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

Il Don't BLAME YOU, DAN" is the
way COnkling responded to the declara-
tion of Gen. Daniel Butterield, of Ro-
chester, New York, always al unyield-
ing Republican, that he couldn't get over
voting for Hancock. The woods all over
the country appear to be full of just such
men as Dan. Buttcrfeld.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-30

IRELAND contains twenty millions Of
acres of land. OF this, one landlord
owns 10000 acres 2g2 own one-third
Of the island IA one-haIf. and 1912
over two-thirds. OF the l, 942, l, ,727 are
absentees-men who reside in London
and other places in England and are
rarely seen in Ireland.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-30

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD BUsISEss.-
The monthly statement of the business of Ill
lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Company
east of Pittsburgh and Erie for June, 1880, as
compared with the same month in 1879,
shows
An increase in gross earnings Of ........sSa 666
An increase IN expenses oi...--.-.-....-- +l9,4l3
An increase in net earnings Of. of.........s4ll. .25S
The six months of 1880, as compared with
the same period in 1879, show
An Increase in gross earnings 02O 0I2
An increase In expenses of.............. l.TI 400
An increase in net earnings off,. 81 c4s 553
All lines west of Pittsburgh and Erie for
the six months of 1880 show surplus over
liabilities of l,3l1, I36. being gain over the
same period in 1879 of 81 ,730. .473.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-30

BURNING BARNS AFTER HARvEST.-The
annual recurance Of numerous barn burn
IDgS, Immediately after harvest and at the
time when such disaster entails the great
est loss TO the farmer. gives rise anew to the
discussion of the various theories of '.spon-
taneOus combustion" 1t is very widely
held among farmers and just as earnestly de-
MED by many Of them, that damp oats or hay
Will give rise to a degree that heat viii cause
a cOnfagration, and that piece of iron or n
steel fork, left in the body of the grain, will
intensity the danger. II is a mooted queS-
tiOn Of great interest that can easily be set
tied by scientific investigation. The farmers
want illumination on the subject of a differ
ent sort from that which is afforded by their
blazing barns.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-30

IT is becoming more evident every
day from the tone of the Republican
press, that the hopelessness of electing
Garfield is now so perfectly apparent to
the Republican leaders, that they viii
concentrate ali their energies to carry
close Congressional districts, hopin g
thereby to cripple Hancoek's admins
tration in the work of reform.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-30

". II. ELLIS telegraphs from Mont
gomery, Alabama, July 22d, to the
Chairman of the Democratic National
Committee as follows: ''Our colored
Hancock and English club on its third
meeting last night numbered 610. The
colored voters are unit for the cause. .
This partly accounts for the milk in the
solid south" CCCUauut.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-30
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.

FOR CONGRESS:
A. II. COFFROTH, Of Somerset.
Subject 70 decision Of Democratic Con CereRcc.l
FOR sYATE SENATOR:
HERMAN BAUMER, of COnemaugh BorO'
ISugjcct TO decision Of Democratic Confersnee.l
FOE ASSEMBLY:
JOHN FENLON. of E.bensburg
J.. ID. WOODRUFF, Of JOhustOwn.
FOR PEOTHONOTAEY:
CHARLES \. LANCfBEIN, Of Chest Township
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
WILLIAM Il. SECHLER, Of Ebensburg.
POOR HOUSE DIRECTORS:
FRANCIS J. BAKER. Is years. Of Susquehanna
GEORGE W. EASILY, q ycar.) Of Johnstown.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-30

toNsVNrTIoN CUEED.-Au old physician reti~el
rom practice, having had placed in his hands hy
"a 'ist lhult missionary the formula Of sintle
NcseuLn!e remedy for the speedy and pcrreauent
CuIS % OF consumption Bronchitis. .Cntarrh stlrna
.lll IN. ~ AhrQat and Lung Affections also POSI-
tL.e ihu radical cure for Nervous Debility and al
NesN9us complaints, after having tested its wen
95 ~ curative powers in thousands Of cases has
tctt IL ms duty To make it known to his sufcrin..
lcitoWs. Actuated by this motive and desire 10
!cSNe human suffering. will send free OF charge
% ,til VINO desire it. this recipe IN Gcrnan FRENCH
or EnS4lsh' with fuii directions for prenarns and
using. sent by mail by addrcSsiu. with stamn
himln2 this paper V. W. SHEAEHs l4o Tu.-l.'i
''-'i 4-- it''ei- =. J. li-.9.-s. .c.c.p.l
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-30

