The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-30

The supper at the Walker residence on
Wednesday evening for the benefit of the
congregational church, was a very success
tuI affair, creditable in every way TO those
who conducted it and had the troubIe-apd
ENJOYABLE TO those who got away with the
edi bleS
William KayIor, Carroltown Young
man, occupies cell in the Ebens burg iaiI
on charge of stealing a bicycle from an
Altoona man named Marshall, the theft
having taken place in the Mountain City.
kaylor was arrested at his home few
days ago and at the hearing in Altoona
admitted the crime He was unable to
furnish 800 bail and was locked I'M
JObnStoJUn Democrat
N A. Gobreckt, ira boy about four
teen years old. caught hold of a live cleo
tric light wire on Friday evening, at Fifth
avenue and Second street, Altoona. and
was thrown to the ground He couldn't
let go and both hands were burnt to the
bone. man passing by at the time pried
the wire from his hands with d stick. He
was taken to his home and given the nee
eSSary medical attention
On Sunday Thomas b. OFT. son of Mr.
| Thomas OFT, of st. Boniface. this county
was ordained to the priesthood of the
Catholic church al Covington, XIV. The
newly ordained clergyman will read his
! iIrSt mass st. BOniface church on Sunday
August lSt, wien a number of cIereymen
VIII be present and sermon preached bv
Rev. Father Benedict. Abbott at CuIIman
Ala who was at one time pastor of the
CarrOlltown church
1t is not near as generally known as il
should be that not few of the compounds
used for washing clothes are in the high
est degree injurious to cloth fabrics of al
any most kind. They rot. or in some other
way cause sheets, handkerchiefS. drawers
and other articles of underwear to fall
into holes and become worthless Cor anv
purpose. Housekeepers should inform
themselves in regard to the damaging
character of these compounds
johnson Fitch, farmer residing in
Jackson township, was brought TO iaiI on
Monday to answer to answer To IA charge
of tnceStiOuS fornication and aduItry pre-
ferred against him by James Headrfck. of
that township. Fitch was arrested bv
Constable Snyder on Saturday and on be-
ing taken before Justice of the Peace Vim
cent w. Smith, at Conemaugh. waIved a
hearing. Tho victim is said TO be Titch's
daughter, a girl aged seventeen.
Suits have been brought against
Sheriff Congo and Centre county to recover
for the destruction of the house of William
Ettlnger, the Woodward murderer AMI
suicide, which was burned to drive him
from the scene of his foul crime on March
Is. 1896. The property was owned bv Mrs
Emma Goodman, and now she wants some
compensation for her loss. The statement
has not been filed, but the amount of dam
ages asked for will be about g, 100
John w. Skelly, welI-knOwn railroad
engineer, died at the home of his brother
Sylvester Skeily. in WiImOre, on Thurs
day, July -, 1877. aged - years. The de-
ceased was a member of the brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers and of the Balti-
mere X Ohio relief fund. He i survived
by his wife, two brothers, Sylvester and c.
+. Skelly, and two sisters, Ann and Milly.
all of Wilmore. His remains were Inferred
in st. BarthoIomew'S cemetery at Will
more, on Saturday.
"A bout 200 miners along the CresSon
and CleartieId division of the Pennsylvania
railroad aud the SuSquehanna extension
have gone out on a strike because the
operators have refused their request for a
checkweighman. Some time ago the re-
quest for a checkweighman was made, but
40 men who voted for the demand were
discharged. This is the only trouble in
this region. The nineS affected by the
operation are the Sterling Coal company,
Barnes Il Tucker and the Vintondalc Coal
company.
"A peculiar suit has been instituted dt
Huntington in which Mertie j Norris,
country laSse. brings an action in trespaSS
against w e. Ewing. merchant of
Mount Union, to recover damages OfSl 900.
Mertie alleges that upon the advice of
her physician she sent her father TO Mount
Union for either Epson or Rochelle salts:
that Ewing negligently gave for her use
puIverized saltpetre, the $50 grains of
which she took within a half hour. As
result she alleges she has been afflicted in
body and mind.
The burning of the barn on the farm
of Mrs john Robson, in Scotch Valley, on
Sunday morning morning, was caused by
spontaneous combustion. The total loss Is
estimated at $1,000. on which there was in
surance on the barn of $1,000, 500 on the
crop and 500 on the implements. The en-
tire crop on the farm had been housed,
with the exception of the oats. The reap
er was in the oats field and was saved
The live stock was in the pasture field and
thus escaped the flames. Three calves in
the barn wire cremated.
On Monday morning someone took the
brakes off a train of eight coal cars on the
siding in the hollow leading to Bakers :
Mines. The cars ran down the grade
which there runs 20 feet TO the mile, and
smashed into the dinkey engine used to
haul the cars out TO the main line The
engine was completely demolished. and
George Saeger and Thomas GRAY, who
were in il. were injured. Gray's right leg
was very batly cut and he was taken TO
the Altoona hospital. William Cannon,
who was also in the engine, escaped unin-
iured.
Fire broke out on Tuesday evening OF
last week in the public school building at
Scottdale and, the water supply being
sbut off at the reservoir, the flames soon
reduced the structure TO an utter mass oil
ruins The building, which was erecteu
ONLY few years ago at cost oil S5OoOp'
contained eight school rooms, large halls,
urincinaIs Office and fine library, which
was also entirely destroyed. Workmen
had been repairing and renovatlng the
building or Tuesday of last week. and 1t Is
suuposed they left some fire about the place
when they uuit work. The building was
partially insured.
Judge Bell, of Blair county, holding
he