The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-31


/ of young O'NeiII's feet.
/ -Johustown's best and only Tribune Of
Monday "The Farmers Daughter won t
show here tomorrow night. the managers
hayiEg broken their engagement with Mr.
Hamilton. It is presumed that the daugh
ter has work to do on the farm this nice
spring weather. and that the old man has
shut down on her running around"
The Johnstown Tribune tells us that it
. is against the law to "take from anv stream
trout under FIVE inches in length" There Is
no such law. The writer of course referred
to black bass. But we heartily endorse his
views when he says that ono true sportsman
would be guilty of taking these small fish.
even If no law against their capture existed -
Owing to an oversight which ought not
to have occurred, about two thirds Of this
/ edition of our paper were pressed off before
the discovery was made that the outside date
I'm the form OF last weeks issue had not been
changed from the oath OF the month to the
31st The omission, however would be.
come apparent to the reader on the first
glance at the paper.
The hearing Of road views consumed the
major portion Of the time Of Court this week
However, that is all right ''I am in favor
Of all roads" said an enthusiastic member
Of Congress once, and then hesitated 'sFx-
cept the road to ruin" interiected a svmpa-
thatsing member. We trust none of the
roads acted on will be found liable TO the
latter interpretation
Mr.. f. 3. KitteH, second Youngest son
Of Mrs. MARGARET KitteU. of this place. and
who has had large experience in the bank
ing business, more recently in the Roberts
Bank, departed for Pittsburgh on last Mon
day morning for the purpose Of accepting a
telIership in the Penn Bank. Ed. is fully
competent for the work before him, and is
as honest as the days long.
Capt. James P. Stewart. of HOLIDAYS
burg, will hold a court martial in Johnstown
April 9Th to hear charges Of neglect of duty
and disobediancp Of orders against the fol-
lowing named partias, members of Co H.:
Privates, Robert J. Murphy. Harry G. Rose,
and W. p. Vance The Johnstown com
pany is a member Of the regiment wherein
the Fhensburg company ranks "a Co A
Fifth Regiment
That invincible warrior Michael Fitzhar-
ris, of Gallitzin, is bound to raise a military
company and keep it raised till there shall
: be a vacancy I'm the Fifth regiment There
is good material a the ''TunneII' for an or
. CuniZation Of that sort. but Just when the
/ vacancy looked for will roll round goes
ahead of us to see, the new Altoona company
having the swing But there may be a new
appOrtionment some time.
A woman named Mrs George Messenger.
Of JohnstOwn. had the neuralgia took a
dose Of morphine: took too much fell into
deadly stupor slept more hours than it is
thought the law allows. and the neichbors
. wisely imagined she had attempted 10 com.
NIT suicide. She fooled them all. however.
/ by waking up all right after awhile. and the
/ doctor aid the morphine had been taken un-
der his own prescription.
Three lads named Joseph Jeffries, Alfred
Lightner and Ed. Burket, were arrested I'm
JohnstOwn on Saturday afternoon for steal
ing pocket-bOok containing $50 in money
and gold ring from the residence of Mrs.
Morley, and on Monday morning were taken
before Squire Rutledge, when they each en-
tered plea Of guilty. They were then
brought to this peaceful place and com mitted
to Castle Griffith to await trial
This is what the Rev. J. Franklin Core,
pastor Of the First VI. F. church of Johns
town. said ia the course of his afternoon ser
mon last Sunday "The Cambria Iron Com
pany does more to demOralize the people of
this community than any other force or apen-
cy in it," We are Of course looking at it
from distance. but it strikes us that the
reverend gentleman may in the end find that
he has bitten off more than he can ehaw.
We copy the following from the Altoona
CaH of Tuesday "Nrs Cecilia Marufre
died at her home i'm st. Augustine, Cambria
county, at o o'clock yesterday morning. aged
about 80 years. She had been ailinr for a
long time with dropsv, and that was the
cause of her death. Mrs Mcguire was the
mother of Mrs. Mitchell Trout and Mrs Al
bert Flick, Of this city The funerar took
place at st. Augustine at O'Clock this morn
ing.
It's all right, Of course, to single out
Ebensburg as q GOOD place to start on But
why not include Johnstown, MHvine. Cam
bria borough, WiIlmore. LtlIv's. GalIitzin
ct. al? Wo refer to to this thing OF return
ing three licensed houses i'm Ebensburg, and
those only, for alleged infraction of the law.
The foregoing is the way the question has
been put TO Us coupled with the asse vera
tton That if the last Grand Jury failed to do
Is full and entire duty, the next one must.
OF course we know nothing about It.
It's mighty few commercial travellers
that sell a thrpe-thousand dollar bill Yet
this feat was recently accomplished by our
townsman Ben. p. Thompson. representa-
tive Of the firm Of Ives, Murphy & Bonar,
dealers i'm hats, caps. straw goods, etc. 444
Broadway, New York. Conne'lsviHe is a
big and growing town. and the centre Of one
Of the best portions of Pennsylvania, and if
you don't believe IT, turn back the page and
see what our friend Frank Cowan SAYS of
the Valley Of the Yough. And there is
where Mr.. Thompson got his work in.
The annual report of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company shows that during the
year 1881, lightweight locomotives were bull
at the Altoona shops for the main line and
fifteen for the branch roads east of Pitts
burgh. There were also constructed at the
same shops during the year, eighty four pas
senger cars, nine baggage postal and ex-
press cars, and two thousand four hundred
and twenty Car Trust cars, six hundred and
forty-nine freight cars, and also eleven hun
dred and five cars for the branches Over
a million one hundred and fifty thousand lies
were used on the main line and all its con-
nections during the year.
About three years ago an old-time friend
Of the editor Of this paper, Mr., James Cul-
len, died of consumption at his home in Hol-
ldaysburg after a long and painful illness
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