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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-20

THE dashing team and future gorgeous
home of our Caesar is thus referred to by a
Washington correspondent of the Chicago
Times
The Presidents new team, composed of
four handsome bays, with gUd-triInmcd
harness, made its second appearance on the
avenue this afternoon. Very wide and very
white reius controlled them, and the team
surpasscs anything OF the kind ever seen
here. About the only thing that ever came
up 10 it in style was Buchu HeInhold' 5 turn
ont with gold-trimmed harness, also, which
was here four or five years ago. The horses
of the President four-iu-hand are all supe-
riOr, and it is said the team can get over the
turf at three minutes gait. Two of the
horses, the leaders, have done better Than
this on the private half-uile track south of
the Presidents mansion, on the White
House lot. on more than one occasion, and
once, at least, the President held the rib
bOuS.
The President has recently purchased r
lot of ground containing nearly fifteen thou
sand square feet, and which fronts the circle
al the intersection Of Z and Thirteenth streets
and Vermont and Rhode Island avenues,
and extends 1873 feet along the latter, and
143 feet along the former avenue. The price
paid was $3.50 per square foot, amounting
TO S22, $3.50. On this lot the President pro
poses TO erect fine residence.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-20
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CIRCUMsTANTIAL EvIDENCE.--Annie
Tope was living with family named
Sides, near Joncsboro, H., every member
of which was supposed TO be eqaul to the
commission Of murder. One night women S
voices were heard in loud alteration. and
two pistol-sh0ts were fired, followed Uy q
piercing shrek. after which Annie TOpe
was seen no more in the vicinity of Jones'
borO. Some months passed away, during
which the most uncOmplimentary rumOrs
were circulated relative to the connection
of the Sides family with her disappearance.
= search was made for the murdered girls
remains. and was 50 far successful that the
body Of a woman was found with two bul-
let-holeS in it. Some clothing and triuEets
upon it were identified as the property of
Annie TUpe, and a strong case was appar-
emily made out against the sides family,
who were arrested and lodged III jail.
The astOnishment of the crowded court
room at a preliminary investigation may
be imagined when, all the evidence for the
State beng in, counsel for the defence
placed upon the wiIness-stard the girl
whose remains had apparently been dis
covered some weeks previously. Since
Miss Tope emphatically repudiates the
mangled corpse the county is diligently
searching for the rightful name to which it
belonged.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-20

APROPos of the ladies' crusade against
the saloons, we are reminded of the power
and success of the temperance movement
under the auspices of the Catholic Church.
An idea of what has been quietly and unob-
trusively achieved in this direction may be
formed from the fact that it maintains 255
total abstinence societies, with a member
ship of over q, O00 representing all North
America. IN calling public attention to
these facts, the Inter Ocean says VIC GER
taiuly must give our Catholic fellow-citi-
zens credit, not only for their religious de-
votion, but the amount of good they are
doing through the agency of organizations
as various as the exigeEcies that give them
birth. Since 50 much of what is accom-
plished in these ways is done on the prin-
ciple of not letting one hand know the
deeds OF the other, it Oftens escapes public
observation. We also notice that the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union, which
held a short time ago its third annual ses-
sion IN New York, has passed resolutions
for n grand celebration and parade in 1876,
in honor of the centennial of American ia
dependence, and for the futther commem-
Grafton of the day by the erection in Fair
mount Park Of costly fountain, from
which the water is to flow for the first time
on The hundredth anniversary OF the ma
tion's birth.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-20

