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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

AFTER il had been definitely asccrtaincd
that Francis W. Hughes would not accept
the nomination for Governor from the
Greenback State convention, we supposed
that the next most available candidate
would have been Samuel Calvin, of Holli-
daysburg, who is conceded to be a gentle
man Of ability and most unexceptionable
character. There would be 4 peculiar fit
ness in his nomination for the reason, TO
use the political slang of the day, that what
he dou't know about greenbacks and their
virtues as a currency for the people isn't
worth trying to find out or knowing at all.
Mr. Calvin, however, like his friend and
co laborer in the Greenback cause, Frank
Hughes, declines to permit his name to lie
used in connection with the nomination
We get this information from the proceed
jngs Of the county committee Of the Green
back party Of Blair county, which recently
met at lIOlljdaysburg and urged the nomi-
nation Of J. r. Mason. Of Mercer. rs its
choice for Governor. The committee, while
, regretting that Mr.. Calvin will not allow il
/ to present his name for Governor, earnestly
implOres him to consent to become the Ma.
tioDal candidate forCongress in this district
1t remains to be seen whether Mr. Calvin
/ will agree to be offered up as a sacrifice
! upon the greenback altar in a district ir
( which the vote on the State ticket at The
( election last November stood as follows
/ Democratic, $3.50 Republican, 9,044
Greenback, 2, 125. This certainly does no
/ present very inviting fold for greeu
hacker who is ambitious of occupying
seat in Congress and kneeling at sbe feet o
the grcenback Gamaliel, General Tom Ew
ing, Of Ohio. Il is a mere matter of taste
however, and Mr.. Calvin may yield to th
solicitations OF his greenback frieuos thro
motives of pure patriotism.
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The New York World is wagirg Wig
orous aud wey-dirpcted warfare against
the present Tammany Hall management
of the affairs Of that city. The complaint
Of the World is that the city is cursed With
a multiplicity of Office holders, many of
whom have little to do-that others are
absolutely useless, and that those who are
really necessary are paid most exorbitant
salaries in proportion to the magnitude Of
the work they are required to perform.
J These are grievances which exist in al the
great cities aud large towns Of The country,
each one Of which has its well organized
rings, whose sole purpose seems to be to
rob and plumber the people. The city Of
New York has acquired conspicuous in
fanny Of l9te years growing out OF .he ra-
pacity and corruption Of sUme Of its most
prominent officials but the same system
OF fraud and mismanagement which for
years held undiSputed sway iii nearly every
department of her government, exists,
though in less degrees, in Philadelphia
| Chicago and elsewhere. There are few
cities to-day in this country that are not Oh
the verge of bankruptcy, having been
brought to that condition by the reckless
extravaganza aud official delinquencies OF
those who are .rusted with the manage
ment of their affairs The Tammany Hall
organization is political anomaly, ano
the Democratic party in New York city is
ruled by it with an iron hand. 1t regards
its endorsement ofa candidate for Office as
a condition precedent to his election, and
strikes down every Democratic aspirant
who refuses to worship at its altar. It
would be strange indeed il its remorseless
rule did not produce open rebellion in the
Democratic ranks. At the election last
November portion of the Democracy in
one of the strongest districts in the city
bolted its candidate for State Senator, and
with the aid OF Republican votes elected
John Morrissey. That game promises to be
repeated on a very extensive scale at the
next election, and tho World proposes to
save the Democracy Of the city from
threatened defeat by reforming tho ways
Of the Tammany Hall misunderstanding
the number Of Office e-bolders-abolshing
sinecures-cutting down oxtravagant sala-
ries, and making every official earn his
pay. 1t is praisewoIthy object, and we
have no doubt that the UorId, in the
course it has marked out for itself and is
steadily pursuing, will be sustained by the
plIndered taxpayers Of the city.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

OK Monday last, in the lower branch of
Congress, Mr.. Clark, of Missouri, introdu-
ced BILL for present consideration, au-
thorizing the President TO appoint General
ShielSs a Brigadier General of the United
States army on the retired list, his pay 70
commence from the date OF the passage of
the bill. That eminent statesman, Harry
White, objected to it's introduction, but
was overruled by the Speaker and the
bill passed by vote Of 228 yeas to 6 nays,
among the latter being OF course the windy
White. This prompt action of the House
was doing substantial justice to the veteran
and gallant Shields, and was infinitely
more creditable than electing him to the
subordinate position of Doorkeeper, as was
proposed by Ben Butler and advocated by
Republican members, merely for the sake
of making very small amount of political
capital.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

