The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-12-25
For Christmas candies go to the Sugar

dress goods, boots and shoe s, groceries and
provisions at John Owens store on High
street, where they can always get the best
goods at the lowest prices
The following named persons can each
get letter by calling at the Ebensbure
postofhce f. f. Brilliant. Ephriam Bor-
ing, b. F. Becker Mr.. J. Mccormack. Mr..
Fred Rush, Mr.. Chas. A. Riddle, John II
Seiman, Esq. Mr.. Henry Smith, Mrs. I.osey.
Mrs. Emma NJ. Phipps, Miss Annie l.. /
Shank.
DR.. A. N Wakefield OF Johnstowp.
while driving on Saturday last in sleigh
with his son, was upset. when the horse be- /
came unmansgesbe and ran of when
captured It was found that one of the horses
fore legs was broken, and in order to end
his misery the Doctor had him shot. The
Doctor and his son escaped uhhurt,
Mr.: Joseph Prosser, of Johnstown. was
employed in the shaft at Nanticoke, where
a fall Of sand and rock buried about fortv-
seven miners on Friday last. A rescuipg
party had been at work, but another cave-in
on Monday compelled them to abandon their
work, ard they have now given up all hopes
OF ever rescuing the unfortunate miners.
Andrew Bolin, Of ConemauQh township.
Indiana county, was called on the Jury this
week and appeared in the court room on
Monday. He asked to be excused on ac-
count OF his advanced age. he is eighty-six
years old and that was the first time he was
ever in the court house. He has lived over
fifty years on the farm on which he now
resides.
The Bedford Republican gets In the last
snake story: A few days ago a couple Of
sons of Fred ZimmeIs, OF Bedford township,
went to the woods to chop down some trees.
! Upon Telling an oak tree they were sur
prised to find snakes crawling out Of the
| hollow top. Twenty five blacksnakes, some
what stiff in the joints, were killed by the
boys.
Isaac Wolf was tried at Clearfeld last
week for killing Henry Mct4owan, who,
with party OF young men, bad invaded his
orchard near Houtzdale last September
| Wolf testified In his own behalf and al
legged that he fired his gun to frghten the
| young men away. and that the shooting of
McGowan was accidental The Jury re.
/ turned a verdict of not guilty.
-Reniamin Gilbert, of sewickley town.
| ship. says the Grecnsburg Tribune, has
/ husked forty bushels Of corn this season
! There is nothing strange about this state.
ment, except when 1t is taken into consider
alton that he is nearly ninety years Of age
| and almost blind, and Is only husking corn
/ for amusement. The corn is pulled of the
/ stalk and carried into his room, where he
! removes the husk,
| Mcdonald at Loretto, Pa, still holds
the fort and continues to wage war against
high prices. He sells dress goods as low as
cts per yard canton fauhels at cts. per
yard all ginghams at cts. per ward best
shirting at 10 cts per yard gray fianneIs at
l3 cts. per yard good Kentucky jeans at
10 cts. per yard, velveteens, shawls, blan-
! kets, and all other fall and winter goods az
equally low prices, for cash OF good, mar
ketable produce.
Gen. 3eauregard will give a history of
the Shiloh Campaign in the January number
! OF the North American Review. He claims
that Gen. Algernon SydHey Johnson acted
/ only as a corps commander at Shiloh. Gen.
. Beauregard emphaticalIy asserts CONTRARY
to the common belief that he was the sole
commander on bo:n days, and, without
naming them, contToverts the reports Of
Grant apd sherman as to the nations forces
being taten by surprise.
Sister FlaVId, WuD NiSltbu Jliio pAeNSC
about year ago and is known to many of
our readers, died Of typhoid pneumonia, al
st. Mary's Convent, Pitts5urg, on Sunday
morning last. She was one of the bes'
known teachers in the Order OF Mercy
having spent thirty years in the service
About twenty five years ago she was one OF
the teachers in the HoIlidaysburg Catholic
schools. Her remains were inferred at st
Xaviers, near LatrObe.
John Bruce, a retired shoemaker, whc
died at the hospital in Wheeling last weel
worth $50, 600 and without heirs, leaves al
his real estate, stocks and cash, with th'
exception of some Sc. 900 which he be
queathed to Mrs NJ. J. O'Kane, with whom
he boarded for several years, to Bishol
e Kain, of tina Catholicidiocese, as his owl
forever, reserving s.. 900 to be expended b!
Shrein Handlan for charity IS ne sees fit
t and 81 900 to erect a monument.
Can you tell who is in the greatest dan
ger Of catching any Infectious or epidemi
disease? ''Why," you say, "the persO
whose blood Is in an impure OF impoveTishe
3 condition. Exactly. Such people TAX
special complaints as dry grass bursts int
? fame before the sparks of locomotive
7 Pure blood is a defense il means safety
r and DR. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is tn
7 miIdest safest and surest purifier of tn
blood. Our chief dangers are within our
J. selves.
e John Howell, who murdered his foC
n children at his farm in StaTucca, Wayn
J. county, in October last. and tried to comm
suicide, has been in the HOnesdale 5ail 81
:, weeks and in all that time has not spoke
:, a word. He PAGES up and down his ce
:, constantly in his shirt sleeves, which al
:, rolled to the elbow. When he was place
. in Jail he wore full flowing beard. IN
he has pulled entirely out and eaten hair Q
hair. He takes no notice of visitors. His trii
= will be held in March.
Mcdonald at Loretto, Pa, sells 10 10
good brown sugar for 81; II lbs. best Whi
sugar for 81; 4 lbs. good tea for 81. 8 10
good green or roasted coffee for 81; 10
hest green or roasted coffee for ST.; ID
ouinces for % cts: lbs rice for % cts
~ 4 his barley for 25 cts; lbs. bOlted oats II
% cts; 5 lbs. oatmeal for % cts; b Id
hominy for 25 cts; good molasses 40 ct
u per gal: syrup at 80 cts. per GAL; csrbc
oil at II cts. per gal; crooks 10 cts per ga
le tinware, queensware, glassware. ana q
le other kinds of ware at rock bottom price
re for cash OF good, marketable produce.
as WI. Shaw, 2 passenger brakeman
10 the Pennsylvania railroad, was arrested
o Thursday of last week and brought 10 j
u, the next day, charged with stealing S34 trc
sh John McCabe, son of Mr.. Bart. McCsbe,
lie this place, while rooming together at ii