\ Fool ONCE MORE For ten years my
wife was confined to her bed with such a
complication of ailments that no doctor
could tell what was the matter or cure her.aud
| used up small fortune in humbug stuff
Six months ago I saw a L. s. flag with Hon
BitterS on it, and / thought 1 would be a fool
once more. | tried it, but my folly proved
to he wisdom. Two bottles cured her She
is now as well and strong as any mans wife
and it cost me only two dollars. Such folly
pays.-I W, Detroit, Mich
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-30
STEAMER sunk AND SEVERAL LIVES
LosT.-A Detroit (AIich) despatch of tine

STEAMER sunk AND SEVERAL LIVES
LoST.-A Detroit (AIich.) despatch of the
23d inst. says
a terribi accident occurred about half past ton
CLOCK last night on the Detroit river some nine
ilcs peioW this city The excursion stea ur Cav
lald, M.lA LOO persons on board, under the an
spices ol the Detroit moulders' union while t-oir,-
Gown the river collidcd with the steam vacbf
MINNIE cutting her in two so that she almost in
stantly sank. IA
The latter had board twentv-f1rr 7.ers7rz
CONSISTING mainly Of Father Beyeubcrrh Ia st- I'd
ATlnltN Roman Catholic church Of This CITY ami
NUMBER OF acOlytes and BOYS of9eiatfnfr In rrri
Gus capacities in the service oi the church Tllrv
hiu pcen on their annual excursion to Monroe III
were returning home. Tho night was brfa-bt win
moonlight, and there would seem to have lc,n m
Ltt-onr save thal OF criminal neglect why tho 1r-
ciaent should have occurred
~ those on board the Mamie the following were
drowned Mrs. Fred. Martin, wife of the en.rf n-
Ger Miss Lizzie Murphy. houSeEeepcr of F-tThr-
8leyenber2h Miss Mary Hahn OF the Domestic
.iIochlal school Of Trinity church and Prank
Eoiau, John Howe, Daniel Barry. John nouovau
~ lliic tuddy, Daniel CuGdy. John CoS4rove Jas,
LooAiey ana Joseph Monaghan. all altar b0vs of
me ctuEch. aged irOm eleven % fourteen wears .
ALoinis Kelley sexton of the church Jim keIIev
organ blower; and Andrew Uoran q bow who v Is
invited 70 accompany the excursion.
Aiiotlas NJ l-osuc, another boy Is missiDr and
~ uoiouess lost Captain Hoffman Engineer
martin. Father Blcyeubcrsh, Miss Lizzie DuSseau
oi monroe, and four others we're saved and -a-sil
60 tnis city about o'clock this morning None of
inc bodies Of the drowned have vet been recovered
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-30

ESGLIsHWEE formerly supposed r.
American running horses were SER. .-s..
30 theirs, but during the Inst -r. r...-- r.-
Ole NGIlensteiu, and other fast .r.. -.
were sent from this country tr England Il.
won hundreds Of thousands of dollars
James Gordon Benuett.Ea. The E-.
have Investigated the reasons f--.. .-
success OF American horses. and -
they are kept iu such fine condition n F..
constant use of NJ. B. Roberts Ir.--. r.
ders. For -Ilg ly Y ~ ElrE.r e --.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-30

The NOLTAIC BELT Co., Marshall, Michi-
gan, viii send their celebrated Electro Vol
taic Belts TO the afflicted upon 80 days trial
Speedy cures guaranteed They mean what
they say. Niite 10 them without delay
fts-Iy-g-- in
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-30
THE DEMOCRACY NEVER DIES.

