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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-02-26
California Correspondence.
CRkssEY sfATIoN, Mer ed Co, Ca

CRKssEy SrATIoN, Mer ed Co, Ca.
Feb. is, 1875. !
DEAN FREEMAN-I have been unwell for n
month and as your columns are :uH of cotuty
ads, etc, thought l would write Less for a
month
The wild flowers have ht on blooming out
here for a month. There frs api cared a small
flower, like Il snow lrop I'VE call them frain
drops here) about the first of February. Then
come thousands of larger flowers, abonI the
size of quarter dollar, then Come Others as
large as the face of Il watch. Enclosed send
you one The ground Is fairly covei ell with
them. They all n lid flowers. / could, giSc L
you the Botanical classification or many
them, but you know that The words are such
jaw breakers that you would not like to set
them up. There is a bine flower here thai
grows abuntlautly eserywh here. that 1 call u
heliotfOpe. 1t Is the size of small morning glo
ry. and it Keeps its face towards the sun all day
The weather is very beautiful. but do not
like il. would rather have winter. When
read of sieghing and snow. 1T makes me home
s.k | always enjoy ed good health jn the win-
Ter Jn. 4 this winter. j am ensRciatcd. never
tbcless, ant cola psed. having lust Iuiiy twenty
pounds in weight The weather is too warm.
or warm the wrong time OF the year. From
two to seven in tho morning il is cold enough
to have u little fire, but from seven to two the
next morning it is as warm as June or July
People planted potatoes; sowed tnrnIps beets.
ra dish IS and lettuce all through February The
flies and'musQuitoes are troublesome, and grass
aid grain are growing rapidly. he s;n shines
warm-there is no frost now. The willows arc
gress on low land. Along the ROAD sides grass
Is from six inches to a foot long. 50 times
the sky is overcast with light Clouds bat 10 is
clear nine days out of ten. Put more in your
paper about the weather. People at z Distance
take great interest in such IN ltt- Local edI-
tors are prone to leave such things out. becaLs !;
people at home know all about the weather,
bat exchanges grab at such rews T y rs
about your drtesiuR ell. az VIC are yrent'y IN =
terestCd II. such matters here.
Yours, ROB ROY.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.

Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named appraisetneiIts of personal pro-
peTtN of dccedetS selected and set apart for
the widows of inteStarcs. under the Act NJ i ;
semhly of the l4th day OF April. 4. ID. ISL. have
hppa filed in the Registers Office at EbcnsburE
aud will he presenaed to the Orphans Court
of Cambria county, for cOu;T mai iufi and allow
aucn. or WEDNESDAY. the sd Dsy OF NARCH.
a ID. lS15. TO wit:
J. lnvento ory ani appralseinert Of certain person
ri property appraised and set apart for Nancy J.
Gerhart, widow of John Il. W. Gerhart, late Of
Rirhlaud tCT7nsfri.i deces sed-STS37
2 inventory and appraisement of certain berson-
al property appraised and set apart for Mary Kay
Tor. maiden sister of Peter haylcr, late of Mum
ster township, deceased-.4S.5o-
3 Inventory and Al Ilaist nent OF c@riG IL person
al property appraised and set apart for Margaret
Mullen. widow OF Bernard Nuilen, late of sum
merhill township, ds-eased-e29T.77.
l. Inventory and spPrsi1efisnt of certain per
sonal property appraised and set apart Tor Eliza
beth Wissinger. widow of Daniel Wissnger. late
of Adams townsh p. deceased-$29S SIS.
s. Inventory and appTaisement of certain per
sOual properly appraised and set apart foE Ella
fet u Stiics. widow Of Samuel Stiles. late Cf Jack
son township. decea sel-. 800 90
O. Inventory and appraisemcnt Of certain per-
sOnal property appraised and set apart for Eliza
beth A. VIII. widow of Augustine -. V ill., late Of
Allegheny township. decessed-S3 go.
JAMES N. SINGER. Register.
Registers ofice, Ebensburg, Pa, Feb l, 1875.
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STRANGE, BUT TRUE.-It is natural for
people suffering with Consumption. Coughs,
Severe Colds, or any other disease of the
Throat and Lungs, to put off from day to
day buying an article that they know has
cured their neighbor, friend, or relative, yet
they have no faith in it until it is too late.
Ii you will go to your Druggists and get a
bottle of BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP, your
Immediate cure is certain as you live
1t has lately been introduced into this coun-
try from Germany, and Druggists and peo-
pie everywhere are elated over its success
You can get a sample bottle for 10 cents and
try 1T. Regular size bottle IS cents. Lem
mon 81 Murray, Ebensburg, or p N. Wole-
slagle & Son, Wilmore.
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We have received a copy of the San
Francisco Daily Post of the 10th inst, which
contains a notice of the death of Mr.. p. j.
Forester, father of our friend and most lib
eral patron, M. p. A. Forrestor, of Cam
bria, San Lnis Obispo county, California
The deceased gentleman, who was born in
Londonderry, Ireland, in 1899, and conse-
quently was "a years of age a: the time of
his death is said to have never been under
the influence of Intoxicating liquors nor
never uttered profane word in his life.
He Went to California in 1874, having pre-
viously been a resident of Philadelphia,
where he held several Offices of trust and
pront, At all times enjoying that confidence
and esteem which ever attaches to the name
OF an honest man. He also many years ago
resided near Loretto, this county, not n
few of cur older citizens viii. well remember.
He has died full of years and full Of honors,
and We trust that his soul has found eternal
rest
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FREE OF CHARGE.-Dr. Morris Syrup OF
Tar, Wild Cherry and Horehound combines
all the medicinal virtues of those articles
which long experience has proved to possess
the most efficient qualities for all diseases of
the Throat and Lungs. Coughs and Colds
are speedily relieved by it aud in Group it
acts like magic. Call at Il. j. Lloyd's Drug
Store and obtain a sample bottle free Of charge,
or regular size for 81 or at P. NJ Woe-
slagle & Sons Store, Wilmore. j. r. MoR.
Rrs, 113 North I'd St., Phila. |3-13.-Iyl
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bALLoU's MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR
MARCH.-We have received the March
number of 3aliOu's Magazine aud find it as
interesting, as instru, tive and useful as
ever. For the price Balou'e Magazine is
the best in the country, as it has something
to suit every taste. Love stories, sea yarns,
adventures, and poetry, engravings of merit,
and those of n comic nature. Published by
Thomes & Talbot 80 Bromfield Street, Bos-
ton, and for sale at all the periodical depots
!n the country.
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present Treasurer getting no credit for COM
missions paid cCrstables. But not So with the
report OF january 1874. in which the Treasurer
waskcredited with s86601, commissions paid to-
constables. Surely the Auditors for that year.
or those of them yet surviving, as honorable
men Qeavinu integrity asidcl should know What
beca me of that sum of money $50 or $50, and
they ought to explain IL to the satisfaction OF
the taxpayers Of Cambria COUNTY. who paid
them 1Ucu for doing the business properly.
Yours, &c. 1SoUIaER.
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SHoCKrNa HoLoCAUsr--Tuo Children
Burned to Death.-Mr. Philip H. Jones is a
hard working farmer, with his place of resi-
dence in Blacklick owaship, seven miles
northwest of Ebensburg. On Tuesday of
this week, he left the bosom of his family,
consisting of wife and two children, to
engage in his customary daily avocation of
hauling lumber to Ebensburg. During his
absence his wife essayed the task of feed
ing the stock in and about the barn. She
placed her little ones in what she considered
a safe place, and, taking pail of provender
in each hand, proceeded to the barn. Upon
her return to the house, shortly afterward,
a torrent of flame met her as she opened the
door, and she was unable to erteI. Power
less TO combat with the fiery element, she
was compelled to retire to distance aud
witness the Obstruction of the huil''"-. Th"
building contain no. pnly the pro eeds of
many years of patient toll, but-alas!-ths
bodies of the two little ones. They were
burned to ashes-one, boy three years old,
and the other, girl of two years TO oner
sympathy to the parents in a calamity of
this sort were OF conrse useless. words
turn to air when applied as balm to a
broken heart. But the eye of contemplation
can turn back the pages one by one and
find no more darker page In the record OF
time thar this wholesale destruction OF
household and its gods The theory of the
origin of the fire is that, after the mother
had gone to the barn, one of tie children by
some means obtained possession of u bit of
infiammable material and litit at the stove,
and thus communicated the flames to the
floor and surroundings. The fire must have
spread very rapidly, for Mrs. j. was absent
from the house scarce ten minutes ere her
return from the barn She ran for help so
soon as her tottering steps would obey her
will, but the help came-too late! Mr.. Jones,
as before stated, is an honest, industrious
farmer, and was a gallant soldier during the
war, while his wife is a model women. Both
have the sympathy of the entire community
in the great affliction that has befallen them
to purchase lANU mont in another eciumn.
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"A wayfaring feminine called at the res
idence of Mr.. John Cain, in Munster town.
ship, not long since, and promised to make
herself generally useful about the house if
permission was granted her to remain for a
short time. Her request was acceded to
and everything went well until few days
ago, when Mr.. c. aud wife had occasion to
visit neiEhbor, leaving this wayfaring
feminine in charge Of the household. Tie
bala,ce of the story need scarcely be told.
Suffice it to say that the way yfariug feminine
took occasion TO eight OUT dnring the alb
sence of her bencfactors, and as Mrs. c.
wedding dress and several other articles of
value are among the things that were but
are not now III that domicil, they very quick
cIuded that they had not been entertaining
an angel unawares. At last accounts Mr.
c. was making an effort to overhaul the
dishonest domestic, but with what success
we know not.
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.ICENSE NOTTCE.-Petitions

