The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-03-28

"A fancy bracket bureau, with drawers
! and mirror all complete, and painted and
vanished in excellent style, is on exhibition
/ at the Foster House saloon. tits the haudi-
/ work OF Mr. Joe eiuinger, the bar-keeper,
who executed most OF the work the fa-
brication with common pocket-knife.
Mr.. James O'Donnell, young gen tie
man who spent goodiy portion OF las. sum-
mer in our midst, and while here made the
acquaintance and won the esteem of many
. Of our citizens, died of consumption at his
home in Baltimore on Saturday last, aged
about "a years. May his soul rest in peace.
"A sparsely-attended temperance meet
ing was held at the Presbyterian church in
this place last Monday evening. It's object
to obtain signatures 10 petition in
favor Of the passage of what is politically
known as the Local Option bill Hon. a.
A Barker was one Of the speakers on the
occasion.
A Young man named Frank Davis was
so badly frightened on Tuesday last by the
swapping OF a rope used in hauling the
Branch engine out of the pit into which it
had plunged, that he was seized with a fit
and had 10 he aiken home, where he soon
after recovered from his fright and is effects,
and is now as we'll as ever.
The Herald man shouldn't take on any
agony about our lack of enterprise as it is
not possible in 2 town of this size for two
newspaper men to occupy the front seat, and
he is such progressive cuss himself he
always takes the lead and we of necessity
must be cout-uJ with pew further back in
the journalistic synagogue
Mr.. wm- Carney, of Munster township,
has about two hundred bushels of Canada
oats and like quantity of what is known as
Big Yellow corn, which lie says he will sell
at fair prices for seeding purposes. The oats,
he alleges, is not only the most prolific that
can be planted, but yields from forty to forty.
three pounds to the busheI
"A teu-year old son Of Mr.. Silas a. Nc
Cough, recently Of Loretto, but at present
proprietor Of the Mountain City Hotel, AL
toous, found a pocket-book the other day
containing $50, and on reforming it to the
owner, aresideut of Chest Springs, this coun
ty, was made the recipient of the priucely
sum of-twenty-five centsl
A white barber from Altoona was il
town ON Monday last, looking for an open
ing TO start a tonsorial establishment. AT
ter viewing The ground, and reading a copy
of the last Herald, which eudeavors to throw
ouN tilS 4lAi f'tt57toL lItht l-btuhbulE lhAtu
, itauts are either old fogies or nothing h
went back home TO think about the matter.
Charles Kershaw, jr., of Huntingdon
: aged nineteen years, jumped from moving
j train at Mount Union, few days ago, and
u received injuries which resulted in his deatl
in a few hours. This is another warning
which the Hollidaysburg Standard is righ
in concluding will be needed as much a
- IL T,ar haf
For the second time within few years
- Mr.. Philip PbiIer, residing near Richmond
in Indiana eonnty, has recently been pre-
scnted with tripIets by his loving spouse
Hope he will survive the visitation, but =
? guard against such fearful fecundity in th
. future it might he well for Philip TO Pbiie
remembrance against more than one at
10 time.
; 1t was the University of Peunsylvani;
and not the Jefferson Medical College, a
inadvertently stated by us last week. from
which DR.. Abusr Griffith, Of this place, re
., Gently graduated. We make the sorrectio
because tits necessary TO attend three course
Of lectures at the former Institution, Will
two are sufficient 10 earu "sheep-skin" a
the latter.
% Hon John FeuIOn, one Of Cambri
couuty's representatives. in the State Legis
lature, was III town Saturday and Suuda.
last. on a pop visit to his family, after six o
:, seven weeks absence. He looked ~ his ne,
p. plug hat and well brushed side whiskers a
n though the cares and perpIe1ities inciden
20 life nc the State Capital didn't eutirel
disagree with him.
~ a band of Juveniles, boys and girls, an
~ all 20 the manor born. will this (Friday
evening give 3 select entertainment such a
songs, dialogues, speeches, etc, at the LIoy
, House, near the depot. They have bee
% carefully trained, aud treat of local taller
ii, seldom vouchsafed US is what's the matte
- The admitrsnce fee has been fixed Al tn
low price of ten cents
20 If the Herald man /. as much intereste
p in the prosperity OF Ebensburg as he woul
,, have people believe, why don't he print bot
IN sides Of his paper az home, and in that wa
furnish additional employment to men in OF
midst, iustead;o- running a patent outside
a. printed by parties in Philadelphia who hay
80 10 interest in our town except to draw th
4 money away from it2
On the 18th and 10th Of mex: mont
if there will be held in Tyrone, under tn
Fl auspices OF the Tyrone lodge of Good Tenn
b. lars, a convention At which delegates fror
. Blair. Cambria, Clinton, Centre, Clearfie;d
,- Huntingdon and MIfiiu counties will be {
attendance 10 the number Of about . hUndI eJ
a The Grand Worthy Chief Tempar and th
d other grand lodge officers will be ia attend
q auce.
,r The Indiana National thinks that Aul
fl tin Clark, the school teacher who aIlege
that he was cruelty beaten by some Of hi
\ scholars in Burrell township, that county
- against his assaiIauts, will not feel happ
j. over the verdict Of the jury, as he has 70 pa
4 half the costs, besides suffering from a bTC
ken jaw aud smashed nose as results or IL
Il encounter.
u We are sorry 10 have to chronicle the re
= cent severe Illness Of Dr. A. ". Keim, bu
e are glad TO known that he i getting we
Y again. The Doctors Office win be remove
from its present location TO the Office imme
r diatey opposite, on the Presbyterian par
e sonage lot, on the FIRST Of April, ard her
= or anywhere we wish him plenty of good
g paying patients, provided Of course that sick
e. ness must come TO others as wei! as himselt
Mr.. b. ;. Way, Of Oil City, had bis pock
t ct picket in Johustowu last week Of . waIIe
j. containing $50 in money and number o
Is valuable papers, and Of course Mr.. Way j
a in a bad way about it, though not in near :
.t bad fix rs Mr.. Christian Miller, of Rich
land township, who about the same tim
j aud in the same place was relieved in iik