The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-08-21

Zuck, of Unity township, westmorelan
county, was crushed beneath a wagon loa
oi park One Of his thighs was broken An
ne sustained other severe injuries
"A good port for lovers of fun to steer ,
tomorrow is Portage Station, where a ba,
py harvest home pic mic will delight all VIII
ance; Ample provision in the way Of mn
SIC dahclng, horse racing, feasting, etc. wi
oe provided for all who wish to partic;n.t.
Go by all means
The infant child of an Altoona lad
named Mccullough, which had taken s;ni
at the residence of Mr.. VIM. p Rucl
hllegheny town ship, this county. ~ here N re
Hco. was visiting at the time, died in il
! ho.ner arms at Cresson on Sunday las,
.! sne was awaiting the arrival of tn,
/ rain which was to convey her home
Over 20, 600 brick have been used in Law
ing The pavement in front and at one side {;
II; IT, 'Johnston's fine residence i'm this pIace
which brick were furnished nv John wher
~, VINO Is prepared to do the same thing
many times over for all corners Buy from
.'"fn, hut don't judge his brick by the speci
/ men ne occasionally carries with him
"A shotgun was stolen from the prem
lses of Mr.. T. w. Shoemaker, at Belmont
ahont ten days ago, and as the owner ba !
thus far failed TO recover his propertv be
now offers reward Of $40 for the return a.
The gun, or $40 for the recovery of the mis-.
ing weapon and the capture of the thief
tective. w
We add TO our list Of candidates +b;,
week the name of Mr. j. Litzinger a worthy
citizen of Chest Springs who looms nm as n :,
aspirant for the office of County Commission
er on the Democratic ticket and who ia we'll
hfted TO contest the honor with such good
men as Messrs. j. u. Parrish, John Sbar-
baugh aud other gentlemen named in that
connection.
"A Tyrone painter named Samuel Lam
bright, while engaged in painting the pahle
enu OF q house that nlare siav
lasi, was precipitated to the ground, q dis
tance of thirtv-two feet. by the giving awav
of the scaffold and striking on his head,
fractured his skull and received other inju-
ries which eliminated in death in less than
five hours after
A young man named Andrew G. Groe
about eighteen years Old met with a fatal
accident few days since in Clearfield coun-
". He, with several others, was engaged
in "breaking log landing" near Swartz's
mill, on the Moshannon, when number of
lo2s suddenly started and rolled over him
iijuring him tn such an extent that he died
on the following day.
A Young Englishman named Joseph 4
Brooks had one of his legs fractured on
"Wednesday morning last, by being caught
between the bumpers of two freight cars at
East Conemaugh. He was on his way back
To England and was stealing ride rom
Pittsburgh on a freight train when the ac-
cident Occurred. Being in destitute circum-
stances, he was taken in charge by Poor
Director Bloch.
On several OCCASIONS of late 4 large black
bear is said to have been seen in berry
patches and other out-of-the-way places in
this vicinity, and a few evenings ago two of
our citizens, one hearing a lighted lantern
and the other n double -barrell-d shotgun
went in quest of Bruin. but it is needless to
say that thus equipped and at such a time
they failed to- either CO see rouse, capture Or
destroy his hrarship.
Three men. named respectively John
Magraw, of Marietta, Howard POLLS, OF New
y ork, and John White, of Philadelphia were
brought To this place and lod ged in Jail on
+ Friday last on n charge of burglary commit
ted on the premises of Messrs. r. j. Parrish
and - Bender, at Gallitzn. The prison
rrS We're arrested at Kittanning Point by
Burgess FitZharriS and Constable Burns
not however until they had drawn revolvers
and offered considerable resistance to the
officers.
The irs. grand hon of the season which
took place ut the Mountain House, Cresson,
,n Saturday evening last, most de-
ightful affair. The walters at the same
popular aud we'll conducted summer resort
will give an entertainment this evening
which promises TO he first class and most
enjoyable in every particular. AS in the
first instance SO in this, we will obey the
injunction of the gentlemanly manager OF
he Mountain House, Mr.. Geo. X. MulIin,
and go down if We can.
The name of Buchanan was in times
past n tower of strength in the Democratic
party, and il may he in hopes of reviving
hose halcyon days in this county that the
name of Hannah, preceded by that of Buck
has been mentioned in connection with the |
nominations for a Assemby Oh the Democrat
C ticket. BE that as 1t may, Messrs. John !
Buck of Carroltowu, aud John Hannah, of |
ohnstown, are spoken Oft not fully decided |
lpon in certain circles 1--WE don mean rings) !
is the proper men to represent Cambria |
county in the next Legislature.
Mrs. Jane Lloyd, mother of the we'll /.
known Wash. Lloyd, of Susquehanna town !
ship, died on the 10Th of Jnly, aged about
q years. Mrs. Lloyd was the maternal pro- |
renitor of II children. who in turn furnish |
al her with a. grandchildren, by the latter |
,f whom thus far p great Graud"hiIdren /
lave been born unto her. The deceased !
bore twins twice during Icr married life, !
ind on the priuciple of "like father like |
,ou" with a slight variation, four of her |
daughters have went and gone and done the |
,ame thing. Peace to- her ashes.
Literally speaking, we heard of but one |
who got too much stone fence
n his'n at the J Johnstowu Turner Fest, Mon |
Law, although in a spiritual sense the truth |
# history forbids denying that there were |
several such. The gentleman 10 whom spe- !
.ial reference is had may be called middle /
man, having been found about the nlddie !
IF the dav with his body poised about the /
middle of it's ''cqual-abraham upon top o: |
, ,nitldling high stone fence about midway /
bet ween Johnstown and the scene of fesuV- |
ties. Further deponent saith not
A man named David l.eech, formerly |
a resident of Westmoreland county, was /
drowned a few days ago at Wingard' 3 mill, /
near Lufhersburg, Clearfeld county. He !
" rs engaged in putting mp shingle ma
chine, and having completed ms WORK weuC
,ut into the dam to select n log on which to
trv the machine, and from some canse fell
between the logs, and being unable to recov-
er his foothold, was drowned, no person be
ing near to assist him. His body was re-
covered shortly afterward. He was about
twentv-seven wears of age, and leaSes IA wife
and two Children.
We sincerely regret to learn Of the death,
NJ burlington, Iowa, on the l2th fnSI:, oi
Rev John Burns, at one time pastor OF Ihe
Catholic congregation at St. Augustine, put
,nore recently of Minnesota, where he en- /
tered the Benadictine order and subsequent,
ly attained a high position in 'h''' Power,i
.,;r;ons oreauiZ.tion The news of his
Death reached here by a letter addressed to
Rev. II. c. Christy by Rev. Father tiles