The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-10

pastor of the Catholic church at Irwiu's
station, ard as the Rev. gentleman is pleas
ant talker and Il ripe scholar it is fair TO
presume That the effort will be one worthy
of the cause and of the spacker.
The question, "Resolved, That war is
greater evil than intemperance,' was the
subject of discussion at the meeting of St.
.Iosepn's Total Abstinence Society ON We'd
nestlay evening last, Messrs. +. B. Kitieil
and Thos. Flick maintaining the affirmative,
while j. i. Murphy aud Al. Ward did battle
for The negative. The arguments on both
sides were very strongly and ably presented,
but war hal to take u back seat in the Heci-
sion of the judges chosen to decide upon the
merits of the debate.
He stood upon the depot hill and bitter
tears he shed we eyed his makeup fore and
aft--his hair and ncse were red. He looked
the picture of distrcss--the victim of all
wocS--and his grief was none the less when
he viewed his tattered clothes ; for yCu see
he lacked the means to call where clothing
cheap and neat is kept, at great Oak Hall,
.Iohnstown, Main steet. s. j. Hess, 24l and
2i3 Main street, .Iohnstown, is the man to
buy from If vou want rare bargains in the
very best made clothing.
We prepared and had put in type for
our last issue - notice of n grand centennial
tea party at Wyandolte, Kansas. on Feb
22d. in which Mrs. Annie Gadd, wife of our
esteemed friend. Joe II. Gadd, formerly of
JuhusiOwn, hal presided on behalf of this
good old commonwealth (the original thir-
teen States Icing each represented by q table
OF its own, hut The uuinSv caught MS, aud
~ the boys couldn't arrange matters in
our absence to get the notice in, it appeared
or the galley when we returned to duty
To the temperance cause, singular as il
. Iray seem, IL justly Chargahle the beautiful
, black eye just HOW spUrted by one of our
legal friends, because If st. Josephs Total
y abstinence Society had not had y meeting
+ "Wednesday night, he wouldn't have
went to IL, and if he hadn't went To it his
toe wouldn't have come in contact with an
obstruction on the way home, nor would tie
law have leeu laid down SO einphatically
nor picked itself UP 80 unceremoniously as
it was on that occasion. Hence the black
eve.
For the Office Of Sheriff we have been
authorized to- announce the names of NJ eHsTs.
II. \. J.uihcr. of Carol township, and X.
n. Singer, of Nuder township, both of whom
seem determined to play their best ca r,is in
the effort tn win the game. MIR. Luther is
one of the stauuchest democrats Northeru
Cambria ran trUt ont, aud is well fitted and
. has fair claims Cor the Office 70 which he as
pires, while Mr.. Singer has n record equally
unimr"aChable rs good citizen aud con-
sieteut democrat. If the convention fails 10
give good. candidate il will certainly not
be for the want Of proper material.
The conservation Of Bishop Tuigg will
take pIac. at the Cathedral in Pittsburgh on
Sunday morning, March 18th, on which day
. the priests OF the diocese will all lie dis
prnscd frou saying Mass, in order to afford
tend the ceremonies. A special train will
he from Altoona to Pittsburgh and re-
turu ON tEat occasion, and as All the cars
needed will I've furnished NJ the rate of SSI
Per car il il not hard To ii 1urP ont that about
~ so for each passenger will pay tine round
"trip bet wcefi tlIc two cities. Bishop Dome
nee will I've Installed Bishop of Allegheny on
the afternoon Of the same day.
The new burgess and council recently
elected were induct-d into office on W edncs-
day night of last week. They consist of
CAPT. s. w. Davis, burgess, and Mrssrs.
JOHN Il. Blair, Il. j. Humphrey, John J.
Evans, Alvin Evans, Dwight Jones and j.
J.. Slough ,ouncil-aIl Republicans except
the first aud la named a. councilunn. Al
ter organization the borough dads" pro-
Cerdcd to fiji the several positions under
their control, as follows: Soliritor, r. \ .
S1opmakcr, salary S25 per aunuiu Clerk
II. W. Dick, so per year {; Weighmaster,
c.. q. Ovens Street COInrnissiouer T. w .
Humphrey, 81 30 per day-a light red uction.
"A couple Of Ineu from some place east
re at present attempting 10 decOy the wild
pigeons in this vicinity iuto ia" rleshes of
two huge nets, but up TO present writing
their efforts have not been very successful.
How they propose 10 accomplish iheir rur-
pose cannot say to n certainty, bUt as the
.Iohustuvn Tribune tells of like expert
ncnt in that vicinity, in which tame pig
cons, properly trained. are used 10 decOv
their wild brethren into the tolls, we pre-
sume the method will. I've tho same here
IHcre IS certainly i large Hslh 10 ID" Wof>ru
aDd 4 huge crop tn Ice ga hered, and I've the
yield great or small il has the advantage at
least of being all nRt gain.
At Wilnore. on Monday, Joe WherTy,
while indulging in one Of his pet iamhorces,
attempted 10 regulate things and on being
demonstrated with by Mr.. Il. NJ. WnIes!agle
in Il style perhaps more furcihle than elegant,
picked mp a STONE aud struck that gentleman
or the head, irtiicting very ugly cash. a
warrant for the arrest of Wherry was subsa
queutly issued aud placed il the hands of a
constable but i'm the effort 10 secure him that
officer was forced TO throw his prisoner over
AN cnIbaiikmrnt, and now the doctors arc
trying tA determine among Themselves
whether " hrrry can he ii Ned mp in as good
shape le WINS before ;he scri'nina ge-and
all who know him understand what an ex-
celleut shape that was.