a CRAZY BOT CLIMBS A TREE.-A boy
named Allebaugh, living on Decker's run,
q few miles from CochTanton, suddenly ex-
hibited symptoms of arrangement on Mon
day morning of last week, but his family
saw no immediate cause for alarm. He
seemed impressed with the idea that some
body warted to kill him ; and labOring
under that fearful apprehension he rushed
out of the house about O'Clock a. m. and
made for the woods. His grandfather and
another man followed as soon as they
could, but the boy ran like deer. They
saw him climbing stout poplar tree but
were too late TO stop him. He ascended the
tree to the hight of some seventy feet and
there sat in the upper fork. The day was
bitterly cold and the poor youth was thin
" clad and without coat. The two men
climbed the tree, but as they got near him
the boy crawled out on frail limb and
threatened to jump to the ground if they
came closer. The two men descended, as
they feared that the boy would thus des-
troy himself. AS their last resort to keep
him from freezing, they got his coat and
sent it up the tree and left it as near the
boy as they dared 60. The boy came
down far enough to get his coat and then
climbed back to his dangerous position.
As last effort to save him-for to re-
main as he WAS much longer was death
from freezing or falling-they concluded
to cut down the tree, guyiug it with stout
ropes to prevent its coming down with n
crash. Two good axemen went to work
and soon the tree began to waver and set
tic in the direction they wished it to fall.
But i'll spite of the guys it swung to one
side and lodged against an oak. The in
sane boy sprang into the oak with the agil-
ity of a squirrel and was soon in its top
most branches.
All entreaties and promises of protection
were unavailing to get him down. The
night was coming on and the cold increas-
ing. 1t was thought that possibly a play
mate in the neighborhood, OF whom he
was very fond, could coax him down, and
this boy was brought to the scene with
dishes of food. All now left except two
Hen, who concealed themselves in the
brush to seize the poor boy if he should
come down from his perch. The strata
gem succeeded. The boy was secured aHd
taken to his family. His feet, hands and
face were badly frozen during his terrible
exposure of fifteen hours, but it is thought
that no serions consequences viii ensus
from that. 1t was 4 thrilling day to the
ne!ghborhood and viii be long remember
ed among the annals of Decker's rum
Ienang0 Spectator.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-20

TIE organized movement of the women
in Southern Ohio and the Inauguration of
y similar movement in Massachusetts,, to
compel the saloon keepers to stop selling
whisky, is discussed by the Chicago Tft-
6uns under the head Of "Fhe Female
Crusaders" The Tri5uns asks il it is
proper to pray at saloons, why not invade
the pawrbrokers' shops, the fences the
Peter Funk stores, the gambling rooms,
the houses of ill-fame, and all other estab-
lishments which make living by preying
upon the community? Why not also in
ci"de within the sphere of their operations
legislatures, boards Of trade, railroad cor
porations, and city rings? Where is this
thing going to stop? The originator. or
rather the rcyivCr of the old custom, is Dr.
DiO Lewis. Of Boston. Having set this
ball in motion, it is reported that he is
now organizing similar raids against the
use Of tobacco. Is it too much to anticipate
that, after he has besieged the tobacco
stores with troops Of praying and singing
women. the unfortunate householder who
does not believe in Lewis's theory, that a
piece Of bran bread and three beans are
sufficient daily sustenance, will find his
property hcsieged in similar manner ?
!, here vii! the crusade end ?''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-20
! CL LOTHINC ARD CENT's EURNlsHINC

