The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-05-02

how Meek or I uTcN ever 1OOnQ II out .
of the most unaccountable things in creation.
The magnitude Of a reduction in passen-
ger rates which went into effect on the Penn
sylvania railroad commencing Thursday Of
this week may be inferred by a comparison
Of the former price Of a ticket from Johns
town to Philadelphia, $S.2 81, with the present
price, s. 26.
The body of Joshua Ellsworth who was
drowned in the COnemauCh river near ) OhnS-
town several weeks ago, was found on
sand-bar a half mile below Sang Hollow on
Tuesday afternoon. 1t was taken 70 Coop
ersdale, the home Of the victim IN MS lifetime,
and Inferred.
If is now thought that Charles Butler.
coI0red of GaIlitzin, who was run over by
the cars at East Liberty one day last week
and killed. committed suicide. y short time
prior ne was heard to say that he meant to
make away with himself, though for what
reason is not known.
-Remember that N. J. Teitelbaum. Lo-
rettO, has removed his mercantile establish
ment from its one-time location, in the Leavy
building, to NJ MalOyS large st0re-rOOm.
where all persons Interested in getting full
value for either a dollar, dime, nickie CT pen .
ny are invited to cau.
-Twenty-fOuT ear loads Of iron ore from
Africa went from Altoona to the Cambria
Iron Company furnaces at HOildayshurg on
Saturday. There We're also several car loads .
of Spanish Gre shipped to the same place.
The color Of the ore is dark brown, and the
ore itself IS OF a sandy nature.
Secretary of Internal Affairs Dunkel has
published his official appointments, and in
the entire list appears the name of not a sin
gle Cor maTTied) Cambria county applicant.
In the language Cf joaquin Miller. this ''iS
hedrtbTeak and sorrow, but -afteT-tO-mor-
row q cloud viii arise which may win"
Capt. Sam. CTiste, Burgess Of GalIitZin
borough, was in town the other day and call
ed to see us. Galiitzin by the way, IS ,, l6l
feet above tidewateT, and Is therefore one Of
the most elevated municipalities in the COM
mOnWealth The Burgess thereof, as con
. sequence, ranks higher than most men Of that
class.
/ Mr.. John /. slough, one Of Ebensburg's
most skiIlful knights of the brush, has re
Ceived orders to finish the work Of painting
the fine residence of George NJ. Reade, Esq,
on High street inside and ont, and when the
job is completed, as it viii be as soon as
possible there is no doubt about it being well
done.
-Niessrs. ". w Kelly and James Fare
we'll ST, of Lumber City, Cleartield county
were thrown to the ground by the upSetting
of a buggy in which they were returning
home from CuTwtuSyille, on Wednesday Of
last week, and the former, who was 50 years
old, so badly injured that he died on Thurs
day evening.
There is a hitch in the election of sue
cessOr to Miliville's fugitive Burgess. Three
of the Councilmen want one Graham elevated
to that responsible position, while the other
three are equally determined that one Sulli-
van must rule the local roost, and thiTty-nine
ballots have been found unavaiiingt to entan-
gle the snaTL
A piece Of land containing acres and 81
perches, with twO-story frame house and a
stable thereon, situated in GallitZin borough,
was sold at Orphans Court sale at the Court
House, this place, last Saturday afternoon, by
John a. Smith, executor OF James 4. Smith,
deceased. The property was bid in by the
widow of the deceased.
The Altoona tavern licenses expired
Monday night at midnight. There viii
doubtless be exceedingly dry times down
there for q week, unless the pTOpTietCTS OF
the drug stores be OF an accommodating dis
i inv
closely the character Of the physicians pre-
SCTiptiOns rendered them.
The prosecution against young Frank
Campbell Of JohuStOwn for carving con-
cealed weapons has been Withdrawn. Frank,
it viii be remembered, Is the youth whose
pistol was accidentally discharged IN the
Concmaugh borough Catholic school several
weeks ago, the bail finding lodgInent in the
leg of a feIluw-pupil who sat near.
