The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-09
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had come to terra .frma and was unable to
rise again. 1t measured seven feet and four
inches from tip to tip across the wings.
Chaplain Davis made tie speech of the
evening at the water meeting, bringing
'dow the house at every utterance and
making old fogies and white washed,
fenced-in town quake in their respective
boots, besides pledgng his word to buy all
the bonds necessary to complete the works
Our private opinion, publicly expressed,
is that it is penny wise and pound fool
ish" for any community to dispense with so
ueedful necessary to the safety of its pro-
perty and the convenience of the people as
water works, provided of course that the
expense does not exceed the ability OF the
taxpayers to liquidate the debt within the
space of an ordinary lifetime.
Solomon Dietrich, of Juniata township,
Bedford county, who evidently possessed
none of the wisdom pertaining TO his name
sake of old, shot himself through the head
with n revolver, a few days ago, and died in
tventy-seven hours after. The self-mur-
derer has left a wife and four children, the
younges: of which is only four weeks old.
With n sigh of relief accept the be-
lief that the cold weather is over, and now
we'll prepare Spring blessings TO share while
we wait for the coming of clover so let us
pitch in and take what win of what ma
ture designs TO be enjoyed, not forgetting
the while that cheap goods of best style
have just been received by Myers 81 Lloyd.
The Altoona Mirror learns by private
letter from Houtzdale, Clearfield cornty
dated April 9TH, that on that day the miners
haH go aI far a Of 70
ION. Ii not given by the operators a general
strike of the entire region is imminent All
the mines at present are working full ca
pacity and have more orders chan they car.
fIl."
MIR. Philip Flenner, a resident of Por
tage Station, this county, and a soldier of
the war of 1872, completed the ninety-ninth
year of his age, according TO his own reck-
oning, on Tuesday last. We join the Johns
town Tribune in hoping that Mr.. Fleuner
may live to enjoy his own centennial hy
visiting the nation 5 centennial in Philade-
phia in 1876.
"A military company has been formed in
! this place ut least SO far as the signing of
sixty odd names to the roll is concerned,
and if it can go through the ordeal of elect
ing officers without busting it will proba-
bly, he in proper trim for doing guard duty
ut tnc Centennial as part of Col. Millikens
fifth regiment of the National Guard of
Pennsylvania.
Last evening, says Mondays Altoona
Mirror, while Peter McNaEy, Esq, An aged
and esteemed citizen, was descending the
stairs in his residence on Eleventh avenue,
! with AN oil lamp in his hand, lie lost his
footing and fell to the floor below. He for
tuuatcly sustained but slight injury, yet
his escape from serious accident was remark
able. The lamp was extinguished in the
fall.
"A colored man named Robert Howard,
employed at livery stable in Huntingdon,
drove horse and buggy into the Juniata
river on Thursday last, for the purpose of
cleansing the buggy, but failed to drive out
rs ain, the high water overv heiming driver,
horse and uuggy, and drowning the two
: former. The dead horse and tie buggy were
/ eventually drawn to shore, but at latest ac-
counts the body of Howard had not been
covered.
He bluShed n fiery red her heart wen:
pit-a-pat; she gently hung her head, and
looked down at the mat. He trembed in
his speech he rose from where he sat, and
my hat that hat / bought so fine aud
sleek from Hess x Brother kind and meek,
whose clothing store with stock replete is
easily found on famed Maiu streot-2il and
2l3, Jchustowu.
.The facts ami figures presented AT the
water meeting Wednesday evening, aud
claiming to he from the most reliable and
+ trustworthy sources, showed very conclu-
/ sively that the works could be completed,
/ pipes laid through all the principal streets
( and twenty fire plugs furnished for less than
So, eco, and a community shat cannot stand
that outlay for project pressing deserves
/ to I've, in the language of Chaplain Davis,
(uot original fenced in and white washed
without further ceremony.
1t is always mete to have friend and
especially one who deems it mete 10 meet
you with smile and inform you that lie
/ will mete out to You a liberal supply of meat
free gratis for nothing if you will only meet
[ him at his meat market. OF such is our
clever friend Joe Gutwald, the prince of
butchers, who meted out to us not long since
large roast and a couple of very tender
steaks, for which of course our bowels yearn-
eth with exceeding great gratitude. Next.
! A report reaches us that two men were
drowned in Chest creek, in Chest township,
this county, on Fricay last while engaged
in breaking up log jam, but with the ex-
ception of having heard that the name of
one of the victims was Flenner We have no
particulars relating to tie sad occurrence.
Mr.. John Flenner, of Wilmore, is said to
have been employed at logging on Chest
creek, but whether he is the one who has
met SO untinely a fate we are not prepared
to say.
Mr. James Herrod, of Derry, West
moreland county, has retired permanently
from the business of jumping off trains
while in motion. Having accomplished
that feat one night ,ast week, at Morrell-
vile, this county, he has come to tie con-
ciusion that il don't agree with his consti-
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