Tie iron-clad monitor Dictator, 1t Is
feared. has been lost, with all on board.
No tidings Of her have been received lately.
A train on thcLehigh and Susquehanna
Railroad, between one and two O'Clock
Monday morning, ran into land slide
near Slate Dam Station. The engine
jumped the track and eighteen cars were
piled upon each other, smashing freight
of all descriptions, which was strewn along
the road and hurled into the river. Not
one Of the train hands, as far could be
ascertained, escaped injury. The body of
engineer Daniel Shannon was found under
the engine considerably burned. Otto
Shannon, fireman, and Frank Ryan, brake
man, were badly sCsl0ed and burned
Three others are reported killed. The
stove in the caboose set fire TO the freight
and nine car were burned.
A singular and so far unexplained
case of sudden illness and the death Of an
entire family in the North Division of Chi
cago came to light on Saturday. neigh
Dor, OH going to the house of David IbOmp-
son, to see Mrs. Thompson. who was recent
ly confined, found the doors fastened, and
suSpecting something wrong, procured help
and forced his way into the house, where
they found Mrs. Thompson lying insensi-
BILE, two of her four children dead, and the
other two in an apparent dying condition.
The woman was in state of insensibllity.
A third child died Sunday, and the nurse.
Mrs. Behrcns, who was at first suspected
of having some connection with the affair.
is now very III with symptoms similar TO
those in the other cases. The physicians
are unable to determine the cause of the
deaths, but there seems to be a general
impression that they were caused by gas
from coal stove. The nurse when
found, was apparently partly stupefied,
and is now in very precarious condition.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-20
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TIE result of the election in Philadel-
phia on last Tuesday for Mayor and other
city officers created more than usual
interest throughout the State, i'll as
much as it was the first election held in
that ring g-ridden metropolis under the new
Constitution. AS our readers are aware,
the candidate ,of the Reform and Demo
cratc parties for Mayor was Hon. \. X.
Mcclure, and his opponent was William
s Stokley, the present Incumbent Of the
office. Although Col Mcclure is not and
never has been Democrat yet as he was
endorsed by the regular Democratic city
convention as its candidate, in .he interest
Of reform and honest government, we
hoped 10 be able to announce his success.
Weregret to say, however, that lie has been
defeated and that Mr.. Stokley has been re-
elected by majority of about ten thous-
and. This result was accomplished by the
refusal Of well known portion of the
Democratic party, led by Richard Vaux
and other men Of his peculiar political
views, to support Col. Mcclure. The tri-
umph of the ring ticket was therefore inc
Nitable, and Philadelphia is again placed
urder the control of the same unscru-
Iulous and desperate men who for years
have ruled and plundered her.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-20

THE bill reported in the State Senate
providing for districting the State into Ju-
dicial districts, as required by the new
Constitution, fixes the number of districts
at forty, and will require the election of
dfteen additional judges. This district,
which at present embraces the counties g.:
Cambria, Blair and Huntingdon, remains
unehanged-a lesult which was brought
about by the unanimous request of the
members Of the bar Of each OF the three
counties, that the present arrangement
should not be disturbed or interfered with.
We feel well convinced that the people of
the district, without regard to political
opinion, will heartily approve this action
of the Committee of the Senate. Judge
Dean has shown himself to be an afIable,
upright and impartial judge, and these
three requisites constitute the safe admin
istrator of justice y change in the dis
trict would have brought with it 4 new and
an untried judge-an experiment which
the people Of neither county wished to
hazard. When the census of 1880 is taken
Cambria countywiI contain 4 population of
forty thousand, (she only lacks about two
thousand of that number nOw,) when she
will be entitled, under the Constitution, to
be n separate judicial district and to elect
her own President Judge. That one of
her own citizens will be found fully com
petent and worthy to fill the responsible
position to his own credit and the satihfac-
ton of the people does not admit of any
reasonable doubt,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-20
TH[ CAMBRIA FREEHiR.
ERENsEUHG, Pa,
f1iday Morning, February %, 1874.
The Borough Election.
The Fight OF the Radical Tact:Ou< 70 r
BaFGcSs-:sOD. q. a. Barker Gone
where the wOodbine rwiReIh.''

