The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-03-21


come by his patriotic, not TO say lsudable,
efforts on Monday last TO drown the sham
rock" that he lost his footing while display
ing his agility on the platform connected
with the coal works of said Arm, and railing
distance of'about twenty feet. fractured
both of hIs legs. one of them below and the
other above the knee. Drs. Murphy ami
Miller, of Tunnel Hill aud G Gallitzin respect
ively, were summoned to attend to his in
luries, and the probabilities now are that
Curley will be in a At condition to repeat the
experiment next St, Patrick day.
Mr.. Joseph II Caulfeld was a resident
of Johnstown twenty years ago. He last
{ week returned to the scenes of his childhood,
on a visit, and undertook 10 celebrate the
occasion by iudulging in spree. In this
he was so eminentlv successful tIat when
he laid down for the night, il was in the
neighbo-hOod of the Cambria Iron Com
pany's works, with his legs thrown across
the track Of the railroad belonging TO that
corporation. \ locomotive came along
shortly afterward. and one Of his legs was
severed from his body. The poor fellow was
unable 10 rally from the shock, and on the
following Tuesday morning breatbed his
. last. The remains were inferred W edues-
day.
On Monday OF the present week Mr. A.
Blaine removed his barber shop from its
longtime location, immediately opposite the
B Mountain House, to rooms above Friedhofs
store, West ward. TIE new quarters have
beer ftted-up and furnished in approved
style, and in their general appearance and
. SulIOunulDgS Eriletb EIttllL On tIt ifANtG bl
the gentleman who directed the adOrument
The gentleman Is Mr.. Blaine, and as ton
serial artist we are free to say thar he has 10
superior in this or any other county. His old
customers viii please take this as Lint to
call and see him and see how he lives aud
how much better he shaves and shampoCs
there than in the other place.
Miss Theresa Walsh, OF Sionan Mills,
ireland and Miss Cecilia Mullen, of Colum-
bus Ohio. received on Wednesday last the
feast of St. Joseph. the holy habit Of the Sis
ters.Of St. J JOsCph, which was conferred upon
themsbv Rev. Fafher Bowie at the chapel of
"Our Lady of LOurdes, ," attached to Mt.1Ga!-
litzin Seminary. the new Teligieuse taking
the names OT Sister Mary Louis and sister
Mary Agatha respectively Miss Theresa
Latterner and NJ iss Annie Evans, both Of
Ebensburg. have also cast their lots as Tos-
tulents with the good Sisters OF St Joseph,
and should life be spared and their resOIu-
tions remain Uushakeu, they will no doubt
be vested. in due time with the holy habit
they nov seek TO merit.
FS-SheTlh Ryan, accompanied by.Nr. Jesse
Bolsiuger, took to the Western penitontiary
Yesterday morning = couple of persons ad-
Judged criminals at the late term of Court.
One of these, the young man Noah Murphy,
who stole a saw from Mr.. Knepper, of Croyle
township, will luxuriate III that institution
for tie term of two years, and he will be
kept in cOunteuauce il not in company for
n ike term by James SinsahaugE, who for
ged note or two in Jackson township.
After their enlargement from that institution.
asa udge Dean'in his sentencing charge took
occasion to remark, we trust they will make
an effort to lead honest and upright lives,
arc thus remove a load from off both them
selves and their feliow-neighbors.
Uncle Joe Weisser, of the West ward
no is engaged in the purchase and sale of
turs and skins, gives Us the following stats
tics OF his business transactions for the past
three months: Number of fox skins bought,
about 300 skunk skins, nearly 300: mink
skins, 80; coon skins, 60; deer skins, /;
wildcat skins, 3 wolf skin, 1. These fig
ures will doubtless be largely swelled before
the middle of April, mp TO which date he
holds himself prepared TO pay the highest
market price for all manner % saleahle furs
and skins. He tells us that, strange as it
may seem to those not COnversant with the
mysteries of his line Of business the fur Of
the skunk is Just at present more eagerly
sought after than thar of any other animal,
the demand coming chiefly from Russia and
England
Mr.. George King, brother of Messrs J.
