The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-04-01

/ full treatment Of these complaints, withou
! extra charge. Price 30 cts. Sold by E. James
( Druggist, Ebensburg, Pa. [4-1.-e.o .o.w.1y.
The barber-shop of Mr.. Geo. Washington
I has been removed 10 the room formerly oc
/ cupied by the Postoffice, while Mr. II. p
Schaefer, late of Hollidaysburg, as our read.
I ers are aware, has opened out a similar es-
( tablishnent in the Office formerly used by r
! j. Lloyd, Esq, as drug store. Both are in
/ successful running order, and, paying your
money, it IS your province to take your
choice
Our young friend and patron VIM. B.
Conway, formerly Of this county, where he
was born and raised. but now Of Greensburg,
Will be a can didate for the Office of Register
and Recorder of WestmoreIand county at
the Democrats primary election, which is to
4 be held on Friday, June 10th, Twenty two
Others, Democrats and Republicans, are af-
ter the same position, but we hope tliat VIM.
y. viii Con(a)w way Of outstripping them all
in the race.
n The Palmers are Just now making q
good dea! of trouble IN the world Attorney
Z General Palmer has got the Legislature on
its ear by deciding that there car be no extra
pay for extra time, the newspaper reporter
Palmer Is pegging away at the same body,
and carpenter Palmer has brought suits for
libel against two Of Altoona ; lively little
dailieS, the Tribune and Sun. Verify and
indeed do these seem to be the Palmer est
days of the republic.
1
"COOney' as applied to the accomplished
editor of the McVeytown Journal, and
thinks that EUeueZer Conrad, Esq, Cor what
ever the Z. stands iOr,) would be preferable
Well, perhaps it would, but we can say to the
Press that if Everett it wants 10 raise the
EbeneZer of the accomplished editor SfUre-
said il will have to adopt some other method,
"COOney'' being too good natured to take Oh
fence at little pleasantly OF that kind
Mr.. Shenk, contractor for our new Court
I
in town Tuesday evening, to prepare mat
ters and things for the opening Of the com
ing campaign. The latter gentleman is aC-
cOmpanIed by his family, and will take up
his residence III the Presbyterian parsonage
on High street Work Will 5C resumed on
the Court House by a large force of men so
soon as the weather sha1i justify the belief
that the backbone Of winter has been finally
fractured.
We have good reason to believe that an
Industrial establishment which VIII give EN-
plOy ment to q number OF mer Is about to be
put in operation in Ebensburg, OF will be in
course of week OF two, and that q live
Yankee" " so called, Will be at the head of it,
We are not at liberty to give the location or
nature OF the proposed industry, but that it
viii be a good thing, as that there is little
doubt about II being certain thing, Tor our
town, we have the assurance of q gentleman
who knows whereof lie afIirms.
WI our friend and patron Mr.. Peter
Helfrch of Elder township, was engaged on
Monday Of last week in hauling to Chest
creek four logs Joined together with grabs, -
the end Of tHe trail swinging around at
the landing, which the CdrroIItOwn Nelr.
describes as ~ high bank that runs about
eighteen feet perpendicular to the river >"
and going over the decliyity, dragged the
team with it. Both horses fell on the rocks
below and We're instantly killed. Mr.. Hell
tnch has our sincere sympathie3 III his mis-
fortune
The Bedford Gazette tells Of a sharper
who is going about the country irving to
swlndIe people by means of a knife trick.
The way he does 1t Is to approach a farmer
(Why farmer rather than any other person
IS not stated, opens all the blades OF the
knife, HUurishes them before the eyes Of his
Intended victim, and thep shuts them up and
ofterS to bet dollar or any other given sum
that the farmer can't open 4 blade The
knife has a secret spring inside the handle
which clamps down the blades and holds
them fast
Every one is acquainted with the old
nursery story about the hen that Matched the
ducks, and how one fine day they went swim
ming IN the pond near by, and the induce
meutS she offered them to keep out of the
water; but II 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
by L. James, Ebens5urg, and all other drug
gists, at % cents per package.
The Tyrone Herald says that on Tuesday
afternoon of last week, as some OF the road
men were running the hand car on the Iy-
rome and LewisburG road, they met a man
on the bridge near WaUiOrsmark Being
unable to stop, and the party of the second
part having no apparent means of escape,
the chances were in favor of a collision but
having some presence OF mind about him, the
man stretched himself upon the ties until tile
car passed over him. lie then got up and
pursued his way with as little concern as if
the affair had been matter Of.eyeIy-day Oc-
cuTrence.
Dir. John W. Roberts informs us that
few days since a block OF stone for the new
Court House was quaTTied at Beulah, its
length being three feet and its thickness
about half that figure When split, in the
centre Of the mass was found a deposit Of
coal as broad as ones hand and of the uni
form thickness of an eighth OF inch. NOOth-
eT vestIge OF the black mineral showed itself
nor was there any apparent surface opening
through which 1t could have found its way
to the heart OF the stone. How did il get
there? Referred to the Cambria County
Scientific Institute.
Hugh Karnes, a brakeman at the 2. r.
weigh-sCaies, Tyrone, was instantly killed at
that place about O'Clock on Saturday morn
ing last How the accident occurred IS not
known, but It IS supposed, says the Altoona
sun, that he either fell or was knocked be
tween the cars by the force with which they
came together while being dropped down the
track. The poor fellow was dragged about
eight car-Iengths, and when found he was
hanging by one hand caught between the
deadwOOd, with his neck broken and his
legs twisted around the break beam. His
age was about twenty years.
Our friend ROsenthal from the east has
got back, and his store is now filled with
pOndeTOus stack of clothing the best among
which you will find every shade, style and
texture that for Spring IS designed. So all
who desire to don a new suit should gird up
their lOins and TO Altoona ''scout," where at
the Young America store our friend ROsen-
thai dwelIs, and the finest of clothing az an
honest price sells. All which will appear in
an ad. that will speak more at length on the
subject IH our paper next week, though in
the meantime it viii be just as well to 20
there and see what Dave has to sell.
james Fowler, brakeman in the P r.
X. yard at Altoona, was caught between the
deadwOOd of two freight cars he was en-
gagged in coupling on last Saturday forenoon,
and was crushed to death on the spot. The
wife OF the unfortunate man, who was born
and raised in HOliidaysburg. died about a
year ago, leaving several mOtherless children
who BY their sad calamity are left without a
fathers care and support. \ sister Df the
deceased recently became a member of the
religious order known as the Sisters of St.
Joseph, and Is now at the mother house in
this place MAY his soul rest IN peace.
"A young man named Thomas Shaffer.
who resided in the vicinity of CovOde, in I
Indiana county, was drowned in the Susque-
hanna river, near the foot of Chest Falls, a
week ago last Sunday, and at latest accounts
his body had not been recovered. He was
employed by a gentleman named Bell, and
was standing at the time of the accident on
the unfastened end Of a lash pole. when the
ashing that extended out over the water
was struck bya heavy lOg, knocking Shaffer's
from under him and throwing him into the
wafer The deceased was auad bpf yvean - I