The election for borough officers in this
place on last Tuesday was the most fierce
and bitter contest Of the kind within the
recollection Of the "oldest inhabitart' -
On the Saturday evening previous. the rad
icals held meeting in the Court House
and nominated a full ticket which was said
by certain dissatisfied members OF tnat par
ty to represent the personal and political
interests of Hon. \. \. Barker. who for
years has exercised a controlling influence
over she affairs Of the borough. This tic
ket WAS headed with the namo OF Alvin
Evans, Esq, young lawyer and a gentle
man OF uninpeachable integrity, fer the
ctfiCe of Burgess.
1t became apparent on Monday morning
that the radical cauldIon was about to boil.
On that evening the democrats, who are in
a minority Of about Sirty votes in the two
wards, held meeting and nominated a
ticket comprising the names Of those only
whom they knew could be elected. The
anti Barker republicans subsequently pro-
cured the consent of one of their number,
bir. D. ii. Kinkead, to stand as an indie
pendent candidate for Burgess against MI
Evans, and also obtained the consent OF
other dissatisfied republicans. to have their
names submitted. for the offices left vacant
on the democratic ticket. 1t viii thus be
seen that while the fight was estensibiy
and principally between two radicals, Kin
kead and Evans, the former being the more
active and bitter partisan OF the two, 1t was
really contest between the Barker and
anti-Barker wing Of the republican party,
the latter being aided and abetted as gen
political expediency.
The opposition TO Barker's candidate
was led by Hon. Samuel Henry. the pres
ent radical member of Assembly, Thomas
Davis late chairman Of the radical county
committee, J. Alex. Moore, Sam'l W. Da-
Wis, and other leading and influential re-
publicans. The struggle was intensely ex-
citing and ragged violently all day along
both lines of the contending factions, the
old ndr horse of radicalism in northern
Cambria fighting valiantly until the close
of the polls. In the west ward kinkead's
he'd his competitor 46 votes, thus electing
the anti Barker candidate by a majority.
While we have no words of triumph or
exultation to utter over Mr.. Barker's dis
eomfiture, we have no sympathy for him,
for the obvious reason that lie was done for
in the house of his friends and by the very
men whose efforts against the democratic
party for years past Ee has aided and abet-
ted in the most prominent and efficient
manner. lie and they can settle their
grievances of last Tuesday between them
selves in any manner they may see proper.
What effect the result of that days battle
may have on the future prospects of the
radical party in this borough, We leave
each man from his own standpoint to draw
his own conclusion. After us the deluge.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-20

II. BUCHER Swooc.. United States Dis
trict Attorney for the Western District al
this State, died at East Liberty on Monday
morning last. lie was comparatively a
young man, was born, aa yc remember his
history, at or near Alexand.ia, in Hun
tiug6on county. and at the time Of lis
first appointment, about three years ago,
was 4 leading member Of he Clearfield Jar
He had been rcappointcd By the President
a few months since. Although somewhat
eccentric in his habits, he was esteemed
by those who knew him well as gentle
man Of decided ability. The press of the
city of Pittsburgh unanimously concur IN
the statement that he was an able ana ef-
ncicn; legal officer OF the genera! govern
u.Cnt.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-20

CONGRESSMAN DAWES is treading on
dangerous ground. He is telling the truth
with risky Plainness. The most devoted
Of the household organs at Washington,
the National Republican, warns him OF his
peril, and chidcs him in this gentle, pat
ronizing way: 'It seems unfortunate that
tant position occupied by Mr.. Dawes can
rarely take the floor to explain the fnan-
cial condition of the Treasury without an
uOuncing propositions which, unexplained,
tend to weaken public confidence III the
patty that he assumes to lead. He is
doubtless labOriOus studious, psinstak-
ing man. He would save at the sIlgot
while wasting at the bung. His vision
appears too contracted to embrace the vast
expanse Of this country aud comprehend
the extensive ramiticatio8s of the Govern
ment in its principal woi kings
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-20

WE noticed in one of our exchanges this
week the statement Of Dea. John Hodg-
kIns, of South JefIeI son, Me, whose son
was cured Of incipient consumption by the
use of JOhBsOn's Anodyne Linine11t. We
refer TO this at this time as tending to cor
roborate the statement We made last week
in relation to this Liniment rs applied to
consumption.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-20
Tie nasNion y

The passion which the colored people
have tur getting info courts is noticed by
the Montgomery Ala State Journal. If
one owes apoUl,er dollar and doesn't pay
it OH demand, the creditor forthwith
brings suit and tie cost amounts to great
Iy more thaT; the debt. Sc, too, il one calls
another liar. there is a suit for defamation,
and one Gy :he other has the costa 10 pay.
Law, 10 these simple people, is 4 new lux-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-20