T .ICENSE Petitions
- for Tavern and Eating House License
have been fled in the Office II the Clerk OF the
Court OF Quarter Sessions az afhbria county by
the following named persons. and viii be present
ed to the Court of Quarter Sessions Of said ceun-
ty, at March Sessions. 1873.
TAVERN lie SsE.
Barr nship--Nichclas I.ambor b. Vogle-
CrOyle Township-3Tich- eel EatcS. Peter Brt.wn.
Carrolltosn Borough Edwa ri l.. Binder, Dom
inick Eyer
Chest Township Ant hony AIMS
Chest Springs BOrougft-.IUf.n rouse,
Ebensturg Boro'. West Ward John A. Blair,
Henry Foster.
Galiitzn Township Anthony Nc nc.
Washington shp-Mic ichacl Bradley, H 4
~ Msrtz. NaTS5ret ReIly- Peter Brosen Lux
BurrooTI. John p Parrish, John W. tSillispie. Je.
Mc(iough.
EAT:SG zoTsE LICENSE.
ashington Tp.-tSco. Seabolf. IT. Wm. Finn,
II. Nc DLiAN- Clerk q. s
Prothonotsry's OfIice, Ebershurg Feb. 5, 1875.
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Broop DIsKAsEs.-The blood being the
source from which our systems are unit up
and from which we derive our mental as
we'll as physical capabilities, how important
that it should be kept pure. IF it contains
vile fostering poisons, all organic functions
are weakened thereby. Settling upon inn
portant organs, as the lungs, liver or kid
neys, the effect is most disastrous. Hence
it behooves every one to keep their blood in
a perfectly healthy condition. aud more es-
pecially does this apply at this particular
season of the year than at any other. 10
matter what the exciting cause may be, the
eases is bad blood Now DIR. Pierce does
not wish to place his Golden Medicai DIS.
covery in the catalogue of quack patent
nostrums by recommending it 10 cure every
disease, nor does he so recommend -; on .ne
contrary there are hundreds OF diseases that
he acknow lodges it will not curej but what
he does claim is this, that there II but one
form of blood disease that 1t will not cure,
and that disease Is cancer. He does not rec
ommend his Discovery for that disease, yet
he knows It to be the most searching blood
cleanser yet disco vered, anu that it will free
the blood aud system of all other known
blood poisons, he they animal, vegetable or
mineral. The Golden Discovery Is DdTrdnted
by him 20 cure the worst forms of skin dis
cases. as all forms of blotches, pimples and
eruptiotis, also all glandular sweilings, and
the worst form of scrofulous and liberated
sores of neck, legs or other parts, and All
swellings fever sores, hip joint and spinal
diseases, all Of which belongs to scrofulous
diseases. t.as. --e t.. ...t-.......
CoxFIRMED-HIr JOINT DISEASE CURED.
W. GROVE STATION, Ia, July IA, 1872
D,: Pierce, BuftFO, N. Y.
DEAR SfR: My wife first became lame nine
years 40. sweiiin9s would appear and dIsap-
near on Ia ar pip. and she was gradually becom-
mo red iced and her whole system rotten VII
disease IN 1571 swelling broke on her hip,
discharrinr large Quantities. and since that
time there are 81, ve-al okeninxsi Have had nve
viii do any good but :. surgical operation.
July l6. 1873. he writes thus; NY VIE mas GER,
tainy received great ben. u iTo,n tne Use -: -:
your Discovery. tor she was NO apie 20 ger on
the bed and was not expected ~ i've wSen
when she commenced using il, a yea. go que
has been doing most of her work for o> IT 81 =
months. Has used twenty bottles and Is SUI
using it. Her recovery is considered as a mos.
a miracle. and we attribute il all to the use or
your valuable medicine. I can cheerfully rec
ommend it as q blood puriner and strength re-
etorcr. J. n. ROBINSON.
Discovery is sold by Druggists.
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NOTICE.

