The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-07-13

! We have received from an esteemed cor
respondent graphic description of the 4tb
of July picnic at Wimore. and although mar
| TALLY IN type. the pressure upon our columns
prevents its publication Suffice it to saw tia
the picnic was success in all particulars. and
except that damper was for a little time put
on the festivities by a heavy shower of rain
which came down just as the participants werc
! partaking of the splendid dinner prepared by
the good ladies of the Catholic congregation
I there Many persons from "A distance were nra
I sent. and all enjoyed themselves exceedingly
"A somewhat extraordinary feat in the
lumber line was recently accomplished in this
vicinity, and we deem it worthy of record On
/ the last day of June Mr.. Owen Cunningham
! received an order for load cf inch ard a
half plank, to be shipped to a point within
/ few miles of Pittsburgh, for use on 4th of July.
! On the morning of July 1st his men went into
! the woods, cut down the trees, hauled in the
! logs, sawed the requisite number of plank
! haul cd them to the station here and put them
/ on the car before three O'Clock that dav, and
/ on the following morning they were at their
/ oestinatlon-all inside OF twenty four hours.
The exhibition OF the pupils OF the Acade-
my Of the Holy Name, on the afternoon of the
| lst was III all respects perfect success. The
little folks did their parts With the highest
| honor to themselves and TO their accomplished
| teachers, and won the admiration of all be-
/ holders. To say that they deaerve praise for
their efforts is saying but little. and in so far
! as some OF them are concerned it is saving
| too little. Miss Annie Dougherty and Master
! Herman Myers, who each sang most exquis-
! ite song, gave most unraistakable evidence of
| vocal talent, aud the last named was called
! out second time; and Master Frank Gurlev
! and Others, in the laughaole farce of Barney
! the Baron" did more than could have been
expected from ones OF their age in public on
| the stage.
We regret to learn that our friend R. h
! Brown, Esq contetnplates giving up tho posi-
tion OF Pa. r. r. Agent Cresson, which he
has filed with so much credit to himself and
advantage to the company for the past eight
years. His object in resigning is to give per
sonal attention to his large and increasing
private business He viii continue to reside
at Cresson, as heretofore, where he has proved
himself worthy and energetic citizen, and one
deserving of the earnest friendship of all class-
es. Our young friend John G. Dickey, it af-
fords pleasure TO say, will succeed Mr.
Brown as agent at Cresson, about August Ist
Johnny is n young man of energy and good
business tact, and as he knows exactly what
| his duties aud how to perform them, lie
caunOt fail TO give satisfaction 10 the cOmpa
ny and the public.
MURDER IN ALTooNA-WHIsKY THk CarsE
"A shocking murder was committed in Altoo-
NJ at a late hour on Monday night, the Sd inst,
the unfortunate victim being d pea ceable and
respectable citizen Of that city and a person
ant business intercourse, and found on oil oc-
casions prompt, honorable and honest gentle
man. The facts Of the murder, so far as we
have been able to co!late them, are that a
party consisting OF man named Geo. Wright,
another uamed - Grindel, and one or-two
others, repaired to the public house of John
Divine. in East Altoona, and iuding the front
door locked, went to the back door and forced
entrance. Once in, GrinGoil demanded
liquor for the party, which Divine refused. y
dispute then arose between the two, which soon
eliminated in a scuffle, and during its progress
Wright drew revolver and fred at Divine,
the ball entering the fleshy part of one of his
| legs eud causing an ugly wouRd. At this
juncture hr. Benz njamin Divine, father of the
wounded man, who happened to be present or
near at hand, although living elsewhere in the
city, intertered, apparently for the purpose OF
disar ming Wright but had scarcely approached
the desperado when the latter placed the pis-
to 20 his tDivine's) breast and fired, the ball
penetrating his heart and producing instant
deaih. Not satisfied with his bloody work,
however, Wright again fired. evidently at the
very moment when his victim falling to
the floor, the ball this time entering Diyine's
head under the chin and passing cut through
the skull. The flight of the assassin and his
associates followed matter OF course. but
the officers succeeded in arresting Wright and
Grindell soon after, and committed them to
the lock up. Next day hearing was had
before one of the Associate Judges, in the
presence Of Judge Taylor, who was summoned
! from Huntingdon, when Grindell was released
on S50j dollars bail and Wright committed TO
Jail at Hollidaysburg to await his trial. Both
| these men macbinsts and were in the en-
ploy of the Pa. r. r Co, Grindell as gang
! boss and Wright a work. man under him -
! The home of the latter is in Chambersburg.
| where he is said to have a widowed mother
living. If so, God pity her in her great trouble.
Crrv I do 1;t,
| Altoona, dear reader, the probabilities that
! you have been there. and having been there,
/ it is very likely that you have visited. or at
! least noticed, clothing store on Railroad
| street, Immediately above the st. Charles Ho
/ tel, and betwee 1t and the Exchange Hotel
! Now, what ne want to get at is, that the pro
prietor of that clothing store, Nj. B. Goldman,
/ is gentleman with whom we have been long
scquaiu ted, and an honorable, liberal and
| obliging merchant we can recommend him to
! all our friends who seek the wherewith to
! clothe th emseveS in the Mountain City. He
/ has a stock unsurpassed for extent, variety,
! styles and textures and nowhere
! boy be more neatly or cheaply furnished with
an outfit. hen you call Oh Mr.. @. with
view to purchase, just tell him that the FREE
| MAN sent you, and see If he don't de bis level
best to give you good bargains.
A New WoRK BY Local AUTHOn.-
| "Skeche. of School Life and Schoolmasters."
| compiled from the Trltngso OF Charies Dlckons.
by our talented townsman, I. j. Chapman,
! Esq, County Superintendent, is now in the
! hands of the celebrated New York publishing
firm Messrs. A. S. Barnes Co. by whom it
is to be printed ernbelIished aud bound in the
best style, and issued as soon possible in a
volume OF $50 or 800 pages, OF course it will
be book we'll worth perusal and preservation,
coming from such efficient compiler, and
in this county particularly, where Mr.. Chap
man is so..well known and appreciated, it can
not fail to meet with large and ready sale.
MIsFORTUNEs never come singly. We know