The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-11-25
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
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Our Jour hutchered 32' pouho hos Vi
Wcdre esday Lucky jour! - cono.
So.;r, hr;,kIy Friday morning. comes
cuor, ~. EAST which Indicates good Gepth:
"R.sdsr. DO you kno" that heN' hu' ~"
will be Thanksgiving ana 'ha' we n' MAJ
tuiAe do,r which dressed upward of two hun
- ao,nds Was shot near Portage Station
&c" eve are ready to receive accounts Of the
Killing of mammoth hogs, with a httle OF 'ne
rork thrown 10.
V-TLs wa7 mails east and west leave here
:, the morning. and mails close at hall past
clock every evening.
NTndaus county was visited by large hock
os swans the other day, quite NUMBER OF
Itch were sither shot or captured
several deer we're brought TO town last
u..k and readily sold at ten cents per pound.
Is deer meat dear meat Mt that price
G.orge Arble, of Altoona, killed TWO hoss
- Tn.sdav which weighed respectively 722
o VA an mounds How is that for pork ?
q, cents : or pound il the wholesale price
-, No., meat in this bailiwick. No need of
,r,ntiEg at that price if you have to buy:
A"OrT Branch train DOES connect with tho
p,cifc Express west on Monday morning at
m 10 reports 10 the contrary Notwithstanding.
No Dostponemeut of Sheriffs sales from
Monday until W ednesday OF court week will
I.rs.ller be made. See what the Sheriff says
NJ head Of his advertised sales.
About now is the proper time for newspa-
nav, 70 reproduce that stereotyped phrase,
THE air is redolent with the plaiEtiVe equeals
Of dying porkers
rlovse on the wood train, was struck by the
Fsit Line west at Tyrone on Saturday evening
last and Kill ed instantly.
An old lady named CASTOR, living in Ca
roe township, Indi ana county, recently fell
with her head on snag, which entered her
tr,in and caused death soon after.
A tour ycsr old daughter of Mr.. Charles
! stahl. of Altoona, fell into r tub of boil
ing rat.r on Friday last, and was so terribly
,ealded that her life is despairsd of.
Joseph Harpster, of Frsnkstown township,
Flair county, fell dead from his horse on Sat
urduy last Cause, heart disease. Aged ne
tween 45 and 81, and leaves large family.
An exchange says that the only assurance
person can have against small pox is when.
after repeated efforts, vaccination refuses to
lake II vaccination takes there is no security.
The special attention of merchants and
others is invite 10 card in this ssu OF y essIs.
Howell & 3ourke, Manufacturers Oi Wall Pa
rcrs, Paper Hargings, &c, Wholesale snd Re
tail.
"A lsbcrcr on the Salisbury railroad was
found frozen to death in Elktick township,
Somerpet COUNTY some two weeks ago. rot
outstanding f.sk in his pocket irds
fu, of whisky.
The TYRONE post Office was broken into
on Tuesday aight last and dcspoiled of over
one thousand letters Postage stamps and
registered letters were left untouched. No clue
10 The thieves.
Our townsman. j ohm D. Barkiey. has be
taken himself TO Clarion county, where he
proposes TO engage in business We wish him
abundant succeas, as he is competent, clever
and deserving.
Papers aIl around Us are Dragging about
the shooting of big wild turkeys in their
spCctive localities, but the thirty two FOUNDER
reported by us u couple weeks ago still takes
=ism all down.
"A cotemporGry offers to send live paper
for one year to .nv person who will send it two
dollars, but forget. TO tell where the live paper
is printed. l. probably meabt the FREENAN,
but was too modest to say SO.
"A man named VIM NJ Divett VA. knock
td of a raft, at Enterine's dam. on Big Ma
hCning one day last week. and drowned. He
resided in the neighborhood of PerrJville, and
leaves wife and six children.
Scarlet fever is playing sad hsvac among
The children of Johustown. Our friends Col.
John P Linton and Mr. J. II, Benford have
each We regret to say, in common with many
others, lost a child by this terrible scourgo.
"A little son of Matthias Altimus. of Brush
valley township, Indiana county, aged about
four years, set his clothes on fire while playing
with lighted stick during tie absence of his
parents enc day last week, and was so shock
ingly burned that his recovery is considered
very improbable.
We can sssure our St. Augustine patrons
that 1t was no fault of ours that they failed TO
receive their papers on Saturday last, as we
Dut them in the po.t-office here Friday
night. There is screw loose somewhere in
that direction, and if We knew where it was We
would try TO tighten it.
The widow of Peter StoufTer, Of Mount
Pleasant Westmoreland county was last week
awarded S2O1 for the killing Of her husband
Iihe breaking down of n bridge oV er Se~icklv
creek, which lie was crossing at the time with
heavily laden wagon. The supervisors of
hempheld township were the defendants in the
suit.
As sleigh riding will soon be in order
there as elsewhere, we wish just here to put in
COED word for our obliging and deserving
inend, Mr. j. C. Rifle, livery stable keeper.
Johnstown. His horses are first class and full
nt 60, his turnouts elegant and comforta-
oIe, and bis prices always reasonable. Patron
ize him.
On Saturday tingmth named Haw-
horne, in the employ of Mr.. F. ". Hav, at
J"hnsteWn, attempted to fill naptha soldering
furnace with naptha while still burning, and
came very near setting the workshop on fire.
The presence of mind of Mr.. Hsy and his
"OTkmen alone Eaved II. Mr.. Hawthorne was
badly burned about the face and arms.
Bread that will rise and never get sour
can always he made of Eastern Star Flour,
which Of ell brands in the market is purest and
best and has never yet failed TO stand fair test
\ good deal to say, but none the less true, as
can always be proved by trial or two; so buy
II and bake it and in good bread You'll ne'er
Iail-M. L. Oatman's The who keeps it
for sale.
New York capitalists are said to have
been recently prospecting and leasing lands in
The vicinity of Csrrolltown, their reputed OBJ
Ject being the erection OF furnaces. etc A
four foot vein of iron ore is also reportcd to
nave been discovered in that locality The
erection OF the necessary buildings ia promised
Rs room as the weather permits All Of ,hi>.b
we hope is true to the letter
An unsophisticated Nimrod near Portops
Staten took it fer granted the other day that
a turkey could not be in the woods cithont
being wild. and consequently blazed swav AZ
it. The old lady who owned the gobbler short
ly after appeared upon the scene and demanded
two dollars for the slaughtered fowl, which the
crestfallen hunter very reluctantly forked
for