The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-08-30


word home that he has made al! necessary
arrangements for the pre-empting of a couple
of thousand acres of land i'm Kansas. 1t is
thought the colony will comprise dozen
families.
Conrad Ernest is the name of a Johns
town man who attempted to commit suicide
one day last week, but failed. His wife,
who has had him put under bonds tor deser-
tion, thinks it wouldn't have been a bad
thing for the community if Ernest had kill
ed himself in earnest. 1t would possi'
have been big feather in 'er nest. -oiy
--Messrs. r. l.. Johnston, w. H.
and f. II. Shoemaker, the legal oechier,
who went to Philadelphia las genueinen
gue the case OF DR.. George week 10 ar
Fisher estate before Pefe~ -'eX against the
returned home. Their zee MltcReii; nave
periormed, and the = ,atter j. noyr i'' LILY
d,,e ,tourea of ~, will render decision in
.o,,,,, ,,on, .Sn in the rolling mill at Johns
Nv - =, n"" ., 81 Jacob Shrum while astempt
eaSoc. -oss the railroad bridge at the pas
ar 4 depot IN that place, on Tuesday
5nlng last, was struck by the cars the an
f'Toach of which he failed 10 notice owing 10
the fact that he hard of hearing The
! injuries he received were such that he died
/ In about seven hours after.
/ Mr.. Shillito, business manager of the
/ Altoona EHeRtng Mirror, and Miss Kate
] Marks, ot the sane city, were made flesh of
} one flesh at Lancaster Pa on Tuesday ev-
ening .ast. We congratulate the haDpv
/ couple, aud trust that ''ShilIito the Marks
laid down by my better-half?" is q conun-
/ drum the newly y-made benedict will never
! have good and sufficient cause for asking
/ himself.
Two new Greenhack papers have lately
[ sprung into existence in this part of the State.
( One IL the Weekly National, printed I'm Al
tOOna by Mr.. John Tonliuson, and the other
/ the GreeBbGcE Nationalist located at Hunt
/ ingdou, with Joseph X. Durborrow. Esq.
"a wieider of the EaneT. This suggests the
FuFrVs fs.RF 1t.
/ paper which it proposed to establish In
/ Cambria county?
A festival ia aid of the Congregational
! church, whereat will be sold ice cream
! peaches and cream, cake, aud other luxuries
/ will be held in Tudor's and Mills building,
/ High street, beginning on Monday afternoon
I of next week. The doors will remain open
! each evening till a reasonable hour, AMI the
| festival will continue throughout the week
/ The object is a laudable one, aud we doubt
/ not our people will see to IT that nice sum
is realized.
The story going the rounds of the press
about the bottom having recently fallen out
of a we'll near Alexandria, Huntingdon
county, revealing on investigation a mann
moth cave many miles IN length and replete
! with stalagmites staiachtes, sea shells etc.
Is pronounced 10y the Huntingdon Globe "A
hinge hoax as Is also the equally startling
account, noticed rItewhere. Of the finding by
accident of lot of Spanish doubloons etc
/ iu a hollow tree near TIE same place
grove, near kayloT's station. last Satur lay,
was simply immense, no estimate placing
! the number at less than one thousand. II
was rare, old-fashioued social gathering,
each one going IN for all the euioymen that
could be crowded into n few hours time.
! Amongst the uOtables present were General
! Cotfroth and General Campbell, the rival
candidates for Congress in this district. A
goodly sum OF money for a worthy purpose
was realized.
Up to latest AL vices, the body of Cadet
James Todd, jr., who il supposed TO have
committed suicide At West Point last week,
bad not been recovered. He had beer suf-
ferIng with SrieviOus bodily ailment for
three or four months prior, and the fear OF
| falling behind IN hts classes had so prey ed
on his mind as to render him melancholy
and despnndent. He taught schco! for a
season I'm Blacklick township, this county,
aud all who knew him will be sorry to hear
of his sad and untimely demise.
| There's a time to be sad aud time to I've
glad "a time for working and stopping for
| men to make money and bees 20 make honey,
and particularly Il time TO go shopping. One
species of shopping which in the natare ol
things must be attended to in the near fu
ture is the purchase Of suitable clothing for
COO weather. II you want the pick and
choice of all the ready made clothing in
Cambria county-clothing Of the best quail
ty aud latest styles, cheap as dirt, and war
ranted to be as Tepreseuted-seud your or
ders TO Jas. j. Murphy, 100 Clinton street
Youngstown.
The attention Of parents and teachers is
! invited to the advertisement in this paper
headed Estate Normal School" Location is
| exceedingly healthful, and the town of In
diana furnishes highest church privileges
Building is new and councillors a I'd is fur
nished in the most approved manner. Value
of building and furnitdre over S2oO,OOO
Instruction of a very high order. Mr.. John
II. French L. +. d, has been called TO the
principalship. He is man of large &C
: quiremeuUs and educator of Nationa
reputation, rnd needs not recommendation
/ at or hands. T sTns very M )derate.
The shades Of night we've falling fast at
through the town there swiftly passed q
! man who drove as il insane, and yelled aloud
with might and maiu-"John Lloyd Y Col
D. / He was ia quest OF the mercantile eStahiiSh
ment Of that firm, which, a. all weIi-lnform
, [ Ell persons are aware, Is located On HlgI
I street Fbensburg NJ ssSrs. Lloyd " 20
have on hand the largest, biggest and bes
/ stock of dress aui dry goods, groceries
| hardware, queeuswar"s notl"uS, enc eve
( brought to tOwn. all which they promise u
sell at Dricas entirely satisfactory 10 the1l
customers. They solicit call FROM Ho".
AT preliminary meeting Of the priuter
| oF the Juniata Valley, held at Tyrone las
, Saturday il WAS decided that Il picnic ne ia
0ulgad i'm by That eIuinerUly respectable
class of society az Ll1v s.Svitle, on the ilhe O
the Bells Gap Railroad, on Saturday ol mex
week Il enough money can be raised 10
round representatives will be present IRON
, Bedford tJuniata, Mittlin, ClcaTieId, Ceu'er
Perry and Fulton counties. 1t ought 10 D
, a most enjoyable occasion, bnt II W" shouh
f not be able 20 attend OF course the th'n
will not go off so pleasantly as it otherwls
: would. -,
We have received n copy of the tour'
p catalogue of tIia Off GERS aud students OF N m
! State Normal School at Indiana f"T lo'
a from Dr. George II. Lewis, one oi the boa'
OF Trustees OF that institution, aud p torrne
, resident of this place. The total Hnmner Z
> punfIs last year was 4S3, 177 having aLteho
: Ell tbe winter session. and }G6 the suntne
! session Tus ensuing winter term Will 't
! gin on Monday, September 9tn' p,oNiul'
This school has ar euviahis reputation, al
@ has MANY pupils from Cauhria county
: / persons desiring a catalogue or further pa
: :icuIa1s can address Johu H. French, l.. l
K / d, Indiana, Pa. o-
Three live Susquehanna river PIX We,
> / DIared i'm the waters of Shenk les dam eiSt
q ( wears ago. They were never heard "t SIN
;. neither they nor any Of n family whl'1
/ / was hoped they might rear, untIi hu'S.''' .,
n Of last week when one Of the orlgl"'t' - ~
= was seen near the surface Of the wafer III -
middle of the dam Ivy Mr.. Ben. Ihoinpso' @