The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1867-10-10

old times" and closed by complimenting the |
female portion of the audience, and this part
of the ceremonies concluded with three rous- |
ing cheers for the occasion and unanimous
resolution to ''do it again" next year.
The dancing was resumed and continued
for some time, when it was ascertained that
A. Kopelin, Esq, had arrived, when he was
called upon and responded with his usual
force and eloquence. Meantime supper was
waiting, and all partook of sumptuous
feast. After supper dancing was resumed,
and the party did not fully break up until
the small hours of morning.
Mr.. David Humphrey, Mr.. James Smith,
and others, who had principal charge of the
arrangements, exerted themselves during the
whole day and evening to secure the COM
fort of every guest, and they succeeded ad-
mirably.
Upon the whole. during many years, we
have not, at any public entertainment, ex-
perienced the same enjoy ment, and when
another anniversary brings around a like re-
union, "may we be there to see." II
EDIroRI ALrrTEs, LOCAL AND GENERAL
Mr.. Andrew Decker, of Oneida township,
Huntingdon county, raised a stalk of buck
wheat this season which yielded the euor.
nous number of 3,081 perfect grains.
outrage Miss Nora Filler, of Bedford, was
arrested in Snake Spring township, that
county, on Tuesday night Of last week.
An examination of teachers for the pub
lie schools of this borough took place on
yesterday Afternoon, We did net learn the
names of the teachers selected. Schools
will open on Monday next
A young man named Cain, a citizen of
Huntingdon county, was killed on the Sandy
Ridge siding of the Tyrone & Clear6eld Rail
road, on Monday, the 23d ult., by being run
over by a freight train.
a few days ago, G. A. Johnson, of VII
jamsburg, Blair county, while standing IN
Woodberry township, shot an eagle off &
| tree in Catharine township. The bird meas
ured six feet and one inch from tip to tip of
wings
Nicholas Vandevinder was tried in the
Indiana County Court, week before last, for
the murder of his son-in-law, and acquitted
| on the ground of insanity. The jury was
out twenty-six hours befcre it decided or its
verdict.
On Friday week. William McHenry was
/ killed in the coal bank of j. INITIAL, nsar
Osceola, Clearfeld county. by slip in the
coal. He lived about thirty minutes after
the accident. He leaves a widow a nd FIVE
| children.
| q maGCh game OF bdSe ball sDSbWcSn tilC
! Elm Club of Loretto and the Pastime Club
of Supmit7ille, was played on the grounds
/ OF the former, on Saturday week. The Elm
| boys came out victorious, the result being /:
Elm IT; Pastime 59. We have found it
| inconvenient to publish the score in full.
A woman named Maria Bergman, about
40 or 45 years of age, who died recently in
the Mif1in county poor house, is said to have
confessed. on her dying bed, the murder by
poison of her illegitimate ofspring-a little
girl three years old. She promised other
| revelations, but died before she made them.
No less than four citizens of Centre coun-
ty have died very suddenly within the last
two or three weeks. Two of them fell dead
one while at work and the other while walk
ing along the road, and the other two only
lived short time-one iadeed only few
miuutes-after reaching their beds. Verify,
in the midst of life we are in death. -
Dr. S. S. Christy had the misfortune TO
fall from the high steps leading 20 the porch
of the Mansion House, Summit, on Tuesday
of last week, and sustained contusions OF
such a character as to render him uncon-
scious for day or two after the accident
during which time his life was despaired Of
He is now, however, slowly recovering, and
will coon be himself again.
An insane Frcnchman, whose name was
through the window Of passenger car on
the Pennsylvania railroad. while the train
waa in rapid motion, on Saturday week, and
received internal injuries of such nature
that it was not expected he could recover
He was left in charge of the railroad agent
at Miff1in. being at the time in an uncon
scious condition.
The new Catholic Academy building II
Hollidaysburg has almost reached compile
ton, and it is announced as the intention oi
the young ladies of the aggregation to holC
a grand festival in it at an early day, tht
proceeds to be devoted to the payment o
the debt which has accrued from its. erection
The ediice is an imposing and handsome
structure, and the festival is in the prope
hands to make it enjoyable and successful
The last Huntingdon Journal, in appeal
ing to its Radical friends to vote the who'll
ticket, asked whether the rebels should b.
permitted to come back and rule the Nortl
with an iron rod, as it did before the war
We Judge from the inklings that have al
ready reached us as to the result on Tuesda,
last, that the people prefer rod of iron t.
a rcd of stedg-we might say whole acres o
SteaI--under which they have labored an,
groaned for the last seven years. We doub
not the rod of iron has entered the soul G
the Journal man since the election, and tha
there is terrible NaSh-ing of teeth in tina
locality, about this time.
WINTER is coming on apace. and every
body should be properly clothed to resist it
chilling influence. Ladies and gentlemel
viii find just what they need for this pur
nose at V. S. Barker's store on Main street
as cheap and good as is offered by any deal
er ia this section.
THE ELECTION is over-the men with tn
most votes have won the day-and the bes
thing for us all to do is to settle down to tn
routine affairs of life, and buy all we nee
in the dry goods and grocery line at tn
cheap cash store of Mills & Davis, on Maii