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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-06-21

Every engine, with but one exception.
that was in the Round House fire at Pitts.
bnrgh, last summer, has been repaired
and made Ht for duty. The average cost
Of the wolS done Oh eaoh IocOm Jtive sas
about s, G00.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-06-21

BRYANT AND MAzZINI.-It might be
considered ungracious not to join in the
general and unchecked praise of the late
William Cullen Bryant, whose memory will
be cherished and perpetuated in the litera-
ture OF America, and whose many excellent
qualities deserve to be initiated, but the
closing words Of his life, upon the occasion
OF the uuveiling of the bronze statue of
Mazzlna, were not IL behalf of one whose
career justified the eulogium. Mr.. Bryant
concluded his address in the following
words which were really his last
Image Of the illustriOus champion Of civil and
religious liberty, cast in enduring bronze TO
. SPliy thc imperlshaDle renown Of .hy original,
Mazziui was an illustrious champion OF
communism and infdelity, distur6er Of
! the public peace, and an enemy of religion.
Ills mission was to pull down, and not to
build up. IN this country, particularly,
should such men serve as q warning, not an
example, where force is not considerd a
/ necessity to hold society in harmonious &C
/ ton.
/ The element Of unrest and discomfort
/ which exists IN this country has its parallel
/ III the old world the unfed many against
I tho overfed few. Public opinion is expect
! ed to accomplish here what Standing armies
/ must do thcre, and it should not excite sur
| Prise whom SO distinguished an orator. poet
/ and publlcist, as Mr.. Bryant certainly was,
/ commeuds the example Of a Mazziui, that
I II will result in the worst possible fruits.
( Our greatest danger at this moment exists
/ Ia the terrible fact, that demagogues may
/ remove beyond restraint the discontented
! masses, who have suffered much and suf-
/ fered long, and are moved to the belief that
/ relief can only come through the overthrow
! of al authority and Law. Those who scout
/ the proposition as merely Imaginary, take
I but superficial view Of the actual state OF
( affairs. 1t be6OOves public mon, especially
( those who control tho press of the country,
/ to carefully guard against any encourage
ment to the spirit Of revolt the ending OF
which is disastrous. Pittsburgh Post
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From Zionsyi1le.
louisville, TEX, July a5, IS.

louisville, TEX, July %, IS.
EDITORS BANNER
Crops are looking fnc, as usual. 1, is
feared that the cotton worm will SOON
make its appearance, as the cotton fly has
been discovered in countless numbers,
Farmers are making active preparations TO
give the worms dose of poison. 1t is to
be hoped al the farmers will poison their
cotton, as by 50 doing, l think the cotton
worm can, in few years, be entirely de-
stroyed. Fodder pulling is the order of the
day. Cotton picking will soon commence.
\ tenant house was burned to the
ground on last Sunday morning, about 9
o'clock, on the Num- place, in the Mill
creek neighborhood. The house was oc-
cupied by VIM. Jones, alias Halsey, ne
gro, who had gone to Brenham with his
family in the morning to attend church,
consequently, there was no one at home
when the house was burned. The occu-
taiIAS LOSA SNSi AAA4a1Ss III iiiS
is thought to be the work of an inccndiary,
for Jones had made himself several enc
mics.
had the pleasure OF attending very
pleasant dance at the sesiicncc OF Mr.
Thomas Gentry, on Monday night, the 18th
inst. 4 very large crowd was present and
general good time had. The young la
dies were elegantly snd stylishly dressed.
and were really beautiful and fascinating,
while the young men were gallant and
courteous. Several Brcnhamites were in
attendance. The mrsic Was furnished by
the Burton string band and was excellent.
The Methodists will hold protracted
meeting at Pleasant Grove school house,
near Spring Hill and about three miles east
of Burton. The meeting will begin on
Saturday, the 18th inst. ~ literary socia-
Bile society has been organized at the above
mentioned school house, with Mr.. Thomas
Phears presiding. and J. Reid Rector as
secretary. More anon.
RoGIS Hoop.
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BURTON LOCALS.
IulY -. u

