The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-09-17


or thirty feet, was two hundred and fifty feet
IN length and was giTt about and otherwise
strengthened, as was supposed, by not less
than ton and a half of iron. We were not
present when the catastrophe happened, hay-
ing left the scene about half an hour before,
but we are reliably informed that when the
pole came down three rousing cheers went up
for Hancock and English.
We learn from the JOhnstOwn Tribune
that J. II. Garman, one of the parties arrest
ed on suspicion of having been concerned in
the Behe-Dumm robbery, was taken from
that place to Allegheny township, on We'd
nesday last for identification and a hearing
before Esquire Little. Constable JOS Dur
bin, the officer who had him in charge and who
brought him to jail here the same evening, IS
entitled to the credit of having ferreted out
all the alleged participants in this Infamous
outrage and robbery. John Swope, of Chest
township, another of the parties implicated,
was also brought to Jail this Thursday fore
nhon, Dy the same officer.
Or. W. $ BittneT, Of Altoona, an artist
OF acknowledged merit, has recently compile
ted an elegant oil portrait of General Han
cock, which we had the pleasure of taking
peep at the other day, and which all who
nave seen 1t pronounce credit 10 the Doctor
and an honor to the next President of the
1 Onlted States. The portrait was taken from
a photograph Of the distinguished subject and
differs IN many essential particulars from the
generally accepted pictures of the superb
soldier and statesman. This admirable
work of art which was executed for the Cen
tral Hancock Club of Altoona, required only
a day and half for its completion, 80 deft
and dainty are the artists fingers. Ii the
Doctor could only be induced to vote as well
as he paints his glory would be complete.
"A Republican orator, by name McEnally,
seized the 'blOOdy shirt" monday night and
attempted to rally the Republican hosts in
this great neck q timber. but the more that
hc Tanted the more his hearers grew Timber.
And yet he went on till it was plain TO dis
ElVer there was a bile on his stomach and
pile on his liver: while ON part of the audience
who came there to hear him there was lack
of ''enthuse' and no desire to cheer him for
It's well known to the world and the rest of
mankind, that the ''hloOdy shirt is a garment
that floats in the wind as harmless and limp
aS rag without gore, and the reason We II
tell you, it wase Hancock who wore q shirt
that was bloody when the life of the nation
in battles was sought. and conquered the reb-
els whom he gallIntly fought. But that is
not all. for there story to tell next Novem-
Der that will prove Hancock as well fitted to
fight and conquer the Republican horde. with
the ballot and not with the sword, as he was
when he subducd Gen. LongStrcet. the Re
publican pet, and gave the rebels licking
they'll never forget.
Hon +. Joy Morris. Of Philadelphia the
gentleman who made the last of the two
speeches delivered at the Republican meeting
on Monday night, paid glowing tribute to
the military record and mdaunted bravery of
General Hancock, but hadn't a word of com
mcndation to utter for the candidate of his
own party, Gen. Garfield. whose name he only
casually mentioned once or twice in speaking
OF the tariff subject on which Garfield has
Il record which StinkS in the nOStIllS of every
man who favOTS a high protective tariff. The
same gentleman painted a glorious picture of
what would have come to pass had the con
federate forces under LOngStreet won the
victory at Gettysburg and marched on Phila-
delphia and other Northern cities but he for
got to refer to the fact that the man who
commanded the rebel army on that memOTa-
Bile occasion Is Row cheek by j0Wl with the
Republican leaders. and that the brave officer
who rcpulSed LOnEstreet and saved the North
from ruin and deSOldtiOn is the man whom
the Republican party is doing its best to de-
feat for the Presidency of once more united
and prosperous nation.
No one could fail to note the vast differ
euce between the orderly conduct of those
who attended the Democratic meeting on
Monday night of last week and the disurdcrlV
bearing OF the bOyS-aud there We're very few
others than bOyS-who came to town ON Mon
day evening in big wagons, Taiiy fcStpOncd
10 attend the Republican gathering at the
Court House on that occasion. 1t was a fact
patent to all that the former returned home
pcaceahly and quietly after their meeting was
over, while the latter, to UsC their own maud
I'm MUttcriugS went in to 'takC the town. "
and did take it to the extent oI creating a
irSt-c!JsS disturbance at liciniu@cr's hotel.
which, however, was speedily nippCd in the
bud by stone-mason at the new Court
House, Hamcd Bowers, who halls from New
\ Nork, and who Knocked down one of the
lOudest-moUthed among his aSSailants, sever
al of whom are said to have ''waded in for
the purpose Of rcconstructing him on pugi-
listic principles. Then followed a scene such
as might be expected with all the actors full
of fighting whisky and Republican politics.
out as the Bowers were all held by the Dem
OcratS and the Stuue-maSGn aforesaid gave
them To understand in very plain terms that
he could whip the whole cabOOdle of them,
one at q time, they soon simmered down and
departed for home about halt-past eleven o.
clock.
The Hancock and English Club Of this
place got up an lmprOmptU glOriiCdtiuH Tues
day night over the Maine election. and with
over forty Chinese lanterns borne al0ft took
up their line OF march. preceded bv the mar
tial band, the American flag and the prize
banner, for the old Academy building. in the
immediate vicinity of which, arrangements
had been made for large bonfire and for the
firing of SaiuteS from the little cannon recent
ly presented 20 the Club by General NIcDon-
aid. This part of the programme was not
only carried out 10 the letter. but F. T. Tier
ney, Esq. of Altoona, who happened to be a
''lOOkcr-On in Venice, was loudly called for
and after time mounted box in the fuil
glare of the bonfire and delivered a brief but
telling Speech-Onc of the best. in fact Of the
campaign, being rcplete with happy hits and
amusing carcaturcS, which often drought
down the house. so to speak, in yociterOuS
cheers for the eloquent orator and the glorious
cause he 50 ably advocated. After the
Specch-making and other demonstrations of
joy came the reforming of the procession
which marched through the principal streets
of town, occasionally induging in loud ap-
plause for General Hancock. the glorious
Democratic victory just achieved in the Re
publican state of Maine. and for the whole
Democratic ticket. About the hour of 10 o.
clock the jubilant Democrats broke ranks in
front of the Club room, and after dispoSing of
the drums andother paraphernalia of the pro
cession, quietly departed to their respective
homes.
COUNTY TREASURER's SAFE BLOWN OPEN
AND ROBBED.-On Monday night last I'M
mediately succeeding, as Is supposed, the Oc-
cupancy of the building by the Republican
mass meeting, the Office of the County
Treasurer in the upper story of the Court
House was broken into by burglars and the
safe blown open. The door leading to the
TreaSureT'S Office is a stout wooden one, and
not meant to be bar.tO the welding of a
Jimmy OF any similar instrument, but the
safe was thought to be secure, as most i'll
VentiUns of that description usually are. Oc-
uaT demonstration the following morning
established the fact that the door had been
easil, forced and that through the process
of drilling and blasting, the lock of the safe
had been blown OF. This expectation of the
burglars was doubtless % make a rich haul,
but the wise torethought of Deputy John A
Kennedy uniformeTly prompts him To keep
the surplus cash of the county in bank, and
this served him in good turn this time. The
sum total the burglars secured for all their
pains was abOut,S25O more than One-half of
which, or SI20, we are sorry to say, belonged
to the Deputy Treasurer himself, and was in
gold. The instruments made use of in this
bold work of deSpO Oiiation were obtained in
the immediate neighboThoOd OF the Court
the worsmcn on the foundation of the new
Court House and others of MI j. ID. Parrish