The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-12-16

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/ .-Cuf young friend J. @. LLOYD, assistant
tlcket and freight agent at this place. is max
lIsS ~ arrangements for supplying the people
I VI LoensDurg with crushed coke, the best if
I not the most economical article of fuel now
| IN the market. Persons wishing to purchase
/ should consult =" Bob" as he is familarlv
I called, without DELAY
j. NJ. Thompson, High street, is in con-
! slant receipt of samples for clothing. from
the celebrated establishment of John Wana-
maker, Philadelphia, and will be pIeaspd To
snow me same to all corners. He has also
got Mr.. Wanamaker's last catalogue Of pri-
I ceS tor ladies' goods etc, and can order anv-
thing wanted at Philadelphia prices
Joun Peth was robbed of $40 and a
Natch IN JohnstOwn not long ago He re-
turned to his home In New Germany this
county, and died there last SUNDAY evening
de was buried in the village cemetery the
IoloWlng Tuesday. His disease was tv-
PHold fever, the seeds of which, il is said
were communicated to his system i'm Johns
Our merchant friend v s. Barker has
o1f thanks for pair Of large, fat mackeral.
winch we shall know more about when If
comes 20 eating them. They are certainly
the finest fish Of the kind we havo seen for
many day, and those who have a fondness
for such a dish will be reiOiced to learn that
the Messrs. Barker have an Abundance of
Ihe same, at the very lowest figures.
freight Conductor George A H0ucly of
Altoona, the youngest brother of our esteen,-
ed lady friend, Ms. Thomas J. McKiernan
OF the same city, was knocked from his train
run over and instantly killed i'm the railroad
y5rG va .l.5. at l yrone on Wednesday. The deceas-
eu was aged about 81 years and bore a most
excellent character He leaves a wife in
delcate health and two small children
IN sickness and health, in sorrow and
IQy' the kindness of our ever faithful friends
Mr. aud Mrs. Joe II. Gadd of Wvandotte
KS. always comes to the surface Hence we
We're no: surprised when letters of condo.
renee from each of them, accompanied by
tne whereWithal to purchase a turkey for
Christmas, reached us a few davS AGO Nav
God ever bless and prosper such true friends
a young man named earns was married
IN JOhnstOwn on Wednesday last and few
hourS afterwards while he and his Young
bride were alighting from the wav PASSENGER
train at Latrobe, from which thev cot off at
the wrong side, the newlv-made wife was
struck by the engine of the Johnstown ac-
commodation east, and falling under the
Vince IS she was run over ana so horribly
mangiedthat she died i'm few minutes
Our tOwnSman Mr.. David E. Evans shot
n deer on Monday last in Cambria township,
r haIt dozen miles west of Ebensburg, Tt
Weightc trife over one hundred pounds,
party IN JOhnstOwn. Mr.. David Jones of
Cambria township, also succeeded IN bring
ING down deer in the same locality one dav
last week. These "fnds" were in the same
locality where the presence of a bear or two
was noticeable not long ago.
Our sincere and heartfelt sympathieS 90
out To Ourafriend and patron. Jas Wharton
and his bereavpd family Of ClearfieId town
ship, not only because that relentless scourge
dlnhtheria has robbed them of a7darling SON
WilheTt Herman, who died on Saturday last.
aged seven years and one month but because
four others Of their children are afflicted
though we hope not fatally by the terrible
disease That God may spare them from
further bereavement is our earnest PRAYER.
The fifteenth annual session Of the Cam
bria County Teachers Institute will he held
III the Opera House, Johnstown, Dee. 26th
to seth. Dr. T. F. Higbee State Superin-
tendent, will address the Institute Monday
and evening. and several lectures
will he delivered during the week Railroad
excursion tickets will be issued to teachers .
and directors, and boarding has been secured .
at reduced rates. The teachers Of the coun. +
tv will perform the greater part Of the work
during the week
Our Presbyterian friends will hold a fair
and festival at the Court House cOmmpncino .
