The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-05-23

cupies room Immediately in front Of the
only barber shop q "a FhcnSburg i'm the Sc
cOnd town (J0hnstoWn being the firSt) of
Importance i'm Cambria county in a business
point of view. So it viii readily be seen
that the FREEMAN must either razor barber
shop OF Its own or confess to lack of enter
prise in that directiOn-the latter of which it
can neNer-that Is to say, scarcely eyer-dO.
Hair We this Brother Blam2
-CarrOlltOwn, which place. according to
the Ne1rS, IS the second town in Cambria
county, Johnstown being the first, stands in
need of several things before its sum total of
happiness is rendered complete. First and
foremost, IL wants a railroad. to connect il
with the great outside world. Next it wants
a money order department attached to its
poStoiilce, Tor the convenience of business
men and the public generally. And. finally,
u wants diversity of manufacturing cs-
adjustments. In due course Of time. we
doubt not, t2Tr0HtowU viii come into pos
session Of ailtho facilities desired for enlarged
enterprise, for it is the centre of an iudustri-
Gus, pushing population. while its soil IS rich
noIh on the surface and underneath. But
that 1t viii attain to the distinction of being
the second town in the county remains to he
seen. It is not now
some time last chestnut time" Peter
Madden, with a couple Of other boys, stole
nag OF cheStnutS, worth probably 3 or S3.
They We're arrested and tried AZ the January
term OF court and Madden Cat leaSt) found
guilty. He was sentenced to the House of
Refuge, but was subsequently sent back to
this county as an inc1TTigiblc youth and one
entirely unfit for that institution. At the last
term he was sentenced to 5hc pcnitentiary.
The sheriff tells Us that the bag of eheStnUtS
which Madden stole has already cost the
county $500, besides the cost of maintaining
him in the DCnitpntiaTy Rather dear chest
nuts. those '-if0Cuu CuV Right You are,
Brother buckingham. when yOu Cattle nuts
rather dear, but why didn't it occur to yoU
to remark that il is enough TO Madden the
taxpayers of the county to be called upon to
flr- -t -lF q -
When Brother Williams, Of the Carroll
town Ne1cs. reads Chairman Mcdonald
lecture for failing to supply that paper with
the call for the meeting of the County Com
mittce at the same time he furnished it to the
FREEMAN. and when he gives sheriff Ryan
= hint not to be misunderstood about adver-
tisiIlg. or rather failing to advertise, his sales
i'm the NetrS. he NAV he. and We think he Is,
Try ing to get UP head q alitt!e too rapidly but
when it l. jutjmated, as We have heard it in
timated, that Brother Williams didn't vote
the Democratic ticket last fall, or at least
that ht went back ON General COiiTOth. we
feel called upon to say that We don't believe
q word Of it, Certain it is that Brother VIII
liamS assured Us most earnestly before the
election that he would vote the entire Demo
craft. ticket. General fOffTOth and all. and
We have known Brother Williams too long
and too Intimately to suspect for moment
that he would say one thing and do another.
SO that settles that. or at least ought to settle
IL until proof tG the contrary is forthcoming
An Illustration Of how January some
times becomes possessed Of desire to wed
june, and June. ike Barllis. is wiIliu', was
made manifest in this place last week The
January in the case is the weiiSeIs0ncd
survivor of two former wives, ami j. probably
50 years of are. while the GamSel who looked
upon him with eyes of love has seen the
blossoms pf no more than lG summers bloom
and fade in EcTDatEwaV. The twain ci"ctrl-
fed q resident Clergyman BIZ calling ON him.
tTigEed ont In holiday array. and requesting
him to weld them together in those bonds
which may be stretched hut should only be
broken thIS side the crave and to be mighty
expeditions about it at; hat The Clergyman
admit, the right, generally speaking. OF amy
man To- wed any woman. both parties having
their eyes open and no coercion entering into
the matter. but when one of the wgUit-he
high contracting parties takes the gUi-c of
grandfather and the other Of an infant he
must have six months or q wear to think
about it. And So, January and June
youth and Grabbed agc''-wrnt forth dis
cuuSolato, and tine torch Of Iiymcn does not
burn BRIGHTLY for them.
