The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-23

I last, plead guilty before Judge Orvis in the
Clearheld county Court one day last week,
thereby waving trial He was sentenced
4 on Saturday morning to term Of six years
/ and six months in the Western Penitentiary
I Mr.. Hoffman, who was:present at Court as
witness is still suffering from the injuries
[ received at the hands of O'Hern. m.
/ "A ffteen-year-old son of Mr.. Patrick
Stanton, OF Prospect borough, this county,
! was kicked by mule one day last week,
( while at work in the Min coal mine, and SO
: severely injured that he died on Saturday.
/ He suffered great deal during the interim,
/ but up to Friday evening there were good
/ prospects for his recovery. During that
! night, howe yer, he became very much worse,
and alTefforts to save his life proved unavaiI-
ing. The remains We're inferred in St. Johns
. (Catholic) cemetery, Johnstown, on Monday.
The Republican Committee of Blair
county met in Altoona on Saturday last ard
elected Hon. s. s. Blair and :. p. Isenberg
as Representative delegates and DR.. a. G.
f Strayer as Senatorial delegate to the Re
publican State convention, to do the bidding
Of Don Cameron, rs is clearly shown by the
overwhelming defeat Of a resolution instruct
ing said delegates to cast their votes for
. Hon James g Blaine for President, or rath-
er for a delegate to the Republican National
Convention who would support Blaine for
that office
The Republican County Committee viii
meet next Monday TO ratify the appointment
of Mr.. Peter Levergcod, Of JOhnstOwn, and
Mr. VIM. Jones, of Ebensburg, as Repre-
sentative delegates to the Republican State
Convention to be held in Harrisburg on the
4th proNimo. Both Cambria and Blair claim
The Senatorial delegate, and there viii doubt
less be a fight on that point. As il IS not
question OF vast moment, Don Cameron be
ing the controlling power in any event, we
await the outcome with feelings which will
not overpower Us, we imagine.
Editors Campbell and Schubert, of Johns
town. put in au appearance here last Tues
day. They came to see how the work of the
average Democratic County Committeeman
was GOne and being part and parcel of that
body they doubtless went home satisfied.
But where oh where were Brothers
Woodruff, Of the south end, and Williams, Of
the north end The former was doubtless in
Harrisburg, and the latter copying another
column frem Sherman Days Historical Col
lections of Pennsylvania At least we ven
ture to make these excuses for them.
We had the pleasure of meeting on the
train the other day our brave and genial
friend Of long standing, Capt. James NJ
Gageby, of the 81 Infantry, l. :. Army, who
was recently on a visit to his old home in
JohnsJown. We were glad to observe that
the Captain is in the enjoyment Of excellent
health and that his financial condition is
still on the boom In proof Of which latter,
we note the fact that he recently made over
four thousand dollars in a sheep venture in
Colorado II we mistake not as to the locality.
Which same, we hasten 10 remark, is a sheep
way Of getting rich.
Mr. John VI. Stehley, formerly Of this
place, writes to Mr. Al. Ward from HAYS
City. Kansas. his present home, under date
of Jan. Il, to say that he and some eighteen
or twenty other residents of that place were
burned out of house and home few days
previous by prairie fire, and that one hu-
man being and several head OF stock perished
in the flames. The fire had its origin in a
spark thrown from a passing train, and there
: is a possibility that the railroad company vii
be mulcted for damages Mr.. Stehley alsC
announces his intention Of coming further
!, east in course of a week OF two from the
time of writing.
We are glad to announce that our friend
and patron, James Cullen, Esq, Of Spruce
~ Creek, Huntingdon county, was, on Wed
nesdav last. presented by the z. r. r. Co
with voucher for 500, for and in consider
alton of the fact that the portion Of the roaC
of which he Is supervisor. and which extend
" from Altoona 30 short distance east o
: Spruce Creek, was found al the annual in
spection in October last to be in better con
dition than any portion OF the road betweel
Altoona and Harrisburg. This is not tn
first nor yet the second time that Mr.. Cutler
=. has carried of the prize for superiority O
: work, and if his life IS spared we are sure j
Will not he the last time.
r On Thursday afternoon Of last week
r. Thcs. &. MeUott was instantly killed i
; Strickland K NeriGeth's lOg-iob ON Morgan
r.. run. in Decatur township, ClearfeId county
n The unfortunate man, as we learn from tn
: OsceoIa ReceiUe. was cross-cutting near tn
% choppers, who gave notice that a tree wa
I about to fall NelIot stepped back as u
e thought, 20 a safe place, but the tree in il
N descent struck another one, which fell in hi
F, direction and struck him. breaking his mech
crushing his skull, and otherwise manglin
= his body Mellott lived in Bedford county
ana raves Il NilF anu llN' tllllNtlCii. = 81
r. remains were taken to Osceola the sam
!, evening and forwarded to Bedford count
70 next day.
~ y writer in the current issue Of th
a. Johnstown Democrat Indignantly denies tt
~ assertion made by the Tribune and S,,HdC
Times that Joseph Gibbs, the colored ma
7 whose tragic death Is detailed where, hs
no obtained the liquor with which he becau
or intoxicated at the saloon Of Mr.. Micha
lie Toohev, since deceased, and presuming tn;
n. he is right in terming that part Of the stol
r. a base fabrication, we cannot but think thi
10 he is justified in denouncing il as libel up,
III the memory Of a man who, he says new,
no furnished liquor to any person who was a
ready under its influence. As we publ,
~ else where the Sunday Times account of Z
III tragedy, we deem it right and proper that Il
n autidote should go with the poison
n, The opinions Of fifteen medical men
or Johnstown as to the cause Of the unparallelt
D. prevalence of diphtheria in and about tn
re borough. brought TO the surface at the 81
is gestion of Hon Daniel J. MorrelI, are print
i'll in the Tribune Of last Tuesday. An analys
of these opinions shows that to the fit
IT condition Of privies, stables and hog-peI
a many of which are in close proximity to we
or- and dwellings-h0uses may be attributed t
I'm vast bills of mortality which have for sever
in months been The distinguishing feature
u the news waited from that direction.