Although the Democratic party re-
ceiveS many mcalled for and cruel StaOs
from supposed friendly hands, it always
RECEIVERS from the wounds. 1t is as im-
mortal as anything human can be. 1t
may be betrayed and misled 10y selfish
and cowardly leaders, and apparently
succumb, but the disaster is always tenn
porary. 1t may be apparently over
thrown, but it sinks only to rise again.
1t is founded on the eyer-enduring plat
form of human rights, and viii live as
long as man, to whom human rights be-
long, exists
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-04
How Long Bees Live.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Western
Honey Bee gives the following result of
an experiment made to ascertain the
duration of life in bees: II thought 1
would satisfy myself in regard to the
life of the bee in the height of the
working season. had stand of the
little black bees, of the genuine sting
ers, and on the morning of May 30 1
killed the queen. and by carefully look
ing through their hive 1 found one
black drone, and destroyed that on the
evening of the same day. put in a cell
for yellow queen on the I'd of June.
She was Matched out, and there were n
few yellow bees in the hive on the
3Oth, in just twenty-one days from the
time the eggs were deposited. On the
9TH of July a few yellow bees were to
be seen playing around the hive, and
on the 18th day of July, just fourteen
days from the time the yellow bees
were Matched out, few were seen at
work with the black bees. Now, any
one can see that if the yellow bees
were Matched in twenty-one days, the
last black bees were all out by the 3Oth
of June; and if the yellow bees went to
work on the 18th of July, the last of
the black bees must have gone to work
on the 18th of July, making fourteen
days from the time they were Matched,
unless one will go to work sooner than
the other. This stand contained moth
ing but black bees, when the black
queen was destroyed. On the 18th of Ju-
". just forty-nine days from the time the
black queen was destroyed, there was
not black bee to be seen about the
hive. Iopened it. Not one was to be
seen inside. Now 1 know that the
bees will live longer at other seasons of
the year, and thought this would be
a good chance to test the height of the
season. The hive was ex-
amined every day during the whole
lime, SO that no mistake might be
made. From the above it will be seen
hat the lifetime of honey bee in the
busiest working season is but four
weeks or twenty-eight days.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-04
2,4O


as the amount you expected to realize While
saying this to Mr.. Ames L wrote tho figures as
above, on piece of paper living on his table,
to show him what the only statement was he
had ever made to me-"
But, in the face of this declaration
that he knew in 1868 of the enormous
profits to be made out of Credit Mobil-
Ter stock, Mr.. Garfield elsewhere claims
that he did not know anything of the
character of the stock or the nature of
the profits to be forthcoming until
warned by Judge Black, a year or two
later. that the transaction was suspi-
ciOuSi
Leave entirely out of sight Cakes
Ames' sworn testimony, which the Po-
land Committee believed and the coun-
try believed, that Mr.. Garfield received
a dividend of 1929 on Credit Mobilier
stock, understanding it to be such a
dividend, and there is still evidence
enough in Garfield's own statements to
convict him of the bride taking and the
periury.-M Y. Sun.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-04
POLITICAL POINTS.

The Baltimore american advances
the suspicion that the letter of Hancock
to Sherman, which has been published,
was not the one called for. 1t is more
than a suspicion, in fact an absolute
certainty, that such is the fact. The
one ''called for" by the Republicans
Hancock never wrote or thought of
writing.
TO a correspondent in Chicago
Mr.. English has written the following
letter:
INDIANAPoLIs, August 7.
MY DEAR SIR: Never mind the claims and
boasts of the Republicans about Indiana 1t
is all bosh. The Democrats thoroughly
are only in danger by reason of the importa-
tiOn of negro voters, frauds and the of
great sums of money, which the Republicans
State but with Gods help we intend to hold
w. H. ENGLISH.
Because the Alabama negroes
didn't see fit to vote the Greenback
ticket in large numbers, the silly cry of
fraud is raised by the Republicans.
There isn't a single fact to base the
and orderly. Every man had chance
to vote as he pleased, unquestioned.
Many of the Radical negroes, having
no Republican ticket to vote for, cast
their ballots with their Democratic
neighbors. There would be a great
Democratic majority in Iowa or Kansas
if the Republicans in either of those
States were to make no nominations
Washington Post.
1t is fashionable just now in the
Republican papers to refer to the fierce
activity of the Irish Republicans"
This bosh does not gull anybody. The
Irish Republican element bears about
the same relation to the party, so far as
size is concerned, that a grain of corn
does to the solar system. Every intel
Ggent Irishman knows that the Repub-
lican party managers and leaders would
disfranchise the whole Irish race had
they the power. The feeling of the
Republicans for the Irish is well por-
trayed by the cartoons in Harper's
Weekly, which speak louder than words.
st. Louis Republican.
"A Democrat, says the Elmira On.
W Gazette, has deposited in the office
of the Gazette 81, 900 to be matched
against like sum from the pockets of
any Republican who believes in Gar
fields success, the bets to be distributed
as follows:
800 that Hancock CARR es Pennsylvania.
800 that Hancock carries Connecticut.
800 that Hancock carries New Jersey.
500 that Hancock carries Indiana
SOD that Hancock carries New York.
800 that he wins all the above bets.
And 81 900 thut Hancock will be elected
All the offers to be accepted or none.
No Republican will match the sum.
They don't propose to put up their
money just to have Democrats walk
away with it.
- General Hancock says he will
make no speeches during the campaign,
but will remain on Governors Island
all summer and fall. The wisdom of
this course is apparent. In the first
place as long as General Hancock COM
mands military department of the
it will be eminently proper
for him to attend faithfully to his official
duties. In the second place "no Presi-
Dental candidate to use the words of
the Springfield ReDudlican, which is
Garfield, "ever went about
the country exhibiting himself without
losing by it, and General Hancock will
not follow Mr.. Garfields foolish ex-
ample.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-04
The People, Not the Republican Party,
Paid the Debt.

