The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-23

eWO VI WHOM were buried in
one k.aVe. "A sad bereavement indeed
,-Ihe Pittsburgh papers have transferred
:, ne residence OF Messrs. Collins from Pbila
ueipbia TO that city, aud most of them have
!eonced me Brazilian railroad for the build
ing OF which they have contracted from one
hundred and ninety to one hundred mile. in
iength and from Sc, ,0OO, 900 to 81, 600. 600 i'm
the matter Of cost A
The Christmas holidays are rapidly ap-
ptoachrng and as yet old Santa Claus has
I'aoe no arrangement for supplying the
wants OF the little folks hereabouts At
ieast we Judge 30 froH, the fact that no one
has announced himself through the local ma.
psrs as agent in this community for the i'm
mortal gift-,yiver.
Joe Weisser will have a shootine-ma,ch
ior turkeys and chickens to- morrow (Satur-
Gay afternoon. and on Thanksgiving day
another shooting match for a S65 watch and
chain, which will be put up for $40, and also
lot LOT OF turkeys and chickens, will be
heid under the snme auspices, provided in
both cases, that the weather permits.
The cellar apartment at the residence Of
Messrs Mclaughlin, on High street, was
entered on Friday night last through the
BACK door, which had been iradv.rtentlv
left open. and half quarter OF beef several
pounds OF butter, and a lot Of sppes. cab.
bage, etc, carried away. So far as we are
aware there is no clue to the thieves or the
stolen property.
The Supreme Court at Pittsburgh on
Court Of Common Pleas of this county in the
case of the Cambria Iron Co. w. Francis
Christy, deceased-an action in ejectmsnt
for two hundred acres of land in Gallitzin
township. Messrs Johnston & ScanlaA, of
this place, and Samue. Calvin, Esq, of Hol-
Hdaysburg, were counsel for the successful
parties
Mrs. r. r. Jones has got home a..last.
and has brought with her from the city the
handsomest, cheapest and most varied as-
t,ytn las anv
lions generally that have ever been offered
for sale here. All the ladies are respectfully
invited 20 call at their earliest convenience
not forgetting meantime that Mrs Jones has =
adopted and will strictly adhere to the cash
system.
A bullet or some similar missile thrown
from gum sling crashed through \ pane Of
glass at the residence of VIM. Kittell, ESQ.
on Wednesday evening last, breaking a hole
about the size and shape of a silver quarter
unity to the head of Mrs. Eittell. The
youthful Golahs Of the present day had
better lie more careful or some of them will
get into trouble.
A 10: of goods stolen from the Pa r. r.
Co. and a couple Of shoe shops in Altoona
by parties whose arrest IL noticed elsewhere
have heen found secreted in the shoemaker
shop of @. W. Bonsam and AZ the residences
of John Wolf and Mrs. John Fultz, In that
city. All the parties thus far arrested,
among whom is female named Mollie
Grenada, have been taken to the Holidays
burg Jail for afe keeping.
Mr.. John Swegler, ,,onc of the oldest and
most upright citizens of .Johnsrown, died on
Sunday morning last, aged about 81 years.
The deceased was born in Stuttgart, Ger
many, and came to this country when not
more than twelve years old, the greater part
of his life since then having been spent in
J oh husfown. He was a consist pnt rncinbe
OF the Lu'hern Church, and died as he lived
\ hrm believer in that faith.
Geo. w Bnnsum, one OF the parties
charged with completely in the recent plun-
dering Df Pa. r. X. cars, and divorced wo-
H,an ilSn.ed Mrs. Enhick, nee Clara Hook
enhrrry were married in the Altoona lock up
on Monday evening last, and passed the first
nicht of their wcdded life together in one of
i;,e cells OF that hesitation. Cell-ibacy, we
imagine would I've tnucti preferable 10 such
a collaboration Of the marriage tie.
r. B. HrowH, Esq, having made his
pi.e in the printing and oil business, has
so'a the Clarion Deniocrdt, which he has
contincfe6 Ear fourteen years, IN q. F. Nrebs,
ESQ. a legal gentleman OF that place, and
will henceforth turn his attention "a the
boarding Of wealth at more e"re and
speedy pace. He has our best wishes, as
has also his successor In the proprietoEsttip
of that staunch aud efficient Democratic
joarnal.
Mr.. J. II. Norton superintendent of the
Cald well Map Publishing Co., paid us n Wis
ft the other day on hustness intent, a. will
be seen by notice elsewhere OF the design OF
said Company. We found Mr. Norton All
nffable intelligent and courteous gentleman,
and are sure that he made good impression,
which cannot bat redound to the advantage
of the enter prise he represents, upon all with
" HON he held buainess or social intercourse
during his brief stay in our midst
"A Prospect bon ough lad named Galiagh-
er attempted to get on moving freight train
uear the ! Johnstown depot. on Friday even
ing last, bat losing lis hold he fell in such
way as TO bring his right leg in contact with
one of the wheels, which cat an egiy cash
in the calf and crushed his heel to a jelly.
The injured lad was taken home and ply
sictan sutnmonel, who proposed arnputat1on,
hut his parents objected, aud at latest ac-
counts 1t was thought that the limb could be
saved.
a box of tobacco which had been stolen
from a car at the Pa. r. r. depot, n Hollislaya-
burg. was recovered by night-watchinan
Homek about one o'clock on Monday morn
inc last the two men who had stolen it, and
who are citizens of that place, having sud
denly discovered upon the approach OF Mr-
Houck that they had such urgent business
elsewhere that they couldn't afford to lose
time i'm Juggling the stolen property with
them. A warrant has been issued TOR the
arrest of the suspected parties
An opposition clothing house in Altoona
has a great deal to say abont doing the iead-
ing business in Blair county, out as Iong az
Godfrey Wolff continues TO take hand at
that game all his rivals there or elsewhere
NAV as we'll make up their minds to occapy
q back seat. Wolff has not only loads In tue
quantity. quality. style and nnish OF n,s
m ade. nm clothing, but he permits no man TO
undersel him in price or excel him In c9nr-
tesy TO his customers. Store on iwel'th
street. next door TO the post-office, Altoona.
Mr.. John Lloyd, of the enterprinng
mercantile firm of Myers u Lioya OF 'n.S
nlace returned yesterday from the east,
where he had been purchasng large lot OF
dry goods, dress goods. clothing notions Ions
etc, and In the course Of q day or Two 'nere .t
viii be on exhibition at that cheap cash
store on, of the largest and finest display OF
merchandise, seasonable as to quality ana
reasonable as to price, that has ever oeen
offered for sale in northern Ca'nor" ns n-;cas
"A young man named Charles asr Cromer
was arrested at Huntington, on ay satnrnay
=, ,he robberv of Pa r. r. freight cars AT
T,rone station, which for the past SIX