The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1867-11-28
LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE.
JoHNsTowN, Nov. 25. 1867.


| landing, she missed her footing, and falling
backwards, fractured one of her limbs Just
below the knee, and also sprained her ankle
fortunately she succeeded In preserving the
child from injury. Medical aid was prompt
ly summoned and the broken limb properly
adjusted, but owing to the serious nature of
her injuries She is now lying in a critical con-
dition. This is severe aff1iction to Mr..
! Brady's family, and it is rendered more
! poignant by the fact that he himself has been
| suffering from fractured limb ever since the
terrible accident at the station in this place,
| last September year, from which he had
only sufficiently recovered to enable him to
visit his relatives on the mountain on the
very morning of the day his wife was so Sc
verely injured.
A man named Russell, a resident of Cone
maugh station, met with an accident one day
| last week, by falling from the trestle work
at that place. His head and shoulders first
came in contact with the ground, and his
| injuries are of such a nature as will confine
| him to bed for some time. Mr.. R. had Just
| recovered from an accident received on the
| railroad some months ago.
! Still another individual was arrested last
week for displaying belIigerenL propensities
in beer saloon in Conemaugh borough, and
! for hourishing loaded revolver in threat
enlng manner. Complaint was entered, and
the police took him to durance on charge
Of surety of the peace. He will have a hear
ing to-day.
There is some prospect of the outlaw
/ Thompson being caught soon, as a party
/ who were in search of him traced him to
/ NJ COnnellsburg, whore, getting wind of the
/ pursuit, he stole horse in the ueighborhood
aud rode back in this direction. The shad,
| ow of his crime, Nemesis like, pursues him,
! / ntohl
/ fascination ever leads him back to the vicin-
/ ity Of the commission of his awful offence
! During the past two weeks he has been seen
/ at various times at Stoystown, Laughlins-
! town and Latrobe, and although recognized,
/ no one seems to have had the temerity or
7 hardihood to attempt TO arrest him. There
! Is larty now on his track, however, who
viii most certainly capture the desperate.
! The individual who was sent up last week
/ for the robbery at Mr.. NJ Creight's. was Ger
tair,y a genius in his way. During the
night he committed the felony he was enjoy
( ing Macs hospitality, and it is probable
that his nominations were principally con-
fined to medtating upon the handsome Gg-
ure he would be likely to cut in lis hosts
/ best suit Of wearing paraphrenalia. Be- that
/ as 1t may, he rose from his bed and proceed
/ Ell TO don the aforesaid suit. His next move
was to fJb a valuable gold watch, likewise
/ the property Of Mr.. MIC. At this stage Of
/ his proceedings it doubtless occurred to him
/ that he lad d lady friend, mayhap his ''af-
! faitv'' :, DO would be gratited in being
! made the piens OF some new 'Jogs." SO
/ a bundle of Mrs. Macs wearing apparel was
( hastily selected, and the young man then
/ took LIS departure. AS soon as his pecuIa-
/ tious became known pursuit gas made
( Mr.. MIC. had a suspicion that the young
/ man would make for Indiana county, SO
! taking the train west, ne was very agreeably
I surprised to see the purloiner enter the same
/ car at New Florence. All the stolen pro-
! perry, except Mrs. M'C's clothing, was re-
( covered.
Johnstown has been enjoying a decided
/ sensation the past two weeks, which consists
| in nothing more nor less than a veritable
/ perambulat!ng ghost. This ghost does not
! differ in description from other ghosts-the
orthodox winding sheet and accom- paniments
being sported in regular ghost of Hamlet ard
! Bauquo, or famous Cock Lane" style.
| His ghoStship appeared the other evening to
! a lady residing in the Second Ward, and the
| appearance was so terrifying as to produce
| convulNons. A little girl residing near the
| point also got view of it, and thereupon
| Immediately tainted. gentleman in the
same locality was horrihed, few evenings
after, to see the "ghost" glide into his house,
and as he did not feel very courageous, be
"turned tail and rar.'' 1t is proper to re-
mark that when he came back with rein
forcements the ghost non est, as likewise
several loaves of bread, ETC., from his cellar.
Tus ghost has evidently a taking way"
| with it, for clothes-lines and cellars have eX-
perienced mysterious disappearances, in tho
| shape of "washing's'' stretched out on the
former, and eatables from the latter. The
"ghost" does not confine his visitations to
any particular quarter, but roves round
promiscuousy. The individual whom it is
supposed is thus playing upon the supersti-
tions and credulity of the weak-minded is
spotted" and if caught by the party who
are anxious t. see the ghost, an ounce OF lead
will give him an opportunity Of solving the
mysteries connected with the land Of sha-
dows.
The scaffoldiag has been removed from
the spire of the now NJ. Z. Church, and it is
certainly the neatest affair of the kind in this
section of the country.
The stating of the new School House is
also about completed, and the gravel roofing
Of Messrs Frazer and Montgomery's hand
some new block, on the corner of Main and
Franklin streets, was last week finished.
SKU BAL.
AN AWFUL ACCIDENT.-We are panied to
learn that most distressing accident occur
red at Wilmore, this county, on Tuesday
morning. Henry Martin was instantly kill
ed by a ball from a rife in the hands of Val
eutine Maltzi. OF course the whole affair
was purely accidental. Mr.. Maltzi is suffer
ing the keenest anguish in consequence OF
the sad occurrence. The deceased was man
of family, and had but recently moved to
Wilmore. He was employed on the railroad
repairs near that place.
CAsUALTY.-Mr. Phillip Hsgg. late oi
Chest township, met with severe injury on
Saturday last. A portion of the machinery
at which he was az work few from its place
IL .4-nnlr hin, rrith snch force IA To fell