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

TIE following act Of Assembly NAV
prove valuable information To those
recently elected to- borough and town.
ship offices. 1t was adopted in March
last and fixes the tenure of municipal
and other officers:
SECTION I. Be it enacted. etc. That all
members Of Councils, and other CITY, ward.
borough and township officers, cxccptiny
school directors, to he elected on the third
Tuesday Of Februaryinext, or in any year
the ~eaitor, whose term Of office would. un-
der eA sting laws, expire prior To the first
Monday .f April, shall continue i'm Office
from the Il te at which said term would
otherwise oxl',e. until the first Monday of
April next cnsl, ny thereto; and the term
of their succcssot.s sl'all begin on the first
Monday of April. ard shah continue for
the period now jiXeu idr the duration
thereof by existing laws in each particular
case and hereafter IL elections for offices
which will be vacant on The fISt Monday
in April shall be held or The third Tues
day "f February next precc ding thereto.
SECTION Z. That the members Of tho
legislative departments Of mui. 'cipal gov
crnments of this Com nonwealth Hereafter
elected shall assemble in their res rectiye
places "f meeting, for the purpose Of 0 gan
izinG, at 10 O'clock in the forenoon of he
first Monday in April in each year: am
that the mayors of all cities of this Com
monwcalth shall bc iuaugurated and take
the official oath at twelve o'clock (noon) of
the same day.
SECTION 3. That all acts or parts of
acts Inconsistent herewith are hereby re-
realed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03
4%-1~0Do-@ O.

In view of the advanced age and
long service OF Hon. Wilson M'Cand-
less. Judge of the District Court for
the Western District of nsylvania,
bill has been passed in the lower
house OF Congress permitting him to
retire from tie bench on full pay. An
existing act of Congress allows any
Judge of n United States Court to re-
tire at the age Of seventy years, and
aftelward draw his full salary Judge
M'Candless has not yet quite reached
that age, and the proposed act is in
tended to anticipate that event. He
was appointed to his present position
bv President Buchanan. The names
uf several persons have already been
named to fill the vacancy which will
thus be created. viz: w. w. ketcham,
Iuember of Congress from Luzerne
county e. w. Scolieid, ex- member Of
Congress from Warren county; John
j. NJ Calmont, from Nenango county.
and last and least Harry White, of
Indiana As appointments go under
the present administration, Whites
chances are the best. a President
who could insult the American people
hy nominating George III. Williams to
the Senate as Chief Justice OF the
United States, and then be compelled
- Withdraw it. would find no difficulty
in selecting Harry White as the sue
cessor OF Judge MEandless
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

The following table, prepared for refer
cnce, shows the political sentiments and
the date of the inauguration of each Presi-
dent, :he length of time he lived after that
event, and his age at the time Of his death {:
l. George Washington, Independent, in
augurated 1888; lived 10 years age, IS.
2. John Adams, independently, inaugurated
1877 lived 20 year. age, 90.
3. Thomas Jefferson, Democrat. ipaueu
rated 1901 lived % years age, S3.
4. James Madison, Democrat, inauguratsd
1909; lived "a years age, S..
D. James Monroe, Democrat, inaugurated
1917; lived II years age 73
6 john Q. Adams, Wing, inaugurated
1925; lived % years age 81.
l. Andrew Jackson, Democrat, inaugnra-
ted 1929 ; lived Ii years; age, IS.
g. Martin Van Buren, Democrat, inaugu-
rated 1881 lived % years age, 80.
.. w. II. Harrison, Wing, inauguratei
1Sii lived month age, IS.
10. John Tyler, V. p, Independent, in
augurated lS41; lived 81 years age ~.
II. James X. Polk. Democrat, inausura-
ted 1915 lived years age, 81
II. Zachary Taylor, Wing. inaugurated
1919; lived 16 mouths age &c.
l3. Miliard Fillmore, V. p, Independent,
inaugurated 1850; lived "a years age, "a
IA. Franklin Pierce, Democrat, Inaugural
ted 1853 lived 10 years ; age, 65
Is. James Buchanan, Democrat inauru-
rated 1857 lived IL years age az
10. Abraham Lincoln, Republican, inaug-
urated 1861; lived years and a months :;
age, 56.
II. Andrew johnson, " p, Independent,
inaugurated 1865 /; lived 10 years age, g..
is. General Grant, Republican, inaugura-
ted 1869.
Tyler and Fillmore were elected Vice
Presidents as Wings, and johnson as a
Republican. Their 'indeper dence" fo'-
lowed their Inauguration as Presidents
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