We have not been authorized to throw a
tub of amy kind to the CauoIitGwn whale,
but wishing, nevertheless, to- quiet tile per
turhed feelings of ORR friend of the .Nortb0rn
rg0ibTio Ncs~S. we venture to remark that
Chairman Mcdonald could not have furnish
ci that paper with "a call for meeting of
thc Democrat" County Committee al the
sam" lime that he rave IL to the FREEMAN.
simply because hr only knew short time
before uUr paper went % press when the
was for that information hc was waitiH" he
at once acted without q thought as to the
trouble I'm store for him. When ne did so
act he no doubt presumed that the rule at all
times prevalent OF inserting official notices in
the Paper nearest to the Chairman Of the
County Committee, and leaving it t. the
other organ or organs of the party Jo copy
them. would still do to tie to. but in this he
seems 20 have ECgloucd without his host, for
the last and least. not to say livelic~t- of jour
uali~tic ventures in Cambria county j evil
IDENTITY gotten up oil the dynamite order. and
is .at tu He fooled with. Next deal We adj
wise our greatly aggTiryed friend to locate the
craftsmanship little further north, and then
''U~ fellows viii have to do the copying.
REpOHTEU IYSCHT,,G or Two NOT0RrOys
EACTEES.-SJuf8rd MaTdis Is name
we'll known i'm criminal annals from his CON
ncction with what is Fopularly styled the
''MardiS gang. of couuterfcitcIs, OF which ne
was esteemed head and front. He served
one term i'm the peuiteutiary on conviction of
dealing i'm counterfeit money, and it Is under
stood the officers have been for some time
looking for him with reference to another
and similar charge. William Shepard did our
Jail the honor Of becoming an inmate of enc
of its cells, year or two ago, on complaint
of AT. Isaac AaE0n, 0f BlGcklicl, township,
that hc had swindIed him out Of a horse
through the medium Of q bogus check on an
Indiana bank. The case was finally com
promised by the payment nf the money call
tt IUE ifN inc tNttN- blit }Nt transact non itlE
upon William the decply-iudcutcd impress Of
rGscaljty. lie was close friend of NardiS.
and both lived In the lcighboThO0d Of
Str1ug-tovu. on fhc line dividing Cambria
and Indiana counties. These two men have
been missing from their former haUntS for
some time and their whereabouts Were Un-
known. But gentleman Who lately visited
NrrDu--tvwu says that Tcuur. concerning
them is current in those parts. which if
true, definitely and forever fixes THEN abiding
place. The report referred 10 Is to the effect
that MdrdiS and Shepard had wandered in
company into the state of Indiana, and,
tOmaEe aTaise byrohNing private residence.
given, but it belonged to a widow woman,
whom it was found necessary to murder be
fore her hoard could bc reached The neigh
h0rS. uuon discovery of the foul deed, speed
ilv hunted Mardis and Shepard down, and
an execution conducted under the code OF
Judge Lyuch speedily followed After
hanging till they were dead, the two were
buried at the root Of the tree which had StFy-
cd as gaIIOws. This Is the story as II Is
told at Strongst0wn hut whether it is true,
or only a blind to throw the officers who, as
we have stated, are understood to be look
ing for at least one Of the parties, on the
scent, il not for us to say.
PREPARING TO ICE0E THE ilERoIC DEAD.
~ meeting of Go. =. fItth Regiment +
y. g.. was held at the aTmCry last Saturday
evening. when. after a full interchange OF
views il was decided that Decoration day
shall be observed in EbCnSbUrg in the beauti-
ful and appropriate manner of other years.
The company in its full strength, headed by
the EbeuSbUTg silver CurECt band, VIII
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