The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-01-30
LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE.
JoHNsrowN, JAN. 27, 1868.

Dear Freenan-After a week of recrea-
tion in We mountain villages, S B. is again
at his old post, prepared to chronicle from
his note book the few brief ''mems" jotted
down during the week.
A sad occurrence transpired In the Fourth
| Ward on Wednesday last-one of those la
meutable calaInitie. which, despite so many
| terrible warnings, occnr only too often. 4
child of fourteen months, daughter of Mr..
Boyer, was scalded In such a manner as to
produce death in twenty four hours after the
accideat Mrs. Boyer had filed tub with
| boiling water and placed it on a low bench 3,
and then passed into an adjoining room
! While the mother was absent the child, it Is
supposed. tried to Chamber up on the bench
| and in its efforts pulled over the tub, the
contents of which completely immersed and
scaldeG 1t so terribly as to cause death on
the following day.
a little son of Jere. Flanagan met with
severe fall one day last week, by which his
collar bone was fractured. A physician was
Immediately summoned, and after enduring
the painful operation of having it adjusted,
the little sufferer is getting along very well
Protracted meetings and reyivals are now
in the full tide of operation in the Lutheran,
Radical Methodist and NJ E. churches in
this place, all of which are being attended
with great success.
Our local election takes place on the 21st
of February. The officers to be elected are
Burgess, two School Directors. and five Coun-
cilmen. There is as yet little or no talk as
to who tie candidates will be.
Some wholesale sneak thief elevated a
large roll of carpet from the front of John j.
Murpby's store, on Main street, one evening
last week, and escaped detection. Mr.. NJ.
offers a reward of $40 for the capture of the
IF ~ bIe T..
Murphy had another valuable overcoat stC4
len from display stand in front of his cloth
ing store, not long since. Several other pet
ty robberies have occurred recently, and it
appears as if a regularly organized band of
prov es were at work.
By invitation of Mr.. A. Akers, your cor
respondent went to see the prize steer which
that gentleman bought to at the Pittsburgh
Fair, last fall. This monster weighs nearly
5000 lbs, is about II hands high, measures
8 feet six inches in length, and feet inch
in girth, and is as beautifully a proper
toned animal as one would wish to see
Mr.. A. paid 1925 for this steer, and designs
converting him into steaks, roasts and boils
about Dext Easter.
An oyster supper and dance came off at
the Scott House, ON Thursday evening last.
which rather eclipsed any previous party
accompanied by professional quadrille
caller from Pittsburgh, made the music for
the occasion. A grand ball comes off at
FrJnheiser's Hall tonight, and our firemen's
first annual ball will take place il the course
of a couple of weeks.
There is n tremendous ice gorge at Three
Mile Dam, below town. and the water hoe
backed up as far as the iron bridge If the
present thaw should produce break up in
the rivers, Cambria borough will stand
irst-class chance of being submerged.
| was panied to learn last week of the
death of Samuel B. Mcknight. which oc-
Cured in Pittsburgh on Monday last. Mr..
Mex. had for several years been employed
as passenger engineer on the Pa r. R.,
and was known as one of the most careful
and competent on tie road. His many
friends and acquaintance on the mountain
will learn with regret of his untimely demise
The writer of this can bear testimony to his |
nobleness Of heart and kindness of disposi-
tion. Green be the turf above him.
During the progress of melee in a lager
beer saloon here, a few evenings ago, a Young /
man named Broderick was cut in the side |
with dirk knife in the hands of some one
unknown.
Matt. McCutcheon, railroad brakeman,
had three fingers Of his right hand crushed |
while compiling cars near the station at this |.
place, on Tuesday week. SKU BAL
We give another Republican space for the
following:
To the Freeman lis the man who wrote I
that nincumpoop article in the last Freeman /
any descendent or relative of the ex-United |
States Senator from Tndiana2 think Rit /
tenhouse might write one more artele-then |
quit.
Republican" should quit discounting for
a brief period. and go to spelling schools He |
might be the "makeing" of common school |
scholar, which would be ''escensiar' to the /
banking business and as Republican" is |
an aspirant for Congress, his '.haveing' a .
knowledge of the art of spelling would be |
'escensial" to a Congressman, as there is a
considerable amount of fnanciering and dis |
counting done By Congress. "Republican''
could have good share of the patronage,
'haveing" the peoples interest [15 per cent?
1t heart constantly and tntiringiy, would |
serve to the end of his term, and would .
qualify himself to be heavy contributor TO
periodicals and newspapers of the land, and
make himself the Bacon of the present cen
ury, without being injured in health or
WILMORE.
A NEw LITERARY ENTERPRTsK.-Great
iberality on part of the publishers. $780,
e. L. Id