The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-01

route OF the SeabOard Plpe Line, and so far
as Cambria county Is concerned j. G. Lake,
Esq, of this place, is the proper person to
receive said proposals.. which must he hand
ed In on or before the 18th of the present
month. Advertisement next week.
"A freight train was tagged, stopped and
boarded by about twenty tramps at Sang
Hollow, below JohnKtown, on last Thursday
afternoon, their object being to secure a ride
which the conductor was forced to give them
On the following afternoon eleven of the
party got another ride, this time from Derry
TO Greenshurg, where they were lodged in
Jail.
We acknowledge the receipt, from our
worthy representative at Harrisburg, Hon.
Jas. j. Thomas, of copy of Smull's Iegis-
lative Hand Book for 1878, well as the
Legislative Record in all lis expansive and ex-
pensive proportions, besides various other
acceptable favors. for ali which our thanks
are hereby rendered to the honorable gentle
man named
Rev. Father Boyle. Of this place, receiv-
ell telegram from Pittsburgh yesterday
conveying the sad news obtained through
Archbishop Wood. of Phi ladelphia) of the
death in Spain of Rt. Rev. NJ Domenec
late Bishop of Allegheny, whose age We
presume 10 have been about 65 years. Time
ct death not stated. Obituary next week
May God grant him rest eternal.
"A young man in Altoona no had been
doing little country courting during the
night previous, declares that while on his
way home about six o'clock Sunday
: morning last, he vas followed and narrowly
+ escaped being overtaken by a huge black
bear, which probably thnught that the young
man hal n hank-ring after huggug which
II could satisfy without much effort.
If any of the citizens of Ebensburg
would like to have the Altoona Daily Tribune
delivered at their residences every morning
/ after the arrival of the train, they can lie
accommodated by leaving their names at
! this office. The Tribune in a sorighrly little
sheet, containing all the latest news, both
Z nd a,.l xyill I'm I'm, Sl,...I
the low price of twelve cents per week.
TO town there came one day last wrrk
man who bargains rare did seek, and if up
the street you'd seen him staeak you'd sure
! ly thought he was dementcd; but 20 Myers
" Lloyd straightway he went, aud then
knew just what he meant, and felt quire
sure he'd lie content with what lie saw and
! what he bought, for If his moneys worth he
ever got he Il get it there, for nothing could
/ prevent it.
! MIR. John II. Evans, brother Of Alvin
| Evans, Esq, and a former resident of this
! place, INDUCED in a tin wedding at his home
In OIL City, of which he is the city controller,
/ on Monday night of last week, aud had no
/ less than one hundred and fifty couples ~
( guests on the occasion, all OF whom united
/ in presenting him with more than two wagon
! loads of tinware, prominent among the
/ nclcs being = tin bonnet for his wife.
! A bright and beautiful Guild shows I'm its
| very expression that it's bahyhood was not
associated with opium, corlials etc.-for the
J
health. That valuable and highly recon-
uiended remedy for the disorders of baby
hood, DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup, is absolutely
/ free from morphia and all other dangerous
/ agents, and can be safely employed at all
| times. Only IS cents per bottle.
| We were Orer joyed on "Wednesday by
reading the following kind notice of the
FREEMAN and the FREEMAN s man in the
I local columns nf the Holidaysburg Register.
The Cambria Freeman, under our friend Nc
Pike, has reached It's twelfth year, and If his
delinquent patrons pay mp he intends To en-
| large and improve. They ought to do il,
and make hin Treasurer, too, for he prints
good paper, and is tip-top, or hrick-top,
fellow, besides.
The Board Of Director. OF the Cambria
Mutual Fire Insurance Company met at the
office of T. w. Dick Erq., Secretary aud
! Treasurer. on Tuesday evening last, and
/ SELECTED the following officers and agents
! for the current year: President, George
NJ R-ade Vice President, John A. Blair :;
! Executive Committee, E. Roberts, John
Lloyd, John j. Evans Agents, George A .
/ kinkead, Ebenshurg, I. f. Roberts, Johns
town. II. j. Hads, Chest Springs.
! "A large barn owned by Mr.. John Jacobs
at Shirleysburg. Huntingdon county, was
destroyed by fire on Monday morning last,
4 and not only 100 bushels of wheat and a lot
! of oats, hay and chop were consumed, bur
! nine head of valuable horses and COILS, two
! mules, ave head of fat cattle and fourteen
! head of sheep perished In the flames. The
+ loss on stock ia estimated a. 81 200. with no
/ insura ice. but the barn was insured for 500,
! which will probably serve to rebuild il.
"A lad named Allen, whose Paceuts re-
side in Prospect borough and said to be
! unworthy Of 40 holy relationship, was
brought to Jail here on Saturday night last
! to await trial 1T March sessions on the charge
! of stealing n box Of prunes, which he is said
! to have mistaken for a box of tobacco. from
/ the Pa. L. Il. freight depot At Johnstown.
Two other boys named Gallagher and Boyle
charged with completely in the same crime,
succeeded in securing bail for their appear
/ nnce TO answer.
! Hon. Jas. j. Taomas on. Of the men,
/ bers of the Legislature from this county,
/ writes US to say that il may not he generally
/ known that toy late act OF Assembly sol
: dicrs Of the war of 1872, or their widows
} (regardless of when they were married) are
entitled TO gratuity of S75, which eau be
! obtained by making proper application to
/ the Auditor General. Applicants for the
! gratuity must in all cases, however, establish
] the fact by competent proof that they do not
/ possess real estate to the value OF $500 or
/ upward
I Eleven desperate tramps got on the
/ Phila. Express east at Conemaugh on last
! Wednesday night and attempted to hea:
their way TO Altoona, but were bounced on
without much seremony AT Mineral Point,
where one of them drew large navy re-
volyer andt,nothOra . huge whisky bottle, with
the evident intention of making things live
ly, I'm which :hay would no doubt have sue
! ce-ded had not the conductor and fireman
taken hand at the same gains and drove
them away with pair OF pistols prlmed,
pointed and persuasive.
The Greenback- Labor men Of Altoona
have nominated II. w. Stouffer for Mayor,
Geo. II. Everson for City Treasurer. s. 1.
Fries and DIR. Walter Bell for School Direct
ors, aud - - for Auditor. The Repub-
/ lican primary election i'm the same city, held
on Saturday evening last and conducted on
the Crawford county system, resulted III the
selection of the following ticket: VIM. L.
Howard, Mayor; DIR. w. 8. Bittn-r, City
Treasurer; Is. F. Custer and Joseph Dysart,
School Directors. and w. II. Renner, Aud
itor- the latter without opposition.
To every man with a level pS, to keep
his daily business airs, and give his work
proper da the almanac doth now diets not
TO forget till tits too l8 TO curl that int" 4;
and when he's done, 'tis well to stS, that
best Of bargains, good and grs, can now be
found, a. sure as Is by all who wisely grav-
it8 TO Murphys store, where suits IN styles
compl8 on good cash buyers always wS; ana
when they come they're pleased frstrs TO
lind both goods and prices hard to bS. Star
Clothing Hall. 100 Clinton sis, Johrstown.