The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-02-09

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Philadelphia ON Wednesday last
We are under obligations To George w
'h'"ls, Esq. of the Philadelphia Ledger, for
: u copy of the Ltdyer a Almanac for 1877. r. ;s
',,"S, vaiuan,e synopsis Of American eveu's
as well IA OF the results of the Presidential
ana stat" elections during the Cast year r.
is elegantly gotten up and cannot fail In
, prove valuable and instructive aci,ipen.ii.
MN "i statistical ard political information
Mr.. Childs very generously sends his Ii,n,.
nae free to all tho newspaners in tb. S,,,n
! -S"vcrai OF he cases set down for ,frrisiou
NJ the Argument Court held in this place on
iucsday y ami "Wednesday of the present week
hal TO Ire continued owing To tle f,ct that
the severe Illness Of Mrs Johnston wifi. of
/ H. l.. johnston, Esq, prevented that gentle.
man from taking part in the proceedings n.
counsel In the eases referred TO- Such of the
business ~ VAS disposed Of posscsseti yery
/ nttie of Interest iu our readers and bpuce we
have not deemed il worth while to report the
facts.
! Mr.. Jesse s. Bolsingcr has hoen aproint
r,l "y the Court to fill the unexpirrd term of
Mr. George Guriry, present drputy sheriff
as constable of the West Ward Mr. RI
singer IL n SOLVER, industrious an,. enrrg,tic
cifiz"n, and therefore cannot fail to make as
good an officer ns he is a Democrat which is
saving all that need I've sail on the subiecr
he VIII he candidate for nomination on the
Democratic ticket for the same office at the
spring election, and VIC have no doubt alou;
I his success.
He I-i''S'hlrgli 6Hxete of Monday saws
'hat shocking affair occurred AT or near
'ic"rgc s station, on the PENNSYLVANIA Rail.
road, Friday mcrniug, resulting in the death,
of two m"n john Calvin Stewart and Urr
duiies. Tie hodi"s werr found Friday
morning on rhc railroad track horriIlv cui
AND mauglcd, ami 80 nutilat-,l the porti ions
"f one could NOT be recognized from the at her
and they were both placed in coffin and
! taken 'o Latrohe for burial Two or three
} trains passed over the bodies
n n al luD men ont in,
woman named S1rah Jones' wifi. of Mr.
Enoch Jones'. and u wiIr@er narned John
: w. Jones. did the e:opiug is inst rrw The,
source Ct much gossip and speculat ion
among the good people of ,iohnsfown none
I of whom would uf course ever do auythiup
! of tia: kind. The skipping our was done
on Sunday night last, the rrcrcant wife ynl,
iiing up about one hundred dul,ars h.long-
ing 10 her husband with which Ia assist her
and her guilty pararn"ur IN :hcir flight.
The .johnstuwu Tribune il IN error wIIrn
II saws that George Wilkinson WIS convicted
4 III Blair county AMI sr,,irnrti To the ucri-
! tcntiary for stealing COWS ia northern t'atn-
brin and selling Them in 4 Ali""na. w. lee.
3 ii"ve II ~ moi the custom 10 fini n man griIfv
. ia one county for an offeuS.. committed lit
anotlirr. and anylinw the Of the parry
charged with The crime l-r- is NOT Wilkinsrn
but Williams, Who still tvrripi,-S a cell in
Castle Ryan ami Is likely III r"inain there
until his case Is disposed of at the March
! term of our county court.
- Another pf iit,. ltanerS has been heard
from. This tim" his name is VIM II Eagrr
AMI the rharg.. preferred against him is for
niratun by force, wi eli I. near akin to- rape,
/ IL not thr very act Itself. The complainant
h"irg Miss Susan Jane Jones, of Jarkson
township, ynung lady aged about eighteen
wears. William went la "sce his Susan
-Iaur" rn'hcr tun enthusiastically for her
wcifnr-. or his own either, for that matter
aud f the warrant which has h-en issued for
( hi- arr-st ever ovrrtake- him things VIII i,.
la.