The Republican press is making &
great parade of figures exhibiting the
reduction of the public debt as a proc
of the wonderful skill with which Re
publican Administrations have managed
the National finances and lightened
the burdens of the people. The in
terest-bearing debt has been diminished
from 80, 381, $50, 600 in 1865 to 81, 1885,
6S6, 200 in 1854 reduction of 1854,
S43, 900; and the annual interest has
been reduced from $15O, 977, 900 to $685.
129, O00-a decrease of $67, S47, 900.
See what our party has done in fifteen
years say the Republican journals
and would it not be the highest folly
in the people to turn out the party that
has performed such great things and in
augurate new one in its placeP
1t is the people themselves who have
paid this $594,843,O00 on the public
debt. The money came out of their
pockets. 1t is true Republican Admin
istrations have handled and disbursed
credit for this than the clerk who pays
his employers bills with his employer s
funds.
finances by the Republicans, instead of
protligate and wasteful beyond compu-
tation. The National debt represents
about twice the amount of money the
Government got for its bonds. The
bonds were sold for about fifty cents in
gold, the Government getting only $500
in real money for 5 900 bond. The
best writers on political economy now
assert that if there had been no sus-
pension Of specie payment during the
war and no issue of Treasury notes to
be deprecated to thirty-five cents on
the dollar, the war would have been
carried on at one-half the cost and the
National debt would now be only about
one half what it actually is.
The amount of money paid on the in
terest-bearing debt under Republican
has been about $780,
100000. But it ought to have been
twice that sum, and it would have
been if the revenues had been
economically managed, instead of being
A commission of Repub-
licans appointed by President Grant
estimated that one-fourth the taxes
paid by the people were never applied
to the legitimate needs of the Govern
ment. and the operations of the Whisky
ring afford an intirnatiOn of how it was
stolen and where it went. When the
Democrats got control of the House
they stopped this business and brought
the Republican Administration down to
an honest and economical basis, and if
the National finances had been as
managed prior to the accession
of the Democracy to power in the
House as they have been since, there
would now be scarcely National debt
at all.-S. Louis Republic' n.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-04
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

