The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-08-31

"A tramp was caught between the burn-
ers Oh Two freight cars on Western Division
Oh 'he ia. X. r., while stealing a ride on
saturday night last, and had his left leg
oadiy crushed. He was taken 10 the West
EioreIand poor, house for care and treatment
Thomas j. Kelts, of Westmoreland
| county, left his plow and took refuge under
= Tree during recent thunder Storm but
had not been there very long when the tree
was struck by lightning, the same stroke
kiinng one OF the horses and irjuring Mr.
heit1 very badly. besides stripping him OF
every vestiee OF clothing even to his shoes
all OF which, as the ,johnstown Democrat re-
marks, looked as if they had been rent
| through threshing machine.
John Endsley, and not Hansley or Ans
iey, as stated by ;is last week. who was
brought in from Blacklick township a con-
pie of weeks ago and committed 10 ;,il nm
| u charge of robbery and carrying concealed
weapons, was taken before Judge Thomas
on Saturday last on writ of habeds corDus
and released on S400 bail, Mr. JIM. Swore
of Chest township becoming his suretv
johnstown lad named SwartHman charged
with sfonlng passenger train, was also re-
leased from Jail on Monday, but who bailed
him or to what extent we failed to learn
| The Standard being he Judge Holli3ays-
hurg must be a fast, if not n very loose town
! In doleful local item in the last number of
that paper its editor bewails the existence
"f an evil in that place which has met his
eye from day to day hich has been uourued
by the good and has attracted the unfavora-
bic comment of strangers, by all of which he
! means the habits and actions of mann of the
gouhg ladies Of t'tut place upon the streets This
! is n most serious accusation and we prav for
( boss Traugh's safe ,ieliverancp from the in
dignant wrath Of the aforesaid "yourg la
/ dies. -
! Harry L. Woods, local reporter of the
! Altoona Mirror has rollated q number of
/ original poems AMI short stories pro-
/ ducts OF his own affla!us if you know what
! that is-and is about to issue the same in
/ book form, the title whereof is 70 he .'The
! First Venture" e neat little volume Wiiici,
! will likely make rs appearance next week.
, As Mr.. Woods possesses Il fertile brain and
/ wirids really pen, the forthcoming work
, will no doubt contain much to Interest and
{ cdify all who admire such illusions The
!. book is to he sold at 75 cents per copy, and
we hore il will meet with a ready sale
/ Mrs Phillips. Of Pittsburgh, who spends
/ the heated term in this place, mas an elegant
! horse which was hi;chcl up the other dav
| with Il fine black inare owned Ivy Sheriff
: Ryan, the two forming not only one of the
handsomest hut one of the speediest tcar,.s
! III the county, both animals being capa',:e of
making niin in three minutes with very
/ little effort. The Sheriff mare is m excel
lent family horse, and if Mrs. Phillips
/ should conclude To buy. sbe - said to be
/ contemplating, she will have pair of horses
! that will do honor to b.r GOOD taste and
! Judgment and give perfect satisfaction in
/ all respects.
! Mr.. John II Clark has retired from The
/ hotei business At Cresson and has been
! ceede,i by O ,.t. John w. Carroll, formerly a
passenger conductor on the Pa. r. r., who
! leased he properly, real and personal just
! as Is StoOd, and entered into possession one
! dHy last week, Mr. Clark removing with
LIS family TO JOlnStnwn. The new landlord
d, Is jolly good fellow, and man who
| hangs mp his hat ~ the elegant hostelry un-
! der his charge will have no reason to com
| plain of the fare furnished or the price
! charged. As for orr friend Clark we cannot
. but wish him big bonanza in whatever
! new enterprise he may embark.
"A tweive-year-ol daughter Of Rev. T.
I A. j. Williams, of Roaring Spring, Blair
/ county, died on Friday last under rather
; singular circumstances. and n post mortem
( examination revealed the fact that fine
, carbrc needle, which the little sufferer al
! legged during her Illness she had accidentally
| swallowed, had lnigen in her left lung, and
| as n consequence pint or more of hioud was
! found in npr chest, which had forced the
! lung upward and the heart ont of its position
toward the right side, and had also crowded
/ the right lung ont of place and stopped the
I circulation of The blood in the left arm. In
/ addition 10 AL this. the left lung was soiidi-
{ fed and gaugrened.
/ The Altoona Globe publishes n petition,
| with names appended, which was recently
sent 20 Gov. Hartrarft demonstrating against
+. the issuiug of commission to L. III. Gree"y,
/ Esq, editor of said paper and Recorder elect
of Altoona, hut the objections urged therein
/ not being, rs the Globe AYERS, sufficient in
/ the opinion Of Attorney General Lear 10
, Justify such action on part OF the Governor,
/ the Republican candidate fer said Office, Mr..
Edmund Shaw. has been induced to contest
/ the election of Mr.. Greevy before the courts
the allegation being that he (Shaw) would
have been chosen bv more than 200 majority
| if ilJe Illegal votes rast for his opponent had
! been Thrown ont. Altogether it looks to us
, very much like a tempest in a teapot, and the
probabilities are that after it is ali o-er Mr..
Greevv will still ''hold the fort
A latter from y. NJ. Brown, of Summer
u ~ DnhliSh
: where is we'll worthy of the most careful
/ considerations. II relates TO n subject which
is engaging the attention of very large class
[ of people in various sections of the State,
and more especially of the laboring class III
the mining and manufacturing districts.
/ Numerous colonies such as Mr.. Brown pro
poses To form now bf ing organized IN
Pitisb,ygh aud other localities. That 1t Is
the ouiv present heasilHe and practical meth
/ OIL of bringing certain relief IN the tn'ure 20
| thousands of men who arc willing 10 work,
but .yho cannot obtain it, does not admit OF
The shadow of n douot. Mr.. Brown is gem
tlrman of high character and Will give
prompt aud necessary attention TO all com
, rnuuicatous thar may be addressed TO him
I on n subject in which he feels an interest as
sincere as it is praise worthy.
The Grcenshurg hrgJts gives The particu-
I lars of q terrible accident winch betei
/ voung man ramed Henry Hough, son of Mr.
( Daniel Hough. of East Huntington town
shin Wcsifr,orpland county, on last Thurs
dav afternoon, and which resulted in his
I death nj IL o'clock that night. The young
man was engaged in threshing grain with n
set;aratCr on his fathers farm, on the day
named, and while feeding the machine tre
( was observed issuing up the sides OF tie s"p-
arator supposed to have been caused ny some
/ matches having fallen into the gearing.
Jumping upon the cap of the machine, on
his knees, young Hough called for water,
and while reaching for it MS 1901 slippeo
/ over The edge and was caught Ivy the ma
cbinerv, frightfully mangling his leg as far
as the knee. and necessi'aiing the taking
anart of the machine before he could he eX-
,rica ted fro;r his horrible position. Deceased
vas in the oOth year of his age, and was
most worthy and universally esteemed young
man.
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