The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-10-24


manly passenger engineers on the Z. r. R.
had the good fortune to win for the second
time the pet fawn shot for at Cresson on
Wednesday last We did not learn tba
Iengthof his string, nor indeed of any of them
We had the pleasure of q call on Monday
last from our venerable and sincere friend
Rev. John Walsh, the beloved and Jealous
pastor OF 1t. Johns church, Altoona, who,
we are pleased to say has regained to a great
extent his wOnted health and looks as if
many years more Of faithful and efficient
services in the masters vineyard were still be-
fore him.
Sampson * Kittell, editors and publish
ers of the Emlenton, Venango county, Regis-
Ter, have IL IN contemplation to issue n daily
three weeks hence. The Junior member of
this firm was born and bred in Fhensburc,
and was for some time an employee on the
FREENtAE. We wish him and his partneralI
Imaginable manner Of success in their new
departure
The LoyaIhanua paper mills at Latrobe,
owned by James Peters & Co. were totally
destroyed by fire between I and > o'clock
sunday morning last. Loss between S2G. 600
ana $4,000. Insured in Pittsburgh and
eastern companies to the amount of 81. 800.
Machinery and fixtures are supposed to be a
total loss. Tie fire is thoughttO be of incen-
diary origin.
Mr.. Alonzo :. Elliott, the Republican
nominee for Poor House Director in Cambria
county, last week rendered his resignation of
thaC nomination to the Republican County
Committee. lie says he is not and was not
an aSpirant for the position. The field is
therefore open for Republicans as well as
Democrats to unite on Mr. John ROrabauGh
whose name flies at our masthead
On Thursday. Nov 9th two dayS after
the election, Mr.. IGnatiuS Better, of Munster
township, who intends removing with his
family to Altoona, will offer at public sale a
lot of live stock, consisting of one horse four
cows, and & We head of Young cattle as well
rs wagons sleds, harness. windmilIs blows
harrowS, oats, corn, hay, fodder, etc. Sale to
commence at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
The firm Of Cooper & Mellon, of Chest
Springs, have contract for the delivering Of
three million feet Of tim Der in the headwaters
OF C!earield creek this season. There NAV
be money in it. and we feel sure it viii not
be the fault Of Mr.. COOper or Mr. Mellon if
it is not, and with that general impression
remaining on our mind we wish all concern
ed bon roVGgs. In other words may the RATS
be safely delivered.
The Northern Cambria NeJrs has some
how been led into the error of publishing the
entire OF last years proclamation, 'Sheep
Law and all. The "Shcep Law came he
fore the voters of Cambria county one year
ago, and was defeated by a decided majority.
No such question will therefore be permitted
To disturb the equilibrium of electors on
next Tuesday week, the Carroltown Nc1cS
TO the contrary notwithstanding.
Sheriff Ryan on Tuesday last purchased
what is known as the Pealle property, on the
corner Of Washington street and Court alley,
Johnstown, paying therefor the sum of 81
900. II is the intention of our friend and
neighbOr to take possession of his new pur-
+ chase upon the expiration of his term of office
a couple of months hence, and in the mean
time the property is to be fitted UP for mcr-
camille as well as dwelling purposes.
"A series of weil-attcndcd Democratic
meetings is being held in the northern tier
of townships ui Cambria county, at which
r. J.. Johnston. Esq, WIN. II. ScchIer, Esq,
. John c. Lake, ESQ, I. 4. Shoemaker, ESD.
Mr.. Nicholas Helfrich, Hon. John d. Thomas,
Capt. + r. Dunegan, County Commissioner
. George GuTley, and several others, are do
ing yeOman service as either speakers or
workers. 1t win count on the 4th day Of
November next.
-Bunuing for Sheriff in Cambria county
don't seem to be q very healthy business this
year, as may he Inferred from the miSfOr-
fumes which have Eefailcn Messrs. Nagle
and Griffith. the candidates respectively of
the Democratic and Eepuhiicln parties. Mr..
snyder. the Grcrnback nominee, had better,
therefore, keep his eye peeled, as i'm the ma
ture of things his turn comes next, though it
is to be hoped that he won't be hurt any
where else than al the polls.
