The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-26

A man named Free, residing in Franks
town township. Blair county, made free &c
enter his .,aru after dark few days ago ;or
the purpose OF getting a piece of tobacco
which he had left ia hole in the stone
foundation and while in the act of doing so
was bitten on the hand by coPperhead
suake, which in the meantime had taken
refuge iuisaid hole. Returning TO the house
he procured a lantern and again repairing
to the barn made short work of his snake
shin Mr. Frees hand became badly swol-
len, but otherwise he experienced very little
inconvenience, and has probably ere this
recovered the full use of said member.
Mr.. John Mccormick, of Summerhlll
township, has in contemplation the estab-
lishment of a Greenhack-Labor organ ia
this county, provided the members OF said
party are willing TO give him the necessary
support Mr.. Mccormick is gentleman
of more than ordinary talent, and has had
considerable experience in writing for the
newspapers notably the FREEMAN. More
tnan that he is thoroughly posted on the
principles of the new party, and II his pro-
iect succeeds he will he sure TO prove an
able, efficient and faithful champion of the
cause. All who wish to strengthen his
hands in the proposed enterprise should call
/ on or address him at Wiimore.
Recorder GrPevv's action of contempt
against LAWYER Herr, both of Altoona. was
appealed bv the latter before Associate
Judge Mann, by whom II was dismissed.
Whereupou MIR Greevy presented a petition
to the Blair county Court thar Judge Mann 5
decision be reviewed. The case came up for
a hearing on Monday, when Judge Dean
peremptorily refused to interfere with the
rulings of another member of the Court
what remedy, then, have I 80 asked the
/ Recorder. Judge Deans reply, according
to the Tribune, was Il don't know. You
can 20 cut of the country, where the laws
are different, but while in Pennsy! !vania you
must take the laws they are. "
Mr.. s. Blumenthal, the proprietor of
the big boot and snoe store at 1119 Eleventh
avenue, Altoona, is on visit TO the Eastern
/ cities for the purpose Of replenlshlng his
stock. He purposes buying, in fact has
probably ere this bought largely, and Of the
latest and most approved styles, and has al
ready sent forward and will continue to add
to his stock the finest lot of boots, shoes,
slippers, etc, ever seen in the Mountain
City He buys exclusively for cash, aud by
this means is enabled to uudersell all rom
petitors. When the opportunity presents,
do not fail 20 call and interview Mr.. BlUmcn-
thai or his efficient and gentlemanly assist
ant on a subject 30 comforting 20 the sole.
The Stale Committee of the National
Labor party met at Cressou on Tuesday.
\ bout one hundred representatives, lnclu-
ding Mr.. Mason, the National nominee for
Governor, and Hon. James Il. Wright, or
ganizer and lecturer, were present. The re-
ports presented indicated desire to form
! combination with either of the other TWO
parties in every county possible, so as 10 in
sure the election of portion of their ticket,
! but NO stock is TO be taken in any party
in the least tainted by Cameronisu, for n
resolution was passed that no man should
receive their support who was not pledged
to vote aud work against either Simon or
Don for L S. Senator. Generally speaking,
the proceedings were spiritless.
Mrs. Saeger, The j JohnstOwn woman who
was last week brought to our county jail for
safe-keepiHg till her mind should have be-
come restored to its normal condition, at
tempted 20 commit suicide by hanging on
Saturday last. She made 3 sort Of rope Of
her apron and swung herself of from one of
the iron bars in her cell, but her condition
was discovered and the attempt thwarted by
some Of the inmates before life was extinct
The application of rcstoTatives soon brought
her round again, and, strange 30 say, from
that moment all traces Of insanity seem TO
have left her mind. She talks and acts in
rational manner and the Sheriff has notified
her husband that she desires TO return home
to her children. This request viii likely
have been complied with before the FREE
MAN reaches its readers, aud n once happy
family will TINS again he united.
Hon. Thomas +. Fenlon, of Leaven-
worth, Kansas, is at present on visit to this
place. Since the recent death of his wife
Mr. FeulOn's twin boys, named Tom and
Ed, have been attending the Sisters of ST.
J0seph's school here and staying with Mrs.
Rhey, their grandmother, while his daugh-
ter has been pupil of St AlOysius' Acade-
my, Loretto. Mr.. F. is a lawyer, standing
at the head of the Leavenworth bar, and is
not only one of the most influential and
trusted leaders of the Democracy of Kansas
who, although in n hopeless minority, always
make a vigorous fight in q State contest, but
three times elected to the State Legis-
lature, OF which he was made Speaker by op-
position votes. Nis father, Mr.. James Fen
lon, long resident of this place and well
known TO our people, is now citizen Of In
dependence, Missouri, TO which place he re-
moved from Latrobe a few years ago.
Within the last half-d oZen years, sever
al sk1tfs, more or less elaborate in point of
construction, have made their appearance
on the ponds in this vicinity. They are
sometimes used for purposes of pleasure
but more generally form base of operations
for the anglers art. On what is known as
Griffith 5 dam is to be seen a sort of a non
grel dug-Out twenty feet long by three feet
in breadth, in which persons sometimes
brave the perils of the deep-abOut four
feet deep, speaking Of the water. This is
not a new craft. On the contrary, it was
followed ont fifty years ago. and boys who
/ then sported ia IT have grown to be old men,
and some of them have died full of years.
There are those who claim that il could he
propelled at the rate Of mile and quarter
an hour, provided it could be Kept right side
MP that length of time, hut this * not gener-
ally accepted as possible. What we desire
especially to say of this old tub however is
that J OhnstOwn IN an was discovered taking
/ its dimensions the other day, for the purpose
as he stated, OF building a bark on the same
model with which TO compete for the cham
pionship of the Stony creek.