The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-08-03

beat w. & d. Rinehart's Pittsburg No /
Long Cut.
The spirit of retrenchmert has invaded
me sanctuary of the Presbyterian church in
this place, be- whether that has apvtbi,c, ~
10 with the fact Rev. j. N Mact4oripYe
'he young, eloquent and Jealous pastor al
sald congregation, has rendered his resipna.
uon, TO TAKE effect on the first of October
next we are not prepared to say, though we
sincerely hope that whatever the reason II
may be disposed of in some wav to the sat:
isfaction and continuance In otir midst al
Inc Rev. gentlemen named who has won
me hearts OF our people of all denominations
by MS good SENSE, affabilitv and general de.
pertinent as minister of the onSpel and 2
gentleman of untloubted ability and true
CHRISTIAN impulses. Long be his soIourr
among us.
Philip Miller, the iran who disappeared
from his bro'her's residence in Holiidavs
burg while laboring under an attack o.
mania. as noticed by us last week, has moi
yet been found; and as n consequence anxious
inquiries about him are being made hv his
distressed family, who will be greatly graft.
ned 10 hear of his Whereabouts through let.
ter or other word sent to George Miller
Hollidaysburg, Pa. The missing man is 2S
years old. about > feet inches high. weigh.
from l45 TO 150 pounds, has light hair. LIGHT
complexion, bloc eyes, and a small mons.
tache. He wore a gray coat and black par
! falcons and was in his stocking feet at the
tlne OF his disappearance. 1t is thought
/ that he went in the direction of Pittsburgh
or McKeesport
The Peerless NAVY and fine Cnt Chow
ing Tobaccos are taking the rag off the
bush''
The Pa. r.. r. Co, through its General
superintendent, G.. Clinton Gardner Esq
4 offers reward of 81 900 for the capture and
con nVlctlon OF the dastardly william or Williams
who turned the switch at Cambria siding on
Friday night last, and cansed The wreck OF
a train carrying government troops. The
same corporation, through Robert Pitcairn
Esq, Sup: Western Division proposes 70
pay SlOO for the arrest and conviction of the
party or parties who turned a switch at
Spring Hill station on Sunday night last,
causing the wreck of stock train and a lso
like amount for n like result in the case OF
ali parsons engaged in stoning or firing at
trains, ohstrncrinG tracks, ,misplacing switch
es, and Interfering with or intimidating EN-
pIoyees OF the company. We e.levOutly h0pe
that the above rewards may lead TO the cap
ture of the parties implicated, as the mis-
creants who could he guilty of such danna-
ble deeds deserves the most condign punish
ment.
We regret very mitch 10 learn that Our
clever and en;errrising friend and patron,
Mr.. Harry Mellon, of Chest Springs was
robbed of five hundred dollars OH Tues,iav Y
night last, the theft being cui,,mitied dnring
the absence in the country or Mr. Mellon
and his entire family, except the Youngest
child, which was left at home in care IF a
domestic How the burglary accom-
Dlished or where the money was concealed,
if concealed at all, when gobhled up we
failed TO learn, but such details as we have
so 10 show that the servant girl threw her.
self, as the saying is, across a bed and went
10 sleep, as did also the Child, aud when she
woke up she was surprised 20 find all the
doors in the house standing wide opeu
wherenpon she gave the alarm, hut too late
Ia capture the thief or thieves (who were no
donbt well acquainted with the premises
before they had succeeded in making off
with their rich booty. Among the stolen
property are said to he several promiSsorv
notes, hut whether they are included in the
five hundred dollars alleged to be missing
we are not able to say.
1t is not surprising that the popularity
of W. x ID. Riuehart's Peerless Navy and
Fine Cut is ''stemming the side.
-Johu Hickman, a German resident OF
Cambria borough aud father of the little
girl whom Elisha Dixon was convicted and
is now serving term in the Western Peni-
teniiarv for outraging, was found drowned
in the COnemaugh river at JohnStOwn, on
Monday morning last. The deceased had
left home the evening previous with dol.
lar or two in his pocket, aud III company
with two other men, intiuiged pretty fl eel Y
in Intoxicating liquors, the carousal contin.
ming until about 10 o'clock Sunday night
when Hickman suddenly and mys;eriously '
disappeared from his associates, and all eff
forts to find him proved nnavailiug uni
river as already noted Mr.. Hickman was
forty nine years of age, invent y-tive of which
except while servi lg his country soldier
in She late rebellion, he spent in Johustuwr
and vicinity, where lie accumulated consid
erahle property, among which Is n row o
tenement houses in Cambria borough and
thirty acres of land in Eotier township. He
leaves a wife and seven children, all %
whom are greatly distressed at his sad and
unexpected death, which, it is fair to pre-
sulne, was the result of accident, though o
that more will probably I've known when rht
coroners jury gets through with the inquest
which adjourned without elicitiug any i'm
portant facts until this (Friday) evening.
to announce the death, on Sunday last, q
Mr.. john NJ. stephens, of Carroll township
an old time acquaintance and a much es
teemed and pronpt-paying patron of th,
FREEMAN, whose sad demise was The resu
! of accident preceded we are told hV Il Struk,