The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-30

small but valuable one, to his grandmother,
Mrs. Susan Rhey, who did what the Legisla-
ture has often done with its little bills lald
it on the table and went up stairs. Since
then the watch has been among the missing,
and the only possible conclusion to arrive at
is that some contemplate Sneak-thlet stole
into the room and gobbled up the tiny ticker.
Since the item elsewhere relating to the
robbery perpetrated at the residence OF our
friend Mccormick, of SummeThill township,
was put in type, postal card from that gen
tIeman informs us that his total loss consists
of a silver watch, n $50 note, gold pen, and
perhaps few silver spoons. A tramp whom
Mr. McC harbOred on Wednesday night of
last week. and who is described as about .
feet inches in height, very spare, with fair
complexion black hair tinged with gray, and
wearing a black coat, gray pants, buckled
stOgy shoes and a small black hat, IS suspect
ed of being the thief.
Brother Over. of the HollidaysbuTg Re
0iSte7. needn't take on any agony about that
Uuart bottle Of whSkey said to have been de-
posted in the cornerstone OF the present
Court House in this place, which isn't being
torn down to any great extent, nor won be
for a year to come. as we can assure him that
if McPike, who, he says, IS lOaflng around
most of his time, waiting for the stone to be
opened. or rather. that there are whispers to
that effect, gets his hands on the bottle he
NAV rest assured that at least q portion of
its contents will be sent oCeT the line to
where it will be appreciated at its full value.
A tramp was found locked up in a
freight car at East COnemaugh on Saturday
last. piteouSly appealing for deliverance, and
when released from his unpleasant predica-
ment he was within an ace of becoming
first class subject for a second class funeral.
On the following day two other trampS were
released from a freight car in the Altoona
ward. and as the car in question was loaded
almost to the top with shingles, on which
they enScnnced themselves before the train
left Pittsburgh they were nearly Smuthercd
to death when their dCliverance came, and
hence were permitted to depart without
further punishment.
The Altoona Tribune of Tuesday says
that in the course of a few days the first
dividend in the lloyd estate will he ready
for payment At late meeting of the cred
itorS it was decided to distribute five per
cent among the creditors. The checks are
all made ont ready to give to their owners,
and only await the arrival of the regiSter'S ;
rolls, which will he in that city before a week
goes by. The checks viii amount to sums
VARYING all the way from three cents to ff-
teen hundred dollars Much inquiry has
been made at the banking house in regard to
the matter during the past week but people
will have to wait a few days longer.
On Tuesday of last week as we learn
from the Indiana Democrat, Christ. SweitZer
and the three young Borings, who have been
incarcerated i'm the jail of that county for
over two months. on charge of numbering u
peddieT named Marks, were brought before
Judge Blair on writ of bdbedS corpus, when
il was made clear that instead of Marks be
ing murdered, he had skipped his creditors
and was living with his wife at Dubuque
Iowa. All this was discovered by a detec-
tive, who furnished the proof With the
consent of District Attorney Watson, on mo
ton of Joseph NJ Thompson, Esq, the
Court at once discharged the prisoners
The author OF the somewhat celebrated
Paulhamus fiction comes to the front again
in this Thursday mornings Altoona Tri-
buBe with a story about youth hameG Pen
mel Sharp, whom it locates short distance
west OF CrcSsOn and who it says had his leg
so ShOckingly mutilared by an alligator while
bathing in a tributary of the COncmcugh Tiv-
cr the other day-said alligator being the
same one, it IS supposed, which very conve-
niently escaped from a freight car which was
dumped into the stream by 4 collision some
time last May-that qualification set in and
the limb had to be amputatcd just below the
knee. or course we doubt the allegation and
think we can whip the alligator
A dishonest domestic named KrciCcr,
stole forty dollars, Il silver watch and a
switch of hair from the residence Of Alder
man Blake, of Altoona, on Thursday last,
but was followed by that gentleman to "
rome whittier She had bumped her way on a
freight train in company with tramp, and
was there arrested and made to disgOrgc
twenty-five dollars Of the money. the other
fifteen having passed into the possession OF
her masculine companion. who was not cap
tured. The other articles We're not recover
ed, because she did not have them in her
possession and it was not known at the time
that they had been stolen. The felOnous
feminine is now in Jail awaiting trial.
While Philip Berger, who is employed
at the vitriol tubs OF the Gautier Wire Works
in CoEcmaugh borough. was passing from
one tub to another. about 9 O'Clock on Sat
urday morning last, the board which was
laid across the tubs tilted up, and he mad,
4 very narrow escape from being precipita
ted bodily into the acid, which he Fortunately
and deXtcrOuSly avoided by throwing himself
backward. Both OF his legs however. were
plunged into the YitriOl as high up as the
knees and before he could withdraw them
shocking manner. Since then his sufferiug>
have been most acute. and the probabilities
are that he VIII not be able to resume work
for several weeks.
We had the pleasure last week Of rcceiy
ing a visit, only too brief from our esteemed
friends, Prof. {. O. Burg and ladv, Oi
Wheeling, W. Va, formerly of Holidays
burg, who are spending their vacation from
college duties among relatives and friends in
and about Galiitzin. Mr.. and Mrs Burg ar,
among the most talented and accomplished
teachers and musicians whose friendship Wt
have the pleasure OF enjoying, and not unfrc
qucntiy in former years have our column,
been enriched by contributions from tho
gifted pen of the lady in question whom We
have known only to esteem from carlicS
childhood. and who we hope will give Us wha
we are sure viii be a readable sketch of hel
no doubt enjoyable visit to relatives and
friends in ami about tialitZin.
Our good friend and true, Joe II. Gadd
of NyandOttc, Kansas, has our thanks for &
special invitation to be present on SATURDAY.
evening last at the dedication of a Democrat
ic wigwam i'm that city, and had il not beer
for the want of time and money we woult
have made the pilgrimage with pleasure, cs
pccially as one OF Cambria ; most gifted sons
Hon. Thos. p Fenion. of Leavenworth, KS.
spoke a piece" on the occasion, and NOR,
especially because little PENNSYLVANIA T,.
union with our friend and his excellent wifi
would have been exactly to our liking. Mr.
Gadd assures ms that NVandOttc has a larm
and enthusiastic Hancock and English club
which numbers among its members many per
SONS who have heretofore acted with the Re
publican party. And SO it goes all over tn
country.
With sincere regret we chronicle tn,
death of Miss Annie Farrell, daughter OF on
worthy old friend john Farrell, formerly q
! COnemaugh borough, who died at the nom
of her father in Tyrone on Thursday last, q
lung disease, long since contracted, age
about % years. She was, as the AltOon
T sun very appropriately remarks one of tn
most highly esteemed and beloved Young Ia
dies in Tyrone, and her loss will he dccpl
felt by all the members of the family, as we
as by large circle of relatives and friends
to whom she was greatly attached To he
bercavcd father, who always manifested
great injection IoI HIS clllldlcll, ana especial
. " for the stricken one, her early death can
not but prove one Of the saddest atilictiOn
he has ever been called upon to bear, albei
there IS every reason to believe that his los
is her eternal gain. That God may gran
rest to her soul is our earnest prayer.
We noted briefly i'm these columns las
week that DIR. ". II. Sloan. of Chcs
, Springs was robbed in Altoona, few ever
ings previous of gold watch and ten do
lars in money, but il the CarrOlt0vn Nelrs
not mSinfOTmed he Jared even worse tha
1Nn had any imtilnaIinu Of as tLat 1nn L.al. 80