The Daily Glpje. n penny paper which
made lis first appearance in Altoona OU
Tuescay morning last, aud ha- arrrfe,; ~
; regularly ever since. proves to- hr what onr
friend Gro. j. Akrrs is ahundautly able 10
make IL, Interesting ard spirited little
sh--"t. we'll worthy of II long and prosperous
career, which we sincerely hope will he
vouclisaiti Ia II. The lii'l" bautling is not
ha lf 20 large The FREEMAN, hut rs !; l.
neat and nrwsy, and witlIal very cheap, it
uught 10 prove big ionarza to- it's ent-r-
prisiug proprcinr VIII" possesses the ability
and pluck Ia "push along, kr"p moving,
until ii becouies an established !itC', So mote
IL lc.
While assisting - tiear mp :, freight
wreck on the TvrtHe and Cirarfi,'ld Rail
rnnd near Poweltou. on Thursday evening
of last week Mr.. Hrury Fursh"y conductor
md wreck foreman, was accidental Y truck
by the tank rop" (nne end OF which hr was
trying NJ iLe time TO ihrow upon III" engine
pilot) and kn"rkcd diag"nally across the
tra.k just in trout uf Ill" pilot, which prcss-
ei him into space of abouf four inches,
after which the pory wheel followed up The
work uf DESTRUCTION hy passing over his
arm aud shoulder ani thence across his
breast crushing the lif,, uII of his body and
maupliny il in Il hurrihle manner. The Hn-
fortunate, man who hal been in the employ
! uf rhr company ai,"ut twelve years. leaves a
wife aud four children.
Ed H,nig-rs nf this place. went on a
hunting expedition last Saturday, duly arm
.t.-,t hk L. ~
usual tieuiants three dogs. Two miles north
" town he saw "a red fox, which The dogs
wcnt for on = double quick, but after pursn-
ing the game about two hundred yards re-
fused to follow il any further. E.i. 'h"r""i,-
ON took M the lire of march on hiS owl hook
/ ard finally ovcrrouk the fox. which, after
several attempts he succeeded in selzIng 10y
one of the hird lrg-, aud then proceeded I"
kill IL 10y bringing its li''a'i in violent con'ac'
with the end uf ~ bridge near which tue
cau,ure was effected. A. this is Il SPEECHES of
fox hunting not often iudulgrt in, Ed. very
Justly feels proud "f his ACHIEVEMENT
Nv. trust that those at our readers VINO
are In the habit of clearing away the snow
from their pa vpuenfs, and their ndti'r We
TAX. no pr;dc in saving !, far frnin legion.
will not bc discouraged by the fact that ex-
County Treasurer Criste had the misfortune
n few ,lays ago tn lose The sight "f one "i MS
eyes and that too without any apparent
,ausa while engaged iu siinvelinc sn"w from
,I.,ut nj, a nc new dwelling honst in Nnns.rr
township The sun : ravs r'hHcted tf"'' 'nr
suo,,'s hit, aud dazzling surface no d"nht
did the business. hut whyif sholld affect one
eyo aud not he other we .cave rhe doctors
10 determine, meanwhile expressing III"
hone that the attiicton ~ only temporary
one and fiai on frinrd Criste may s'nh W.
able 10 go both eyes on all things Tangible as
heretofore.
There, are said ~ l,e no less Than seven
or eight persons really aud anxi'us '" p"unce
u,n,n the ppst-,,ffice at L"rcff" III the eNS,, ,,
OF Gov. Tildrn being declared tue legally
elected President, hut ~ oii'y one OF 'hei"
can secure the prize, there must of "rce@s',y
be n half dozen or more Disappointed aPpr
canis for the office in THAI one Ni''"se al'.n
l,,,,,,,,, ,,,. .-,.kers otter the position are
two or thre. of The fair sex. on ''ehaif OF one
of whom we have been solicited 10 say q
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