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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-16

JOHN CEssSA possesses a keen ap-
petite for Office, and in It's swift pur-
suit gives tongue as loudly as an ca
ger hound on the fresh track of hare
Clement G. Hill. one Of the Assistant
Attorney Generals ofthe United States.
resigned last week, and the Bedford
patriot at once went for the vacan-
c.. As executive patronage is now
distributed, be ought to succeed, but
he will fail Pennsylvania has already
one Assistant Attorney General, which
renders very improbable the appoint
ment of a second from the same State
in the face Of the swarm Of applicants
from other sections. Cessna deserves
something, and IL will be a crying
shame if he should be left out in the
cold. His hbjsctsubserviency to Grant
in all things, but especially IN his at
tempted military raid on Arkansas,
give him an undoubted claim upon
the official favor of the occupant of
the White House He has unequalled
qualifications for the Office he seeks,
for 10 retired Radical Congressman
from this, or any other State, would
be so thoroughly competent, just be
fore the next fall elections, to assist
George III. Williams, the Attorney
General, in running 10 It's full capacity
the Southern outrage mill Before
hin. ex- Congressman Charles Hayes,
the CHAMPION outrage liar Of Alabama,
would pale his Intellectual fires
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-16

One Of the most conscientious Sheriffs
OH record has turned up in Iowa. A rail
road was TO be sold at Sheriff sale, and a
friendly agreement was made by which
the model official was to receive $3.50 in
payment for his part in the transaction,
which required two hours, perhaps, of his
valuable time. But after the sale he hap
pened TO look at the statute which fixed
his fees, when he found 10 his horror that
he had been tTansgressing the laws of the
State, which declared that he should re-
ceiye no other fees than those legally as
signed him. So he refused the liberal sum
offered him, and sai6 he would take moth
ing bat his lawful fees, which, in this in
stance, it seems, amounted TO S11, 600
The railroad men epdeavored to hold him
10 his original bargain, but he was too
conscientious TO violate the laws he was
appointed to uphold, and, the case going
to the courts, his integrity was rewarded
by verdict in his favor.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-16

A LITTLE OLD TDrE STORY ABOUT Boss
GRANT.-MoTe than twenty years ago. one
terribly cold and stormy night in January
Mr.. Erastus Wells was driving his stage
home from Carondelet near which burg
Farmer Grant then lived 10 st. Louis. a
distance OF seven miles. On the road Mr..
Wells met a borse and country wagon PRO
ceeding leisurcly along without a driver.
he next discovered lying rn the roadside
the debris Of what appeared as a small stock
Of groceries. Further on he espied what
afteTward proved to be "a good sized. old
fashioned brown jug the cork was out.
and there was the very best evi 1ence that
the aforesaid jug had very recently con-
tanned some whskey. The last object.
further on and only short distance from
that point. Mr.. Wells discovered was the
body OF a man lying on the side of the road.
Jumping from his stage, he found the own
er OF the wagon reposing comfortably in A
snow bank, slightly ''under the weather.,
from having imbi6ed too freely of the con-
tents of his brown jug. Mr. Wells. think
ing that the man might perish If left there
all night, took him OH 10 his stage. picked
up the things along the road, and lapded
the farmer aud mis- traps safely at home
some miles distant.
The individual thus taken care Of is now
the President Of the United States -lfIssr
CHy drdBdnchs.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-16

TIE Be.iefJute WI1ich nscB nanse=
2 fe~ 0. the gentlemen who arc spoken
Of in connection Tith tEs Democratic
nomination for Governor: RObt. L
Monaghan. Chester: James II. Hop
kisz, AIlzgheEy; j Howard Beach
Wayne; Samuel 8 Dreher, Asnroe
John 2. stiles. Lehigh; Edgar Cowan-
yYestuoreIau5. p Msrhley Boyer.
EIo1.z1me-y Andrew Il Dill Ly-
coming; Victor L PiOllet. Bradford :
JuIze Truukey. ' EenaHzO; William 2
Syheu. Bedford. Hugh M North, Ian
caster, Uen5rick 3. Wright, LuzeTne;
ITiIliars EIwen. CClum ola; Mr. VOL
vertC1. NorthumJerlaDd Amos G
Moves. Clinton Andrew q Curtin.
Centre; General Winfield S Hancock.
Montgomery. and Daniel Il. Fox, Of
Philadelphia.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-16

