The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-26

/ name OF the most popular store of the kind
| In Altoona to-day. and any of our patrons
! who go there to buy full suit, or indeed any
article In that line, may rest assured that
/ honest goods at honest prices will be their
/ portion. Buy there and be happy.
! In the cure OF severe coughs, weak lungs,
7 shifting Of blood, and the early stages OF
Consumption Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical
. Discovery" has astohished the medical fac
ulty. While It cures the severeSt coughs, il
strengthens the system and purifes the blood
Mrs. Mary Bvnon Rees, of SteuIJeDviIle
Ohio, who IS duly accredited bv the State
Constitutional Amendment Association ad-
dressed large audiences at the Christian
chapel and the G. NJ. and Congregational
. churches, this place, last Sunday morning
afternoon and evening, on the subject of
. temperance.
Mr.. John Clem, an extra brakeman on
the Middle division, P R. R, while helping
to make up an eastern bound train at Al
tOOna, on Friday last, had his right arm
crushed at the elbow in such a way that the
arm had to be amputated above the elbow.
He was taken to his home in Liverpool,
Perry county.
An old man in the employ of Hon. Jas.
Flynn, Of GAINESVILLE, Clearfeid county at
tempted to alight from a buggy between that
place and Tyrone one daN last week to re.
cover an overcoat which had fallen from the
vehicle, but one OF his feet caught in some
way, causing him to fall with such force as
to break his neck and produce instant death
I The Golden Eagle they call IL. but don't
| for moment suppose that golden eagles are
( needed when you want a suit of good clothes
/ for the house that we speak of woad lust
as soon take greenhacks as gold, hence You'll
7 make no mistake If YOU 90 there and huy for
tits fact all the year round, that nowhere
I In Altoona can as good bargains in clothing
be found.
HIT. O'Friel, who In Loretto doth well.
has & stock Of new goods he is anxious to sell
I at the lowest of prices. The stock cons lists
Of a great variety OF articles. among which
will be found ready-mixed paints, all cOlors,
lead varnishes. brushes, mneTalne oil (nOn-
eXDlOSive), and the celebrated Muncy Wash
er, the best machine for washing clothes ever
invented Go and see for yourselves
Mr.. John L. Schroth, son of Mr. Law
renee SChrOth, of CarroltOwn, who for some
time past has been clerk at the Arlington
hotel, Altoona, has purchased Mr.. John R
I LitZinger's hotel at Chest Springs and will
take possession of the property in a few
davs. Mr.. :. possesses all the qualifications
to fit him for the business and will make an
accommodating aid popular landlord
I'm to present writing Thursday mnru-
ing) Brother Woodruff, OF the Johnstown
Democrat. is the only Out-Of-town aspirant
for legislative hOnOrs who has greeted us
with his presence on this dedicatOrv occasion
p. S.--Mr. Nathaniel Horne, another legisIa-
tive aspirant from the lower end, reached
here on the after dinner train and no doubt
interviewed quite a number of his fellow
Democrats on the one political subject near
est his heart
Mr. Elmer Miller. a freight brakeman on
/ at Derry station Thursday night from which
he died Friday evening. Mr. Miller was
[ abOHt to make a coupling Of cars, one of
which was loaded with bridge iron. He did
not notice that the ends of the iron beams
extended over the bumpers. and when the
cars came together he was caught between
the bumper and the beams, his body being
I horribly crushed. Mr.. Miller's mother lives
[ in Franklin borough. He was about 20
/ years old.
"A nagman named Parsons. on the middle
division. P. r. r, was the victim of some
what singular and mysterious accident on
1 Friday last He GOT off his train at Birming-
ham to flag a train, and, while waiting, sat
down on the rail. After a while he was sur
pTised to find himself lying along the si0e of
the track. bathed in his own blood. Sc
riOus wound was found to he on his head.
