The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-10-12

The Cleariield Republican of last week
! says that the Norris family gave an exhihi-
non at B"ttorf's photograph gallery, in that
borough, on Saturday, the 29th u,., the day
that the youngest child in family of sixteen
children was II years of age John Norris
Esq, aud his wife, residing in Pike town
ship, called, as indicated with ten OF their
sons. and had group photograph taken or
me me tweive. None of the girls were present
Two of the six daughters are dead. The
Joint weight of the ten sons was ,533 pounds
being an average of 153upounds each The
fathers weight was $50, and the mothers
| 10, and both are apparently as sound as
thev were quarter of a century ago. The
mother is daughter of the late Isaac Bloom
sr., well known to all the old settlers in the
/ vicinity of Curweasville
Thomas Il. Evans, who fe@ years 20
carried on the photograph business in this
| place and subsequently, removed TO Chest
| Springs, was I'm Important witness fiji the
! trial in Philadelphia last week of .birit.
| nalist named Bliss and his bfevet wife, who
| were charged with conspiracy to defraud bv
I means of what they claimed to be material
I lied spifis, bitt Who escaped conviction in
/ consequence Of the jury, on which there
! were thB eleven proverbiai contrary men,
| failing to agree. Evans was what is known
! as spirit photographer to the Bliss combi-
nation, but denied among various other
/ things that he ever assisted in the seances
| thar he was the great am and recognizer Of
all the spirits that appeared, that his daugh-
/ 'CA Hho biit EtIootldltT Ol one Oi UDe Sf1rltS
or that he had said that she made n 'darnn:
| ed Eood spirit as was testified to by one of
| the other witnesses.
The death Of Mr.. Geo. w. Brown n no.
tice whereof will he found under the Head OF
/ Obituary" was rather sudden and unex-
| fected, the result, we are told of congestion
J ot the lungs, from which he suffered for
! period of only two days. The deceased re-
! .urned from visit TO Altoona on Wednes-
| day of last week and walked from CressOn
! to Chest Springs, and on reaching the latter
/ place, where his wife resides with her pa
! rents, he complained of being unwe1l, and
| was put to bed, from which he was removed
| corpse On the second day after. Mr.
! Brown was Il shoemaker by trade; which
| business he followed for long tiii;e in this
/ place, working for Judge Thomas alone for
/ thirteen years in succession. From here he
! Vent to East Coneii;argh hAEiS last Spring,
4 bnt subsequently removed to Alton, H.,
frurh whence lie rettirued some three Weeks
| ago. He was married twice, his first wife
! having been sister Of Mrs. John u. Thomas
and his second Wife daughter of Mr.. W nj.
! EfaEttire; whGif lie leaves a widow. He has
no children living His remains were in
! tered at Chest Springs op Sunday last, sew
eral itembers Of the Odd Fellow And Masonic
! crafts. CT which 0rganiSatiohs he was metIi-
J ber and various other gentlemen from this
place. attend ing the f,tneral.
| DR.. Elcoate, the recltise of Cleardeld
| township, this c0rtnt-j wii5 forgot to pay Gs
! for printing lecture posters neatly yeat
! ngo, aud who went Sest last Jul5, has re;
! Gently turned mp in Gait, Ontario, where he
lectured on his favorite subject, phrenology.
i and also, according to the Calf Ref6rhter,
/ swallowed large quantity OF alcohol pro-
/ cured at n drug store. which would have put
! an end 10 his life had not several gentlemen
/ whom lie has repaid with base ingratitude
procured medical aid I'm time. He was after
! wards arrested for some of his doings, but
I several gentlemen paid his fine and saved
/ him from going to prison. He signed the
! pledge, was given a suit of clothes by Nj
! Brown, and started forth temperance
! lecturer. Some weeks after he returned 10
+ Gait In a beastly state OF intoXication, when
/ Mr. Brown demanded the suit of clothes,
! which Elcote at once deli vered. Afterwards,
( at the prom pting OF a wicked set of COM
1 rades, he brought action against Brown for
the suit of clothes hnt the magistrate dis
/ missed the case The Doctor is man of
! dine ALI lity, as many hereabouts will testify,
/ and If he would leave liquor alone the
/ world, which owes him good living, would
/ freely give il 10 him. The Doctor was al
/ ouc time ia good circumstances.