The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-13

The heavy rains during the beginning of
this week caused a marked rise in the waters
OF the Susquehanna river and on Monday and
daily since, large numbers of RATS and grett t
quantities of round timber have been started
" down the river" =" All the timber cut will
u"aDtless be got to market, where plenty of
BUYERS aud good prices await it. This ia the
nrst " Hood the 'umbermen have had for over
year, and 1t will prove Gud-send to them:
Tor, with all their apial locked up in sticks at
the head of nav CATION. far removed from mar
ket and BUYERS. they had about run ont of
"oEey, and in the nature of things would have
run out OF food ard clothing before long.
On Monday last. an accident resulting in
the death ot man named George Brendle oc-
Cured at Barrows Hayues' - log joh.'' in
Chest township. this cOuntv. The thaws and
rams OF the day or two preceding had created a
. Hood, and n large quantity of round timber
was being put into Chest creek to run down to
market Brendie standing on ton of q niIe
OF the logs. helping at the work Suddenly
the pile parted in twain. throwing him IN tLa
ground, and the logs falling heavily upon him
Ii was so ieariulv crushed that he lived oplv
short time He was resident Of Port Ma
n,"a' m' Center county. and was .ged % years
HIS remains were t"ken home Tuesday
"A libel suit evidently hss no tsrrors for the
editor OF the JohustowL TRIsuSE In the las I
Issue OF his paper, he presents his complim ents
10 j udFe Fiatterv in these words: You con-
templte n week or two since bringing suit
tor libel against us. and enieavored to retain a
lawyer to prosecute, bUt afterward absnd pned
the idea. Pray go on. II we have committed
any sin Of omission, md have not Thoroughly
ventilated yonr action in connection with the
Union Hall lease. We hone You will give us an
opportunity in court of Justice to amend all
shortcomings. II you will no.. We NAV take
the opportunity to do so through these col
umns.' That District Court always did cause
bad blood.
-Au abundance of Amusement Of a superior
sort is in store for Ebenshurg next week On
Tuesday evening. the PRO Phunio Glee CLUB
will give musical entertainment in the Court
House, commencing at 81 o'clock This
club has sung for our reople before. and will
Doubtless he greeted with a fnlr house On
Fridav evening following the florence Dram
attic Association" will give q grand theatrical
entertainment in the Higenic Wigwnm. com
mencing ri o'clock "Solon Shlngle VITO
Paris and B ,ck for Five Pounds" aud other
comedies will be pre.eu' ed. with the diver,lae-
ments of singing. dancing. etc. This is good
troupe. and We hope i nav be well pqtropiz ad i.
Admission to either entertainments 25 cents
| This Saturday evening the Juvenile ag-
! grega'ion will present rip Van Wiukle" at
| the Academy building. Admission Is cents
/ OF course. the bows will receive benefit
! The session of the I.eg's's,ure hariog
! cIos--d Sim Henry Camhrin's = rrpresentative
| has come home TO sfav. He looks we'll though
| there is about him that peculiar appearance of
/
! Iaignng On the mi 'rity 81 10 Mt a Rcpublics n
/ caDital. 3nt time, We hope, will eradicate all
! this. and make him spntleSs ne was before
/ the unluckv second Tuesday Of last ,tober
! We will not now review Sans public record
as an entirety, hut onlv tlke occ lsiun to throw
two bricks at him. First he ought to have
had W ,lams' dam specifically included in the
| opera tions of the Fi-h Law 90 that We might
| have been enabled to cttch our own black ba az
and pike as it were, aud onr own shad and eels
and, -econd he ought to ave passed a till
! declaring "Visi'le" of the HERA,p and ALE,
| ghenv" of the TRrBUNE common nuisauces -
| Helm
! -" Digging once own grave" is a common
/ enough expression. But we venture to saw
| that tine Job literal fact. has seldom been
/ accomplished. That at least ONE person dug
| his owH grave, iR well known to mrny persons
/ living here In the "dasertei village of
| Beulah, about the wear apn youHC girl sick
ened and died A Young man was detailed to
/ dig grave in the BAulah burving ground for
/ the intermenf OF the corpse The funeral " IS
/ held ia due course Of time bur when the pro
! cnssion reached The burying ground the mother
! Of the dead girl for some mex Olic tble re ,sOn
/ positively refused 20 allow the body to buried
there 50 another grave was dug this tine in
the woods on the sie Of the road rluniuy from
Sechler'5 mill to the plank road at Robert
| MGrray :. in Cambria township, WI ere the re
! main were inferred and Where they repnse to
| this dly. Not long after this the Young M n
before sNoke en- OF died and was buried in the
grave which be hinself had dug for the Cir
! We have been furnished with these facts CON
nected Nj h the history OF "the man vino dug
( his own gr1vc" by one who lived cotemporo-
neously with the occurrence of the events mar
| rated.