- Estate of JOHN r. MYERS decd.
Letters tes.amentary on the estate of JcEN b..
NJ YEss- hate of the Borough of Loretto. Cambria
county. Pi. decd have been issued To the stibscr-
ber, residing in said borough All persons ndebt-
ed to the above named estate arc notified tnat pay
ment must be made without delay and those hay-
ing claims against the same will present them pro-
perry authenticated for settlement
Feb %. IsT5.-st< sPPALONIA MYERS.
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PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY FOR SALE.

COMPLETE E in all its departments Best loca-
~ tion in the two cities, having n large and an
established custom. VIII be sold at n great bar
gain. Price, 81 20l. For particulars call on ad-
dress Immediately. w. j. SARvER. -Jeweler. No.
81 FEDERAL Street. Allegheny CITY. Pa. L2.-it
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A PPOINTMENT OF ASSIGNEE

(lN BA II ~ PIt1-)
TIE undersigned hereby gives notice of h ap-
pontment as Assignee of @ EoKaE ]. THOMAS, of
Johnstown, in the County of Cambria and state
of Pennsylvania. within said dist :rict who has been
adJudged a Bankrupt upon his own petition by the
District. CouE. of said district
Feb. 20. 1sT5.-st. WM b. BON ACKER
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THE BEST
Lands
IOWA AHp NEBRASKA
FoR SALE nv THE
BERLINGINN 4 MiSSntki RIIEk /. R. CO

On Ten Years Credit aud per cent. Irtete-ts
OHr Million irTcs 5H Iilrt & >IIfHc-i VrI,ras-l-I
The fnc-t country la the werlt To combine FarIn-
Ing and stock R8isiag. Tff Soil is rich md east
Iy cultivated; Climate warm: Seasons long Taxes
low, and tEtusaficn $50 No PAYMENTS
quired on principal I'LL FIFTH year and then only
ONE-SIeN EN- I'll EACH EAR UNTIL PAIb
Land Exploring Tickets
Sold at important stations on the Chicago Bur
lingion and Quincy Rail Road and cost Of Same
refunded when lauq Is bought.
Half Fare to families Of purchasers, sad Low
FRElGHTS on household goods and farm stock
Twenty per cent premium fs.r cultivation.
large Discounts fer Cash within one two and
three years-
Products lgiu pdB- for Land aud Igapr0ue nsnfs
tong hcfJ's the Principal becu3fcN due.
THE so-cailed destifutIon in Nebraska lis IN
the far western region beyotsd tie lands pf he b
h VI. r. Il Co.
Ss1- For circulars that VII describe fully these
lands and the tei ms 81 sale, apply 20 address,
LAND CON j ION ER;
tl2-25-3m.l burlington. Iowa, for Iowa Lau1s.
or Lincoln Neb., for Nebraska Llnd.
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COHFIRMED-.HIr JOINT DISEASE CURED
W GROVE STATION. Ia, July IA, 187

THE following bill for the prevention of
horses, cattle, sheep or swine running at
large in the various townships of the COM
monweaifh, has been introduced into the
Senate. If it should become a law, we do
not believe, speaking only Of this county,
that single township would accept its pro
visions:
SECTION 1. Be Il enacted. &c. That no horses.
cattle. sheep or swine shall be suffered to run
at large upon the public roads or highways, in
the various townships OF the Common wealth,
under penalty of twI dollars for each offence.
SEC. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the constable,
within the various townships of the Common
wealth, respectively aud they are hereby en-
NOW, led and directed, without any special war
rant o. u.her uthority than this act. to seize
and secu,e erery animal OF horse, cattle, sheep
or swine kim lat may be found running at
large as aforesa,d d aIh the same to sell at public
sale in the same MAJ rs is PROVIDED by law
for selling strays, giving me owner, II nc can be
found at least five davs' notfte previous Ia
such sale If the said owner sEail nay 10 inc
said constable the said penalty of .wo dollars.
and and also pay the expenses Of keeping ..,e aaid
animal or animals. then ii shall be the duty %
owner or owners thereof; but if he shall make
sale aforesaid he shall pay the overpius after
deduc,ing the said penalty and expenses, to
the owner or owners thereof. And the con-
stable making such seizure shall be allowed for
the same to retain one-half the penalty, and it
SCHOOL sreasnrer of the the rownship Where e sue
seizure was made for the use of the schools OF
Section 3. That if any constable shall neglect
or refuse to seize and secure any animal. as
diptCs"iH' ~ iofSS' h'tihCu ~
any person to seize secure the same. such
constable shall pay fine of five dollars for the
use of the schools of the township wnere the
said constable resides for every such neglect
refusal.
SEC. 4. The penalties imposed by this act
shall be prosecuted and recoverable be fore a
Justice OF the peace, in the name of the school
district of the said respective townships: Pro-
ridef, That the provisions of this act shall not
he enforced until approved by majority of
the lawful voters on the same at any annual
spring election to be held for the election of
tow nshp officers. That in each of said town
m huN Ia elppfiOp m no re-
ceive ballots on this ubject, for against its
approval.
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A DM1NISTRATOR'S NOTICE.

