The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-08
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
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The next Argument Court will be held
on Tuesday, April I'd
Tbe attendance at Court was pretty big
II .,;,y hut net an item of news did any one
Il bring.
chicken-poN, are reported at Lloydsvilie, In
white township
Many consumptive are now using DR..
4 TcSxjer's Root Bitters and Cough Syrup
,,itb remarkable success. lA21.-ly.l
big matter TO be considered in con-
,s,,iou with thu contest for County Treas
-er il Mr. Andrew Strittmatter.
lawrence Plott, the young man con-
,,cfed Of burglary in our county court this
,,sek has not yet been sentenced.
THE Court made a wise selection when
4 = t,nnoiuted John f. Bradley, Esq., of Gal.
q i',1i as foreman of the Grand Jury.
About thirty tramps have bivouacked
IN Haggerty's woods, near Altoona, and no
Jonbt are ripe for stratagem and spoils.
About one dozen persons propose to
rsav4 Bedford county on Tuesday next for
lincoln, Nebraska, where they intend TO
From Maine to Mexico, the farmers
| sneak In praise of the Gread medicinal worth
4 of Fuutz's Horse and Cattle Powders. They
sneak from experience.
Monday was big day for the office
/ seekers, who were out III full force and
shook hands with everybody who would
submit to the operation.
5,,ne. wishes it to be distinctly understood
that he is not seeking political honors of
any kind, rulnor to the contrary Iotwith-
standing.
-Messrs. L. 81 8. w. Davis, liverymen of
this Mace wish to exchange for horse stock
one Rockaway carriage, two buggies with
ont tops one spring wagon and two farm
wagons. Call soon.
THE HolIidaysburg correspondent of the
Altoona Morning Tribune intimates that
u1y to h.ar roe
Congressional nomination on the Labor
Greenback alias National ticket.
Some desire having been expressed to
read the charge of Judge Dean in the case
OF the Common wealth VS.. Lawrence P!att
we shall eudeavor to secure the document
FOR publication in our next issue.
March indulged in a little lionial growl
on Monday last, but since then the weather
las moderated very much, the atmosphere
as we write Wednesday afternoon being ex-
ceediugIy Spriug-like aud bland.
"A blair Furnace man, name not given,
was knockod down by three tramps and
robbed Of S3.7j, near the Fourth street rail
road crossing. in Altoona, on Tuesday night
last No arrests so far as reported.
The concluding portion of a long article
from an esteemed correspondent on Emmets
Centennial, March 4, 1878, did not reach us
until too late for insertion this week, and
hence we have been compelled to reserve its
publication until our uext issue.
crowded TO suffocation this week. When
will the pride of our people manifest itself
in the erection of n new hall of Justice wor-
thy Of the county and fit for the purpose In
tended ? Echo answers-when
Sister Gertrude, who fo- the past four
years and three months has been member
Of the community Of the Sisters of St. Joseph
in this place, died ut 4 o'clock, p. NJ, on Sat
urlay last, Of lingering consumption, aged
about "A years. ReqIjescat IN pace.
-, L., 4.
the way the political winds blow and try
iug to CirCuuvput tho other chaps who are
anxious 10 gObble M the county treasury
plum, that we really have not had time to
do full justice 10 our local department this
week.
"A dwelling house occupied by Mr.. VIM
Mosser and located in Junata township
Huntingdon county, was destroyed by IRE
with nearly all il contained on Friday last.
Fh- flames originated in an adjoining shed
and were caused 10y children playing with
matches.
Sylvester Woods. of Freeport. Indiana
county. cut his father quite severely with n
Tazpr Ifew days ago, whereupon Sylvester's
brufh-r-Iu law procured All old fuZee and
Prpp-rei Sylvester's body with bird shot,
producing several painful though not dan
grruuS wounds.
We have receiced a beautiful song and
chorus, entitled "Sjlrer Gray" composed by
;. Turuey II is said to be one of the pret-
test songs now published. Any music
dealer will mail il to your address on receipt
II price, 80 cents. Published by W. l..
Thompson 81 Co, East Liverpool, Ohio.
DR.. Hoffman, who knows as much about
teeth aud their peculiar diseases as any
other dentist i'll the county, will pay pro-
fes-iou2l visit to Wilmore on Monday next,
March 1lth, aud to Carrolltown on Friday
following. March 10Th. Persons interested
should make note of these appointments.
A shUoiing-match bet tween Blair and
ar of
$780, with privilege to increase but not de-
crease the stipulated amount has been
ranged 10 come off in this place some time
between the 18th and 23d of the present
month, though on what particular day has
Lot been determined.
"A young man in Huntingdon named
Lon. WertZ swallowed n big dose OF lauda-
NUN on Thursday Of last week with the
evident II not avoved intention of commit
ting suicide, but p physician, who was
Promptly summoned, succeeded in dislodg-
ing the dangerous drug before any serious
consequences resulted.
A rumor prevailed yesterday that our
venerable townsman,iE. j. Waters, Esq, of
the East W a:d had died the night previous,
tlt inquiry not only revealed the faisity of
The rumor, but established the fact that the
Old gentleman, notwithstanding his adj
vancet and great bodily indrmities is still
able 10 visit his neighbors.
-Col. p. Benner Wilson, senior officer of
L
cambria Guard of this place and the Jeffer-
son Guard Of Wilmore are part and parcel
uled az his home in Bellefonte on Friday
last His successor will probably be
worthy friend and brother typo, Lieut.. Col.
Theodore Burchfield of Altoona.
"A man employed in. the Edgar Thomson
steel works at Braddock's, Pa, name not
given was deluged by molten steel from the
converter and terribly burned while en-
gagged, shortly before noon on Wednesday
iast at the ingot moulds in the converting
department. Fears are entertained til at the
unfortunate man cannot recover.
II j. Hads Esq, of Chest Springs, has
announced himself az candidate for AS
setnoly, subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic county convention. The Squire is a
VIDE awake, energetic and intelligent gen.
ueinan, and now that he is on the legislative
"arpath the probabilities are that he will
make things pretty lively for all concerned.
1t may or may not he news to the read
ers oil the JohnstOwn Tribune to learn that
new township has been formed out of
parts OF Washington and Summerhill town.
shipS, but IL will certainly be news to them
a' % Well as everybody else to be informed
WA, tnat The new township so created, and which
VII henceforth be known as Portage, is To-
Gated IN northern Cambria.
Mr.. John b. Ross of Rlacklick town.