The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-02-18


Telegraph Office in Johnstown. This amt /
much of a news item, but if anybody should /
ask you about Arthur Askew you can tell /
him, at least, that you have heard OF the /
young gentleman.
The photograph of two married men re- /
siding in South Greensburg, together with !
several loving epistles from the originals, |
have been discovered in the possession of a |
certain young lady of that place, and the Ar /
gus says that terrible domestic upheaval is |
looked for in that locality
With good deal Of praiseworthy pride |
the Altoona Call treated its readers on Wed !
nesday of last week, and again in its Sunday
edition, with q column of humorous illustra-
tons and pungent paragraphs commemora-
tive of the downfall of the iniquitous can
thracite coal monopoly in that city
We see that our stalwart Republican
friend James Quinn, of the mercantile firm
OF Gels, Foster " Quinn, JohnstOwn, was
elected to Council from the Third Ward-in
Horne, our equally solid friend of the
Democratic stripe, whose surname is Ma
thaniel, having led him just II votes.
Marriages have increased 40 per cent.
since young men have learned of the soJth-
ing effect OF SINEs' TAR, WILD CHERRY and
HOARHOCND upon babies, Young man if
you keep bottle on hand for IN emergency
YOU will be safe in bringing things to eli
max. Sold by Barker & Bro, Ebensurg
All the drinking saloons were closed o,,
election day. The law requiring this is one
of the best on the statute book, for il gives
the overworked liquid dispensers holiday
by requiring those of the sovereigns who are
unable to vote intelligeRtly without a cargo
of stimulant aboard TO get their bottles filed
the night preceding.
"A sleighing party from Johnstown COM
priSing ten ladies and q driver visited this
place "Wednesday, stopping at the Foster
House. After taking in the Jail and other
points Of interest, they went home in the
evening, tErough the middle of a storm
which was nearly rough as any characteriz-
ing this unusually rough winter.
Several houses and stores in Altoona
have been buTglariZed during the past week
or two, but nothing like what would be called
"good haur' was secured i'm any instance
As yet only one person, young man named
Joan McMurray, has been arrested for com
PGcity in at least one OF the crimes-that of
robbing Otto & Co.'S confectionery store.
"A property belonging to Alex. Grief
/ Carrolltown, was sold a. public sale at the
+ Court House by Sheriff Griffith last Satur-
/ day afternoon. 1t was purchased by Mr.
I Julius We'll, of Hollidaysburg for 500
/ Three other properties were advertised for
sale at the same time, but stay was ia aken
/ on them till the first week Of March Court.
+ Over two thousand acres of timber and
mineral lands were disposed of by the LIoyd
I assignes at public sale in Altoona on Monday
/ last, the prices obtained 2ggregating abou
4 $40 900. Judge Dean was the principle pur.
. chaser. and next in order came $. S Biar,
Esq, Mr. Baldridge, Capt f. 81. Flanagan,
of the Coalport company, John Louden and
others.
Mr. Charles Axmaker and Miss wal
/ GurGa Banhammer were married at st. Jo-
/ Seph's CCathOlic) church, ConemaHgh Eoro'
Z Oh Tuesday last. Tke result will probably
be such as to remind one of the familiar
story about G.. Washington and his little
hatchet Mr. Henry Stemmer and Miss Liz,
zie Axmaker were also married at the same
time and place.
-Subjoined is list Of officers chosen in
. Cam bria township Tuesday last Justices Of
the Peace, LemRei Davis, Abel Lleyd Con-
stable, Thomas y. Pryce Inspector, Edw &
Owens; Supervisors, John r. Davis, George
ID. PTyce; Assessor, William J. Pryce
School Directors, William Howell, John E.
Thomas; Auditor, II. e. Evans Township
Clerk, q. j. Jones.