July -, IS
Runaway match.-Alr. Reid Rector and
Lizzie Malone skipped our to neigh
boris on the nigh, OF the 18th inst. and
were made one Happy may they ever
be.
Croquet at dewey eve" is quite fashion,
able now. Yo Burton gents, why is it:
We imagine beautiful young lady now
visiting her friends here is the cause.
Burton is to have Methodist church
built soon; active steps are now being taken
in the matter. y new church house would
not only add to the appearance Of the town,
but would reflect great credit upon the ciii-
zens in the vicinity of Burton, i'll exhibiting
pp>,lic spirit Of religious tendency.
There was protractcd meeting held
here, which closed last night. Rev. Mr..
Stone. of Chappel Hill, was assisting the
pastor.
"Das executive COMMITTEE called I
German mass meeting at Burton 10 be held
last Saturday to elect delegates to a Comfy
convention and solicited all Germans 10
come. In the first place, we know not who
"Das executive committee" is, and we
did not know the color of its politics.
Neither did we know 10 what convention it
proposed to send delegates, as '.Das exec
utiye committee" did not say in the notice
calling 4 German mass meeting. We do
not know whether ii was a ruse to get the
German Democrats into Radical precinct
or nots But this we know, that the Con-
yention was called to order and W. d.
Homcyer. Republican, elected chairman,
and, that Republican secretary was elect
cd. We know Schultz, whose tenets con-
sists chiefly ofthe African persuasion, made
a speech, in which he said that the Ger
mans in the convention would vote for
negro. We know that ''Owls" were out in
full force, and we know. too, that there
were only forty Germans in the convention
out of four or FIVE hundred in the precinct.
We know that the ruse failed. and that
Burton precinct can beast of the largest
German vote in the county and that the
most Of them are good and true Democrats.
REDWOOD.
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BURNET COUNTY.
STRIcKLING, July y, IS

SiNSNA!-ND, MY -, 70
EDITORS BANNER
Since l wrote you last, have passed
through Kendall and Blanco counties, and
am now stopping for a few days in this,
Burnet county. The range in all the coun-
ties named is as fine as could be, and stock
of all kinds look fat and sleek, cattle being
the most numerous. This county is well
adapted to farming as well is stock raising,
There is no market for corn, and whoa, Is
selling a, ifty cents per bushcl. Bursct Is
flourisi,ing little town Of seven or eigh,
hundred inhabitane and is substantially
built, all tic business and dwelling houses
being Of stone. This place, Stickling,
where your correspondent is stopping, is
surrounded by prairie country, which is
high and rolling, being interspcrscd with
liveoak groves. which furnish lovely
places for building. Strickland is regular
stage stand on the Austin and Lampasas
road, with two stores, post Office and q
blacksmith shop. The health of the coun-
ty is good; there are but two or three doc
tors and they don't depend upon their pro-
fcssion entirely for support. There is
good schools all over the county and the
different denominations have their churches.
in every town and ncighborhood. EveY-
body up here is making preparations to at
tend the fair At L.amPasscs Springs, which
commences OH the 9th ofneNt month. Your
correspondent will leave this place i'll the
morning fo- Galveston. | forgot to say
that lcf, the party was travelling with !,
Blanco City, they got so houc-s;ck that they
wouldn't come by way of Barnet, hut took
a straight shoot for home from Blanco
City. am travelling row in bis crowd
all by myself have come across several
citizens OF Washington county since1 have
been in this county; they arc permanently
settled here now and say they wouldn't
ulove back to old Washington for anything.
Politics arc running pretty hugh here now.
Seth Shepard is the popular candidate for
congress. A big barbecue and tournament
will be held at Burnet on the goth, where
the candidates for congress and the nomi-
nee for governor will be invited tospeak.
Everybody Anticipates ! nice time W. l.
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FLoGGEp. Willis Mcintyre,
the bad negro boy who was ar
rested for fighting on the street,
is county convict. By con-
sent of parties Willis daddy
was allowed to whip him. The
old man gave him about a hun
dred with a leather strap after
which Willis was let go to the
man who has him hired.
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Lao County.
GrDDISCS, [uIy II, 7;