ATTEMrT TO Burn A CHURCH FIILFD
WITH PEUrLE.-OUe of the most dastardIv
acts, and, we think, equaling the explosion
at Carlisle, was attempted at Kntz's
church last Saturday night. Kutz's church
is located in Middlesex township, about
six miles west of this place, on the Poor.
House road, and about one and a half
miles north of Middesex. Services were
being held in this church on Saturday
evening, during the progress of which a
dense smoke filed the room Invcstiga-
tions were Immediately made and large
bundles of straw were discovered under
meath the floor, bursting into flames. A
few minutes longer and house full of
people would have been our readers can
imagine. The fire was quickly cxtjnppish
ed, and all felt thankful for their escape
from danger When the fire was first dis
covered. horse attached to buggy was
driven furiously away from the church. in
the direction of Carlisle. What the idea
was i'll these tiends attempting to DESTROY a
whole church full of people it would be i'm.
possible to imagine, for surely there are no
persons so hard-heartcd and wicked that
they could gloat over and enjoy n scene
like this. The parties will probably never
be known. unless, conscience stricken.
tkey would be forced to confess Mechon-
icsburg I'a.) JournGt.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

wo cond;n7S/fso-a tic Lehsgt Rfgtz.T the
1uhstance Of Conversation about Cak Hall in
fnAaf5 an Rmsfica B'oRi Tsitda sSi
sttendafissfs tie speaker:
VISITOR What corner is the Quilting on
-1re-lddnt. ." SOutl- Eat corner Of S.--th All
Market. Please note the SIXTH. f.r tcIT.e
strangers sceEing Oak Hall have been inhaled
by designing persons
'. 1t is perfectly colossal Do you know
It's dimcnsious?'
A. ",I2O5O ,s4uarc feet-os IN Market. s7I
three acres y oo5S and cove. 5i tra5e a eas Sss
1cs. 0cegried pc BY S5Slsn twenty different baai-
V EDO you yr-c stem -r,oy7er7r
a giant young engine furnishes power
ior nc freight And passenger elevator. md tIc
,olleFs E'sanl ior heating, sIid Tic otner opera
'. What order do you tsto with goods
tie bssemerf m fle on i5I iog oIKed AID t5s e IN
to!s r5oIn on 'g ih Ts5sEa''F sOor 10 the intpes-
v Is inspecting s'tllc first operation -
a 10, SIR, measuring. lie gooG5 are int
measured in tie picre. then inspcc,cd. gLS
Siosn passes over rollers in the face ii p strct !;
light snd two men 81, oI.e before aId o..s
behind the goods, watching WIN Tie ...-.. II =
hawS Tor the les'' pn-hsl" iInpcrfc.ti,.7. :rI
marking every fa'g, - that the cutter may go
LeutS'
V. . You must employ an arg OF cu,tcrrr'
keep - hands al the tkae cJyIirg IN ,tc ciot5
INTO BarTnen s.-hesi.it1ei3 mach res ilsc =
.
v. Do You uaHu.&ctu1e al your oun
goods -
A: We 90, and most carefully. Our rI-
eI'inerS inspect c"cry stitch and E. am AL
Certiy 10 every garment - eItra-wcl mace
beiore We pat Our tck0- CT i. and iJc-JI. :,
responsible fsr IT,"
y; Your system must tave you great
a In every directioat'r II is t,k syr.er,
ara economy We practice all u. = Fl t:.r-,l-l.
t.at enables Us 10 Iat OGr I,risss Gown ~ iEo
A r..
CT it?' $3.50 > .--4''
a Before It sces INTO Stock Il 5 rioEeLeE
t.cry single gaTn-sI-s has IL nlrlt.r- -
o'cr points nOtei OI i. - that lis ct,rlr. his
toIy can lie traced Hithyl. fail, upon our
'. " You rnutt have 90 OF - .alesrpcr@-
\; Why .iT, Ca b'ihy d-y- yo,i y avJ-.. -,
IA ne various rooms Eul suites II III,
scilng 70 The thIuHE4 or C'Istarers" 4
and express r. - -
A. Very great All over the c6Irt-,. g,,-
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@k-a-0-p-E

