The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-16

township, has sold his property, consisting
of a fine farm, with good residence aud
griSt and saw mills thereon, to the South
Fork Water Company. Mr.. Gramling pur-
purposes moving to Johnstown in the near
future. if he can find suitable home sew
eraI of his children living here.
Helms Mines, at OSceoIa Mills, Clear
field county, at which the miners have
been idle for some time past, owing to
their refusal TO work at reduction, resum-
ed operations last week al the district price
of FORTY five cents a ton. The opinion is
now enter Itained that all danger of a strike
or suspension is over for the present.
"A HOllidaysburg dispatch of Monday
says: Efforts are being made to form
pool between the Altoona Iron company,
the Portage Iron company, of Duncans-
Vile; the HOlidaysburg Iron and Nail
company, and the Eleanor Iron company,
the four leading concerns in Blair county,
for the manufacture of mill iron. The
Cambria Iron cOmpany's furnace at Gays
port, may be operated by the joint inter
eStS.
Two acknowledgements ladies,
named Mrs. NJ. A. Alien and daughter
y
tOona one day last week for transporta-
to PiItSburg. They had walked all the
way from McVeytOwn and were almost ex-
hausJed. Tha ladies refused all offers of
of money, but were Overjoyed on being
given charity transportation to PitlsSurg
Mrs. Allen is the granddaughter of John
McNey, the founder of McVeytowu. She
and her daughter are on their way to Iowa
where they have relatives.
Crippled engines are accommodating in
the Altoona yards very fast, and unless
the conditions of business will soon justify
the work of pushing repairs on motive
power the company will " in need of room
at Altoona. Hundreds of locomotives
needing only slight repairs are standing
on the tracks among many others that are
out of date and beyond the limit of useful
ness and awaiting the orders to be scrap
ped. AT one place in the Altoona yards
over 1jO engine tanks are standing. many
of them needing only slight repairs.
One of the largest game preserves in
the United States will shortly be locate
in this commonwealth. 1t will contain
twenty thousand acres and will be owned
by New York and Pennsylvania sports
tion of Centre county and part of Clear
field. The preserve is the best in the state
and game of all kinds thrive on it. 1t is
proposed TO stock il with wood cock, quail
grouse, and imported French and English
game birds. Thousands Of redleg French
partridges are to be put in the preserve.
Rev. Paul GlaSow. pastor of the Ger
man Lutheran church ih JohnStown, died
Thursday night of last week, at his home
in that city, from congestion of the lungs,
lie preached in his church "Wednesday Y
evening. but was at that time a very sick
man. and was seized with u violent fit of
coughing when he finished. Rev. GIaS-
Ow was born in Stettein, Prussia, forty
five years ago and came to this country
| fifteen years ago. He was married to Miss
Johanna LOrentz in JOhnstown in 1870 by
Rev. j , Mueller. of Altoona. His wife sur
wives him.
Sarah a, wife of Mr.. Isaac Michaels,
died at her home in BelSano on Saturday
morning. aged % years. Mrs. Michaels,
| whose maiden name was Strong, was born
in Burlington township, Indiana county,
Pa. and was married 10 MI. MichaelS in
lS5s. She is survived by her husband,
three daughters namely: Rosie J.. wife OF
Howard Rowland, of BIaCklick township;
Elite MardeIla, wife OF Henry GOldburg
| of BelSano, and Flora Bell, who is single
| aud at home. and one son, George A, oi
BeSano. Her remains were inferred in
NJ. E. cemetery at BelSanO, on Sunday
| afternoon.
"A dispatch from Greensburg, dated
April @, says: The contract for the grad
| ing of 30 miles of the new Beech Greek
| Railroad, i'm Indiana county, was awarded
Yesterday. The road has already beer
| built to Glen CamUbell. and several route:
| have been surveyed from Salisbury Il
| PittSburg. but none, as yet, has beer
agreed on. 1t is more than probable, how
| ever, that the one leading from SaltsburG
| to Latrobe will be selected thence connect
| ing with the p * l.. f near West New
| ton The Murrysyille route, it is thought
will be abandoned, as the main ohjecr
seems To be cut through the coke region
between LatrObe and West Newton"
Andrew Carnegie has given five acre
| of land on the Summit, this county, for
| cemetery. The land lies along the Ol'
| Portage railroad, adjoining the Uniol
| cemetery. Through the activity of Rev
| Gemmill, of the CressOn Presbyterian
| church. corporation his beer formed
| known aS the CreSSOn Cemetery asSocia
tion. with DIR. Robert DevereauX as presi
deaf: Richard NJ yers "a secretary, and tn
following board of trustees: DIR. Dever
aux, a. }. Thompson, Henry Taylor, &.
Mitchell, and William Allison. The neN
Cemetery il beautifully located on tn
highest point of the mountains. A
money received from the sale of lots O
otherwise is to be expended in beautifYin.
and improving the cemetery.
The strike which has been in progress
| for severIa weeks at the mine of the clear
feId BituminOus Coal corporation ha
been settled, the company agreeing TO pa,
the price demanded, 22jz cents per ton fo
loading coal after the mining machine
The strike at AnnestOn mine at BarnesboI
has also been declared of on account G
the company agreeing to pay - cents p'
gross ton for mining. The Hastings mir
ers were also successful in their etfOr
against the day system, and the mine
are again at work at the old rate per to-
Notwithstanding the exciting rumors sci
thy persons and papers seeking TO crea
a sensation, there was comparatively u
tie excitement or diSorder.-Spdngter Sc
fhteJ.
: Oliver w Henry, died at the Die
- Hotel, in Lock Haven, Pa, at 6:35
= wednesday morning aged about 2S yeal
The deceased was born in Ebensburg, a
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