GrbDIScs, July y, rs.
On Saturday night difficulty occurred
betv cen two colored gentlemen. One of
them was badly cut The cutter cut out of
town, bu, will be captured
Yesterday we were visited by terrific
hurricane accompanied by heavy ram
from the northeast About dark, the
same day, word was sent in that Mr.. A J.
Cope was killed by Lightning. 4 parry
went out and brough, the remains TO town.
Il seems tia; nz left the road to seek
shelter under large oak aud was struck
while under the tree. Cotton picking has
begun, and the frs, bale is expected in by
Monday next L.
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= addSnE.
Under ordinary circumstances

III Tin iuiiioSi VI
illuKatiohs were issued, among
invited guests were Col. Ed.
Lockett, Col. John w. Sayles,
Maj. Gen. Iodon, Col. T. Swain
Capt. Hog Crozier, Judge Hen
ry Williams, Lieut. Gen. Frank
Mcintyre, Rev. Harry Hancock,
Col. Thomas Dryer, Ir.. Col,
F. Wood. Gen. Bob. Thompson,
Mr.. Levin, of the BANNER AMI
a number of other distinguisll,d
military gentlemen whose NAM
es are not recollected. The
groom and bride were both high
ly colored, black in fact. The
couple were invited into the
elegant parlor, Col. Tcstard ac-
ting as chief groomsman. The
very Reverend Mr.. Harry Ham
cock inquired if they had a IL
cense; they had. The Revcrent
gentleman said to the couple
that, it was not good that man
be alone and therefore woman
was created. In the garden OF
Eden, Adam was chloroformed,
when he awoke he found Eve
sitting on the foot ofthe bed, he
knowed her as soon as he look
ed at her. A terrible oath was
then administered, the couple
swearing in the presence of
Pontius Plate and the assem-
bled witnesses. Judge Williams
gave a way the bride with be-
coming grace. The groom was
now ordered to kiss the bride;
he done so. The happy couple
were now made to step over
broomstick held distance of
about ten inches from the floor;
they then stepped back again,
the groom again kissed the bride, |
The eclesiastic gentleman then
made few appropriate remarks
cuncerning TIE duties and re-
sponsibilities of the conpubial |
state after which, he pronounced
them man and woman" and |
bid them go and sin no more. |
The cnuple then retired looking |
as happy as turtles on a login
the sunshine. The company |
then dispersed. The ceremony |
was conducted with the great
est solemnity; not a smile was
seen on the countenances of any |
of the distinguished gentlemen
present. 1t should have been
stated in the outset that the |
groom is an ancient gentleman
about sixty or sixty-ive years
of age and the blushing brlle
has seen perhaps as many as n,
ty watermelon seasons. That
she was blushing is, purely a
matter of supposition, as she is
as black as black cat in tar
barrel on a dark rainy night.
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CRoPs.-We have never seen
finer crops grown than that now
in the fields. But, it is feared,
that our farmers will experience
some difficulty in getting the
crop gathered. The negroes,
as a general thing, have all
turned politicians and arc out
canvassing for their favorite
candidates. and consequently,
will not haze time to pick their
cotton. Some fields are almost
taken by grass and weeds, but
the average negro politician
could not, under any considera-
ton, forego the pleasure of an
owl meeting merely to gather a
cop Of cotton.
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Lo7aI CoHesp
-GEAEALI. TEXAS. Iuy Il. IS.