Here comes Wisconsin girl, vouched
for by the Woman's Journas: '.She is a
slight, slender girl. seventeen years of age.
She is equally at home with the mower,
reaper, horse-rake, plongh-handles, hoe,
or any other implement of farm work.
She will shear as many sheep in day as
the best of shearers. And when her DAYS
work is done In the field. she will turn TO
the cutting and making of the children's S
dresses, or in other ways help her mother
about the house. Two years ago her father
had young untamed horse She broke
the horse to the saddle, rode him ut a
county fair, and took the fret premium
ovcr three competitors.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-16

STsloN CAEERCS : excursion party
70 the city Of Mexico. on pleasure bent,
was Gisbanded at New Orleans a
fear Of the possible prevalence OF yel-
low fever q Vera Cruz is given 81 the
cause for not carrying out tie original
programme. Thomas A. Scott, l. =
Plumb. and q few others, who were
not 20 easily frightened. pursued their
iournev. Cameron, his son-iB-law,
Wayne NcYeigh, Chandler. Anthony,
Dennis. and John j. Patterson, a
Pennsylvania earpst-bagger, now 3
United States Senator from South
Carolina, took free passage on board
of the government vessel, the Des-
patch. which had been sent from the
Washington Navy Yard 70 New Or
leans 10 d5G5teG9 The party 70 Vera
Cruz. and started for Cedar Keys and
cruise aIoug the Florida coast. and
thence TO some Atlantic port II Is
not : pleasant thought that We have q
Secretary Of the Navy who will 20 far
prostitute his official duty - to place
4 government steamer AT the disposal
Of a private party. and At the public
expense. having for one Of its mem
bers such an insuTeTabie scoundTel as
John J. Patterson. who, twelve wears
ago. was branded With infamy by a
legislative c1mmittee Of this State. Of
which Cyrus l. PershiHg was chair
man, appointed 70 investigate the pc
cul.ar ways and means by which
Simon Cameron had corruptly at
tempted 70 procure bis election to the
United States Senate.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-16

4 HoRRrBTE CRr.fF-A terrible crirne
was committed IN Philadelphia on Wedues-
day night OF last week. Lewis r. Loye, a
ieamster employed at the Baldw IL locoTGO-
tive works, and living Al 1887 Alton street.
came home about O'Clock and inquired
Of his step son Willie, aged Il, where the
boys mother and his own wife was. On
being informed that she had gone 10 see
her brother he Immediately started away.
and about s O'Clock returned &irh her
All three then sat down to supper and dur
ing the repast the husband and wife kept
up a continual quarrel. About ten O'Clock
they retired, Mr. and Mrs. Loye to the
front room and the boy TO the adjoining
apartment, where his mother soon Joined
him. He went to sleep and was awakened
by hearing his father strike his mother,
and seeing him afterwards cut his throat.
The lad cTawled out of bed and gave the
alarm, which caused.t he police to go TO the
house, where they found the Iifeless body
of Mrs Loye lying, beI throat cut from ear
to ear, her head only held on by the spinal
column. She was also stabbed in the
heart, which of itself was quite sufficient
to produce death. The woman was of
rather prepossessing appearance.
Near by was the husband, who after
killing his wife, determined to take his own
life by cutting his throat. As lie lay the
blood spurted from his wounds. and the
miserable man CToaned as though suffering
intense pain. Physicians found tha: the
wind pipe had been severed. but that the
wound was not necessarily fatal. The au-
tlIorities of the almshouse were notified
and the murderer was removed to that in
stitution, where he died next day.
The lad states that his father and mother
frequently quarreled and it was asserted
with degree of positiveuess, that the
whole trouble was occasioned from jealousy
on the part of Loye.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-16

CHARLIE Ross FATHER.-Christian K.
Ross, father of the missing boy, arrived
in New York on Friday. to consult with
Superintendent Walling in regard TO sup
posed clue TO his son, and returned to Phil
adelphia on Saturday morning almost bro
ken hearted at the announcement that Mr..
Wslling had found the information on
which the journey was made, worthless
months ago. Mr.. Ross is gradually weak
ening under the strain to which his mind
has been subjected since his attack of tenn
porary alteration, and the pursuit of his
son has become with him a mania He
appears unable to rest in peace, and snatches
at the slightest Information which he ima>
gines will afford clue to his boy In his
present condition he is unable TO act with
judy ment, and unless his friends restrain
him he VIII have to be placed under sur
veillance again. Superintendent Walling
is deeply affected by Mr.. Ross eagerness,
and is working constantly on the case, but
even his firm faith that Charlie is living
appears to waver. The police are now
hunting after a man who knew Mosher
and Douglas in Philadelphia, and who is
supposed to be able to impart important
information in regard to their movements
after the abduction at Germantown.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-16

