The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-12-26


handlwork of Mr.. Thomas OFT and his assis.
lants, measures, or did measure fiftv-two
rect and weighs, OF did weigh, forty-fivs
pounds. Verify, the age of (the) Elder
township Is sausage.
Six cars OF the Union line freight west
We're wrecked near CTesson, on Friday night
I last, in consequence of the train breaking
and several Of the rear cars running into
+ IIOse IN 'front.', and breakman named D. n
hooVer, who lived near Newton Hamilton
: Mnnln county, where he leaves n family
[ was caught between the cars and INSTANTLY
{ Killed, both legs and one of his arms being
cut on and his head cut open
We had the pleasure Of visit on Tues-
Gay last from Mr.. A. J. Anderson a success
I iul and enterprising merchant Of Martins
Durg, Blair county, whom we were glad to
sleet ioV only because we have known him
1Iom his infancy, but because he took occa-
sion to subscribe and pay in advance for the
) FREEMAN. Mr.. Anderson Is one of the
most respected and prosperous citizens of
Blair county, as he we'll deserves to he
"A man in Hollldaysburg stole a lot of
reed last Friday night from certain stable
When the snow was falling, but as the snow
quit coming down Just as soon as he pot
nome win his plunder, his tracks We're east
/ iyIoLowed next morning, although he doubt
/ less believed that the snow would continue
I 10 IaIl and cover them up completely His
I respectability Induced the owner Of the feed
not 10 prosecute him. Here is good chance
/ Tor some other respectable man to 90 for the
/ balance Of that feed.
Mrs. Mary Hersperger, a niece Of DR.. c.
Emerson, OF JohnstOwn, committed suicide
/ at the home of her mother, in MavsyiIIe y
{ Y, on last Sunday afternoon. nv shnoting
herself ID the breast, the wound proving fatal
I In Few hours after. Grief at the death of
her husband, Samuel Hersperger of Ale
/ gheny City, who lost his life early last spring
by being caught In the machinery of n patent
2 Ice producer in Philadelphia, Is supposed to
have unsettled her mind and prompted the
I commission Of the terrible deed
f6~N Ia. 4
part we wish Merry Christmas, with all of
our heart, to each friend of the FREEMAN
both large ones and small; and while we are
at It We extend it to all the rest of man
Kind who may take 1t or ''lave" It, lust as
they would the paper that's gave it. And as
for the other kind greeting we know It's the
time 10 extend q Happy New Year to each
patron and friend; which we do without
thought Of any bunc ombe or trick, but hope
that all those in arrears will pay up mighty
quick.
AS Mr.. Michael Daily, the efficient rail-
road engineer who ran the Grant train from
pittsburgh to Altoona In the remarkable
short space II three hours and few minutes
for the doing of which he has received the
highest mede of praise from the company as
well as from other sources, is a brother-in-
law TO our cOusir, James \. McPikesz9f
pittsburgh, we feel as proud over The
achievement as 8 turkey gObber is supposed
to feel after the holidays when he finds that
his head has not been axed to abdicate its
throne.
-NeXtte feasting on candles and sich like.
there Is scarcely anything more enjoyed by
+ the rising generation than to gaze long and
wistfully on the contents of confectiOner's
window, such as IS now to be seen in all its
glory at +. T.. PsTriSh's little store around
the corner. What with the eye gladdened by
the soft, easy-Shaped bOn-bon and the palate
molstene6 by the expectation OF getting a
good taste of them in the sweet bye ana bve
the delightful instinct dances and sparkles
through each vein Ike the fancy OF a field Of
clover to q hay-fed COW.
The =. r. r. passenger depot ct Tyrone
; and the office Of the Superintendent of the
7 Tyrone division, both under one roof, cauc ht
( fire about O'Clock on Thursday morning of
last week, and notwithstanding the weIl-dI-
rected efforts Of the fremen and other citi-
Zens, the entire structure and most OF its con-
tents fell prey to the GPvourlnG element
The l0sS is estimated az 81, GOO origin Of the
fire not stated. y portion Of the Ward
& House, which narrowly escaped destruction
+ Is being temporarily occupied as ticket Of
fee, waiting rooms for passengers, etc.
The main altar and sanctuary of the
Catholic church in this place have been
adorned and beautified with evergreens
flowers, lights, etc, as is the wont at this
4 festival season of the ladies on whom this la
Dor Cf love deyOlves, and no one who has at
tended or will at any time attend the services
at said church during the present or coming
week and especially at the six o'clock Mass
on Christmas morning, can fail to be delight
ed and edited by tire charming spectacle, as
well as by the excellent music diScOuTSed by
the fine choir Of which the Church Of the
Holy Name has good cause to he prOuG.
The CarTOlltown Ne7cs says that the
family Of Mr.. Geo. Glasser, OF that place dis
covered at supper on Friday of the previous
week that the coffee had peculiar and disa-
. Creeabie taste, and thereupon threw it into
the swill barrel, from whence ii was fed to q
fine hog the same evening. Next morning
the poTker was found stiff in death and swol-
len to double its living proportiOns-thati is,
4fax. los Of,
Northern Cambria. Ratsbane, it a ppears,
! had gotten into the cOffee-pot by some mys-
I teTious process altogether accidental, and il
was fortunate indeed that 10 more serious
F consequence resulted.
Mr.. John McCune OF JOhnstown, and
Miss Virginia Nixon, OF Indiana, were mar
ryfed," a word Of the latest coinage, by Rev.
+ G.. c. Rafter, in the latter place, on Wednes-
/ day Of last week, and a we happen to know
the worthy bridegroom well and intimately,
{ and had pretty good peep at the young and
handsome bride during the recent soldiers
reunion in Indiana, we take the liberty of
! extending our best wishes to the happy pair
Our friend John, il affords us no pleasure to
saw is Republican Of the stalwart stripe,
but AS his wife, if we mistake not, is quite
, the 'srevarse," we look for his early and
thorough conversion to the true political
/ faith.
| What was known as the cold Hickory
Brewery" located in the western part of Al
toOna, and owned by Mr.. Martin HOeile, was
D
Wednesday morning OF last week, and so
fierce and uncomfortable was the progress
Of the flames that in a few hours scarcely a
{ veStige of the brewery or the stable adjoining
was left TO mark the spot The fire is sup
posed TO have been the result Of accident, and
the loss is said to aggregate about 100000,
on which there was an insurance Of $4,000.
The owner of the premises intends to rebuild
T as soon rs possible, Meantime Altoona will
have to beer up under a greatly diminished
. supply of local lager.
Our friend John Mccormick. of Sum-
merhill township, who was named week be-
+ fore last by our correspondent at Lil!y's as
one Of the applicants for certain school in
Washington township, wrote us note just
in time to be too late for our last issue, and
since then it has been miSlaid, in which he
gave us to understand that he had made
proposition to the Board of Directors to
complete the unexpired term of Mr.. Cramer
in said school Tor certain amount in excess
. of the salary paid to the late incumbent, but
as the Directors declined to accede TO his
proposition he was virtually out Of the con
test and therefore should not have been
named in that connection.
-Johnstown and her people ought to be
supremcly happy just now one night last
week the silver-tungued infdel, Bob lnger-
soil, who don't take any stock in the great
hereafter. delivered lecture in that city
and on Tuesday night of this week Henry
, Ward Beecher who for good and sufficient
. reasons don't want to believe in the existence
Of such an unnecessary and Od-fashloued an
institution as hell put i'm his appearance or
the lecture platform in the same place. Bott
of these men are undoubtedly eloquent, and
while Ingersoll is credited with sincerity II
his unbelief, the general impression IS thal
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