The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-16

A BOLD FsCAPADE AND PROMPT RECAP
TURE.-The new management at our county
Jail experienced their first sensation and by
no means pleasant one, on Tuesday morn
ing last, when Albert Ream, young mar
. ried man from Upper Yoder township, who
Is now in duTance awaiting trial for alleged
assault and battery with intent to commit a
rape on young lady named Sarah Jane
Price, managed to skip out at the front door
of that institution and HE himself to other
scenes as rapidly as possible through the
snow which then covered, as 1t now covers,
the ground to the depth Of two OF three
inches. How the bold but unsuccessful at
tempt TO escape waS managed is thus ex-
planned There are two slides to the cell
door, and one of these, it seems, is suscepti-
bic of a certain trick on the part of the pris-
Ouer by which it may at will be thrown out
of place, thereby rendering the locking up
process entirely nugatory. Ream seems 10
have been in possession Of this secret, and
: -On the morning named, finding the way
clear he displaced a couple of screws and
walked boldly forth, His footsteps tended
in q nOTtheasterly direction, as was plainly
eyinced by tracks in the snow, and pursuit
was immediately given by a score OF per
sons. including the sheriff and the turnkey.
The prisoner was ultimately brought TO bay
at a point two miles north Of town, where ne
had entrenched himself behind brush-piie.
Webster, a son of Sheriff Griffith, was his
4 captOr "WIat do YOU want with me ?' de-
Jail said Webster, emphasizing the words
by the presentation of a cooked revolver,
''and | want you to 90 back without the
waste Of very many words on your part
WhereupOu Eeam emerged from his hiding
place, and, at the muzze of the pistol, meek
" submitted to be marched back to his for
meT quarters. Subsequently, band of iron
was encaSed around his ankles and the blind
door leading 20 his cell shut, and in silent
contemplation for \ few days he will con-
tinuc to wonder whether bread is not better
with butter on it than without.
The attention Of the County Commission
ers has been called to the condition of the
cell-lOcks, as spoken of above, and the same
will be shortly put i'll such trim that the bolts
will prove reliable
THE SAME THING OVER AGAIN. Owing
to the serious Illness of Mr. Jesse Patterson
Il member Of the Board, the Poor Directors
Of this county found it necessary to meet at
the residence of that gentleman, in Johns
town. on ThuSday Of last week, for the pur-
pose OF making the requisite appointments
for the current year. Here is a report of
their doings, by which it will bs seen that
ali the old app0intees have been continued
For steward OF the UlmShousc, Mr.. lSidorc
Lilly, the present incumbent. was chosen on
first ballot, though two other gentlemen
from ths end Of the county were applicants
fol the position. The Board still further en-
dOrsed Mr.. Lillys management of the inSti-
tuition under his charge by increasing his
o
Lilly and his good lady have given entire
satisfaction during the eight years of their
nCumOcnCy Is certainly beyond question,
and no reason other than that somebody else
should have a chance, which even Mr. Lilly
viii admit Is not an unreasonable demand.
has ever been or could ever he urged against
the repeated appointment, with which that
gentleman has been exceptionally favored.
For resident physician, DR.. 4. W. Keim,
OF this place, was hon OTcd with the gift OF
continuance, but instead ofsa regular salary
jfa viii be paid only for necessary medical
r visits during the year
For physician TO outdoor paupers, DR.. u.
l.. YcaCIcy, Of JohnstoWn, was continued
under the old auspices; and for counsel,
Geo. ". Oatmau, Esq, Of this place, and
John L. Linton, Esq Of JohnStOwn. We're
once more selected
1t was also resolved to advertise for pro
posals for the furnishing of collins for such
of the outdoor paupers rs may die during
the current year.
S0fE NEeI:EPEEs ETTAVIONs CORRECTED.
