The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-05-24

-bbensburg has brought forth another
candidate for Office in the persou OF Mr. Val
! ne Luttrinser, OF the East Ward, who has
requested us to announce his naue as All as
pirant for the Office Of County Commissioners
subject to Democratic rules VaIhe is A
clever fellow and has much right TO go up
head If he can as ANYBODY else With one
aspirant Tor Assembly, Ohm Fenlou, Esq,
one for Register and Recorder John G.
Lake, Esq, three for County Treasurer
Messrs. John A. Kennedy, Jas A Shoema-
ker, and the writer hereof and four for
Commissioner, Messrs. j. u. Parrish, the
present iacumhent, George GHrley. Joseph
A Skelly and Nallie LutIringer, it looks as
If our town intended to put ia her best licks
at the coming convention.
The Mountaineers os this place " ent to
I-oretto on Saturday last to play game of
base ball with club composed of a number
of students at ST. Francis College, and re-
turned in the evening with victory so to
speak, perching upon their banners, having
succeeded in getting away with their adve
sarleS quite effeCtually. the score standing
30 for the Mountaineers IL of which were
made on the first inning, 10 : for the College
CLUB. Our boys were much pleased not only
with the hOnors won, but with the kind
treatment they received from all concerned
and especially from the good Brothers in
charge of the College, who furnished them
and all who accom- panied them with bouu-
tlful repast and did everyt hing else to make
thelr visit pleasant and agreeable for all
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thanks to the faculty in particular and 10
the students in general.
The Johustown Tribune SAYS that the
mIssioners are about TO put iron bars
over the Eea:er registers in our county iail
and also intend to employ a atchman every
night until Court cOnvenes, in order to pre-
vent any further attempts at escape on part
of the prisoners but as the Commissioners
declare that they have no thought of doing
anything OF the kind, it looks as If the Trl-
6ltne had, usual. been drawing upou it's
imagination. All the Commissioners have
done or intend to do is to replace the heavy
IRON door and frame, weighing nearly "A ton
between the cellar proper aud the basement
under the main building, and TO put on
heavy locks aud otherwise secure the vim
dows through which light, air coal and
wood are introduced into the cellar. By
'hlS means they not only hope but are cen
fdent of preventing The exit of any prisoner
( who may attempt TO escape in that direc-
I lion, though the only way 10 keep desperate
characters from cutting through the walls is
I TO line few OF the cells with boiler irOu and
put sheathing of heavy plank over that
The President of the Republican county
convention, G. Il. Roberts, ESQ. Informed
the delegates in his opening address that
! they were "a fine looking body of men. -
He ought first to have told them that as he
was a fine looking man himself and every
body kHew 1t, he was competent Judge of
Nne looks i'll other men. He also said did
tins hue looking presiding officer, admirinc
tuC ANSPuoftCdh beauties UetCTe hlin, that
'there would be n striking contrast between
the gentlemen making up ttis convention
anu the delegates who wouid assemble in
the sSH3e FoJTn aaottt two weeks hence to
nominate candidates on the Democratic
side. Mr.. h. had n right, perhaps TO in
duIge In this sort of laudation, especially
/ a. tue delegates who were ljstezaiue to him
were the representatives Of parry which
/ modestly claims TO possess call the morality
and decency" of the country. We advise ali
common looking Republicans, and especially
all decidedly ugly ones, not hereafter TO a D
proach county convention as delegates lest
they may be told, in accordance with the
new standard set up, that they ''aiu't GOOD
looking and can't come in" One Thing is
certain aud that is that with only two ex.
ceptions the candidates who were nomina-
ted by such "a fine looking body of men
will look fine enough themselves on the
morning after the NoUent5es election TO crawl
/ through n medium sized knot-hoIe