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


twenty-seven dollars and suit of clothes
from one of the inmates of Mr.. j. G. Martins
boarding house at Portage, this county, about
ten days ago, and Constable WestbrOOk, hav-
ing learned of his departure in the direction
Of Philadelphia, telegram was sent to that
city and he was arrested there the latter part
of last week Constable W went down and
brought the accused back 10 Portage, where
hearing was granted him by Esq BurgoOn
on Saturday Being unable to procure bail,
he was brought here and consigned to cell
in the county prison. II is said that he has
admitted his guilt. Casper will have saddled
F nice bill of costs on the county by the time
he is delivered to the warden of the Western
T penitentary.
in the Somerset county Court last week,
T the publishers Of the Pittsburg Commercial
/ were convicted Of libel upon Ger. Coffroth.
The matter complained OF by Gen, c. was
contained In letter of a Washington cor
. respondent Of the Commercial, rejecting on
the cOndnct Of shat gentleman as chairman
Of the Committee on Pensions when he was
I'm Congress. The defendants offered to
show as a defense that the information
charged as IibellOus was furnished their cor
respondent by General Campbell, Gen COf-
frOth's successor, but the evidence was not
admitted by the Court The defendants
counsel made a motion for a new trial The
trial Of the indictment against the Johns
town Tribune for republishing the letter as
. Il appeared in the Commercial was continued
until the August term Of court on account Of
the death Of a sister Of the editor.
The HOihdaysburg correspondent or the
. Altoona Tribune saws that on Thursday last
dirty, ragged, red-taced little woman, car
. Tying a five months old babe and leading by
the hand four -year-Old boy, went through
that town begging money to take her and her
. children, as she said. to JOhnStOwn. II being
. show dav. she gathered in quite 4 lot Of pen
nieS, which we're duly handed over to
. drunken, degraded man. The money, as a
matter Of course, was spent for liquor, and
the man, woman and children laid out all
night and to I O'Clock next morning, when
they were all taken to the Blair county aims
B house. The little boy was so near dead that
. he was unable to stand, and the innocent
babe was almost in dying condition. Inc
4 drunken man and woman should have been
sent to Jail instead Of the almShOuse. 1t VIII
be burning shame if the authorities permit
the degraded couple to again get possession
. Of their suffering, innocent children 10 use as
. means to beg money to purchase whisky.
A crazy man named Gregory made his
. escape from the county almShOuSe last Tues
. day afternoon, and coming to town, created
something Of a sensation. After proving
round for a time he repaired to point near
the railroad station, where he acted in man
. ner peculiar to the insane. Ihe people
theTea way became somewhat alarmed az his
/ unseemly antics, wheTeupOn Conductor Sny-
der, who was near by, put him 71olenS colens
. under arrest. Deputy Sheriff Web. Griffith
. came round about this time ard between the
. efforts of the Conductor and the Deputy,
ably assisted by all the boys living within
raQiuS or fialf mile. Gregory was SdlSly
escorted to jail for safe keeping Steward
. lillv had meantime discovered the flight OF
. his boardpr, and further along came with
. wagon and took him back to his old quar-
ters. There are several dangerous OF mis-
. chievOus insane persons in the almshouse,
. and it requires almost constant watchfulness
to guard against one or more or them visiting
Us every dav.
The arbitration to which reference is
made in another item as the first offeisl bus
. mess transacted in the New Court House
was 10 determine a case of ejectment in
which Dennis Sullivan, administrator of John
Sullivan, late of Altoona, deceased, was
plaintiff, and NJ. NJ. Miller, of CleaTfeld
township. defendant the first named being
. represented by A. Y, Barker, Esq. and the
latter by r l.. Johnston and T. r, Seaman,
Esqs., as counsel The arbitratOrs were
! Messrs. John A. Blair Alvin Evans and Ed.
James who decided that the defendant
should pay the balance Of the purchase
money due on a tract OF land bought by him
from said dece dent, amounting to about 81
100, within thirty days failing in which the
Court Is to be asked to appoint a trustee to
sell the land, and any surplus over ana above
said balance due arising from the sale, ifany
such surplus there should be, is to revert to
The defendant as compensation for improve.
ments made or value added to the land while
I in his possession.
We regret TO learn from the Altoona Tri-
Dune that Mrs Margaret Brallier wife of Dr.
Jacob l.. Braller, died suddenly at the Logan
House in that city, on last Saturday morn
ing. The Doctor, who is almost constantly
on his travels as salesman for n large drug
estaolishment in Philadelphia, brought his
wife to the Logan House about tive wears
ago, where she continued TO board NJ until
her death. About two weeks ago she was
taken suddenly i'll with what was prOnounc-
ed by her physician to be paralysis of the
heart, and her husband was inmed lately
summoned. On Friday it was thought tn at
she was in a fair way to recover but on Sat
day morning, while her husband and his
brother, Dr. Emil Brallier, OF ChambeTsburg,
3 were at the breakfast table 4 messenger an
nounced to them that Mrs. Brallier was dead
. The deceased was about 45 years of age and
was born, we believe in LewisburC Union
county, TO which place her remains were ia
ken on the 6.45 train Saturday evening Mrs
b. was an accomplished and pleasant lady
ana during her residence in Altoona had
drawn around her hosts of friends She had
no children. Her husband, who was born
ana reared IN this county, where he is we'll
and most favOrably known, is the recipient
oi sincere sympathy in his sudden and Sc
we're bCreave ment.
One OF the three children of the Roberts
I Iahlliy tcolOred), of this place whom we
noticed last week as having been stricken
down by smallpox, died on last Friday
evening. The victim was an adopted daurb-
t"r' named Alice, aged about 9 years, and
ner case was pronounced one of the most vir-
ulent OF its class. DR.. Kennedy was the at
tending Physician, and on him and Mr. Nor
gan Hughes devOlVed absolutely the m
p'OssS0iIN TASK Oi conveying the body to the
Catholic cemetery for inseTment Not only
that, but the Doctor, assisted by Mrs Ro-
oerts, cofhned the remains and did everv-
thlng else required in such an emercencv.
For this charitable act, Dr. Kennedy. who
JhouGh comparatively new conner in our
town, has taken high rank i'm his profession.
IS entitled and receives the encomiums of the
entTe community. while his assistant comes
ntOT similar praise. The two other children
OF the family afflicted with the loathsome
disease are apparently convalescinp and
VIII no doubt get well unless congestion Cf
the lungs or something of that kind inter-
yeneS. Thanks to the prompt sanitary
measures taken by the borough authorities.
and thanks especially to our worthy BURGESS
VT. =. 1. Roberts, the plague has been con-
hned TO the afflicted household, and fears
that It would or might become epidemic are
happily dissipated.
SUDDES DEATH OF A YoUNa EBENsRURe
LADT.-Miss Kate Evans, daughter of Mr.
Evan h. Evans, constable of the East ward
ana granddaughter Of Mr.. Jacob Thomas
merchant, OF the same ward, died very sud
denly OF hemOTrhage of the lungs on last
tuesday afternoon, aged about II wears.
she was IN delicate health from infancy, be-
ing victim of consumption, but was we'll
enough on Sunday to attend church and
Sabbath school, and we believe continued in
that condition up until few minutes before
her death, which was so sudden and unex-
pected that the physician who was summon
ed nadh time to reach The house, much less
render any assistance TO the dying girl. The
deceased was most eStimable young ladv.
and heI early and unlocked for death will he
greatly regretted by large circle of admir-