The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-10-23


trigger caught in some underbrush.
The slaughter house of ANDREW Reiser,
at Hollidavshu:g, and a number of ad :
joining buildings, were totally destroyed
ny fire Thursday afternoon of last week 4;
loss about S2 coo, partly covered by insur
ance. The fire started in the stable and is
supposed to have been caused by some one
smoking there.
"A; Harrisburg on Monday the court in
announcing the decisions in contested
nomination papers, disposed of the eases
in this district as follows: Thropp vs.
Hicks, Twentieth congressional district
Both nomination papers declared valid
with right to Hicks to amend his party
| IiJIe and change the party name Obiec-
tiOns To nomination papers of Crow anti
! combine party including electors and other
n Dminations, declared invalid.
| Richard H. Green, Jr.. was arrested at
Grafton, in Huntingdon county, on Thurs
| daY of last week. on the charge of embez-
zling S2O.c } from the Farmers National
| bank Of Annapolis Md, of which he was
| bookkeeper. He left ANNAPOLIS on Feb
ruary 18th, and has since been in PhiIa-
delphia. Pittsburg and St. Louis. and in
the latter city it is said he was married 10
Ester Streightiff, of Grafton. He will be
sent TO Mary land on receipt OF requisition
papers.
AT a recent meeting of the Lfouor
Dealers association OF this state. it was
decided 10 secure such legislation as to
take the granting of liquor licenses out of
the hands of the courts. and vest the power
in The hands of a commission to be ap-
pointed by the judges in the various coun-
ties. The liquor dealers will find that
they have Gu out pretty hard task when
they seek 10 amend the liquor law in that
way Ii will never pass the legislature
Harrisburg Telegraph
Martin CarIes. d railroad employa who
resided near Reservoir Station, Blair cuun
ty, on the MnrriSOn'S Cove roilroad, was
out cunning for squirrels on Saturday
afternoon His gun bursted. with the re-
suit thai piece of the weapon lodged in
his right eye, completely DESTROYING the
sight Of that optic. Other injuries about
the face and body were sustained. Mr..
Carries IS u married man, the father of four
children, and thiS injury tending 10 lessen
MS capacity for earning a Livelihood is
greatly 10 be cOmmiSerated
Sometimes the lense of suectacIes be-
comes greasy. and no amount of ordinary
rubbing will get them bright. piece of
tissue paper, dipped in a weak solution of
washing soda, VIII prove elfecLua! When
lenSe becomes browny or nasty looking
use paste Of rouge and water. TINS
must be used by rubbing briskly. with
either the point of the finger or the side of
the hand. This applies also 10 photo
graphic or other lenses except the object
glass OF a telescope. Misty, uucIean spec
LHrlpS - 10 dan
sight.
An excha age notices that the brig hit
tints that usually distinguished our au-
tumn foliage are wanting this season |
Inc leaves are colOring nicely. but they
show only the duIIer and neutral tints |
The bright Scarlets, except in the cases Of |
the gum, the dogwood, the sumuc aud the |
creepers, that usually adorn our forests at !
this season OF the year are missing Even |
the sugar and swamp NAPLES fail 10 show |
the variety of bright aud variegated colors |
that make them conspicuous in our forests
and meadows in ordinary seasons. What
Is the reason?
Sheriff Seanor, of Westmoreland coun-
", received a telegram from New Stan
ton Saturday night which read: Il am
threatened to be lynched; can you render
me aSSistance?" 1t was signed ''RemilIs
Johnston" Johnston is -colored and had |
entered the village that night and told
some citizens that he was being chased by
a mob that was bent on lynchinG him for
asSauting a woman None of the villagers
knew who he was. He wired the message
to the sheriff. and then, displaying a large
roll of greenbacks and two bulldog revol-
vers, disappeared. hurrying out of the town
toward Greensburg
"A great mass meeting of the Demo-
cratS of northern Cambria county will be |
held in the opera house. in Hastings. on |
Friday evening, October 30. The meet
ing will be addressed by f. J. O'Conner
Esq. Robert c. Mcnamara, Democratic
candidate for congress in this district and
one of the best orators in the service of the
Democratic committee This will be the
only meefing in Cambria county for which
the national committee will furnish a
speaker, and. while the name OF the orator
Is not yet known. he will be one OF the
ablest at their disposal. His address will
solely and entirely on the money question.
Miss Lizzie Campbell. a teacher in the
West LatrObe public schools, while on her
way home last Thursday evening, was at
tackled by Allen Beck, a notorious char
acJer of CokeviIIe, who snatched from her
hand small satchel containing her gold
watch, pocketbOok, and some letters and
school papers. Chief-of- Police Cannon, of
Latrobe arrested Beck the next day at
Calumet and, after being made give mp his
pIunder he was committed TO Greens5urg
Jail Beck has onlv recently returned
from the Huntingdon Reformatory for rob
bing freight cars, and is said to be an all
round bad man. He il abouttwenty-one
years Old.
Charles NJ. Fleck. foreman at the car
shops. at Tyrone. who was fatally injured
Monday evening, of last week. died at his
home at II 80 o'clock Friday night as re-
suit. He was fully conscious up to the
hour of his death. Mr.. FIeck was born in
Sinking Valley. Blair county, May l. lS62.
and was therefore 81 years of age. lie was
emploved as a car builder under Foreman
Ripple for some years. and left there Tor
New York. where he repaired and looked |
after the Eastman heater cars around New
York and Jersey City. From here he went
to Tyrone to assume charge of the car
shops three years ago. He Is survived oY
a wife and TWO children.
Recently Forest commissioner Roth
rock sent circulars TO lumbermen through
the state asking Information as to the ex-
tent of The damage done by the forest fires
which ragged with great fury last summer
panorts have bee6 received from one third