The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-05-10

said TO work like charm The distance
, is about seven miles and the sounds convey
! eel from one extreme to the other are rem
resented TO be quite distinct and intelIigible
/ An exceedingly heavy faiu storm visit
ed us Tuesday night-the heaviest. accord
/ ing to reliable authority, for many Years. If
] any rafts were left at the head waters of tie
! Susquehanna subsequent 20 the other flood
! they must certainly have succeeded in reach
/ ing market by this time
/ An Interesting feature of the summer
! meeting OF the Pennsylvania Editorial As
soelatlor at Cresson, OF the 18th of June
! proSimo, Will Oe the delivery bv Col A X
/ Mcclure, of the Philadelphia Times of an
aai.t'S a,',[eSs on Tue newspaper press Of Phila-
| delphia-its mission and its Influence
J 1t required no less thar four ballots to
! eject County Superintendent in Hunting
! don county. On the third ballot. all the can.
dldates excepting Nessrs. w r. Baker and
| y. II. Hrumhaugh having been withdrawn.
/ the result was tie-10O to 100 The fourth
| ballot showed 101 for the former to 90 for the
latter
! "A lecture will be delivered at the Catho-
nc church in this place on the evening ct
/ Decoration day, May 30th, by Rev F. X
/ McCatthy, the eloquent pastor of ST. Angus
/ tne's church, st. Augustine. The subject
I chosen is Pho NonO," whose life and char
acter Father Mccarthy is we'll able to de-
! lineate.
| "A young man well known in this COM
| munity is said to have disappeared with a
! couple of hundred dollars entrusted 10 him
! hy an Altoona produce dealer for the pur-
| pose or buying oats from the farmers of
/ northern Cambria. The rumor lacks con-
nrmaton, however, and we trust there is no
| truth 10 it,
Miss Lizzie Crawford, sister OF DR.. D.
/ H. Crawford, of Smicksburg, Indiana couu-
( ~, has fully recovered her sight after an
/ operation for cataract. by DIR. Sadler the oc-
! ullst and aurist, No. 256 Penn avenue Pitts
| bureh. She is a teacher and has accepted a
| position in the Orphans Home at Dayton,
! Armstrong county, Pa.
! The post office removed from the
| thompson store to the quarters it. will here
| after occupy, n half dozen doors west of the
| diamond, bright and early Monday morn
| Ing. The office itself has been put in thor
! ough repair, while the location is one of the
! best in town. We think the new deal will
! give general satisfaction,
! Farmers, do not forget that the Fhans-
/ nurg w oolen Company are now ready to 10
/ all kinds of country work, such as cardinp
/ spinning, fulliuG and dyeiug Attention
paid to country carding, which will I've done
/ on short notice and At the lowest prices
/ Get your wool in soon, for frst come first
/ served IS the proper business motto.
! The Democratic committee of Blair
/ county have declared for Dill for Governor
/ and Africa for Secretary of Internal A fairs
! resolution instructing for Hopkins for
/ Governor was defeated 10y an overw whrIming
| majority. Messrs. Michael Fitzharris and
! Rowan Clarke were appointed Representa-
/ tive delegates, and Mai. W G. Bayley Sem
/ atorial delegate
1t is alleged that Samuel Wagner, of
/ East Couemaugh, forged the name of Will
/ liam Byars to store order on Mr.. John
/ Phouas for $40, aud persuaded a boy named
Charles Coh2ugh 70 obtain the goods. Both
/ parties are now in Jail here and will be af-
| forded an opportunity 10 explain what they
] know touching the matter at the June term
| OF our county court
| "A grand opening of pattern hats bon
| nets and other novelties in the millinery line
| Will take place at Mrs r. f. Jones favorite
! establishment on Wednesday, Thursday and
FRIDAY OF next week. As Mrs. y, selects
| only the most stylish aud elegant goods the
| ladies may expect to Gud many things new
| neat and very cheap in her present ample
! stock. Call early and get first choice.
"A turpentire tank exploded in A Altoosla
Thursday afternoon of last week aud so
terribly burned Thomas Johnston, who was
engaged at the time in cleaning il, that he
died in great agony on the following MORN
ing, leaving a wife and four or q We children
Ii is said that the unfortunate man was
blown a considerable distance Ivy the force
Of the explosion. His age was about 65
years
The J ohnstown express had narrow
escape few days ago, we learn from the
Huntingdon Local NeJCs, from heing wrecked
Al Jack 3 narrOws, near Mt. Union. Some
Of The passengers noticed q large rock com
ing down the mountain side with great
force, and, quickly notifying the conductor,
the train WAS stopped in time TO avert what
| might otherwise have proved a terrible
catastrophe.
Sunday next will be the leStl aEniver-
sary Of the first actual survey Of the tract of
land upon which Johnstown, Couemaugh
borough and MilivilIa are located. The
tract embraces 2i9 acres. On the same day
the tract on which Cambria borough is bull.
also surveyed. No formal recognition
OF the event will I've had we presume, gniess
the preachers Of the several b0CouglIs named
should make mention Of it iE their sermons
WIN. II. ConnelI, who is agent in this
he Of he ted
II istOry OF the World" is meeting with sig
nal success in procuring subscribers to that
work, He has already disposed OF one
hundred copies Of the book in Ebensburg
and Cambria township, and new names are
being secured 10y him daily. This history is
the best published aud it would be good
thing if every private library in the county
contained copy.
"A public diuror Intended as r mark of
esteem for Hon. y. j. MOTrelL Of Ohnstown,
and particularly in recognition Of his dis
tinguiShed services az chairman Of the ET-
ecgtive Conmittee OF the United States
Centennial Commission, was rendered that
gentleman previoGs TO his departure for
Europe at the Continental Kotel, Philadel-
phia, Tuesday evening at z o'clock. Gov.
Hertrauft was chairman OF the committee
having the details of the banquet in charge,
The prices obtained for the lum ber
foated to market during the recent rise were
for the most part anything bat princeIy--ln
fact much less than the dealers had reason
10 aDIICiD Ddlc-OU0 ~ iSdSb, " uitH C'S1
six ce nts per foot at the head of navigation
having been sold for five cents. This and
similar sacrifices was due of course TO the
fact that the market was glutted with lum-
Dor, and that some dealers were forced 10
sell at a loss In order TO pay the expenses of
the trip.
oh, he was sweet young lithesome
chan, aud he moved with tender grace,
aud a smile like the sweep OF an angels
wing played over his fair young face. II
smiled because he was the bearer TO his fam
lily OF the news that Myers II Lloyd are sell
ing all kinds of dry goods, groceries, etc, at
prices so low that whUsoever desires may
purchase with the assurance that they can
get no better bargains anywhere. Make 1t
your special business TO call on them early
aud often.
We note with sincere regret the death
on Friday last, aged about 35 years, of a
worthy aud much esteemed citizen of Loret-
to- Mr.. Miles Lacey, who for several months
mast had been afflicted with heart disease.
This is the second sad bereavement OF the
kind that has occurred in the family with
in a few months, brother of deceased
having died some time last fall. In this