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


tween that we have thouobt n worth III.
to put Mr.. Gormley's opinion ON record
-only two incumbents OF offices in tbie
No"ii'y nave died during their term OF ser
Elce-Ar Milton Roberts, who was elected
Frothonotary on the Wing ticket in 1854 and
'ohh u Lake, Esq, whose death occurred
on saturday last, Another exemplifcation
Vi the TACT that Few die and none resign -
we can assure the Altoona sun that tho
oe'ay IN settling the Senatorial question II,
Ihia district, and we agree with that manor IL,
saying that it ought to be settled without M,
necessary delay, is in no way due to Mr.
b"eher, who expresses himself As ready to
proceed to business at almost any moment
tramp named Mcdonald who viii
pfobably he remembered by many Of our
readers as member Of a no,erio,,s c,r,r
known some two or three years aro as tho
Little German Band. " was hrougbt to ioil
on Monday night last to serve sentence of
hfteen days for stealing rides on freiobt
trains 7-''
In the Blair county court on Monday
last, SereR indictments for fornication and
naStardy were held over until next sessions
How many cases of the same kind have bcen
OF VIII he tried during the week. we do not
Know This being thus, is it any wonder
that the population of that county has reach
ed 8, 600?
-Ihe Johnstown Tribune SAYS that twenty
uoilarS IN money, a silver watch. set Of sill
'vf teaspoons, and some other articles were
stolen from Mr. Mccormick. Of SummcrhiU
township, on Tuesday night last. but as our
information comes pretty direct, we are in
clIned to think that his total loss is noted
elsewhere.
The editors of the Altoona sun and Tri-
oune, both daily, are just now engaged in
tile delectable business Of calling each other
pet names, such as 'liar," hereditary
drunkard, "sleuth-hound," ." ''swash buck
ler, travelling pauper," etc How pleas
ant 1t Is to see brethren editorial and other
wise dwell together in unity.
Il dwelling house in CIearfeId township
! owned by Jackson Durbin and occupied bv
Joseph Wills, caught fire on Monday Of last
week. while Mr.. Wills and family were at
dinner, and notwithstanding all their efforts,
and the Wills worked with a will. the build
ing was totally destroyed, though we pre-
sumo most if not all the contents were saved.
The many friends in this vicinity of that
model conductor and genial gentleman, VI.
: n. Quartz, will regret to learn that lie has
been confined to his home at Cresson for
several days past with congestion of the
brain, which for time threatened serious
consequences, but from which he is now. we
i are glad to say, slowly but surely recovering.
"A copious but not long-continued thun-
der storm passed over this place on last
Monday afternoon, and during its prevalence
a large tree in the vicinity of ex-Sheriff
/ BIalr's farm, mile or so east of town. was
7 struck by lightning, set on fire and almost
entirely consumed, the conflagration being
plainly visible from several points in Ebens-
burg.
Mr.. ThOs. Hoover of Cambria township,
as Will be seen by card elsewhere. annomn-
ces himself as a candidate for Register and
Recorder, as does also Mr.. Hugh McMoniglc,
Of Prospect borough, provided of course,
that the Johnstown Democrat is not misin-
formed, Both of the gentlemen named are
good Democrats and we'll worthy of place
at the official table.
The Tyrone Times says that Mrs Robi-
son, of WarriorsmarL Huntingdon county,
is the mother Of a little son, now about :
months old, born without eyebalIs The
child, as a matter OF course, is entirely blind
but cheerful, happy and beautiful to look
upon. 1t is physically perfect in every other
respect and looks like a child asleep, its eye
lids being closed, but perfect
V. 5. Barker * Bro. have had such an
increased trade on boots and shoes that they
have been forced to enlarge their store, and
are now making one Of the finest displays of
shoes in the State, which at their greatly Ie-
/ duced prices cannot be eXcelled anywhere
Hence it is that everybody buys shoes from
them at prices that other merchants have to
pay for such goods at wholesale.
The borough Of GallitZin numbers
among its thousand or more citizens (the eX-
act number not being come-at-able from the
census returns) just sixteen widows and
seven widowers, few, if any, Of whom have
as yet given up all hope Of being once again
3 mated and terminated in marital sense.
All which promises a more abundant harvest
for the new pastor than he reaped in this 10
caIity.
Here it is again-another diminutive
egg, shell and all, found imbedded in the
yoke Of an ordinary-sized hen egg-the third
of the kind brought to light in this comlnuni-
ty within less than month. This last egg
straoTdinary discovery was made at the domi-
! ell Of Mr.. Lewis Hoover, who has sent the
small egg and the shell Of the larger one to
our office for the inspection Of the curious in
such matters.
A little child Of Mr. Chas. A. Langhcin,
/ Of Chest township, the Democratic candidate
: for Prothonotary, died on Tuesday last but
his brother-in-law, Judge Thomas, who by
the way, is confined to his bed and in the
hands OF the doctor, who remained with hin
+ all Of Wednesday night, was unable toiniorm
( us Of the age, sex or disease of the little one
We tender our sincere sympathies to the be,
reaved parents.
Our two worthy friends, Andrew Foster
and Chas. : Ruth, accompanied by three
other Johnstowners, passed through this
place on Monday last en- route for Carrolltown
where they proposed to spend day or two IL
fishing for eels hunting for coons, etc, bu
as they failed to report on their way back We
take it for granted that the off-fish-al figures
co(o)n-tained a good eel that wasn't wortl
Dragging about.
OF all the modern inventions the Patent
Incubator takes the lead, but experience
teaches all that whether poultry Is Matched
bv the patent process with artificial heat, o.
bv the old original way patented by nature
they are subject to cholera, gapes, etc, anC
experience likewise teaches those who have
tried Roberts Poultry Powder, in sucl
cases, that it is a sure cure every time H'
to Barkers' for it. lo-22'-Im'I
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