The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-17


pursuance of the sentence of the Court No
other prisoners now remain in Jail whose
/ sentence requires their removal 20 the Peni-
/ tentiary.
/ r. l.. Johnston, Esq, executor of the es-
tate OF Edward Glass, deco ami administra-
tor OF VIM. Patterson, decd will offer said
estates M pnblic sale, at the Court House in
this place, on Monday January 3d, aud Mr..
dwight Jones, assigne of A. " and Geo. w .
Jones, Will also expose to public sale OH the
/ premises in Cambria township, the we'll
known farm now occupied by Mr.. Thomas
Platt, on Saturday, January Sth. See adj.
, yertiselnents.
! From the bleak and dreary northlanE
where the frost king holds his reign come
( the chilling blasts of winter sweeDinp DER
valley. hill and plain; and as rush they mad
~ onward our garments quick we press
around our cold aud aching shoulders and
! kindly then we think of Hess; he who keeps
d a stock of clothing .the cheapest and the
best, and sells at prices lower than any
. dealer east or west. Nos 241 and 243 Main
/ street, Johnstown.
! John Brink, of Punxsutawney took a
walk with a certain DIR. Allison, new
arrival, the other morning, but they had not
: gone far when they we're stopped by a party
! of ''road agents" aud ordered to ''shell ont -
: wherenpon the doctor took TO his heels
while MIR. Brink was made to disporpe 81 500
in money and two-gold watches Six of the
highwaymen wers subsequently arrested
when the fact developed that the doctor
/ was the leader of the gang
The instructions given by Judge Dean to
the Grand Jury in our Court last week TO
fully examine the evidence in all cases of
assault and battery and to ignore all bills of
that Kind aud divide :he costs between the
parties, unless the ends of Justice should be
frustrated thereby, is meeting with well
inerited cornmendaton in all quarters, and
Is really the only way of putting a stop TO n
great number Of petty prosecutions which
should never he brought 10 Court
-Susquehanna township declines the dis
nngnished honor (?) of claiming her own
the two females now in jail on the charge of
setting fire TO Mr.. Lantzey's mill The
sweet-scented pair hail from Burnsides town
ship, Clearfield county, and are said to be
fhe most degraded wretches that have ever
vet been incarcerated in our county prison
The evidence against them in the crime
charged is said to I've very strong, aud there
is strong probability that they will be con-
victed.
Judge (sorry we can't sayGovernor elrct)
Cyrus l.. Pcrshing spent several DAYS during
the past and present week in .JOhnstown, his
old home. Although defeated in the Guber-
material contest, Judge Pershing will ALWAYS
occupy warm place in the hearts of ih.
people of Cambria county-a fact which was
most coaclusvely shown by their endorse
ment of him at the last November election
Cambria county will always honor Cyrus l..
Pershing. because he always honored her
and her citizens
That able aud efficient Democratic jour
nal, the Bellefouie WotchhioH proposes to
commemorate the advent of tile naw year by
oonning An entirely new outfit, thereby add
ing to its already handsome appearance
The Wotcitntan is of the best newspapers
on our exchange list, and we are glad to
know that the Democracy of Centre. unlike
those of Cambria, know how to appreciate
and sustain a gond paper when they have il.
Better lie Wdtclnan in Centre than a
FREEMAN in Cambria. More's the pity
tor us.
Among the visitors to this place on the
first day of the present week of Caurt was
y. j. Randall, of Schuyikill county a son
of Hon. WIN. NJ. Randall a foriuer Demo
cratic State Senator from that county. Mr.
Randall is a clerk in the office of General
McCandless, Secretary of Internal A ffiairs
at Harrisburg, and was here as the custod ian
nf certain official papers from the land office
in the case of the Cambria Iron Company
against Francis Christy. The cause was not
tried and Mr.. Randall left for Harrisburg
on Monday evening.
"A half ton of coal, a sack Of -four and n
dollar in money given to some deserving
poor family will do more to hasten the pro-
gress OF the donor on the road to heaven than
forty yards of windy prayers. For the coal
and the dollar in nuney-wcll you probably
know where TO get thOse-hu for the flour
don't forget to consult Myers * Lloyd, who
not only keep the best of that commodity,
but the very best of everything else in the
way of yry goods and groceries, all which
they defy any man set of men to sell
cheaper than they do.
An Altoona woman, Mrs. Annie Walker,
ATTEMPTED TO shoot a neighhor named J G.
X line on Tuesday, but fortunately missed her
aim As she hal ii We more balls in reserve,
however, Mr.. Kline very sensibly declined
To remain and see the fun cut, and for the
time being became a better walker than Mrs.
Walker herself. The shooting was the result
of an old feiid between the respective faini- |
lies. The blood-thirsty Amazon was arrest
eel and gave bail in $500 for her appearance
at preliminary hearing on "Wednesday
further in regard TO the matter.
The Oscenla RereiHe records the fact that
Messrs McCauley & Louther, of HoutZdale. ]
received an order !y telegraph for thirty I
pieces of white piue timber 10N10 and fifty !
feet long, for the new Market street bridge {
Philadelphia, aud having no logs at their !
mill called their employees together and 60 |
ing into the woods after night with lighted |
torches, chopped down the required number /
of trees, which they hauled to the mill two
miles distant, and sawed and loaded on the I,
cars before 80 the next morning-just sew !
entern hours after the order had been re- !
ceivcd. Quick work that-wasn't it?
Owing to the fact that Messrs. Johnston !
& Scanlan were Interested as counsel in /
noArly all the causes down for trial this ,
week and that the serious illness of the !
wife of the latter gentleman, who is a .
daughter OF the former, as well as the great /
prostration of Mrs. Johnston herself pre- !
scented those gentleman from attending to /
their official duties, there were but two cases I
out of the sixteen on the list disposed of this I
week all tie OJher jurors summoned hav-
ing been discharged on Monday aud Court .
finally adjourning on Tuesday afternoon .
last. These two cases were Edward T.. ,
Mann VS.. White Township and John e. ,
Clark VS.. Peter Garman and ID. McNalty, I
the former being suit TO recover damages |
for injuries sustained in consequence OF the !
i'm mpassibie condition Of one of the public J
roads in that township, the plaintiff having ,
been thrown from buggy and receiving d
fracture of one of his arms and .
the latter being All action on a feigned issue,
involving the claim to the proceeds of a sale {
by the Sheriff of lot of logs in dispute In /
the former case the jury awarded Si92 TO .
the plaintiff and in the latter returned |
verdict for john e.. Clark, the gentleman
who brought the suit.