The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-05-25

ao",. on Saturday last, by Mr.. VIM KayIor.
mel n;m o.' 'oe Branch road. 1t meas
"ieo hine ieet and one inch in length aud
was as thick--well, as thick as two IN a D.,
and one in the middle "
S-Ihe me dwelling house of Mr.. James
@ 'ns, ., ln ouhlata township, Blair county,
was burned TO the ground on "Wednesday
week No particulars; insurance Al oOG
a new bank barn in the same township tho
property of Mr. George Hite was destroved
oy nre on the following day. The latter was
therein. No insurance MS
Mrs Matilda Irvine died ut the resi-
dence of her son, in Altoona ON last snn5or
morning, in the sixty-third year of her ace
Iier husband, samuel Irvine, deceased, was
at one time stationary engineer at the heat
OF Plane No. (Snmmitville), on the old
Allegheny Portage Rail Road Mrs Jrvina
was sister of Mrs. Susan Rheysan6 Mrs
John Dougherty, of this place
railing TO publish as promised the carl
! OF Mr. Geo. G.. Baker, of Susouehauna twn
we trust that IL will suffice for the present
/ 10 remind our readers once more of the fact
.naI MT. Baker is prepared to do wool card
| ing, spinning, fulling, etc. in n workman
like manner and at the most moderate ratas
| Mr. H. has located on the premises of Mr.
JOS A. Gray, four miles from Carrolltown.
( "A SOW belonging to Mr. Johu Farrell a
/ former citizen of Copemaugh borough bnt
( now anu Tor several years resident of Tv-
rome, gave birth to six pigs on Thursday of
last week, every one Of which if we ma y
/ oeIieve correspondent of the A Altoona Mr.
ror, has red back white hams and ears
and blue belly and tail. Patriotic pigs
I those-klnc of "spar stangled banner" chaps
! 1t is only too true that an old farmer
/ near Strongstown, Indiana county whose
! name is Patrick Foley, as we have learned
! since our notice last week was robbed of
/ $500 (Eot 500 nor $3.50 either) in gold and
I silver by n couple of viliaiuous sbarpers
! who represented themselves as U S detec-
! tlves in quest of counterfeit money. Some
n nrft IL t,a I'll
| suspected of the crime.
David Navanan, the boy giant from IL
! Ilnols, passed east over the Pa r. r.
I Thursday morning of last week ell route for
BarnuIn smuseuin, New York. David VIXEN
! one day old weighed oniy 8 popnGs, but now.
! AT the age of fifteen, he weighs SOP pounds
\ is 3 feet 10 Inches high, and measures g2
! inches around the waist (Which is a good
, deal of a waste), 72 around the breast and
IS Inches around the thighs
| A young man named Alex Sanders a
| resident of Benscreek, near Lillys station,
I Jumped from a moving freight train one half
! ,niie west of Galliizin, on Sunday morning @
! last, and falling to the track cut his heal
( and one of his hands very severely Hewas
I taken 10 his home, where his injuries were
, subsequently attended to Ivy DIR. Fay, the
J Conpany's physician, who was summoned
from \ AltOoua for that purpose.
I The heat, the heat, the terrible heat ;
how IL makes one wish for n cool retreat
/ where, mid buds and blossoms, and .hings
| like those, he could placidly think of the
nice store clothes which he knows can he
( bought very much below par from Godfrey
! Wolf, at his great bazaar, where Clothing
the best for warm weather and coll can it.
! found in profusion, good the gold.
Don't forget the place, he xt door to tie nos
/ Office. A Hoona.
1T will be seen Ivy notice in our advertis-
ing department that 'he firm of Pryce Bax-
ter & Go. and that of the EhensAurg Woolen
! Company have been dissolved the business
lks,tl
three members OF the old firm, who will
/ heuceforth he known in the Inercantils trade
as NJ Laughiin Bros. * Co. and In the wool
manufacturing business as heretofore. The
insrayinS we'll the outgoing partners
have our best wishes for success in all their
future undertakings
Since we wrote IF The heat in an item
elsewhere, Spring has been forced TO take a
hack chair while grim visaged Winter once
more TO the front has come with q sharpness
more piercing than blunt; yet tits fair to
presume that his stay will lie brief and that
all now complaining will soon hnd relief
from the shiNering sensations which no
doubt appal and keep many from buying at
Star Clothing Hall those splendid Spring
suits which Murphy displays at prices so
cheap that in wonder we gaze at Star Cloth
| ing Hall, 109 Clinton street, JO JOhnstOwn.
If Contnon rumor cac be relied the
directors of the Pa. Il. r. Co. have recon-
mended a reduction of ten per cent. in the
wages OF all the officers and employees of the
ble of the number Of men employed. 1t is
! expected that All order will be il it has not
I already been issued ny the general manager
! putting said recommended on into effect on
( and after the first of Jnne next. Already a
/ number of men in the Shops at Altoona and
| other points have been discharged, and 9th
.rs IL is expected will be suspended during
| The summer.
The new firm now in possession of the
Ebensburg woolen Factory have put and
! will continue on the road for the balance of
the st.sson a wagon well stocked with good IS
! of their ovu manufacture, which they pro-
pose to exchange for wool, furnishing the
( goods at the lowest cash rates and allowing
I the highest market price for all wool that
/ NAV be given III return. Remembcr th ey
guarantee the goods TO he perfect III make,
desirable in style and durable IN quality
: and that fabrics equally good cannot be OBJ
fained where slse at prices so moderate
as they are now offrriug them at.
The tweuty-fifth anniversary of the re-
crptiou of the venerable Father Leinke into
/ the order of ST Benedict as commemorate tet,
AT Carrol,tovn, on Sunday last, with grand
/ religious ceremonies, in which an immense
concourse o. people participated. Several
sermons were preached on the occasion,
Father Lenke himself briefly addressing the
/ people in Eng lish and German. This much
| revered priest and pioneer OF the Alleghen-
les as our readers will remember, celebrated
not many months ago, at his late home III
I New Jersey, the tiftieth anniversary OF bis
ordination as a priest Of the Catholic Church.
May his days in the land still be unnum-
! bered.
Sister Mary Magdalene, known In the
world as Miss Amanda Douglass, daughter
of john II. and Margaret Douglass, of Chest
Springs this county, who by the way are
I highly esteemed by all who Know them,
/ died AT ST Johns Convent (Sisters Of Char
it), Altoona, on Saturday evening last,
aged about % years. The deceased entered
upon her novitiate some five years ago, and
I ,yhiI. a member of the order, and indeed
during her entire ,ife she was N model well
worthy the imitation of all who wish fo
serve God and save their immortal souls.
Her remains were inferred in 81. John q
cemetery Monday forenoon. May she
rest in peace. r..
! The dwelling house Of Mr.. Daniel Nef,
in Crosle township, this county, was, we
regret TO say, totally destroyed by fire on