THERE is reason to hope that the ques.
tions in dispute between England and
Russia growing out Of the terms of the
and Turkey, may yet be settled without
war. The belief that peace may be pre-
served rests solely on the expectation that
Russia will finally consent to submit to the
other great European powers not only the
entire treaty, but that she will also yield
70 Eugland's and Austria's essential OBJ
jections 20 it. On such a slender thread
now hangs the peace of Europe, but what
ever may be the final Issue, England is
still busy at work making the most exten-
sive preparations for war.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

DETECTED BIZ \ SEAL RING.-Last night,
saws the Dallas. Herald Of recent date, the
Sheriff OF Dodge county, Neb., passed MP
the Texas Central road, having in charge
a man named Marcus Withersau, accused
of murder. WtheTsau was paying court 70
a young lady named Bradley, VINO resided
in the town of Fremont, Neb., and was
engaged 20 be married to her when a stran-
ger named Joel Lauridge came to the town.
Lauridge succeeded in a short time in
claiming a good part of the young lady's
attention. This greatly dispieased With
crsau, who is of very Jealous tempera-
meut, and he was not slow in giving his
apparent rival many evidences ofhiS ill-will,
openly insulting him whenever an OppOrtu-
nity was afforded.
Yet young Lauridge, being received with
favor by the young lady, continued visit
her. The engagement between Withersau
and his affianced was unbroke1, however,
and the wedding day had been fixed upon.
One evening WitheTsau, while on his
way to the town to visit his affiauced, met
her In company with Lauridge out riding,
and, seized by fit of jealousy, he galloped
up to them and shot Lauridge killing him
almost instantly. He fled the country, and
it was Thought that he had gone back to
Canada, where he bad formerly lived. lie
wore on his hand seal ring of the young
lady, which was mounted by gold cross,
and 1t was this that led to his capture. 4
young man named Swazey, cousin of Miss
Bradley, had enlisted in the United States
army, and was ordered along with his com
pany TO Fort Duncan, on the Rio Grande.
He had never seen Withersau, but had fire.
Quently heard his cousin describe the ring
belonging to her which Withersau wore
when he killed Lauridge. One day he saw
a strange man at the fort wearing the iden-
tical ring, but on inquiring the stranger s
name he gave it as Bill Poindexter. The
soldier wrote to the authorities of Fremont,
giving n description of the man and ring,
and the Sheriff, being satisfied that the
wearer of the ring was Withersau, came
after and captured him.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12
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1T used TO be said that the meauest act
OF which a man could be guilty was to
steal the coppers from the eyes Of dead
negro and although Francis w. Engle,
baggage master on the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad, has not exactly distin-
guished himself in that way, he has done
the next meanest thing 20 it. He attended
the recent execution Of the three Mollie
Naguires at Bloomsburg. Columbia coun-
ty, and while assisting to cut down their
dead bodies bis eye rested upon gold
ring on the finger of Pat. Hester, ono of
the men executed, whersupbu he deiiber
ately, but not unseen, appropriated it to
Ills owD use. The ring had been bequsath-
ed by Hester to his daughter, and its sud
den disappearance created, as was to be
expected, a strong fueling Of dignatiun
among IIester's friends. a few days af-
terwards EngIe WIS arrested for the lar
ceny on the oath of Mrs. Hester, and en-
tered bail for his appearance at Court
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

rs THE CHAaPIOE DEMAOOGUE OF Con-
cress. Ben Butler Is entitled to wear the
belt. On Friday last, after the Democrats
had removed DoorKeeper Polk for the Of
feuse of having appointed more subordi-
mates than the law allowed him to do, But
Ter jumped to his feet and nominated Cen
eral Shields for the vacant position. Gen.
Shields was not then in Washington. and
OF course Butler used bis name without
authority. The Democrats, however, were
not to be entraPped by Ben's little game,
aud the election was postponed until Mon
day. Buffers brszen hypocrisy in this
matter is most amazing from the fact that
few years ago, when General Shields was
elected to Congress by an overwhelming
majority from one of the Missouri districts,
this same Butler led the radicals in the
House in sustaining the report of the com
mites OF elections in throwing out the
entire vote cast for General Shields in tTo
counties, and awarding his seat to his op'
panent. Slch was Ben Buffers treatmeu;
then of an old Democratic soldier whose
friend be now Processes to be when he
thinks be can make political capital out o.
il Hypocrisy, thy name is Butler
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

