The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-09

most valuable herds nave been attacked
On Friday night of last week about
o'clock lamp exploded in the residence of
James Bechtel in Tunnehin. In the room
| at ;he time of the explosion were two
| children Mary aged years in bed and
William aged four months in cradle
close by. The explosion set fire to the
bed clothing and the children were both
badly burned The youngest diving on
| Sunday morning.. 1t is believed that Mary
viii recover. The family lost all their
clothing and it was with difficulty that
the house was saved by the neigh bors
! The Philadelphia Times of recent date
! says that the Berwind- White coal mining
| company have recently closed contract
with the Mexican Central railroad for
| 100000 tons of coal. This quantity of
| coal is to be moved within a year, be-
| ginning with April lst. The Munson
Steamship company, it is understood, have
arranged with the coal company to freight
the above contract from Philadelphia to
Tamptco. Parties competent to Judge
value place this contract at upward of
$4,000
! Mrs. ThOs. Dunn, wife of a GreeuSburg
contractor, was so badly burned Thurs
| day afternoon that she died Friday night.
| She mad been conducting a boarding house
near Milibank, two miles from Ligonfer.
| and was working in the kitchen whe her
/ apron was ignited by the fire in the stove
| Before her daughter could extiuguSh the
| flames, Mrs. Dunn's clothing was entirely
! burned of her body. Her face and body
| were 50 badly burned that the remains
were almost unrecognizable The boGv
Z rHrl.s IBftf f-H,.
ment.
August HOchStetler. Young farm
hand in Paint township. Somerset couutyI
| attempted to put vicious bull in stall
in the stable the other evening when the
animal turned suddenly and knocking
HochStetler down, gOred him several times
in the lower limbs. The young man made
desperate fight against great odds and
succeeded in getting out of the stable be-
fore the enraged animal struck him i'm a
vital part. His injuries, while painful
are not serious, but he had narrow. eS
cape from being killed.
"A petition is being circulated among
| the depOSitorS of the late banking firm of
Gardner. Morrow n Co, HolIidaysburg
directed to John Cree. assignee, request
ing him to exhaust all remedies of the
courts IN an effort to procure the original
article of agreement of the CO. partners of
the defunct Institution. 1t is believed
that the missing document forms an asset
and paper valuable to the depOsItors. and
upon the procuring of this document
depends in a measure the fate of depoSi-
tors representing. an aggregate amount of
100000.
The stockholders of the Cambria |
County Agricultural Association held a |
meeting on Saturday last and fixed the |
date for the next fair. The time set is |
September n, -. %, and 24. 1t was also |
decided to replace trees that died last year |
on April 10th. a full turnout of the |
stockholders i requested and Others should |
lend a helping hand as the cause is a good |
one. If this method Is kept up for a short |
time, We will have one of the most beauti-
full grounds in the state. and the entire |
community will be benefited. Let uS en-
courage the enterprise. CdITOIItOUn |
NCtCs.
-Early on Thursday morning of last |
week the safe in the Salisbury posi- office |
was blown open with dynamite, and $50 in
money and twenty Thousand twozcent and |
ten thousand One-cent stamps taken. The |
burglars gained an entrance through a |
rear door. The explosion occurred about |
2:2O on Thursday morning, as a clock |
which hung directly over the safe stopped |
a that hour. The explosion was of such |
force aS to blow the door Of the safe off its |
hinges and clear across the room. Two |
suspicious strangers were seen about the |
town "Wednesday. and they are supposed |
10 be the guilty burglars.
Water that is left standing in the |
kitchen or bedroom. and. above all, in the |
sick room over night. is liable TO cOntami
nation by the ahSOI btiun of impurities /
atloat in the air in such rooms, and 10 be |
rendered wholly unfit for use. No matter
that the water i cold. even to near freez-
ing. it i 50 much the more Liable 10 alb
sOrb and hold in solution the foul GaSSes |
and organic particles TO which il has been |
exposed. 1t i dangerous TO use >nch |
water. Water should not b" 50 left: but ]
if IL should chance so 10 be. it should be !
thrown away Freshly drawn water only |
should ALWAYS be used for culinary pur- |
poses a. well a for drinking whenever at |
all possible.
1t i not generally known that many |
persons in this section OF Pennsylvania |
make a comfortable subsistence 10y gath |
eriuE ginseng and other herbs. Uriah |
Erb. Of RUrrelI Township. i one of these. |
Speaking of his calling. he said: Il have |
got a comfortable little home and all the |
land can cultivate simply from digging |
roots l have made il all in the last five |
wears. for | came back from jhe West |
without cent. ! thought Of the scheme |
then. but said nothing about il To my |
nefghborS and at the end Of that season |
had over 500 clear profit. I never got less |
than 81 - pound for ginseng and ey-
press charges paid to New York City |
GrccpsbITg Argus
In keeping with its policy of retrench- |
ment the Pennsylvania Railroad company
has issued orders for JOhnstown accommo-
dation leaving here at p. NJ, to haul the |
extra passenger coach to Conemaugh.
" here il i picked up the next day by mail
express due a. Is o'clock. and brought back
| TO Altoona. The car iS run to accOmmO-
date the local mountain travel. Hereto
| fore it has been taken TO Conemaugh by
! one o. .he west bound afternoon passenger
| trains. and il frequently occurred that an
extra engine was required to help the train
| up the mountain. BY the new arrange
ment he cost of operating the one engine
| Is saved as the afternoon trains seldom
| consist of more than Eye ears. the maxi
! mum number for one engine weSt-bound
| on the Pitlsburg DIVISIONAL HOond Times