The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-20

Your correspondent was presented few days
ago with several apples by Mr.. Simon Owens a
farmer of Carroll township, each one of which
weighed from 15H to 16H ounces and measured
some Is inches in circumference. note this
not because the apples were of extraordinary
size but because in the entire wagon load from
which they were taken there was no percepti-
lle difference in the size from those presented
by Mr.. o. to the writer hereof.
that Mr.. Fred. Snyder has erected a large black
smith chop and is nov. prepared to accommo-
Gate all no may require his services. Fred. is
a good workman and deserves success. E.
ALTOONA CITY, Oct. Is, 1870.
| Friend Ndc-We have met the Bessemcr steel
gentleman, and 10 and behold he is ours The
! remain at home and attend TO the manufacture
of steel, in which he is so much interested, and
! consequently have assigned his seat in Congress
/ to the able and eloquent Speer, who viii do
| honor to the positi on and attend diligently to
| the interests of his constituents And that no.
! bic and sterling Democrat, r. Bruce Petriken,
/ has got out of the IVoodS handsomely and the
presence and talent for one term at least; These
| happy results-the election of SPeer and Petri
| Gle All honor to the unterrified Democracy
and the noble white Republicans who brought
Another gratifying fact have to chronicle is
the reelection of r A. o. Kerr, ESD to the
Retic and faithful men that ever served the
people in any capSeitE and @ his 5 election is
consideration that the most desperate and ma
gna5t mems S T9ne nke0 s r9 n s1na @ more
forcibie than chaste swore that Mr.. Kerr aho,,id
never be in the city council again and that no
had fifty men ron Limerick who would vote
at his bidding TO keep him out. He also alleged
eentroi tSe coIored tro"ps % Who Do Fought
| brayey," and that they would vote solid against
Is in a bad cause According to their reckon
| ing they had Kerr defeated by at least fifty
| votes, and they were so much Intoxicated with
their supposed success or something else, that
they paraded the streets singing "haIleiu1ahs
| behold. when the ballots were counted the man
they abored so hard to beat had % Of 4 majori-
| warfI-and his opponents were of course COM
plctely dumbfounded. The Democrats should
the gentlemen who labored go earnestly 20
bring about Mr. kerr's defeat. They certainly
deserve some such recognition of their valuable
services, for had they not opposed his election
the probabilities are that his majority would
not have been so oYerw whelming.
Toe much praise cannot be giyen, to, to s s;od; NJ
Woodkok. ESD. for the admirable and eticient
manner in which he conducted the campaign as
Chairman of the Democratic County Commit
tee- He worked incessantly from the begin
ming to the close of the canvass, and gave hber-
ally of his time and means to aid the good
The most able and eloquent champion of the
temperance cause in the United States is Ed
that subject in City Hall ON Sunday night next.
The churches are all to be closed on the occa-
opportunity to hear this gifted orator. This
| lecture will undoubtedly be rare intellectual
| treat, as well most satisfactory effort in
| behalf of temperance, and no ono who can do
: so should fail to be present. L. l. M.
As stove pipe time is with once again,
!, a very decided increase in OF hand ''cussnG"
may be confidently looked for.
The Blair county Republicans repudiated
the Crawford County System by very deci-
ded majority at the last election.
Robert Crisswell, formerly resident of
: Williamsburg, Blair county, was instantly
killed by lightning at Davenport, Iowa, not
long since.
Blairsville, was instantly killed at Blairsville
Intersection, on the 9th inst, while engaged iu
shifting cars
: There was shipped from Johnstown per
: Adams E1p.ess, on Monday week. 270 kegs of
butter, the product no doubt, of the farmers of
Somerset county.
t "A lot of meat and little cash, in all val
: ued at about $40, was surreptitiously purloined
from the meat shop of Butler d Uhl, III Johns
f town. on w Wednesday evening last.
.; WIN. Davis. a miner in the employ OF the
South Fork Coal Co, at South Fork, this
, county, had one of his legs broken by fall of
;, coal on W Wednesday of last week.
F.. The Pittsburgh PosT says that Morrell
has "gone where the woodbne twineth," to
which the Holida ysburg STANDARD retorts that
up in this county he is understood to have
g ''gone where the WOODRUFF twlneth
4 "A young man named Levi Lckens was
, accidentally shot by 3 colored lad named
= : Anderson, with whom he was hunting wic
turkeys near Springfield Mine Bank. Blair
{; county, on Friday week. His Injuries are Lot
:, | serious.
! ? pr. H. Cochran, of Huntingdon. Pa.
!; died in St. Louis, on Sunday week, from an
|; overdose of prussic acid, supposed to have
: been taken to alleviate a severe attack OF neu-
( | ralgia He was found dead in his room at a
/; hotel in that city. His age vas about ~ years
Jos. 8. Strayer, Esq, has been re elected
= Burgess OF JOhnstown, Henry P FreidhOf has
r been re elected Burgess of Conemaugh bor-
e ough, and Capt John Humphreys has been
u chosen for the same position in East Cone
: maugh borough.
Report SAYS that a little girl whose name
/ we could not ascertain scalded to death
q | at the residence of her parents, in the First
z Ward, Johnstown, on Monday morning last
e by the boiling contents Of q coffee-pot which
!, she pulled from the table and upset upon hel
?, person.
l. "A temperance meeting was held in the
/ Congregational church on Tuesday evening
= and was addressed by a gentleman named
d Nicholson, and by another whose name we did
II not learn The several temperance organi
d Zatiops of our town marched to the church II
IS procession.
i An old resident of the Cd ward OF Cone
!; maugh borough named Ripple, was found deaC
n in his bed Monday morning last. Coroner
l. Harold sum moned jury and the verdict rem
e dered that be died from excessive indul
: gence in intoxicating liquors. The deceased
r leaves q wife and six children.
Don't DO It.-Don't visit Loretto withou
calling in at the store of A J. Christy, for h'
! has a stock well worth seeing and can sell yot
4, 4nything you may want at just as fair prices q
=, anv other dealer in the county. Christy stOrt
y is filled with a varied and desirable assortment
J. - l.Sorchandise enbraf,ino dry oocds drugs
y etc and il is the right place for the people o
u that Psctson - make shsir purchases.