If Congress had employed as much
scientific skill in the arrangement of its
Reconstruction Policy At the close, as
the War Department did in the beginning
OF the war, in arrar ging for the manufac-
tnre OF what was called .Sbsri6dn's Cacal-
rJ Condition POWDERS for the use of the
cavalry horses, no doubt the Union would
have been restored long ago.-Erehangs.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-20

-Charies Cmter, negro, raped an old
German woman named Seaple, near ST
Charles, No, Saturday evening last. He
was arrested on Monday and after con-
Tossing the crime desperate attempt was
made to lynch him by the citizens. but
the officers finally succeeded in lodging
him I'm ;ail
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-20

A man in Canton, Bradford county,
bought eleven collins ut sheriT's sale re-
Gently. lie is now looking around FOR an
order to furnish 4 grave yard.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-20
New York DAY-BOOKl

DEMOCRATIC WEEKLY. Established 1850. It
supports Hhjfe St'pTsmdci, political and social.
Terms. g per year. To clubs. nine copies for IS
Specimen copies free. Address. DAY-BOoK, New
YORK city.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-20
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WM. p. PATIO
Man ufac CurSr and De-
TaPTNET EUDyT

EVERY pEsCErF-r1, 'i
SCHOOL AND HALL F.'s
made to order in exec .Hl' ST.. 7.
prices Cabinet and halII1@-.., = :
all kinGs for sale. FUr-frar- l1. (.
point in JOhnSJOwu or AZ ..z Il :.
Of extra charge. ~
bOifnStOwn. OCE. Is. ls-|--ti-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-20
HARDWARE, ALL H

HHNE ~ HEG, AL n
such IS Locks. Screws. T5-.ft HH--s
Hinges. Table Hinges. Bots. I-r- :
Window & lass. Putty. Tai r. a~rrs.r
Carving Knives and Forks. Pocket r
bic and Tea Spoons. Meat cutters. Ar-
Scissors. Shears. Raz0r@ erI -rr-7S
Axes. HatCEetS. Boring h.7es.a I,
sells, Planes COWUas-r-s. ~.uaras. II
Anyiis. NISeS, Wrsurlas. Eir. Pane
Cut Saws. Chains OF ST.. kinds. >fHF.i
SCythes and SnatHS. kHkes. Forks sd
Shoe Lasts. Pegs, Wax Br.sr.=-. rLr5
ers and WTiuZer=. Patent fl-rrs s.
Machines generally Grin .-~s.--,. fr
lGsscS Gates and Measure. IHr. n=r 81
Steel Rifles. Shot Guns. Ea-l.rars 7s
tridEes. Powder. Cars. Irst = -aS
Nails. ola Stove Plates. Crates Tn
Well and Cistern Pu-u=. E.-
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-09-19
CIRCUIT COURT.
TWO CRIMINAL CASES ON
TRIAL.

Benjamin Evans was on trial yesterday
afternoon The ilry returned a verdic'
OF guilty, and recommending that be lie
cent TO the peniteniiary for one year
The case of James Mykeevst, for an
ter,ng the ofice OF Huse, LOOMS Il Co,
ice dealers, and taking tbereirom pair
of shoes pants, and q small amount OF
currency, ives on trial the better part Of
the morning. The casa was conducted by
II. Watson Webb for the people, and
W IL Green for the prisoner A large
number Of witnos'es ware examined and
short pleas made by the attorneys The
Jury retired al ~ ~ p. IN and returned =
verdict of guilty al p, m, assessing the
value OF the property At five doliars.
Judge Baker gave him fifteen dsys in the
county jail and 20 pay n FAC Of twenty.
hve dollars and coa!s, tho prisoner to
stand committed until the fine aud cost
were paid.
The case Of Harry Woekley and John
Brown, for stealing COW of Michse
Dugan Gnd trying 20 dispose of the cam,
to butcher y. Williams at a tria ng price
was called at 230 p. nj. Aftor length
examination, the case was given Co III,
! jury without argument, After being on
twenty uinu.e,, tho jury returned yer
dict Of guilty, sni made the penalty tw,
! years each il the peniten,inry.