The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-05

in Ebensburg next Monday will be laroe
A goodly number of candidates are named
aud tne rivalry for the several Offices is warm.
Miss Mary &. Helsel, of Juniata town
shlp,. Blair county, is credited by the HolU-
daysburg papers with the capture of A live
"ild cat and young deer a few days ago.
whlie hunting for her fathers cows on the
Allegheny mountain, not far from her home
Hei--sel the story looks suspicious.
William McHenry, who is accredited n
dallitzin, stole two pairs of pantalnons, vaIa
ned at IS, from Mr.. Godfrey Wolff7s cloth
ing store, Altoona, one dav last weak
warrant was issued for his arrest bnt a.
latest accounts McHenry was still in nos.
session of the breeches and of liber;v
Although our paper is dated Friday
July 9th, we Issue it on Wednesday afrar
noon, IN order TO bridge over the gay-lorious
4ih. With the same and various other oh
JHctS III view, the principal of which is to
set our office TO rights, the FREEMAN will
not greet IT'S numerous readers next week
"A carroll township man, charged with
fornlX. ct Get. on oath of woman who is at
present All inmate Of the county ainshouse
" as broughS before Esq. Kmkead for n hear
ing Iuesday. He gave bail, and departed
Win the avOwed determination of effectin,
settlement of the matter by amicable
means.
-Messrs. John and Charles I.ateruer.
sons OF Mr.. Michael Laterner, of this place
nave nave leased and taken possession OF the
Clty Hotel, Altoona, which for the present
VIII ne III charge of the latter gentlema an
Cam orians visiting that vicinity sbouIj
make make 1t point to hans up their hats with
I Charley.
Mr.. Matthias wisseI. of Cone,nan,b
borough, was crushed beneath a fall of coal
IN one of the mines of the G.. l. Co Johns
town, on Tuesday forenoon, and so terribly
| injured that he died in few minutes after
being removed to his home. Deceased was
aged about so years and leaves A wife and
four children:
"A cantata entitled the Flower Queen
I VIII be presented to the public in the NJ. Z.
church, this place, Thursday and Friday
evenings of the present week The troupe
We believe, Will be composed mainly of Sun
day school scholars, and the surplus pro-
ceeds VIII go 10 the benefit of the church
Admission % cents.
Our friend and everyhody's friend, Mr.
george Nj. Riddle, of Philadelphia, thought
~ no harm to indulge in a buggy-ride down
10 Blalr county the other day but after the
| morse had succeeded In running away and
! pitching him ont on the roadside, he wished
he had goCe fishing and walked. He hopes
! however, to be all right again for tue 4th
-Ihe Thomas Hayden Total Abstinence
J society OF CarrOlltOwu VIII please accept
( thanks for complimentary tickets of admis-
sion Tor self ana wife to an entertainment to
! be given under the auspices OF said society
J tomorrow evening, July 4th. We dom;
/ expect 10 he present, but we hope that those
! who are will enjoy it fully as well as If we
/ were there.
! We learn from the f7mlenton Register
/ that shooting ma 'ch Tuesday afternoon of
( last week between Foxburg shootist and
/ ye local of said paper, who is none other
I than our typographical friend and former
/ tOwnsman, Las. y. Kitteli, caused some lit
( tie excitement for the time being, hut Foxy
/ squealed at The seventh shot and failed to
/ duff up"
! Emanuel Smith, of jackson township.
came TO town Monday and remained over
night. The following morning he made
complaint that somebody had robbed him OF
/ "A silver watch and nine dollars in money,
/ but as TO who was the perretratOr of the
/ theft, he has nothing but suspicion to guide
( him in arriving at n decision. Policeman
! WHEREBY is looking into the matter.
The Governor has appointed Hon. d.
/ j. MOrrell delegate to the International
! Prison Congress, to te hed at Stockholm,
Sweden, next month, and the same gentle
+ man has been elected an honorary member of
/ the Philadelphia Society for the Aleviation
( of the Miseries Of Public Prisons aud ap-
! pointed n Commissioner to represent that
/ body In the Congress soon TO be held.
-Messrs. Bush Gordon Ben. and Bob
Z Thompson, and Jim Murray, all of this
: place, went to Skelly's run and the stream
/ adjacent in Cambria township, on Friday
! last, reaching there at 9 a. IN. and leaving
/ at > p. m, during which time they succeed
I ed in aIluring no less than 233 ffue trout,
measuring not less than three nor more than
/ six inches in length, from keir native ele-
meut.
The ttoruev General has addressed a
{ letter to Parliamentary . BunuSil, OF this
county, in which he states that Associate
Judges are not entitled TO and will not here
after receive any compensation for services
rendered at any other time or place than in
/ opeH court, and that even there the salary
shall not exceed $500 per auuum. This de-
cIsion does away with all fees fer tire staying
of wrlts, etc.
Gen Jacob NJ Campbell Congressman
for this district, having completed his ouer
Gus pnblic duties for the season, has return
ed TO his home in JohustOwn. The 7TitUH5
assures us that he clocks as If the Washing
ton climate agrees with him"-whiCh is r
good thing for Jacob, for he has n cam paign
opening out before him which viii require
all the energies of the healthiest sort Of a
1Ian TO attend to.
Some practical joker created a sensation
ir Huntingdon one day last week Hy catch
ing q pigeon tying TO its wings the an
{ noWucement that the bird had been let loose
IN London the day before and was then on
its way home to Colorado, and then calling
in tire negh6ors 10 look at the wonderful
traveller, One of the newspapers over there
seems to have bit at the hoax to the eXteuJ
of a half column iocal.
IF YOU have an abiding place between
East 3sibertv and SwissvaIc you can have
your epidermfS perforated with bullet on
the shortest notice and most liberal terms
At least we Judge so from the fact that ~
). McCriCkert proposes through iiie VIII
kiusburg Times 10 shoot any one living be
I
dollars, provided they ready target the
operation performed July 4Ih.
-l.ittle Richard Nicholls, nine-year-old
son of a freight conductor Oh the Pittsburgh
division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, resi-
dent at Woodvale, this county, was rHn
over bv the cars last Saturday and so terri
bly, injured that he died shortly afterward.
He was indulging in the dangerous amuse-
ment of playing on side-track at the time,
and some cars which were being shifted
struck him before he could get out OF the
way.
-ChaunCey Myers, n young man residing
in Conemaugh borough, was brave enough
aud valiant enough 10 whip his old mother,
and as a token of public esteem for the hlgh-
toned proceeding he was brought to Castle
Ryan, ju this place, on Tuesday night, and
assured of the earnest desire of the tax-pay-
ers of the county to furnish him with board
ing and lodging in said institution unui
Judge Dean has an opportunity To still tur-
tber extend his privileges in jhat direction.
Captain Davis company ICo a, 5th +
I Y. CD was inspected here by Col. Bnrch-
field ard Adjutaut McLain last saturday.
| About fifty muskets Turned out on parade,
/ oh