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


about an far as we can get on that line but
, take pleasure in saying that anything our
| reaiers need in the liue of good and sub
staDtial wearing apparel they can buy very
cheap from 5. j. Hess, al and 243 Main
I street, .Johnstown
We have no objection to the ''moracu-
| lous hog roofing around a little in our
journalistic garden, but we are anxious to
know before we leave down the bars for him
what II is all about and whether somebody
/ is not likely to find au in vidous mparison
! in the story which would be calculated to
arouse their just indignation. More light on
1 the subject, please.
! A young woman residing in jackson
township was taken before Esq. Fisher, Of
I Johnstown, on Wednesday afternoon last
charged, Pn oath of Henry Funk, with the
hehous crime of infarticide. The Justice
did not think the evidence strong enough to
! bind her over for her appearance at Court,
although facts thought out looked very sus-
picious, to say the least.
! Our young friend Don. Kittell betook
himself to- Pittsburgh on Monday morning
/ last for the purpose of assuming the duties
! of clerk with McNally & Co.. importers and
/ wholesale dealers in wooden fabrics. Don
/ Is an honest, faithful and competent yosng
/ man, aud that he will give a good account
OF himself in his new "posish" no one who
! knows him can for a moment doubt.
| w the Altoona Sun calls the "Kuott-y
Moran ease, assumed a new phase when
MT. IL mott brought suit against Mr.. Moran
/ FOR aggravated assault and battery and cre-
ating disturbance ut the polls but at n sub.
sequent hearing before Judge Mann it was
! made manifest that the prosecution was
prompted 10y spirit Of revenge and that
! there was nothing whatever to sustain the
/ charge.
A very pleasant hop, which assumed to
! scIis exteut the features of leap year par
tv, came off at Belmont on Monday night
/ lzst. The ladies paid all the expenses and
many of them did the honors of the occasiou
| 10y escorting their gallants 10 and from the
| party and s-lcctine their own partners for
the dance. Everything passed off delight
fulIy. and tho festivities were kept up until
| about o'cIhck Tuesday morning
| The wild pigeons haven't had much
snow for their white allies" during the
past month or two, but since Saturday last
we presume there have been more Of them
| brought to grief by the ad Of powder and
shot alone than at any time of equal length
since the season pprn-d. 1t has been
common thing during the past few days for
| sporismen To return from n few hours hunt
with from one to three dozen pigeons each
as trophies of their valor.
| Not to the man of dollars. not TO the man
! OF deeds-not to the man of cunning, not TO
| the man Of creeds ; hut to he who buys his
clothing ut Gulfrey VOLTS cheap Clothing
Hall shoud the mrde Of praise be given, for
he is the luckiest of tlem all. An immense
an superb stock of wearing apparel, OF all
| shades. textures and styles. always in STOCK
At THE popular low priced emporium, next
door Ia post Office, Altoona.
There was qaite large attendance OF
ita members at the meeting in the Court
soom yesterday OF the Democratic County
Committee. Il. l.. Johnston, ESQ, aud
Capt. II. u. Woodruff were elected repre-
| sentative delegates to the State convention
TO he held at lancaster on the 22d instant.
The cummittee fi yed on Saturday, the Goth
| OF May, for holding tho delegate elections,
the county convention to meet on the fol-
lowing Monday, the o2d OF that mouth.
We learn from pretty reliable source
that ins'ead OF laying third track all the
way across the mountain, a. the Pa. r. Il.
Co. had contemplated, there is = strong
probability that tracks will be la.i on the
led Of the new Portage road from Holidays
burgh to-well, we don't know exactly wherH
-sorna time during tue coming spring. IT
! this project is carr ed out il will secure n
grade up the mountain Of only 90 zee. 10 the
mile, which is 20 feet less thau that of the
P@gusy lvania railroad.
| The store room and dwelling house in
! Carrolltowu recently occupied by John w.
| Sharbaugh is offered for sale or rent, and
| w- have every reason TO believe that no bet
| ter location for any person wishing to engage
| in the mercantile business can be found in
| Cambria county. All desired Information
can be had by calling on OF addressing Hr.
| Sharhaugh as absve. This is really All cx
| c~lleut opening, and any one who has the
means aud desire to avail himself OF il may
rest assured that there ia mOnev in it.
The Pittshurg Chronicle, which probably
knows as much about the matter as we do,
says that the division boundaries of the
| PittsiIirg (Catholic) diocese is in the hands
| OF A rchbishop Wood, and il said that qnte
| a number Of protests against the proposed
division have been made by several iniuen-
tial clergym-n, and that the new Bishop OBJ
| jects To the debt ridden portion of il bring
sacidled upon him, instead of he;ng divided
equally. The new Bishop desires his resi-
d-ure in Altoona. and it is most likely that
| the Archbishop will so order after a consul
tation with Bishop Domenec.
hoy he AZ a., ia
of The Pa. II. Il. freight and ticket agent at
Wilmore, was, on the 18th ult., without her
knowledge consent, elected n member of
the school hoard Of that borough. Mrs.
| Hess. another lady resident of that place,
| received a goodly number OF votes for :he
| same pnsition-there being two vacancies
| but a. Kirby (P. F. failed to die, pnliti-
| caliy she didn't wake up aud a nd herself a
| school direct-ress We don't know whether
| or not Mrs. Kirbey intends TO accept the
honor conferred, hut If she does she will
| perform the duties intclligently and faith
| fully.
| Mr.. j. c. Dimond Of wilmoro met with
| a shocking accident on Saturday last, which
| resulted in his death on the following day.
| The facts are about as follows: While EN-
! gagged in blasting some rocks in order to e1-
! cavate a cave on the premises OF Mrs. j as.
| M'Gough, of W Washington township, Mr.. ID. lit
! the fuse which was TO convey the fire to the
! b'ast and then retired n short distance. Think
| ing It was rather long in reaching the pow
| der he looked back 10 see if it had gone out,
| when it suddenly exploded \ portion of the
| rock striking him in the bowels causing
death on the following MOI ming, las above. .sta-
ted. Deceased was 66 years of age, and for
| the greater part of his life resid ell in Nun
stor township, bat about n year ago removed
| to Wilmore He was good citizen and
an upright man, and was much respected by
all who knew him. His remains were In
! terreG in the Catholic cemetery At Wilmore
on Monday last.
During the last illness Of n young mar
ried lady who died several months ago, a
nsighbor of the same rs all good neighbors
will under ike circumstances, made herself
generally useful in attending 1T the bedside
of the stricken one, and when the final sum
mons came aud grim death had laid his icy
hand upon The young wife and mother, she
(the neishbor aforesaid) was one OF four la
dies who prepared the body OF the deceased