The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-11-13

| lie leaves TO mourn his loss WIFE three
| daughters and one son the funeral took
| place Oh Saturday morning, the 3ISt Af-
| ter requiem high mass his body was IN
TERED in the Catholic cemetery at Ash
| vile.
Mr.. Miles Shenefelt, of Juniata town
ship, Huntingdon county, experimental
with three kettles of apple butter with the
same make of cider. He boiled the ap-
pies for one kettle in fresh cider. for an
! other kettle in boiled cider, and for an
| other kettle in water The apples that
were boiled in water first made the best
apple butter. Try it,
AT eight o'clock on Saturday night the
barn of James Downy, who lives near
NolO, Pine township, Indiana county, was
burned to the ground. Two horses, a
| number of hogs. a large lot of farm imple-
ments, grain. hay and straw were con-
Sumed- The loss amounts to about 8. COO
and there is no insurance. 1t is surmised
| that the fire was of incendiary origin
-Four million dollars are thrown away
! yearly in repairs to the $1,000 miles of road
in Pennsylvania, AT this rate of expendi-
| ture every mile of road in the state could
| be made a TelfOrd or macadam road
/ costing 5000 per mile. For over TWO
| centuries we have been throwing away
money in So-called repairs and have abso-
| luteiy nothing to show for the eXpendi-
| ture.
AT indianapolis, Monday, Judge Bak-
er, of the United States court, granted a
| restraining order in the case of 5 C.
| Bramkamp, of Cincinnati. against the
| Wire Nail trust. Judge Baker, said that
| the trust was monster that seeks to
| prey upon the whole American people,
and which it is the duty of the courts and
the law makers to come down upon with
an unSparing hand"
On Tuesday morning of last week Dr.
John Irwin Speer, of near Waterloo, Ju-
niata county, accidentally shot himself
while out hunting and died from the loss
OF blood few hours later. MIR. Speer
was out in the morning to hunt and had
been out only short time when he fell.
the gun at the same time discharged and
the contents OF heavily loaded shell en-
tered his right log near the groin.
Two masked men broke into the house
of Misses Lucinda and Mary Graham, in
Potter county, Il few nights ago. After
struggle they bound and gagged the two
women, ana searched the house They
found Sllj tied up in old stocking and
left the house without releasing the tied
women. They Were found the next morn
ing half dead from fright, by "A passing
farmer. The sisters are over go years of
age.
On Saturday Frank MYERS Mart
Stitt. Dave OIinger and Ed. Artman.
employees of the Apollo Iron and Steel
n h,,n
Cochran's mill. about II miles from a poll
10. Artman wounded a rabbit which they
started to run otter when OIinger's gun
was accidentally discharged, the contents
entering Artman's side. killing him in
StantlY. He leaves wife and three small
children.
Mr.. +. J. DOnOughe, of Galitzin, was
a visitor to Ebensburg on Tuesday. Mr.
Donoughe is a man of strong convictions
and although Democrat of long stand
ing. in the late political campaign took his
stand against the silver side of the issue
and in an address which was widely circu-
lated by our opposing brethern, did his
level best to uphold and defend his posi-
ton. As the election went his way he ex-
poets time to vindicate his views and he,
like the rest of us, will await patiently
the result.
Late Saturday afternoon tramp en-
tered the Thirteenth avenue entrance To
St. Johns convent and going into the
laundry, seized a nuns habit and started
TO run. He succeeded in passing the jan
tor before that worthy saw what was up.
When the alarm was given. the janitor
gave chase, capturing the hobo after run
os several blocks. just what the tramp
was going to do with the habit is hard to
imagine. The Sisters refused to prosecute
the miScreant. so he was reeased.-AI-
tOOHd Tribune.
Major Calvin Robinson, an old trapper
of the lower end of Huntingdon county,
broke the trapping record when he caught
five bears in one of his traps d few days
ago. There were TWO old bears and three
cubs. a party of hunters found the trap
and the bears and proceeded TO kill one of
the cd ones and were making off with it
when they were surprised by the appear
ance Of Robinson, who made the hunters
give up So to appease his wrath, after
which he permitted them to depart with
the carcass, while he took charge of the
others.
Augustine Nagle, died at the residence
of his brotherin law, Augustine Shoffner,
in Altoona. on Sunday evening, aged 10
years. The deceased was born in Clear
field township on the 5th of July, 1851 and
removed to Altoona in 1881. He was mar
ried to Miss Mary Deloz5er now deceased.
in 1873. tie Is survived by four brothers
and five sisters, namely: Thomas and
Francis, of Altoona, and Albert and Jesse
of Clearfeld township, and Mrs. Joseph
Shnffner and Mrs. Washington Neason, of
Altoona; Mrs. Robert Harker and Mrs
Annie Delozier, of Hastings, and Mrs.
Ellen Durbin of GallItZin.
On Saturday number of young men
and boys started from Bitumen, CIiL ton
county to gather apples. A 10-year old
| boy named Burgener wanted to accom-
pany the party, but his uncle, George Ad-
| ing, told him to stay at home The boy
| persisted. whereapon AIDING. ii is alleged,
| picked up gun and pointed it at Burgen-
| err The weapon was discharged and the
| lad fell dead with a load of shot in his
| body AIDING ran away. but was captured
| at Westport and locked up. Il is not
| known whether AIDING intended to kill the
| lad, or merely pointed the gun at him for
| the purpose of frightening him.
Some time ago an article was publish
| ed which stated that the cost of stopping
| A train had been figured up carefully and
was found to be about 81. AS there are
| at least ,OOO regular stopping places for
| freight and passenger trains on the Penn