The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-07-31

My. d. Il. Ream purposes eStahIi shin,
temperance papeE; To be called the Lirin,
original programme be carried ont will h,
t issued this week. Altoona is a local onto,
city, and the necessity which exists or !,
} supposed 10 exist for the establishment Of Z
paper OF this character is the most fittine
= commentary on the fallacy of that measure
that could be adduced
7 Joseph Slick 4 shoemaker by trade nd
1 reSldent OF Conemaugh township, Cambris
county, has been placed under bail in the
sum of 81, 900 10 answer at the October term
OF the JohnstOwn District Court the charge
9I assault and battery and attempted rape
Ihe prosecutrix is one Miss Rebecca Wal
terS, young woman about sixteen wears of
age, who was employed in Sticks family i'm
the capacity of domestic.
On Monday evening an infant, only 2
couple OF days old, was discovered living on
the steps In front of Mrs. Matilda Confer's
! residence, Altoona. Medical examination
developed the fact that it has negro Hood in
us VEINS. but who is the father or who the
mother that heartlessiy deserted her off
. spring, Is not yet known. The vaif was
taken charge of the Directors of the Poor.
/ VINO VIII see that it is taken care of
-Conductor Quartz, of this place, owns a
I spanish rooster which has taken charge of
4 brood OF young turkeys, over which 1t ex-
/ er'lSes as much care and supervision as the
/ most demonStrative ''biddy" could possibly
/ manifest. The turkeys were hatched ont bv
/ Spanish hen, but had no sooner emerged
from the she'll than Mr.. CoCk-of-the-waI
gathered them together and provided shelter
! for them beneath his own outStre tched wing
w hen the Johnstown Toice demonstrates
! beEond pcradventure that it costs no more
10 run TWO courts than one, and that tie
countless petty cases which occupy so much
tlinc III the District C0nrt would be brought
TO EbenShurg for adjudication, we shall be
better disposed than at present to admit the
force of its reasoning, and that too without
drawing an invidiOus distinction between
the methods of cpnincTinJ
there and here.
1t is gratifying to know that all or near
" all that gang of drunken miners who
boarded train at Altoona one evening last
week 10 60 10 Bells Mills and afterwards
conducted themselves in an outrageous man.
ner, assauiting passengers and even throw
ing one negro overheard, iuiu-ing him so Sc
veIely that he was not expected to
live, have been arrested and either held in
heavy bail or retired 10 the scClusion of the
II Hollidayshurg iaiI.
Our two Washington township CORES
pondents, bofh of whom stand No. on the
list of attentive and efficient 'localizers,"
looked in on rs kindly yet briefly this week;
but as neither of them had a single item
much less R Liberal supply of news to
communicate, the ''Hubbub" soon subsided
whereupon they passed from our presence
as calmly and comPlacently the morning
mist disappears before a dazzling SUNRISE
Come again soon.
The circumstance that Two men on Fri
day last arrived in Houtzdale and offered
to sell a horse and buggy for $3.50 and af-
terward for 500, the horse alone being
Y orth the first mentioned sum, is what led
TO an increase by two of the number Of
boarGers in the CIearfield county jail They
We're subsequently released on a writ Of
hdbeds corpus, but were re-arressetl and held
on suspicion that they were connected with
the HollidaysOurg bond robbery.
Catfish may be legally angled for on and
after tomorrow. We are. aware of the fact
that considerable number of this species
OF fish have been caught hereabout during
the present and last month but those who
indulged in this pastime were guilty of an
mfractiOn of the law, and could be and
should be properly punished. 1t cost entire
" too much money to stock our waters with
new varieties of the finny tribe to permit
the same to be eXterminated at the whim OF
senSeless or reckless pisCators.
The drawing of the Leavenworth lot
cry, In which affair quite number of our
citizens We're more or less interested in f.
naucial point OF view, came of few days
ago The list OF prizes reached here on
Wednesday, and a laborious search has re-
vealed the fact that neither the 800, 900
prize nor any OF the other grand prizes has
travelled in this direction, while only one |
among the investors claims that he got his |
money back, 50, so. Asseverauous are as |
plenty as blackberries, however, that the |
whole thing is an Internal swiudle
There was a lively time at the Erie races /
last week, and two gents from this place /
who went there to see the sights are said To /
have enjoyed the affair hugely. The one !
who bestrode the ',jasack' for want of some !
thing better to bestride was particularly |
pleased with himself and mis- Rosinaute, es- |
pecially when Mr.. Jack gave vent, as he did /
profusely, to that peculiar melody for which I
his speciesi is prOyerbial. Sam says lie would /
rather ride into the Legislature ten times (
over on the backs of braying asses political /
than bestrid6 one more braying ass natural. /
On Wednesday night at y o'clock the |
burning of the first kiln of brick was COM |
.1.4. IL. IL l..
one-haf mile west of town, and men com /
petent to judge in such matters declare that /
they are the best brick that have ever been /
manufactured in this vicinity. Being hand !
made, and that too by brick maker who !
has no superior Mr.. John Adelsberger, they /
cannot fail to give entire satisfaction to all |
who may use them. On and after Monday |
next these brick will be for sale on the most !
reasonable terms, either at the kiln or de- !
liyered at the station or In any part of town. !
An old lady who died few days ago in |
the northeastern part of this county, demand |
ed while on her death-bed that two of her |
sons, who owed her n certain sum OF money /
each should paw their Indebtedness, mas |
much rs she expected to die and wished to /
apply the money to liquidate her funeral eX- |
penses. With this request one OF the sons, !
it is said, not only declined to comply, but /
when his brother was in the act of handing |
over the amount due from him, he grasped |
fhe money and positively refused to return |
it subsequently at the funeral, as If TO add /
insult TO injury, the grasping son helped to |
fill up his mothers grave in the church !
vard-a proceeding never before dreamed of
in orr philosophy.
The Bbensburg Silver Cornet Band paid |
a a wing visit to their musical brethren of 4
the Loretto Cornet Banda sort of a return /!
game, as baseball parlance has lt-on sat /
nr,Iay evening last, and ever since their re- !
turn they have been Pf09-ing and blowing |
about the kind treatment vouchsafed THEM
by the good people of that "toore luraE VII I
lare. and especially about the elegant free
re1ast which was served by Miss Ella Pion
at the Myers House, and which was lar'a-
ken of with the utmost relish by the partcl-
papts. 4 unanimous vote of thanks IS mere
bv rendered 20 the fair hostess for the oouh-
tifuI feast 80 kindly provided. After ENJOY
inc themselves for few hours TO the TOP OF
their bent, "our boys returned home iull /
of gratitude and gladness, and now say tIl's'
T,,Tstto is the pleasantest place and the Lo-
retto folks the most hospitable people they
have been dumped down among Tor many =
day. x,.,o;l;-r,,L
"A party of young men of this haiilwlck'
after consulting the best recognized aathofl-
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