The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-03-12

that purpose.
! The hunter who dragS his gun through
| hedge muzzle foremost: the wayfarel
who pulls his rifle from the back part o.
his wagon with the dangerous end to.
ward him: the idiot who did not know il
was loaded" the woman who locks he,
| children in the house while she goes tc
visit neighbor. and the man who thaws
stick of dynamite in the kitchen oven.
are doing their part almost daily toward
removing the surplus population.
! Hugh Smith was arrested and LODGED
| in jail in New Bloomfield, Perry county
| on Saturday, on the charge of killing Ma
! linda Snyder. in Liberty valley. twenty
| eight years ago. Smith is IS years old has
| a family of grown mp children, and been a
respected farmer, once well to do. now
| poor. The charge was made bv a neigh
| Dor with whom he had a quarrel, he did
not deny it, and was given over to a con-
stable.
The HollidaySburg correspondent of
the Altoona Times has this to say in re-
gard to the resumption of the Gaysport
blast furnace: Mr.. Thomas Nokes. who
cares for and guards the Cambria Iron
company's property in Gaysport. denies
having any knowledge of the starting of
the GaySport furnace. and SAYS that if
Superintendent Vaught, of Johnstown.
was here on any errand of that kind he did
not see him.
"A charter was issued by the state de-
partment last week 10 the Scalp Level
Railroad company to build a line to con-
meet with the South Fork railroad at Low
EFT station and extend to ScaIp Level
Somerset county a distance of ten miles
The company is capitalized at $4,000 F
:. Lewis, of Philadelphia. is president. df
rectOrs, +. J. Strain. B. II. TAYLOR. q. w
Young. c. ID. Stanger. w. J. Davis. PhiIa-
delphta; w. X. Stager, Palmyra. n. J.
"A fire broke ont at Mapleton. small
town eight miles east of Huntingdon Pa
on Monday night. and so threatening were
the flameS that the Huntingdon fire de-
partment was called on for assistance. il
being feared the whole town would be
wiped out. dwelling and Storeroom ac-
cupied by J. l. Hetrick, general merchant
together with everything they contained
were entirely destroyed. as was also the
dwelling of NJ. l.. Rex. Several other
places were badly damaged.
Newton Kramer MuSSer. a railroad
brakeman, while at work in the Gautier
yard at JOhnStOwn, on Tuesday evening
attempted TO get on moving car and bv
the breaking of the brake whcaI. was
thrown under the wheels. which passed
over both his legs. He was taken to the
Cambria hospital where the surgeons am
putated one above and the other below the
knee. He died. however. three hours
afterwaTd. He was born in Centre county
and was forty-one years ofage. He leaves
a wife but no children.
On Thursday. April Isl. 1897. Miss
Joanna Durbin, surviving eXecutriX of the
last will and testament of Augustine Dur
bin. deceased. will offer for sale AT her
residence in Munster township. cows. Il
heifrrS. large farm wagon ! spring wag-
on. SledS, harrOwS. plowS, cultivarorS.
hay rake, moving machine. oats corn. rye.
straw, hay. beds and beddiag. carpets.
chairs. stoves. dishes and other articles of
household and kitchen furniture. Also AT
the same time and place farm containing
2O0 acres more or less. see ''ad'' in another
column.
-RumOr says that work on the PennSy!-
vania Midland railroad. which was begun
the road is TO be completed from Bedford
to MckeeS. The grading between these
two points is about completed. and. though
the road has 10 rolling stock, il could
easily he finished and equipped with the
aid of some outside capital. 1t is said
that there is a possibility of deal with
the Pennsylvania railroad whereby the
road will be made an outlet for traffic. the
greater portion of which now goes over the
Huntington and Broad Top lines.
MIR. Martin Flick, residing in Alle-
gheny township, One-half mile west of
Loretto, on the road leading to Kaylor's
Will offer at public sale at his
residence on Saturday. March 2Oth. 1897.
at one o'clock, p. NJ, horses. . fresh cows,
yearling bull, l road wagon, | spring
wagon, sled. l moving machine > wind !
mills, hay rake, plow. l shovel pillow. l |
cultivator, harrow, l double set heavy |
b rneSs. single set oflight harnes. / grind |
stone, chains, whiffle trees. hay by the ton.
pas, corn and buckwheat 10y the bushel. |
also a lot of household furniture and MANY |
other articles too numerous to mention.
The largest herd of cattle which the |
law has ever ordered slaughtered in the |
history OF the world was killed some Gays |
ago. They were from Wyoming county,
and were taken TO the fertilizng eStab bliSh- |
ment at Rutcbach's Landing on the Sus- |
Iuehanha river. They belonged to Louis |
and John +. Piollet, OF Wysox, the former |
being a member of the legislature from
Bradford county The herd numbered one
hundred and sixty eight cows of the finest |
looking DnrhamS, and all were pronounced |
afflicted with tuberculosis by the state
veterinarian, and part of them, on being |
slaughtered. revealed that the diagnosis /
was right. The loss TO the owners will be
about $1,000.
Conn un ic stion-
Ashville, Pa, March sth. 1897.
DEAR FEEEMAN:-An era of prosperity |
will soon strike this place. For one of the |
heavy weights of Ashville was to Wash