The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-13

Joseph Pattia. of Benscreek, who 90,
skate on Monday and paid a $40 iiue
! Tuesday, left the same day for New York
| He celebrated his arrival there with a
| dunk. and when ne came to- he was
/ pennilesS. He had started to visit his old
! home in Italy. but thirst for stimuIants
was SO costly that he had TO poStpoue his
visit. He arrived in Altoona on Pacific
! yesterday morning. He will go back to
| Benscreek again and dig coal-A uoona
| Times.
| The persistent rumOr that the Penn
| Sylvania Railroad company intends to
| abolish the Harrisburg or Middle division
| OF the road, ana make Lewistown the ONLY
! terminal point between Pittsburg and
| Philadelphia, is officially denied Altoona
and Harrisburg are natural terminal points
anc always will be. The rumor has caused
much uneaSineSs in Altoona and Harris
burg. How it originated is not known.
hut the railroad officials are not RESPONSE
bic for it.
"A dispatch from Bremen. Ind. saws:
"A man was found in a freight car here on
Saturday morning in dying con-
ditlon. He gave the name of August
WenZel. and said he was from Altoona. Pa.
lie said he had boarded the train at AL
foOna To go To PitJSburg. He was imprfs-
oned IN the car. ani for seventy hours
suffered the tOrJureS of hunger aud thirst
His condition i such that recovery is i'm e
probable. Friends in Altoona have been
advised of his condition.
John Fennin. aged 81 years was struck
by Main l. ne Express at PacksaddIe Sat
urd4y forenoon while th, train was run
ming at the rate nt 10 miles an hour. saws
the Greeu>hurg Tribune. He was hurled
in the ditch, but strange to say was not
injured. and when the trainmen ran back
b. was brushing the dust off his clothes
and curSing IN no mild manner He was
taken To Bolivar where he got off aud
cursed the traiumen for hauling him back
over the route he had just Travelled. The
old mans miraculous escape from injury
is without parallel in railruadimg
Charles Iuyer. a respected German
resident, of Altoona, became demanUed on
Sunday and tried To commit suicide by
hanging himself at his home The rope
broke, and, angered AZ his plans being
frustrated. ne procured an ugly knife and
dove his wife and family out of the house.
avowing he would Kill them. Kind friends
III yer terrorized the neighbOrhood 10y his
actions. The police were notified and ar
re>Le him. Hoyer has been brooding
ia,ely over the fact that he has very little
work and that is supposed to haye made
him crazy.
Dwight Wilson. formerly of Aurora. n
died from the effects OF CunShot
wound late Saturday night. near Dubois
CleariieId county. and there is a suspicion
that he was murdered. Two weeks ago
Wilson made his home with man and
woman at RathmeI. near DuBniS Satur-
day night the three We're at R-yn DIdsyiIle
and returned home early. AT a late hour
physician was called to attend Wilson,
and found him lying in front OF the house
with bullet hole in his head and a gun
by his 81 de The couple declare that he
had shot himself. An inquest is being
held.
"A terrific storm. which develOved north
o. huntington. Pa, sweep through the
.Iunata Valley Monday evening. doing
i'm mnenSe destruction to outstanding crops
and property. The full force of the storm
ceutered At Mount Union. twelve miles
east of Huntingdon. where the East Broad
Top railroad cOmpany'S engine house was
demolished and the borough brick school
house huilding was partially blown down.
Orchards were leveIed and the growing
oats and corn ruined in many localities
West Of Huntingdon the telegraph and
teIeph me lines were blown down. spend
ing all communication.
Tn thirty two suits gIinst Duncan
SpangIrr and the NichoI>OnS. at Hastings
To recover pay for coal taken from the men
by the fifth car system. were heard be
fore Squire Anna, at Hastings. on Satur-
dav. Each man has sued for about $40
Z. A Shoemaker. Esq of EbenSburg. rep
resented the miners, and Mr.. ZeigIer. of
PhilipSbHrg. the operators. Tn" latter
made no defence whatever. hu. refused %
produce their books. and Justice Anna re-
served his decision. The men then inSti-
tutpd new suits to recover coal dug from
the ISt to the 18th of July. These are of
the same nature aS those which were heard
on Saturday
Good lemonade. SAYS an experien ced
writer. i one of the most perfect driD
ever devised. | can hardly understand
why il i not in daily use in place Of tea or
coffee and why il does not drive ont every
dird of alcoholic drink Perfect lemonade
is made aS follows: For a quart take the
juice of three lemons. using the rind of one
Of them. Carefully peel the rind very
thin, getting just the yellow outside; cut
this into pieces and put the juice and
powdered sugar, of which use two ounces
To the quart, in jug or jar with a cover
When the water i just at the boiling, pour
il over the lemon and sugar, cover at once,
and let it get cod Try this way once and
see if il iS not delicious.