The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-06-08

'n ln,.re ne toonu IN create: array so large
u STOCK, were pleased to saw ms men airl
boys can always find in clnthlpg cboon ,r
every KIND, at Star Clothing Hall. SO grand
ana neat, ON Johhstown's we'll known CIin.
t"h street, where welcome smile you'u nj.
ways meet, from Jas. J. Mnrkhv kind die
Greet. hose stock and prices none can heat
john Hughes, a brakeman, on the Mid
ule DiviSioA, Pa. r. r. took an overdose or
inorphia in Altoora, on Sunday last and hal
1t not been for the PROMPT internd.ition az
! 'Wo physicians, he would probably have
taken speedy departure for lard that
SHOWS no Such thlng as n ten per cent re-
auction. Whether the drug was taken In
tentionally or otherwise serIus ~ ha ~, o,I,,
/ question. f
The steam saw mill of Hoover. Horr,s
! y Co, located on the railroad ainut mil
/ way hetween Phillipsburg and the RI
!,a'' was, as we learn from the Clearfiel1
. HtP"biicGn, destroyed by fire Oh Thnrs,l,,v
night last, involving loss Of 500 O0O on
/ witch there was All insurance of Sl1 600 or
! there"bouts. The fire is suppose! 10 havn
: originated from the furnace. No lumber
destroyed.
--Everybody's elad--d'ye kuow'he reason
! why? Because everything is lovely aud Tho
! goose hangs high. No, nor exactly that I'm,
iIie reason we will tell: because Myers <,
j Lloyd have everything to sell which everv-
body needs and which surely everybody can
! buy as cheap from them rs any other man
. ," n"h forget 10 call, for you couldn't better
! hr employed than in huying goods for cash
/ at the store of Myers & Lloyd.
! Hide away your heavy ulster knep IL
: secret as you can, else your wife miuh, hand
, " over 10 ped ier for a pan, which of course
! won'd not he pleasant when wintrv blast s
! around You creep, though now You'd likely
3 never miss II while summer clothes M nrices
cheap can he found in quiet profusiouS \
/ Thousand suits or more, of the finest II vles
and textures, ut G. odfrey Wolfrs big STORE
which Is, ~ every one probably knows hv
This 'ime, TO the Altoona post-cffice next
door.
! The Crawford county system. fried on
saturday last for the first time by the Blair
county Republicans, resulted in the selec
tinu of JAS. j. Plummcr. of Tyrone for Req
[ lStCr and Recorder, Alex. Rutlrdgn of vii
ha'usburg, for Treasurer, Robert A Clark
of Altoona, for District Attorney, and John
>. Riddle, of Woodbury., for Poo~ Directo or (;
and now there are lots of fellows over .,,rrr
who think the system is fraud of the first
magnitude and that it ought to be abolished
without ceremony.
Ira, youngest son of Mr.. John Iloyd Of
this place, bad the misfortune to fracture.
his right arm between the wrist and elbow
on Sunday morning last. He had ridden 10
/ the pasture field near the railroad station
I for The purpose IF driving home The. COW
aud when IN the act Of dislnotIutinr from ,I,c
. horse the animal took fright seemingly frn,.,
/ th" switch iu his haui. aud shccruu sud
( denly ~ one side threw little Iva 10 the
ground with such force as TO cause the rad
miShaii referred TO.
. Harrisburg on Tucs''av last recommended
} To- the Governor the pHrGun o. J.ucS r
4 ihn, who n December Sessions 1875, was
convicted OF the larceny of some 81 600 from
3 the banking house Of Collins, Ioi'nstou &
! Co, this place, while acting as cashier of'
. said institution, and sentenced to the poui-
teutiary for n term of two years and six
I months. y dispatch received ON Wc,lues-
, day evening brings intelligence that the
Governor has already complied with the re
( Communication or the Board.
DR.. T. /. Oldshur. who with his excel
, irUt vie spent some time in this place dur
3 ing the summers of 1874 and 1870, died at his
home IN P1tshurgh ON Thursday last, after
brief Illness. The lrcca -ed was an af fla
be, pleasant gentleman, aud a sRIilfnl and
prosperous physician, and we are Surr that
all who enjoyed his arquniuiancr will learn
I with sincere regret Of his early demise. His
remains we're inferred in 81. Mary's (Cath-
ulic) cemetery, Iawrrnccville, on Saturday
I morning. May he rest in peace.
! Two women named Wrdlrl and Fox,
ihe former of whom sports the title of
Mrs - and n helligerent tramp named
Charles Kerr, haiiing from Ohio, who at
tempted nn Sunday evening last to recon
struct ex-Sheriff I'aumer a.d take possession
q! lIS new residence in Coreinaugh borough,
were brought here on Monday forenoon by
the overland route aud lodged in Jail. The
women were arrested Saturday afternoon FOX
what the Tribune Calls general badness, but
corporal CussrinrSS would probably be a
better though a less rank -rrDUs tit!c.
The seventeeu-ycar locusts have mad
their appearance in varinus parts of the
3 country, hut Cambria county is aS usual eX.
rnpt from their depredarions. Why il is 50
we no. able to say, but ii is true never
thclVsS that while all the surrounding conn
ties have time and again been Uverrum Ivy
: these pests Cambria has, to the entire salts
faction of her people been Invariably given
the go Ivy. The fact that our county ahonnd-
with spruce timber we have heard assigned
lint N Ii q, iie.SlS such
a theory is based we have never heard eX-
planned.
In addition to the gentlemen whose
+ cards apnrar elsewhere, we have been an
tlorizrd to Announce the name of Mr.. Ma
thnuirI Horne, Of JohnstUwn, as candldate
for Prothonotary, subject of course to the
, same rules as the other aSnirahts for Hoini-
/ nation on the Democratic ticket. If faith
I fuI adherence for the most part 10 the good
. cause under rather adverse circumstances
an eloquent advocacy Of Democratic prlnci
I ,,Ies on ALI fitting occasions, ard many vel
/ directed efforts in aid of the party and lis
cnndi1ates count for anything, Mr.. Horne
. will not be without n host Of warm and ear
nest friends in the coming convention.
--Dnu't fail TO attend Comjcal Coul"y :
delightful entertainments at the Court II ouse
/ 10 morrow {Sajur,isy) evening. Frank IL a
! vI,uie host in himself. but as he Is 10 be as
sisted on this occasion by Prof Perry, n
. magician or{ more than ordinary merit, and
/ a. fI,r entertainment throughout will be Ell
tireIv new and promises 10 be one Of the
best ever Witnessed in this place. It is fall
Z TO presume that an immense audience VIII
Inc in attendance csrecia,ly as this viii be
Mr. ConIy's last visit to our town, his inten
tinu being to retire from the stage when his
; present tour is ended. The same entertain
! ineut will also he given at Chest Springs on
Monday evening next
A mare belonging to Hon. 4. ~. Barker
of this place gave birth to a colt on We'd
nesdav last which may justly he termed a
yu.ss nature. The colt in question Is per
fectly formed in body and limb, except ma
/ ono nr the from; legs rims to 4 point from tn,
knee down with scarcely the se'nbiance OF :
hoof where the hoof ought to be. while the
other front leg takes on what the deficient
limb lacks aud is as consequence not ohiA
90. .f ali nroncrtiou in size from the knee
10 the pasiern joint, hnt is brought to an I'm
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