The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-07-04
1ncAL IND PERSONAL.

HERE. THERE AND THE OTHER PLACE.
The Portage station mOnev-drawer was
rlhhed of Sl5 last Saturday
Cherries are begging for buyers at four
.rrts per quart in this place.
-Siytv-three tickets to Ebensburg We're
sold no the Johustown railroad depot last
Monday morning
a gfpSv encampment has been inaugu-
rated near Whisky Springs, in the neiChhOr-
rpud uf JohnstOwn.
a new mail route between Chest Springs
and LOretto gives much satisfaction to the
reuulc of those parts.
a black bass which measured 13 inches
fn length was caught In Shenkle's dam last
Friday by Mr.. Lon. Rodgers.
A game Uf base ball in which the con-
-.-tantS will appear in full-rigged fantastic
suits will divert JohnstOwn to-day.
The Ebensburg Silver Cornet band will
uIav some choice musical selections this (Fri-
dav) morning. They know how to do it.
The Jackson township oil well has
reached depth OF over one hundred and
fifty feet, and the protector reports oil well
Go to McDonald's, Lorctto, for rakes,
scythrS, SnathS, hoes, and agricultural i'm
uIcmtutS generally He will give YOU the
best of bargains.
postmaster for Munster, this county. and
that 10 Is a good appointment there can he
mo- DCreT-~ity of opinion.
Judge G.. W. Easily, of JOhnstown, was
able To- say that ne was in the enjoyment Of
bis usual ~talwaTt health.
Mcdonald. of LOrettO. advises everybody
tr refrain from family jars, and 90 to him
Tor fruit jars, which he has i'm almost end
less urDfU-iUu and at wonderfully low prices
-Auuthcr adjourned sale of property he
longing to Mr.. VIM. VI. Lloyd, bankrupt,
was held in Altoona this week. The sums
bid are considered to be about the proper
figures.
The dead body Of a male infant was
found near Bakers Furnace, Blair county,
ON sunday afternoon. The mother is known
but the physicians cOrrOberate her story that
thr child was still born.
The IiOllidayShurg Standard saws that
Mrs George IIOffecker, of this county was
fuuud dead, ON the threshold of her dwelling
lu Thursday last. She was afflicted with
asthma, which Is supposed to have caused
her death.
Mr. Jesse r. Crawford, ,'of HoTIidavsburg.
has been obliged to step down and OUT OF
the position of watchman of the public
grounds at Harrisburg and Mr.. Daniel +.
WeiZel, uf Northumberland county, has
been appointed i'm his place.
A report was current on the street Tues
dIE last that Capt. John Porter formerly of
this county, was lying ut the point of death
at Derry WeStlnOreland county, but news
subsequently, received showed it to have
been exaggerated. He Is III, but not danger
uu-'y So.
Without dispara cement to his overwork-
cd and uycThcatcd fpllOW-scCretaries in the
convention Monday and TUESDAY il NAV be
truly said that the superior of Mr.. Sheridan
Wi~rgarveT, of IohnStOwn, az 4 rapid and
exact manipulation Of figures cannot easily
De- found.
George Wchu, Sr.. an old and highly re.
specified resident Of jackson township. dieC
last saturday. His remains were taken t.
Altoona the following Monday and inferred.
The deceased was the fatheT-in-law of eX-
Register and Recorder James NJ. Singer O
this place
1t is admitted on all hands that a NOR,
C'utrrl- orderly set of men than those whG
sat i'm the convention here on Monday ant
Tuesday never before assembled in EbenS
burg II such a thing were possible, VT
would like To see each and all Of them stay
with us the year round.
~ basket picnic gotten up under the
auspices ~ the ladies of the Catholic con
gregJtiou Of NilmOTe will be held i'm a grove
adjacent 10 that prosperous village to-day.
