The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-10-10

SPARED of.
B One man came to town on Wednesday.
from halfdOzen miles to the westward
with al the way twenty-five bushels of chest
nuts for sale. He wanted 8. % per busheI
for them, and when he discovered that the
price had run down to the dimensions of a
Bland dollar, he first said it was strange and
atteTWard Swore that what everybody said
must be true, though it was an outrage on
honest industry.
Attention is invited to the card of Messrs.
McNeYIn y eager, dealers in cooking and
heating stoves and manufacturers of tinware
etc, Altoona, Pa, whom we know to be en-
JeIprlsIng and deserving young gentlemen
ana as such we have no hesitation in com
mending them to public patronage With
me store, large stock, low prices and uutir-
ing industry they cannot fail to please an
who favor them with their patronage
1t Is stated that a new Dostoffice to be
called 'Pindle'' is asked for by parties who
IN Othef days received their mail matter at
Bethel, Blackick township Cambria county.
lhe name is proposed to be given in honor
OF Mr. y. 7. Pindle agent for the Rev real
estate i'm Blackjack township. but whether
such postoffce is actually demanded by the
wants OF the people, we are not lust now
prepared to say, nor is it perhaps any of our
Peter McAIanus, formerly of Gauitziu
thls county, who is to be hanged TODAY
llhuEsday) at SunbuTy for the murder Of
liesser, has made a statement impIicatin0
TWO men named Canning and RbOads the
principal witnesses for the Commonwealth
IN the foul deed. The statement saws that
&hoads struck the fatal blow with a hammer
Inu4ds was tired some years ago for the
murder OF a Mrs. Chamberlain Cannino,
denies the truth of the statement
,->amueI Benson, a cOlOred barber of IIol-
hdaysburg, may have attempted TO commit
suicide on Monday last, as reported by leap
ING into the Juniata river from tba IN iIiD,, dF
the GayspOrt bridge. but that there v-art f9,IJr
ieet OF water in said stream at the time we
Deg leave to doubt. However Benson who
Had Deen on a prolonged spree, was fished
out a Netter though evidently not a wiser
man, for we read that he disappeared soon
atter and it is feared that lie has gone and
done it for sure this time
-lhe preliminary examination of MI
James N. Walters, a Studput-at-lav i'm the
office OF Hon. James Potts. JohnstowD. was
HELD IN the office of \. V. Barker ESQ. Fb-
ensburgr on Tuesday afternoon of-thfs week
ne Iull examining committee was present
VIZ MessrS. Reade, Elder Rose Barker
and Shoemaker IT is understood that Mr.
Walters underwent the initial test with much
credit 10 himself. The final examination. ac-
cordlng to the rules, will not come off till the
regular December term of Court
Through some incOmprehcnSihlc misaD-
pIehenslOn on our part, fOrwe certainly knew
better our somewhat aged but still vigorous
friend DR.. VIM. r. Findley, of Altoona who
evidently reads the FEEENf ~ with attention
and We hope profit, was posted in these col
ulunS last week as a leading hOmU-onOthiSt of
that city while truth to tell he is a success
lul and uncompromising practitioner Of the
dNOpatliIc school, and couldn't be tpmp+pd
70 touch homeopathy with fOrty-foOt pole
We make tie correction with pleasure
we received an invitation from our 't1t%''
and genial friend &. VI. Hackett local editor
OF the Altoona Gail, to 90 to a ''hOr roaSt'' at
ATTAINING Point Tuesday morning last. sto
be attended by numerous printers and other
good fellows. But the weather was then so
Intensely warm that we said to Ourself that
roast hog would taste better at Christmas
nJ-it wa t,f, f,..,
festival Anyhow tie invitation didn't reach
us until too late to attend Still the GENTLE
man who sent it has our thanks all the same.
