The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-02-19

amount of the estate is not mentioned in
the will.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ann, wife of George
Lentz. died at her home in Allegheny
township, on Friday February -. 1897.
from pneumonia, aged 80 years. She is
survived bv her husband and fourteen
children. Her remains were inferred in
the cemetery at LorettO on Monday, her
SIX sons acting as pail bearers.
"A few days daYs since. John. 13- year
Old son of Lewis HeitZenrater. of Canoe
township, Indiana county. was passing
through a wood in which some men were
Telling trees. a tree was about To fall in
his direction, and the men called to him,
hut he failed to hear them and the tree
fe,l on him, killing him almost instantly
j. W. LOper, of Dnncannon, a brake
man employed On the Middle division
had his left foot crushed in the yard at AL
tOona on Monday morning while making a
coupling. His foot slipped on the ice.
throwing the member under the wheels
Loper was removed to the hospital where
it was found necessary to amputate the leg
above the ankle.
About o'clock on Tuesday morning
the livery stable of Mr. u. j. O'Hara. i'm
Wilmore. caught fire in some mysterious
manner and despite the efforts Of the
neighbors who hurriedly gathered to the
scene and went TO work with a will. the
building was soon reduced to ashes. All
the horses and carriages were gotten out
The loss is estimated at $500. with no in
SuranCe.
Mr.. Robert Mcdowell, we'll known
citizen of JohnStown, died at the home of
his neice. Mrs. James Thomas in that cfty.
on Sunday morning. aged 20 years Mr.
Mcdowell was born in ireland. and came
to this country in 1877. along with the late
Robert Murray and located in Ebenshurg
lie taught school for several years and
then removed TO JohnStown He was
never married.
John Walsh, OF Altoona. vas being
ing lowered into a wulI at DuncanSvilIe.
when the chain TO which he was clinging
broke and he was precipitated to the
bottom of the we'll. - feet below, and re-
ceived injuries which may cause his death.
Both legs We're broken and his back was
badly spIained. He also received internal
injuries. He is being treated at the Al
toona hospital.
Mrs. J. II. ellison. wife of Ticket and
N. Il.
kidney trouble on Sunday morning. aged
65 years. She leaves four children, james,
Villa IN, Jennie and Elizabeth. and one
sister, resident of Gallitzin. Mrs Gibson
was a member of the Presbyterian church
The remains were taken tn Altoona on
Tuesday morning on special train and
Inferred in Fairview cemetery.
Mrs. Peter Mazcnyko. of Glen White.
wife of a Polish miner at that place died
| early on Thursday morning of last week
| under mysterious circumstances. From
! ali that can be learned. she got up during
the night and announced that she was 20
ing 10 die, and then verified her prediction
! in a few hours. Some of the neighbCrS are
| of the Impression that the woman was
| poisoned, while others think that death
resulted from natural causes.
The Second Presbyterian church, OF
| WiIliamSport. vas destroyed by Ire al an
| early hour on Sunday morning The fire
| evidently caught from the boilers and the
| air shafts in the walls and between the
| false floors werc smouldering before the
| blaze was discovered Not a thing was
/ saved. About 100000 gallons of water
| was poured into the building but TO nc
/ effect. The loss is 81. 600. with an insuT-
| ance of $4,000. This is the second time
| within two years that the structure has
been baptized in fire. 1t will be rebuilt al
/ once.
| Helen May, eight-year-old daughter
! of Grant and Laura May, was Kidnapped
| by her father at Altoona on Thursday
/ mOruiug Of last week. For some time pa
| the relations between he and his wifi,
have been unpleasant, and two mouth:
| ago she left hun and returned to the hOm,
| OF her parents, taking her daughter viii
| her While the little girl was on her wal
TO school on Thursday morning she Wa.
| intercepted by ner father and forced into I
sleigh which he had in waiting and carried
of. The mother will institute legal pro-
ceedtngs to recover the child.
I Anthony =. Morrow, a member anC
| cashier of the late banking house of Gard
ner, Morrow x Company, at Holidays
burg. died at his home IN that place OF
lTuesday night, UI paralysis, aged seventy
| four years. lie served three terms as pro
thOhOtary Of the Blair county courts au'
was one of the projectors of the CrcsSon
COalport n New York short route railroad
lie " "a Identified iLh the Juniata lnis
ter company and other industrial plant
and was partner in the three Blair coun
ty banks Jhat recently failed. MIR. Nor
row leaves wife and no children.
"A Mrs Harber died suddenly at be
home in Hastings on Tuesday evenIn
| about O'Clock aud circumstances led peO
pie TO believe that her death Vas due L
| poison She was setting on chair at he
home when she suddenly fell over dead
The fact that Mrs. Smith, cook AT th
| Palmer House, Patton, had been see
leaving there short time before !ed 10 suS
picion duplicating her, and she was arrest
ed and held TO await All investigation b
the coroner. Later developments and a
investigation showed that the woman die
~ from heart disease and Mrs. Smith Wa
discharged
The burglars who robbed the Clear
field post office Wednesday morning OF las
} week are still at large. About 800 wort
OF stolen stamps were recovered in bar
three miles from town. and the posse
citizens tracked the roboerS from Iha
, place across the mountain to Du Bois.
distance of eighteen miles. Once the rot
: | berS were between two posses, but manage
. 10 slip through their fingers. At DuBo
=, they were arreSte1rby the authorities {
suspicion. but released because nothiI
could be found on them. At JohDSOnbu
they held up the officers al the point OF
revolver and again escaped.
II MIR q. \. TTaugh, the veteran edit
u Of the Holiday burg Standard, slipp
g and fell on the ice near his printing eSta
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