The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-13

many hcI thirgs for the holidays, can be
bruGIt at tie Dauntlcss fire engine house
and the night LefoTe hIistmas.
d lennon & Nunay have the incest
things imaginable for holiday gifts. Real
ieweirv, handsome and entertaining b )oks
for Young and old, attractive fancy goods,
and other suitable things in profusion, are
among the most attn active features Of their
grand holiday display. They sell cheap.
Heretofore all mail matter designed
for Cresson, Summitville, LoIetto, Chest
Springs, st. Augustine, &c, had to be sent
from the Host-C tiice here by the evening
train. Now however mails for those points
are forwarded by the morning train, which
is a dec!d, change for the better.
The Hollidaysburg Standard says we
can copy what We please from its columns.
with or without credit. If Traugh would
only go a little further, ard send us a
proof on Tuesday, we might be able to
second rate sheet" What say We, boss !?
Patrick hurdy, an old man residing in
the vicinity of Kittanning Point, was struck
by a passenger locomotive, while on his
way to Altoona on Thursday morning Of
last week, and 80 terribly injured that he
died IN tie latter place, whittier he was ia
ken to the home of married daughter, On
Monday.
On Friday evening last, colored man
in Altoona WAS Knocked down by small
sled upon which several boys were cCssting
along one of the principal thoroughfares,
and falling OF his head, he sustained COM
pound fracture of the skull, besides other
serious injuries, all which it is feared will
prove fatal
The value of q cows tail was definite
ly decided in Bedford county. 1t is ten
dollars al inch. 4 couple of young men
cut of twelve inches of cows TAIL and
nailed it to a schOol-house for ''sport, :" for
which sport the young men paid one hun
dred and twenty dollars to the owner of the
bovine for damages.
We are occasionally in receipt by mail
of caution notices, stray notices, and the
like, accompanied by one dollar which the
senders no doubt imagine is our charge for
inserting the same. This is mistake. All
such notices require three insertions and
our invariable charge is $3.50. Let those
interested make a note of this.'
What ''Frenchy'' don't know about
serving up oysters amt worth finding ont
lie keeps only the most luscious of bivalves,
and as everything is neat, clean and coy
about his saloon, and his table well sup
piled with relishes, it does one good to in
dulgcFat his board. Families and parties
supplied with oysters and other dehcacieS
at lowest rates.
Perhaps it is waste of words to urge
upon our readers the importance of calling
~ -. NObtilS GltSstni CLOCK, NslICH ana
Jewelry emporium to purchase their hOli-
day goods, for surely no one within rea-
sonable distance of Ebensburg will think
Of passing Cham. by in such an emergency.
1t Is not too soon to look in there now, if
you wish to get first choice
The sacrament of confirmation, pre-
ceded by the reception of two lay Sisters
into the order of St. Joseph, and the con-
ferring of the cross upon third, took
at ha 4 l,rrr r1I Of In II,.1yv
yesteI day morning. The ceremonies were
grand AID imposing, Bishop Domenec be
ing present and conducting the services.
Not having had time to attend, We can
give 30 further particulars.
Edward GTuc, of Sumrlerhill town
ship, while employed with others in thresh-
IlIg grain al the barn of Patrick Medium
III that township, on Tuesday last, had his
right hand torn of by the machine. We
did not learn how the accident happened.
but understand that his injuries were of
such Il atuIe as to require the amputatiCn
of the arm al the elbow joint, which Oper-
. alton was successfully performed by Dr..
Kern. Of Wilmore.
Ten persons in one family in Munster
township, children and grandchildren of
/ Mr.. Felix O. Neil, were down with the scar
/ let fevsg and diptheria the carly part Ofthis
week and for several days previous. On
! Wednesday one OF the afflicted. little girl
! i'tI ears tl dCc, uleti OF lllC disease or UiS-
eases, and others Of the family are said to
be i'll a precarious condition. Mr.. O'Nen
certainly deserves the earnest sympathy of
/ AL hearts III his great affection.
The Clark sisters, two soiled doves of
/ IohnstoWn who were sent up a couple of
weeks ago for a thirty days residence at
| Castle BoEacker, kept up such a continual
/ crying and lamontation III the loUdest of
| keys for several days after their incarcera-
I rilp IfaI no fenced 10 r,r,t rJa
/ bracelets on them for brief time and con-
fine them in the cell first occupied by Mi
chael Moore, since when they have sim
mered down and take things more jjLiIOso-
phically.
The JohnstOwn Echo last week an
nouDced its own demise for a brief period
but this week it is to be out again under
the management of Messrs. John Myers
and David Hite, both printers, the former
having been publisher under the late dis
pensatiOn. In the retirement of Cas-. Eas-
ly the profession loses graceful, versatile
/ anu entertaining writer, but we trust he
will loom up again in like capacity ere
many m0oas wane. AS for the new firm,
we wish them abundant prosperity.
Nearly every paper we pick up assures
US that ChIitmas is coming, just as though
the readers thereof didn't know as much
about it as the editors themselves. Better
a great deal tell them where they can buy
an excellent stove, good tinware, first class
hardware, the best of fresh groceries, be-
sides many of the most desirable articles
for holiday presents, and that's what we
do here and now by advising our readers to
visit Geo. Huntley's great house furnishing
emporium, Main street, Ebensburg.
-Westmoreland county has had two
more suicides within the past week or so.
Andrew Best, coal miner, twenty-five
years old, thought it best not to stay here
any longer, so he got gun on Wednesday
of last week, went out into the woods, and
taking off his boot, pulled the trigger with
one Of his toes, shooting hims elf through
the head and producing instant death. On
the night previous man who registered
his name as John Miller of Buffalo, \. Y,
ended his earthly career by taking prusslc
acid at the Laird House in Greensburg.
join G. Mccarthy, Esq, a lawyer of
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