No trains had gone by and the only reason
able theory concerning the mans injury is
that he was struck by a stone from an ad-
/ Joining quarry, where mirers were blasting.
| John McCann, aged sixteen years who
lives at Lilly's station and works in the coal
mines at Benscreek, fell from train while
on his wav to his work on last Saturday
morning, and the cars passing over him,
crushed both Of his legs Immediately below
the knees. DIR. Fay, Of Altoona, amputated
the injured members the same day and visit
ed him on Sunday. He thinks his chances
for recovery are favorable, though of course
he will be a cripple for life. The boys faith
, er is dead and his mother is nov on her way
from Scotland to join him. 1t is a very sad
[ and distressing case.
We are pleased to learn that an effort is
on foot looking toward the reorganization Of
the Ehensburg Silver Cornet Band Mr.
John Slough, former member, has been
chosen President of the organization with
/ DIR. VI. r r. Creery as Secretary. The fol-
. lowing among others have signified their
willingness 70 Ike each a horn Messrs.
I Fes. Ilovd. BolsinCeT, RiviniuS, J. o. Cree
. ry, and Ludwig. The band mean to employ
+ a competent instructor in the near future
and all or nearly all Deinr musicians of some
experience, it is expected an Open-air con-
cert will be given on the coming 4th of July.
l The JOhnstOwn Democrat saws that on
last Friday morning Mr. Michael DOran, Of
Cambria borough, met with a severe accident
at the Open Hearth Steel Works. He is an
/ emplOve of HawS' cement mill, and having
some leisure time, went over to see the works
In operation. As he was standing under the
elevator watching the ascending car he did
not notice the descending one. which came
down on him with great force, crushing him
to the ground. As soon as the accident was
/ discovered the car was elevated and the in
1ured man taken out and removed to his
home. No bones were broken, and the ex-
tent Of his internal injuries is not known
! The sealed proposals. for "repairinc re-
modelling and rebuilding the Court House in
Huntingdon" were opened at the Commits
sioner's office, in that place on Wednesday
afternoon of last week. There We're sir bids
and the contract was q warded TO Snare & Co.
OF Huntington, for S71 300. The bid of Mr.
Henry Shenk, who erected the new Court
/ HOUSE IN TINS place, was SIl. l39. being Sl6l
less than the bid Of Snare & Co, and the ex-
planation given by the Huntingdon papers
why the contract was not given to him is that
the bid Of Snare & Co. included the heating
apparatus, while the bid of Mr., Shenk did
not. Tne work is to be completed by the 1st
Of July, 1888
Joseph Keagy, OF Johnstown, was ac-
cOsted by what he supposed TO be a party Of
trampS between and O'Clock on last Sun
day morning. while on his way from East
COnemaugh to the Mansion House, Johns
town, where he boards and after giving
them a plug of tobacco and declining to
shell ont half dollar on demand, they laid
violent hands on him. and after beating him
ntraReouslv helped themselves to about
nineteen dollars and fifty cents more than
they had asked for. Mr. Keagy was pretty
roughly handled and vomited up quite a
quantity of blood. He succeeded. however
in getting away from his asSailants and
reaching home without further adventure.
Mr. Joseph Moses. the Cincinnati Depu-
ty Sheriff from whose custody, as we related
last week, one B. F. Pritchard, charged with
forgery. was taken at Altoona by lawyer
| and constable without the shadow of legal
authority, returned from Ohio to Altoona
with new requisition from Gov Foster, of
that State, and a hearing of the writ Ct
hGbeas corpus, upon which the lawyer referred
/ TO expected to secure Pritchard's discharge
! from the custody Of Moses, came off on
Wednesday Of last week at HOLIDAY sburg
[ before Associate Judge Stewart 1t is only
T necessary to say that after both sides of the
. question had been heard. the judge remand
{ ed Pritchard to the custody of Noses who
took him west on the train the same evening
I Any other disposition OF the case would in
I cur opinion, have been a gross outraoe