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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-09-25

There is a big proba bility that the Beech
Creek railroad, owned by the Vanderbilts
and controlled by the New York Central
and Hudson River Railroad company. will
extend its lines through to Pittsburg with
in the next year. The Pennsylvania Rail-
road company and the Vanderb:lts had an
agreement by which the latter agreed to
remain out of the Smoky City, but ii has
fallen through or terminated. In 1893
Chief Engineer Mcintyre, of the Beech
Creek railroad, with an engineer corps,
surveyed proposed railroad line between
Kerrmoor and through Cambria, Indiana
and Westmorelaud counties through TO
Pittsburg. The survey ended in early
winter and when the plans had been drawn
I'D the proposed new route was found to be
the shortest and most direct by over 100
miles between Philadelphia and Pittsburg.
This action on the part of the Vanderbi!ts
caused the p. r. r. to get move on, and
stay was secured.
The Beech Creek has extended its lines
to Mahaffey, which is only 100 miles fIom
Pittsburg on the proposed line to that city.
During the pastsummer and this autumn
the Beech Creek engineer corps, under
chief engineer Mcintyre, has been laying
out Is miles of railroad in Cambria county
TO connect with the main line at Patton.
| This new line extends toward the Indiana
county line in the direction OF Pittsourg
and taps some of the richest coal lands IN
The bituminous region. The line will be
huiIt this fall and next spring, and is the
first well defined move of the Vanderbilt
system to Pittsburg. WHiiGmspOrt Sun.
The Clearfield county grand jury last
week returned number of true bills
| against merchants in that county for vio-
lating the pure food law in selling vinegar
that was not pure cidar vinegar The
law makes it a misdemeanor FOR the person
| selling to the consumer vinegar represent l.
| ed to be cider vinegar when IL Is not
| Some OF the merchants claim they!purchas-
| ed the vinegar from the wholesalers as
| cider vinegar. but the test showed 1t was
| not cidar vinegar, hence the suits were
] brought.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-09-25
Communications.

West Reade Township. Sept %, 1896.
ED. FREEMAN:-As we have not seen
anything in your paper for several weeks
from Reade township we thought we
would scratch down few lines TO let our
brother readers of the FREEMAN know
that we are all here and are having some
booms. The new railroad that is being
built from Flinton up the Beaver dams, is
being pushed TO completion rapidly bv
working day and night. 1t is necessary to
build two bridges, one across Clearfield
creek and one across Beaver dams, within
few hundred feet of each other and Film
ton is having such boom as it never ex-
perienced before. Mr.. Yearck has filled
up his store and is doing an excellent busi-
ness and the Alpine Hotel is filled to over
flowing most every night. Mr.. Shafer &
Sons are doing fine business in black
smithing.
On Thursday Mr.. Englehart, Democratic
county chairman, of Ebensburg and Mr.
waters, OF Johnstown, the present Demo-
cratic candidate for county treasurer, ar
rived at Flinton on the noon train and
there was soon crowd of voters irresec
tive OF politics shaking Mr. Waters hand
wishing him victory with large majority
On Friday morning he was taken to the
Changers picnic near Glasgow, where he
met with voters all day, and he has no
doubt about his election, but will make
one more visit TO Reade township before
the third of November. The citizens here
are well pleased with the appearance of
Mr.. Waters and from what they have
learned have no doubts about his moral
character and express themselves by say
ing that they.do not intend To throw their
votes away by voting for a man who does
not have a good moral character and
worthy of their support.
We are pleased to say here that the
Grangers' picnic was success, at a
rough guess we think there was nearly
1000 people on the grounds. The opening
address was delivered by j. Il. Patterson
and responded to by John Ricketts,. In
the afternoon Mrs. Johnston, of Erie coun-
ty, held the floor for an hour and n half
giving a mastery speech, urging the peo-
pie To Get men in office who favor the free
and unlimited coinage of both gold and
silver; she showed that the per capita OF
money in this country is not sufficient to
meet the requirements of trade, showing
plainly that it is not political question
but just simply an uprising of the intelli-
gent people of all parties asking for our
rights according To the constitution.
The singing at the picnic was furnished
by the FlintOn Grange choir of which the
following are members: Misses Eva
Gates, 0eader) Susie Ricketts,, Annie
Strayer. Bessie Gill, Sallie Gates, and
MeSSrs. John l.. Gill. Joel A. Gates and
Joel Glass. We have successful grange
at FlintOn. FARMER.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-09-25
ATTHE OLD RELIABLE.

