
! Louisa, Ielict of Thomas Williams,
| who died at Conemaugh, about twelve
| years ago, passed away at the home of her
| daughter, Mrs. Thomas Jones. in Brad
dock, at l:2O O'Clock on Monday morning
aged is years. Mr.. Williams worked in
the old ore mines. near the Cambria blast
| furnace. for a long time and later he dug
coal for the Cambria Iron company. After
his death Mrs. Williams went to Braddock
| and had since made her home there with
| her daughter. She is survived by five
daughters.
An immense cave thought to be ma ny
acres in extent has been discovered in Tho
Laurel Hill range. ten miles northeast
from LatrObe. Explorers entered nearly q
quarter Of mile. stopping at perpen
dicular descent of more than fifty feet A
number OF passages were explored Nea
the month of the cave mold for maxim!
five cent pieces was found. Evidences ar
present that illict distilIing operation
have also been conducted there 1t is al
most certain that the cave was the rem
devious of a oand of robbers which opef
ated along the old state road before tn
war.
Erie and Pittsburg trainmen are talk
ing abou; the curious race between an ex
press train and wild goose, which oc
| Cured the other 1aY between Shadelan
and Summit. The veteran engineer Ton
Welsh. was at the throttle and, when tn
Canadian honker came laZily Soring along
side the engine aud challenged the iron stee
10 keep up with him. Tony turned on Ii
steam and made il necessary for the COOS
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