At all eveuts, the number OF pablic rogue.
beIug exposed and punished just now is
ruprecedcut 4 Tie Examples fTilden and
3;-istnw seem 10 he infectious. The plum
Cer-d people can afford to say with Macbeth;
lay on. Macdun,
Aud damu'd bc be that cries, Hold. enough.
Th. above is taken from one of the
leading daily papers ofthe State. The
quotation is as familiar as household
words but the second line, as put l,y
alIe editor. is a foul libel on the En-
glish of Shakespeare.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

TIE select committee appointed by
the Honse OF Representatives Mt Hat
rishurg ut its last session, to investl-
gate the management Of the State
treasury, submitted its final report to
that sody last week. The report con-
tains little, if anything, in addition to
.he substance of the two previous re-
ports made 10y the same committee,
and as they were both published in
our paper, we will forego encumbering
our columns wish the last one.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

THE jury in the BabcOck indict
1nents, recently tried at st. Louis, re-
turned n verdict of not guilty. While
it is true that no man, whatever his
position III life may be, ought ever to
he convicted Of a criminal offence un-
less upon clear and undoubtcd tes-
tiinony, the escape of Babcock, while
it is legal acquittal at the hands of
a jury, is Il moral conviction i'll public
estimation. How Babcock, whose
position at Washington as the conf
dentiM Secretary &c the President en-
abled him to learn tho movements o.
the Secretary Of the 'IEe;,>ury against
the whiskev ring ut St I-ol.;S, could
hold confidential relations Will Joyce
and Mcdonald. two Of the priLcI pal
mem hers of the ring. and how he coGIn
carry on - mysterious telcgraphic
correspondence with them up to the
time they were indicted-we say how
he could do all this and not te in
completely with them and a partici-
pant in tho spoils, surpasses human
understanding. If he is All honest
man, what business had he to be in
telegIapllic communication with joyce
and McDonald2 That was a yerv
suspicious circumstance, and was not
a creditablc business for the private
Secretary of President to he engaged
in. When the st. Louis Grand Jury
found the indictments against joyce
and Mcdonald and when the trlc
graphic dispatches which had passed
between them and Bahcock were in
the possession of .hc United States
District Attorney, Babcock telegraph
ell to him that he was as innocent as
n babe and that on his trial he could
give n clear and satisfactory explains
tion OF each and every one of them
II he had done so, his innocence would
L. I'VE been made perfectly apparent.
But instead of that being his defence,
his counsel fought obstinatcly and per-
ti.tently tLrou ,yhout the trial against
tic dispatches being received in evi-
usnce. and succeeded in excluding
some Of the most important OF them.
Was this the course that al innocent
man would pursue, and especially so
after his profrcr to make Z full and
complete explanation of their mvste-
rious contents? The country will say
not. This man Babcock has been
engaged in several very scurvy trans
actions, snch as the San Domingo af-
far and officially measuring the
fraudulent paving jobs in Washington
of his particular friend, the notorious
A. ii. Shepherd, who for years has
pdundered the taxpayers Of that city,
just az las prototype, the corrupt
William VI. Tweed, did those of New
York. For the honor and good name
at the cot.atgv, It is well that one
et.nding so near the President rs
Bibcock was not assigned quarters in
the same institution in which his friend
.Jnvce Is paving the penalty of his
crime; bnt while the jury gave him
TIE benefit of a doubt, the plain inter
,r..atiYn rf tie verdict is al admOni-
ilou to him - 60 aud sin no more.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

