The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-08-09

General Imboden, of West Virginia, has
been spending the heated season at Gays
port, Blair county, varying the monotony of
things by getting into shape a new concep-
tion of his for a locomotive which shall lay
all other locomotives in the shade. During
the war he fought on the Confederate side,
and had many tussle with the 54th Penn
sylvania regiment, commanded by Colonel
Jacob Nj. Campbell, and composed largely
of Cambria county men. 1t is now an
nounced tha: General Imboden, sinking the
warrior in :he utilitarian, will go to Johns
town at an early day and lecture on the sub
ject of our general industries.
Captain Robert johnson, of Altoona is
known to our local readers as a gentleman
who lived in Ebensbu=g twenty-five years
ago, H is n member of the legal profession,
and latterly has achieved some fame an
ardent speaker and worker in behalf of the
Murphy cause. a. A. Stephens, Esq, is
also lawyer with his residence in Tyrone.
The other day in Altoona, these two gentle
men became involved in personal contro-
versy, and, from words, they proceeded to
blows. The wind-up was that johnson was
knocked down by blow from a chair WELD
ed by Stevens, and IN his fall his left leg was
so doubled mp under him that fracture of
the bones of the ankle joint was the result.
The doctor gives it as his opinion that he
will he famed for life.
On Monday of this week Frank NJ
Laughlin, WIN. p. Jones, and Royal Hanna,
advance agents of a colony OF probably thir-
" persons VINO VIII cut loose from LnlS sec
tion in the fall aud go to Texas TO live, left
our midst. Their ultimate destination is
Forth Worth, town which just now enjoys
the distinction of being the western termi-
nus of the Texas Pacific Railroad, and in
the neigh bOrhOOd of which these i'm IN 9 rants
propose to settle down. The country and
climate are represented TO be most desirable
despite Phil Sheridan's One-time remark
that eff he owned hell and Texas, lie would
rent Texas and live in hell, >" and things will
90 = ypl z to fai1 10 nd
this new departure. Mr.. David Lewis,
some years ago Burgess of Ebensburg, is
identified with the colony, as are Messrs.
VIM. NJ Laughlin, James Jones, and other
heads of families.
We are requested to draw attention to
the fact that much mail matter directed to
this pustoffice goes frequently astray by rea-
son that the name of the county is not at
tached TO the parcel. There is besides our
own EbenSburg, n town of Simitar name in
Crawford county, an Edenburg in Clarion
county, and an EdiuhorO in Erie county.
One day last week a lawyer, whose shingle
graces Colonade Row, saw in list of uncall-
ed for letters advertised in Clarion couu tv
paper the announcement of the fact that a
document superscribed with MS name waSare-
tanned in the Edenburg postoffice for wan.
of an owner. A letter containing valuable
remittance was overdue, and the lawyer
knew at once wheEe the mistake was The
writer had forgot to affiX the name of the
county TO the address. II e sent instructions
TO the postmaster at Edenburg to forward
the letter, and it came promptly by return
mail. It contained a lottery circular
"A young man named CIoyd L. DELANEY.
employed at the rolling mill of the Cambria
Works, Johnitown, met with q terrible death
about o'clock on Wednesday morning last
1t seems, from the particulars furnished bv
the Tribune, that young Della ley, who was
In the seventeenth year of his age, had been
relieved iOr few minutes by one of his fell
low workmen, and taking advantage of the
rest lay down upon BENCH in close proxim-
ity to the engine. In about twenty minutes
after he was called to resume his labors hut
instead OF going around the ponderous f1y-
wheel he in his bewilderment walked to-
wards it and fell between two of the arms or
spokes. In another instant the unfortunate
youth was literally dismembered and disem-
bowled, his legs and arms being torn of and
thrown in opposite directions. while his iR-
testines, As the Tribune relates, were seen
strnging ont from his bowels and lappinp
around the iron braces of the roof Soon af-
ter all that was left of the remains fell with
heavy thud to the iron floor, from whence
tney were gathered up and with the scatter
ed members taken to an undertaking estab-
lishment where they were properly coffi ned
and in due time sent to the home of the
-rief-stricken parents, Who, it is needless to
say, have the sympathy of every feeling
heart in their fearful bereavement