81 Estate of MARY NSGLApE. decd
Letters of Adrninisi ration the estate of said
Gncedent, late of i Allegheny wnship. having been
granted to the undersigned, living in said town.
ship all persons having claims against said estate
will present them properly proven. and those in
debted TO the same will make payment forthwith.
Feb. 76. 1S75.-6t. BR1DG EFT MELOY.
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10 purchase kHNV mont in another eciuMa,
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Balance to be accounted for. :. -. q, $50. Ii
No doubt but this last balance would be bal
anced by exOnerations, as the late report SHOWS
no exOnerations except $l07.5S on duplicate.
All may he right in substance and no injustice
done to any ono, but the County Auditors ought
to have shown in their report how such large
deficits occurred by showing what would bal
ance them. Then there would have been no
room for criticisms.
And now, since we have got on Auditors re-
ports, permit me to call the attention of fax
pay ers to article or problem by soue firm
named TRY & Straieh ehten, which appeared In
the FREEMAN some time ago, making inquiry
to what party parties had received the
benefit of the pes cent. added. in 1S13 to the
are not aware that any person responded to 1t
On examination, it can be easily ascertained
that he ) per cent. amounted to 500 or $780, OF
thereaDouf. No person seems to have been
charged with 1t by the Auditors; neither is any
charged with additional per cent in
the late Auditors report. But 1t would seem
Il ,renf TO pas the constatlss' commissions, TIE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-12
PROPOSALS.
DROPOsALs FOR STATIONERY.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, March 9, 1875.
Sealed Proposals for furnishing Stationery for the
year ending june -, lS6, will be received at this
Department until the 18TH DAY OF APRIL, 1875, at
IL o'clOck III.
Blank forms for bidding will be furnished upon
application.
The bid, win BE- considered and accepted or rejected
itcEn by item and his advertisement and the pro-
posal, so far accepted by the Secretary of the
Treasury, and the bond accompanying the same,
shall constitute the contract tween the Govern
men; and the bidder or bidders, and no further
tract will re executed.
The articles contracted for must be furnished from
time TO time during the year, in quantities pursuant
toorders from the Department. The entire Guanti
ties viii, however, be called for during the year.
Each proposal must be signed by the individual or
nfm making It, and be accom- MED by bond, with
sufficient suretcs in the Of ten thousand dollars
CSlOOC0l, approved BY United States officer of the
on form to be furnished By the Department, con-
otoned for furnishing such portions of tine articles
a. may he awarded under IT, and the performance of
the contract.
All deliveries will be subject to inspection by an
expert detailed for the purpose by the Secretary Of
the Treasury and the delivery Of inferior article
will be deemed sufficient cause to annul the contract,
at the option Of the secretary.
Deliveries must he free of charge at the Treasury
Department, Washington.
The failure TO comply with one order under
penalty Of the bond or the Secretary of the Treasury
may direct the purchase, In open market of such
quantities of any articles as shall be necessary to
supply the deficiency caused by such failure, and
price which il shall be found necessary to pay for
kueh articles.
Proposals unaccom panied by a satisfactory bond
viii not be considered and contracts viii De awarded
the articles.
Proposals TO be addressed to the undersi gned and
marked Proposals for Stationery"
mario eClS Secretary of the Treasury.
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MARRIAGE BY PRoNY.-The following
naive anecdote is going the rounds OF the
German papers: IN missionary circles the
Introduction of the civil marriage law has
revealed difficulty of which nobody had
thought. II appears that in many German
missionary societies the custom prevails OF
sending out preferable married missioaa-
ries, because good results are expected from
the example OF Christian matrimony. Now
when the wife of a missionary died during
their sojourn abroad IL was usual 10 select "A
new wife for him out OF the reserve stock in
the schools OF the society, and send her TO
him, and in order 10 simplify matters the
marriage ceremony was performed here By
procuration before the departure of the bride.
When the marriage was wholly in the hands
OF the clergy, they recognized such a cere-
mony as valid. Since the PRONUNCIATION of
the obligatory civil marriage law case OF
this sort arose, but the anxious missionary
has not received the wife whom the kind care
OF others chose FOR him. For such a marriage
must now be celebrated according TO secu-
lar rites, and when application was made, ft
was impossible TO find an official who could
discover any warrant for performing a mar
riage by prOcuratiOn.