The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-12-11

I will leave for Baltimore on Saturday
/ where she will spend the winter.
The state geological survey commits
sion, which was organized in 1874, disband
! ell on Tuesday. the work having been COM
I pleted. The state appropriated s643, 900
for this work. besides the large amount of
money expended for the 129 volumes Of re-
ports and aliases. The valuable speci-
mems gathered by the commission are de-
posted with the Academy of Natural
Sciences in Philadelphia.
Prisoners made desperate attempt to
escape from the Bedford jail by setting
! fire 20 the jail and but for the timely dis
| cOvery of the fire by sheriff Holmes, some
| Of the prisoners would have escaped and
| others would have been cremated. George
| Bynum and Jesse johnson, first degree
| murderers, were at the head of the plot.
| The fire was extinguiShcG before the de-
| struction of the jail, and not withstandng
the confusion and temporary panic, not
| single man got away.
Stewart Hughes, of the aImshouse. has
Informed the editor of the Costing that he
| has saved $1,000 over other years The
| Costing does not give any of the details of
the saving, however, but will probably do
| it next week when we will be glad to pub
| lish it. 1t will be of interest 10 all tax
| payers and should be published so that
the people may know just wherein Mr.
Hughes eXcells his predecessor. We hope
that neither the modesty of Mr. Hughes or
the GOsling will prevent its publication, TO
that is the only thing that will
Col Joe Isenburg, a former resident
| of EbenSburg, who several years ago re-
moved to Johnstown and who has never
| been considered by the residents of that
city as a valuable addition. arrived here
| on Sunday with a team, accompanied by
| gentleman friend and some ladies' The
liveryman from whom they engaged the
team sent after them and took possession
OF the team for the reason tnat they had
| hired it TO 90 to South Fork instead of Eb-
ensburg. As const queuce Joe aud his
friends started hOmeward on foot
On Sunday afternoon the house of Vail
entine Lef1ler. in jackson township,
| caught fire in the roof and was totally de-
Stroyed together with nearly all the house
hold goods. Mr.. Ii ffler was in the barn
| feeding his stock and on looking out saw
| flames bursting through the roof The fire
| had made too much progress to save the
| building and the family confined their eff
| forts TO saving what clothing and furni-
ture they could reach. but il was nearly
all consumed. The fire is supposed to
have originated from defective fIue.
There Mas 10 ins nrance.
David Cassidy, an Altoona teamster.
was struck by a Logan Valley trolley car
| on Saturday right and probably fatally
| injured. He was lying on the track when
| the car approached. The circumstances
of the case awakened the suspicion that
| Cassidy had been foully dealt with. His
friends deem it probable that he was beat
en inSensible and thrown on the the tracks
| with murderOnS intent. 1t is known that
he quarreled with several parties in the
La Pierre hotel bar room during Saturday
evening and that one man struck him
twice with "A beer glass. An Investigation
of the case has been inaugurated.
Judge William King died at Bedford
Saturday, aged Sevcnty-two years. He
was ore of the most prominent residents OF
Bedford county, and well known through
| out Pennsylvania. He was eX-aSSOciate
Judge of Bedford county. For forty five
years he had been blind but so familiar
was he with the streets of his native town
that. unguided except by cane, he went
about as freely "a though possessed by
sight. EXJudge King was the last of a
family of brothers. all of whom were
prominent in the town and county. He
was an uncle of Alex. King, Esq, prOmi-
nenJ member of the Bedford county bar.
United States Senator Quay was in
Harrisburg one day last week and by some
strange coincidence Hon. j. c. Stineman
aud Hon. ). ID. PatterSon> of this county,
| landed in Harrisburg no Saua 6av In
the coming battle for a successor TO Sena-
tor Cameron, Senator Quay is opposing
that truly good and plus man" John
| Wanamaker Jenator Stineman, by vir-
tue of the instructions Saddled upon him
by the Blair county confereeS at the time
of his nomination, will take his place
| behind the bargain counter on his step
ping into the senate 1t was good for both
OF these gentlemen TO see Mr.. Quay in
time, no matter who they may vote for. c
| "A number of the FREEMAN's subscri-
berS found their paper late last week
Just after We had gone to press and run
| off about one hundres papers, the maiI
driving shaft of our press broke. We were
in quandary what To do when we be-
thought ourselves of the machiue shop il
connection with MIR. A. l.. Roses wrench
4 factory. lately eSIdDllsneu III EOeu~bufB
We called up Mr.. Rose who after inspect
lag the press took the piece out and after
several hours work brought il back "a:
strong and as handsome as when it came
from the factory. IL is very convenient Il
owners of all kinds of machinery TO LaYe {
number one machiniSt and first class
machine shop il our midst and we GER
taiuly have them low. When any Of YOU
machinery breaks down start at once fol
Mr.. Roses wrench factory.
Rurned TO Death.
Bella Frank. the year old daughter
OF Julian Frank, of Irwin, Pa, was burned
| 10 a crisp on Thursday of last week
While standing in front of an open grat'
her dress caught fire. Screaming she raI
up stains and entered her sleeping apart
ment. locking the door behing her. He
screams attracted the attention of he
mother who ran mp stairs and going Il
, the door tried to break the lock, but with
, | out success The frenZied mother called
; the little girl To open the door. No an
: swer came, and finally the screams an'
means ceased NeignbOrs came and brck
the lock As the people entered the room
d horrible sight met their view. Lying o