On Friday evening next. Dec. 23d. and con- /
-inuing during the hOlidavs A large assOrt- /
ment Of toys and candies and n great variety .
Of fancy work will 5e on exhibition and sale. .
the proceeds of which will be devoted TO the 4
Of their new church edifice. Ev-
aTybody and all their friends are of course +
invited, and a pleasant time NAV be expect .
ed. We hope the enterprise will meet with .
liberal announcement
"A young man who recently skipped out
Of Cambria township wasn't much too soon .
TO escape arrest for an alleged rape. said to
have been committed fuilylJhTee'mOnths ago. F
The victim is young girl employed as a do .
nestle by farmer in said township, and the .
scene of the crime is laid in the barn owned
by hat gentleman. Tie girl, we are told. .
said nothing about the alleged outrage until .
her condition rendered further cOnceaIment /
impossible. We withhold names in hopes Of .
serving the ends of Justice.
There is no business man in the county
whom can more heartily commend to the
patronage Of our readers than our merchant
uend, Thomas Bradley, ef GaIlitzin, whose (
10 advertisement came too late for insertion this
week. Mr.. B. is ar honest upright man to
teai with, and now that he has the largest
tock Of dry goods, groceries, boots. shoes,
notions and general supplies that he has ever
offered to the public, we advise everybody to
go there and bny, rs we are sure they can do
no better IN goods and prices anywhere else.
w are sorry to learn of the sudden and
unexpected death Of our Old-time friend
Patrick Feeney. Of Altoona, which occurred
at an early hour on Tuesday morning last.
The deceased was a brave soldier i'm the late
war, a GOOD citizen, and a faithful employe
OF the =. r. r. Co. for many years. A
WOEnd inflicted by a fragment Of a shell in
one Of the battles in which he was engaged
'aused severe rupture and eventually ed
20 his death. He was i'm the fifty eighth year
" his age and leaves a wife and four grown
~ children. MAY his soul rest in peace.
john {. Martin, Esq, Philadelphian
With extensive coal lumber and other inter
Turing the brief interval between the COM
nc in Of the regular train and the going out
II the special on W Wednesday. Mr.. Martin
s one of the most steadfast friends we have
n the world. and of course could not and
I'D not toEEet to extend to us per letter the
incere svmpathies of himself and his good
wife in the recent deaths of three of our dar-
ing children We shall always rejoice in
he good health and prosperity of such faith
nj friends.
Our oldsfIiend David Trexler, Of GaHitz-
N township, tells us that he sOwed a cupful
Il new variety Of grain called gypsy wheat
year ago last fall, and that when it came
o maturity every stalk Of it bore seven well
iIled heads. What say We to that, farmer
rlends The same gentleman avOws a will
ln1nesS TO stake his reputation for veracity
IN the assertion that blue stone, or blue Wit
lol, dissolved in water and used as q Cargle,
will cure diphtheria and kindred diseases
very time. Himself and several of his fam
lv. as well as n number Of his neighbors he
avs, were cured by this simple reHedv. Our
.dVlcet however, is not to use N until you
consult your doctor
AS the desnlatiOn of death seems at last,
hank God. to have gone out from our thrice
'ereaved household. we wish to express our
arneSt admiration for DIR. A. Grifhth, the
Intending physician, who did all that human
Kill could accomplish TO save the lives Of our
hree darling children. More than that, he
ought counsel personally and by letter from
ONE OF the best physicians here and else
where, and wheE he found that no effort Of
us could stay the hand of death even in the
asst instance, he sat at the bedside of our dy-
nc child, where he spent hours Of his pre-
louS time In trying to relieve her painful
offerings, nOtw itlstTlding the malienancy
Il the disease, and gave vent to his feelings
n silent but bitter tears. BY this and other
Qually cOmmendable acts of kindness DIR. .
nd will axrnr he