The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-18

"A man who gave his name as Charles
Clark stole certain articles of wearing APP
parel froih n clothing store in Johnstown
last Saturday. He then made it convenient
to skip out a telegram followed him in
his flight, and the next day he was scooped
mp hy the police in Altoona. Some of the
stolen property was found in his possession,
and this fact led 10 the retirement of the in
dividual behind The bars of our county iajl
John Brookbank, of this place. of whose
success az deer hunter mention was latsly
made in our paper, started several days aga
on another excursion to the same locality
south OF Cresson. He travelled eastward
and spent last Sunday at Fountain Inn"
three miles east of the Summit. A person
who saw him there Informs that up to
that time he had killed serer more deer
He has not yet returned, and we presume he
will fight it out on that line as long as his
luck continues
As holiday gift to a valued frie nd or
beloved relative. we know of nothing more
fitting or more desirable than = photograph,
bust size, neatly framed, of your Gown dear
SELF except perhaps handsome photo
graph album of which, among many other
elegant articles in his line, T. T. Spence, Of
this place, photograph artist without a SUI
perior, has large and varied assortment
Times are hard and trade dull, and for these
reasons Spence will take photographs and
sell pictures, fran,es etc, cheaper than ever.
On Monday next, at Harry Narlstt's
hotel, in st Augustine, a grand rifle tourna-
adjoining counties, will be held. A beef
and fatted hog are among the prizes to be
contested for. Boards will be sold at one
dellar each, with the privilege accorded the
buyer to delegate any one to shoot for him.
We understand that a large number of crack
shots from this section of the county will
put in an appearance at the time and place
mentioned, and a lively and interesting trial
of SIX i'll in the use Of the rifle is anticipated.
Mr.. Patrick Finerty, Of Clearhed Town
ship, this county, killed an eleven months
old sboat the other day that kicked the bame
10 the tune of 394 pounds after il had been
dressed. Geo. Q. X. Zahm, Esq, of this
place, slaughtered two yearlisg porkes
Tuesday, the cor. bined weight of which,
divested OF everything but the clean meat,
was over 500 pounds. j. K. Hite, Esq, also
of Ebensburg, on Tuesday, converted into
ham and sausage, two pigs, seven months
old, that would would be worth S46.6O If
pork vero selling at 10 cents per pound.-
Next
A watch the size Of q sunfowsr. manu-
featured out of native pine, with a veritable
logehain and shield like unto one of those
worn by the ancient Crusaders attached,
WAS presented 70 Mr.. John A. McClintock,
of Altoona, on Monday last. 1t all grew out
of the fact that Mr. McCintoclS, who had
for a long time been connected with the Pa.
r. r., in the capacity of clerk, had ten
dersd his resignation for the purpose Of ac-
cepting another situation. The gentleman's
speech, on receiving the present was epi-
CrerOmallc. ti6 nerely rcmar - Ellen
blazes."
king Kalakaun monarch of the Sand
wich Islands, comprising all the way 5000
sqsnrs miles of territory, with a population
less than that OF Cambria and Blair coun-
ties com bined passed overthe Pa. II. R., one
day last week. He 10 now in Warrington.
Though the train on which he journsyed
stopped at Gallitzin three minutes to tap
wheels, yet his majesty failed to get off
ard 90 into Col. Woods hostelrie and take
air II iS Jxic ~ reiS "
eemi-civilized. But maybe he had cargo
of :he viz stuff in his private car!
Oar readers are familiar with the acci-
dental killing o, yourg Thorn pson, a short
ago, by hCnter who mistook him for a deer.
nearly parallel case occurred in Grant
township, Indiana county, latolv. Mr.. Sam
uel Kerr wa, out in tho woods, and, chan
oing te cross the line Of vision of some idiot
who was ont with gun, cad who was una
ware of the fact that deer do not wear plug
hats, he received p bullet in bis back He
severely though not fatally wounded.
That he was not killed outright, is 4 ue sole
" 70 want OF accuracy of aim the
part of one who has shown himself unft to
be entrusted with the custody OF firearms.
On Monday evening last, just As one
John Shannon was boarding train e?st-
ward bound, 1t Altoona, he wa. gobbled by
Depot Policeman Clark. on a warrant issued
by Alderman Mccormick, charging him
with gambling, on oath OF Matthew Dgnam,
been enjoying a sociahie chat at the White
Hall hotel, and the subject of penmanship
arising, tbs two succeeded in getting up a
bet OF twenty dollars on :he subject. The
money, forty dollars, was deposited in the
clerks hands and was finally handed over
to Shannon, RS the clark said he had won
tho bet. DignaIn didn't think so and IN adc
information against Shannon for gambling.
Then Shannon enter.d a like complaint
against Dignam, aud the alderman held
each Of them in $500 FOR court. But the mat
ter was finally compromised and settled ami
cably,
"A fair In aid Of the Beneiictiuc Sisters
will be held in Carrelltowu, commencing
Wednesday of next week, 1T tive o'clock in
the afternoon. 1t will he open for the
ception of all who choose 10 call on that day,
and also on the 2ith, Goth aud 31st instant,
and on tho LIST, Sd and 9th of January, at
the same hour. On the 25th and 27th iRst.,
aad the LIST, Sd, and 9th of January, il
will be open from II o clock, p, till 3 y. m,
and general reception will he given erery
efcping between tn. dates mentioned, from
to 10 o'clock. Music and refreshments at
all hours. During the progress OF the Fair
a large number Of valuable articles will be
chanced off. The object aimed st by the
managers OF this enterprise is 4 most lauda-
bio one, and feel satisfied that their eff
forts i n behalf of true Christian charity will
meet their own proper reward. general
invitation to the public to be present is eN-
tend ed
In all earnestness we assure the Stand
ard folks that we are fully as capable of ap-
preciating a joke "a we are of perpetrating
4 bad pun, and while we are apt to retort
with "the wsrst in the shop" we certainly
thought that our old boss know us well
enough t. understand that such a thing as
malice mover found "A lurking place in our
heart Neither are we falling into second
childhood nor experiencing even in the re-
motest degree those excruciatiug tormen1s
which a dyspeptic is no doubt forced to en-
a hu wit &. clear head and honest
heart we have endcayored to r ght the battle
OF life. always willing to take and perhaps
too willing 10 give Roland for an Oliver,
and ever anxious TO win the victory when
rncultivated wit would ssrve as weapon
of defence or offence. Iu doing this we
sometimes wound for which we are always
willing to apologize and shall do so in this
instance as soon the irony contained in
tbs simple Phrase 'Mr. NcPiSe" has ceased
te enter our soul We cannot always repress