The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-27

/ to light In the cOnrt house at Greensburu
| Pa, there are several cases recorded
! against George Washington In tho
| course of the year 1877 three claims were
! entered against him to compel him to nav
| taxes. The humorous clerk of that time
has written the following under the claims.
/ 't'eorge. Washington, esq. appeareth moi
/ to like taxes
I On Monday of last week. while Aaron
! Weakland and Frank Little were LEADING
| two fattened steers from a farm in wbi,o
] township, to Patton, one of the beasts he
| came enraged and attacked Mr. Weaklaud
| in vicious manner with its horns. cuttinp
| an ugly cash under his chin about two
! inches long, which required four stitches
| by the surgeon. and a. present Mr.. Weak
| lanG Is nursing a very sore neck
| The three mile extension of the AL
| tOOna division of the Pennsylvania rail-
| road leading from Covedale to Cedar
| Brook, blair county, has been completed.
| and on Monday three large limestone
/ quarrieS were opened. The guarries are
/ owned by J. ID. Hicks x Son. of Altoona.
and Will he operated by Youngstown, O..
| capitalists for the PittSburg market
| Fully TWO hundred men will be given en-
/ pluyment-
For the Pennsylvania Tri- County and
Safe fair, To be held at JOhnstown. Pa.
| September 9th To 1IIh, inclusive. the
| PennSy yivania Railroad company will sell
| on those day, special excursion tickets To
| JOhnStOwn and return. from Altoona
GreenSburg, and intermediate stations
! from Biair>vilr. Indiana and intermediate
stations and from stations on the Cam
bria and Clearlied division. Tickets will
be- good for return passage until September
ETH, inclusive.
John ID. Davis. an old citizen of Barr
township, died at his home near Nicktown.
on Thursday morning of last week aged
~ years. lie is survived 10y his wife and
seven children. six sons. namely, Evan, of
Clarion county; Jonathan and Thomas. of
Colorado; David and Daniel, of Johns
town. and William of EbenSburg and one
daughter, Sarah. wife of Evan Williams.
OF Indiana county. His remains were in
TERED in Lluyd'S cemetery, in Ebensburg
on Saturday.
One of the numerous deputy SherifTS
engaged in keeping the peace in Allegheny
county last week shot and killed another
deputy sheriff near Turtle Creek. To the
everlasting credit of the striking miners in
-
they held a meeting and appointed a COM
mLtee To wait on the sheriff of Allegheny
county and tender their services To the
sheriff To aid in preserving the peace
among The deputies.
John l.. Slough. Philip Jones, George
GnrIey. james A. Myers, DIR. Dawson. j.
NJ Thompson, Ollie Slough, Gernie Curry
and John Clement, of Ebensburg; Simon
Adams, of Blackli:k township: Major w.
II. II. Bell, l. \. Bell. Charles Anna. Ruel
) 'merviIe, C. w. ii HodgkinS. Paul Yahner,
MIR. and Mrs John CordeIl and MIR and
Mrs. James Mellon, of Patton, ami James
Wharton and Simen Nagle, of CIearfield
township, are taking in the &. A. r, en-
campment at Buffalo, this week.
The big barn of David c. Fox, near
Tarr Station, Westmoreland county was
fired by an incendary Sunday night and |
burnt TO the ground. Mr.. Fox united his |
best horse and got him to the door when |
the smoke and fire caused the animal To |
turn back and jump into the feed gang. |
He tried to get another horse out. but did |
not succeed. He lost all his crops three |
horses. all his farm implements aud wag |
on shed. 1t was a large barn though old. |
One horse was saved, a boy being away |
driving with il.
On Sunday afternoon while John Mas
den. the Toll gate keeper above Mill Hall, |
in Centre county, was driving TO his farm |
with one hand he had horse behind the |
vehicle which he led with the other hav
ing the strap wrapped around his hand. |
One of The horses frightened and in his eff !
fort To control the animal the thumb of the |
hand which was holding the strap was |
torn from the socket, shred of flesh only |
holding it. The injured man came back |
To NJ i'll Hall, where the thumb was ampu- |
tated close to the hand. |
The large barn of the Pennsylvania |
State college was completely destroyed by |
tire on Friday evening. Ii broke out a bout |
fifteen minutes of seven and by nine o'clock |
the large building was burned To the |
ground. All the live stock and farming (
machinery were saved and, bv strenuous ef- |
forts on the part of the people, the fire was |
prevented from spreading 10 other build |
ingS. large bnilding. standing not more
than fifty feet from the barn. escaped with |
Il slight scorching. All this years crop of
hav and grain was totally consumed by
the fierce flames.
One of our exchanges prnpOunds the
following: You can any day see a white
horse; why dc you never see a white colt?
Why does a horse eat grass backward and
a cow forward? Whv does a hop vine al
ways wind one way and bean another?
where should the inside OF a chimney be
bigger, at the top or bottom, and why?
Can YOU tell why a horse tethered with a
rope ALWAYS unravelS it. while a cow twists
it into knots? Why do leayes turn upside
down before a rain? What is the length of
a flour barrel? What animals have no up
per teeth in front, and why?"
On September lSI Frailev Bros of Ir-
yona. who have been conducting a cloth
ing aud gents furnishing business at that
ulace. will remove to EbenSburg where
they will embark in the same business.
They have proved themselves capable OF
taking care of their business. and are hon
est and upright in their dealings. We
wish them abundant success in their new
location and can cheerfuiy recommend
them TO the people of Ebensburg and vi
cinitv. Their opening will take place
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Sep
ten, ber q. and s.-COGipOrt Standard.
The Pennsylvania railroad is prepar-
ing to compete with Carnegie's new road
| in the ore hauling trade by putting on the
PittSburg aud Erie line system OF mon
ster freight engines and ears, all controlled
| nv air brakes The first of five big freight
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