TuE proceedings of the House al Harris
burg, on Friday last clearly demonstrated
that the members Of that branch Of the
Legislature are determined to insult the
people by continuing the session fifty days
from yesterday, thus putting iu their pock-
els fire hundred dollars in addition to the
81 coo allowed them for the first one hun
drsd dsys. 1t has been the uniform prac-
t;ce 10 adjourn over. from Friday at noon
until the following Monday evening, and
when resolution was offered TO hold ses-
sions on Friday afternoon for the purpose
OF bringing tho session % close as soon
as pussible, q scene Of the utmost confusion
aud excitement followed. All Babel seem
ed to have been let loUse, aud so great was
the tunlult that the Speaker, powerless To
preserve order, was compelled to cal! the
Sergesnt-at-A Arms to the bar of the House
and direct him TO see that its dignity and
de,nrum were preserved. In such strug
ole Of course the adjournment ring was
,,;,,,r.,i,aut. and it was decided that the
old custom should be adhered to during the
presept month. When legislators VIII SC
far forget the contract into whlch they en-
+a,ed with their constituents when they
,,ara eiected as 20 devote only three days
or a, the utmost, three and halt out oi
civ to the business contided to them ses-
.,.,, of one hundred aud fifty days is the
,suiinate result. OF the present House u
- he lteraiiy affirmed that nothing "a
TN -, n.cous l. 80 v ell as lis iIDa
a JyurpmepL
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

Ir was very cool aud refreshing display
of impudence in the Greenback or National
party Of the T Nenty-secOnd Congressional
district IPIttsburgh) 10 tender last week TO
James p. Barr. editor Of the Pittsburgh
Post. nomination for Congress, provided
he would subscribe TO its platform aud
promise, If elected, to renounce his allegl-
ance 20 the Democratic party. In well
written reply, Col. Barr declined the prof
Forcd honor, and undertoOk-to convince the
Nationals of she folly Of their organization
that the proper thing ;for them to uo
would be to disbaHd, and seek shelter IN
the Democratic household, In whish he, as
editor Of the Post, had advocated many OF
their leading measures for years before the
Rational party was ever dreamed OF. Ma
Iouet must come to the mountain instead
of the mountain going to Mahomet.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

4 SHORT COURTsuIP The Omaha
(Neb.) Republican Of recent date says ::
Bernard Folk is a well toto farmer, living
III Addison county, Iowa. lie is a native
of Germany and IS twenty-five years Of age.
lie visited Omaha on Tuesday single man,
wiki nOinJention of committing matrimOny.
and before night he was married to young
lady whom he had never before seen 1t
happened in this wise He imbibed quite
freely Of liquor, and in this happy condition
he made up his mind to hunt up a wife
In walking along Tenth street he saw a
young girl washing in a room between
FaTnam street and No. Eugine~huuse,
and, walking up to her as she was, he asked
her if she was married, and, if not, would
she marry him She saw that he meant
business, and, calling in the other women
in the house, they made an immediate in
vestigatiOn into Lis ability to support a
wife. He showed them that he lad con
siderable ready cash with him, and good
farm in Iowa. She gave her consent, and,
proceeding to the office of Hon. w. o.
Bartholomew, County Judge. license was
obtained, and Bernard Nolk and Annie
Fisher were made man and wife. The
bride was nineteen years of age, and was
born in Sioux City, Iowa"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

WHAT a glorious spectacle it is to elti-
zen Of This model Republic, the first Pres
ident whereof was George Washington, to
sse a man of tue bad emiuence of j. hadI-
son Wells, who is now at the national cap
iroI, visiting the White House aud impor-
tuning SIr Hayes to appoint bis partner II
crime, Thomas {. Anderson, who bas been
pronounced guilty of forgery in fact but
not IN Idlo collector of the port of New
Orleans? Such thing could only happen
in q country in which Bob IngersoH is I'D
orally paid for preaching infideiity ard
John J. Patterson is tolerated 10 the l. ,.
Senate. It may be that Mr.. Hayes, for
good and substantial reasons, feels him
self constrained to listen to his evil coun-
sells, but that Wells should ever be permit
ted to cross the threshold OF the executive
mansion on such mission, and come out
Of it as sound in body as when he entered,
is enough to cause blush or shame to
mantle the cheek OF every honest man.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

