The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-08-01


visited Chest township, this county, last
Monday, on a trout-fshinC expedition bent.
They remained away two DAYS, returning
Wednesday, with $50 fine trout and half
dozen GELS in their baskets. A dozen of the
Speckled beauties found their way into We
editors possession, for which kind Temem-
brance MesSrs. O'Donnen & Co. have our
thanks. An explanation as to how the eels
came to be numbered amongst the spOils
NAV as well be here told. They set outlines
one night, one hundred being the sum total
of the hooks thereto attached. When the
tackling was pulled up next morning, the
six eels were found attached to six of the
hooks, while sixty of the other hooks had
fifteen inches in length. Such at least is the
allegation of the allegatOriStS aforesaid. 1t
was evidently a good night for allegatOrS.
"A gentleman who is fully competent to
give an opinion on the subject, and who is
SojOurning for the heated term i'm our midst,
says that one of the principal wants of
EbenSburg Is a number of neatly built, mod
ernly equipped and comfortably furnished
cottages, every one of which to the number
of dozen or more would be snapped up, -
so TO speak, by city folks who wish to spend
the summer in a quiet and hOme-ike manner,
and who would gladly pay and consider they
We're saving money by paying $50 for the
use of such a cottage during the season. He
estimates the cost of each building, finished
and furnished at about 81 600, and says that
II he was resident of EbenSburg he would
ask no better investment for his money. As
the growth and prosperity OF our town is q
subject of interest to all Of us, we trust the
gentleman whose views we have briefly Civ
EN- Will favor us with a communication set
ting forth at length the reasons he has for
the faith that is in him.
The executive committee of the Printers
Association Of the Juniata Valley met in
Altoona on Saturday last and completed ar
rangementS for the transportation and ac-
cOmmOdatiOn of all who propose to attend
lT.HT
Saturday, Sept. 9th. The arrangement COM
priseS a free ride from all points between
Newport, Perry county, and JOhnStOwn,
this county, with towns on branch roads in
cuded, while the best of meals are to be
served at the Mountain House at the low
price of S1.0O for dinner and supper, or -
cents for dinner alone, provided the number
of participants does not exceed three hun
dred. If in excess of that number, the
charge for dinner will be ten cents less,
though for both meals the price will remain
the same. The use of the grounds, parlOrs,
etc, as well as the dining-rOOm and music
for dancing will be furnished without charge,
while all who wish to do SO will be at liberty
to take their provisions with them and enjoy
the occasion in the good old picnic style.
There is in this town mechanic who is
honest, industrious, and the head of family,
and there also lives here woman whose
husband went West some years ago and has
not returned. The mechanic spoken of EN-
barked in a prolonged and most enthusiastic
spree last week, and got through it all with
out having to call anybody in to assist him in
his carouSal. He got through with it we
Say-gOt comparatively sober in due course
of time-but if he did, it was to become filled
with aStOniShment when he discovered that
a criminal warrant was out for his arrest.
The allegation is that while labOring under
the influence of a gallon, more or less, OF
corn-juice he visited the domicil of the wild
Ow whose husband = i'm the West, and while
there became entirely too violently demOn-
StTatVe in his aifectiOnate regards for her.
1t was assault of the worst character. if re-
port be true, but a sense of fairness demands
that it be said that the mechanic denies all
knowledge of the transaction. nasmuch a.
the case will probably 90 before Il jury, we
forbear comment ut this time.
About O'Clock on Thursday morning of
last week, a well-to-do farmer named Arthur
Reese committed suicide in Lawrence town
ship, CleaTfeld county, near the town of
Clearfeld, by hanging himself in his barn.
In the absence of the coroner, Esquire Howe
was summoned, who Immediately repaired
to the place, empanelcd a jury, and, after
short delibeTatiOn, rendered verdict in ac-
cOrdance with the facts. Mr.. Reese left the
house about O'Clock and went directly to
the barn. The hired girl saw him in the
barnyard an hour later. When dinner was
ready he was called, but no response came,
WhereUpOn the girl went to the barn to hunt
him up. On opening the stable door she
discovered the body suspended by a short
inatiUu it was. found that he had stood upon
the manger adjusted the rope properly, then
deliberately slid off and strangled. On a
shngle near by he had written his will, and
charged his wife with being the cause of the
trouble that led to the terrible deed. At the
time of his death he was living with his sec
Ond wife, and il is known that their matri-
mOnial relations were not at all pleasant.
Three promising children are left to mourn
his untimely end.
Mr. FriaDuoI XVap+z Of Carroll +,,,-,,
ship, met with an adventure during the re
cent rise in the SuSQuehanna that came very
near costing him his life. 1t seems that
while in the vicinity of Mr.. John G.. c. Bear
eT's residence, in SuSquehanna township he
left his horse and Sullly on the bank Of the
river and betOOk himself to a house in the
neighborhOOd for the purpose of buying cat
tie, which he did not succeed in accomplish
ing, however, until a heavy rain storm came
up. Not wishing to brave the elements in
all their fury, he waited until the storm
had somewhat subsidized, when he went i'm
quest of his horse and vehicle only to find
that they were nearly submerged by the wa
ter Getting into the Sulky, he attempted to
find dry land, but instead Of going forward
the horse backed the vehicle and its Occu-
pant into the swollen stream and before Mr..
WentZ fully realized the situation, himself
and team were being carried down by the
5 swift flowing current. Fortunately he sue
ceeded in laying hold of something subStan-
tial before he had gone very far, and thus not
only brought things to a standStill, but man
aged in some way to unhitch the horse, after
which he and the animal swan ashore, leav-
ing the SUlkV 10 fight it out in that line, which
it did by going over the dam and finally
landing a couple of miles below the starting
point. \ narrow escape surely, and one
which nothing short of presence of mind or
absence of body could have made possible.
"A tramp who was attempting to steal a
ride on the cars, and who created a disturb
ance when elected from the train at Gallit-
Zin. was last week brought to town and com
mitted to iail. lie must have become dis
with his new quarters, notwith-
the fact that he was there afforded
better food and lodging than he had been ac-
custOmcd TO for many Il day, for on Saturday
evening he tore ND the wooden part of the
floor of his cell and set it on fire. \ young
man employed in and around the establish
mpUt was uuiCk to discover the smoke iSSu-
ing from the cell, and gave the alarm. This
was unfortunate in one sense of the word,
for had he been in bed. or out of town. or
anywhere. removed from the penal portion of
the building, the likelihood is that a trouble
some tramp would have been chOked TO death
by smoke, and that, too, without endanger-
ing in the least the safety of the other in
mates As it was, q bucket of water impair
tiallv distributed over the cell floor and the
person Of the prisoner speedily brought
things to rights again. The ObstreperOus
tramp is now in another cell, with the blind
doors closed upon him, and by the time he
gets through answering a charge of attempt
ed arson at the next term Of Court he will
doubtless come to the conclusion that what
is looked on as an everyday freak in New
York where he claims to come from, Is not
permissible in Cambria county.
Mr. Jacob TreftZ, chairman, has issued
an ultimatum for the assembling of a Nation
al Greenback-LabOr convention at the Court
House in this place on Monday afternoon of
next week, to take into consideration the
state of the country. We stated last week
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