.GEAEALI., TEXAS, Juy u, IS
EDITORS BANNER =
The Owls are OF, to-day in full force IN
attendance upon the grand Seneganbian
barbecue at Gates spring.-Crops splen-
bid.-llealth tolerably good.-There is to
be grand Democratic barbecue at Rock
Island academy, near here. on Thursday,
July IS, when candidates for office can tel
the people how much better they will serve
llhem than their ncighbors. Nothing more
pf interest. OscEoLA.
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INoUEsT.--Justicc Onins, of
Chappell Hill held an inquest
on the body of Alf George, who
was killed on Tuesday last by
Henry Calhoun. on the Jackson
farm, near ChappeH Hill. The
Verdict of the jury was that the
shooting was accidental. Cal
houn was discharged. All the
parties were colored.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Pflu-
ghaupt with their family lived
on a farm about a mile and a
half west of Berlin. On Tues
Tuesday afternoon about 3
o'clock Mr.. Phughaupt and his
son went to the field to pull
cane, leaving Mrs. P. in her
usual health. About 5 o'clock
the son returned to the house
and not finding his mother insti-
tutcd search which speedily re-
suited the discovery of her body
in the second story. She was
hanging by the neck from arope
made fast to a rafter; the body
being in a leaning position and
the feet touching the floor, thus
showing that the suicide was
determined. When found Mrs.
Phughaupt was dead. She was
about hfty-hve years of age and
had for two or three days been
unwell but not seriously i'll. She
had not complained nor ever
threatened to take her own life.
An inquest was held on We'd
ncsday morning, the corornors
jury returning a verdict in &C
cordance with the facts. No
cause is assigned for the rash
act.
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The eclipse Of the sun on
Monday next will be nearly to
tai at Houston, Galveston and
Austin; Brcnham being between
these points, it will be the same
here. 1t begins at Austin at
81 P. NJ. and ends at $40 7, NJ.
1t will begin here about SIS.
Prcnarc vow smoked cllss.
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DISTRICT COURT The Grim
inal docket will be taken up on
Monday next, the 3oth inst.
Parties summoned as witnesses
or Jurors viii subserve their own
interests by being promptly on
hand.
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A GOOD white,vest for sIsos
A good summer cost for 75c TO
l 90. a complete assortment
IN Brown, Grey and Black and
mixed Cashmere suits. closing
out at cost, at D. w. Bloom
bargh's.
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CENTRAL HoUSE.-The trav-
cling public are hereby inform
ed that this popular house is
now permanently open. 1t is
now, and has been since Janu-
airy last, under the management
ofMr. r. W. Rutherford, an ex-
perienced landlord, who leaves
nothing undone for the comfort
of his guests.
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FIVE Docs SLAIS.-By day.

FIVE Docs SLAIs.-By day
light on Saturday morning the
city marshall was on the war
path He killed five dogs be-
fore he finished the exercises.
He will continue the good work
until the last crooked dog ex-
pires. He expresses his deter
mination to show no Partially;
it makes no difference whose
dog it is, if it is not tagged" it
will be killed on the spot. We
have large surplus of CANNES
and can well spare all that can
be made away with.
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The FEsTIvAL.- We regret
to learn that the festival given
by the Ladies Home Mission,
at Eldridge Hall, on Thursday
evening, was not very largely
attended. Those presentenjoy-
ed the occasion and the ladies
made a little more than cxpen-
scs
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Happy are they who buy their
groceries of c. A. Potter. He
always sells hrst-class goods at
the price paid for common ar
ticlcs.
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CITIZENS MEETING We
have been requested to an
nounce that there will be
meeting of the citizens of Brcn-
ham held at the courthouse on
Saturday the 27th inst. at 4
o'clock P. ". for the purpose Of
appointing a committee Of az
rangements for the congression-
= ---v,c-..:y.
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HAcKwoRTH ALIVE The
boss Owl, Steve Hackworth,
has not been in town for 4
couple of weeks, and his friends
were. becoming anxious about
him. He is alive and kicking.
On Friday he appeared at the
owl meeting at Big Spring
meeting house, near Long
Point. He tod the assembled
hosts (about a hundred) what
he had done in the past, and re-
fcrrcd with pleasure to the
Loyal League. Nothing of in
tercst occurred.
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JusT received new lot Fans,
Fan chains. corsets, handker-
chiefs, hosiery 5 pair for e5c,
Parasols and at very low figures
at D. w. Bloombargh's.
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OK Saturday there was more
colored people in town than
has bean on any previous Sat
urday for a long time. They
seemed to enjoy themselves
talking politics and eating water
melons which are now abundant
at a nickle each. As the aver
age colored gentleman or lady
has but little money before cot
ton picking trade was dull.
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The convention at Austin is
at a dead lock. but C. A. Potter,
the live grocer keeps things
moving lively, you bet.
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COTTON The old crop is
almost entirely exhausted; only
two bales we're received last
week; not quite enough to keep
one cotton buyer busy. The
warehouses are being put in or
der for the new crop and in a
few weeks business will be quite
brisk.
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CRY ENGINEER Lindsay in
dwelling a street in the East
End got it a trifle too high and
the yard ola gentleman's house
near BY is flooded every rain.
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CAILDRESs, Misses. and La
dies Slippers. Shoes very low;
also Gents and Boys Boots and
Shoes, call and see them at D.
w. Bloombargh's.
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SENTA DAVIS, sometimes cal
led Cynthia Davidson, the oc-
toroon lady, who was fined a
few days ago, in the mayors
court, for keeping a disorderly
house, after wrestling with the
fleas in the bastile for three
days and making sundry and
divers attempt to get on. on a
straw bond, finally on Saturday
paid up by giving a gilt edge"
note. She was then set at lib
erty.
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Those splendid Teas, Cofees.
Sugars. Extracts etc. come
from c. A. Potter, the hand
some grocer.
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Owl CONVENTION. = The
Owls held convention on Sat
urday, at Burton, for the pur-
pose of electing delegates to
the county convention.
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A TRAVELLING carpenter shop
was on the streets yesterday;
a man had a whole lumber
yard on his back and a complete
kit of tools in his hands.
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f OR a good square meal go
to the PHENIx RESTAURANT. 1t
will cost you only a quarter.
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y WoNDER.-A country dar-
key, who is in town "tooing
around" ehopping wood and
weeds, was asked if he knew
Steve Hackworth, the boss
Owl. He said he'd hearn tell
on him, but did't know him."
The darkey is evidently a new
conner or he would have been
personally acquainted with
Steve.
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Jusr received. STRAW HATS,
STRAW HATS latest novelties
from 25c and upwards, at D. w.
Bloonabargh's.
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WE regret to learn that Mr..
E. Morris Smith has lost one of
his children aged about seven
years. The funeral took place
on Wednesday.
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WHIPPING. On Saturday

