The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-11-04

for Philadelphia last evening ana intends 70 3
sail for home on Saturday next. This will .
be the thirteenth time he has crossed the T
ocean, and Judging from his hale and hearty .
appearance he viii be able to cross it many .
times more ere his useful and eventtul life .
comes to close through physical disentegrs-
ton.
The 6rstof the seven months term of our
borough schools closed on TUESDAY, and the
superintendent, Mr.. Q. A. Riddle, assures .
us that the average attendance in the higher
department, of which he has immediate
charge, reached "a per cent, which IS a
greater average, 50 far as he has had the op-
pOrtunity to judge, and he has examined
I records since 1874, that said department mas
ever heretofore attained This certainly
speaks well for the diligence Of the pupils .
and the executive ability of Mr.. Riddle.
-J0hnstOwT complains that the I. X X. .
discTiminateS against that place IN every .
thing The passenger and freight buildings
are inferior in all reSrects and in wretchedly
/ bad condition: the late schedule gives the
town the gO-by as to important trai,is, and .
to cap the cimaX-the Pittsburgh morning
papers are now delivered four hours and
half later than formerly! 'No wonder 1t
is added, mo wonder our people take 50 I'VE
an interest in the Baltimore x ONO ROAD
Several OF our hunters are anXlousiy
waiting for the FIST fan Of snow TO go out TO
Backlick township and put an end to the
+ career of a big bear that has frequently oeen
seen in that township tire present tall, Whle
one of them Is credited with having gwen
Il
and another of having nearly scared the ne
out OF a yOuuC man going home from cour-
ting expedition at a late hour OF the night by
crossing the road Immediately IN 'front.' OF
him, which may be true.
BY reference to our summary of Court
proceedings. it Will be noticed thaI IN Jhe
case OF the Commonwealth ys. RuorIJz, 2
motion in arrest of judgment was sustained
by the Court and the defendant was told to
go free Rubrirz was indicted at last Court
/ for a minor criminal OtfenSe, but 1t so hap
pened that his indictment was drawn on
blank Of the obsolete District Court of this
county and the meaning Of such decision IS
that such a document viii not hold water IN
the Cambria County Court
As soon as ProthOnotary O'Donnen,
of LoTettO. deposits his vote on next tuesday
morning and shakes hands with his friends,
he intends TO betake himself to Cresson and
thence by train 10 Alpsviile, Allegheny coun-
ty, where be is to be employed by AeSSrS.
Hackett & Rafferty,, miners and shippers OF
/ YDuUhioehPny gas and steam coal, as gtner-
al manager Of their mines and store. Char
lev is not only well qualified TO perform the
duties Of the position to which he has been
called but has hosts Of warm friends in this
county who viii be glad to hear of his sue
cess and ultimate promotion.
Two horses were atOlen from the stable
of Air. C. B. StOuffeT, of Derry township,
WestmoTelaEd county on the night OF the
25th inst. That gentleman, with several
others, tracked the thief to the vicinity Of
CaErpIltOwn, this county, and on Thursday
while in that village, learned that horses an
sweTing the description had been seen be-
tween that place and Chest Springs. 4 re
ward Of fifty dollars has been offered. One
is sorrel horse and the other a dark brown.
Ought Kinkead the champion horse thief de-
tective. to take a hand Bat probably he
wouldn't like TO spare the time from politics
just at present
In reply to letter Of inquiry from Co.
Sup't Stravar, Mr. Geo. :. Jones, Financial
Cevk, Department OF Public Instruction.
Harrisburg. writes as follows: The great
increase or decrease in the amounts Of State
appropriation received by many of the dis
trict~ as compared with the amounts recelv-
ed for previous years, IS occaSioned Ivy a
change IN the basis Of distribution, viz from
the Jrieunial return OF taxables for 1877 to
1880. In the intervening three years the
whole number Of taEabes in the State Las
increased, and al those districts which have
not prOpOrtiOuatHly increased now find their
portion OF the State appropriation falling
away
On Wednesday evening of last week the
manufacturing establishment known as the
Iowa barb wire works. situated IN Wood
vale, near JohUstOwu, was entirely destroy
ed by FIRE The building was 30 feet long
by 80 feet wide, and the loss Is estimated at
$40, 600, upon which there IS an insurance of
S4A. 600. The theory Of the IRE is that one Of
the workmen started to the place where his
coat had been hung up with torch in his
hand, and passing close TO barrel OF ben-
zine the escaping gas from the caSk ignited
with the result above stated. The works
are owned by parties in New York, who will
rep lace the burned building Immediately.
. Ladies' while silently suffering from your
many forms of weakness and disorder, to you
is given DR.. Faust : German Aromatic W me,
guaranteed to benefit and permanently cure
you. 4 lady writes: i gained eight pounds
in three weeks by your German Aromatic
Wine Sold on q positive guarantee to in
viuorate regulate and give new and perma-
al Arc n q y a ar
son, aged and feeble, or just recovering from
the effects OF eXhaUSting mental OF physical
work? Revive the droopng energies, get
new strength and rich blood by the prompt
, use of DR.. FauSt'S German Aromatic Wine.
, In no way can il be used as an utOXicant.-
T. Ask Druggists. For sale by E. James, Drug
, gist, EbenShurg. Pa. 4-i.-e o.W.ly.1
On Saturday last two young men named
I lanes Wea kIaDd and Demetri0us Clark, the
e latter being son of Mr.. DemUtrIOus A
= Clark farmer and highly respected citizen
of CleaTfiald township, started IN two
horse CONVEYANCE from Altoona, where both
I are employed in one of the railroad shops, tC
d visit their relatives near st. Augustine. In
Z decendng hill short distance north OF
that place the horses ran off and both young
men were thrown to the ground. Clark
d alghting head foremost on a large stone on
o the side of the road and fracturing his : kull
His injuries were at first supposed 30 be IA
y tai, but we learn that after being removed
Z To his fathers residence he revived some
& taiuFd for his recovery. His companion
Weakland, escaped with few slight inju
ries
@ From the Altoona Tribune OF Monday
= morning We learn that W &. Ehrenfeld, the
young man whose right arm was crushed
and severed from mis- body on Monday last
on the P r. R. near Bennington died at The
h residence OF his brother, Supervisor Fred
Ehrenfed, at GaiitZin, this county, about i
O'Clock on Saturday night. Notwithstanding
the terrible nature of his injuries his phySi
e clan had hopes Of his recovery up until Sat
n urdav. The immediate cause of his deatl
was the s.Ouuhng of of the main artery IT
the shoulder, which drained the blood from
Z his system The remains were YESTERDAY
2 buried at WlmOre, where his mother resides
r and where his father was buried only
10 month ago. The deceased was about 3
wears of age aud was much esteemed anC
respected by all who knew him.
% -AHOa- 9 O'Clock on Saturday morning
70 freight brakeman named Henry Gibson wa
y. killed almost instantly by being crushed un
" der the wheels OF his train at WrStbTOOk'
II coal siding, near Lilly station, this county
a as we learn from the Altoona Tribune II
was assisting to shift several cars at the sid
ing and while the detached portion was II
molten, be jumped from one Of the cars af
d ter applying the brake. Mr.. Gibson wa
badly wounded in one of his legs during tn
late war, ana the leg had always been veal
in consequence. II is probable that hi
D. weight caine on this leg when he jumped
n for he staggered and fell without anv Othe
n apparent cause, The wheels of the car
passed over his leg and hip, and he onl
"a lived a few minutes after being picked up
IS The remains were taken to his home in Detr
10 on Pacific express He was aged about !
= years, and had been Oh the road for man