The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-15
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

county Jail.
The swindle charged for eggs in this
market is % cents per doz
"A communication from Susquehanna
township came too late for publication this
week.
Choice fresh oysters in half cans receiv-
ed every Tuesday and Friday at NJ. L. Oat-
mans.
ris was found dead in bed at Spruce Creek
n few mornings ago.
The Altoona u Mirrors libel suit has been
postponed until the next term of the Hum
tiusdon county court.
E,rhe e. eapest store in Ebensburg is the
,;tre well earned and prounly borne by NJ
L. Oatman's popular mercantile mart.
For overshoes, cloth and rubber, be sure
10 90 to Oatmans cheap cash store, where
YOU will find the largest stock in town.
Hats and caps for men and boys 20 per
rent. cheaper at Nj. L. OLtman's than any
where else iu Ebeushurg. Don't forget this.
The first two numbers for the present
.essjon of the LeqiSldtire Record reached us
yesterday, thanks to Hon. John Buck, we
presume.
"A cow belonging to a citizen of the East
Ward gave birth to twin calves the other
.dav. and still the owner spells his name
with ''p.
MIR Godfrey Farhaugh, of Holidays
burg went TO his pig pen Sunday morning
last7aud found his Old SOW ana Two pigs fro-
ZeR 10 death.
We are sorry to record the death of
Charles, infant son of John f. Scanlan, Esq ),
which occurred yesterday afternoon. Aged
about six months.
Mr. e. J. Mills, The king of house build
ers, is going TO do it another time next
Spring on lot julian straet recently
purchased from Mr.. f. j. Humphreys.
-Reurcsentatives,Bu Buck and Hannah have
Chalked their names down permanent
bCarders at the Bolton House, Harrisburg,
fer the current term of the Legislature.
Our down town contemporary wants all
III arrears to lend him their ears. Well,
that's the way with some people-thcy don't
know when they have enough of anything.
No Paper last week and one rather be-
hind the average this week, owing TO the
fact that quinsy has been with us in all its
excruciating proportions Tor several days
Iast.
John Br.dy. ESQ, is our new Coroner.
He supplants Mr.. Jacob Harold, formerly
of Johnstown, but latterly somewhat of
Cosmopolitan. The Squire is the light man
III tho right place.
A lad named SNYDER lost a leg at Barre
Station, Huntingdon county, on TUESDAY
last. while endesvoring to get OH board of a
n,evins coal train. Who says that history
does not repeat itself.
Air. d. s. Durham, formerly local scribe
for the Altoona san, fell from the platform
of car which he was employed a
painter, on Monday morning last, aud broke
two three of his ribs.
On Monday last Sheriff Bsumer trans
the Western Penitentiary and one to the in
sane asylum at DiNmont Tne two former
were sentenced from the J JohEstown District
Court.
-sterhen Naloney lay down beside the
railroad track nsar Aeyersdale to sleep OIL
the effects of too MANY whisky straighis,
VIXEN a train camJ along and severed his
left arm below the elbow. AmputatiOn fol
lowed.
A well-known one-time resident of Eb-
ensburg was arrested in Altoona on Tues.
day last, charged with dispensing high h-wine
in a local option town, aGd If he writes any
letters now, they dated from the II olli
dayshurg Jail.
Capt Jas II. RelI, Of Tyrone, n gentle.
man well known in military and political
circles, died suddenly I'm Philadelphia few
lavs ago, where he held a position in the
Custom House. The deceased was engaged
in the mercantile business at Summitville
tkis county, during the la ycon days OF the
old Portage railroad.
MIR Peter Good, of Eldorado Blaii
county, didn't feel very good when he
woke up few mornings since and found
himself minus four barrels OF -four which
had been stolen from his mill during the
preceding night. Good flour and Good, mil
Ter, but very bad thief to thus contiseate the
staff of life by wholesale.
An election for Directors cf the Cambria
County Mutual Fire Company, held on Mon
day last, resulted in the choice of the follow
ing named gentlemen: A. A. Barker, Il.
W. Shoe maser, Fl. Hopple, Henry Pritch-
:
Huntley, Thomas Griffith, j. a. Blair, K.
+. Davis, f. Roberts and II. Kinkead
The Thermometer last Sunday r'-.ming
stood AT 900 below zero at th~ east epu Oh
town This was the cuitlest weather that
has been experienced in tins latitude Tor
l,,-o. \ II the pumps were frozen mp, aud
whoever went TO church that day was intiu-
ruced by bad conscience. so to speak.
A young man named William Kennedy,
twenty years of age, a resident of Bolivar,
Westmorsland county, was caught between
the bumpers Of two cars of the Local Freight
east, on which he was employed as brake
man. yesterday forenoon, about a mile and
half west OF Lilly's station, and so terribly
crushed that he died in five minutes after.
His Honor Judge Barnes, of the Johns
town District Court, douncd the crmne for
the first time last week, and we have the
word of many persons that he won golden
opinions alike from the bar and from the
spectators for the prompt and careful man
rsr in which he transacted the business
that came up before him for consideration
Rev. Father Christy, late pastor of the
Church Of the Hoy Name in this place, is
among us at present writing receiving the
congratulations of his many friends here on
his improved ph ysical condition. May fully
restored health are long being TO his gener-
Gus heart the consolinC consciousness of a
long and useful life yet in store for him.
Robert Wallace, Esq, the venerable
father of Hon. w. A. Wallace, died at his
home in Wallacetown, Clearfield county, on
the I'd inst, aged about 85 years, When we
knew Mr.. Wallace, in years long gone, he
WAS successful lawyer in Hollidaysbure,
where Ire enjoyed the esteem of all who
knew Kim. After a long and honorable ca
Ieer, he sleeps we'll
From the report cf the State Superin-
tendent of Common Schools il appears that
y the estimated value of school property in
Cambria county is $3.50, $50, number of school
houses, 161-of which I51 frame, OF
+ brick stone, and 1 log; IL new school
houses were built during the year. OF the
whole number, 43 unfit for use and 113
are badly ventilated.
Geo. NJ Riddle, whom everybody knows
ard ties to, is bobbing aronnd among his
friends hereaNay with all that gusto which
marks his semi visits 10 this lati-
tude. George is socially and otherwise n
~ g-ntlemap in whom there is no guile, and as
he represents one of the best dry goods hoUs-
II eS in philnd pLia be q nds il an easy ma Z