'
night the police captured coon
who had been in mischief. The
coon was of a rusty copper col
or and about fifteen years of
age. There was no prospect
of getting any trimmings out OF
him, as he had no "gelt. The
city marshal held consultation
with The coon. and the coon
agreed TO accept a whipping
the stipulation being that he,
the coon. be released. A COM
missioner of the BANNER was in
vited to the bastile to witness
and make known to the world
how, when and why the youth
vas castigated. The city mar
ahal, the BANNER man, the exc
cutioner and two good and law
full witnesses went to the hastile
shortly before dark on last Sab
bath evening. The mar
shall unlocked the prison doors
and brought forth the culprit,
who answered to the euphonious
name of John. John was asked
by the marshal if he was willing
to take a good whipping if
released. John said he was.
The marshal is a little hard
of hearing, The gentleman who
inflicted the whipping had al
ready procured sickly looking
switch about the size ofan over
grown pen stock, told John to
come out of his jacket and get
down on his all-fours; and,
when he hit him with the rod,
to hollow like The switch
was brandished aloft with many
supernumerer hourishes and
landed lightly on Johns back.
John, as per agreement, squeal
ed like -. The blows and
squcals were repeated several
times. The marshal began to
smell a MICE" he said the
whipper was playing off on him.
AT this stage of the game al bar
rel hoop, in moderate good
health, was procured and ten
or a dozen blows were we'll ap-
plied-John squealed in earnest
this time. This being satisfac-
tory to the marshal, the BANNER
man and the witnesses, John
put on his jacket, and rubbing |
the southern part OF his person,
said he'd be-a good boy, de-
parted with the injunction to go
and sin no more.
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c. ~. Potter keeps his stock
filed up with the choicest gro
ceries-buys for cash and sells
cheap.
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E1~ Fresh Groceries, bought expressly
for the city trade, sold a, a very small profit
and delivered free. c. a. POTTER.
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Hor-On Sunday the mer-
curry, at IL o'clock, marked 90
and on Monday ga.
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FARMERS assert that fruit and
watermelons have become SO
cheap in BRENNAN that it will
not actually pay to haul them
to market.
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psa- COTTON SEED WANTED
Highest cash price paid or same
delivered at my warehouse.
daw5m. J. A. WILKINS
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DISTRICT COURT This court
is nominally in session but is
doing no business. The grand
jury has, as yet, returned but
six bills of indictment, more will
follow in a day or two.
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FAIR GROUNDS DIARY Mr..
Del. Perkins is now occupying
the fair grounds as 4 stock farm
and has some very fine stock,
including horses, hogs and cat
tie. He has a thoroughbred
bull and a number of blooded
cows. Mr.. Perkins is furnishing
I number of our citizens with
superior milk and butter. His
milk business is increasing rap
idly.