We are nTeceipt soliciting an exchange
OF a seven-column to the page paper entitled
the Mountain Sentinel printed in far-distan
Oregon, at a place called Union, in Union
county, that State. The copy before US i:
dated Nov. y, 1880, on the outside, which i,
of the patent order, aud the inside bears date
Jan. % 1881, which is distinction with
good deal of difference
IA horse a horse my kingdom for
horse Z" When King Richard spoke thes,
words on BoswOrth field he undoubtedly
I meant a horse which had been using ROBERTS
CELEBRATED HORSE POWDERS as no othe
animal would have cOnyeyed him to a saft
place in the quickest possible time Pric,
% cehts-sold by V. ). Barker 81 Bro, Ebens
burg, and lots of other people.
! -Messrs. Saupp & Shields propose tC
3shut up shop" at Chest Springs, and witt
that object in view are now disposing OF DR.,
goods, groceries and everything else at actu
al cost for cash. All goods remaining OF
hand after Monday Feb 2sth. will De offer
T ed for sale at auction, which will be cOntin
ued from day to day until the entire stock il
disposed. See posters printed at this office
The CarrolItown NslgS is desirous of don
ming new attire at the close of its secon,
volume, in April next, and we certainly wisl
it success in its laudsble desire Brothe
Williams is the boss hand-pres manipulate
in this section of the State, and having sue
ceeded in printing a very clear paper wit
very poor material we would like to Sc
what he could do with all the elements in hi
favor.
The Indiana Democrat like tho rest @
US, sees some me ''pints" in our frien
Quartz and tells about them thusly Cap
Mike Quartz, the conductor on the Pennsy
vania Railroad, Pittsburgh Division, wh
generally runs the Johnstown Accommodate
! train, Is gaining much credit for his kind au
polite attention to the travelling public
Mike is just the right man in the rigi
place"
1t is now given out that the contract f.
the erection Of the addition to our Unio
schoo-hOuse, to be built this Summer, ha
been awarded to Mr.. Richard J. Tibbott 2
the price of 81, ,ST5. The addition viii be &
new prick as was originally intended. ES
, Sheriff Myers bid was 81 ,695, the brick to b
, used to be procured from the body of th
2 ing summer.
: The flood during the latter part Of la:
week was the most disastrous that ever YiSi
ed the Juniata Valley, the loss in bridges
7 Huntingdon county alone being about $50, 0O
Two spans of the bridge at Alexandria, Diel
e Co.'S boom at the mouth of Raystow
Branch, four road bridges over the Brancl
and the bridge at Newton Hamilton hay
been carried away, aud the bridge at MeEey
tewn partially destroyed.
Mr.. James c. Murray, Of this place, g
we have heretofore stated, has Sub-coI
} tract for hauling stone for the foundation c
the new hotel at Cresson. The material j
! procured a mile away. aud in FIVE days 0
last week he delivered one hundred and on
{ full loads with two teams. The new builC
, ! ing is progressing rapidly, and viii doubt
less be ready for occupancy on the date prC
: posed-the first of June coming
/ Hon. John d. Thomas, of Ebensbu II
= has become resident of Summit, where h
: hereafter will live in the capacity of lanC
lord Of a public house. Mr.. Martin Sanders
: of Cambria township, has also removed th
: bulk Of his household goods to the sam
/ [ neigborhoOd, though his place of futuT
= abode will be in Washington township
Both these parties mean to apply for taverI
2 license at the ensuing term of Court
I "A wicked Johnstown man wilfuly, nal
ciousIy and at the instigation of the arc
2 fiend, squrted hot wafer on colored gentle
}. man named Alex MorbuS while that inOffeI
5 sive individual was quietly eating his mlC
5 night lunch OF a recent occasion. n suit fC
9 assault and battery with intent to scald ha
: been instituted, and it is likely, says the a
n tOona Tribune that the practical lokeSt wi
find before he gets out of the scrape thu
t Alex. Morbus is worse pill than choler
D I InOrbus.
7 "A pigeon hawk seized hen i'm the barr
l yard OF Thomas Gorsuch, in Oneida towr