The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-01-22


this place on Sunday. Graham was 80
years of age.
The annual statement of the Patton
National bank will be found in another
column. The statement shows the bank
10 be well and carefully managed and the
prosperity il is enjoying is an indication of
the appreciation it is held in by the busi-
ness people of that section of the county
AT meeting of the Clearfied County
Bar association last week the attorneys re-
solved to have a grand banquet at Clear
Held on Friday evening, February 5th.
All the legal fraternity in the county
their wives and sweethearts will be pres
ent. This will be the first banquet and
il will be repeated annually.
Thomas Plummer. aged about seventy
years, was struck by passenger train at
the Summerhill deep cut on the Pennsyl-
vana railroad on Monday afternoon
and instantly killed. He had been an
employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company for thirty-th years and at the
time of his death was watchman at the
cut. He leaves a wife and ten children.
five sons and five daughters
Stewart Wand. aged about fifteen. re-
W.
was drowned in Shaffer's mill dam near
that place Saturday. Young Wiand with
two companions about his own age were
skating on the ice when it gave way and
all three were precipitated into the water
The other two boys succeeded in getting
out but Wand was drowned. His BODY
was recovered several hours afterwards.
In the lower house of congress last
week ii number of private pension bills
were passed, among them one increasing
to $50 "a month the pension of Mrs Mary
). Higgins, widow of Col. Jacob Higgins,
"a veteran of the Mexican war and colonel
of the l25th Pennsylvania regiment, " ho
distinguished himself in in the civil war al
Antietam and other places. Mrs. Higgins
now resides near MarIinsburg Blair coun-
ty.
Mr.. j. p. McWilliams, who for the past
eight years has been acting in the capacity
of chief clerk at the MOunIaiu House.
CreSSOa, was recently elected Superiuten-
dent of that popular summer resort To sue
ceed MIR. w X. Dunham. of Altoona, who
has resigned that position. Mr.. McWil-
lams is at present cOnnected with the
Tourist department of the Pennsylvania
Railroad company. He is an excellent
manager.
The little infant that created so much
attention in Blain Citv, on account of her
size, died January 10. aged = months. AT
birth this child weighed q of pound. and
was but inches tall. AT death she
weighed pounds and was buried in IA
inch coffin. The parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Is
adore Kingston, have the sympathy of this
ppu in hai ha
little one was inferred at Beaver Valley
cemetery.-CodipOrt Standard.
Near Radabaugh, on the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad, the middle side tracks there at
present contain three miles of empty stock
| cars standing idle. These cars are used
| for west bound coal and coke shipments on
the return trip To Chicago, but at present
the slump in coal and coke traffic has made
| them next To useless. 1t is no " ouder that
the Pennsylvania people want to keep up
| the rates on coal and coke when they are
required To maintain mi lions of dollars
| worth of equipment which Is used only
| one third of the Time.
| Miss Mary Magdalena Thomas, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph O. Thomas, of
! Cambria township, died at her home Sun
day morning at go About the middle of
| September she caught severe cold and
| since then has been gradually failing in
health. She was Is years old and was
greatly beloved by all who knew her.
The news of her death, though expected
| at any moment for the last few days, was
received with much regret IEtermeni
was made in LlOyd's cemetery, Ebensburg
| on Monday afternoon at l O'Clock.
Joseph T. Swope the famous hunter
and trapper. of Alexandria, Huntington
! county, duI.Ig the year 1896 drew from the
| treasury OF that county as premiums fol
ScapS the sum of II, ,l67.75. Squire Netf is
| sued TO him Isl certificates. which at q
cents each accounted TO S44.5O, making {
total of 81 ,2f2 -. The total amount paiC
for premiums ty the county was but {
| little over 81 600 and from the above it ap
pears that three fourth of The amount ha
been paid to one man. Mr.. Swope's scOr'
was as follows: Twenty one wildcats u
81 each. 7g2 foxes at each and ,335 mink
at - cents each.
Captain George B. Richard. well
known citizen of Reade township, died u
his home in that township On Tuesday
January II 1897. aged IS years, month
and u days Captain Richard was borl
/
the breaking out of the war of the REBEL
ion he enlisted as private and after
number of promotions finally dis
charged on the 10th day of July. 1865, a
Captain of Company q, 80 regiment. Ii
is survived by his wife, two brothers ali
two sisters. His remains were inferred i
Pleasant Hill cemetery near Glasgow o
Saturday afternoon, January 10th.
Gable Melcheck, a Slav. of JOhnstowr
aged about - years, had his left foot Gu
off by train at South Fork a few min
ntes after noon on Thursday of last week
: He and companion we're going froi
Johnstown TO Benscreek, and were walk
: ing along the railroad. When they reach
2 ed "a point just above the South For
/ | station an eaStbOund freight train paSse
: ! them and they decided to ride. Both mad
p ! several Intellectual attempts To jump on th
; moving cars, and last one of them fe
To the ground with an ankle across ii
rail. After the train had passed by tho:
who haStened To the mans assistant
: found that his left foot had been entire
severed, and lay between the tracks, wit
the shoe still on it.
= The officers of the A. & z. raiIroa
Il | who have served during the past yea
;. were reelected a few days ago. On Sa
,e urday several of the leading officials we
in PhilipSburg and look trip over {
road and rumors are afioat that the 20
A. of extending the road on through to a
. toona will be resumed before very Ion
}, Tho W hon they reaphad Ramav