Everybody, and especially the oyster loving
people of EbensDurg are invited to call at Robt.
McBreen's Old Reliable Restaurant. when they
want good, fresh Oys tiers, by the pint, quart or
gallon Or you can have them Stewed Fried
all At the lowest price. Fresh Oysters every day.
octllu
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-09-25
Threatened Suicide.

The Altoona Times of Tuesday morning
says: Sadie Noonan, a few years ago one
of the prettiest girls in Altoona, was last
night a prisoner at the police station.
guarded constantly by policeman for
fear that she would carry out a threat to
commit suicide. She was arrested about
1920 O'Clock in house in the Third ward
by Officer Baird for drunkenness and dis
order. While officers were searching the
house for other inmates Miss Noonan pro-
cured bottle of iodine and attempted to
swallow its contents. She was prevented
from doing so by the promptitude of Officer
Watson. who spilled the liquid over him
self in wrenching the bottle from her
hands.
The girl went on as though she had hys-
tericS After she was incarcerated in the
lookup she tried to choke herself TO death
The marks of her finger nails were plainly
visible on her neck. Her hands were
handcuffed behind her back until she be-
came sober and then Lieutenant HetricB
confined her IN the mayors private office
where he could keep an eye on her.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-09-25
Drtyer BADLY Hurt.

The closing scene of the Indiana falr on
Friday was a tragic one, as a result OF
which w. S Evans, of Allegheny, lies De-
tween life and death. Evans Is an Ale
pbeny liyeryman, and was there driving
the horses of Denny Brothers, of Ligonier-
In the fourth heat of the free for all trot.
or mace. Evans was driving the stallion
Forest Wilkes. tie had third position in
a field of three and just as he got inside
The distance flag, he noticeably loCsened
tho reins. This seemed TO staggeT Wilkes,
and he went down in a heap, Evans being
thrown over his head. He alighted on ms
hoad and IL looked to the Mortified specta-
tors as If the horse rolled over hlm' "hen
picked up he was bleeding at the nose
and mouth. The physicians thlhk Iheie
NAV be a fracture of the skull
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-09-25
Court Proceedings.

The following cases were disposed of in
court in addition to those mentioned in
last weeks FREEMAN:
Commonwealth VS. T. W. Clark; for
geryand passing forged instruments, five
indictments. Jury find defendant guilty.
Commonwealth vs.. same defendant,
several other cases were continued until
the next term.
Commonwealth VS.. Thomas Sullivan;
rape. Jury find defendant not guilty.
Commonwealth VS.. Blanch Tuey; lar
cenY. Jury find defendant guilty and rec
ommend her to the mercy of the court.
Commonwealth vs.. Mickey Priest; feloni-
Gus assault and battery and horse stealing.
Jury find defendant guilty.
Commonwealth VS.. Charles and Mallie
Miller; keeping dsorderly house. Jury
find defendants not guilty and that Con-
stable Hess, the prosecutor, pay the costs.
Commonwealth VS.. William Allen; lar
ceny and receiving stolen goods. Jury
find defendant guilty.
The court on Friday imposed the follow
ing sentences:
Hiram Orris and Fred Smaltz, the two
men who were found guilty of felonious
rape upon the person OF young girl whom
thew kept at their shantY near Conemaugh
were sentenced to pay 500 fine piece,
costs of prosecution il their respective
cases, and serve three years each in the
WeStery penitentiary.
Frank Quatterello, an Italian, who
pleaded guilty TO forgery, fraudulently
making and fraudulently uttering a writ
ten instrument, was sentenced as follows:
First case-Sl0 fine, costs, and two years In
the penitentiary; second case-SlO fine,
costs and two years in the penitentiary, TO
be served at expiration of first term; third
caSe-SI0 fine, costs, and one year in the
penitentiarv, to be served at the expiration
of the second term.
Clyde Lewis, .ound guilty of felonious
assault ami battery. was sentenced to pay
$50 fine. costs, and serve two years in the
| pententiary.
Charles Rice, guilty of larceny and re-
| ceiving stolen goods. got $50, costs, and one
| year and eight months in the penitentiary
Mickey Priest, on the charge of felonious
| assault and battery, got $50, costs. and one
| year. Or the horse stealing charge he was
sentenced to pay $50 fine, costs and serve
two years in the penitentiary, at the ex-
| piration of the first sentence.
| Commonwealth VS.. John Tetkill; as.
sault and battery. Jury find defendant
| guilty.
| In the case OF The American Road com.
| pany VS.. a. B. Cushing, on the civil list
the court directed the jury TO find for th'
| plaintiff the sum of 81, ,636.74
| In the case of Elijah beth Thomas VS. Th,
Western Insurance company, the jur.
found for the plaintiff 81 900.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-09-25

