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


more, on Saturday of next week, Feb 10Th.
ready and willing to perform ali operation
in the line of his profession
Judge Easily offers himself as An indie.
pendent candidate for reelection to the Of .
nee of Burgess of Johnstown borough, a
position which he is now filling with 40 /
much satisfaction TO the citizens o. that /
municipality that it is not all likely that an ;
opposing candidate vii! be put up against /
him-certaihly none by the Democrats.
The we'll known Zahrn property un High
street, consisting of a comfortable dwelling
house, large store room and cornmodious !
bank building, was sold at assignees sale,
on Monday last, to Messrs. Pryce Baxter |
Jones & Go. for the sum of 90, ,6UO which is
$500 less than was bid for it on former oc-
cason and 81 900 less, we are told than it |
cost originally. The purchasers have al +,
| ready commenced the remodeling and reft- !
ting of the store room and intend to remove |
their entire stock of merchandise thereto on |
or before the 1st day of March next.
While Mr.. James n. Evans, a Cambria
! township farmer, was in the act of mounting
I his horse i'll front of the Cambria House i'm
this place, on Monday last, he missed his
/ reckoning and fell to the ground with one
! foot fastened in the stirrup, when the horse,
i taking fright, started off at a brisk pace
dragging Mr.. Evans with him. but fortu-
natcly the animal aas caught before he had
| gone very far, and the serious injury if not
fearful death of the jeopardzed gentleman
| was thus averted. AS it was he feels much
the worse for his unpleasant experience.
| MIR. VIM NJ Ph-rson, one of the hest
| citizens Johustown could lay claim to- died
! In that place, on Monday last, after n short
illness, aged nearly IL years. Mr.. M'Pher-
son served for three years in the capacity of
supervisor on that portion Of the old Penn
sylvana canal, long since abandoned, which
, extended from Johnstown to Tarr's Lock
below Blairsville, and was not only during
his lifetime an earnest Christian and an hon
est upright man, but was an uncomprornsiug
, Democrat, ever faithful To his religious aud
I pOlitiCal sentiments. Peace q his ashes
"A young man named VIM. Lavelv was
arrested in Johnstown on Friday last OF a
charge of fornication aud bastar,ly prefer red
against him more than three years ago by
girl named Sarah Foster and after hearing
before Esquire Fisher was held TO bail i'm
the sum of $500 to appear and answer at the
March term of Court tavely decampe,i for
Iowa TO avoid prosecution, and has been
living there ever since, but presuniing that
the trouble had blown over, he ventured
back to Johnstown Il few days ago only to
be gobhled up by an officer of the law,
already stated.
| Capt. VIM. II. Jones. general Superin-
tendent of the Edgar Thomson ste-i-works
at Braddock's, n gentleman well known to
many of our readers rs former citizen of
| ,Juhnstown, has received a special invitation
to visit the works of Herr Kruppe, at Essen
Prussia. This is the fist instance of an
American receiving such compliment. a
son of Mr.. Kruppe, who visited the Edgar
Thomson steel-works last summer and ex-
amined Captain Jones' cold saw for saving
steel rails, has requested Captain Jones TO
furnish him full plans for similar saw, to
be erected at the Kruppe works.
| "A wolf in Sleeps clothing is quite a
different parsonage from Mr.. Godfrey Wolf,
of Altoona. who deals not and dweils not in
sleeps clothing, but neN ertheleSs sells the
cheapest and best wearing apparel for men
aud youths, as we'll as all manner of CUNTS
/, furnishing goods, that can be found inside
or outside of Blair county. Don't forget his
big store on Twelfth street, Altoona adj"in-
ing the post-offlce, and remember that by
going to VOLTS door entering therein, aud
, purchasing all the CloilIiug yuii need, mnch
| can be done with the money saved i'll the
, operation to keep the wolf from your own
door.
"A twelve year old cat belonging to a
lady residing near Waterstreet, Huntingdon
county, il death on snakes. having Killed
and delivered to her mistress no less than
, six good sized reptiles during the past sum-
mer, to say nothing OF many others which
, she may have crunched the life ont of but
found too heavyto lug home. Her method
of attack and how she manages to elude the
deadly fangs of the reptiles are of course
involved in mystery, but If anybody ever
, finds out how il il done we hope the Local
-Ne,cs will not have TO wait so long for the
r information as ii was compelled to 90 in this
, instance.
Mrs Sallie wi.herow relict Of Thomas
Witheruw and sister of Mr.. john Srookhank. (.
Mrs. John Dougherty aud Mrs. Susan Rhey,
, ! of this place, died in Hawesville, KY, on
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, The husband uf the deceased, who died about
. ten wears ago, was one of the original stage
drivers of This county, and afterwards be-
came agent for Silas Moore, Esq. Suisse
: uueutly he removed TO Johnstown aud kept
? a hotel for several years on the corner OF
, Main and Franklin streets, but hnally be-
took himself with his family To Kentucky,
where he continued TO reside during the
balance of bis life.
Mrs. Sarah Glass, wife of WIN. Glass,
Esq, of NJ unster township, most excellent
lady and q devoted Christian, died about
|, 8 O'Clock on Monday morning last, after a
: song and puiufui Illness aged about fifty
/ wears The deceased was afflicted for a
7 great part of her life with an ovariuin tuin"r
| in the stomach. which was removed only a
few days before her death 10y DIR. John lew
: man of Johustown, and found TO have at
! tanned the enormous weight of nine pounds,
Her suffrrings, as may well De cohceiVeo,
, were excrucating in the extreme, put after
: she " as relieved 10y the surgical skill OF the
eminent physician named, her condition
seemed To improve Immediately, ana strohR
hopes for her recovery were entertained up
10 within a short time of her death- nc
3 funeral took place on "Wednesday morning,
when her remains were taken 70 Loretto Tor
/, juterment in the Catholic cemetery at that
place May she rest in peace
, We sincerely regret to announce the
sudden death of Richard j. Tibbott, one of
the oldest citizens of this place. We saw
, him on the street only few days ago, sur
feriug then with his old complaint asthma
. from which lie dird yesterday hoi "i"E'
, Mr. Tibbott was native OF Wales, ana was
, I aIout so years of age. He came 10 this
: n,ace some forty-three years ago, and here
! he has ever siuce remained, an houest, pp-
right and most exemplary citizen, univer.
, sally respected by every man, woman an"
: | chilli i'm ET,eushurg. His wife died several
wears aga, and his only child, An unmarried
: daughter, survives him. Peace TO ne mem
: orv oe good, honest old Richard . Tiooott.
. Mrs Elias Jones' who il will be remem-
bereI came into possession ofquite a snug sd m
p of money Ivy the death of brother in New
Orleans a couple of years ago, ana VINO re-
, sides on a farm near the northern boundaries
of our borough, intends 10 remove WIN her
cn;i,, in.Iudinp of course her husband, tn
= some noint in West Virginia, which they
! nronose to reach by private conveyance on