-
Judge Fiagg. Ing mag I
Paw PaN. Lee c-gu-T u. 4
whip any other Justice rl-- 4
weight ia the crurtIv. H.
At SO pounds. aud is Lt
long. but wide" las a Mo
cqualled power and r..u.e-
opens his lips u sing "aa Hi
blcs ~ hy the touch fan ear
There is a Inauirl G.
Larue county. ~, who
gagement exchanged rne, i
EJECT tonk OF her lirg al nrs
never able 10 find IL aie.r
II the conclusion that :.
carried away bv The rats j.
been married about tV. 7.,
10 clear tic place Il ,a= .
waS fuuhd with the i,
around its neck. l. l7.5
a full grown rats. Ug, .,
small. 1t is supposed .a-.- /
taken the ring and Carried
adorn the neck e.! her t'l
House bill NJ. 49, ri
meuts and stay of e.scr
second reading iu tha- 81.
fate viii DC n, oife s.5rs
bill grants - STAY of e-.-
years Oh judgments nsr
isiIed, or which NAV b.
SIX months from TIE j.- /
p!uvid>d Il the defendant Cd
Is tie owner # I.s5r-
amugnt OF tho claim> ir'.
the defendant mar -.sa
Court nC Justice = th1 Isre
the Judgment WAS rh,tn-i
shall consist pf ulo %. m'r
shall satisfy thu Cont 70. ..,'
property at = fair ya.g..-
h!s the claim.
Il hero Is . man v
Mass, who hlS lai ia'
career. He las been -e
was nearly baked IN 20
has hceu run away ur-
number was ~i.ut iu tas
burg was prisoner In ID
overheard from q So La.-E
gers bitten OF lv e >-a.s
twice : had his rick. cr-
places Ia the frs, Nav Jus
n barrel with a rope arH1.1
sunrise 10 suu~e. iu G1 ID
the outbreak ~ trc gegH..
10y 4 falling building Cm
In California. and wa,
drink nearly fifty h'lN
home from ihe White f
escaped lynching. S'- ID
plain.
The county c7sw's>
county have been iu~i.1e@
ney that the VrN,honf..I
and county treasurtr NUS
own fuel and light. Tie =
determined IL the CHa,>
county ease. she Conit >'a
county officers 10 reIt-a
nished 10 their Offices 2.
decided iu the case II j.
Scrg. d Rawle. SO '.a
man held under tie ae. %
, 1890, that these o..cs,'
dental To the Office anu
Fuel is not within iHt
Of 18th April, 1854.
the commissioners Of t.t H
ana maintain the TGsl. D.
bic and convenient oioe
is essential to'thc caric.
/ of the building. '-tii'>
rat. \. >. vol. ., page
The Centennial
Catholic Tota. AhS.ia'
/ ded, says the pLlad'
/ t. place around tie ta,
I Centennial Fountain So.
sculptured in marble.
olic generals aud CIVILIAN
/ tiun |. Lafayette. u'.-
and companion Of VI a>.-
Lafayette, wife ot ten,
/ bonn i'm France, ceit1'"
/ ism and earnest Sdll
/ Colonists ia their sil''--
/ Cumte de GIaSSc. born
Z der of the French E's Iii
I the capture Of toinW'
/ Count Pulaski. born H..
of Pulaski'S Legion. '
! attack on SAVANNA
Moylan. born in le.
Washington. and coma.
/ Noylan's Dragons ) r.
ization. 6. Thomas
Ireland. member OF u. ,.,,
cress. noted for hiS A."'
of the Colonial c'1Sa
i'm Poland. dis,inc
services in the Rero.a'.
,,,-s--ta-,. u. Is"
gain liberty fog Poland L
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

