The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-06-01

Sunday morning last. while MIR Frank
o Hara and his mother Mrs. Henry O'Hara
., M"hster township. were ascending the
NH near the church at Loretto whittier they
were going TO attend Mass the bride on the
morse attached to the buggy in which thev
We're seated suddenly broke and the animal
JUST as suddenly turned about the unex-
pected movement precipitatinc both of the
inmates OF the vehicle to the ground with
sil1hclent force TO fracture three of Mrs
Z " nara RIOS anu otherwise injure her very
seriously. if not fatally while her son was
considerably cut and bruised about the face
receiving among other Contisons n pair of
Intensely black eyes. As Mrs O'Hara is
considerably advanced in years there is
great reason TO fear that her life will pay the
forfeit.
As we put onr paper to press Wednes-
nay afternoon while the ceremony V of tecorat-
ing the soldiers graves is in nrngress we
have only time TO note the fact that II L.
Johnston, Esq, the orator of the occasion
aenvered an address NJ the Conrt House at
o clock, y. m, after which the procession
consisting Of clergy and speakers. Ehcnshtrg
Silver Cnrnet Band. soldiers of the Mexican
war and tie late rebellion, Cambria Guard
decorating committee, SUNDAY schools of the
various churches. boys of Mt. GallitZin Sem
inary, Dauntless Fire Company, and citizens
generally. all under he chief inarshalshiD
of Prof. II. Berg, frst moved to 1lovd's
cemetery, thence to the Congregational ceme-
terry, and finally to the Catholic cemetery.
heroes were appropriately decorated. PRAYERS
Were offered and a few remarks made by the
attending clergymen; after which the pro-
. cesslon returned 10 the Court House and dis
banded. The procession vas n very fine one
and the day all that could have been desired
Martin Oaks, Il prisoner in Our- county
Jail charged with the malicious destruction
OF another mans property in the vicinity of
PIottville. SuSQuehanna township, attempt
ed to make his escape from that institution
ny removing the morter with the aid of n
fie, which he had secured i'm some way from
around one of the large stones in the wall
which divides the cell in which he was CON
hned from an empty one adjoining, mean
time hiding his operations during the day
time hy covering The spot with newspaper,
and had SO far succeeded that nothing'hlt a
small pebble held the large stone III place
when the attempt was frustrated bv the dis
covery of his operations on Tuesday night
last. The presumption is that if Oaks had
snrc eeued in ceiling into the adjoining cell
the door of which was unlocked he would
. have passed into the main corridor and raised
the heater, through which he could have de-
scended To the cellar and from there gained
access Ivy way of the staircase 10 the front
door, the lock- of which he could have forced
open without murh trouble, when liberty
would have been his. Oaks is an old Of
! fender, having already served term or two
! III the Denitentary, and an ind;ci menf foT a
J very serious offrnSe of some kind is pending
against him in Indiana county, which he
will We called upon to answer soon as he
gets through with the contract he has Oh
! hand here