The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-11-26

| report the western division as the most
J perfect in every particular and the section
bosses between Altoona and Pittsburgh are
! of course greatly reioiced at the well-de-
served compliment thus publicly paid to
! Them.
! Three clothes lines in Curwensville were
stripped by some one of the light Fingered
fraternity one night last week, the thief OBJ
tanning for his booty fourteen fine handker-
chiefs one line, four on another, and two
bed ticks, several pillow-slips, and various
other articles, on the third. He also gobbled
] MP new wash boiler which contained two
/ more bed ticks
Dnnmire. residing at Tunnelton. Indiana
county. fell into a tub Of hot suds or Thurs
dav of last week. during the absence Of the
adult members of the family, and was 40
badly scalded that the hair came off it, head
/ and the skin from its body. 1t died on the
( following day, after the most excruciating
suffering.
r.. L. Johnston, Esq, is having a two
story frame building 131E feet in width and
26 feet in depth erected on the plot of ground
recently occupied by the law office of John
8. Rhcy, ESQ, on Centre street. The new
edifice is designed a "print shop" and
will afrer the first Of next April be known
"a the FREEMAN building, whether under
our administration or otherwise remains to
be seen.
We are sorry for the sake of the survi-
wing relatives to chronicle the death of Miss
Katie Carney, daughter of onr true hearted
old friends, John aud Rose Carney of Mum
/ ster township, which occurred on Wedmes-
day morning last, after a long and severe
| Illness No purer spirit ever summon
ed from the trials OF time to the joys of eter-
nifty. Irterment at Catholic cemetery, Sum-
nit, at 10 a. nj. to- day.
Turtle soup, with accompanying eject
eras the bill of fare served up At the
Mountain House yesterday at tie noonday
meal. Having irdulged in the luxury by
invitation of our big hearted friend of Jour.
nalistic fame, j. Todd Hutchinson. we can
| truly say that il was rare treat, and one
that reflected infinite credit upon the ar-
comp|ished hostess of that popular and well
conducted hostelry, Mrs. L. II Linton
Hugh Devlin, ST., father-in-law, if we
mistake not, Of our friend and patron Mr.
Daniel Henry, of Gailitzin was fonnd dead
OH the road near Bennington Furnace, Blair
county, one day last week. III. was driving
team of horses, and the wagon in which he
was riding was without bed When dis
covered, one of the front wheels was resting
on his back. so it is presumed that he had
been sitting on the bolste er, 5ut was thrown
to the ground and killed by the fall wife
and five children mourn his loss.
Lament of we disconsoiate lower: OH
my love / as left the garden gate, she sits on
the steps no more and the old man swears
if go inside he'll boot me out at the door
hecause he says that 1 never shall wed his
daughter comsly and sweet until visit
G. Wolfs great clothing bazaar and buy my
self an outfit complete as any one now can
most certainly do, at price that's decidedly
low and select from a stupendous stock such
~ no other man in the business can show
Twelfth street, next door to the post ofice
Altoona.
A young man named Ell. Hall wac ar
rested in Altoona on Monday last and bound
over for his appearance At Court to answer
the charge ot attempted rape preferred
against him by a yonng lady named Sarah
Ellen Clapper, who declares that Hall made
no less than two attempts TO outrage her
person while abe was returning home from a
neighbor's on the night previous. The last
attempt, she alleges, would have been sue
cessful were il not for the inrerposition of
gentleman who happened to be passing at
the time.
One of the big things at the Catholic
fair now in progress in Altoona ia a contest
for an elegant Spanish chair, for which four
of the legal fraternity, TO wit: Messrs A.
V. Dively and Thos. II. Greevy of Altoona
Jas. r. Milliken. of Hollidsysburg, and c.
W. Easily, of Johnstown, the able and eff,
cient local editor OF the Daily Tribune, are
the competitors. just what a chair Of that
kind looks like are unable TO say. but "a
married men sometimes have to walk Span
ish, we are in favor of making our bachelor
friend, Cas-. Easily, do the next worst or best
rhng-sit Spanish.
Joseph Dunlap, an old offender was
arrested in Susqnehanna township one day
last week for stealing quantity of leather,
valued at about SO, from Mr.. Joseph
Bowers the leather belonged to various
persons i'm the vicinity, and had left it with
Mr.. B. for the purpose of having it manu-
factured into boots. Two other parties
named Jacob Bee and "Mene" Ashcraft
were implicated in the robbery. but the
former claimed to be acting as detective
and gave the first information in regard to
the guilty parties, and the latter has not yet
been arrested. Dunlap, in whose barn the |
leather was found secreted, has given bail
for his appearance at Conrt TO answer.
MARY j." writes to the Cutting Bor to |
ask whether the new style of striped stock |
irgs are sold in .Johnstown, and how high /
they come to which queries the naughty /
editor makes answer and says: ''The new |
style of striped stockings are sold in our |
town. We do not know how high tney /
come, but think they come few inches above
the knee" He likewise AYERS and declares
that g. j. Hess, 2i1 and 243 Main street,