An esteemed friend and prominent tathO-
lie layman writes to call our attention tc
. several misStatcmeHts made by our core
spCndent j. \. s. ~ in his letter from New
Mexico, which our friend very properly COM
plains of as calculated To give scandal and
create false impressions. and which we are
free to say should have either been corrected
or suppressed at the time as would certainly
have been done had not other pressing duties
fully before publishing it, while even tn,
correcting of the proof WIS OF necessity left
to other bands. We shall note these errors
into which of course our correspondent, who
Is himself Catholic, has unwittingly been led
in the order in which they have been noted
by the gentleman who has 50 kindly called
cur attention thereto. First, then, while il
may be true. as y. 4. l - asserts. that tht
native Mexican Is filthy and indolent, those
peouliaTities are not sins, but merely vices
and the Church, neither in New Mexico nOI
elSy where. ever covers such things q,
vices or sins. Secondly, the .sPenitentes
are q miserable lot Of quaSi-PaganS, who are
, and always have been TeDufjIts6 and con
, deu,Hed by the Church. Thirdly, no member
{ Of said order ever submitted to bc cruciact
head downward" " or otherwise, the assertion
to the contrary being an old story. long since
repeated and thoroughly eNpi )ded. We MAJ
add. in conclusion. that Hon. Bradford o
T Prince. of Brooklyn, who was recently ap
: pointed Chief Justice Of the [. :. Supreme
Cou.t uf New Mexico, speaks Ia the highes
terms OF praise Of the people, and especial,
of the women. Of that country, whom he re
? presents aS virtuOus. intelligent and in ever
way worthy of confidence and esteem.
~ OIT-THfE REMINISCINCF-A cores
= p0ndent OF the Franklin (Pa.J Spectator, il
giving his recolectiOnS of Nenango count
Y fifty years ago, refers in his letter publiShe,
5 in the last issue of that paper to the lat
I Judge Roberts, of Johnstown and 4 ma
named i1uiSOn iicnuTlckS. OF the sam
t place, who, il seems embarked as partner
o in the lumber and store keeping business a
> TiOnesta, now in Forest county, on the ALE
= gheny river, as long ago as 1888. The write
), says
= Evan Roberts and Jarnisoa Hendricks cam
70 iioueSta in 1853 for the purpose OF mauuf vi
r ing lumber Roberts n Hendricks leased the mi
= and timber since owned by Green & Gordon. The
> brought on store Of goods ran the mill about tvs
= Eears. and then failed. ! great portion OF the
- lumber was hemlpck, which NJ that time yer
r low--scarrcy selling iur enough 10 pay for han,
h. ling 81. When they paid The rent of the mill an
for the timber they used. there nothing icf
They were both smart, intelligent men, yet the
were not too OH to learn more. and they came
II . the Wilds Of IionCsta To take a Lesson. Nrssr
IL Roberts = Hendricks 90 me from .Iohnstown. Can
r bria county. EIT. Roberts was good busine
a man. and was at one time passenger and frcigl
u agent for Ieech Co Iinc of canal packets IL;
carried freight from Pittsburgh 10 Johnstown.
Is that day In the IiuncStt region the new firm Ia
n AL the obstacles and Inconvenience or ne
4 country to contend with. The only roads were II
: dian trails. There such thing as WACO
20 Tley brought their goods in canoes, over u
hills on slcds, 10y roads newly cut out through q
D. woods
e NARROW GAUGE ROAD 70 CHERRYTRE
IS An Enterprise Utot ought TO Hare Il Boon
q -"Arcfic' - the Carr0lltown corresponds
p of the Johnstown .Supdas Times, says th
re the main topic of conversation in that pla
fe now IS railroad The proposition is to oui
n a narrow guage road from Cherrytrec '
CaUrolltOwn to EbcBsburC. The subject
ir quite warmly agtated, and if capitals
II there can succeed in gaining the cO-opcrati,
i'll OF CheTTytree and EbensbuTg, no doubt q
k scheme can be made feasible. II once mad
he there could be no doubt of its paying. O
II whole section, says the correspondent,