The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-10-15


store and residence, and a small confection-
cry store adjoining, were destroyed bv fire
about three clock on Sunday morning last,
involving loss of 80 600 on the main build
ing aud $4,000 OIL the stock, with only 81
600 insurance. The fire is believed to have
been the work of an incendary.
| Mr.. A. j, Haws, prominent citizen of
Johnstown, was thrown from buggy on
/ Friday last and badly bruised about the
( head, producing concussion of the brain and
rendering him insensible for two three
! hours. He is now able 10 he about again
and will soon he as well as ever The buggy
was broken 70 pieces and the horse which
had taken fright ut an engine blowing off
| steam and ran away, was somewhat jured
! -Mr. Sol. Hess, of the popular clothing
/ firm of Hess & Bro, Oak Hall, 2i1 and 243
Main street, JUhustown, returned from the
east one day last week with an immense
stock of fall and winter goods, including an
elegant array of fine overcoats and other
wearing apparai, besides n varied aSsori ulent
of gents underwear, hats, caps, and fur
rishing goods, all which are now open for
inspection and will be sold at the lowest
possible figures. Go there and buy your
winter costumes.
Charles +. LitZinger, only son of Mr..
Robert Li'zinger, a former resident of this
place, died of CONSUMPTION at the residence
of his parents in JohnstoTn, on Monday
evening last, after n protracted illness, aged
, 16 years, D months and 13 days. The de-
ceased had been working at the printing
business for several years, portion of which
time he was employed in this office, and pos
sessed many noble qualities of mind and
heart which endcared him TO his relatives
and friends. Peace to his ashes.
-"Oh! kiss me aud CO. said the maid of
his heart, as she proffcred her lips as his pay
to depart; ''the morn is approaching, my
mother will know; my kin,lest and dearest,
just kiss me and so" - Aud the smack that
hc gave her was tarnatiou loud, they
parted that morning al the steps of the door,
and soon the brave '.lovyer'' was lost in the
crowd that was rushing pell NELL to Godfrey
VOLTS cheap clothing store, where mascu-
line rainrnt in endless array has just been
received for the winter and fall and where
visit is ten times to pay any man or
youth who will give him a call. No. 1914
Twelfth street, next door to the post office,
Altoona, Pa.
We learn from the Jolinstown Tribune
n rather indirect medium through which 20
obtain news from our next door neighbOr, so
TO speak-,hat the saw-mill. grist-mll, chair
factory, etc, that is now being erected by
stock company i'll CarrolltOwn, will he under
roof this week. The uuilding is quite large,
and the stock holders feel confident that the
industry will prove = renunerative invest
mrnt. Employment will be given to u large
number of workingmen soon all the
machinery is placed in position. Although
removed ten miles from railroad commune
cations, CIrrolltown is Il very thriving town,
and the farms in the immediate vicinity are
among the most productive in the county.
to say that Saturday morning last,
whilst sitting II; the breakfast table, he Oh
served something flying past one of The win
dOws of his house, AMI at the same moment
heard u heavy thud in the room in which he
was seated. Turning about, he saw what he
conceived to be n hawk falling TO the floor,
but on examination il proved to be pleas
ant. which in it's headlong flight had passed
through two open doors and was flying in
the direction of the window, the lower sash
pf " nicb raised the time hut falling
To make the curve, struck against the win
dow frame aud broke its neck. The
gentleman assures us that he is the poss0sSor
of a ''big sunhower" which measures forty
fl We inches in circumference. How is that
for n hefty helan!lus?
1t is with sincere sorrow that we chron-
icle the death of Mrs. Idell Hoffman, the
estimahle and greatly beloved wife of DIR.
l.. y. Hoffman, surgeon dentist of this place,
which sad event occurI t her residence in
the West Ward on Wednesday afternoon
last Mrs. Hoffman was lady whom to
know was to love, and her death in the very
bloom and vigor of youth has indeed east
gloom over Il community in which she was
known and appreciated by nearly everybody
for her amiable disposition and her great
kindness of heart. She was a fine, robust
looking woman, and gave promise of a long
and happy life. Her age was only % years,
and as may be supposed the three children
thus suddenly berrft of a mothers care are
quite young, one of them being mere infant.
Tho remains of the deceased lady were this
morning taken to New Brighton, Pa, for in
terTneut.
A Young man named Farrell, the son of
respectable parents residing in Bradford
county, and who for some time past had been
ernployad in the lumber regions in the
northern part of Cambria county, tried his
hand at Carrolltown, on Saturday last, in
forging a certificate of deposit on the bank
of Collins, Johnston ~ Co., of this place. for
one hundred dollars, but did the work so
fttn
voucher. which he tried to dispose of. Moth
ing dauntcd, however, he hired a horse from
4 Young man in the employ OF Mr.. John
Sharbaugb, with the avowed intention of,
coming 70 Ebensburg for the purpose of get
ting his money out of the bank since which
time he has failed to return. 1t was known
on Tuesday last, however, that he had
reached a certain puint in Blair county, with
the horse still in charge, and it may he that
ere this he has been arrested, although we
have heard nothing to that effect.
John Wilson, better known as "Califor-
mia Jack " who was arrested on the morning
of the lOih of August last while in the act of
burclariZing the jewclry store of Mr.. .Jere-
iniah Heiple, in JohnstOwn, and who some
years ago robbed the Clearfield county hank
of about $40, 900, was tried and found guilty
of the first mentioned crime i'll the Johns
town District Courtlast week and sentenced
To the prnitentiary for a term of two years.
Wilson Patterson, jr., coloret, charged with
aggravated assault and battery on John
Brown also colored. and with carrying con
cealrd weapons, plead guilty TO the first
charge and was found guilty Of the other in
the same court, and received as his deserts
one year and six months in the peuitcntiary.
GRAY Townsan was sent to the same institu-
tion for a like period Cone year and half) be-
cause he did not have the moral courage to
resist the temptation to steal lot OF wear
ing apparel, valued at eighteen dollars, be-
longing TO n fellow boarder named James
Enrigit in Millville borough, OH the 22d of
July last.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.-To many OF our
readers the following from the Pittsburg
Dispatch of Monday morning last will need
no eIucidation About eleven o'clock yes
terday morning n young man uained w. ii.
Mcguire, while under the influence OF liquor,
atrenpted TO force death upon himself by
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