WHATavKR opinion the mass Of the
Republicans may entertain about tEe
tflirE-.erra. The PhiIa Timer l. con-
vinc-d that the national office-holdcrs
sl understand the best passport 10
continued favor from the throne. The
Bradford EsD5r'er, Owned by AE
Goodrich. Surveyor Of the Port, says
that General Grant has t=ice led that
party y victUrv. having been called
upon by the people % he It's standard
bearer. II IS too much % s3E that
thec1In 5i.sii5nc Of circ1n stances might
arise which would point him out clear
Is as the lest and most available can
Cida.s for l--6 * IN 1868 ana 1877"
We have not seen Collector COnly's
declaration ve., but we admcnish him
tLss delays axe dangerous. Hiestaud.
the Naval Officer. swallowed the dose
and has q fresh commission in advance
Of the expiration Of his ~ ore. and
Lfr. Goodrich may now be Considered
safs for q season. Come u tie front
gentlemen. FOR there sr- no half-Prics
seats In this show.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-16
JAxEs G. BLAIxg delivered a speech

JANEs G. BLAINE delivered a speech
20 a Radical meeting in Hartford,
Conn, two days before the recent cleo
tion in that State, in which lie men
toned, as "a most startling fact, that
with the I33 electoral votes Of the
former slave States, the Democratic
party will only need the fOTty-sereH
votes Of the three States Of Connect
cut, New York and California TO en-
able 1t TO elect the next President If
Blaine's premises in the first part Of
his statement are correct. the Radical
party may 80 well throw up the
sponge in advance, because the sound
Of his voice had scarcely died away
before Connecticut proclaimed her de-
vOtion to the fortunes Of the Demo-
cratic party by defeating the Radical
candidate for Governor bv almost seU-
en- thousand majority. Connecticut
therefore, one of Blaine's three North
cru States TO aid in preventing the
election Of a Democratic President
having gone back on him, leaves him
only New York and California upon
which TO rest his hopes and no man
Of Blaine's experience as a politician
seriously doubts their position in the
next national contest MIR Blaine was
simply trying TO keep his courage up,
and forgot that, in 1876, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and a
few other States outside Of the former
slave States, will BE found side 10y
side with the cool-headed and deter
mined Yankees Of Connecticut.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-16
WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY BELONGS.

WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY BELONGS.
1t Is well for the public TO bear n mind
that, if strike shall finally be iBsuguTated
here. the corporations. and not the men,
must shoulder the responsibility. The
cause Of a suspension If there be one, viii
be the reduction Of wages by the employ
ers. This reduction Of wages at the same
time that the price Of coal was increased.
was an outrage ON both workmen and cOn-
suuaers. and exhibited the arrogance and
greed Of those who prescribe terms 10 tire
public, because by reason Of a gigantic
conspiracy, they have 1t in their power 70
force a eoFn plIaDce- At the time OF tie
long strike of 1859 and 1870, when the
Delaware LscaswanHa and Western soid
their coal a. auction. their contracts coE>
tanned the provI-O that IL case Of strikes
Or SUSPENSIONS, :hey were not 20 he cum
PEELED 70 deliver the coal sold. One Of the
parties who b0agiIt coal the month before
the suspension. ard failed 20 receive II,
sued the company for damages and recov,
cred /; the court holding that the company
itself caused the suspension by reducing
tie wages Of the men, and could nor, there
fore, set up this defence in an action fct
the no1-fuihslmeut OF Its contrasts. At
that time coal was low, and there vas,
perhaps some excuse for moderate re-
ductIon Of wages, though not as much as
vas made f; wien the late reduction was
made, there was no excuse al all. II, five
years age, the companies were responsible
for suspension of work. caused by re-
dactiOn ia wages, they weuld be doubiy so
now, because the late reduction has been
wholly without Justification or excuse. -
The business men Of this section. whose
interests 50 largely depend Va steady work
and the prosperity OF the woTkIngrnen.
viii know where 70 place the responsibility
should suspension Oecur.-.ScTa.f9n Daily
TiHaes, sh.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-16

