The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-08-14

/ '-N'''''Nt WY pldiliN 1nIllnafeS that
! an effort is on foot hating for its object the
handing over Of the Blair county CONGRESS-
IollitI cohIereeS TO Hon. John Cessna of Bed
iord. 1t is likely true. and the effort will
..hely prove successful, but this viii not de-
Ter our townsman, y. a. Barker, from con-
thulng to- fit the thing tlIrOu gh even unto
the bitter end
How the ''scal p business" was rnanase,f
lew years ago in Bedford county and may
nap just over the line in our own cour,ty
the following veraciouS warn told by The
bedford Gazette will explain And this
Is the way the ingenious sea lpers' piled
/ thelr vocation: y red fox was caught no
matter how, his skin was carefully taken off
ana artlstcilly cut into pieces. These pieces
! were soa ked after winch they were stretched
! on round sticks and placed in the sun to
I dTy. When dry they resemble ears, which
( were taken to the unsuspecting Justice of
! the Peace, who gave an order on the county
treasury One skin carefully cut up made
good many ears and lasted Il small family
long time
Judge Potts, of the District Court hav-
ing delivered an opinion refusing a new tri-
Al 10 Dixon, convicted or the Ctiucc of rape,
the prisoner was on Tuesday called up for
sentence. After an appeal in his behalf by
Col. Linton, counsel for the TGisOner the
Court proceeded to impose sentence as fol
lows: The sentence of the Court Is, that
you, Elisha Dixon, shall pay a fine of 500
10 the use of the Commonwealth, the costs
OF prosecution, and that you undergo an i'm
prlSOnment in the Western Peuitcntiary fO1>
a period of four years. The High Sheriff of
the County is directed TO remove Won there
to within period of % days" Sheriff Bau-
ncr removed the prisoner to the peuitcntiary
Ncdnesday morning; whence it is hoped he
VIII emerge better man than lie has shown
himself to be.
One day last week n young negro whose
name Is too well known to need mention
here, attempted it is said, to lay hands on
a couple OF little girls in a grove west of
10 nod Of -T.,1
tirg their persons, but the intended victims
f0rIu Gatcly escaped his beaStly clutches al
though 10th are said TO be confined to their
beds in consequence of TIE shock to their
nervous systems on this occasion. This is
not the first time Il we are rightly informed,
that this black sCourdrel has attempted to
outrage'white females, hut 1t ought 70 be
last if he wishes To avoid an Introduction to
coat of tar and feathers aud free ride on
a sharp edged fence rail; a"e, worse than
that even perhaps death itself, il he should
ever succeed in his hellish designs
Hon. Wm. II. Sutton, who attended
school at the Academy in this place f1,'ty-
T0t' years ago, paid visit To our town dur
ing the early part of this week where he
met with several of his Old schOOlmatcS.
Mr.. Sutton was born ia Indiana county, at
SuttOnS dam, on the canal, about eight
miles west of JohnStown. After leaving
school here he studied. law and removed to
Arkansas, where he was subsequently, elect
eel Judge of the Courts in that State. lie
afterwards went to New orleans and resided
there several years. Some months ago, how
ever, lie returned to Pennsylvania and 10
Gated in PIttthurgh, where he is now success
fully practising his profession. Judge Sut-
ton l. Il high-toned gentleman Of much abil-
lty, and a. such Is universally respected.
His old acquaintance in this place were
pleased to meet him again aud extended to
him warm AMI cordial welcome
"A violent thuudcr-g gust visited this and
the more remote northern and eastern sec
uuns OF the county on "Wednesday. Ia tins
Immediate locality the force of the wind was
such as to wreHch huge limbs of the trees,
While in some Instances the mOuarchS Of the
forest themselves were laid proStratc. The
lightning struck in several places, but no
damage to life or property was done. An
oNcrch1rge of electricity, howeves, followed
the telegraph wire and entered the Office
here, and the operator was thereby either
stunned or frightened so badly for n moment
that he imagined he saw n million stars
each rs big as Borelli's comet North and
east the storm was more severe trees, fen
ccs, and the growing crops being pr0strated.
JohHstoWn aud parts thcreunto adj t"eLt was
also severely visited. We are without def
mite particulars. but know enough to war
rant the assertion that the storm, all i'm all,
was 4 most disastrous one in its general re-
suits.
"A gypsy camp has been pitched along
side the Pittsburgh turnpike about a mile
Wert OF town. II they are the same gang OF
Va%ahOuds that recently furnished the imspi-
ration for Il column local in the .Johustown
Daily Tribune, then are we ready 10 swear
that the material of which items designed
for the fourth page of that paper are prepar-
ed were extremely scarce on that day, for
the men are UuwholeSOme looking, the wOm-
en- not CCmclY, while the general appearance
OF their attendant horses and UogS is not
such rs to have the effect of throwing the
bsholher into parON ySns OF admiration. y
large number of our people have visited the
quarters OF these nomads, some from motives
Of curiosity, others to get their fortunes told,
and yet others and probably the ma jority to
see if Charley Ross were to he seen in that
ueighhorhood. They will remain here a
couple of days yet, and it daring heir stay
any body feels possessed 10 steal anything,
now Is his time, for he has only to stretch
forth his hand and take what he wants and
then blame it on the gipsics, and every body
viii believe him.