The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-05-09

A man named Teddy is reported to
have been found at Iron Bridge, ON the
Mount Pleasant and Broad Ford railroad,
Westmoreland county, on last Monday
morning, buried in the sand along the
creek. He was seen during the previous
week, in company with other parties, in
an intoxicated condition, and it is supposed
he was murdered by them.
"A young man named Mathew Faqan.
an employee on the ballast train and a
resident of Gallitzin, this county, attempt
ed to jump off the train at that point while
1T was in motion, on Tuesday evening last,
but failing to clear the track, was run over
and had one of his legs mangled in a terri
bic manner The limb was amputated
but 1T is believed that his life can be saved
MIR. John Parke, of Johpstown, he of
marble manufacturing renown, has bought
out his late partner, Mr.. Levergood, and is
now playing lone hand. He has also
pulled up stakes in Loretto and confines his
operations entirely to the manufacture of
monuments, tombstones, etc, at his work.
in JohnstOwn. Mr.. p. is a fair and square
man, and never fails to give entire satisfac-
ton IN the quality and price of his work,
daniel Amhiser, convicted at Holli-
daysburg last week of murder in the sec
ond degree, for killing Jas. Estep, at Will
lamsburg, Blair county, on the 21st of
February last, has been sentenced to eight
years imprisonment in the Western Peni-
tentiary, and Hill, alias Myers a self-con-
fessed incendiary who plead not guilty
when brought up for trial, has been award
ed two years term in the same iDstitu-
ton.
1t may be noted as a somewhat singu-
lar coincidence that huge rock rolled
down from a hill and on to the railroad
track near Ninebeh Station, on Saturday
night last and that Samuel Hin watchman
f that division HiSCnyerad tIa oh
and signaled the Philadelphia Express east
just i'll time to bring it to stand still with
in ten feet of the rock. ReSult-a lot of
gratiiied passengers and $65 in the pocket
of the last named Hill.
Cham. Roberts beautiful glass front
or rather the beautiful glass front i'll Cham.
Roberts elegant store room, the construc-
tlon of which has for several days past ex-
cited the open mouthed curiosity of our
devil, and several others of that ilk, is
about receiving the finishing touches, and
I IS beyond question the finest thing Of tho
Kind Cambria county can boast of at pre-
sent writing-a handsome monument to
the good taste and public spirit of our
energetic tovnsman, glory to his estab-
lishment, and credit to Ebensburg. In
the language of "Po Yang" when we
know more we shall saw more.
We are sorry to learn that our friend
and patron, Mr.. Sam1 A. Shoemaker, of
Carroll township, had the misfortune to
fracture his right leg while engaged in har-
rowing one of his fields, on Saturday morn
ing last. The harrow caught in the root
of stump, and in the effort to disloge it
the horses jerked the implement loose with
such force as to cause it to strike and in
jure Mr.. S. in the manner stated. Consid-
ering that the inclemency of the weather
has already retarded farming operations to
an unusual extent, this mishap is peculiarly
unfortunate, but in view of the fact that
an O'llarra has made Sam happy for life,
We trust that he will look with something
akin to complacency en- this painful pecu-
liarity OF harrow.
Some days ago, the JOhrstown Voice
announced with entire confidence that Col.
Jacob NJ. Campbell would be elected Rep
resentative Delegate from this county to
the Radical State Convention. As the ed
itor of that paper claims to know by intui-
tion the future political events of this coun-
ty, We Of course believed what he said.
| But in his paper of Wednesday last he goes
/ squarely back on Col. Campbell and plainly
expresses the opinion that Capt. Thomas
/ Davis, of this place ''is the man" BY way
OF adding insult to injury, he advises Col.
! {. to SctthdrGto in Capt. D.'s favor, and
with refreshing GOODNESS tells the Colonel
that he could be elected proUided there teTs
no Opp0sttion 10 him In the language o
/ Squeers, ''Here's richness for you -