The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-10-16

| fire at Kane Pa, damaged John Kebler. $
| business block to the extent of 81 200. Mr..
Kebler formerly resided in Ebensburg.
The residence of MIR. ]. w. Bnck, at
COnemaugh. was DESTROYED by fire on Wed
nesday morning. The fire originated by
| coal falling from the stove and the upset
of lamp while trying to extinguish the
blaze, caused the destruction of the house.
On Monday night, the house of Mr. b.
e. Williams, in the West ward, was en-
tered by man, who was evidently bent on
robbIng the owner Mr. Williams was
awakened by the noise and the intruder
made a haSty exit through the kitchen
window.
On Thursday of last week, Sylvester
Seymore, of Allegheny township, attempt
ed to commit suicide by shooting himself
in the breast with a revolver. The ball
struck rib and followed it thereby pre-
venting fatal termination of the attempt
at self destruction.
Mrs David j. Jones. of Westmont.
who was so badly injured by a collision
between a buggy and street car, is re-
ported by the attending physician, Dr. ].
s. Taylor, te-te steadily improving This
will be gratifying news to her many friends.
-JOhnStOI0n Democrat.
The overhead bridge being erected at
Patton by the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad COM
papy is about completed. This bridge will
connect Mcintyre avenue with the new
township road leading to St. Lawrence
which is considered nearer route by
about three miles. The bridge is twenty
two feet high, twenty-five feet wide and
about seventy feet in length
The Altoona Mirror of Saturday saws:
Miss Tillie Wilt, aged seventeen years
ran away from her home in AshviIle. Cam
bria county. August oath and found en-
plOyment with a respectable family at AL
legheny furnace. Her sister came to this
city in search for her yesterday morning.
and with the assistance of Constable
Stains found the girl and took her home"
The curfew agitation has invaded the
East. 1t is stated thst more than a hum
dred western cities have adopted the rule
that boys and girls under the age of i6
shall be of the streets unless accompanied
by grown persons by @ O'Clock at night, and
that the order has excellent results. There
is now movement in Trenton, N j., TO
adopt the curfew idea. Certainly the ey il
it is sought to overcome by this rule is a
very real one.
"A NOrristOwn special of October 9th
says DIR. John s. Schrawder, of ArcoIa,
was O-day convicted in the criminal court
of furnishing false statement to the Nor
ristOwn Breeze This is the first case in
this county tried under :he law OF 1893.
making it misdemeanor to furnish false
statements to a newspaper. The case was
on trial two days and attracted widespread
attention. Motion for arrest of judgment
was made on the ground of uncOnstiIutiou-
ality of the act.
John and Milton Cunningham, of
ClarkSburg, Indiana county, have been ar
rested for uon>suppOrt. The information
Is made by their father under the act of
1895. The accused indicate their willing
ness to proyide for their father but object
To maintaining their StepmUther. ! lie
act of assembly referred to compels child
ren, able to do so, TO support their parents,
when the latter are destitude and unable
To support themselves.
-SkyIes. Miller x Co, recently shipped
600 buShel of potatoes from Williamsburg
TO Baltimore. They cost 121l cents a
tanned in Baltimore was - cents. That
looks like good margin for profit. but,
unfortunately, the freight charge was just
exactly first cost of the potatoes I215 cents,
and the shippers only got a net profit of
cents bushel, or SIS for the whole car
lead. That was hardly worth the trouble.
HOLlidGysbttTg Standard.
"A. w. Buck, assignee OF b. p. Ander-
son, will offer for sale at the residence of
B. p. Anderson, in Allegheny township,
OIL Saturday, November 9Th, 1886, at 10
o'clock, \. NJ, that well-known hotel
property known as .he Anderson House"
at CreSSon. two forms in Allegheny town
ship, the coal under three hundred and
eighty eight acres in Allegheny township,
and a lot of personal property consisting
of farming implements, horses, cows, pigs,
etc, lumber, shingles, etc. See ad in
another column.
The Pittsburg Daily NcJCs is just
about six months old. 1t is Republican
evening newspaper of eight pages. neatly
printed, and served by mail or carrier at
one cent a copy, or 50 "a year. The Daily
NcICS aims TO be a paper for the home, and
il spares neither labor nor expense to cater
to the family circle. IL claims to have
been phenomInaiIy successful in its efforts.
1t is the only Pittsburg daily with page
devoted entirely TO women. If you have
not seen it you can get sample copy of 1t
by mail free of charge.
On Sunday morning. October 4th, Mrs
John Ramsey, Of Brisbin, Cleai field coun-
", committed suicide. by hanging, using
piece of miners lamp wick, and attached
il to a transom of a door. Her husband
died about ten months ago, and she lived
alone. with her son, who worked at Smoke
Run, coming down to see her on Satur-
days. Saturday, October Sd, however, he
missed the train but came down on Sun
day morning on the first train, and pro-
ceeding to mis- home was horrifed to find
his mother hanging. She was aged 50
years
The compulsory school law is not Civ
ing satisfaction in may place. The law
Drovides that suit shall be brought against
parents and guardians when children have
been absent five days during the month
without excuse. The truant officer OF Al
legheny picked up 4 fourteen year -oid
boy and took him before a magistrate
when il was found that nothing could be
done in such a case unless the parents OF
the boy made complaint. The father
was willing but the consent of the mother
had to be obtained also. An amendment
will me asked for to cover all such cases.
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