The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-06-20

burg borough as reorganized during the pre-
sent month IS composed Of the following
named members Messrs. John LLOYD
Thomas Griffith, David z Evans. William
gl-!elnent John krschner. and George 4.
hmkead. The two last-uamed gentlemen
We're elected last February. Mr. Eiukead to
pe ms own successor DR.. Daniel ". Evans
Is the retiring member The new board
made the following selection Of officers for
Ihe current year President John LLOYD 4.
secretary, Geo. \. Kinlead Collector and
treasurer, r. Z. Davis The tax levied for
scilooi purposes in TIE district is at the rate
OF mills 70 the dollar.
The Cau0lltouu NelrS claims to have
the largest circulation IN northern Cambria.
which Is 10 doubt correct. hut northern
taneIi9, we beg leave to assure our amiablc
friend, Is not the only place where business
men generally wish toadvertise. even though
SIX hundred of such patrons aS tHe -Nelrs pos
seSSeS are worth more than thousand of the
common kind. which the NeJrs evidently in
tends to intimate are the only kind the
f}EEMAS can boast of. Wei. common or
uncommon, they are the right kind Of men.
as rule. 70 tie 70 and vn doubt If the Meas
would long exist if the FREEMAN readers in
the northern part of the county should con-
clU'c 10 withdraw their patronage from il.
1t augers well-we might saw Nauger's
Well-fpr the success of the CreSSOu Noun
tain House, which opens to-day. to be assured
that so eomDetent aud courteous a gentle
man as Mr.. ". K. MauCer is to have charge
OF the oIflre, aS i'm previous wears under the
present mana cement. and that our clever
young typographical friend :. ". Hum
phreNS, OF this place, Is to preside at the ci-
gar, tobacco. paper and notion stand, rs
heretofore. Cresson. as is well known, is
without q superior aS g delightful summer
resort and not the least OF its attractions Is
the care taken by Col. Uucer and his efficient
aids to ma ke the Mountain House all that it
claims to be-a first class institution in every
respect.
Mr.. T. c. Miller. Of CIearield township,
found q wonderful monstTosity in q hens
egg the other day which Is well worthy Of
notice. 1t was no less than partiaiiy-we
should saw almost fullv-deveIOped chicken
possessing two distinctive bodies, four legs,
four wings and two bills. though sporting
only one eve. It was the product Of an egg
which one of Mr. Niller'S hens had failed to
hatch out, and was prematUrcly brought TO
light by little son of that gentleman acct
dentally dropping the EGG while in the act Of
placing it under another setting hen. The
lUS'is nature has been preserved i'm alcohol,
and Mr Miller assures us that he would have
it ON exhibition i'm this place tomorrow af-
tcTH0On.
-Wimore VIII have two picnfcs tomorrow.
One of these Is gotten up under the auspices
of the ladies Of st. Bartho!Omew's Catholic
church. and viii he held i'm delightful grove
one mile east Of the village. The proceeds
vii! be devoted to church purpOScs-au Oh
iect which should and doubtless will have
the effect of drawing together large and
liberal assemhla~e of mcrrv-makers The
other picnic is given 10y the WilmCre lodge of
odd Fellows, with an Invitation extended to
brethren of the 'mvstic tie i'm other sections
of the county and in Blair county to be pres
ent. Between the two entertainments, the
people Of Wilmore and their guests viii
doubtless be enabled to put i'm a day Of solid
urban endowment
~ picked nine went hence to I0TettO
last Saturday and played a game Of base ball
with nine students Of st. Francis College.
No brass band was available to accompany
them down. and it made no difference in the
end. for thew came back with the score
against them nearly to I. To the end Of
discovering precisely how this astonishing
result was achieved, the nine propose playing
a return game ON the same grounds tomorrow
afternoon, and if they fail again. then they
viii give away their bats and embark in some
milder and less uncertain bUsiuess-iacl-
stones possibly. But they should never dcS-
pair. \ picked nine went from Johnstown
to Indiana the other day, and were beaten
The s6,ni-auuuaI inspection of Co. \. 9TH
Regiment p. \ g.. was held here ON Tues
day afternoon. beginning at 80 o'clock. i
was conducted hy Capt Mclean, of General
Beavers otaif. Co 4 turned aUt q muSketS,
and after Inspection. some evolution- were
performed which reflected much credit ON
both the members and their dTiIl-ma-teT.-
Major Wu!rSi0Tia and AdIUtaut Sergeant,
and Can't. H0rreH and his two LieUtenants,
of the W llmore company. were present as
Interested spectator The Inspection Of Co.
II. Nilmore was held the forenoon of the
same dav. when - musEetS 0aTaHe5. Can't.
Mclean profesSel himself highly pleased
with both inSrccti0us and pI0u0unces the
Cambria @1lIiery ta Ea HIGH uu i'm military
figures I'm his estimation.
ON Saturday afternoon last two LDretto
young men celebrated the victory Of their
home base ball club over the Ebeu-bur-
picked nine by transforming themselves into
beer tanks. In their sober. r0arncnts tIev are
respectable vauthS enough. but when iutoxi-
Gated their natures UNDERGO a ccrnnlctn me-
tamnruh0siS and thew become guarrer-0rup
and dangerous customers They disagreed
about sometime. and. drawing q knife each
-tyle. Fortunately no mortal wound was
inflicted. though both received number of
-.a-haS. and one Of them ut least found It
necessary 10 paw 2 surgeon visit and under
gG some repairs at his hands This sort of
conduct f. bad enough when engaged I'm bv
as in this case. the contestants are own
brothers 1t = simply harh9rouS.
The entertainments ~ the Prcsby terian
church on Iues5av and Wednesday evenings
of rH5s week We're al and more than al that
could have been auriciuated hv the most
@a0EUfEe friends Of the cause. the several
ladies. gentlemen. lads 9ud lasSns who took
part in the SONGS tableauv. Taeitati0pS
shadow UaLLCmiurs. etc. sustaining riair re-
sFective parts with grace and aptitude
which was little short Of astonishing The
members Gf said congregation. Young and
middle aged. who take an interest in enter
taiumeuts OF this kind have talents and tastes
which cannot Ea eNcelIed auEWhrrc and we
arc glad To- know. Judging from the large
audiences present ON each occasion. that their
efforts are properly appreciated by the music.
mlTth and sentiment loving portion of the
community. May we soon have an opportu-
nifty to note a repetition of these delightful
entertainments.