Wv I'D. Trout, wife and two little DAUGHTERS
Of Altoona, went ON nuttine expedition to
the Vicinity OF Gal!itZin, this county. Satur-
day last, aud while there the two little ones
wandered away from their parents and were
soon lost in the woods. The alarm was
speedily given and several members of the
NIgilaut Fire Company of Altoona turned
out ito search for them. but meantime the
ci!idEeu round tEe!r way to a farm house,
which they reached late at night. and from
thence word was sent TO the searching PARTY
of their safety
Mr.. Cal. u. HacEett is welcomed back
To the rtportoTial ranks by all hands. In
other years he most acceDtabIy filed the
position of local uews-gatherer for the Al
tooua Tribune and did much To make Il re-
putatign for that lively little daily which has
not not been and we trust will never be lost
And now hc Is back i'm Altoona again. this
time as local editor of the DaiIs can We
always did like that Call. only when il in
dulged in naughty things about the printers
picnic management, and hereafter we shall
set double store upon Irant it, home iOttIugS
For q bunch Of elegant cigars. ''mine
host Mcintyre, of the Central Hotel, Al
tuOna, viii please accept the thanks OF We
editor, who knows whereof he affiTms when
he says that better meal cannot be obtained
anywhere than at the hotel aforesaid. which
well deserves the patronage of all readers of
the FREEMAN VINO may have occasion to
visit that city For the information of all
such, we would say that the Central Hotel
is ON Eleventh avenue, opposite the Opera
House, where a hearty welcome and the best
OF accommodation await all who seek its
hO-pitablc shelter.
Benjamin +. Higgins. OF Lower Yoder
township, this county, shot his wife on Sat
urday last Several of the shot entered her
right arm, while one of them penetrated her
body in the vicinity of the heart. The wO-
man says heI husband was quaTrellnT with
her ana threatened to put an end to her eX-
i7teuCe. that she quickly stepped inside,
closing the door, and that he thereupou fred
at her, the shot passing through the door.
Ten of them lodged in her hand and arm and
one in her breast 1t is likely the affair will
be fully Investigated, and if murder was at
tempted the facts will appear in due time.
AS the printers picnic very etectually
Knocked the wind out of the SteyeOtyped
story about ). G. Martin, Cambria FREE
NAN. Portage, Pa" so pcIsiStCHtly mduIged
i'm for several weeks by that delcctable sheet,
the Johnstown Tribune, the swcct-scented
Swank has been forced TO seek a new outlet
for his Tibdit wit, which h. does by attempt
ing to convey the impression that we paid
for Il little personal notice of OUrself publish
ed in the Altoona Gail of Friday last and
marked ''lt#,' - Just for the fun of the thing.
by the writer thereof, our jocOse friend Cal.
Ilackett, local editor Of the spicy little sheet
in question.
--One of the neatest arranged and best
filed stores in Altoona has just been opened
on Eleventh avenue by gentleman named
Moss. agent for the American Tea Company,
and we can only say after looking through it
that iU contains the largest and JeSt stock of
cOtfceS, teas and spices we have ever seen on
exhibition anywhere. while i'm the matter of
prices-weN just think Of good ground cof-
fee At ten cents per pound and everything
else in proportion. such an establishment
deserves to succeed. and succeed it viii we
we are sure If honest goods and fair prices
can accomplish it. See double column ad-
yertisement ON this page.
We stated last week that Mr. Thomas
Dumphy of st. Augustine this county, had
taken his fast IiambletOuiau horse Dan" to
Indiana Is tTUt for a stake at the county fair
held there ON the 3Oth ultimo and the 1st, ID
and Sd instant. Owing to the fact that the
animal had not been entered at the proper
time, Dan was deb3Tred from going on the
track as a contestant, though he gave an eN-
hibitiOn tTOt which was much admired by a
large audience. II Is generally understood
that objection TO the entering of Dan was
Uo5 originally made by the managers Of the
Fair, But by owners Of rival horses who
were bV no means confident they could travel
away from the Cambria county horse.
The JOhuStOWD Tribune SAYS that two
vear-od child of Mr. Conrad Kring, Of
Adams township, about one mile bey ond
FrogtOwu, was burned TO death Friday after