IL Con1ectlc1t tie Democrats have
a Governor. Ii-Ute1ant GoveiDOr, Sec
TstaTy OF s5t4:e, State Treasurer. Con
tTOIier. a Democratic Senate, = Demo
erztic Eou=e. Z United States Senator
ard thres Henters 0: Congress The
ReDuUIica1s have left 2 United States
Senator and one Member Of Congress.
Tnis ruay te considered pretty clean
swssy for 2 dead party
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-16

Two NEuBEgs q the present House
of ResreseDtatiyes. William BaTis-eT,
(Rep1blicsn.) q the SeTenth PLila-
deICbis df.t-iet. and Charles Wlllett-
CDtmocrstJ Of Bucks county diea
last week FoJr members died be
fore the meeting Of the Assembly, and
one 3 short time after he took Eis seal
Tnuz seven raeruLers. elected IN No
veu.bzr last, have passed away.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-16

Iris rrmoseI II Radical circles thar
ButIer 3 Strarz- Sf.te Senator fro-a
Tioga eoHEt-. wifi 10. permit biz
name % 70 hcfOre the State conTeD-
tioz - 4 czHs5izz.e for state Tres=ur-
er- We trust stat the rulaSr Il NJ
fo11dsi- - lie zen .erej b. defeat csT-
tan. bE bis as-e n tl1e Senate -
is last SESSION, IN the event of Ais
nomination
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-16

AFTER most expensive and vexatious
contest OF year and half the supreme
court has awarded the prothonotaryship of
Luzerne county to DR.. 5. W. Trimmer,
the Democratic candidate in 1873.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-16


about eight hundred OF eight hunas
fifty iafts, or probably five mlllI
will be sent into market this yea
reduction will be severely felt By o;
county this year, and If the p-s
much below last year the dep7ess
be awful.
Paul Boynton Is known herS
says the Phila. Times, as q daTili
and coast life-guard who has says'
of lives on the beach a. AtlautiotA
has just added to his fame by nesi
ming across the English channs-~
complished thirty-five miles Of u.
between Dover and Boulogrre- sna
was not a fool-hsrdy le eiIher'
attempted to prove 10 the world !.
of an invention of the swimmer y
ing up poor humanity ID ;he "S.'
success is more important eve
worlds history than Byron &C.
ment of Leander's deed. Here
ocean is not trackless and maA G.
being safer, as Boynton has Prov
bosom than on the decks Of Inc >
which it is ploughed.
An act Of womGnly heIolsm
record was witnessed ~ Cairo o.
evening. A little trading bos'
above the city in which faml! -
mother was standing upon the
ing to neighbor, and her "
were playing upon the stage pa
both fell into the river snd s"
had scarcely disappeared when
went down after them head h'Ss
to the surface in a second or wv
clinging to her mech and the 0'-
arms. Floaling down a lew .i,s
caught the stern line and heid -
the husband came 10 their t.
courage or presence OF nina
her until the party were sA,f ~
when she sank insensioie -
and remained so for some f0's
carried aboard tho boat.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-10-01


Following close upon this II very
natural. as well as amusing, story BY
Mrs. Sarah Winter Kellogg. under the
title of "How IL Went"-a very pueges.
tive one when applied, as we discover il
to be, to the manner in which winters
earnings glided from the hands and poch-
els Of two merry youngsters. We also find
among the stories a quaint little fable
by Mrs. Diaz, another amusing episode
in the fortunes Of Lueretia p. Hale's
comical "Peterkin" family, and the cup-
ital story Of "Jenny Paine's Hat" by
Mrs. Branch.
Descriptive articles, also, are not lack
ing, and il the young reader prefer solid
information to fiction, he will find some
thing TO his taste in the weli-ilInatrated
descriptions Of "The Frigate- Bird, j" and
of hunt for horses on the Western
plains; "Lord CornwalIis's Day" too,
is an Interesting account Of a somewhat
novel celebration in a Massachusetts,
village Of an anniversary Of that gener-
ais famous surrender. The poetry Of
the number is furnished by III. H."
Edgar Fawcett, Fanny Percival, Mary
A. Lathbury and Mrs. Carnay, author
of "Little Drops Of Water" and "Deal
Gently with the Erring."
The close Of the two serials will no
doubt be somewhat unwelcome 60 The
readers Of the magazine, to whom ''The
Young Surveyor" and the Eight Cous-
ins" must have come to seem like real
Personages. But the satisfactory and
pleasant ending of each story will do
much TO lessen the sense Of loss At part
ing company with these old friends.
Jack" ia particularly bright this month,
and we beg good people who want to
laugh to read his "Crooked Story"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-10-01

