The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-26

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made nice thing of it, and SO, no doubt. do
the purchasers.
,--Iu order to assist Father Christy, late of
/ this place, but now of Columbus Ohio in
carrying on the good work he has i'm hand
/ Gen. Steedman has consented to deliver n
/ lecture in that city tomorrow (Saturdav(
/ evening on the Life, Character and Public
/ Services of Gen. George II Thomas ,,.bicy,
! we trust VIII PROVE big bonanza
"A gun in the hands of our former towns
/ man, Mr.. Philip Grouse, now of Osceola
| ourst few days ago while he was attemDt-
1 ing to fire eff a Load but fortunately Mr.. G.
/ escaped without injury. The weapon. which
/ was highly priced as a gift from a friend
mad been doubly charged with powder bv a
lad named CARRIER hence the explosion,
| ne heaviest rain storm experienced in
Ins vicinity for many day occurred on
w ednesday afternoon and night and DUNG
Its continuance over two inches of water
tell, as was proven hy actual test The
/ Susquekanna and its tributaries must he full
10 overlooking, and as n consequence our
lumhermen are, no doubt exceedingly hnDnv
! Two well known citizens of this place
! got into dispute about q horse trade on last
:" euhesuay afternoon, and ere long words
! led to blows and finally TO Il very badly
! battered cOuntenance for one of the beliCer-
/ ents, both OF whom were soon after arrested
and taken before the acting Burgess who
/ hned each of them g. 80 and costs for break
/ ing the peace.
! 1t was rumored at Gallitz1n on Monday
/ last that the house of our much esteemed
4 friend, Charles VI Manamy, of Allegheny
4 township, was entered by some parfy or
I parties unknown On the day previous, dur
/ ing tue absence Of the family at church in
/ LorettO. and despoiled Of several articles of
Fatue, but whether the report be true or false
/ iB more than we can tell
Tho Herald man charges rs with eIec-
/ tioneering among the ladies to induce them
! 70 bring pressure 70 bear on their husbands
/ IN order to Getthem to vote for our delegates
/ wen, SO long az we refrain from exercising
! The same prerogative among Oil women of
/ the tnheculue presuasion and of the Herald
mau ilk, neighhOr james needn't 4 Y around
/ ana tear his shirt about it,
/ Orlando MCGarvey, a freight engineer
/ who resides at McGarvey's station, about
| three miles west of Altoona was thrown
/ from the foot board of his engine near
/ Cresson, on Monday morning last while the
! train was under full headway, and had an
/ ugly cash cut in his head, branch Of the
/ temporal artery severed, ami his body
bruised IN several places. The injured man
/ was sent to JohustOwn and Dr. LUwInan
I attended to his wounds.
/ Recorder Greevy's suit for libel against
/ the ltOOua Morning Tribune has been pOst-
/ poued at the Instance Of :he prosecutor until
| the July term Of court in that county, and
: the defendants have entered into reCoguiz-
ance in the sum of 81, 900 to appear and an
! s~er at that time The w. T. thinks the
ed by the District Attorney because the
/ Grand Jury at this session was not plant
I enOugi. 20 find true bill.
! Mr.. G. q. Owens, of this place, fell into
! the water from a log in Shiukle's dam,
/ Tuesday afternoon, while engaged in fishing
1 for "catties," and had it not been for the
fact that Mr.. Caleb J. Evans, who happened
/ to be standing on the same Iog at the time
! caught MI o. hy the hair Of the head aud
| saved him from sinking, the probabilities
are that be would have been drowned, as
he Is very defective in vision and far from
1 being al ex sert as a swimmer.
.1s ! Il, I.g- q.
clover VIII appear soon the moonlight ser
euader will I've walking on his ear soon the
man with ~ife aud children, as we'll as those
with uOEe ct all, will GRd III s money iu their
pockets to take their cash to BiHmeuthal
/ from whom without effort they can buy
| Just what they choose, Of ihe latest styles
sud make of CATERS boots and shoes Store
at lll9 Eleventh aveuue, between Eleventh
and Twelfth streets, Altooua Pa.
Soon the maiden and her lover will rub
noses Ger the gate, and for aies the iod ger
| skirmish In the hash upon his plate while
the man who wants to purchase the finest
clothes of all, at the lowest living prices, on
Godfrey Wolff will call, and find, as he'l
! not fail to, stock that's large, complete, of
! every style of clothing at prices none can
beat. An immense invoice of Spring goods
Just opened ard for sale at tie lowest 4 gures.
Store on Twelfth street, next door TO the
pUst-office, Altoona, Pa.
| Andrew Wilkey's house, in Brusi valley
| township, Indiana county, burned to
the ground p few nights ago, together with
! most Of It's contents On W ed ne sd av night
of last week tire dwelling Of John E Jones,
| in Green township, same county, was de-
| stroyed by fire. Among the ashes of the
| consumed building were found some human
! bones, aud it is iuJimated that murder may
! have been committed, and the houSe then
fred TO conceal the crime. An Investiga-
tIOu is now being made.
! The mFu OF the LAD eithe-- who pants
for pai- Of good pant, u:,S< Sest, neat
=. - - FL
! any other article in the clothing or furnish
ing goods line VIII do well TO call on j as
J. Murphy, at I09 Clinton street ,J0hnstowu,
who has iust -Hceived a mammoth stock OF
| wearing app and other goods in his line
for the spriu e. and is doing rushing
business by rho best OF garments. etc,
/ at lower than ever. Now is the
I tiue to greater bargains than sver.
A .og house near Glen Connell, in
/ Chest township. D owned and occupied by a
! man named, Mich l.I<rouauer, caught FIRE aud
| was destroyed with all it's contents on sun
day afternoon, during the absence Of the
family, who at the time were visiting a
ueirhboT's house, some distance away. One
/ or two outbuildiugs were also consumed.
! We did rot learn the origin of the fire nor
the smsunt OF loss entailed, but understand
that the property was not very valuable aud
that IL was insured for 5000 in the Cambria
Mutual.
"A German tramp named Blayden.5 a
I veteran OF the Franco Prussi7n war, while
stealing ride on an eastern bound freight
train, fell asleep and then fell of in the deep
. cur this side of Gal:tzin. at early hour
/ on Tuesday morning last. As n result his
. left leg was fractured below the knee joint
and the flesh torn into shreds clear up ro
the hip. The companys physicians were
I summoned from Altoona as speedily as
/ possibIe. but IL was found on :heir arrival
that nothing conld ne done to save his life,
death resulting in a few hours after.
I while Thos. Lawler. of HOllidaysburg,
/ and John Hart. of Frankstowu. were pre-
I pairing to put off n blast At the FTankstown
ore bank, Wednesday forenoon. spark ac-
I ciisntally dropped from one Of their lamps
into a keg containing about twelve pounds
/ of powder, cansing an explosion which
! burned Lawier very badly from the waist
downward, fractured one OF his arms in two
/ place destroyed one of his eyes, and sirged
I off all his hair-in fact, injured him so Sc
vereIy that his life:is despaired of. Hart was
also burned, but much less seriously than
his associate.
H. Kinkead, ESQ, of this place. was
called to Baltimore on Saturday evening last
nv the serious illness of his son, j. Nixon