The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-18

and we hope to see him literally patronized
The examining committee of the Cam
bria county bar. Messrs Barker, Shoemaker,
Reade. Elder and Rose, met in Johnstown on
Wednesday to test the qualifications of Chal
L Dick, James VI. Walters and Samuel Scott
for admission into the legal fraternity Their
report will be rendered at next session of
Court
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is
erecting Swiss cottage and LAYING out a
flower garden at Kittanning Point. When
completed. this cOInmingling of elegant art
with bOuntltul nature viii make the great
Horseshoe Bend the most delightful spot for
the tourists eye to dwell on that can be found
in America.
Large numbers of wild ducks have been
paying visits to the several dams below town
during the present week, and a gOOdly num-
Der are being bagged by SportSmen. y few
wild reese have been seen, but so far as heard
from they have been seen only at a distance
too great for even telescope sights. They
are JerH wild.
a champion pie-eating match is tobe en-
dulged in at the Altoona Opera House to-
morrow evening. \ prize of s. will be given
the boy who inside a stated time puts him
self outside the largest circumference of pie
and his body, should he fortunately chance
to die, will be Inferred at the expense of the
management.
John ROrabaugh, Esq, of Crovle town
ship, proposes to try his luck before the next
Democratic county convention for the Office
of Poor House Director, and bcingan honest
man, respected citizen, and consistent,
hard-working Democrat, we are sure the
honor could not fall upon more worthy or
more competent gentleman. Next!
Annie Raddigan, a fifteen-year-Old Al
tOOna girl, was standing looking at a bonfire
which some boys had built in the streets.
when shower of sparks settled on her cloth
ing and Ignited it. She ran, and Of course
was soon enyeloped in flames and before an
Oyercoat could be wrapped around her was
very badly though not fatally burned.
Mrs. Margaret Shrum of Johnstown
tailed to live peaceably with her siSter-in-law,
Mrs. George IlOhmann, under whose roof she
found shelter, and was turned adrift Being
in INDECENT circumstances, she was brought
here the latter part of last week and located
in the Poor House. Her husband lives in
Philadelphia, and is said to be in good finan-
clal circumstances.
Mr. John b. Broolbank, some what noted
as hunter and fisherman, died suddenly at
the residence of his SOn-in-law, Mr.. Jonathan
Jones in Cambria township, on last Satur-
day morning. He was a brother of Mrs
Susan Riley and Mrs. John DOugherty and
was aged about 80 years. His wife who
lives IN this place, and several grOwn-up
children, survive him.
a middle-aged tramp named Lake was
struck by the Philadelphia Express near
Lilly station last Friday evening and knock
ed INTO convenient ditch. His explanation
of the accident was that he had stepped from
one track to the other to avoid an approach
ing train, and had forgot to look behind to see
whether the coast was clear He was removed
TO GallitZin, where his injuries received medi-
cal treatment
years postmaster of HOlidaysbUrg died last
Friday night, aged 90 years In both his
public and private relations he was highly
esteemed and his death has caused void
which Will long be peTceptibe His success
SOr as postmaster has not been named, though
there are quite number Of applicants for
the position, among whom may be mentioned
our former tOwnSman, Col VIM. X. Piper
u of hAl riVafr# r.,
Mr.. T. G. Parrish has been removed from
their former location, adjoining Mrs. L. Me
DOnalds residence, High street, to the build
ing one door west of Huntley's hardware
store. This is a temporary arrangement, to
permit a new and stylish structure to be
erected on the vacated site, which, when
completed will be tenanted by Mr.. Parrish in
his capacity Of grocer and COnfectiOner
The dwellng-hOuSe of eX-COngreSsman
PTOSSeT, of Nashville, Tennessee, with por-
tion of his valuable library. was DESTROYED by
fire ON the 9Th inst. Those of our readers
who quarter of a century ago used to go to
school To- MT. PrUSscr in the little frame pub
lie school building in the Fast ward. yet
standing, viii be sorry to hear of this great
loss which has hcfallen him. and which is
estimated at about olp.OOo within Insurance.
We learn from. the san Francisco ChroH-
. 5cie, several copies of which have been kind
ly sent us 10y our friend John y. kOoEeu. Of
Petaiuma, Cal, thatthe Rev. II. p. Gallagher
an Old-time pastor of the Catholic church at
LOTettO, this county, was made the recipient
of an elegant gCld-headed cane by the pupils
of st. JCSeph's Grammar School, i'm that city,
ON the occasion of the siNty-sccond annivcr-
sary OF his birthday, which occurred on the
LIST inst. the presentation speech being made
by Prof. Williams. principal of the school.
Father Gallagher was much affected by the
thOUghtfulneSS of his young flock. whom UNI
Der seven hundred.
casper Crmn. a resident of Shantytown,
q suburb of HO!iidaySburg. recently married
Mrs. Eva Socy- presumed widow whose
hon -rrrHr
ed, Is still living The result was that Mrs
SUey, being a Catholic, was obliged by the
rules of that Church to part company with
husband No. >, and as the latter could not
find one single CTum of comfort apart from
the Socy-ety of the doubly-weddcd fair one,
he attempted to end his earthly career with
the aid of rope, but was fortunately caught
i'll the act and saved from a tragic death He
is said, however, to be insane, and may repeat
the experiment at any moment.
The puddlerS of the Altoona Iron Com
pany, 10 the number of 4S, are on strike,
or rather have been debarred from work by
their employers. This result is said to have
been accomplished through the instrument
ality Of secret trades union, and due notice
is given to the members thereof by DIR. :. c.
Baker, President of the Company that here
after when they want work they shall apply
at some other mill similar plan was
pursued at the JOhnStoWH iron works five
years ago. and was found effiCaciOus to prevent
q similar experiment Meantime, the Al
t0oua mill is lying idle, but will be blown in
again 50 soon as other wOrkmen can be en-
gagged.
The Lancaster H1teUjqencersays Congress
used to be bored inteTminaby by the presen-
tatiou and reading of all sorts of petitions.
Vow there is a petition box in front Of the
clerks desk and the Hon. John Smith or
Jones steps up to the box and drops in his
petition with the proper endorsement on it,
and the name Of the committee to which he
wants it referred. The clerks take them out
at the close of the day, and they appear in the
record. This ballot was the invention or the
result of a suggestion by one Of those practi-
the Hon. .Lehu Reilly, of Pennsylvania, the
railroad man who was sent from the Altoona
district few years ago.
The wOOen mill in the East ward former
" managed by the Mclaughlin Brothers,
with all its fixtures, such n steam engine
machinery, etc, and 56 acres of ground, was
sold at public sale on Tuesday afternoon by
Mr.. Dwight Jones, assignee of MeSsrs. y. Y.
and Geo w. Jones. The purchasers were
Messrs. F. ii. Barker, Ed. James and Alvin
Evans, and the price bid was s., 500. When
il is borne in mind that this property was
sold about three years ago with 8, 600 as the
money consideration, and that at least 3, 600
worth of improvements has since been added
to it, it will be rightly conjectured that the
buyers have found bargain in the purchase.
What disposition is to be made of the mill
whether it shall be put into running order at
once, or held ever subject to lease by other
parties-has not vet been determined.
On Monday of this week, bird which IS
4 stranger to this latitude was shot by a son
of Mr.. Jonathan Jones on the farm of that
gentleman in Cambria township. 1t was
brought to town and placed in the store OF