The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-26

On the Fourth of July a grand picnic
will be held in the McMuIlen grove on tn,
road leading from Chest Springs to Car.
rolltown, which will be continued in tn,
evening at the hall in Chest Springs. The
proceeds realized will be applied TO assist
in erecting a new PASTORAL ready under
way and it is to be hoped the affair will be
generously patronized. The committee
having it in charge will make every effort
10 render il success and all who attend
will be Hospitality welcomed.
The Pittsburg Post of Tuesday says:
The Pittsburg diocese of the Roman Cath
Ollie church may be divided and Father NJ
NJ. Sheedy, of Altoona, formerly rector of
OurLady of Mercy's church, made bishop
of the new division, to be called the AL
toOna diocese. Father kittell, chancellor
of the Pittsburg diocese, said yesterday
the division vas heartily approved, the
Pittsburg diocese being much too large.
As far as he knew the necessary petition
had not yet forbeen warded TO Rome.
Postmaster j. III. McClelland, of Web
ster, Westmoreland county, was on Thurs
day removed from office by Inspector ,. L.
Hooten. The inspector made an examina-
tion of the books of the Office and in less
than half an hour discovered irregularities
that resulted in the Immediate removal of
McClelland and the installing of his chief
clerk-Miss Abbey Perkins-as post
master. Postoffice Inspector Hooten says
the defalcation of McClelland Will not
amonnt TO more than $500, and that his
bOndsmen will be held responsible for the
sum. McCIelland stands high in his COM
munity.
"A Shade Gap correspondent of the
Huntingdon LocdI NeIUs says: On Satar-
day night last Samuel Linn, who lives
about three mics from this place, on hear
ing noise in the barn, went out with a
lantern to ascertain the cause and found
one of his horses with its foot over the
halter strap, He hung his lantern on a
harness pin and tried To remove il when
the horse kicked and struck the lantern
and it exploded, scattering tn oil in every
direction and setting the barn on fire. He
succeeded in getting his live stock out,
however. but all the rest of the contents
were consumed. 1t was partly covered bv
Insurance
Secretary of Agriculture Edge will ask
the next Legislature to pass an important
so to appropriate S1OOOOO or more for the
determination of all diseased animals in
the state. Attaches of the department are
working on the matter now, securing sta
tisticS from other states to be submitted to
the legislature along with the request for
the enactment of such legislation. On
account of the rapid spread of tuberculosis
Secretary Edge thinks every precantion
should be taken to check the disease. He
is anxious for liberal allowance to be
used in the investigation of suspiciC us
cases and to make proper experiments.
The Philadelphia Ledger says: Min
nesota has a law which constitutes the
township supervisors wardens for the pre-
vention and eXtinguishment of foIe est and
prairie fires aud the report of its first years
working has just been made. During 1895
there were S,265 acres of forest burned
over entailng u loss of 8, ,l25; whereas in
1884, before the law went IN to effect, 10000
acres of forest were burned over besides
73, 900 acres of prairie, and the money loss
was "a PIT. This seems to show that fire
wardens afford considerable degree of
protection, and deepens the regret that
the similar law proposed for Pennsylvania
at the last session of the Legislature was
defeated