conference for the Thirty fifth senatorial
district composed of the counties of Blair
ord Cambria. met at the Merchants Hotel,
~ Iobrstown. at 1Oo'clock in the forenoon.
The Blair county conferees were .. d.
StahI. w. ii. Kerr and G. w. Rhine oi Al,
toona, instructed for nj. Il. Mc"rath' oi
Altoona.
The Cambria county conferees were :"
Horace Rose, of Johnstown, H. A~Ehe'e
hart, of Ebensbnrg, and Thomas l. Scherl-
dan of Conemaugh.
The balIoting stood To until the hith
ballot when Mr.. McGrath requested h's
conferees TO vote for Mr.. Martin, ana ne
was unanimously nominated
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-09-25
apathe cold Bug Suffered.

The Lock Haven Democrat is response
BILE for the following: A peculiar swind!e
growing out of the gold and silver enthu-
Siasm was practiced at Benton last week
Two men. who seemed to be strong silver
and gold advocates, were in the Central
depot and became involved in heated dis
cussion The gold man offered to bet
gold double eagle that if he hamDered the
coin into a ShapelesS mass it would still be
worth $50. He was ostensibly taken up by
the silver advocate, but when 1t came 10
selling the lump TO Jeweler Roth, the store
was closed. James Hagerty, strong
sound money advocate, who stood by and
who had implicit faith in the value of gold,
gave the man $50 for the battered coin
The two enthusiasts disappeared shortIv
after, and then it was discovered that the
metal left by them was spurious.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-09-25

-Cresson has an epidemic of diphtherIa'
four children, Ray Goodman, aged years;
Annie Judge, aged Z; Harry Hogue, aged
?. and Norman Bruce, aged Z, all having
died with the dread disease within few
days.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-09-25
COMMISSIONERS
FOR SALE. FOR SALE.

The following articles will be sold cheap for
cash or with good security
1.-TWO horse wagons 2 pair bob sleds. l one
horse sled. one Empire binder. one Champion
moving machine, spring tooth harrow, dinner
bell sets work harness collars brides. haI ness
cnatns and q general line Of farming implimenu.
Inquire of M. ID. BEARER
Aug 2S Il.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-09-25
A n est of Gold.

ANest of Gold.
The Punxsutawney Spirit says: While
George and John Rudolph and William
Pifer were engaged in repairing the wall of
a cave on the farm of Thomas Pifer, of
Winslow township, they found five twenty
dollar gold pieces. They were all clean
and bright When Mr.. Pifer was inform
ed of the fact he explained how it hap
pened In 1887 he sold a team of fine
horses receiving $500 for it. Part of the
money, sl60. was in gold, and the rest in
paper. He placed it all in a little tin
bucket and hid it in the cave. He after
wards took the paper money out and left
the gold there. In 1889 the cave burned
down, and Mr.. Pifer had forgotten about
his gold, and never had thought OF it until
the finding OF the five twenties recalled the
circumstances To his mind. The gold was
found among the ashes and debris of the
old cave. and a thorough search Is being
made for the other $50. which is supposed
TO be there also.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-09-25

sressOa and Giearne1d.
Leave Irvona at Gas n. and 3 10 p IN. arriy-
ing at CresSon at O5 "A. IN. aud 10 D. IN. Leave
CressUn So a. m. and $50 r. IN, arriving at Ir-
vona 1885 a IN and ESQ p.
For rates maps etc call on agent OF address
THos. L.. WATT. A.. A. W. H.. $40 Fifth Ave,
Pittsburg. IA.
=. VI. PRENOST, \. X. WOOD.
General Man ienerAi Manager.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-09-25
.SD PERSONAL.

... three -year-old son OF Nj.
, ias Horue. Of Cresson. died on
JoIa ,r from dcphtheria' after a
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-12-25

sister OF Attorney Snleids. Born
~'ng recently from Lewis county
-, ao' generally known by our peo-
e' out the friendly spirit always Of
congratulations to the young
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-12-25

Qf1nteu Uoo2D OUu<~11xu<s No100 . 7t6e7
Northern Pacific Railway Company,
prior lien mortgage and general lien
mortgage. The instruments unjust
each be recorded twice, in the deed
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-12-25

Ours are the only tea
firing works in the United
C+,+or. C~Ls72,uo'c Rest is
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-12-25

toy and fancy goods line at
L. K. MUNsoN's
Shelley's Cough Syrup is selling
faster than ever. Buy your Christmas
presents. at Shelley's.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-11
DELEGATES TO CHICAGO.
None of the Georgia COngressmen
Expect to Be Chosen.