GEN. BUTLER opened the Democratic
campaign in Boston, on the night of the
2sth, by a two hours speech at Faneuil
Hail.
GEN. GRANT made brief speech at a
Republican gathering at Galena, on the
night of the 9th, pledging himself to be
present there ut the polls on the I'd of No
vember and "cast one Republican vote for
the President Of the United States"
CHIEF OURAY died on the Goth at the
Southern Ute Agency. He was attended by
Drs. Lacy, Hopper and Smith. The cause Of
his death was Bright's disease. 1t is be-
lieved the signing of the treaty will now be
indefinitely delayed.
FIVE lads, named William Maher,
John Mcnamara, Timothy Nolan, Patrick
Ryan and John Shinnick. whose ages ranged
from ID to Is, attempted to steal a ride home
from a pic mic near Lowell, Mass, on the
evening of the 18th, by secreting themselves
on the top of passenger coach of the Lowell
and Lawrence Railroad. The train passed
under a low stone bridge, three miles from
Lowell, which swept them from the car. All
the bodies were horribly mangled
when found, and it is supposed that death
was instantaneous, except in the case of
Shinnick, who fell upon the car platform
and lived about twenty minutes. The space
between the top of the car and the bridge Is
twenty-five inches, and 1t is therefore con-
jcctured that all of the lads were sitting up
right when struck, unconscious of their dam
ger.
The steamer Marine City, on Lake
Huron, while on her way down from Macki-
mack, on the afternoon of the Goth, with
full passenger list, took fire off Sturgeon
Point, and before effective efforts could
be brought to bear the flames
became unmanageable. The tug Vulcan,
which was fortunately near by, took off a
number Of passengers, and the boats from
the Life-saving Station picked up those who
had jumped into the water. A number of
lives were lost, but it was impossible to tell
exactly how many or what were their Names
MARY BOYLE, aged II, of Buffalo, and
Nellie Hurlbut, aged o, Of Rochester, were
drowned while rowing on the Niagara River.
DURING the absence from home of
Mr.. G.. w. Ward and wife, of Lane Town
ship, Warrick County, Ind, an inhuman
entered their house, the only in
mates of which were several children, and
committed most iendish assault upon the
eldest Of them, girl ten years OF age, after
which he cut her throat and left her for
dead. She was still living when her parents
but unconscious, with no proba-
bility Of her recovery.
Two men lost their lives by the burn
ing of the fleece washing room of the Pacific
Mills at Lawrence, Mass, on the 18th.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-04

We do not attach much weight
to the charge against General Garfield
that during the war, when he left the
house of Widow Hutchins, in the terri
tory of the enemy, where he had been
temporarily guartered, he carried away
her bedclothing with him. The charge
is rather a small matter to bring up
after so many years. But the General
did carry off something on another and
a later occasion, which. in the opinion
of honorable men, it was highly dis
creditable to him to take. He was sent
to the Chicago Convention to engineer
the nomination of John Sherman, whose
professed and trusted friend he was.
lie betrayed his trust, and after much
intriguing carried of the nomination
himself. What were few bedclothes
compared to that?-N. y. Sun.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-04
No Dispute About These Facts.

When about to distribute Credit Mo-
bilier shares where they would "pro-
| duce most good to the men who
dreaded the action of Congress, Cakes
Ames. who knew his colleagues well,
selected Garfield, of Ohio. as one who
could probably be bribed.
The letter addressed to the American
people by the sons of Cakes Ames natu-
rally denies the intent to bride. But
Cakes Ames himself, on Washington s
birthday, 1868, wrote to Colonel Nc
Comb in regard to the shares distribut-
ed to Garfield and others: 1--WE want
more friends in this Congress, and if a
man will look into the law (and it is
difficult to get them to do it unless they
have an interest to do soy he cannot
help being convinced that we should
not be interfered with" The Messrs.
Ames offer, as leading argument, to
show that there was nothing wrong in
the transaction, the fact that no Iegis-
lation was wanted of Congress at that
time. Precisely SO. AS Cakes Ames'
letter to McComb shows beyond the
possibility of doubt, it was to prevent
legislation that the shares were put
where they would "produce most
good" On Ames' own construction of
the matter, the Congressman were to
be hired to adopt his views of the
meaning of the law by making their
interest identical with the interest of
the company. That is what was done;
and that is what constitutes bribery.
Garfeld's share in Credit Mobilier
was not an Investment in a promising
stock recommended by friend. Gar
field was to pay nothing. He was as
sured that the stock offered him for
nothing would realize 81, 400. He adj
mits this, for in his defense, published
not until after the death of Cakes Ames,
he attempts to explain the memoran-
dunn of 50, 400 in his own handwriting
in this way:
Before 1 left his room the interview after
the investigation had begun he said he had
some memoranda which seemed to indicate
that the moLcy had of him was on account
of stock; and asked me If he did not, some
time in 1858, deliver to me a statement to that
effect. told him il he had any account of
that sort was neither aware of 1t, nor respon-
siba for it; and thereupOn 1 m ade substan-
TALLY the following statement: MIR. Ames, the
only memorandum you ever showed me was
in 1S67-6S, when, speaking to me of this pro-
posed sale of stock, you figured out on little
piece OF paper what you supposed would be
realized from Al investment of 81 900; and as
/ remember, you wrote down these figures:
1000
l.0D