The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-08-22

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The barn was insured inthe Clover Greek
Insurance Company.
/ Prof. John a Light, notwithstanding q
( the inclemency of the weather. made b;S
one hundred and twenty-ninth balloon
ascension, from Altoona, on Saturday last
at 4s O'Clock, and came to earth in a woods
near McNeytown, after having travelled
SlNty-nVe miles IN one hour and twenty
hive minutes. The highest altitude he at
tanned was 13, ,S75 feet
An ne1-Alderman of Altoona with whom
many readers of the Freeman are sHyyeII
acquent, has been ''sued up to the law,
several times, if not oftener, for alleged
evasion of the local option enactment. and
up to Saturday last his bail bonIs had
reached 81, 500, with decided probability
that the amount will be still further en-.
nanced as the ex-Al. seems determined to
night 1t out on that line if it should take
him rs long as he wants to.
MIR Geo. c. X, Zahm has lust solo to
Mr. II. a. Shoemaker two lots of ground
on Jullan street. opposite the residence of
WI. w M A. JONES' and the balance of the
tract 1t IS Mr., rs intention to stake off
INTO :own lots and dispose of as occasion
may demand. One of the lots bought bv
Mr. Shoemaker is on the corner and the
other adJoins it, and it is said to be that
gentleman 5 intention to erect thereon a
delay.
-Nr. Richard Wilkes, co-partner in the
hotel business at Parker's Landing with
our young townsman, John 4. Thompson.
retained home OIL Monday evening last,
after somewhat elongated and very agree
able SoJourn in our midst Mr.. w. is a
gentleman clear through the alphabet and
all the friends he didn't have in this vicin-
lty before his visit he became possessed of
during his stay. Much peace and many
pence be his portion in this mundane
sphere.
Patrick Haughey, the alleged perpe-
TRAITOR of rape recently committed on the
person of Miss Mary Doyle, of Cambria
CITY, was arrested about five o'clock on
w ednesday morning, at the residence of
his brother in Goder township, and will
doubtless be an inmate of Castle Bonacker
IN this place, ere our paper goes to press
OthceTs Harris of Johnstown, and Cox
of Cambria City, affected the arrest. and
$50 each is the amount they will pocket by
the operation.
The tombstone recently erected in
Lloyd cemetery to the memory of the de-,
ceased wife of Maj. John Thompson, of
tins place, Is said to be exquisite work
OF art, and coming it did from the mas
ter hands of MIR. John w. Logan, of Johns
town, marble manufacturer who has no
superior anywhere, it could not but reflect
credit upon its author. Persons wishing
to obtain any kind of marble work will
ma Mr.. Logan competent and honest
man to deal with. Don't forget him.
Harry May, the man charged with the
murder of his step-child. and whose wife
recently absconded with Chief-of- Police
Westbrook, of Altoona, has been found
not guilty by the Huntingdon county
court. 1t was proven on the trial that Nav
is weak-minded person, and subject to
epileptic fits. and that on the Sd ultmo, as
he was returning to bis home on the line
of the Broad Top Railroad, carrying the
child in his arms, he was visited by a fit
and fell upon the child and killed it.
Henry Wright, an American citizen
of African scent" had d slug put into
him by the aid of n ''shOOting-irou. ." in
" estmoreland county, one day last week,
the man who did the shooting being i'm
pressed with kind of a ,'sncalliur idea
that Henry wasn't doing exactly Wright
. about his corn field. Henry denies the
soft impeachment, however. and as he. in
the language of the Greensburg Democrat
promises to recover" and of course will
not 30 back on his word, he NAV ere long
make things little lively for the shootist.
Mr.. Geo. A. Williams, of this place.
has made us the recipient of a clothes
horse gotten up on an entirely new prin-
ciple, so far as we have any knowledge
like an umbrella, with the order of things
reversed. and is a creditable specimen of
Mr.. W.'s ingenuity and mechanical skill.
Not the least cOmmendable feature of the
new-fangled arrangement is that it can be
made at about half the cost of the old style
''clothes-horses'- Mr. w. is the man
that can make them in a substantial man
ner.
The German picnic at SummtviIle
was postponed from Tuesday until yester-
day, owing to the unpromising aspect of
the weather, and as we go to press enjoy
ment reigns supreme, beyond a doubt, and
lager beer and pretzels are being counted
Out-Of existence rapidly as possible.
4 goodly number Of our citizens, of both
sexes, and of various ages and nationali-
ties, are there to ''see how it is them
selves" May the occasion be replete with
pleasant associations, and may clear heads
this morning be the rule instead of the ex-
ceptiOn.
Mr.. Philip Fade. a worthy citizen of
Altoona, aud one of the kindest-hearted
gentlemen within the circle of our acquaint-
ance, had the great misfortune to inadver-
tently cause the death by shooting, on
Sunday afternoon last, of bright and
promising young lad named Charles Davis,
aged about 4 years, son of Mr.. John Davis,
of that ciUy-a gentleman who has many
relatives in this vicinity, and two of whose
daughters were here on visit at the time
the sad accident occurred. Mr.. Fadle was
in the back yard of his residence, engaged
in Withdrawing several loads from n Spen-
Ger rifle, and had succeeded in extracting
all but one ball, when the weapon was ac-
cidentally discharged, the ball entering the
right side of the boy, and passing through
his body, came out at his back. Death
ensued in half hour after the terrible oc-
currence. A coroner's jury eXOnerated
Mr.. Fade from all blame, but this fact
does not assuage his great grief over the
sad results of his thOughtless act.