Washington. Feb. 10.-Southern congress-
men are already beginning to speculate
upon the makeup of their respective
state delegates TO the democratic national
convention. After the early adjournment
of the House to-day In consequence Of
the sudden death OF Representative Grain
OF Texas, members sat at their desks and
gossiped about the political situation.
Several members of the Georgia dele
cation were sitting together talking over
the coming state convention, at which
delegates to the national convention Will
be selected. Some one asked ex-Speaker
Crisp II he expected to go TO the national
convention as delegate. He replied that
during his entire political career
he was never selected as a delegate 20
national convention. He says Il Is one
of the time-honored customs OF the state
of Georgia to keep her congressman away
from national conventions, that is, she
never selects a member OF congress to
serve as a delegate TO these conventions.
While nearly all OF the other states I'm
the union send their senators and rep
resentatives to national conventions, Geor-
gia bestows that distinction upon other
citizens and is disposed TO resent inter-
ference with that custom by members or
congress. The other members OF the
Georgia delegation, sitting near, nodded
approvingly I'm confirmation OF Mr.. Crisps
statement. II Is likely that several of
the Georgia congressman will go TO the
convention as spectators, but not as dele
On
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-11
A TOWN COMPANY sHAKY.
The AdvisRbiIity of Winding Up Its
Affairs Discussed.

Waterbury. Conn.,, Feb 1O-The Con-
necticut stockholders in the Tennessee
Cooperative Town Company, which is to
hold a meeting at Elizabethton, Tenn.
Feb. 20, to consider among other matters
the advisability of winding up the affairs
of the big corporation, have received from
President Robert p. Porter and the board
OF directors, among whom are Secretary
Carlisle, Senator HansbrOugh of North
Dakota and ex-COngressman BENJAMIN
Butterworth of Ohio, a communication
explaining the financial condition of the
company. The company purchased for
the sum of S425 900 several thousand acres
of land in Carter county, Tennessee, for
town site. The debt on the property is
now 100000 and the total assets of the
company are inventoried at S3O6, ,O00
The trouble of the company is in a con-
siderable measure attributed by the pres
ident and directors to the lapsing of sub
scriptions aggregating $15000O The num-
Der of stockholders in good standing is
now 1865, and they are scattered over
the United States. In the communion
ton just issued the stockholders are
urged to come forward and assist in pre-
serving the property from the attack of
importunate lien holders, and at the same
time to protect themselves against the in
dividual liabilities imposed upon them by
the laws of Tennessee.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-11
LIVE STOCK or THE NATION.
Interesting Federal Statistics as 10
the Number.

Washington, Feb. 10.-The agricultural
bureaus return for January. 1896. show
as the total number of horses. 15.124 O57: /:
mules, 2.2lS.946; milch cows. 1913. .5s6; oxen
and other cattle, S2.0S5. 400; sheep, IS, ,2gS,-
7SS, and swine. 42S42759
The average farm prices. per head. are
estimated as follows: For horses, $3.50
mules, S45.2s: milch cows, $2255; oxen and
other cattle. Sl50s: sheep. SlO: swine,
S435. The aggregate values are; For
horses, 500, l40 lS6; mules, S03 2li. .457. milch
cows, $50, ,So5. .545. oxen and other cattle,
sos, ,92S 4l6; sheep, Sos, ,l67 785: swine, SlS0.-
52g, 145; grand total, $1,727 .926OSi
IN number, horses have decreased As per
cent; mules, % per cent; milCh COWS, 2 2
per cent; oxen and other cattle. 6.6 per
cent; sheep, 9.4 per cent; swine, 80 per
cent, since January, 1895.
The cotton states and a few OF the
Rocky mountain states show an increase
IN horses and mules; otherwise the de,
crease is general.
Mich cows are more numerous in the
northeastern or city-supply states, also
in Minnesota, the Dakotas and westward.
but fewer elsewhere. The decrease in
other cattle and sheep is generally dis
tributed, except in the mountain region.
Swine have increased generally through
out the east, south and west with fall
ing OF in the great central states.
In the reported price per head, horses,
mules and swine are lower than In Jan
uary, 1895, while milch cows, other cattle
and sheep are higher.
In aggregate value, horses have de-
creased 1873 per cent, mules. 10 per cent. :
sheep, 2.3 per cent, and swine, 15.0 per
cent. during 1885; while milch cows have
increased GA per cent, and other cattle
ga per cent The grand total of all live
stock has fallen Off S9l, $50 % or so per
cent, from January, 1885. The percentage
of decline since January, 1894, Is -2)4 per
cent; since January, 1893 3O4 per cent.
The estimated wool product of 1895,
sheared butchered and pulled, is S09, 748, 900
pounds.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-11
DAILY, so A YEAR.
CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK 81 A YE1ANa
A SKIN GAME ON UNCLE SAM.
BOND BUYERS DRAWING THE GOLD
FROM THE TREASURY.

