The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18

lea position lnthe Oflce Of the American Iron
and Steel Association, Philadelphia, Of which
Mr. Swank, his old newspaper partner, IS the
efficient and courteous Chief Secretary.
/ Watermelon-cholv deavth of home news
. there must be beyond the line of Northern
Cambria when the following has to do duty
/ as a local ite m in one OF our ClaaTfeld county
+ exchanges q is wonderful what a taste
/ some people in this place have for water
melon. \ half melon can be devOured in
| a little time by them, and still they wish
they had more"
Last Sunday week an extremely heavy
/ rain fell at CressOn and points contiguous,
. and last Sunday a similar deluge visited the
. area between Indiana and StrOngstOwn,
flooding the roads and rendering them well
nigh impasSable. \ few scattering drops Of
/ moisture on either occasion were all that at
trpcted attention here to the fact that there
was disturbance of the elements some
T where else.
The Pennsylvania railroad company will
sell tickets on its main line and branches to
. fremen attending the convention at Brad
. ford, which will begin September 10, at the
. rate of two cents a mile round trip. A spec
. ial train will leave Harrisburg on Monday,
September -. All Information can be bad
by addressing H Ettla, corresponding secTe-
tary Harrisburg, Pa.
-Jno. Walters, employed at Saxman's coal
/ mine at LatrObe, accidentally tumhled into
the mouth of the shaft on Monday evening,
. and. falling a distance Of ninety feet, was
/ crushed into an unrecogniZable mass. In
/ the descent his body came in contact with
! thn'iaCged edges of the rocks and cut his
/ left arm off at the shoulder as clean as
| though it had been done with a razor. He
/ leaves a wife and several small children.
In the list Of late Federal apporntees at
/ Washington City we notice the name Of
/ Samuel Belford, of this State, who has been
/ presented with position with 5000 year i'm
/ It. He was appointed at the instance of
/ Representative BeIfOrd of Colorado ''Sam''
/ will be remembered by our local readers as
the youth who used to occasionally accom-
panv his father. y. s. :. Belford, in his
monthly visits to this place In the capacity
of dentist.
We had the pleasure Of a call on Tues
dav from Mr. - DOrnan, son Of Mr. VIM.
[ J. DOruan an extensive. successful and ar-
cOmplshed book and Job printer, Of Phila-
delphia Mr.. DOTnan, the Junior, is here on
( the rusticate, and has no hesitation i'm saving
( that he is delighted with our town and pleased
! with the accommodations at Belmont. Wei
come, indeed. at night, noon or mOrnin', 10
. the sonctun1 dc FREEMAN is our friend Mr..
Mr.. J. c. Tyler, father of Mr W. d. Tv-
/ Ter, superintendent of the Logan House, Al
tOOna, and also of the Mountain House,
; CressOn, died in Altoona on SATURDAY last, in
the s0th year Of his age. He resided in
/ Canton. Bradford county, this State. and had
. been for some limo on q visit to his son. at
. the Logan House, for the benefit of his health,
. which had become considerably impaired.
. Canton for intermenr.
Among the guests at the Cambria House
during the past week were Mr.. G. y. Rem.
ingtOn and wife, Of NeOla, Iowa. Mrs.
Remington. nee Annie Clark, was born and
raised i'm this place, and is a sister Of our ge-
. nial friend G.. 8 Clark, city editor Of the
. Council Bluffs. DAD Non pOrejl a gentleman
who is at least as much if not more deserving
of the appellation Of "gander-leGs" as his
. fellow cOmDatriOt on the same journal our
. old time friend. w. II. Fl. Brainard.
The ladies connected with the Christian
. church of this place viii give a lawn festival
/ this and tomorrow (Friday and Saturday,
. evenings, August Sth and 10th, at the resi-
. dence Of Rev. A. s. Morrison. corner of Ju-
/ liam and HOrner streets. Ice cream. peaches
and cream. etc, etc, will be served from z
+ to 10 O'Clock p. NJ, and the campus viii he
made brilliant and attractive with Chinese
. lanterns. In case of uufavOTab!e weather
the festival will be held in the old court
4 house.
"A. V. DiveIr. Esq, of Altoona, has en-
. tered the race against the veteran COffrOth
as an aspiraut for Congressional hOnOrs on
the Democratic ticket, and asks his fellow
Democrats I'm this county to remember him
. at the primary election tomorrow. Mr.. D.
has plenty Of get up i'm him, and It won't be
his fault or the fault Of a gOOdiy number of
friends if he don't make bis calling and cleo
tiOn sure to a position which, for aUght we
know 20 the contrary, he would fill to per-
fectiOn.
q cOlored employe at Belmont got away with
fifteen dollars belonging to a fellow serva mt
also CnIOred, while the latter was taking part
I'm the game. Accounts differ as to where
the thief captured the money, the victims
F cuat-pocket and his trunk dividing the hon
Ors but wherever he gObbled it he maLaeed
20 get away so far with it that Justice has not
uvertaken him. The guests at Belmont.
however. made up the loss to the TighUful
owner Of the stolen lucre.
Va 1fr Of e..
parties i'm WiliiamsDOrt, has purchased a
large body Of land CtwU thousand acres is
the amount we have heard stated), with a
four months option, in jackson township,
which is underlad with superior quality OF
camel coal. tt is said to be the intention of
the gentlemen interested to build a railroad
from Mineral Point, on the p. 2. R.. to the
I property a. soon as the necessary arrange
ments can be effected provided, of course
the purchase is ultimately completed
Don't let your angry passions rise be-
cause your neighbOTs advertise but boldly
do as they are dOing-pursue the path they
, are pursuing. and thus youH drive away
Gull times But should you wish TO get the
best of goods twill always pay you TO invest
at John Ovens store, where all can fine
q stock complete, bear this i'm mind, and pri-
. ces cheap-sO low, indeed that by buying
dry goods, groceries, and all else YOU need
from Owens (John) you'll surely save your
dimes. Summer goods selling off at cost.
1t may be said that the summer season
is at its fun height so far as the presence OF
strangers in our midst is concerned. Boil
Belmont and the Lloyd House are crowded
while several private houses have been in
vaded by such a- have a taste for comforts
domestic. EbensbuTg is gradually attaining
prominence as an unrivalled summer resort
unrivalled in the several matters Of air, wa
ter and natural scenery-and there is NJ
vPlId reason why she should not enter tht
ranks as a rival TO CressOu for public favor.
The new heating apparatus for the
Poor House has got far as BradleyS sta
ton, the point of debarkation, where it has
been for several days past, and consists of a
large boiler, necessary pipes, etc, for making
steam and conveying it to all parts Of the
building. The contractors for furnishing
and putting uD the fixtures are MeSSrS. +. II.
Cooper & Co, Of Rochester, \. Y.--the same
firm that furnished the heating apparatus fOl
the new Court House. The contIact price !;
= 4T0, and the work is to be finished by the
first of September.
We had a call on Monday from Messrs
A. :. Weaklaud of Chest Springs, and An
selm Weaken, Of Elder township, both oil
whom TeiOiced the printers heart by subscri-
hing and paying i'm advance for the FREE
MAN. While i'm town the latter gentleman
was likewise prevailed upon by a number OF
friends, prominent among whom was the
gentlemad first named, to permit his name L
90 on the Democratic ticket for Jury Com
missioner position for which he will be
nominated and no doubt elected, and for the
duties of which he Is abundantly qualified.
Mr.. G. Viola, knight of the razor and
a professor of music, under whose skillfu
tuition our silver cOrnet band is making suct
rapid strides toward perfection, has pur-
chased the fixtures and good viii of the bar