The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-02-25

ON and after Monday, May Il, 1868,
,-sins on this road will run as follows:
LEAVE EBENsBURG-
Atb25 A. NJ, connecting with Accomoda>
ton East and Phila. Express AVest.
At 7.15 P. NJ, connecting with Phila. Ex.
East and Mail West.
LEAVE CREssoE-
At s.25 A M, or on departure of Phila
Express West.
At9.81 P. NJ, or on departure of Phila. E1-
press East.
BRIEF MENTIoN.-The ladies and gentle
men belonging to the Temperance organiza-
tions in this place attended the funeral OF
Miss Mary S. Jones in full regalia. on Sun
lsr afternoon last, and presented quite an
imposing appearance as they marched along
oBr streets some hundred and forty strong.
The only celebration of Washington's
birthday ia this community was that of the
Good Templar associations, who commence
rated che event by asPleudid supper at their
Idge room on Monday evening No doubt
thew all enjoyed the ''feast of reason and flow
ot soul .u-TAe bill for the removal of our
coUUty scat was to have been acted upon by
the committee having it in charge lday,
Wednesday, and number of our leading
H. ems are on hand to oppose the iniquitous
=. krre. .'Doublv armed is he whose cause
;, lust. ''-The Legislature refused an APP
pr1pratiou to the proposed State lunatic
asylum at Dauville on the alleged ground
that it vas not in the centre of the district
II was designed to benefit. As the seat of
iu.tice. if removed from Ebensburg to johns
lawn. would not be in the centre of the dis
trict il was designed to benefit, our repre-
se-tatives will certainly not stultify them
relves by sanctioning such an outage
4 The drsslHng house Of Henry Cook, in Chest
towyslEp, Wgth furniture and all else it con-
-aiDed. was lylroeG 10 the ground an the ] lth
inst. Loss heavy.-The teachers in our
JoryIgh gchoals were each presented with an
aptzopriate gift by their pupils, at the close
Of the winter session on Friday last. Prof.
Cope was made the recipient of handsome
BF6Es such agreeable episodes are worthy
If imitation Mr.. y u. Eastman, of Car
roll township. is said 10 have been swjndied
ont Of some four or FIVE handred dollars,
few days ago, in that modern Sodom, Chica
go bv that same old confidence game which
has been exposed hundreds Of times. a cou-
l,Ic u ghsrlers have a draft on the bank
bank is closed aid they must leave the city
that eveuiuG-Nr. +. is offered a good thing
iu tie way Of premium if he will cash the
draft-the victim comes down with the nc
ceSssry stamps, sharpers disappear, and next
morning reveals the fact that the draft Gin't
worth continental curse. Mr.. L. is an hon
est and worthy man, and we are sorry for
his misforlune--We were in error in an
nUuuciug last week that Mr.. z. p. Grassbcr-
ger had bought eight hundred acres of Vir
giniA land. Il was Mr. Jacob Licb who
made this extensive purchase. Mr.. Grass
berger bought less than one hundred acres.
Mr.. Joseph Lautzy, e native of SwitZ-
e-land, died in Carroll township. on Sltur-
day last, at the patyiaTchal age OF 93 years
lie was the Oldest man in that part Of the
county, and WAS for very many years resi-
dent Of the locality in which he died.
While Aaron Stains and S. S Ramsey were
attempting to cross the CoIemaugh river at
Mineral Point, this county, in a skiff. on
Monday morning Of last week, the SIX fl ran
against log and upset, precipitating both
he young men into the water. Ramsey
swan ashore, but as Stains could not swim
he held on 10 the log, where he remained
almost helpless until bis companion divesJcd
himself Of nearly all his clothing and swan
back and succeeded in assisting him on to
the log, from which he was readily released
IN a short time Frederick Buriz, Of
8 Cumberland Valley, Bedford county, was SO
seriously injured, on the lth inst, by log
81 rolling over him willie splitting rails in the
woods, that he died on the evening of the
4 I4th. Leaves wife and two small children
-. Lyttleton Lyon and son, formerly Of
Bedford, Pa, persisted II the Nellie Stevens
disaster on Red river, on the 18th Inst
The dead body of Wm. Johnston, a coal
digger, was found on the Pa. r. r., near
Homewood Station, on Saturday evening.
Supposed TO have been killed by tie accom-
A Ga 4 Frrrg, obi l.
dren mourn his death-The large barn Of
John Gress, near Adamsburg, Westmoreland
county, was burned down on the 18th inst
A large quantity of wheat corn and oats was
destroyed aud $50 sheep were burned. Loss
IS &6.OO0.-Two men named Joseph Church
and Marshall Quay had each an arm blown
off by the premature discharge OF cannon
in the Capitol grounds at Harrisburg. on
Monday last, Washington's birthday. They
both served in the army, and Church, who
is a nephew Of Mrs. Gov. Gesry, lost a leg at
FredeEicksburg- --SeveYal cases Of aggra-
waited sore throat are said TO be prevailing in
this community. Ladies are the principal
suffereIs.--The Huntingdon Globe denies
that coloreJ woman in that place roasted
her child over hot stove. 1t says that the
child accidentally fell against the stove
A man in Juuiata county was recently rob
bed of two chicken cocks, weathercock anc
the cock Of his gun.
The LADIES FAIR-We ask oar readers
TO besr in mind that the Ladies' Fair in aid
Of the new Catholic church in this place vii
open out in the building on High street re
Gently occupied as tinware and stove depot
by Mr.. L. w. Williams, on Monday next
and will be continued during the two weeks
Cur County Court is in session. The display
Of useful and fancy articles will be fully NJ
to any exhibition Of the kind that has evel
been made here, and of course the most per
Euasjve eloquence will be made use of to in