The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-10-31

west huntingdon, on saturday last, was
accidentally struck on the head by brick
and knocked headloug into the cellar, a dis
tance of about ten feet. His brain was in
jured by the blow, and although SLOWLY re-
covering, his condition is yet deemed criti
cal.
Michael Dillon, former resident of
Huntington, now engaged at coaling on
the mountain near Freedom Forge. Miflin
county, took violently i'll a few days ago
after partaking of some coffee, whereupon
he examined his coffee boiler and found a
dead copperhead snake coiled up in the bot
tom of it. How the reptile got there is
mystery.
Eight persons charged with violating
the local option law in Blair county plead
guilty before the Court on Tuesday last,
three others were found guilty, and three
more forfeited their recognzanees by failing
10 put In an appearance. One man had no
less than nine indictments against him, but
the District Attorney entered a mol. pros. in
all but two of them.
Mrs Caroline Street, sister of Mr.. Geo.
Wolff, of this place, died very suddenly of
cramp collie at the residence of her father in
New Germany, Croyle township, on Monday
II,
we believe, up to the very moment of her
death. The husband of the deceased, to
whom she was married about a year ago, is
a leather dealer in Altoona.
Three dwellings and two stables were
destroyed by fire in Huntingdon about
o'clock on Wednesday morning last. The
houses were owned by Messrs. John Mat
tern, j. r. Carmon and Andrew Johnston,
Mr.. Carmon and Mr.. Smearman. The total
loss is estimated at S1O,OOO on which there
was an insurance of about $4,000.
The tightness in the money market does
not seem to effect the sale of goods at Myers
& Lloyd's cheap cash store, for go there
when you will, they are always busy as nail
ors dealing out bargains to delighted custom
els. But fine goods at fair prices is what
attracts buyers in abundance, and that's just
what's the matter at Myers & Lloyd's low
priced, we'll filled mercantile mart. Goand
see how it is yourself.
An amateur Nimrod not more than a
thousand miles from this place borrowed a
new shotgun from a hardware store the
other day, just to try how it would shoot,
but as he forgot to say with your leave"
before taking it, one of the clerks went in
pursuit of the sportsman and reclaimed the
gun before he had time to test its calibre.
OF course it was all intended for joke, and
would have been n successful one had ye
hardware man been able to see the point.
A special dispatch to yesterday even
ing's Johnstown Tribune says that the bank
ing houses of WIN. NJ. Lloyd & Go. in y ew
York, Altoona, Tyrone, Bedford, Latrobe,
,I;r
to suspend, owing to the impossibility of re-
alizing on their securities, and that all the
other banks, eleven in number, with which
Mr.. Lloyd is connected Will soon follow suit,
if they have not already done so. 1t is be
lieved that the suspension will be but tenn
porary-a hope which we trust will be fully
realized.
! The sacrament of confirmation was adj
! ministered to one hundred and twenty-five
persons, by RI. Rev. NJ. Domenec, Bishop
Of Pittsburg, at ST. Mary's and st. Michaels
! (Catholic) churches, Hollidaysburg, on the
18th inst, and on the following day the same
rite was administered to about one hundred
more at Gallitsin, this county, after which
| the Bishop, assisted by Rev. Ryan and
| Hackett, followed by a large procession
of the congregation, proceeded to the new
graveyard, half mile distant from the
church. which he Consecrated with the usual
ceremonies.
Come in your majesty, come in your
might; come in the morning, come before
night; come when yon please, come when
you can, and bring all the folks if you're a
family man, for Spence, we are sure, Will be
awfully glad to welcome you all, man, ma
tron and lad, not forgetting the lassies,
whose pictures he'll take in less time than
a lamb its appendage can shake, and do them
so cheap that you'll wonder the while that
pictures at the price can be made in s6ch
style. Gallery in the rear second story Of
G. G. Owens building, High street, opposite
Johnston, Collins & Co.'S bank.
Two horses belonging to Mr Jas. Bor-
lin, of Greensburg, were drowned in the
Allegheny river, near Freeport, few days
ago. The horses, which were attached to
heavy wagon, were on their way to the oil
regions, and while being taken across the
river on flat-boat the leaders became
frightened at some floating drift-wood and
jumped into the water, dragging the other
horses and the wagon with them, when all
four became entangled in the harness and
were drowned. The driver was also pre-
cipitated into the river, but managed to es-
cape minus his hat Mr. Borlin estimates
his loss at 81 900.
The door of the Altoona lock up is minus
n knob on the inside, a fact which Messrs.
Burley and Howard, policemen of that city,
forgot to their great discontinue about one
o'clock on Wednesday morning last. The
two worthless named paic visit to the atore-
said lookup for the purpose of seeing that
a prisoner therein confined was as comfort
able as circumstances would permit; but
thoughtlessly closing the door upon enter
ing, they found soon after that it was much
easier to get in than get out-the latter of
which they failed to do until fully an hour
had elapsed, when some of the comps of
the Morning Tribune, homeward bound, hap