The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-14


ated on Muncy creek, between Picture
Locks and Tivoli. BY hard work the men
kept the fire confined to the mill. Loss
about $1,000. covered by insurance
The Pennsylvania railroad directors
Saturday declared two and one-haIf per
cent semi annual dividend payable on and
after May 3lSt. This means the dislrfbu-
tion of about 81. .233, ,533 among about g. 600
shareholders. About fifty-tive per CEN. az
te stock is held abroad aud the rest here
largely in Pennsylvania.
w. y. Bolsinger has an ad. in this is
sue OF the FREEMAN calling attention to
the fact that the repairing of BICYCLES will
be promptly attended to at his shop ON
Julian street. at short notice He keans
al the necessary pieces and tools To do the
work and when in need of any repafrs IN
your bicycle. give him a call.
-.Ieweler a. w. Luckhardt. of Johns
town, has made an assignment in favor of
creditors. Luckhardt'S was one of the
best and largest stores of the kid in the
state. The stock carried at times amount
ed 10 from $1,000 to SlOOOOO He has been
unfortunate in giving security for other
business people, who left him in the Iurch.
The amount of his liabilities is about so
OlO.
Mrs. Martha. wife of John DeIozisr
OF Elder township, died at her home in
that township on Saturday. Nav sth. ISy-
after an illness for nearly year. aged
Jout 30 years. The deceased was =
daughter oS MIR. Archibald Kirkp,rtirI.
of the same township. Her remains were
Inferred in the Catholic cemetery at Has,
ingS on Tuesday
The grounds for the employees of CouI-
ter X Huff, at Greensburg who have been
given free potato patches have been
plOughed and narrowed aud will be plant
ed next week. Nest of the employees ac-
cepted the ground cheerfuly. A few of
the men showed no inclination to accent
the offer. The generous EMPLOYERS also
assist their men with free seed as far as
possible. To furnish all their men grounds
for potatoes will require several hundred
acres of lands.
The Port Royal Times SAYS: Last
week this town was canvassed bv a |
stranger for the purpose of getting pupils |
TO form class in teaching the art ofpaint- |
ing on Chinaware He secured quite a |
number of scholars. and after receiving
half the tuition fee in advance took his de
lures new, carving with him about So of
his victims money.
-TeOrge NOrhauer. driver Tor .thp
branch of the Atlantic Refining company
at Johnstown. while waiting for a shifting
engine to clear the way over crossing on
Friday, drove his team directly in front of
IL, and he and his team were crushed into
an almost ShapeleSS mass between the car
and the brick building of Armour IL Com
pamy- Norhauer leaves u wife and six
small children.
The GoSiing is not ready to endorse
the resolutions Crammcd through the
Board of Health by Messrs Shoemaker
and Erglehart just yet" IL ignores the
fact that DrS. Dawson and Jones and Mr..
Samuel Ludwig are members of the board
and were present at the meeting at which
the resolution was adopted 1t wonId
certainly take majority To cram resp
luton through if any cramming was nee
eS>ary.
The Hastings Tribune says that Mr..
J. Bearer of Su~quehanna township. while
planting Potatoes one day recently. found
a gold watch and chain which had been
lost by Mr.. Ed. Shortencarrier. " hile piow-
ng. four years ago. Mr.. SLOrtencarrier
had only carried the watch few DAYS.
and after losing it had probably plowed it
iOwn. Whch found it was perfectly |
bright and apparently none the worse Tor
It's strange experience.
Early Thursday morning OF last week
while c. NJ. Cole, son Of Postmaster Cole.
lf Sabula. was driving from that place To
Dubois. he fell asleep and permitted the
horses 10 take their own time. Suddenly ,
he young man was awakened by a man
vino held a revolver IN front of his face. !
while another man was holding the horses. ,
Young Cole was then robbed by one OF the
men. His pockets were empticd of Sll4 in ,
money. watch and revolver.
There il trouble among the Pennsyl-
5ania railroad track fOremeu. Recently.
II conforming to The general rule for re-
iucing expenses, orders were issued that
ach track foreman should dispense with
me man and take up the pick and shovel
himself. All along the line a vigorous
,Ich has been recorded and a circular let -,
er has been sent TO the general manager.
igued by nearly every foreman, protest
NJ against the order.
The examining committee of thc Cam d
ria County Bar association, consisting of n
v Horace Rose, r. a. Shoemaker. Alvin +
evans and T. !. O'Connor. EsQr'S. net at
OhuSruwn on Tuesday. when the follow =
NJ named students passed their final eX- T
mination: Charles G. Linton, John ii. d
stephens and Harry Doerr, all of Johns
own. Me>Srs. T. ID. Barker, L. II. DAVIS. :
nd James T Jones. all of EhenSburg. and n
eIah Linton. of JohnStown, passed their 2
examination. !
Mrs Elizabeth Fnltz. whose serious
IneSS we mentioned last week. died at the
ome OF her sOn-in-iaw. Mr. William Gar
lan in this place, on Thursday night.
Law 9th, 1897, aged 76 years. The de-
eascd was "A resident of SuSquehanna
1wuship but during her Illness was re-
IOvcd 10 the home of her daughter. in this "
lace. Her funeral took place on Sunday,
lac intermeut being made at East Ridge d
nmetery. near her Did home, where the re-
lainS of her husband, Elisha Fultz, re-
oSe. =
The Phoenix Telephone company is y
preading out its lines all over this portion !,
the state and by May 18th, will have =
iade connections with Somerset, EbcnS- q,
urg. Johh>town and all intermediate 4
oints. The company has also all the .
OlcS erected for connection with Pitts =
urg. and inside two months will be oper- y
ting its own long distance line to that