The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-05-29

We trust there will be a very general
attendance of the members of the Demo
cratic County Committee at the meeting
which has been called by the Chairman
WIN. II. Sechler, Esq, to convene at the
Court House next Monday lceek. The
meeting of the Committee is an important
one 20 the interests and success of the party
in this county, and ought, therefore, bring
together large number of its members.
full list of the members of the Committee
was published by us last week
While Mr.. q. F. Little was putting one
of his classes through its daily course OF
diagraming on the black board at the school
house over which he presides in Chest
township not many days ago, he espied
what he supposed to be black stick lying
on the stay above the blackboard, but on
investigation found it TO be- to his great sur
/ prise, blachsnake of no mean dimensions.
. Mr.. L., on making the discovery, considered
J Ior moment what course TO pursue and
/ then suddenly seiZing his unwelcome visi-
! Tor by the tail, he dashed the reptile 10 the
platform on which he was standing with
such force rs to knock the life completely
I ont OF 1t. much TO the relief of himself and
pupils.
1t has been intimated in certain quar-
/ ter in this place that the escape of Dixon
and Farmer from the Jail of this county was
"a set up job" between Sheriff Baumer and
! his deputy, Mr.. Chas. O'Donnell. 1t is true
the Sheriff and his deputy were both ueCes-
sarlly absent on business or the day the cs-
capade was made, but that the escape of the
prisoners was connived at or even dreamed
OF by the Sheriff or his deputy, or by Mrs
I Baumcr, the eStimable wife of the Sheriff
Is false and without the shadow of truth
Their escape a mere matter of accident
and no decent man will hold :he Sheriff re-
sponsihle. The same thing is of frequent
occurrence in other jails in the State with
out wrong being imputed to the officer in
charge. Farmer has already been captured,
ana although Sheriff Banner has been I'M
firing in his efforts to arrest Dixon, and has
used all diligence and energy and expended
his money in that direction, he has, up to
this time (Thursday noOn), been unsuccess-
full.
"A young man named Maurice Cooney
died at Gallitzin on Fridaylast, a ged q years,
and was inferred in the Catholic cemetery Mt
Summitville ON Sunday following. His fu-
neral was attended in full regalia by some
93 members of the ST. Johns Society, AL
toona, and by st. Patrick's Society, Gallit-
zln, numbering upwards of one hundred,
also in full regalia, forming altogether,
when taken in connection with the large
body of citizens who likewise participated
the largest and most imposing funeral cor
tege that has ever been witnessed in that
section. Mr.. COoney was of course MEM
Der of both the associations named, and was
one of the founders of the latter. He was
most exemplary and much esteemed young
gentleman, and this ell-deserved tribute
to his memory was not only worthy of the
concerned. He leaves young wife to mourn
his early demise after little more than one
year of welded felicity. May he rest III
peace.
THE beautiful ceremony of crowning
the statue of the Blessed Virgin WAS per-
formed at tine Church of the Holy Name. in
this place, by several of the boys of NJ
GallltZin Seminary, each of whom present
ed bOquet and recited a stanza Culled from
tie language of flowers, and addressed to
the Holy Mother of God, in the following
order: lst Angel, Paul Adams; I'd Angel,
Frank Reilly; Rose, Dominic lhmsen
Lilly, l.. Springer Cunningham Violet,
Bennle POmerOy MignOnette, Harry GlOu-
niger; Tulip, Fred. Ihmseu; Forget-me-
not, Teddie Maloney Myrtle, Matt. Adj
ans Honey ysuckle, Eddie Rennert Hello
trope, Jesse CrostwaiUe Flower of Bethle-
hem, Robert RenRert Lilly of the Vale,
Albert Williams Jasmine, Albert Will
liaTns, Crown Bearer, Willie Cunningham
Address TO st. Joseph, Harry Mellon. This
month being specially dedicated To the Vir-
gin Mary, nothing more appropriate for
the occasion than this truly poetical custom
could well be conceived Of
Up TO the present writing nothing has
been done toward general decoration of
soldiers graves in this vicinity. All, how
ever, are not TO be neglected, as Father
Christy, who won high honors for bravery
and devotion TO the cause of suffering HUI
manity as an army chaplain during the late
rebellion, has determined SO far as the
graves III the N1inOllC cemetery mere OF
five soldiers of the recent civil war and one
OF the Mexican campaign are concerned, that
the beautiful custom, SO much in consonance
with the teachings Of the Catholic Church,
shall be duly observed on tomorrow, and
for that purpose has appointed Misses Maud
Kittell Mary Lewis, Ellen O'Neill, Rose
Johnston and Mary Blair a committee on
decoration. The ceremonies will consist of
a High Mass at o'clock, a. m, for the Ie-
pose of the souls of all deceased Catholic
soldiers, after which procession will be
formed and move TO the cemetery, where
prayers for the dead will be reCited and the
De PrOftndjs sang, the graves being previous
ly bedecked with flowers, flags and other |
emblems of respect P. S. Since the above |
was put in type we learn THAT n meeting |
will he held in the Court House this (Thurs- |
day. evening at o'clock for the purpose of |
making arrangements for the decoration of |
the graves of all the deceased soldiers in |
TERED in the several cemeteries in this |
All should attend the meeting.