BROTHER BLAINE AND SOME OF Hrs RE-
LATIoNs AND THEIR RELIC ION. "A CORES
pondent of the n. Y. Sun, 81 ming himself
''Wa Washington County' and writing from
West Pike Run, says: see by the accounts
Published i'll various newspapers til at there
are some persons who know the Elaines
pretty well. [ knew Jim Blaine's father
before he married Miss Gillespie, and /
knew ali the Gillespies from Jim Blaine,s
great great grandfather down They were
once wealthy and respectable They own
ed the ferry on the Monongahela river at
Brownsville. Old Ephraim Blaine, Jim's
father, was considered very wealthy at the
time he married Miss Gillespie, but high
living brought him down. lie located in
West Brownsville. where his wife inherited
considerable property from her fathers es
tate. She was very estimable lady Of
the Roman Chthelc persuasion. The Gil
lespies were of Irish nationality.
OF the Blaines cannot say so much.
Though rather socable, they were bioh.
naughty, and proud, and were always CON
sidered tricky. The whole of them were
raised, as it were, next door to me. and
they bought great deal of produce and
marketing OF my family. Old Ephraim.
Jim's father. died very poor, but bis wife
still retained the property, or most of il.
which she inherited from her father So
far as | know, all the Blaines. as we'll as
the Gillespies, were Roman Catholic.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03
JAMES X. KERR. 4 prominent mem

JAMES X. KERR. prominent mem
Der of the Pittsburgh bar, died III that
ritv, on Friday last, after n protractcd
fitness, aged 50 years. He was ma
tive of Crawford county, in this State,
and hro her of Hon. Michael &.
n err. Spe ker of the national House
Of Repre- en,atiyes.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

Mr.. Bissel, proprietor Of the Sherman
House, Chicago, who was burned to death
IN sleeping car few davs ago, WAS n
brother-i''.'a,v " Nr. Storey, proprietor of
the Chicago Times.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

GREAT STORM IN NIssOURI-A terrible
wind-storin, amounting almost to a lorna
DO. struck the southern part Of St Charles
Missouri, Sunday afternoon, and passing
down Main and Second streets, it demol;sh-
ed or badly in iured twenty or mere build
ngs. Among those most seriously dam
aged are kramer's warehouse. which was
wrecked, and his flouIing mill. which was
greatly injured; the Court House, which
was unrooied. and :he front b,own down !:
the county JAIL also unroofed. and the walls
blown down two stories below the roof.
leaving the iron cells exposed Concert Hall
and the 81. Charles Savings Bank the gas
works and Pipcr's warehouse. which arc
totally destroyed; the First National Bank.
which will have to be pulled down the
County Clerks Office, the California House.
the Democrat, Nems, and Zeitung newspaper
printing Offices, the Park Hotel, the Ger
man Methodist Church, aud the Odd Eel
lows building, which are all badly injured.
as are numerous other buildings James
Gosney, an employe at the gas works, and
his little son were killed. Three or four
other persons were more or less hurt. The
storm went in the direction of Portage de
Sioux, and It is saiG to have DESTROYED sew
eral farm houses and injured a number of
persons. The storm lasted for less than
five minutes. The damage at St. Charles
is estimated at $500, 600. This is probably
exaggerated.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

Tho recent dramatic performance in
London for the benefit of the Centennial
cleared over $3, 800. .
The daily gazette., 1876-09-26
GENERAL NEWS

