The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-06-30

occasions marked 81 in the shade. IL Is not
fEoupht this is too hot TO keep a man from
gCing fishing, but It'll is hot enough Last
YEAR, at this date 1t was yet hotter. On the
10Th dav of June, 1881, the mercury in the
thermometer registered e0O in the shade. A
singular circumstance IS remarked that only
six months later back the snow was two feet
deep.
John Counsman. aged 10 years, had the
first finger on his left hand amputated at the
first Joint and the other three taken of at
the second Joint, Saturday forenoon, by a
iointlng machine at Mackey's planning mill,
In Altoona where he was employed as sash
maker and mOuldeT. Had it been anything
else than jOiuting machine it might not
have disjointed the joints OF als hngers SO
REV, Matthew Smith, son of Patrick
Smith Iate of Tunnelhill Borough, deceased.
will be raised TO the dignity of the priesthood
at Cleveland, Ohio, tomorrow morning, and
will celebrate his first Mass at GallitZn on
the day following. Another member of the
same family, Rev. Thomas Smith, will be or
dained a priest at St Vincent'S College,
Westmoreland county, week after next, as
Will also Rev John Burns, of GallitZin. May
Heaven bless them in their holy calling.
The Tyrone correspondent of the AL
tOOna Tribune tellsVOf sasaffas tree at Spruce
creek that measures ten feet five inches in
circumference, and forks about eighteen
| inches above the ground About year ago
/ one OF the two branches was cut off and from
Z its trunk was cut a saw log sixteen feet in
{ length The other branch, which is still
{ standing measures seven feet three inches in
I Gil cumference, and the tree Itself is without
/ doubt the largest of its kind il the United
/ States.
| A very heavy storm prevailed in West
I moreland county Oh Sunday last At Ligo-
/ nier lightning struck the house Of Peter
Croft and killed a ughter of Mr.. LOor, who
was visiting there. Two of Grofts children
! were also seriously injured. 1t was with the
greatest difficulty that the house was saved
I from being entirely burned down. At Mid
[ dletown fences. bridges and crops were
washed away The houses Of MeSsrs. Ben
net and Kittering at Latrobe were struck by
lightning.
IT Brother Williams, of the CarroIltown
NetUs, has dictionary IN Lis new book store
we advise him to hunt up the word 'defec-
tons and see what it means, and If he has
a pair of "Specs'' and a little spare time he
might use both to advantage by taking a
closer look at the alleged item in the FREE
MAN about "a number of defecttOnS in the
construction of the new Court House, " which
never appeared in the FREEMAN nor any
other paper except the NelCs that we are
aware of.
Mr. Frank Saupp, or perhaps, more
properly speaking, his eStimabe better
hall" of LOretto, enjoyed the first fruits of
her labor in the way of potato culture on
Wednesday last when the family and invited
guests partOOk among other well prepared
edibles of a mess of new potatoes varying in
size from the circumference of a walnut to
D
of the volunteer persuasion, but most of them
were of early spring planting. These are
undoubtedly the first of the season in this
latitude.
Miss Ollie Barton, daughter of John Bar
! ton, ESQ, one Of the most eminent lawyers
at the Pittsburgh bar, was baptized aud re-
ceived into the Catholic Church by Rt- Rev.
I Bishop Tuirg i'm the beautiful chapel Of the
/ Sisters of Mercy, Loretto on last Wednesday
morning. Miss Barton was former pupil
I at St Aloysius' Academy, where she has
/ been a parlOr boarder for the past few weeks,
and is aged about % years. The Bishop also
on the same morning administered the Sac
rament of Confirmation to eight students at
st. Francis College.
We venture to say that every man here
away who has ever wOTna shirt buttoned be-
hind will rejoice to learn thai scratch
pocket garment of that kind, with AL the
I advantages of an open front and the dura-
bility of an open back shirt, has recently
been invented. and that our merchant friend
John Owens, Of this place has the new-fan-
( gled garment for sale. Go and see them, and
while YOU are there don't forget to look at
the large and elegant stock of straw and felt
I hats which Owens is closing out at prices SO
J low that the temptation to buy is almost ir-
resistible-
! Among the welcome visitors to our town
( during the past few days, the first named
being still with Us, were Messrs. J; NJ. Neu-
bauer, of Erie, Pa. son-in-law of Mrs Fos-
ter, Of the Cambria House, Tom L. McNa-
/ mara who with his family recently removed
/ from this place to Curve nSville, CleaTheid
county, and J.. {. Martin, of Philadelphia.
All three of these gentlemen subscribe and
pay for the FREEMAN. and nowhere in the
land can a more clever and whole-souled trio
be found. Long life to the three, and all the
blessings that flow from peace and content
ment may each OF them know.
The livery stable Of r. Fleck, in Altoona,
was burned down on the 14th of the present
month. Fleck was absent from the city al
the time, and 4 letter which had been writ
e., TD,T, Ii
ton, who was employed in some capacity
. about the stable, having been opened by the
person to whom it had been handed by Tenn
. pIetOn to deliver to FIeck, caused suspicion
that they had cOnspired together to burn it.
They were both arrested last week, and in
default of furnishing the amount of bail re
quired, were committed to the county jail tC
answer the charge of inceudiarism.
Mr. Charles MAYER, of Johnstowu, is a
present and has been and will continue t
10 be for two or three days to come, an artist I,
, deliniate on the doors of the new COur
House their several legends. His intention i
3 to say, in characters of living and never-fad
ing light. that on this hand is the "Commis
siOners' Office on that the ''PrOthOnOtary'
Office " further along the ''Sheritf's Office,
and the Register and Recorders Office
and the ''TTeasuTer's Office" while up stair
n galaxy Of legends which viii mean "COur
Room, ''JuTy Room" etc. We have looked
at a portion of Mr. Mayors work and know
ne is a master of his art. n
. UeSUaE next, the GLORIOUS dnUlNBfSaT ~
. Of American Independence, is to be com
memOrated all around the circle, bat we have
no hesitation in saying that when it comes t.
picnicS it will be a close contest between st
Augustine, Summitvile and GallitEin. at al
Of which places the respective churches arr
to be the gamers, as to which will carry of
the hOnOrs. All Of them, we are sure will b'
I ENJOYABLE merry -n1alSiCes and each Of then
will be well deserving of the most generous
encOurag ement At the latter place an i'm
mense pavilion viii afford abundant ehelte
and plenty of room for the fun to 90 OF
should the weather prove unpropitots 70
out door pleasure.
we are pleased indeed to learn that Jus
tice has az last been done in the way o
granting pension to John and Mary. Muir
/ raw. children of that gallant soldier and ex
I cellent citizen. the late Col. VIM. G.. Murray
. OF Hollidaysburg, who not only spent IN
money freely in strengthening the military
I arm Of the government during the late resei
lion, but gave his services, and finally nj
life at the battle Of Winchester, TO his cOun
try. The bill pensioning the children o
this brave officer wac engineered througi
the Senate by Senator Cameron and thIOngi
the House by Congressman Campbell, anC
received the signature of President Arthur
the latter part of last week. How much the
back pay amounts 20 is not stated
The store of Mr. John F. Seigh. in Nor
rellville, below JOhnstOwn, was entered by
burglars sometime after - o'clock on las
Sunday morning, and robbed of large
amount of money and valuable papers. Al
entrance was effected by forcing the from
door, after which the thieves proceeded tC
explode the safe. first having piled a quaint
tv of goods around it to deaden the sound o
the explosion. Mr.. Seigh and his family