The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17


would be glad to have the iron furnace al
/ the same. right here at the county capital
Several prisoners broke out of the Hunt
/ ingdon Jail a couple or three weeks ago, but
we didn't know until within the past few
/ days that the notorious Dr. s H. Decker, for
merly of LIlly's, this county, who swindIed
an old lady named Taylor at Saltillo. that
/ county, out Of 5000 nearly year ago. an q
for which crime who was only recently ar
rested, was among the number.
The firm Of Lynch & Stevens, furniture
dealers and undertakers, 1905 Eleventh ave-
nue., Altoona. was dissolved by mutual con-
sent on the 9Th inst, and the withdrawal OF
their advertisement from our columns fol-
lows as a matter Of course. The business IS
to be continued by Mr.. B. J. Lynch at the
old stand, and as there are no more ener2et-
ie and deserving business men IN the Noun
+ tain CITY or elsewhere than Messrs. Lynch
. and Stevens we wish them both abundant
prosperity in their respective caIIings.
BY an inadvertence last week we substi-
tuted 60ure 8 for in giving the majority
for Mr.. COffroth. making il 307 instead OF
4o7. Even then, however, our figures were
. not correct as the official count of the Judges
places his majority at 42s. Other errors not
observed bv us NAV have crept into our tab
/ ulated state ment of the returns of the cleo
tion In this county but we did the best we
could under the circumstance and have no
doubt that our table was almost II not quite
perfect in all essential particulars.
-Gond boots for farmers and countrynen
are necessity at this season of the year.
You want tn keep v0ur feet dry and warm ?
OF course R L. Davis Julian street. has
the most complete stock of the best made
boots and shoes ever brought to this town,
and will take pleasure in exhibiting the same
TO the public He has not only boots and
shoes for farmers and countrvm-n, hut he Is
willing to take his oath that the ladies can
find nothing m"re suitable to their taste here
or else~here You are respectfully invited
to nav him a visit.
The difference between n golden eagle
coin and the Golden Eagle Clothing House,
Altoona, is that the former will pass any
where while the latter shouldn't he passed
at'all-that is. it shouldn't be passed by any
body who wants to invest in a good su;t Of
clothes. substantial overcoat, or ANYTHING
else with which the aforesaid establishment
is now filled TO repletiOn. We know whereof
we affirm when we say that better place to
put a golden pagle or money Of any kind than
at the Golden Eagle Clothing House cannot
be found. 90 where You will.
An old man named James Huston. who
at one time owned the ground on which the
Pittsburgh p0stOffire now stands. was found
hanging to one Of the rafters Of his log cabin,
a short distance this side Of Greenshurg. and
quite dead. on last Friday morning. The
unfortunate man lived alone. his aged wife
having died several months AGO. He was
exceedingly eccentric, as Is evidenced bv the
fact that he refused 10 have the remains Of
his deceased companion inferred in the Gem
etprv. hut dug grave with his own hands
and laid her TO rest just under his chamber
window
Mr.. VIM. J. Myers brother Of px-Sheriff
james Myers Of this place, paid his second
visit within nine wears to Cambria county
this week. and while in town dropped In TO
renew his subscription to the FREEMAN,
whose weekly visits he has dispensed with
too long, he thinks. Mr.. Myers left his
mountain home nearly twentv-one years
ago. since when he has resided in the east
trn part Of this State and New Jersey His
present place Of abode Is Hetterville, Col
umhia county, Pa, where he is IN the lum-
Der business, and where he is pros pering
pecuniarily and ENJOYING good health.
Mr.. Matthias Behe died at the residence
Of his son. Henry Behn, in Allegheny town
ship, on Saturday, Nov. 4th. He was the
oldest man in this section OF the county.
having reached the remarkable age OF nine
tv-two wears, and had resided in Allegheny
township since a short period before the war
between this country and Great Britain I'm
1872 He was an honest, upright citizen,
and throughout his long lie was highly re
spected and esteemed hy all who knew him.
His remains were inferred in the Catholic ,
cemetery at Loretto on Monday succeeding
his death. Nav MS soul rest in peace. i
We noted the death two weeks ago of
Mrs. Remington, only sister Of our esteemed
friend c. s Clark citv editor Of the Council
Bluffs Gowa) Daily Nonpurejl, and now it
becomes our painful duty to chronicle anoth- .
er sad bereavement which has befauen that
gentlemen in the loss by death OF his only
child, little Rush, aged years and months
VerilS and indeed is the cup OF af1 ction
filed To Overlooking for our friend Sumner
and his good wife, and the only worldly SON
ISOLATION that can he offered them Is the sin.
cere sympathy of their many friends, Of !
whom Mr.. Clark has an abundance in this
community. where he was born and raised. Z
Andrew Malatt, colored, OF Johnstown,
who was sentenced to the penitentiary a.
March Sessions, 1890 for killing another col
Ored man named Joseph Gibbs, by striking
him on the head with a shovel while they
were at work in Conemauqh borough, was
discharged from prison on Wednesday Of last Z
week. During his Incarceration MaIatt per
formed ianitor work about the Offices and
workshops and behaved himself well Just .
after his discharge he was fortunate enough
to find lost son, whom he had not seen for
several years. but who is now employed as a !
waiter at a hotel in Pittsburgh Maatt also
found several officers of his old regiment,
who win put him in the way Of securing a
pension.
The iubTations of the Democrats here
away found vent on last Saturday night
in a torch-l0ht procession, with several
hastily prepared transparencies. a partial IL
lumination a big bonfire, few salutes from
a diminutive cannon. and speeches of con
graduation fIom Hon. r. L. Johnston, Hon.
John Fenlon and Gen. Joseph Mcdonald,
one of the Assemblynen elect The Car
rolltown cornet band furnished the music
and for the first time appeared away ffom
home in their handsome new uniforms,
which, being exceedingly neat and nobbv,
were admired ny everybody. The Mountain
u ouse Riair HouSe Central uota1 ond q