The international rifle match nj
Washington will begin to-day with shoot.
ing at the 800 yard range. The 900 yard
range will be shot on Thursday and the
1000 yard range on Saturday. The medal
to be presented to the member of the Irsl
team making the largest score is a five
pointed golden star depending from pin
in the form of an eagle with outstretched
wings, and adorned with appropriate EN-.
blems and devices.
General Newton yesterday pronounced
He'll Gate explosion thorough one,
Some persons were inclined to believe,
from the slight noise and shock, that
only a part of the explosion had been
discharged, General Newron's daughter,
Mary, child aged three years, touched
the key which exploded the reer Sunday.
At Crisfeld, Md, on Saturday, Ber ia
min Riggen shot and probably fatally
wounded James Ford. He han been
courting Ford's daughter, and ker pa
rents were opposed to her marrying Rig
gen. The latter escaped to Virginia.
At Eden, Ontario, three masked men
entered the dwelling Of Warren Caswell,
about one o'clock on Sunday morning,
and attempted to rob Caswell. The lat
ter resisted, aud was dangerously shot in
the neck by one of the robbers.
Earthquake shocks were felt in Louis
vile, Kentucky and Evansville, Indiana
at l. o'clock on Sunday night. Houses
were shaken and glass ratified in both
cities. In Evansville globes were shak.
en- from chandeliers, and eople frighten
ed out of their beds. Shocks were also
felt in several towns in southern Illinois.
The daily gazette., 1876-09-26
BUyOMets and Ballots.

The chapter given elsewhere on the
desperate movements of the administra-
ton to control the elections Of several
Southern States, will appall patriotic men
dall parties, and must make thousands
If men pause before they will consent to
he continuance of such reckless and
evolutionary political authority. 1t is
low manifest to every intelligent obser-
'er that the deliberately planned purpose
of Secretary Cameron and his immediate
political advisers is SO to oppress and
provoke the people Of South Carolina,
Louisiana and Mississippi as to compel Il
conflict between the parties, and then
sieze upon the preteXt of their own crea-
ton to exercise martial law without
formally declaring it, and secure by vio-
lence and fraud tile votes Of several cleo
toral colleges which could not be honestly
obtained. 1t is bold, bald declaration
to the country that bayonets and not bal
lots shall decide the Presidential contest
Fl necessary to elect Mr.. Hayes. Both the
Tribune and the Post, whose specials
from Washington we copy, have manfully
condemned Secretary Cameron's bayonet
Election order, and both earnestly support
Hayes, but they are compelled now to
lpow in silence to the very policy they de-
Plored and yield obedience to what is
plainly intended to be an utterly lawless
llctory for their andidate.-Philadelphio
Times,
The daily gazette., 1876-09-26

Our John Andrew Jackson Creswell is
a man whose reputation is not confined to
his own hundred. He is known abroad,
and appreciated at his full worth, as wit
ness his pen portrait from the New York
San:
j. A. j. Creswell is advertised to speak
for Hayes and Wheeler in Ohio and In
diana. He is well suited to join the no
BILE band Of Credit Mobilier patriots and
christian statesmen who have started out
on similar mission. He can tell the
people how he made straw bidding pro-
tession; how he brought his former law
partner into the department and after
proper training converted him into ''coun-
ser' for all the favored contractors how
he ordered Chorpenning's claim for half
a million to be audited and paid how he
is now serving as counsel for the govern
ment in the Alabama claims court, wit. a
large salary and larger opportunities, and
is at the same time drawing $4,000 year
for doing nothing as commissioner of the
plundered Freedman's bank. lie can
tell them many other things, and with
propriety advocate Grants civil service
reform as patent invention for assessing
officeholders and sending them home on
leave of absence to vote the regular tick
ct. Creswell made a profitable invest
ment of his principles when, after raising
company in the Confederate service, and
shouting secession as loudly as guerilla
Mosby, he turned his coat quickly, be-
came ''truly loyal" and crowned his ca
reer and crammed his pockets as postmas-
ter general.