The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-02-23

breaks IL, INIT II he finds none he makes IT,
W nat is known as the Murphy temper
ance movement has reached ,Johnsfown and
already nine hundred and forty citizens of
that place have pledged themselves 10 forepo
henceforth their fonlly cherished morning.
evening and intermediate ''nips'
Rev. Father M'Cort, who for nine
months past has been filing the position of
senior curate at st. Johns (Catholic) church.
Altoona, has been transferred to Johnstown. j
where he is to take the place of Rev. Father
Connery, whose destination we have not vet
learned.
Elder o. p. Miller, of Wheeling. w
Va. has been preaching every evening for a
week past to large and appreciative audi
ences at the Disciples church in this place,
and we are requestedto o say that the meetings
will be continued over next Lords day
Feb. 25th.
-Thos. F. Davis. track repairer in the
mines OF the g. /. Co. at Johnstown. was
Knocked from n car load of cross-ties in con-
sequence of coming in contact with the roof
OF one of the mines a few days ago, and re-
ceived internal injuries which. owing to his
age, 1T is feared will prove fatal.
Col. Jas. f. Mlliken the redoubtable
hero of the famous military order No 9, has
concluded to ''step down and out" of the
/ District Attorneys office in Blair county,
! and will, s: is said, ''pass in his checks TO
! Judge Dean AZ the Argument Court to be
/ held i'm Holldaysburg on Monday next
For many years the front door leading
{ into the vestibnle of the Court House has
I
/ open in all kinds of weather This however
has been changed of late by supplying each
of the Court House officials with a kew
which they are required TO use when leaving
! the huilding.
They coming, Messrs. Myers &
! Lloyd, several hundred less or more. know
ing of the bargains to be enjoyed by buying
( at vour cheap cash store; they coming
one by one, and in great crowds together
and your winter goods will all be gone ere
/ the return of pleasant weather. So mote it
be, say you and we.
/ If a body meet body on life's beaten
! track, with new hat upon his head and a
new coat upon his back. we III bet our bottom
! dollar, that and something more, that he
| bought them very cheap If he bought at
! Murphy 8 store, which, We scarce need tell
! The reader whose eyes This item meet is in
Johnstown borough, on we'll known Clinton
| street.
I --Asahel Corbin's residence, in Henderson
! township, Huntingdon county was DESTROY
/ ed 10y fire on the 18th inst. Defective fue
I No insurance. A farm house with all its
! contents. located near Cassville. in the same
! county and occupied by widow and her
! son. named Dlack. met with a like fate on
4 Monday night OF last week. Origin of fir
/ unknown.
Mr.. ID. NJ. Pringle. of Croyie township.
felled large tree on Tuesday last. and found
/ In the top, which was hollow. four fat coOns
/ which he succeeded in killing by sirik n j.,
/ one with an aud clubbing the others 40
/ death. They were probably engaged I'm mold
| ing ratification meeting over the counting
| In of Hayes when thus surprised and su NJ
marily dealt with.
The large grist mill of John Irwin &
| Bro, at Cur wensville ClearfinId county was
| burned to the ground on Saturday night last
| and 600 bushels of grain, we'll az -four
/ bran and chop, were coCsamed IN the fiames
/ The Ire is supposed 10 have been caused by
| AN overheated journal and the tot al loss
! is estimated at $40, 900, which there are
/ AS, 900 of an insurance.
Harry Haycock, Altoona fvc-year
/ old thought little fun could he got out of
| a powder-dask and hot stove. but when he
tried the experiment of pouring the con-
! tcnrs Of the former upon the surface of the
| latter, on Friday evening last. All explosion
! followed and Harry cane very near being
knocked into Haycock ed hat. AS it was
! his face and hands suffered severely,
/ On Monday last little daughter of
! Sheriff RYAN fell from the corridor leading
! to the upper cells in the veStibule of the Jail
/ TO the stone flooring, some eighteen or twenty
feet below, but strange TO say escaped with
| only few slight bruises about the face
/ That her neck, or at least some one or more
of her limbs, was not broken by !he fall is
I indeed miraculous, not to say unaccountahle
| For ,,,,; q L.. time in the history of Eb-
! ensburp siuce iis Oh -'nn into two separate
I election districts, the DauI. crsHc candidate
for constable In the West Ward ~ 'efeated
at the local election on Tuesday last ~
| then there IL no telling what changes the
! WherIey-gig of time may bring about when
! there Is music in the air which even the woll
regulated voice Of a Bol(d) singer cannot
! overcome.
| Half of q mans life are spent In making
mistakes and the other half is fritteret. away
( in rejecting how easily the mistakes might
! have been avoided. No one who buys his
/ clothing from Godfrey Wolff. next door TO
! the post-office Altoona. will never have rea-
son to be sorry on that score at least. for he
! will he sure to get goods which for beauty.
! durability and cheapness are unsurpassed
and nnsurpassable.
-Neiehbor James, of the Herald, thinks he
has got a sure thing Oh the post-ofiice, now
/ that Hayes has been counted in. Well,
I maybe he has, and again maybe he hasn't !;
but if there is to be a change in that hirec-
ton, which is certainly not demanded from
any lack of courtesy or efficiency in the
present management, we know of no one we
would rather see ''hold the fort than neigh
Dor James aforesaid.
The defeat of John A. Blair, Esq, for
Assessor ia the West Ward, IL is proper TO
say wax due to the fact that the Democrats
were led to believe that no Assessor was TO
I've elected this year, and as consequence
made no nomination for that office aud
when they discovered their mistake, if n
mistake it be, which we have our doubts
abou. even yet. the polls had been open for
several hours and many Democrats who
would have voted for Mr.. Blair had aireauy
deposited their ballots.
A weak minded man named George
Davis entered the office of Den3iston, Porter
&, Co Mt Holiidaysburg. on Saturday last,
and presenting a pistol at Mr.. Denniston,
demanded pay for work which he imagined
ne had done for the firm. The e-plstol-atory
en;sode as NAV we'll be.imagin1d, caused
considerable quaking in Mr.. Dinniston's
boots for the time being, but the de'nenfed
man was finally induced to forego his san
culinary designs and taken home, where he ls
now kept n close prisoner.
Some malicious scalawag entered the
residence of the Widow DUNN, i'm Barr
township, on Thursday last, during the alb
sence of the inmates, and proceeded TO vent
Thos p. DUNN, brother-in-law of the Lady
named by cutting into pieces vest, comfort
and pair of gloves belonging to that gentle
man besides tearing one of his photographs
;n t,yo aud Knocking the music out Of a val
uable violin by breaking IL into atoms. Such
f.,I a, ,nd,,,.t .ieseIres the severest