The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-23

uer who occupied one OF the houses (the
other being built but no. yet used for
slaughter house), claims TO have lost about
: $4,000 worth of stock, on which he had
| insurance of 81 200.
! Here is the same knotty problem trotted
! out again, this time by the ClairOn Demo
crat, which has the authority of Rev. j. 5.
/ Elder, whose wife was former resident OF
! Blairsville, for saying that Hon. j. Proctor
. Knott is not a son of Mai. Wilson Knott,
former postmaster at Blairsville, and of
course is not native of said place. but that
Major Is mott had some relatives in kentucky
! named Knott, and, in the opinion of MIR.
. Elder, it is not improbable that Hon. j.
Proctor Knott is distant relative of the
aforesaid Maj. Wilson Knott And further
deponent saith not relative to this exceed
ingly knotty subject
! The Hollidaysonrg Standard tells about
| n hen, owned by the editor of that paper,
which accidentally got into large covered
drain, more than three weeks ago, and from
which all efforts to eXtricate her proved
unavailing. On Sunday morning ast now
ever, the same identical hen, sleek and fat
as ever turned up all right among the other
fowls in the editors chIcken-yard. How
she managed TO exist during her long lhcar-
ceration or how she found her way out of
the drain are problems which boss Traugh
assures his readers it would he too severe
drain (not the one the hen invaded, we pre-
sumo upon his Imagination to unravel.
/ Those who felt cock sure" that III Ion.
! A. A. Barker recently returned from Flor
ida, would give us good Gaming, will not
be disappointed to learn that in theoreti-
cal, if not IN the literal sense of that word,
he has fulfilled their expectations to the
/ letter. The cane is formed OF the limb OF
I an orange tree, and is one of many cut by
( Mr.. Barker during his sojourn in the land
OF perpetual flowers, and brought home by
! him for distribution among his large cir
/ Gle of friends here and hereabOuts, Being
! one of the friends aforesaid, of course
were not forgotten, and hence this notice,
accompanied by sincere thanks for the
! kindly remembrance.
! An Altoona man and a stranger both
young went on a bum together few
I evenings ago, and towards midnight the
stranger WAS so far gone in his cups that he
/ lay down in alley way aud went 20 sleep.
Next morning. he woke up with a heavy
! head and light purse-lightened, in fact,
+ TO the tune of some $500 which he knew
himself to be possessed of the night previous.
( HuutiuL up his companion, he charged him
/ with the theft, at the same time pointing
Z revolver al his head and allowing him five
. Minutes in which to disgorge. lu less time
than that. however. the money was returned.
{ the revolver withd fGwn, and the lawful
I owner once more in possession of the filthy
/ luCTc
The Harrisburg Patriot says that the de-
: nIaud for lumber at the eastern markets is
( very quiet and the prices are exceedingly
! low - compared with last year. One of
; the reasons for this uuflv orable aspect of
( this important branch of trade is the large
accumulation of lumber i'll the east. The
! break in the Columbia dam has also had a
+ depressing Effect. it being difficult Of not
impnssile) 10 get rafts INFO the tide water
canal. Owing to the inactivity of the lum-
; b.r market Il comparatively small number
of RATS lave reached Marietta. and very
few additional ones are expected unless the
trade should revive. Not half as many
have beeE prepared for market this season
as last
john c. Ogden. son of Mai Ogden,
. II In
jumped on the third PhilatIelphia freight
east, ON Friday night last, for the purpose
OF going to Bolivar, bnt after riding about
half a mile he either jumped fell OF the
train, :, portion Of which passed over his legs,
IuargIiug one OF them terribly from the
ankle TO rear tile thigh and severing the
other below the knee. He was picked up
soon after and Dr. john Lpwman of J olns-
town. railroad physician. was summoned to
attend him, but Hl efforts TO save his life
proved uuavailing, his death occurring at
: O'Clock next morning. The deceased was
aged about l8 years and was learning the
art or teiegraphiug.
The clothing store of Judge Barnes,
in Jullustpwu, was burglarjzed on Monday
night last 10y clerk in his employ, who
gained iugress 10y forcing open the shutter
OF rear window and breaking pane of
glass Ia the upper sash. The goods stolen
Eere six coats and probably several pairs of
pants. The coats were recovered neXt day
through Information given by tramp who
%
them when solicited 10 do SO by the thief.
The perp-traIor of the theft was arrested at
noon on Tuesday, and after hearing before
Esq Fisher was hound over for his appear
ance 10 answer the charge. Out of respect
for his good old mother and worthy relatives,
we suppress the name of the dishonest clerk,
whose downward course is the result of dis
sipation.
An impromptu spelling hee small
scale was indulged in at the Mountain
on Wetlpp 10 N \ nd a f
fOrled no ljttle Amusement. il not instruction
for the time being. The contestants We're
j. NJ. Singer, (capiain,) Ed. James, Fes.
Lloyd, =. A. Kittell and Master al. Chap
man on the side, and A. j. Rhey,
(captain.) II. u. Otterson, late of California,
j. T. Hutchinson, James Null and the
writer.hereof on the other-Prof. L. j. Chap
man acting as school master. Ithey's class
won i'm the three contest, and Mr.. OttersOu
the last man up at the conclusion of the
exercises. More little busy bees, it is ex-
pected. will improve each shining hour
(after night) from now henceforth until the
thing becomes monotonOus. y big bee at
/ the Court House--on Saturday night of next
week. with ten cents admission fee for the
benefit of some deserving object, is also
talked of with some show of success.
An insane man named Gabriel Thomin
aligbted from the Fast Line west at n l.
tOona, on Friday night last, and making bis
way TO a house on Eleventh avenue, occu-
pied By family named Miller, entered the
hall and ensConsed hiiuself behind the door,
where lie remained until about midnight,
whens his presence discovered by q
boarder at the house, who, while attempt
ing to gain ingrcss, was confronted by the
intruder and made TO ''gt up and dust, y in
short order. The boa-der soon obtained
assistance. however, and returning. forced
open the door, which had been bolted mean
while by the willy iuterloper, whom they
found in one of the rooms, kneeling on the
floor. He showed fight when confronted
by the boarder and his aids, but a stroke on
the head with spade which one of the men
had brought with him, soon settled his hash;
whereupon he was secured and taken 70 the
lookup where he had hearing next morn
ing. \ carpet-bag belonging to Thomin,
and containing several bottles Of whisky
and wine, was subsequently, found, and the
presumption is that the liquor had some
thing to do with his insanity. He hailed
f.nrr, Iarcar. Citr and had q ticlsnt To Chi