The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-01-06

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occa,ted time Don t put oil until to-moIFO"
what should be done 10 day
x.apa and mishaps at and near Eonle.
There arc at present three persons In BED
ford iail awaiting trial for n!urder.
The DAYS arc getting longer, but it is hard
% see the elongation unless you consult the
almanac.
The second week of January is to be OBJ
served as a week of prayer by all evangelical
denominations.
The well written local letter of "Solon,"
Wimore, would have found welcome place
mad il come in time. Try again.
A Young man named Thomas Graham
crushed to death, Il few days ngo, by fall Of
sIste il 4 coal bank near Smicksburg, Indiana
Mr.. T. 7. Spence, Photographic artist, hae
I,tcsea limscIf 10 Indiana county for GIief
s.ay in the picture-taking Tay. So, good bye,
Tom-dont stay long.
Mr.. II. J. Grouse was considerably burned
shout the ewes and foI ohead by an explosion
nj molten zinc, at the Ebensburg Foundry, n
few days ago but fortunately escaped without
serious injury.
A telegraph dispatch received here Oh
Thursday last, announced the death that morn
ing At SunemahOaing, Luzsrno county, Of
Mr William Okeefe, q former well known and
much respected citizen Of this place. His age
was about 60 years.
"A man named Charles Rose, residing in
Somerset county, recently walked fifty miles
in tn elvs hours, and carried healthy baby in
hi, arms all the way. He is So years OF age,
and offers to dot a hundred miles, unencumboTed
With the oungster. in 2l11 hours.
Hon. J. ". Dickerson, member elect to
The Legislature from the Bedford district and
formerly School Superintendent of that county
Cisd in Bedford borough on the Goth ult He
ras received into the Catholic Church by Rev
A j. Brown q short time before his death.
Miss Alice Cunningham, whiIo on hor way
from church At CaIrOltOwn to her home in
Chest tor nship, on Sunday last, was thrown
from sled and sustained the fracture of one
of her arms near tho shoulder. DR. Oatman
reduced the fracture aud she is now doing we'll
An unknown man was struck by the sec
ond Cincinnati Express east OIL Sunday even
hg asst near Lilys Station, and knocked some
f,y feet from the track. ALe was not found
for .u hour or two after, and when found life
was extinct. LiIlys Station against the world
for railroad accidents.
1t affords US pleasure TO chronicle the ap
yoiutmsrt of our worthy friend, Mr.. Martin
Walls, formerly of Hollidaysburg, TO the posi-
lion Of General Foreman. of the Philadelphia
AID Erie Railroad shops at Sunbury-aH ap-
Tojutment that was Cmiuently Fit to be made.
Martin has cur best wishes for his continued
prosperity.
We note with eiucere regret the death on
Saturday last of the wife OF our much esteemed
friend, Z. B. n Crum, Efq one of the editors
Of the Altoona Tribune. She was n most cI
emplary vile and mother, and consistent and
devoted member of the Methodist Church, in
tie profession of which faith she died hopeful
Of happy eternity.
Two lads named Focht aud Bowman were
out huning rabbits in Franklin township, Hun
tingdon county, on the 23d ult when the gun
Of tie former was discharged by some accident.
the load, shooting off the ends of two of his
fingers and penetrating tho abdomen Of young
Bowman, wounding him SO terribly that death
snsued in three days after.
There is one man in town, If report be
true, who will not likely undertake in the fu-
turs, as in the past, to carry whskey to q GER
tain shop for tie nlutuai use of himself and the
owner thereof. A poker in the hand (not
hands, Of the indignant wife OF the party oi
the second part has probably knock ed the whis-
ksy-toting prospcnsity out Of him for all time
70 come.
Two gentlemen, one democrat and the
other q republican, and both occupying promi-
nCnt positions in political and social life, re-
marked TO each other on the presentation by
Is Of their respective bills, few DAYS ago. that
they esteemed it not only duty but a pleasure
10 pay the printer on sight, for they well knew
10 man earned his money more faithfully OIL
needed It more urgently. Noble continents
worthy Of honorable gentlemenl A thousand
or two such READx-rs Of the FREEaAN is thu
HITE Of our ambition.
Col. B. McDermitt, late Steward OF the
Poor House, has lhis week removed with h!;
family to his own dwelling house il this bor
ough, and Mr. IsadOre Lilly, tho now appointee
has taken his place. Col. McDarmitt and hi:
estima5ls wife were kind and faithful in tht
ciIcharge Of their ardueus duties to the paup
ers under their care, and We feel sure that those
tntortunstes will rise up and call them blessed
e hOpo for the new Steward and bis worthy
family like crsditable record, and we fee
suTo they will make it.
j. Blair Moore, Esq, gentleman wei
known here delivered a most eloquent, pleasing
and interesting lecture on "The Genius o
Shakespeare" at the Court House in this place
On Wednesday evening of last week, but, t.
"c u'1CIeult OI our people Ue IL saluJ lI!c ISctu
Ier did his talking to "a beggarly account o
empty benches ''--or nearly so. We have neve
listened to e more scholarly production, or on
30 replete with true poetic gems. and we trus
that Mr.. 81. will nowhere else lack q befittinl
audience to appreciate his efforts His subiec
and his maEner are both worthy OF generou
recognition.
KILLED IN THE WooDs.-Nr. Mark Nc
Cure, OF Gnllitzin township, one of our mos
valued subscribers and a gentleman greatly re
fpsctsd wherever known, was instantly killed
on the 2oth ult, while engaged in choppin
cord wood. IN pieeo of woods not far from hi
oSp residence. a correspondent of the Her
AID gives the following particulars of his shock
ing death:
While in the woods emitting cord
nnooH, ne lOuged Il tree on n red oak al aDlinp
DeHuinS II into II half circle Tbie eanIin
caught on another and leaned il prroinst ~
oak, pressing II heavily outward SS he nr:o
ceedcd 10 cut the oak out of his wov not hein
practical wOod-chOppcr, he unfortnpatni
stood at the outside of it and cut the InGleT sid
first which prevented il from sDlitfinT an
then cut IL OH at the upper side when II fa,
up, striking him on the side of the necl, throw
ing him several feet in the air brcaIinor hi
neck and killing him instantly, as was nyi2en
from the fact that he had moved neither han
nor foot after striking the snow. His wife. bf