The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1867-11-07
LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE
y JoHESToWN. Nov d 1897

.NieS the brutal murder of a briobt ;nta-on.
ing LAD aged IA years, son of Mr. Daniel NJ
Donaid, of Cambria borough, II annaas
1llat number of boys were enioyino them.
s serves In that place, on Thursday evcn;no
;"s.; IN the annual pastime of ..baIlewevee'
::ns' aS IL Is called. which consists in nour,6.
,ns Goors with cabbage stalks. These bovs
lSu p3tn In the lower end of the village and
III returning passed the residence of man
uanieu ~ US thompson, who informed them
',-.',5 ne "0uid shoot any one of them who
b,'. ,I aI., s.Ilhe MS door. The boys passed on
outI SHORTY afterwards returned and ere tha,'
reached his house, I am informed Thora';
son ran out with a rife in his hand and
taxing dehoerate aim, fred into the crowd
ne oall took effect in the abdomen of voun q
mcdonald, where it lodged, and all efforts
70 remove 1t proving unavailing, he fingered
unIii ABOUT O'Clock the next morning. whom
death put an end to his sufferings. He wa.
perfectly sensible from the time he was shot
until within few moments of his death and
although IN great pain, conversed freely with
his parents, reiterating the assertion that te
nad taken no part in the sport of the hovs
ana had gone with them merely to see them
"halloweveing." The murderer f]e5 imme-
diately upon the commission of the bastard
~ deed. taking with him his rifle, and all
enorcs tnus Tar to ascertain his whereabouts
naVe.proVed fruitless- Young Mcdonald had
tne reputation of being one of the quietest
ana pest behaved boys in Cambria borough.
was considered quite talented for his age. and
had attended the session Of the Normal school
in this place last winter. His remains we've
conveyed to their last resting place in ST
Johns (Catholic) cemetery on Saturday. fol.
lowed by an immense concourse of sorrowine
f.iends. His bereaved parents have the sin.
cere sympathies Of the entire community in
their irreparable loss.
was lnexpressibly shocked in reading a
few lines IN the last Freeman conveying the
sad intelligence of the death of D. A. Conrad
Though small in stature, he was the posses
sor OF noble heart and splendid intellect.
and only those who enjoyed his confidence
and esteem can fully realize the great loss
that has been sustained by his untimely
death. For years the writer of this has en-
Joyed the charm of his correspondence, and
the bright flashes of wit in his gayer mo-
ments, or the more solid gems of sense and
sentiment In his sadder hours, are more dear
ly priced now that the writer of them has
passed from the worlds stage forever. Poor
y! the clodS press lightly upon his brow in
the quiet churchyard cemetery of Loretto,
near the remains of the sainted Gallitzin,
alter whom he was named. but bis memory
Is enshrincd in the heart of his early friend.
who in his morning and evening prisons will
not forget to pray for the eternal welfare of
his immo til soul.
Our borough lock>up secured two tenants
on Saturday night. One of them was Ger
man from the first ward, who commenced
reconstructlng his spouse on the leather-strap
principle, but as she objected to that species
of amusement she had her liege lord brought
uP, and he was lodged in durance vile to ru-
inmate upon the bad policy of wife-whipping
IN this benighted region, where a man is not
permitted 20 apply little moral suasion in
the government of his own domestic affairs.
The other caseswas of tie female persuasion.
who was hauled Up at late hour of the
night Tor getting on an unnavigable load of
her favorite poison" aad as a nights So
Jpurn In the jug" is good antidote in such
cases, she was kindly taken in. She was
very rantankerous for few hours, but "afore
dc broke OBJ day" became perfectly subdued.
Another sneak thief was dodging around
last week, aud probably with view to shift
ing his quarters, dropped in at our friend
McHinney's clothing store, and calling for
some article in the show window, picked up
a vallse and stepped out while the proprietor
was getting the required article. A vgor-
Gus pursuit was made, but as the fellow was
bent on travelling, he made such good time
that it was impossible to come up with him.
The case of John B. Wright and Geo. w.
Waters, charged with showing the "queer"
In this place, was called up in the U. S. Dis
trict Court at Pittsburgh. on Saturday last
Wright plead guilty to the indictment, and
Waters was placed on trial and convicted of
the offence. Both prisoners we're remanded
for sentence.
Rgiht Rev. NJ. Domenec, Bishop of Pitts
burgh, will administer the sacrament of con-
frmstisn in st. Johns church, in this place.
on Sunday next. SKU BAL.