The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-07-04

. one might De leu DOu6VeSl IOT we rGa(
that "a stove pipe which passed through
pane of glass of one Of the windows" BE
fire to Ephraim Burkey's house, on Tues
day week, and that the house and nearl,
: all It's contents was swept out of existence
Some one of the hght-fingered eetitr,
attempted to freeze fast to a soap of huneS
ut Conductor Quartn's residence n hight OF
two ago, but something interfefed to pre-
vent the conSummation of his design Il
it is honey-coftib the chap is after, Mike
says he will furnish him With all he want,
and not charge him cent. He proposes,
however, to put the huhey-comb where ii
Will do the most good, and where it will
serve to remind the fellow of his latter end
for many day to come. Mike has his
blunderbuss ready for the emergency.
john w. Brown, Esq, one of the edit
ors and proprietors of the Harrisburg Pa
trtotJ accompanied by his daughter. Spent
a few days in our midst recently. We re-
| gret to say that Mr.. Brown, who is one of
| the most genial gentlemen we know of ia
| somewhat under the weather. physically
! Just now, bttt we trust he viii find time to
get on top of the weather long enough in
this high latitude to restore him to his
wonted health and vigor. Pure air, pure
| water, and the substantial fare and com
Portable surroundings of Belmont Are well
calculated to bring about a result SO desi-
rable.
-le locals of the Altoona Tribune; both
OF whom spent portion of last Sunday in
tins place, unite in saying that Belmont
is one of the incest summet resorts in the
State, which laudatOry expression they still
further emphasize by remarking that lit is
located in the suburbs of Ebensburg, and
is presided over by Nr. L. w. Shoemaker.
The number of guests enrolled on its regis
ter is already quite large. We passed 4
pleasurable half-hOur on Sunday looking
through the house and over the spacious
grounds attached, and were invited by the
hospitable proprietor to- call again soon and
stay the rest of the summer"
Our next door neighbOr, John D.
Thomas, having failed to make the rifle
on the shrievalty question, has again set
tied down to business, and is now ready
and willing to make boots and shoes on
short notice and at more reasonable rates
than ever. Instead of waxing wroth at
the tttn of events politically, he proposes
to tod1 his thread and eNpend G1oL his ener-
gies III turning out good boots which will
last his customers until they need another
pair. John may be beat in Il nominating
convention, but when it comes to the get
ting up of 4 neat and substantial boot, the
men who can beat him are, like angels
visits, few and far between.
Edward RAIDER, Of Altoona, and The
Odore Whitmore, of Hollidaysburg, two
stone masons who were employed to do
some work for A. II. Fiske, Esq, of Fallen
Timber, this county, were drowned near
Fallen Timber bridge, in Clearfield creek,
on Saturday evening last, while bathing.
RAIDER, it seems, had ventured beyond his
depth and was in a drowning condition,
when Whitmore went t. his rescue and
was caught in the death grip of the drown
inS man and dragged down with him to
4 watery grave. RAIDER was young man,
1 ill o~I L. -.
wife and one child, was aged about 26 years.
The mangled remains Of Casper kol-
ley, twenty-six years Of nge, who was en-
ployed as ''hUStler" for the Pittsburgh
division round house ut Altoona, were
found about o'clock ON Friday morning
Inst. Both of his legs were severed from
the body and he was otherwise shockingly
mutilated. When picked up Il spark of
life still remained, but he expired i'll mo-
ment or two after. How the accident hap
pened remains a mystery, but it was evil
dent that he had been under a train of
moving cars and had been dragged dis
tance Of seventy yards. He leaves n wife
and one child to mourn his terrible fate.
One of those firearms which are sup
posed at all times to be unloaded, has lust
been discharged in Woodvale borough with
serious if not fatal results. An adopted
son of Mr.. David r. Lucas, a lad of eight
years, got hold of four-sho0ter ON Tues
day afternoon last, and after swapping the
pistol at several of his little associates, ap-
preached bed upon which Annie Bert
hold, n two year old daughter of Daniel
Berthold, was lying, and with the remark
that he was going to shoot Annie pulled
the trigger and discharged one of the bar
rels, the ball taking effect in her abdomen
and producing wound which there is con-
siderable reason to fear will result fatally.
The pistol had not been used for four years.
Mrs. Henry Rutberg, of Altoona, gave
birth to n daughter about two weeks ago
which weighed only one pound and mea-
suTed just eleven inches from the crown of
her head to the sole of her feet. 1t is said
that common teacup would have en-
closed the head and rested upon the shoul-
dsrs Of this lilliputian infant, while the
legs and arms were of the dimensions of
ones little finger. The fragile waif lived
some twelve days, dying on "Wednesday
morning last, and was inferred in a coffin
fifteen inches in length and four inches
across. The mother gave birth on pre-
vfsIS occasion to child which weighed
only three pounds but that also we believs
Gid not long survive its entrance into this
world.
Henry Seaman, Esq, Our nominee for
Assembly, was serenaded few evenings
ago by his democratic friends and neigh
bors at his home in Carrolltown, to which
ne HaO just returned aiUer week Sapsehce
on a surveying expedition. The Carroll
town brass band turned out in full force
and surprised the Squire while he was in
the act of retiring for the night. He
promptly made his appearance at the door,
however, and after thanking the crowd
that had assembled, bade them enter his
domiCil, where refreshments were soon pro-
yided by his estimable better half and duly
discussed by the party i'll attendance, after
which all withdrew with three hearty
cheers for ''onr next member OF the Legis-
lature.'' This little episode may be taken
as an evidence of the home popularity of
our worthy nominee, and is one of the
straHs which indicates the current of pop
ular feeling in the direction of political sue
cess next October.
When our people gave the inimitabe
vocalist, mimic and humorist, Frank A.
Comfy, a fifty dollar house in the midst OF