RAILROAD COLLISION, FIRE AND Loss
OF LIFE.-Friday morning an oil train ran
into freight train on the Lehigh Valley
Railroad, near SlatingtOn, exploding the
engine of the oil train aud burning several
cars and small iron bridge on which the
cars we're standing. Soon afterwards an
iron tank exploded, scattering oil in all
directions, killing one man. burning three
fatally and ten severely. The wind car
ried the flames to the depot and a wooden
bridge, which were also burned. The
names OF the killed and injured are as fol-
lows VIM. Shoemaker, killed Daniel
Reber, Edward Seibert, Geo. Ives, Jno.
Kehner, Aaron Snyder, VIM. KayD, JOS
Goldberry, JnO. ROhrbach David Hughes,
Samuel Marshall and Arthur Williams,
burned and wounded. -Four or five of the
injured are not expected to recover. Two
other oil tanks subsequently exploded.
The Nauch Chunk fire department worked
hard 70 save property.
Tue Jar threw several cars from the
track, aud precipitated some fifteen oil
tanks into Trout creek. The tanks caught
fire, and illuminated the neigh bborhOod for
miles around, and had it not been for the
presence Of mind Of Chas. Ruth, Of Read
ing, who suggested that the cars of the
rear portion of the train be uucoupled and
pushed back one by one, the entire train
would have been destroyed. The machine
shops and foundry of Brown & Williams
are total loss, estimated at $50, 600. No
/ insurance. a portion Of the engine from
the explosion was thrown through the roof
: of house occupied by Jacob Hammel,
situated about one hundred yards from the
explosion, striking near bed occupied by
Hammel and wife. They were not injured.
Several buildings were shattered and glass
broken. Portions of the engine and cars
were thrown over thirty yards.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

"A young woman in Illinois, having no.
ticed on a dead letter that was returned to
her the remarkable signature of the Third
Assistant Postmaster General, Mr. A. d.
HaZea. wrotc TO "MT. Adstazen, at the
Dead Letter Office" to say that she and
her sister would like 20 find some Good
Christian man to marry. | thought" the
letter goes on, ''perhaps you would Get A
couple OF Good Christian young men to
correspond with us. Pleas excuse me for
writing this TO You, but | felt more Ac-
quainted with vou than others Liveing far
off. Being tired of living A Single life, we
now wish to settle down."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

TIE SAD ENDING OF \ WATwAAD YOUNG
GIRLS LIFE. Amelia GuilfOrd, sixteen
years old, whose disappearance from Lock
Haven was noticed in the FREEMAN a cou-
pie of weeks ago, aad whose mother wanted
Information of her, came TO a sad end in a
house of ill-Cdme on Virgin alley, in Eden
burg, Clarion county, Amelia, it was
known, had started for Edenburg, and as
she bore a bad reputation in Lock Haven
IL is fair to presume that her family knew
Tor what purpose she went 10 Edenburg.
She died about four o'clock on Friday
morning. The young girl had an over
whelming passion for liquor, it being said
that she could drink as much as pint of
whisky at one time. This fault, morphia
and other drugs which dissolu.e women
use, combined with the awful life she had
been leading, did the business for her
The immediate cause other death, however,
is supposed to have been an overdose OF
sulphate of morphia, bottle of which was
found in her bed. Before she died she ex-
pressed a desire to see her mother. The
body OF the poor girl was sent home on
Friday evening, in answer to telegram
from her mother.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

ENJOY LIFE.-N -----
world we live in Nature -fvas---
eur Of mountains, gIaus ana .--'--
thousands of means for reuia,rrs-. -
desire no better when in ra-f--. p.
but how often do the maflrl-- =. =.
feel like giving IL up dislaa-r. --r =.
aged aud worried ont with rs., -
there Is no occasion for this faeiir-
sufferer can e2si y obtain sa-isf1.--.
that Green's Angus. Flower M.
them as free from disease -t.
Dyspepsia and Liver Complain, f. d.
rect cause Of saventv-tlve Der -s-, i.
maladies as RiliousussS. T-7f-a...
Headache, Costiveness- N---=-s =
ton, Dizzlness of The Head. Pa--,-.
the Heart. and other ti>r--,,r,.-.
Three loses of August Flower rrf.s
wonderful effect. Samul. ha.fr-. 81
Try II. For sale by Lemmgn .r r.
Ebeusburg.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

