The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1867-08-22

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county, at a cost of Sc 900.
Some seventy or eighty sheen belonging
to Mr.. Peter Oaks, of Indiana county, have
recently been killed by dogs, inside of a
week s time.
The AUeghGRian admits the election of
Mr.. John Thomas as Director of the Poor.
Why not admit the election of the rest of
our ticket lust as easy"
a horse thief named Levi Lowrie, took
French leave Of the Huntingdon Jail, on Fri
day week, but was captured the next day
and returned to his old quarters.
a Mr.. Flasher, Of Hill Valley, Hunting
don county, was caught in the cog wheels of
a thrashing machine, on the 9th inst, and
his foot and ankle was literally ground to
pieces.
Calvin Cyphers, employed on the Broad
Top Railroad, was caught between the bump
ers of two cars, near Huntingdon, on Friday
week, and so severely crushed that he died
the same night.
Christian Lehman, farmer of Rjchland
township, this county, has on his farm a
stalk of the common raspberry. which. a few
weeks ago, measured q fee! and 8 inches in
| length, and is still growing.
a domestic named Anne Nolan, employed
in the family Of Kr. w. p. Rudolph, Hunt
ing,lon, decanped on Saturday week, taking
with her quantity Of clothing, etc, belong
ing to Mrs. r. She has been arrested and
committed to Jail.
An OLD man named Patrick Leonard died
very suddenly at tie Poor House, ON San
day last. He was taken i'll at the dinner
table, and died before medical or spiritual
aid reached him. His disease is said to have
/ had all the symptoms Of Asiatic cholera.
| The wearing apparel of the man Bennett,
/ confined in the Hulldaysburg Jail on the
/ charge Of having robbed the tailor shop Of
( Jonathan Stouffer, save and except his hat
and shirt, has been recognized as the pro-
/ perty of various visitors who have called up
/ on him.
! The Leader, a temperance organ pubIish>
1 cd at HolidaySburg. after an existence of ten
months, during which time the editor, John
/ II. Keatley, Z So. has Iun the machine at a
/ dead loss, has been forced to 90 under fer
want of patronage. The press and type are
! offered for sale
A young son Of Mr.. Thomas Gray was
/ thrown from a horse near Rochester's Mills,
/ Indiana county. couple of weeks since, and
/ dragged a considerable distance, his foot hav-
! ing caught in the harness. lis clothes were
! literally torn from his person and he sus-
/ tanned severe injuries.
The beautiful trotting mare, "Mountain
/ Maid ;" once the property of Mr.. Henry Gore,
/ Johnstown. at present owned by Mr.. Ii. S.
/ Hituer. of Montgomery county, won a purse
/ Of 81 600 at Rochester, \. Y. week before
last. Her time was SO, 2,333 and 2.32 in
the second, third and fourth heats.
y woman named Page and two girls
/ named Renner, residing in Altoona, we're
lost on the mountain north of that place,
while in quest of whortleberries, few days
since, and after wandering about ali night,
were met the next day on their way home
(having been put on the right road) by a
party of men who were seeking for them.
Wm. Johnston, Of Altoona, is at present
on trial before the u. S, District Court at
Pittsburgh en- the charge of Geaiing II coun-
terfrt fractional currency. a number of
highly respectable witnesses from Blair and
Cambria counties. among them our towns
man. Col Wm. X Piper, have testified to
Mr.. johnston's honesty, upright dealing, etc.
The JOhnstown Tribune floats at its head,
in glaring capitals, the sentence from the
Declaration of Independence eve hold
these truths to be self-cvident, that all men
are created equal" The same paper justi-
Ges the negro government of Tennessee, by
which the negroes vote, but those who have
the misfortune to be born white are denied
the right Of suffrage. Change your motto.
The Steward Of the Poor House in his
letter Of resignation, heretofore published
states that the action of the Convention has
probably deprived this institution Of the
services of director il Johnstown." This
seems to be q mistake. Mr. Orris, the wor.
thy outgoing director, resides some six ol
eight miles from Johnstown, and he is tue
nearest director to that place. The election
Of Mr.. Thomas will leave the matter pre-
ciseIy as it has been in this respect.
"a !,
the proposed colony from that place to East
ern kentucky is assuming shape. Twenty
eight thousand acres of land in Morgan anC
Wolff counties have been subscribed for, auC
a committee consisting of Geo. w. Osborn
Caleb Butler and James Merton, has gone t,
look at the country aud report upon its ad
vantages. The land is to cost fifty cents al
acre, and is located near Licking river, from
, forty to sixty miles from Cincinnati. If tn
prospects are encouraging, some seventy
families design emjgrating and engaging il
! agricultural pursuits in that region.
The Johnstown Tribune is in luck 1t is
, one Of the two papers in this Congressional
district paid for publishing the very i'm
: portant laws passed by the Rump Congress
5 We congratulate our contemporary, and pre-
sumo that the Freeman is the other one
5 Accordingly we extract one of the laws
+, "By Authority" from the Tribune, MtiRe
e because Of its immense Importance to th
] people of Cambria county, and which
published in two papers in every Congres
e sional district in the United States, includ
$ ing the Southern Provinces, and paid fc
o out Of our taxes:
= fPUDLTC-No. E6.
e AN ACT to establish certain post roads.
S Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Representatives of the United States {
America in Congress assembled, That til
+ following be established as post routes:
e MAINE.
a From Kennebunk, via KennebunEport, (
: Cape Neddick.
e From Biddeford to Saco Pool.
# Approved, July 10, 1867.