The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-05-09

As q member Of the committee on per-
maneut organization appointed a; the picnic
of the Junia'a Valley typos, held at Lioyds-
vile last September, we have been invited
by Chairman DurbOTrOw to attend meeting
OF said committee at the Leisrer House,
Huntingdon, at o'clock, p. m, ON Saturday
of next week. OF course we shall try TO be
on hand
In accordance with an order Of Council, .
the boundary lines of Ebensburg borough F.
We're last week re-established by compass
and chain by Messrs- r. \. Shoemaker and
II. !. Grouse Two families heretofore
treated as though they belonged to Cambria
township are by this means brought within
the borough limits. The cost OF the survey. .
including a map to be filed in the borough
archives. was SD.
Nine young hO0dlumS are charged by
Mrs Morrison, of Altoona. a widow woman.
with having. on Friday evening last forcibly
broken open her door, entered her residence.
inSulted and assaulted her and otherwise
acted in dcroEafiou of certain laws ON the
stature books Two of the parties have been
arrested and bound over To answer: the
others are understood to have fed the city
A man by the name of Irvine living in
the Richards Dean township. saws the Car
rOlltOwn Ne7cS, met with Il sad accident last
week. He heard his dogs making a fuss a
few yards from the house. and found that
they had treed some wild animal He climb
ed the tree and dead limb broke ON which
he trusted his weight, when he fell distance
of about twenty feet TO the ground, sustain
ing serious if not fatal injuries.
The public are warned against q travel
ing fraud, a German by birth, who picks up
living by borrowing money on the strength
Of bogus notes and DaDeTs and answers to the
name of Charles Cruze. His latest exploit
was to attempt to chiSei Mr.. G.. Raab, of
JOhnStOwn, ont of S17 of board and whSkey
bill, but night in the lookup brought him
TO his senses, and he fOTkcd over enough
collateral to guaranty payment OF the
amount.
The ShirIeysburg. Huntingdon county
almshOuse was destroyed by fire last Satur-
day morning The inmates, 90 in number
and many of them insane. were removed in
safety. The building itself cost s. 500, while
there was much valuable furniture in II. In
Sured for 5000. The origin of the fire is not
known, but 1t Is supposed to have been Occd-
stoned by careleS~uesS ON the part of those
whose duty il was to watch over the patients
in the insane department.
There was a religious reception in the
chapel at Mt GaIlItZin Seminary, in this
place. on last Sunday afternoon. ON which
occasion Miss Lizzie Mcguire, Of Brooklyn.
y. /, and Miss Ellen Rodgers of Columbus,
O , took the vows of chastity, obedience, etc,
and became members of the holy order of st.
Joseph, the former as Sister Mary AlOysiUs
and the latter as Sister Mary Rose. Rev.
Fathers Boyle and Ward officiated ut the
beautiful and impressive ceremony.
By order of the Republican Committee
Of Blair county, which met at HOIliday~bUrg
last Saturday, the date for the primary
election was fixed for Saturday, oath inst.
Tyrone. were elected Representative dele
gates to the State Convention. and Dr.
Strayer, of Roaring Springs, was elected
Senatorial delegate, and proposition TO
abolish the Crawford county system was or
dered to he voted on at the primary election.
The five lectures on temperance aud
kindred subjects delivered by Mrs. Mcclellan
Brown in the Congregational and Prc-hy
terrain churches of this place, beginning last
Friday evening and closing tine following
Monday evening" were tavOrably received by
. large audiences The lady is fluent and
fOrcible speaker, and made a marked de
parture from the customary style of temper
durg-IrcturIHg by INTERPRETING q more than or
dlnary number of original ideas into her re-
marks.
All is not harmony with the Cambria
colony now resident in Kansas. We have
the particulars Of q pitched battle lately
fought by and between certain of its mem
berS, hut iua~mUch as no one WdS much hurt,
lctalDne killed. the publication thereof would
not prove interesting But one result may
be stated. The land pre-empted by the
cOlOnistS was, according to general under
standing. TO be worked for one year ON the
company or cooperative plan. Hereafter.
either there Will be two colonies each indie
pendent of the other, or each man viii work
his own land after his own fashion.
Mr. Frederick Schultz is the name Of q
German whose residence iS at st. Nicholas,
i'm Barr township. this county. About a
month ago he went to J0hustOwn i'm quest of
work, and was employed by the JohHstown
Water Company rs IdbOTer to assist in the
construction of the new reservoir in NOdrr
township. Last Thursday evening while
walking ON the railroad track. he was struck,
knocked down andTUn over 10y a freight train
near the JohuStOvH passenger depot. His
. right leg and left foot We're ground OFF. At
latest adyicos, hc was meudiug as fast as
could be hoped for under the circumstances.
Mr. Levi Grove, of Jackson township,
went To JohnStown with his farm wagon a
couple of weeks ago, and while crossing the
railroad nearthc paSsenEpTdr pot two sections
Of freight train bore down on him and
caught and badly demolished the vehicle.
ON Friday last, before Esquire StrayeT, Mr..
Grove entered suits against the 7. L. X. Co.
for damages and ObStructng the highway,
but subsequently the suit for damages was
withdrawn. on the other, judgment ir his
favor was rendered by the Esquire. The Act
OI Assembly provides the penalty, which IS
50 fine, One-half to COintu the State treasury
and the other half 10 the infOuner-
Some queer people live in JOIuStOwn.
few weeks ago, We made mention of the
circumstance of couple of men down there
9kiunIng live rabbit and aftcTwaTi chasing
it around a lot till death rescued il from their
brutality and here comes the Tribune com
planning that ON Monday last. four men tied
a dog to tree on Prospect Hill and amused
themselves shooting mark at it for over an
hour. Nearly ali the bullets took effect, and
the hOwiS of the poor brute were 50 agoniZ-
ing that large numbers of women living in
the neighboring borough of Conemaugh were
attracted to the front-dOoT in their everyday
clothes and with their back hair down.
Misunderstanding Ripple, who distinguish
et himself q couple of months 20 by putting
an end to the existence Of three wolves
through the inStrumpntaity of a dead horse
primed with arsenic, just across the Indiana
county line from Barr township, this county
last week succeeded in adding the fourth
animal of that species to his list of victims.
This wolf which met its death from q bullet
was a large red one, and has been sold to Nr
James !. Murphy JonnstDwn in whose
clothing store it is now on exhibition. Per
sOus who live i'm the section where these
wolves We're wont to congregate and where
-orry To learn that Mr.. Ripple has gone out
of the war of determination and into the en-
plOy of the roliiugmill at JOhnStown.
1t is generally understood that beginning
with next Monday, Mr.. Fes Lloyd. proprietor
of the E5enSburg job printing office. viii as
sumo fun and undivided control of the Envus-
burg Herald newspaper Mr.. Ed. James IetiT-
ing from the latter concern. We do not know
fora verify but suppose that Mr.. James will
tween the pust-utilce and the EbenSburg
Wooden factory, the former of which he holds
by appointment, and third interest in the
latter being his 10y virtue Of recent puT-
chase. Mr.. LLOYD is q most e-timable young
gentleman and good practical printer, and
we doubt not will maintain the wcll-caTned
reputation Of the Herald as an excellent local
newspaper Both he and Mr.. James have
our best wishes for their uninterrupted future
prosperity.
With its issue for the current week the
gay and Incompatible Hollidaysburg Stand
ard entered on its thirty-fourth volume under
its present proprietor .. \. Taugh. 1t
bears about il all those indications of pros
pcrity that are ever the reward of a news