EUPTUET WASTED rr.-r -.-..
ia ed iuau or woman. f- -r--...... .-.-
ia what para u, tla 'rF . .l,l -....
o -d, 10 seud me ..-.. ....
= .d | will tell them vtsf
a q how 90 get relief ora rr-.
piled trusses aud treated rsatr-.r .i
OF over forty years. and lav. -.. -a
ever that ! can give -erl.f-r .-.-
when cure IS possible .-- "a
If those afflicted can make s, ....
and see me II j. always he.. r.....
not do this conveuiru:r~.rr NJ, 2
70 me. The faul- iu 1rr.r rass-..
in improperly applied tru,.-s T.
experience makes this more 81
l am sure that my expar-ar.. 5..-...
promising better terms and a ,,..,.'-s'-
retention Of the rupture fIs-
taiued anywhere else iu. the T--.s.11-- 1-
Visits at a distance made wbs- b--.'-
Address.
DIR. EETsER. go Penn,
Opposite Christ's Church p-,.-, ,---s
(Cut this out FOR reference y -s-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

POSTAGE STAMPS FOR CHINESE BABIES.
The Boston journal of Saturday prints
this queer story: a current note in Tues
days journal contained n query concern
ing the use made Of the millions of old
postage stamps which are collected. A
correspondents is prompted by the question
to inform the public of practice which
prevails in converts and other Ca, holic in
stitutions in this country. and is almost
unknown to those outside their walls All
cancelled stamps are saved and sent to mis-
sjOnaries of the faith in China, who buy
with those worthless scraps of paper infants
who would otherwise be destroyed in ac-
cordance with the custom of the more de-
graded Chinese. The many-colored stamps
are used for the decoration of walls, etc,
by the ingenious Orientiais. and are valued
so highly that one hundred of them will
buy baby whose parents have doomed it
to death. The little ones thus purchased
are gathered into asylums aud reared in
accordance with the laws aud customs of
Christian civilization.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

Henry GROEMER. who resided near
Parker City, went to the woods mot he Of
the Altoona Mirror, on Thursday last.
and stripping the bark off a sapling which
hung over raviue down to the centre.
twisted il into a rope without detaching it
from the tree, tied the emo about has neck.
and moaning pile Of logs jumped into
the eulcL
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

CATcu1xG Wild pigeons with nets is an
immense business in Forest county, and at
least five hundred persons are engaged az
it in one township, most Of them clearing
ten dollars a day. It IS stated that on one
d.y last week three and half tons of
pigeons we're sent over the river division
of the Allegheny Valley railroad, consigned
to dealers in game in New York city.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

AT EmpOria, Kansas. on wednesday
morning of this week Rev. a. J. Shannon,
a Congregational minister, was accidental
ly killed by the premature discharge Of a
gun in the hands Of 4 militia mau
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

Thirty eight Of the forty six officials of
Dubuque, Iowa, city and county, are Irish
men.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

Mr.. T. x. THOMPSON. dru-r..- 81. "a.
" increasing his business in -be -rs- =
prietary medicines, which De has -,.
and puts mp at his laboratory h. d.
/. IS pleasure tn do business for ar- p
son, and we speak from an evr-----
thirteen years. He is NOW a3ra-.f.. T.
large number Of newspapers. and -
say 10 our brethren of the press ..-.
simple contract is certain 20 h-f-- -
whan the work Is u0ua.- T'.a.--.-r. r..
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

An oh-nest hen is the u-5le.; --.
lay-men.
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THE LOBBY,

whose conduct of late has become so open
and brazen as to be utterly indecent and
overbearing, caused Senate Edmunds, in
open Senate, TO deliver them the most Sc
we're and deserved castigation, in the pres
e0ce of Jay Gould and many other satel-
lites, that perhaps was ever visited upon
them, which will evidently teach them to
use more discretion hereafter in their ne
farious purposes but then these are the
days of radical rule, and one must not be
surprised at their many rascalities. We
can expect no better until our Democratic
friends take charge of the old ship of State.
ANDERSON.
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EX-sECRETARY robson

was before the House committee, twisting
aud squirmiug as the searching questions
put by the Investigating committee caused
him ever and anon to vince. OF course
the Grau(d)t Radical swore hard to relieve
himself of any wrong doing on his part, or
that of his associates in the many contracts
he gave out only the day before he vacated
the Navy Denartment