There is q possibility that a fashionable
summer resort will be erected near the site
of the old reservoir, in Croyle township this
county, but that it will be a rival TO CresSOn
IS prOUlematcal The reservoir spoken of is
three miles removed from the line of the p.
the yeTandd Of the Mountain House into
one of a dozen trains which stop daily at
. Cresson and not strain yourself by the eXer-
else. That makes the difference.
NJ J. Teitelbaum, LCrettO, sells at the
following popular prices Coffee, Zoe. per
pound sugar, &c. per pound mOlasSeS, 3''c.
per gallon and up rice, Sc. per pound to-
5accO, soc. per pound carbon OIL l2lzc. per
gallon brooms, l2iz apiece wooden pals,
12IzC. each calico &C.. per yard; muSlinS,
from jc. up /; ginghams, from &C up ladies'
dress goods, from Zoe up mems boots at
SI.7J per pair: boys boots, g0c. up. Fix
those figures in your mind, and 90 nowhere
else if YOU want bargains.
Mr.. Aver AEy-=, Of JUhustCwn, q
stauuch friend OF the FREEMAN, reports hav-
in- seen the other day on the farm of Mr..
4 CYRUS StOUlfeT near BlairsyIlle, a held Of fall
wheat some of the stalks IL which by actual
. measurement are two feet in height and al
ready heading 50 luEurant indeed Is the
growth tia. the owner has been obliged To
turn several calves into the field TO pasture
upon the grain which, rs the Tribune says,
Law 50 thick and matted as To hide the ground.
such thing has never been known to occur
i'm that locality before
The Jackson township experimental oil
well has reached the depth Of 500 feet, and
the idea heretofore stated in these columns,
Is That it shall 90 down I,2oO feet further.
There is oil There. superintendent Richards
says, or there is nothing, and what's wanted
is the sum Of : POO. in shares OF so each, OF
the whole enterprise will fall through
DuaTtermaSteT James VI. Singer, now OF
Jackson township. and whose uostuifice ad-
dress Just now is either Ebcns5urE or Johns
town. can and viii furnish further particu-
lars upon application.
Mr.. Marshall s Smith. brother Of tie
. senior editor of the Indiana Messenger, died
last week in the borough named. The
, deceased was well known to many Cam
briaus and his early demise is by chem re
grcitpI For time he held the second desk
in the Treasury department at Harrisburg
under Mr.. R. W. Mackey, and was subSe-
auentlv chief clerk in the Keystone Hotel,
now the Brady House, Harrisburg In eth
er situation he filed the fun measure Of the
bill despite uncalled-fOT siuTs and insinua-
tious. lie is at rest now.
County Chairman Sechle: has issued a
call for a Democratic meeting 10 be held at
Chest Springs tomorrow Saturday even
iug. at which speeches viii be delivered by
Hon. John Feul0u r. /. Johnston, Esq. j.
" g. Lake and r. 4. Shoemaker ESqs This
meeting VIII be supplemented by another n
st. Augustine on Saturday evening Of next
week Cproboblv the last meeting Of the cam
p~ian) which viii be addressed by Hon. Jno.
FenIon and Gen. Jos. Mcdonald. A. each
+ of these meetings there no doubt will be, as
there should be, a grand demonstration on
behalf Of Barr Nagie, ROraoaugh, Hornlck
and Scanlan-
We stated i'm last weeks issue of the
. FREEMAN that Gen. Dick Coulter and Geo.
+ HUFF. ESQ, Of GrcenSburg, were in Ebcns-
burg on a pop visit. It has since tTanSpred
that it was a strictly business visit on the
part Of the eminent gentlemen named, and
that their obi ect was to purchase the eXteh-
sfve coal fields at that date being operated 10y
Nfeesrs Heist Luke & Co, ut South Fork,
this county They were successful in Oh
tanning a transfer Of deeds the consideration
OF 3 600 passing between the parties. Tn
der the new management, what was a capaC-