The Reserve Now Down TO S42, ,OOO.-
900 and Apt to Go LOtver-A Bullion
Dealer Given n Little Trouble by
Sub-Trensurer Jordan at New
York-Charges of FavOriteism Inn
mediateIy Made Against Mr.. JOr-
dan.
New York. Feb. 1O.-The deposits OF
gold I'm the sub-treasury to-day IN pay
ment for bonds were SS,749.5 .524 In addi-
tion. considerable gold was deposited for
examination. A report that the sub-treas-
ury had rejected gold arose in this way.
For some time past a bullion dealer in
Wall street has been turning in legal
tenders for gold and selling gold at a
premium. To-day he presented 100000 le-
gal tenders and withdrew the same
amount OF gold. Five hundred thousand
dollars gold were Immediately turned into
the bonds department. On the second
transaction OF $4,000 he received the
gold in bags and gave It to the clerks
OF the firms who had subscribed for the
new fours, and who had accompanied him
TO the sub-treasury. 1t was known that
Assistant Treasurer Jordan objected to
having the sub-treasury used as an annex
to a bullion brokers' Office The dealers
in question made charges OF favoritism
against Mr. Jordan. but the plth of his
argument lies in the fact that he did
not care to cart the gold from the sub
treasury and then bring Il back. Prob
ably such a course would reduce the in
significant profit he secures by selling
government gold Withdrawn through the
agency Of legal tenders.
Assistant Treasurer Jordan was this
morning notified by Secretary Carlisle
that tho following banks in New York
city had been designated as government
repositories on account Of the bond issue:
The First National, Chase National, Han
over National, National Park, Seaboard
Bank and the city Bank. Bankers feel
that this action of the treasury officials
has done away with the possibility OF a
tight money market. The news had a ben-
ehcial effect in the street. Up to O'Clock
this afternoon S2,52S,0OO in gold had been
deposited at the sub-treasury on the bond
account.
The steamship Auranla, which arrived
from Europe this morning. brought fl50.-
900 English gold. consigned "to order"
shipped by Pixley & Abel, and $4,000 in
United States gold coin, consigned ito
order" shipped by Dent, Palmer g. Co.
of London.
Washington. Feb. 10.-The treasury gold
reserve stood at the close OF business to-
day at slightly less than $i2000,OO0. The
Withdrawals to-day aggregated 81, 900.
and in the opinion OF treasury officials In
dicated that further Withdrawals would
be made by successful bond bidders to
make payment for the bonds awarded on
Wednesday last.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-11
AN AEROLITE OVER MADRID.
The Explosion Gives the People "A
Big Scare.


Madrid, Feb. 10.-An aerolite burst over
the city of Madrid this morning, causing
great CONSERVATION among the inhabi-
tants. The first warning Of the explos-
ion was a flash which illumined the sky
which was almost Immediately followed
by tremendous report, the vibrations
from which shattered hundreds of win
dows. The aerolite was accompanied by
a great white cloud and simultaneous with
the explosion there was a trembling of the
earth resembling the sensation produced
by an earthquake.
When the flash and ensuing report took
place the people rushed panic-stricken in
TO the streets and some minutes elapsed
before the excitement was allayed. 1t is
estimated that the meteoric body was
twenty miles above the earth when it
burst.
The people in the suburbs of Madrid
We're also panic-stricken by the explosion.
dren in the schools and the employees
and others in the markets rushed into
the streets in wild stampede, believing
that the world was about to be destroyed
Many persons were injured in the aimless
rushes by running into one another or
by being thrown down and trampled upon.
The shock of the explosion was so great
in the city that it caused the collapse of
one house and threw down a partition
wall In the building occupied by the
American legation. The shock was strong
" felt in Guadalajara, the province
bounding the province of Madrid on the
northeast, and in other places. Among
the superstitious the visit of the aerolite
is DelleVed to have been a dire portent.