Mr.. Richard II. Soule, Assistant Chemist
i'm the Physical Laboratory at Altoona, has
been appointed Superintendent of Motive
Power on the Northern Central Railroad,
with headquarters at Baltimore. \ banquet
in his honor was rendered him by number
Of his Altoona friends at the Hotel Lafayette,
Philadelphia, last Saturday evening.
A few salmon trout have been caught in
the JuHiata river near HollidaysbuTg this
season. The fish Of that species planted in
the Conemaugh at this point in the early
Spring OF 1874 have ueveTbeen officially heard
of from then till now, and the conviction is
becoming violent that the state fishery men
made mistake and sent US suckers instead
. Of salmon.
The Altoona Tribune is .'ofF its eggs by
a large majority when it says that major
. McPike and family, of the Freeman, spent
part Of Saturday and all Of Sunday and Mon
day in that city. Major McFlke, tOrSUOth
Why, you Furey-ous flattcreT, don't You know
, that the major part Of the FREEMAN family
i wasn't il Altoona at all, at all, at the time
mcntiOued2
The ..bcs,' store of Altoona. of which
Nfe5-rS. Bowman Il Morrow are the euferpTiS
ing and atfahle PrOVTietotS. viii be heard
p from next week through the FREEMAN. when
we shall take occasion 20 say our say more
at length in regard TO the good goods and
honest prices which are fhe pride, not thC
sorrow, of those square dealing merchants
n MeSST@. Bowman x Morrow.
We made an ! Of mistake when we
put one ! too many in the name Of hT. Bait
u ZeIl, of the extensive mercantile firm Of Bait
Zell * ROu-s, Altoona. The advertisement
, IS all right now, however. and We advise
u everybody to read il and adopt the proper
method 10 profit by the innumgTa6.e bargains
always to be found AZ the largest and best
% stocked establishment in Central Pennsylva
MIA
: During the absence Of Mr. Nick Freid
hCff from his High street store, enforced 10y
illness, that establishment is being satiSfac-
toTiIy presided over by Mr. VIM. II. ConneH
= Mr.. COnHell, who was formerly engaged in
the hardware business, Is one of the most ac
, Compished statesmen in the county, and il
u he is not able 70 give full and entire satisfac
. a purchase is remarkably hard to please.
Two JOhnstOwn gentlemen. named Fish
cT and Thompson went down the Conemaugf
= TO Niuevah fishing one day last week. The
pride with which they exhibited a twenty
. inch pike on their return home as evidence Ot
= their skill in the piscatoTial art was turned
! into confusion when information was made
' against them before "a Justice of the Peace
for fishing out Of season and they were joint
ly required to pay fine of $40 and costs.
Z commencing yesterday, the mechanical
/ department of the Pennsylvania Railroad
p Company at Altoona viii work ten hours tC
E the day. This arrangement is expected e
: last throughout the summer, and is one O1
those indications of revival Of business
which, though silent, is yet certain, and
must faVOTahly commend itself TO the under
p standing of the dulicst comprehension. Fol
= eighteen months the employees Of the Com
pany have been working only nine hours tC
the day
I Prof s 3. Mccormick. formerly Ol
! JOhnstown, but for several years past resi-
? dent Of California, has returned to this state
on brief visit, and if the Tribune is not mis-
1 informed, is now sojOuTuing in the Getty OF
BrOtherly Love" lie is our old and much
D appreciated fTiendsand correspondent "Rot
Roy whose letters descriptive Of matters
r and things here and in the Golden State wOT
s so much favor I'm the eyes Of OuT readers and
J we hope TO be able to take him by the hand
at an early day
T Two f-h0T-e teams were engaged all O1
{ last week in transporting from this point t
e CauOlItown the new stock Of Spring gOOds
e with which 5ir. s. Teitelbaum of the latter
] place, has filed his store from cellar to gar
ret. These comprise every article usually