The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-05-21

Two magnificent side affairs have this
week been received from Jchnstown and
placed In position in the Catholic church at
Carroiitown- They will he dedicated on
Thursday next, the feast Of Corpus Christi
Our military company, To the number
Of forty. odd members, faced the music on
Friday last and were duly mustered into
service by Assistant Adjutapt Gel III u. 8.
Keller, OF Bei'efonte, Pa, after which the
following officers were duly elected Cap
tain, Samuel NJ. Davis First Lieutenant,
Edgar Evans; Second Lieutenant, E. j.
Humphreys. The Orderly Sergeant is to be
selected by the Captain commanding.
The troubles in the Clearf'eld county
coal regions still continGc, the latest reports
from that section being that Xingo Parks.
the organizer and mining agitaror, has been
arrested at Osceola and taken to the Cleat-
field Jail to keep company with some Fifty
six of the strikers previously arrested at the
same place for making threats Sgainst the
workingmen. 1taliaus and others, duly
equipped with Spencer rifles, are being
marched TO the several mines to take the
places of those engaged in the strike. but as
yet no blood has been spilled, and there ;s
reason to hope that none will be.
The latest stock of goods received by
any merchant is invariably heralded ~ the
largest and best ever brought.c etc, yet we
are not going To say that about the immense
invoice of drugs, notions, fancy goods, sta
tionery, etc, just now being opened at Lem
mon * Murray's Drug, Book aud Variety
Store in this place, although we believe tina.
such expression would be strictly in
accordance with the truth. Still we must
say that they have everything in their line
that they ought to have, and when any arti-
Gle fresh, pure and reliable, mt n fair. homes.
price, is desired by any of our patrons, we
can conscientiuusly recommend them to call
on Lennon & Murray.
His first name is Jim and the last might
lie sam (but il ain'D, who, not being az fat
on a swim. should have staid away from the
dam hut he didu't SO do, as the sequel will
tell, for by going there 10 hslI, in the water
he fell. He padded his boat till the middle
he reached, when he thought he could float
on log that was beech-ed, hut he found his
mistake, SO the narrative goes, when tho log
gave lurch and lie wet his store clothes.
But he got safely ont, though for 4 time it it
true his hopes for escape were decidedly
blue and now his advice 10 each son and
daughter, when on fishing intent, is TO keep
away from the water, lest like himself the v
may have the i'll luck to catch little else
thai dam( (nable) duck.
If there is one improvement more than
any other required the streets in This
borough, it is the placing of fag-stones from
the curb over the cutters at the different
crossings. II is safe TO say that other
town in the State of the size of our own is
defective i'm this particular. Many of
the crossings AT the points referred to are
absolutely dangerous TO strangers passing g
from one side of a street to the other on a
dark night. Only few weeks ago a ver-
diet of S41J was rendered against the bor-
ough of Indiana for an injury to a person
caused by defective plank i'm the sidewalk
Council in making necessary improvements,
and none is more urgently demanded than
the one TO which we refer. 1t cannot I've
done too soon.