The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-03-26


similar position on the main Hne- removed
! ms households goods and household gede,
90 Monday evening lsst. to Cresson. where
( be Will hereafter reside
/ The singular spectacle Of hauling ice
Wild stI-bOtSe team vas furnished our
/ citizens last Monday Though the ice Ia very
+ tnih' yet enough, we are assured, has been
housed 70 meet all reasonable demands dur
( Ing the coming summer.
we understand that Prof. Lyte, our sf-
neient school superintendent, IS meeting
with gratifying success In the matter Of max
Ing uP his rolls for a select school to be
taught oy him In the Union School building
. during the coming summer
The sale Of the real estate OF Peter
, Smelzer, OF Allegheny township, advertised
I in these columns for the past three weeks by
: Joseph Hogue, assignee, has been postponed
/ fro'n the 9th Of the present month until
Saturday, April 10th, proximo.
Hon. John Fenlon has placed as under
/ obligations for fifteen neatly bound volumes
+ OF the Second Geological Survey Of PennsyL
+ vania, work which. when fully completed,
. will add immensely to the general knowledge
( Of things practical and scientific.
We desire 70 say 10 sundrv newspapers
inside our exchange list that there is no such
word "a pretzel, OF, II there is, Webster
should be abridged instead Of unabridged, as
+ he knocks off the p and substitutes a b. All
which Is respectfully submitted.
While engaged cutting ice last week on
one Of the dams below town, Hon. r. a
Barker and AIr. Silas Wherry both became
/ participants in a cold bath not OF their own
seeking. The CONCEALED fluid proved not
strong enough to sustain their weight
Two boys named p. Steel and VIM Ing
have been held for trial In Allegheny City
+ on suspicion of having robbed a candy store
one day last week. Surely II there is any
thing in g name, or rather in two names,
Steel-InC, the lads in question must be guilty
of the offence charged.
We hope il isn't Harry Woods, Of Jour
! nalistic and poetic fame, and likewise of Al
toona, who was before the Blair county Court
on Monday last for surety OF the peace, anG
who on submission was required to pay costs
and give bonds for his good behavior FOX
. twelve months to come.
Brady Mccullough. Of Greensburg, who
was recently found guilty Of murder in the
second degree for killing a colorad barber
named Clark, with whom he had been gam
. bling during an entire night, was sentenced
on Monday last to seven years at hard labor
, in the Western Penitentiary.
Our tOwnsman Mr.. Joseph Weisser will
20 TO the Summit this week to live, he having
secured the hotel stand for many years oc-
cupied by Mr.. Chris. Reich An effort will
be made at next Argument Court to have
the license granted the latter, and not lifted
transferred to the new landlord.
"A lady friend in SummerhiII township,
who has no desire to see her name in print,
was considerably bruised Ivy being thrown
. from her horse, which accidentally stumbled,
while on her way to attend Mass at St.
! BarthoIomew's church, WilmoTe, on Sunday
last. She is to be congratulated on her es-
! cape from more serious injury.
Mr.. Frank Mullen, of Summerbin town
ship, has one for each knee now, his good
wife having recently presented him with
twins, both bouncing boy babies. As Mr..
Mullen himself IS one Of a pair, and as his
fathers family contained two pairs, it looks
as though the thing is hereditary. We hope
however, that Frank don't feel Mullen choly
about it.
Rev Thomas DAWN, executor of Rev
John Hackett late Of SummityiIle, deceased
will offer two tracts Of land for sale at public
outcry, on Tuesday, April 18th, and JOSEPH
CIiste. trustee of estate of VIM. Tiley, Sr
deceased, will dispose ia the same way O!
three tracts of coal land and two lots O
ground in Washington township, on Tues
day. April 2Oth. See posters and advertise
meuls.
Vincent Flanagan, Of Portage, this coun
tv, aged IS years, and employed as freight
brakeman on tile p r. r, missed his calcula
ton while attempting to jump on a section
Of = moving train which he had just uncoup
led in tue Altoona yard, on NoTday last, anC
falling between the tracks was caught by tn,
brake-bsIs and rolled over several times, re
ceiving injuries of = very serious though no
fatal character.
The new banking house of Messrs. Z
Roberts & Son threw open its doors for TIN
transaction Of business last Monday morn
ing. with Mr.. Geo. IL. Roberts as genera
manager, and Mr.. Ed. Kittell as cashier
With regard TO the firm, it will start out will
and will retain the confidence Of the public
while as to location and interior arrange
+ ment of ofHce-rOom, 10 improvement in tn
bank is possible.
John Mcdonald and John Click tw,
coal miners employed at Lloydville, thi
county, were caught By 4 fall bf rock whil
at work on Friday last, but fortunately IS
capped with few severe though not seriou
injuries II was at FIRST thought that they
had both been killed. as they were in an in
sensible condition when found, but upoi
being carried out into the open air they
speedily revived.
THE Christian Mother: The Education
OF Her Children and Her Prayers" is th'
title Of a handsome little volume whicl
Benziger Bros, Of 81 Broadway, New York
having kindly sent Us. 1t is from the Ger
man Of Rev. Father Cramer, the translation
have been nude bya Father OF the Society
Of Jesus, with the permission Of superlors
and is a work that should find c place Il
every Catholic household.
"A Tyrone dispatch o: the 215h Inst. say
that some Of the striking miners in th'
C!earfeld district have gone to work agair
AT the old prices, the following named mines
being once more In operation: NOrrisdale
Decatur, Derby, Campbell Brothers en'
Moshannon. In these mines from 800 to 4oi
miners are at work. Everything Is quiet
The rest Of the men are holding for an ad
vance Of ten cents per ton.
Capt. Sam. Davis, Co. 4. Fifth ReSi
ment, y. G. P, last week received orders t
ship all the guns belonging to the COMPANY
to headquarters at Harrisburg forthwith, 70
the purpose Of exchange for more superior
arm The guns were good enough, bsin;
Springfield breech-loadinG muskets, but i