Professor Greene in the Atlantic Monthly, Oct.
"He. (Washington) ia the most amia-
BILE kind-hearted and upright of men;
but as a general he is too indolent, too
slow, and far too week; besides he has a
tinge Of vanity in his composition, and
overestimates himself In my opinion,
whatever success he may have will be
owing to good luck, and to the blunders
OF his adversaries, rather than to his
abilities. may even say that he does
not know how TO improve upon the
grossest blunders of the enemy. He has
nos yet overcome his cid prejudices
against the French" This language
sounds strangely as applied to Washing
ton.
A few weeks later, his (De Kalb's)
opinion is materially modified. "He IL
the bravest and truest Of men," he writes,
''has the best intentions and a sound
judgement. am convinced that he
would accomplish substantial results IL
he wonld Only act more upon his own
responsibility; but it is pity he is 40
weak, and has the worst of advisers in
the men who enjoy his confidence" He
has already written, "Is IL unfortunate
that Washington is 40 easily led" This
is nearly the language Of Lee and Reed
a year before. They had all mistakes
for want of decision and self distrust
which arose from a consciousness of in
experience. 1t was not long before De
Kalb's opinion was still further modi-
fed: "He must be a very modest man
. He did and does more every day
than could he expected from any Gen.
eral in the world in the same circum-
stances, and think him the only
proper person, .. by his natural and
acquired capacity, his bravery, good
sense. uprightness, and honesty, to keep
up the spirits Of the army and people.
and look upon him as the sole
defendant Of the country's cause. Thus
much / thought myself obliged to say
on that head. could only wish in my
private opinion he wonld take more
upon himself and trust more to his ex-
celleBt judgement than TO councils"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-10-01
MISCELLANY.
Shooting Niagara.

In September, 1929, the owner of the
schooner Michigan, the largest and rot
tenest craft on Lake Erie, hit upon a
plan to get it off his hands, and at the
same time not lose cent He induced
the proprietors of hotels on both sides of
Niagara Falls to buy the schooner and
send il over the falls. counting on the
crowds that would be drawn there to
witness the novel sight for their pay.
For several days previous to the great
event, the stages and the canal boats, and
wagons from the country were crowded.
Farmers left their fields and business
men their counters. On the appointed
day half dozen excursion steamers
were called into service. Each had its
throng of expectant people and band of
music The task of towing the Michi-
gan to the rapids was intrusted to a
Captain Rough and five stout hearted
oarsmen. They let loose on board a
buffalo from the Rocky Mountains,
three bears from Green Bay and Grand
River, two foxes, a raccoon, dog, a cat,
four geese, and put up some efigies.
When they cut the tow-line this extra
ordinary crew did what many other
crews have done, run from one end of
the deck to the other in despair. The
ship started off majestically and seemed
to greet with a smile the high shores
on either side crowned with eager spec
tators. She darted through the first
rapids as true as any pilot could have
let her. Two of the bears here plunged
into the yeastly rapids and actually
swan to land and were caught. The
other sat to work climbing the mast. On
she went, making plunge, shipping a
sea, and rising from it in beautiful style.
At her bowspirit was the American en-
sign and at her stern the English jack.
In her descent over the secend rapid her
mast "went by the board" She swung
round and presented her broadside to
the dashing and foaming waters, and af-
ter remaining stationary for moment
or two was, by its force, swung round,
stern. foremost, and having passed to
the third rapid she bilged, but carried
her hull apparently whole, between
Grass Island and the British shore to the
Horseshoe, over which she was carried,
stern foremost, and launched into the
abyss below, and mashed into thou .
and pieces. The cat and dog and the
foxes were never heard of more, but
the geese. bless their little hearts, were
found below on the bank quietly oiling
their feathers. The efigy of Andrew
Jackson was also found uninjured-like
the greese-throwing his arms about
and knocking his knees together in the
eddies