The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-16


.o HrRe tea-cup. The vegetable tuopstros
l'S was raised by Mr.. Henry s. Haid whose
name with n slight variation would ada
another head to the lot
Frank Washington colored of Altoona
was arrested on Monday evening last for
me alleged outraging of his little stem
uauShter, aged eight years, as we'll as for
other Inlsdeneanors, but on being given a
nearing the first charge was not sustained
! 'hongh the accused was committed sor gem
eral cnssedness towards his family
we don't know when we We're so apree
aoiy surprised as we were on Saturday last
I, on receip' OF a letter containing a TWO dollar
hiil TOR one years subscription TO the FRnE
NAN-and from a lady too. 1t is manv a
uay since Uncle Sans mail brought us such
an epistle, and it may therefore be we'll con
ceived that the sensation was as upeynactad
as II was agreeable.
A letter has been received from Col
Jas. f. Milliken. late District ATTORNEY of
bIalr county, who was then in Queenstown,
ireianh, on ms way, as the Altoona Globe
AYERS To join the Turkish forces, having in
his possession the necessary papers from
ttov. Hartranft and several high officials in
Washington TO secure him position IN the
Sultan's army. P(a)sha(w)!
We had a friendly call on "Wednesday
afternoon from Sheriff Stiffier of Blair coun-
ty, whom we found much after our owu
style as TO color nf hair ana complexiou
though OF course the very opposite in po-
littcal point Of view Still he ia a genial
gentleman, notwithstanding his politics. and
coming az he did from our old home we we're
glad Indeed 10 meet ami greet him
"A cow of Kentucky breed owned hy Mr.
Samuel Tusscy. Of the Loop near n Hollidavs-
burg, and for which he paid $780, furnishes
| from six to seven gallons of milk per day
rom which has been produced as high as
fourteen pounds of gOUd butter per week
, Ny. 1ussev also owns six weeks' old calf.
OF which the said COW is the mother. that lie
considers worth every cent of fifty dollars
Give the No. Long Cut Smoking To-
/ hacco, male by w. & ID. Rinehart, a fair
/ show, and il is hound TO win.
| Daniel MConologue a seven wear old
son of a widpw woman residing in Prospect
/ borough, this county, fooled his time away
| with a dOuble-barreled pistol Tuesday
/ morning last, until one of tie charges ex-
ploded, and the first finger of his left hand
/ was resting on the mu.zle at the time it Is
almost needless to say that the greater part
OF that useful member has gone where the
/ woOdbiue twineth."
! A weak minded Of Mr. Patrick Far
! DIV, of Conemaugh township, aged about
/ five wears, left neighbor's house, bare
headed and iarefooted, Sunday afternoon. to
! return home, hut lnst his way in the woods
! and was not found until Monday afternoon
/ about the same hour, when i,e was discover
/ ed not more than ave hundred yards from
! his own home little if any the worse for lis
! unplrasan: adventure.
/ While Thomas Fox and Patrick MurphV
/ were at work OF ThUrahay last i'll cleaning
! ont the hottoM. of the hot blast at Furnace
/ No. of the Blair Iron and Coal Co. Holli-
| daysnurg, the brick of which the lining at
/ the top waa composed fell upon them from q
/ height of twenty-five or thirty feet hut for
! tunatoly neither of them sustained very ss-
rioms injury. though how they escaped SO
! well is beyond comprehension.
"A fire In Gr6ensburg about clock on
I "Wednesday morning last destroyed the law
office with all it's contents, of j. q. Francis,
( Esq, and also a portion of the building and
/ about 81 600 worth of material in TIE Argus
/ is Insured in the Etna. Mr.. Frapcis Ia
/ whose offics the ire originated, having, il is
/ supposed caught from the CRATE, had no in
/ surauce OF any of his property.
! One hundred and thirty boya about the
same number Of girls and several adults,
/ were confirmed at Et. Johns tCath0licl
! church Johustowu, J on Sunday last, hy 1T.
| Rev. Bishop Tuigg, aud on the same day the
same sacrament was administered tn some
/ fny person. at St. Josephs (German)
/ church CouemGugh borough, and to variOns
| other Young folks and al ults at the German
! Catholic church in Cambria ''oropgh.
! We have little news to tell you, rhongh
what W. have to say on subject Interesting
/ will he surely found TO pay, provided that
/ you take he hint. which ia plain enough
! indeed and that is. that Godfrey Wolff, the
| clothier, will. supply " ur every need IN the
! way of finest cIOfhing, of every style and
I hue. and at the lowest living prices which
! mortal man has ever knew. store on
/ Twelfth street next door To the nost-office,
! Altoona, Pa.
"A lot of corn fodder stacked M near the
stable of Mr. Joseph Gutwald, in the West
ward caugia fire. ut noon on "Wednesday
! last hy some mysterious neutrality-suspicious.
. at least to us, as we failed 20 learn how 1t
! originated and had it not been for the
J prompt discovery OF the fact hy MIR. L. w.
! Shoemaker who with the aid OF a couple of
| ladies succeeded in quenchinQ ;he Hames,
! .irsrrciass coufagration would probaoIy nave
/ been the result.
/ Peter j. Elder, formerly of Johnstown,
who was recently con victed in Fhistlelrhis
{ for emhezZling public FUNDS az money bro
Yer I'm connection with a clerk i'll the Tax
Receivers office in that city, named Schrel-
der was refused new trlai ana sentenced
/ ON Saturday last pay fine of 5 GOO aud
/ UNDERGO three wears imprisonment III tte
Eastern Penitentiary. Schneider was fined
. in a like sum and sent 10 the same institu-
tiou for a period Of two years
Jake Zilins, of II untnGioh, seems 10 pe
tba worst sardine in the box, Il we may
/ iudpe from the fact that he has hesn arrested
/ for selling liquor without license, seiiihR 10
/ minors and persons Of lntemperate naoi's,
! reeeiying stolen goods, and keeping bawiy
house As if that were not enough, how
( ever U s, deputy marshal went 10 ms
Eouse on the evening of the day he ""S arr
] rested for the purpose OF taking nun INTO
! custo,ly for the alleged running of an iiiicit
-seorge HHntley has just received An in,
voice of the peRtes' aHa most sups'an.iai
| hand-baskets we have ever seen, as gen as
a large lot of metal and wooden toys foF tha
! Chrigrmas holidays. lie has a'so on hH.'i
| a oeneral variety of usetnl and ornamental
artioiea peculiar to his trade. all which he ia
Offering for sale 1T the iowest p"ss Die prices ;
Cali on Hurttsy for patent watGh-k"y
that will wind any kind OF wateh, an',
which he is selling at half the rates charged
/ elsewhere. ~ -,
~Wbile engaged in lighting The head
! LIGHT of his engine near New FLORENCE one
evening last week, Philip Goughehour' An
e,;,aar ~, the Western Division, Pa. Il
! "a was thrown over the pilot and on TO
the track by the sudden movement OF me
train but managed to get out OF the way IN
time to avoid serious injury, II not IerFi-
HE ,e,th An unknown lad was thrown
frn,, the same train, which he was attempt
ing TO board the same evening and falling
I the ouuogite track, was badly cut about