NJ and James King, Of JohnstOwn, whore
he also at one time resided and did business
as a dru ggist aud either previously Cr sub
sequently as deputy fo-- Sheriff Bouacker,
was in town last week ami while hero looked
in on the FREEMAN establishment several
times. Mr.. King Is At present employed AZ
commercial agent for Messrs. Tildru < Co.
manufacturing ph3rmaCeutists and chemists,
of Lebanon, the senior member of which
firm, II is not out OF place TO say, is n young
er brother Of the man VINO was elected ani
if fraud had not triumPhed Ould now he
filing the high and honorable position Of
[ ls
thoroughly acquainted with the business he
represents, Is, we trust, meeting with abuu-
dant success.
On Friday last. Robert NnlhoIIand. son
Of Ir. VIM. H1lhoIlaEd, of Summerbill
township started from home on horseback
to cross the mountain into Blair county. but
failing 10 return in due time. his friends be-
came alarmed and on Monday last sent a
younger brother to ascertain If possible the
whereabOuts of the absent ore. This mis-
sion proving q failure, several gentlemen
started ont TO search for the missing man,
and on Tuesday had the me iaUchOlT salts
faction Of finding his remains shr0uded in
snow and cold in dcarh while the horse he
had ridden was discovered quietly and con-
tentedly browsing on the sCaut heritage a
short distance away 1t IS presumed that
the Young man l1st his ay on the mountain,
and becoming exhausted through hunger,
cod aud exposure, finally lay down aud
slep: The sleep which knows no waking.
Solomon ". Roberts, Esq, IN recen:
article entitled "Reminiscences Of the OLD
Portage Railroad" " Published in the Ho}li-
dayshurg Standard made the assertion that
the Conemaugh viaduot, stilI standing and
used by the PeHnsylv lvSnia Railroad as part
of their main line, is the only structure of
the Portage road now in use. A correspond
ent Of the Altoona Tribune disputes this
statement by saying The viaduct over
the Juuiata At Hollidaysburg and two small
er ones on the Newry branch at Duncaus-
willie are still! used aud stand as useful relics
OF the first railroad over the Allegheny
mountain. Mr.. John Lowe. the stone mason
who flushed she HOllidaysburg via6uci for
fy-seveu yeUrs ago, IL an active citizen OF
Gaysport, and justly feels proud of jhe mon
umeut to his honest v workmanship aud Al
though showing signs of weakness he con-
tends the structure can never fall, or, rather,
cave in"
Rev. T. r. Jones, pastor OF the Congre-
gational church OF this place, returued home
few days ago from short visit to Pitts
burgh. He informs rs that the reception
rendered him at Johnstown by a number of
persons who insisted that he was Francis
Murphy, the great temperance refCrmer, was
substantially correct as reported in these
columns last week. The resemblance exist
ing between the two gentlemen in physical
point of view is somewhat remarkable,
thGugh having seen Mr.. Murphy we are sure
we would not mistake him for our clerical
friend, while their pronounced temperance
preellvlties converge at a common centre,
and the mistake OF the .JohnstOwners is
therefore not to he wondered at. In other
days, when Mr.. Jones wore his hair long il
was = common saying thar il woud be hard
to tell whether a certain photograph was the
counterfeit presentment of that gentleman
himself or of Henry Ward Beecher
Lambert Alexander Cogan, fourteen
years old, son of Mr.. J. Il. Cogan a highly
respeC table and worthy citizen of Clearfield
township, in this county, left his fathers
house on the 18th of last December, and up
to this time Mr.. Cogan has not been able to
The boy, when he left his parents, wore a
round cap, drab CuloreG roundabout. and
dark striped pants. He has blue eyes dark
hair, and his face is a good deal freckled
Mr. Cogan of course feels all the anxiety Of
father about mis- child, and If the papers in
Clearted and Blair counties with which we
. exchange will copy the substance Of thiS item
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