The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-08-01

-HAhl NHURCH, hOLLIDAYSBURG
We take 1T that anything which marks
the progress or tends to the adornment .ot
a town deserves the commendation- of All
citlZehS, and more especially the laudstions
. OF the public press. Hence it is that we
deem 1t an oversight on part of the Holli-
daysourg papers, which are among the hest
| and Invest local sheets published in or. oI,t
OF the state, for having thus far failed to
note the commendable trans Dsformation now
! approaching completion at St. Mary's Cath
ono church III that place All who have
ever visited this church previous to the tax
ing on OF its present beautiful appearance,
Will remember what a sombre not to saw
gloomy, aspect the interior of the edificc
presented, owing of course to the predon-
nance oil oaken, green and other dark hues
winch covered altar, ceiling, walls, pews,
etc All this has been changed, and he
who enters it day with a knowledge of
what 1t has been would find some difficulty
IL recognizing it as the same building, iudg-
ing alone from what he beholds. The al
tar has been painted a pure white, adorned
with gIlded ornamen tations, and being in
form without fault, it is now in finish one
of the finest pieces of work of the kind that
the diocese can boast of. The ceiling and
walls are elaborately frescoed, the designs
being the most beautiful and appropriate
that eyer graced the interior of church.
The work is, the artist declared in ad-
vance it should be, a masterpiece of its
kind, and well worthy of q minute descrip-
tion did time and space permit. The large
tabernacle on the altar is most nlagnifi-
cent triumph of the carvers skill, the bo-
quets OF flowers, SO beautiful in colOring
and so perfect IN form, cut out of solid
wood, being not the least pleasing feature
Of the whole. This tabernacle, it is said,
was captured in New Orleans during the
rebellion, anG finding its way North, was
finally purchased for tile church it now
graces. 1t is a valuable piece of work.
Over all stands the splendid painting rep
resenting as large as life Mary Magialene
kneeling at the foot of the cross, bathing
with her tears the feet of the Blessed Re.
deemer. This recherche work of art has
for many years been the centre of attrac-
tion in st. Mary's church, and time adds
to rather than diminishes its charms.
OF the new and graceful tower almost
completed, and Of the great credit due to
the venerable and beloved pastor and his
amiable and estimable assistant as well as
to the members of the congregation, one
and all, we shall take occasion to speak
hereafter, want of space forbidGing further
pursuit of the subject at present.
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A Serious CHARGE.-A Gray Readed
Man Committed to jail for an Alleged out
rGg8 on HIS DGatGRtcr.-Y esterday morn
ing there was taken through our city en-
route to the county prison a man named
VIM. }. Reed, n resident OfSnking Valley,
who is charged with committing and twice
repeating one of the most fiendish crimes
on recOrd-outraging the person of his
daughter, Sarah Jane Reed, aged sixteen
years. The prisoner is almost fOrty-three
years old, and at the time of his arrest was
living with his second wife He is shoe
maker by trade, but is at present engaged
in The work of pointing rails for fences, on
Brush Mountain, for a gentleman named
Thomas Coleman. He has seven children,
and is reported to have been kind husband
and father
His daughter, Sarah, who preferred the
grave charges against him, has the reputa-
ton of being self-willed and impetuous
girl, and was continually making trouble in
the family, although the father again and
again kindly, requested her to be more cir
cumspect in her conduct. She was always
shielded by her mother until forbearance
on the part of the father ceased 20 be 2 vir-
tue and he resolved to use harsh mea-
sures with her, but before an opportunity
was presented for so doing the daughter
appeared before q magistrate and preferred
the charge as above stated, alleging that
the crime was committed on Brush Noun
tain on two separate occasions, at noon on
Wednesday aud Thursday, whittier she
had gone to take her father his dinner.
In conversation with representative of
the Tribune yesterday, the PRISONER lated
in substance the foregoing, large tears
coursing down his cheeks as he did so. The
story told by the daughter is a very i'm
probable one, yet it is sad one, We. will
not believe that Mr. Reed is guilty of the
terrible charge preferred against bin until
he has been proven so. He is reputed to
have been very kind to all the riiembers of
his family, and it is generally believed that
his intention to check the waywardness of
his daughter impelled her to trump up the
serious charge: to answer which he now
languishes in jail. In all probability the
case will be disposed of next week.-4Hoo-
71a Tribune, 26M.