The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-02-28

hon. late county 1IEG6utEtY liAitAtAo " blICA
within the next few days, st his large store
room on Highzstreet, recently occupied by
Mclaughlin Brothers, a full and complete
stock Of dry goods, clothing. hats, caps,
boots, shoes, groceries, hard ware. etc, which
he has bought for cash and proposes to sell
for cash at prices which will astonis!l more
than chose who imagine they can't be under
sold. So look out for p nice stock, plenty
of bargains, and flaming advertisement
next week.
-Westmoreland county has preacher
once Well known, popular, eloquent, and
fierce and furious deuouncer OF wha. he was
pleased 10 term the "rebel" Democracy, but
now ragged, wretched and a wandeTer. He
became crazy from politics, and would insist
on preaching his political views from the
pulpit, reading constantly from secular pa
pers, making bitter persona; denunciation,
etc. He finally lost his position, became
melancholy, and being everywhere treated
with disfavor, could not again find employ
meut. Now an old man, sleeping in barns
and outhouges, and depending on the charity
Of farmers for his living, he still clings to
his Christian faith and convictions.
The Pittsburgh Leader Of Monday talks
of the Evansburg branch railroad, and tells
of how snow four feet deep covers its surface
from end to end. The railroad referred to
is probably the Ebensburg branch. II so,
the Leader is over-Eind in crediting us with
twice as much snow as we really have.
But there is enough, when piled upin drifts,
to i'll Bradley's cut and break cOmmunica-
ton with the main line. The continuous
storm OF Thursday night. FRIDAY, Saturday
and Sunday did the work, the last train
coming through on the latter dav. a force
Of laborers is engaged, however, in shovel
ing, and probably before this item meets the
eye or the reader the blockade viii again be
SIokeu.
Everybody remembers jovial John Fitz-
harris, for several years landlord in Ebens-
burg, and engaged in the Same line Of bust
ness in Hollidaysbu.g now. Along with
companion, he went hunting the other day
hunting foxes, with pack of borrowed
dogs at his heels. They speedily struck
trail and after p lonE and exciting chase the
fox was earthed. At least the dogs made
enough of noise TO lead one to believe they
had corraled not only the fox but pretty
much all the gamo i'll Blair county, but there
was some mistake about 1t after all. We
CLEAN our Information on the subject from
the Stanford. and that vcraciouF sheet as
cures Us that after John and his companion,
by zigzaqs and other ingenious devices
known to the sportsman, had succeeded in
arriving within sight OF the dogs, Is WAS
discovered they ware engaged tacklinR some
animal that wore horns. John bet his com
panion two dollars and fifty cents il was a
deer. Il was a dead cow, and the dogs were
fighting over her 10 see which would get the
best steak. ''Don'tsay anything about this"
said John to his companion ''it' all the
fault or that man Ritz. He never gives his
dogs a square meal. He keeps them half
starved all the time, 50 that it isn't and
wonder that the miserable creatures stop
and try TO mako a meal of the first carrion
they come across. Lets go.home, ana let's
keep quiet
AT the December term Ok our county
Court young man named Noah Murphy
was tried on the charge Of having stolen a
saw from the saw-ruiIl Of Mr. John Kuepper,
of Summerhin township. Ous Of the wit
nesses who test ied in the case v as AT inGi-
vidual named Secse, Of Somerset county
Seese svo-e that the saw claimed 10 have
been stolen had been Che property OF his
mother, and had gOt into tho possession of
Murphy in an entirely legitimate way. This
testimony had so mucn weight with the jury
that they failed TO agree on verdict, and
Murphy was ordered under now bonds foI
another trial j now turns cut that Seese
and Murphy are cousins, and the allegation
is made that the testimony of Seese was WO-
in the important element of
truth. Tho latter is the view taken Of the
matter by Mr.. Knepper, at any rate, and
last week Seese was arrested and in default
of bail committed to Jail to plead 1t next
Court against the charge of perjury. The
saw which is the original cause Of this liti-
CATION may be worth eight OF ten dollars,
but the bill of expense which il is piling up
against the county win run largely into the
hundreds of dollars. Jacob Murphy, Noah's
brother, was first thOUght to have been the
party who stole il, but jury at last June
Court said he didn't then came Noah = ex-
perience at December term, to be followed
by another trial next week, and now Mr.
Seese gets damagin2ly mixed up in the liti-
CATION.
AN ERROR Corrected our last is
sue we seem to have made a mistake in re-
gard to the COntest for Justice OF the Peace
in Carrolltown borough, and as we desire TO
no man, politically or other
wise, Ne gladly give place to the following
letter of correction, though we think the
writer viii admit that as a rule in this coun-
ty, Democrat gains rather than loses pres
tige in his own party by running as an inde-
pendent candidate, or at least by opposing