The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-27

or Court TO be held here i'm the third week Of
, ''une. Ihis because Judge Dean I. interested
elmer elmer as counsel or as a party to most of the
c"Ses SET down for Il ial on that otcasiou
Our old friend Michael Dnne0an f,o.
Donahne, as the Standard has it, although
| !" the eighty NTH year OF his age is credited
MN MN, having walked from St. Augustine TO
! Hoiiidaysburg, on THURSDAY last and rs.
turning home OH shark. uiafe" the 3av af.
yer. Ihe distance between the two point,
! II about twente.four iniles but Mr. Dunepnn
may have "cut across lots, so to speak.
! AN old rat in Gaysport, recently bereft
ol an entire litter of kittens .ork fcrcible
/ possession of Ave little chicken. and b,s
! he'd the fort against the mother hen er.r
! since. The tiny chicks, as we learn from
the Hoiiidaysburg Standard appear TO like
Ihelr new rnother, AS they get on her back,
/ creep under her, and otherwise manifes,
/ their confidence and affection. Trnih t,'
'eii, IL seens TO be gay sport for all concerned
except the hen that did the hatrhinp
| -ihe JofIustown Tribune tells of An uld
resident OF Conemaugh borough now I'm bi.
eighfy-eigh'h year, day laborer at the e,
{ 1. 20. works, who is the father of twenty
! .hree children, nearly all of whom are still
: living, aud the grandfather of forty-rwo chill
/ "ren. One OF his daughters, who resides
with her husband in Massachusetts, counts
/ up as her progeny no less than nine bows
and six girls. This venerable gentleman is
/ as spry on his feet the average man of
t"rty, and he bids fair to live for many years
/ to come.
We got a peep at Francis Murply. the
great temperance agitator, the other dav
and must say that he is a fine, portly look,
ing gentleman, bordering on fifty years of
( little better looking than ourself. (see AL
/ toona Tribune of April 11th,) which, Of
course, Is saying great deal for his manly
beauty. (How's that for modesty?) 1t is
e'nent, however, from his appearance that
he has been, as he admits himself, one of the
} "b'hoys' in his time, and for a good long
Z time too.
A gentleman claiming to he cognizant
OF the Tact informs the Holidays sburg STAN
ddrd that the railroad tie Immediately at
the spot where McKim murdered Norcross
more than twenty years ago, is always
marked on the end with Il cross When The
tie rots and is thrown away, the new one
put in its place is marked with "a cross by
the worknnrn, and such has bern the custom
: ever since the occurrence of the bloodv
tragedy. The scene of this col,,-blood-d
murder is located about two miles this side
of Altoona.
We him standing in a crowd. A
cornely youth and fair there was brightness
IN his eye and glory in his hair. We saw
his comrades gaze upon him, those who stood
behind, before. and we felt the great attrac-
. tion was the splendid suit lie wore which
we neei scarce tell our readers who have
heard the story DER aud o'er was bought
/ for cash, the lowest figures at Godfrey
! Woff's big store, which il is always we'll to
! bear i'll mind is next door ahcve the post
office, on Twelfth street, Altoona.
The Hollidayshurg standard says that
Mr.. Hugh JohuStou, of Gayspurt while
fishing with hook aud line in the Couemaugli
river, few days ago, got bite after con-
siderable nihhling, and on pulling out found
his prize to be Old stone Jug, into the
mouth of which his line extended, the bait
aud hook heing evidently held hy some liv-
ing creature inside, On breaking the ing
he SURPRISED 10 find a large catfish
which had evidently selected the jug as u
home when little cndgpr aud kept possess
sion until his house had hecone his prison.
-T!icre are nine things that will make a
man mad, hut one is enough when his wife
tells him that he can't have any dinner be-
cause she couidu'r get the wash-boiler off
the stove in time uI tdat she has been, gone
aud bought lot Of goods at some other store
when every ybody else knows and she ought To
know that money can invariably TIE saved
and domestic happiness insured 10y dealing
exclusively with Myers x Lloyd, who keep
nearly veryihing that anybody needs and
always sell ~ prices which never have been
and never can lie uudcrsuld in Cambria
county.
A friend in need (nf wearing aprare)
is friend indeed (tn himselD ii he goes
for" Jas. j. Murphy's Star Clothing Hall,
100 Clinton street, ,,Ioanstowu, aud goes away
from it with a bran splinter new suit of
clothes. of which, from personal observation
made few days ago, We can fruthfuily say
that Mr.. NJ. has an abundant and beautiful
STOCK. IL Is wOuuerfUl indeed now Small u
sum Of money will buy tip-top outfit now
a-days, bur il is NOT at all wonderful that 50
many go To Star Clothing Hall 20 buy said
outfits for well they know Ihat such goods
AT such low prices as are not to be found
elsew here.
A train OF sixty-frur cars containing
agricultural implements will pass over the
Pa. X. Il. to-day, but just when it will reach
the several points along the main line in this
county we are uuah. to say. The train is
4 lp lftit
cars will be handsomely decorated. The
implements consist OF reapers, mowers
corn-plauters. etc, ard the moving pa"o-
rama promises to I've sighr we'll worth see
lug. Our guess is that this unique train lS
destined for the Permanent Exhibition in
philadelphia, which is to he opened as al
ready noticed in these columns, on May tOth
See fourth page OF this issue fof turther iac's
relative thereto.
An East Ward lad named John Davis
made. a narrow escape from serious II Rot
fatal Injury ON "Wednesday forenoon, in con-
sequence uf a horse on which lie was mount
eel brc"nihe frightened at a sack OF ho"r
which wa ieiug put upon his back "a; the
store OF Pryce, Baxter X Co, ln this place
As il was the lad was hustled about a good
deal in consequence OF one OF ms ttet pcitg
held fast 10y the saddle, which had tnrned
under him. but eventually dropped 10 The
ground without rec.iving any injury worth
talking about. The horse then sca'nperru
off at "a rapid gait, hut was soon caught ani
held until the boy rerhounted ana inaue
new start.
Although the FREEMAN has many warm
friends i'm and about Chest Springs, and al
though postal card costs Only one cent, we
are forced to accept n very meager account,
gathered from parties unable 10 give paruc-
ulars of the destruction 10y fire, on Sunday
evening last of a barn, with all It's cohcen'S'
including three horses and one or more pigs,
and perhaps other live stock, owned hy
resident of that vicinity named Maloy, the
riD IL.