The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-02-07

Joseph Brown, Charles Davis,
Mary Brown aud James Wilson, were G
brought to Jsil hore Yesterday from Johns "
town, per overland route, and locked up,
the hrst named 10 answer Mt the next term
Of Court for malicious assault, and battery
carrying concealed weapons, and the others
to serve a ten days' science imposed upon
them by 'E~qnirs Easly for participating
with Brown in the last named crime. Pat
rick Henagban, of Prospect borough. was
the prosecutor.
Our attention last week was COM
pIetely monopoIized by our new press and
other duties pertaining to the getting ont Of /
the Freeman, that we really forgot to con-
eratulate the Altoona Ddtly Tribune on the
fact Of its having recently entered upon the
fourth year of Its existence. We do II now
with double-breasted qualification, and
trust that the neat and newsy little daily in
question may live and thrive until another
four at least take rank by the side OF the
one already reached, which in plain English
means not less than Al years.
The Ebeusburg colony who mean to
settle In Kansas, headed by Messrs David
Lewis and William Mclaughlin, took their
, departure hence Wednesday evening, per .
railroad. Over n dozen families, comprising .
about 40 persons comfortably filled special /
, car which was manifested through TO ST. I.
. Louis. Their baggage was checked to Ellis. .
their objective point or the Kansas Pacific
railroad We have the assurance Of soLhe
members of the colony that description OF
their new location, they find it by actual
experience, will from time TO time be far
nished our columns for publication.
As George and Asberry Stevens, OF East
wheataeld township, Indiana county, ap-
preached the one-mile dam, nesr Coopers-
dale, this county, one day last week, they
noticed that n gorge had just broken further
up the river and that a flood Of water and
ice was rushing down upon them. George
was on horseback and Asberry in a two
horse sled, drove of their cattle being
ahead The water submerged them for an
instant, ard both men were hurt slightly by
blocks of ice. Some of tho cattle were Grip
pied, but the whole drove was extricated
after great deal of trouble and eventually
driven on to Johrstown.
Having bartered his manhood and sold
ont the party that elected him before The
oath of oflce had fairly dried upon his lips,
Il vas only natural to expect that Commits
+ sioner Gurley would join with his Republi-
can confrere in robbing Peter to pay Paul,
z or in other words, in debating terms to De-
. mocratic newspapers in order to save a few
8 dollars wherewith 70 reward his political
q enemies, at the bidding Of those who own
l. him Oh, ingratitude, thy name is Gurley
Why ia the Republican member of the board
g OF County Commissioners like Robinson
:. Crusoel Because-weIl, Friday is good
l. day to answer that conundrum.
Q IF the legal calendar had been fully
d carried out, a special Court for the bearing
le OF argument in certain cases wonld have
been held in the Court House Tuesday
morning, to continue so long as the exigeu
& cies of the occasion might have required
> Judge Flanagan was on the ground, ss wa'
n hia associate, Judge Thomas, but his honor
eH Judge O-vis, before whom the Issues In
7oIved we're to have been legally heard, wal
oS detained at home by circumstances beyond
IL his control. As q result, the lawyers vii
u. be forced to wait till date hereafter TO h
set to get riG of flow of eloquence whicl
n may either astonish :he world or put maj
a. to sieep.
X On, about OF before the frst day o
ne April next the following amongst othe
an business removals in Ebensburg will h
al made: Collins, Johnston & Co.'S bank WI
nj take possessiou Of the bank building at on
ar time occupied by VIM. NJ. Lloyd & Co, j
III The East ward Carl Rivinius, watcEmake
and jeweler, will 90 into the rooms vacate
ct, by Collins, Johnston s. Co.; DR.. Hoffman
IN, above the aforesaid bank. will remove
ty' Armstrong county, and the Herald establish
Tor meht will occupy the vacated quarters. NJ
he Abranl Blaine, barber, will take a reconC
las story stall in the came building, which
for owned By Nv " J. Freidhoh. The residu
as Of the promises, il ia expected, will be met
,ed rnorphosed into eating house.
-scene In the House of Representative
or at Harrisburg, one day last week. Dran'd'
es- pe-senas Representative Hewitt, of Bla
be county, and Speaker Long. "Ar. Speaker
ich yelled Mr.. Hewitt, 81 move that from tn
tn date henceforward, page shall bs ordert
MS 10 I'D guard over each members des
AZ armed with gatling gan, duly and full
cen loaded, with instructions 10 shoot and K
but the person who steals the inkstand furnis
0t ed by the State to each members desk
Speaker Loug-''what de you need with I
M inksteHd, anyhow ?" Representative HeW
a'o ITO furnish material 70 dot the last
my name and to cross the 8, aud to car
home with me "a an evidence Of the fa
that I was a member. OF this Assem- bly,
is depressing to learn that Mr. Hewi
. moderate demand was not acceded to.
70 The CIsarfed Rspv5liedn, the Den
cratic organ os the Democratic county
VIC OlearhelG, received from she treasury
said county last year the nunifcent sum
sI,112 while the Republican organ of !
o'i0 same county obtained from the same sour
and FOX a like purpose the sum OF $685.
The latter amount, it is perhaps needless
'"'' assure our readers, Is more than four tin
"a much as was paid sither of the DEN
cratic newspapers Of the Democratic couu
A"' Of Cambria and yet Commissioner Gurl'
Us elected though Ee was by Democratic vos
o obsys the mandates of his Republican nj
tsrs by demanding a portion OF the az
honestly earned by Democratic Journals
u order to reward Fhe Republican papers
the county for having opposed the pat
y which through a mistaken philarthropy :
him in p position tc, do the dirty work OF
= enemies.
~ "A special meeting of Council w ~ he
~ Monday evening lsst to take into oonsid
alton tie expediency of extending ahe til
'i0H for the Rayment of the water bonds issu
by the borough. The Opihion of Sslici
TOM Barker which favors this idea, and trei
Bo' of its constitutional feGtures, was read a
non commented on by not only members
I"rs Council, but by q nuElber OF taxpayi
not citizens, who were present by invitatt<
N a