The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-10-20

.-Onr respected townsman. C. r. Roberts.
ESQ, has sent to the Johnstown Tribune a
caro- Withdrawing his name from the Re-
publlcan Senatorial! contest thereby leaving
the friends of Col. Lemon to fight it out in
tne1r own peculiar way and abide the conse-
Iuences. Penning as we do this item on
Wednesday morning, we cannot saw in view
OF MIR. Roberts withdrawal, what action will
he taken by the Republican county couven-
tlon, should it come together again as pro-
posed, but whether it selects new conferees
or endorses the ones selected by Mr. Roberts
the fact remains that the latter will not he
present at any future conference unless
something should come TO pass which does
not now seem TO enter into the philosophy
or Republican politics in this Senatorial
district
MIR. George Hartzell one of the oldest
ana most esteemed citizens of Johnstown
and the father of our worthy friend, Jas E.
Hartzell, of Pittsburgh, was struck by the
Iourth section of special passenger train on
the Pa r. r., near the Viaduct. below
Snmmerhill this county about o'clock on
Monuay afternoon last and killed Instantly
Inc unfortunate man had stepped from the
north to the south track to avoid An an
proaching freight train, and thus placed
himself in the way of the special train going
west, with the sad result already stated;
When his body was picked up il was found
,nat his skull had been crushed in, both of
his arms and one of his legs had been broken
ana nearly all of his ribs fractured The
rem aims were taken to his home and Inferred
IN Sandy Vale cemetery on Wednesday
afternoon.
The Republican Senatorial conference
was brought to a sudden conclusion aud the
proposed milling of the Republican con-
ventions of Blair and Cambria counties very
eftecrnally nipped in the bud by the ar-
pearance in our midst, on Wednesday night
last, of Col. Lemons confereee ACCOMPANIED
by the chairman of the Republican con- init
tee of Blair county, who at once proceeded
to the task of interviewing the three con-
ferees OF Mr.. Roberts, n gentleman who was
al the time no candidate, his card of with
drawal being then in print. What trans
pired during the conference is of course
unknown to MS, but the conclusion reached
may he summed up in these few simple
words: John A. Lemon was then and there
nominated and is now the candidate of the
Republican party of this district for State
Senator. Did we Say this district? Well
we'll take that back and substitute Blair
county, because Mr.. Roberts conferees had
no right to act in the premises that gentleman
having 10y his voluntary withdrawal from
the contest deprived them of all the power
they had.
Tom Davis and his prospective deputy,
Harry kinkead, with a few other congenRl
spirits, were at the Chest Springs meeting on
Saturday last, but as Mr. Ryan was like wise
on the ground they didn't have word 10
say about the alleged attempt of that gentle
man TO buv his nomination for Sheriff which
they dare not assert in his presence know
ing IA they do that il is as base a lie as was
ever invented. We defy them to produce
one scntilla of proof that Mr. Ryan or any
person acting under his instructions or with
his consent, sought to secure his nomination
by bribing or attempting to bribe any dele
gate to the late county convention to either
vote for him direct TO shirk in any way
the duty of voting for some one else. We
say we defy them to prove it, and more than
that, we are instructed TO bet any amount of
money they are willing to cover that indu-
bitable evidence can he produced that Mr..
Ryan never made such an offer never in
strucfed or gave permission to any one else
to make such an offer for him. So now, Mr..
Ringsters, it devolves upon you TO either put
up or dry mp.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.-We are sorry in
deed to learn that the elegant dwelling
house, with all it's contents except n sewing
machine, of Mr.. John G.. G. Bearer, of Sus-
quehanna township, Gone of the participants
in the recent Democratic Senatorial con-
ference at Cresson), was totally destroyed
10y FIRE about 10 o'clock on Sunday morning
last. The immediate cause of the catastro-
phe is believed to have been a spark thrown
from one of the fiues, the fire was first
discovered on the roof. Mr.. Bearer and
wife were in Carroitown attending church
when the contiagratiou occurred, the only
inmates of the house being three of the chill
d-en, the Oldest of whom is not more than
ten years. As soon as Mr.. Bearer received
the alarming intelligence his first thought
about the peril of his children and
mounting his horse he put the animal to it's
utmost speed, and actually reached home as
he himself assured us, n distance of fully
six miles from Carrolltown, in the remark
abiy brief space of twenty-eighI minutes.
What was his inexpressible joy to find after
this hasty journey was accomplished that
his children were all safe-a joy which left
no room for immediate regrets at the other
great misfortune which had really befallen
r. estimates his losS at
about S3 900, on which there is an insurance
Gin the Cambria Mutual) of only $500. He
has our sincere sympathies. as well as the
sympathy of all who know hIm, in the sad
misfortune which for the time being has de-
prived himself and family of a good home.