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

holy Name IN TINS place was magnlnCently
decorated with beautiful flowers and lighted
candles on Christ,nas morning presenting
n picture which for beauty of conception
and com pleteness OF design we have never
seen euualled even in that particular church, /
where artistic skill In tho adornneutof the I
three altars aud the sanctuary has ever
been prominent and pleasing feature.
There is no time like The present time
sang the singers at the Institute t'other day
The present time is of course during the holi- |
days, and it is but truth to say that there is
no time like unite that time providing of
course, you are more blessed in the receiv-
ing than in the giving. Goods OF all sorts,
suitable for holiday presents or for any 9th
er purpose, fer sale, cheap for cash. at Z. !.
Mills popular emporium, High street, Eb-
essburg.
i saw Esau kissing Kate. The fact is
we all thres saw; for L saw Esau, he saw I
saw, and saw she saw l saw Esau kissing
Kate. All which is Introductory to the re-
mark, that II any one desires to see the ric!-
eat and most varied stock of dress aud dry
goods, notions, etc, ever brought to Ebens-
burg, he or she should visit the cheap, cash
stere Of Myers 81 Llovd, High street, right
away. Price list marked down 10 panic pri-
cos for the ready cash
On Friday morning last, at his residence
In Cambria Township, two miles southeast
OF Ebsnsburs, Ar. John O'Couuell fell
victim to the reaper Death. He was born
! In Ireland, bat was a resident of this section
| for more than a half century. a hard work
IEg farmer and y good citizen, he was
spected by all who came within the rays of
his acquaintanceship, as the vast concourse
| who attended his funeral obsequies the day
| following abundantly testifes,
| Mr.. Levi Wsetsel, OF Jeuner x Roads
| Somerset county, is missing. When laet
! sean about two weeks ago, he " as ia Johns-
| town, and it is supposed that lie teok the
/ train for Pittshurgh. He had abo ut S4OO
| in AIS possession. The fact that an unknown
| man was killed on the railroad at Pittsburgh
hO. a 6 hat- \
| leads to tie belief that he the victim,
and that he was murdered for his nsney
and his body placed upon the track to cover
! up the crime.
! -Sou:e correspondent s0nds bit Of
| poetry whiet. opens oxt in this style: ooh,
! the dreary and saddening snow deer per
and deeper wherever you go. 1t is filling
! the woods-it is filing the air it fnaptles
the fields lately frozen and bare" This
| suggests the wsleons thought that If the
snow gets too deep for comfort, a person
ought to buy steve from g. W. Yeager &
CO., Altoona, put it up in his room, and
stay indoors. Messrs. Y. 81 Co. sell the best
| stoves in the market. and at approved prices
On Monday last, in Lancaster, Mr.. G.
d. Bowers was unitet! in the bonds of mat
rimony with Miss Mary 4. Biggs, of that
J city. Mr.. Bowers is the business mapsger
of the Altoona Tribune, and one of the bs st
! fellows eItant this side OF kingdom come
In the matrimonial game Of life that is to
! follow, we trust that Cub" as he is fami-
| Ctllcl, Thlle IA unil1SptttJi DOSSS II
of the queen, may also have distributed to
him IN due titne few small Bowers and
other siao cards, to ckser him on his wind
ing way.
The last issue of the Huntingdon Ns,cs
says: "a few days ago when the Harris
burg Ascenin odatien arrived at this place
! the car inspectors discovered . man living
en- the trucks underneath the bed Of oze of
the ears, very dangerous as well as a very
cold aud unoomforta bic place to ride They
ordered him eff, of course, which order he
reluctantly obeyed. On being Questioned
after wards, he said he al ridden from Pitts
burgh ts Altoona in the same way and
ra.s.r hked 1t. He was large man, would
PTeaNsly weigh 200 pounds, and z6eut as
black snd dirty ss he could b..'
! Mr.. Marry Wilson, son of Hr ol.rk
Wilson. nearly a decade Of years ago editor
! of tho Ebensburg Democrat f Sentinel was
ia town couple of days this week, renew
iPg aequaintancsshp with old frisnds The
tathsT and son sre At present engaged print
ing weekly paper at Parksr's Landing
styled the Otlnen's Journal. He represents
the printing BUSINESS TO be InparativeIy
coed out there, bat says that the oil trade
Ia as stand d-still, a barrel OF crude patrele-
sa in tank olhmandiag emily nfty ccuts-
As TO Ebeasburg, Harry says that It is ths
sarns srst-class cid town it always vas but
that its population and di,een.;sns haze not
basa SO largely extended as he tAoueht \.
had reason to expect.
| -ChTistnas passed of O uietlv in our plids
so quietly, indeed, that hsa il not bee IN for
the naRsual number o: slsishs to be seen
skinmiaG aleng tho streets, four or Ave
inches ef snow covering she ground il would
scarcely have been known that she greatest !
holiday OF the year with as. Some
folks may have awess next morning with
the headache, but we do not know this tC
esa fact. A majority of the business houses
remained closed throughout the day aad
the anniversary sf she birth of the Savior
c:s celebrated with apprepriats servi ces in
several OF the churches. By actual count.
! four h1sdrsi and ff:v-tk-.o turkeys were
slae shtered and-piessiEgs on the eharita-
bl. mo poor man or wososn was left urrs
uspbered ia this season of general Joy and
| rejsicing
At sho time of the issuing of the las.
nurnbs of the FREEMAN, snow to the depth
Of four or Ave iaokss cevsrsd tho ground =
The sleig6ing was excellent, and the be Is
rang msrrily for time, bat Sunday the
feed gates of heavss were opened and raj =
continued to fall uniateTTuptedly sutiI the
following Tuesday morning. The result
| was that the streams and rivers rose q
| creat height, and ia the southern end of the
county considerable damage done to
property by the eveEfic wing Of their banks
At Johustovu the stsny Creek and the
| Cersmaush were At higher stage than has
! been known for many month, and ne "
bridge in eourre OF erection sver the latter
river, near Weodvale, was swept away
when The rain left of, Snow storN began,
snd winter once moro resumed and has sinus
far contin eed her woatad sway.
| On Monday nezt, Capt. j. K. Hite will
retire from the Prothoaotaryship of Cam
bria esunty, te be succceded by Nr. Bernard
McColsan, who was elected to that position
ca tha Sd Of lass Novembsr. Capt. Hite has
held the efics which will then hs vacated
by him for two Successive terms, six
years in all. Always at his post; attentive
to the business Of his Office, and pre-emi-
nSntly qualified to discharge It's every duty
gsnial in manners, and accommodating in
disposition, lie has been public officer with
whom it was pleasure to come in contact.
The hest wishes of all who know him, ac-
company him in his retiTeUlest He will,
We arc glad to know. continue to remain p
resident eli Ebensburx. Mr. hcCelgsn, h /.
y successor, il a gentleman IL every aspect OF
4 the ~srd, and n Fl rss-class business man also.
I We predict that in his hands the Protheao-
taTy.hip will lose none of its former prestige.
we ara lad to lsars that ET. James O.
II asscn, the present cffieisr. Deputy Pro
teenotary, will be continued in the same pc