The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-10

Altoona where he was greatly esteemed and
at one time held the position OF postmaster.
/ and more recently that of Associate Judge or
/ Blair county, died at his home in Philadel-
I phIa. where he was employed in the P. K. X
/ freight department, on Monday last, aged
7 about so wears. Mr.. Patton was the father
/ OF several children, among whom we may
/ name the present postmaster of Altoona. w.
| Blair Patton ESQ.,, and Mr.. VIM. A. Patton
assistant tn Vice President Cassatt, of the I,
/ r. R. Philadelphia, and was, as we know
/ froma long personal acquaintance, thorough
/ gentleman of the old school and one whom IL
/ was always pleasure to meet and greet
Mrs WeiseI. wife OF John weisel. of
Clearfeld tnwnship, died on Friday of last
! week from the effects Of severe cold con-
1 tracted the Sunday previous while on her
way to attend the devOtions known as the
"Stations Of the Cross" at fha Catholic
. church. st. Augustine, from which place to
I her home is a distance nf about two miles.
Her age was between 80 and S5 wears and up
Until the dav stated she was in the ENJOYMENT
Of excellent health. None there were In the
community who fulf1led more faithfully the
duties of wife, mother. friend and neghhor.
nor were there any more devout and earnest
in the performance of those religious ohliga-
I tiOnS resting uDOn all who profess allegiance
to the Catholic faith May her soul rest in
peace.
We never booked so many new suhscri-
bers or received go much money within the
same lenoth Of time as we did on last Mon
dav and Tuesday And vet there is sburd-
ancp of room on our books and sufficient va
cant space in Onr pockeus to accommodate all
cOmers. And this reminds us that we have
New Home sewing machine list price S55,
which we will give to anv one. with our
blessing, who will send us the names nf one
hundred new subscribers 70 the FREEMAN
and KendalPs celebrated horse book both of
which win he furnished the paper nf course
Tor one year, To each subscriber at 81 65. cash
in advance. Won't SOrTPbodv undertake the
q avyaU VI NnnfnG
which recommends itself will be sent to any
person wishing TO canvass.
Rev. David Blair died in the neighhoring
town Of Indiana on Tuesday Of last week at
the advanced age Of 90 wears. He was p ma
J tive of Antrim county. ireland. and came to
this country with a portinn of his fathers
family I'm 1902 landing in Philadelphia and
at the time of his death he was dOuhtless the
oldest clergyman in the State He was IL
. cpnSPd to preach in 1916 and in the following
year took CHARGE Of a congregation at Indiana,
where he has resided ever since, although for
several years not actively engaged in the
ministry. He was man nf much more than
ordinary ability and sterling integrity, and
. comma nded, as he deserved. the respect Of
al who knew him. He was the father Of S.
s. Blair. ESQ of Hnlldavshurg. and Of JUDGE
Blair. President Judge of the indiana county
judicial district.
A case Of more than usual local interest
was to have hePn argued before Judge Ach-
eSOn. Of the Z. s. District Court at PittShurp,
on Wednesday of last week II was the case
Of the assignPes of VIM. NJ. IlOvd against
John Lloyd this SOM. s. G. Baker Thomas
McCauley. and Mrs. Jane Freed. The argu-
ment was on exceptions led to the report of
a Master appointed while the matter was
pending In hankruntcv, and the amount in
vOlved is estimated at $50 600 The pOint in
issue is whether Mrs Freed. hv proving her
bond an unsecured debit. has released the
mortgage given bv LlOvd to her sureres on
the bond to indemnify them and secure paw
ment Of the same. The mortgage was placed
on a portion Of Mr.. LIovd's real estate before
he was adiudged hankrunt and the assign
ePS are now seeking to set it aside The
Master in the case VIM. a. Stone. ESQ, re-
ported in favor Of so doing The argument
did not take place but was continued. to
what time we cannot say, On account 0f the
absence Of :. :. Blair Esq, of Hollidavsburo,
Mr. I.IOvd's LEADING counsel who was called
to Indiana to attend the funPralof his father
mention of whose death is elsewhere made.
MYSTERY AND DEArH.-A tale of wrong.
doing and crime, or at the verv least Of the
grOssest cruelty and nhumanitv was bro't
to our ears from the classic precincts of that
unctious locality known as "Bugtnwn " or
its vicinity Out Of mass of rHmOrS and
reports we give the best suhstantiated and
as nearly as possible the correct version of
the lamentable affair
It appears that man named !. IT, Swank
lives with his wife and family in the neigh
I bOrhOOd named. and until recently an un-
married sister of Mrs. Swank gpd ahnut
twenty-one years has been member of the
. household. A week or so prior to the spring
I election this Young ladv took sick and grew
/ SO rapidly IN that Mr. Swank was constrain-
. ed to call in a physician. The state of facts
. found by the medical gentleman we cannot
give, a he declined making anv statement
/ until put upon oath in a legal proceeding
I should any be instituted. But two npiChhor
women, acting the part of good Samaritans,
called at the house and after seeing the sick
J a fly- in vi
informed the sister and brother in-law that
J the door invalid was in labor and about to
become mOthpr-a sugge Ition Indignantly
repudiated by the man of the hOuSe And
just here comes the painfully horrid part Of
the affair. The doctor came, looked at the
patient and then departed. During the
night the young girl died in terrible agony.
F AGAIN the charitable women who had pre-
4 yiously visited the poor creature ca He'd IN to
prepare the corpse for burial In doing so
they found well-developed child. partly
born, but then dead, hidden heneath rhe nm
derclothing Of the deceased, the fastenlnps Of
! winch aud TIE strength OF the material of
which II was made having, as they aIIepe
under oath, prevented the birth of the child.
F They also expressed their deliberate opiuiOn
that the child might easily have been horn
alive had any care attention been given
the poor mother, or even had her under
. clothlng permitted II. Without calling the
attention Of any person OF persons to the
case whose duty it would be to investigate
the matter, the girl and child were buried AT
East Ridge buryinG ground. 1t is also al
( legged by some parties, though denied by
Swark himself, that medicine had been ad-
mlnistered to the girl, which, although OBJ
4 lected to on her part, she was forced to take
/ In TACT the better citizens Of the community
are consi iderahly excited over the various
rumnTs in circulation, and the facts have
/ been communicated to District Attorney
Sechler, who no doubt will investigate ali
the circumstances, thereby screening the
innocent, If innocent they be- and bringing
to merited Justice and cOndign punishment
the guilty, If through wlful crime or reck-
. less indifference the lives of two human be-
lngS have been wantonly and inhumanIy
sacrificed. as many i'll the immediate vicinity
/ are prone to believe. We await further de
velOpments, as no doubt do not few of our
readers, with the hope that Justice NAV he
! done though the heavens should fall.
! DEATH OF A WELL. KNOWN CITIZEN
MI Andrew j. Riley, gentleman famiiiarIv
known to majority Of our readers died at
the residence of his mother Mrs Susan
Rhey in this place, on Wednesday nioht
March 8, 1882 aged fifty-fOur wears There
was perhaps no man who had more exten
sive acquaintance throughout the county
than the deceased, and certainly no one who
mad warmer friends, for the reason that ont
OF The abundance of his own generous nature
he was friend to every one he knew and
was a alWays ready and willing tn nOptar /, g.,