The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-03-18

is q failure, though an occasional Jug of mo-
lassOs or cake Of the hard stuff is exposed TO
sale at fancy prices. Too much cold weather
at the right time, and a great deal too much
snow all the time is the explanation J
"A man named Andrew Moore, of Penn
township, Clearficld county, died at his resi-
-dence recently, in the s5th year Of his age.
lie was member Of the Society Of Friends,
and had resided on the farm on which he
died for fifty-eight consecutive years.
We are sorry to chronicle the serious i'll
ness Of Burgess Humphreys, who. though
able to be about shows palpable signs of a
visitation from catarrhal affection. Rev.
7. R. Jones, Of the Congregational church
is also seriously indispOsed, though we are
not Informed as to the nature Of his ailment.
After enjoying an uninterrupted season
of sleghing.for period Of one hundred and
twelve days by actual count, it looks very
much at present writing as if the end had
been reached at last Still the miserable
Nennor is so far from being satisfied that he
promises the heaviest snow storm Of the Win
ter on or about Monday next.
-Nr James Quinn, OF the large aud prOs-
porous dry goods firm of Gels, FOstcrt- Quinn
Johnstown, was on jury duty at Court this
week, and OF course called to see us. "Jfm"
Is physically, financially and domesticaIIv
blessed, and there is no one we would rather
see in such comfortable circumstances. un-
less II might be our own sweet self.
The item in the Johust0wu Tribune
about Mr.. John a. DIETRICH, of CarrolIto7yn-
ship having been excused from duty as a
iurym8n at Court on Tuesday ,ast OWING 70
tie alleged accidental killing of one OF his
sons, sons, IS fully explained by death notice
elsewhere-said death having resulted from
natural causes and not from accident
a bright and interesting little daughter,
the pet of The household, of Mir Al George
OF Lilly's station, aged some six or eight
years, died about noon on Tuesday last of
dIphtheria, or what some are inclined to be-
lieve is a species Of black fever. inasmuch as
the tongue turnes black soon after death. if
not before it, There are said to be five or
SIX other cases Of the disease in and about
. Lilly's.
An anonymous correspondent writes
from WHmOre to inform us how badly beef
uddied, or as he puts it, how etrcctually
the gay Old editor Of puns' was 'buiI-
dOsed' by recent transaction noted in these
columns but neither plot nor persuasion
could induce us TO go back on a friend. we
would decline to publish his letter even if it
( bad been accompanied by the real name OF
the author.
FIX Sheriff Ryan, of Johustown. who is
about to embark i'm the mercantile business
i'm fine new store ne has built for himself ON
4 Washington street, In that city, has secured
the clerical services of our Young friend Jas
y. Seaman OF taTToitowu, and is To he con-
/ gTatuidted on his selection. James is CONNIE
+ tent, courteous and trustworthy, and may
be depended on TO do his duty honestly and
faithfully.
/ The Braddock Times gives onr amiabIe
young friend ''Tom" Shoemaker this we'll
L.
Collins Shoemaker one OF our most estima-
ole young gentlemen, has left ErlddOcll and
gone TO EhrushuTg, Cambria county. where
he will remain for short time, after which
DE viii locate in Columbia county. Nav
success attend his footsteps WhitAvrs0ever
they wander
1 Mrs Lacey and family, who for couDle
of Years have teuauted the Noon mansion in
the East ward of this borough, this week re-
moved their personal effects TO Logetto. where,
as formerly, they viii take mp their residence.
+ They will occupy the fine house of Air. \. j.
Christy located at the intersection Of the
EheuSbuTg road with the LOrcttO and Chest
Springs road. We are sorry to lose them
f from OuT midst.
We are sorry to be obliged to chronicle
the death of valuable horse of Mr.. ". c..
" Williamson, our local agent for the Singer
. Sewing Machine CoMpJHy. Tie animal sue
+ CUmDed To- one of the numerous family of
( equine diseases last Sunday night. Three
or four other horses i'm this ueighbOUhood
have diC0 lattcriy, but their disease caE i'm
no instance be traced to the prevalence of
F. am epidemic such as cpiZoOty.
subscribers Co the FREEMAN who intend
moving this Spring should promptly acQuIiut
US with the fact, so shat there may be no mis-
take in forwarding their papers. Persons
who haven Z paid their subscriptions for a
Few years are especially requested to attend
/ 10 tIis matter, as nothing temp-s IT'S more
torcibly to depart from the path of rectitu3e
than To hear ~ mau Of that kind pulling
up stakes for parts unknown.
"A young man named Wiley was arrested
in Huntington on saturday last for being
/ concerned, as is believed, with another young
man named Nc Cahe in stealing hides from
4 Mr.. Vail, a Tyrone tanner. Young Wiley
was lodged M the Huntingdon lookup for
safe keeping, but when n Tyrone officer
I went there to Cobhle him it was found that
he had dug his way ont He is evidently too
/ WHY Wiley for the wI,e5 Of the law.
The man who eudeavDrS to obtain the
signatures of farmers to apparently innocent
|F. L f# I
. One OF the genus, named !. II. Miller. who
tried and succeeded IN getting several re-
spOUsible names to what rurp0rted to be q
coutractto tine delivery of patent washing
. machine, bu5 which was i'm reality prGmis-
sory note, has been arrested in Bedford
+ county and Will be called CG 20 answer the
charge Of swindIing.
"A cOiorCd man named John Can't. living
. i'm Altoona, was arrested on Monday last and
committed TO Jail TO await the result Of an in
Ve~tI4atlOU as TO the cause of his Wttc'~ death.
the presumption now being that she was
. bruta,iy treated by her husband, and that
she died from injuries inflicted by him. and
not from congestion of the lungs, as was at
first supposed. The body is to be If it has
. not already been cEhUmed, AMI the mystery
to be probed TO the bottom.
"A story IS related 20 the Indiana Demo
crat of an old lady, a resident III the northern
part OF the county, who, when upon her
death be !, concealed under her pillow q bag
containing over $500 i'm gold coin. Those
. the money away. but the diving woman chung
TO il, and refused to have if removed saving
. that she wanted to take it along with her.
The story appears to be wei authenticated,
. and illustrates the ''Tuliug passion strong in
. DEATH
-N1w that winter is about over, You will
want to buy nice new suit OF clothes for
. spring and summer wear, and we will tell
you where you can buy at q bargain and
save lots Of money. Y. :. Barker q Bro.
have just received a new lot of spring and
summer suits. which they are offering at
prices lower than ever before. They are de
teTmiued not to he underSOid by anybody,
and will therefore furnish yOu suit cheaper
than you can buy one like it in Altoona OF
Johnstown. Call and be convinced.
+ Among the many friends who dropped
? in on us this week none were more welcome
( than John II. Fiske, Esq, OF White township,
Messrs. Dennis. Cawley and David Brown, ,ICf
Dean township, and our Uid-time cOTTespOn-
+ ed township, but now of Altoona. The lat
ter desired us not TO ell the Altoona CAL that
he had been here, and a. we DOB1boe we
would rather accommodate than Pat, OF course
we won't say anything about II, though we
are at "a loss to see what CAL there is for keep
ing the matter quiet.
Every one is acquainted with the old
nursery story about the hen that hatched the
( ducks. and how one fine day they went swim
meuts she offered them 10 keep out of the
water but il may not be generally known
+ that whenever poultry has anything to talk
about in these later and more enlightened
DAYS their conversation always turns TO the
benefits their species have derived from the
. use of VI. b. Roberts Poultry Powder. Sold
10y E. James, Ebens5urg and all other drug