OF course, it will be success. Anything
undertaken bv the ladies aforesaid must
necessarily he a success
-CarrulltOwn will picnic to-day and to
morrow. In addition to the usual attractions
~ plenty To eat and drink two brass bands
viii discourse sweet music and a balloon as
rpu~IOu viii occur each day. Persons con
temVlItiug patriotic excursion will miss j
if they fail tu take i'm CaTolltown.
The CarrultOwn Ne1rS recently SANDER
yd John \. Kennedy, Esq. deputy Count,
Treasurer. apolOgiZed for it last week; re
Tcatrd the -lauder by stating that "a j
Kennedy was the man il was talking about
aud, iu general, mixed things badly. But
that's nothing unusual for the Netrs.
An old man named Jacob ManguS, aget
about - years, a resident of GTubbtOwn
this county, was Frustrated by the heat o
tine sum Wednesday forenoon, and although
Hr TrEiiucd consciousness soon after, he wa
NOT able tp talk, and owing to his advanced
gr. There is little chance for recovery.
The order of the Burgess of this bOr
uuEi officially promulgated, Is that ~
fireworks shall be- permitted to explode with
iu hf, baiIiwick on the 1O3d anniversary o
American Independence. But, then, boy
viii ur boys. as every one knows, and a III
OF July without "squibs' is not for any @
those
The picnic held in "a grove midway he
t.Eiyt trpS~Ou and Summit Thursday las
was "a grand success. The crowd prcSen
vI- 70 large one, and everybody enjoyed him
-uf About $500 was realized above eN
rau~c~. which sum will be devoted to tn,
advancement of the financial interests of tn
Catholic church at Summityille.
Joseph y. .Iaggard- formerly Of Altoona
where his brother, Clement +. Jaggard,
well known and successful merchant still
lives. was stabbed to death by a tramp at hi
home in BeggS, Butte county Cal, Ol
Thursday last. The murderer has been ar
rested Mr.. Jaggard was aged about 4
years and was member Of the CaltOrnl
Two men, who gave the names Of Tedd,
Mccarthy and Charles Burns, were ARRESTED
40 Cre>~0u on Wednesday morning last b,
Policemen Harris and Litzinger of Johns
town. on tine charge of hOTSc->tealing. Tn
animal they are supposed to have run ava
with belonged tu gentleman in Chicago
4 woman, who claims To be Burns wife Wa
ur. ~ the party
We have enough light on the subject q
the printers picnic at CTeS~Ou to assure al
Interested that il viii be the gaye>t an,
ITEuja~t affair Of the kind they have eve
attended The management of the Noun
tain House at that place have entered int
-.a spirit of the thing. and that means tina
good grub and lots of fun is in store for tn
-ETu~ of the JuuiHta valley.
Wonder If editorial excursions, so call
aI. ." devastated the country to any grea
extent when the writing editor Of the llOili
Iav~uUrE Standard attended the picnic Il
L'Hvi~yillc last summer and forgot for tn
fur being that he was q journalist who Ia,
neither time nor inclination for free-luucl
audi Jnad-hcad jWuketing" Oh, consist
guaE. thou art indeed jewel!
Our good friend and true, Rev. AmbTOs
Uruuuer. Of AtchiSou. Kansas. Is at prcsen
ula. visit To- his old parishiOuers in Carroll
town. where he Is receiving right roya
welcome from the people of that vicinity
-u.ara uTUyerhial for their Kindness AM
hospitality. Hope our Rev. friend will Loo
E .u Eucu~hurg before he tuTneS his ifac
.-.. more towards the setting sun.
The Republicans Eereaway are laughin
I- their sleeves at the inglOTiOus result
achieved Dos the late Democratic county cor
...iHu. and no doubt imagine that tn
Gates are ai3r for "a Republican Sheriff &
step .u and make himself, at home. All O
"-.. Wl. never come TO pass, as the Demo
.-..l ul Cambria possesses too much VItailC
- ..Fc .he breath knocked out of il in an,
-H.. way
1T should bc borne prominently i'm min,
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