The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-02-12

Hon. A. A. Barker, of this place, left
home last night en- route for Florida, where
he proposes to rusticate for n time in hopes
of recruiting his health which has been inn
paired by his arduous labors and close APP
plication to business. He intends TO take
Washington, Richmond, Charleston and
Savannah on the route, and will remain a
day or two in each of those places. We
wish him a pleasant journey.
-Rev. Father Staub Catholic priest at
Alpsville, Allegheny county had one of his
feet so shockingly mangled by the wheels of
one or two passengers ears on the Connelis-
vile railroad, few days ago, that the foot
had to be amputated. He was attempting
TO get the train at the time. Father
Staub was raised in Johustown, and is well
known to many of our readers, who will he
very sorry to learn or his great misfortune
MIR. Lem. Davis, who for some time
past has been enjoying the dietetic advan-
tages of certain medical institution IN Dan
VILE, n. Y. returned home a few days ago
looking decidedly better for the course OF
sprouts through which he had been put
He reports Mr.. Thomas j. Lloyd another
seeker after health at :he same fountain
head, as being much improved physically,
and as likely to greet his friends ere many
days.
1t is said that forty girls will run afrer
a snob with gold-headed cane, where one
will shy up to fellow with sound horse
sense. All which may or may not be ''kir-
rici," without effecting in the least the
price of made-up wearing apparel at Star
Clothing Hall, 100 Clinton street, Johns
town, where people with even colt sense
know enough to know that they can buy the
very best of clothing and save money In the
operation all the time.
-Galhtzin borough trots out the following
named gentlemen for the several offices to
be filed at the,elcciion on Tuesday next !:
BurgesS-J. NJ. ChriSty and David Mills;
Councilmeu-Jas. McCIoskey, ThOs. Brad
ley, Michael Bracken, j. III. ellison, Fred.
Ehrenfeld and Geo. Gutwalt; Constable
Geo. Gutwalt Charles Selb:Z and p. f.
Carney; Judge of Election-J ohm Galtigan
and Geo. Harvey Inspactors-James Egan
and j. j. Parrish; Assessor-F. j. Parrish
and 4 5. Fleming; -Auditor-M- f. Kelly
and T. S. Fleming
Several cgregiuus errors crept into the
report of the Receipts anC Expenditures Of
the county, AS well as the Poor House state
ment, all which are fairly chargeable to the
oversight of the proof correctur, we care
fully noted every error by comparing the
proof with the original copy. One of these
errors makes the abatement to taxpayers
Sl1, ,S3S. So, insl cad of 81 S3S. SO another
makes amount paid Mrs. Byrne for chick
ems $3.50, instead of S3.2J; and Still anoth-
er gives 8 head OF sheep instead of %. a
few more slight errors might be referred to,
but next week we will correct all, the
port this week having been worked off be-
fore the errors were discovered.
y ~ Il OfFeSItr, Esq, a former cltlZeh
of this county, but now a resident of Cali
fornia, where he is not only the proprietor
of a town which he has named in honor of
little Cambria, but is largely interested in
quicksilver mines, has sent us ten dollar
note of the First National Gold Bank of San
Francisco, which is payable in yellow
boys" ard Is quite a curiosity in, its way.
If we had such money in this country, and
we ought To have it, dollar bill would go
somewhat further than it now does in the
purchase of ready-nafe clothing at tlfe re-
nowned emporium of S. j Hess 81 Bro, 241
and 2i3 Main street, Johnstown, albeit it is
an admitted fact that on the present none
tlry basis the firm named cannot be excelled
for low prices.
Miss Laura Mullen made information
before Justice Strayer, of job nstown, on
Saturday last, against Nimrcd McElcar, a
married man reSidingi \ that place for ad ul-
terry, and NJ Ecar gave bail for his appear
ance to answer, and then retaliated by ap-
pearing before Justice Fisher and making a
statement under oath to the effect that Lau-
ra Mullen had been guilty of furnication
Iha' her and Mrs. Jas. w Burtnett also liv-
ing in JOhnStown, had entered into a conSpira-
cy for certain unlawful purposes and that the
latter kept a bawdy house aud was guilty of
adultery with a man whose name the prose-
cutor gave, but which does not appear in
print for certain alleged obvious reasons
w hat makes this complicated case still. more
complicated is the fact that James w Burt
nett, the husband of the accused last named
is IN Jail here awaiting trial at the a April
term OF the District Court on three distinct
charges, namely, assault and battery with
Intent TO XII! his wife, surety of the peace,
and larceny, the latter Indictment being
based on the alleged stealing of "a revolver
from man named &. Won Alt.