The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-02-13
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the receipts and expenditures of their couu
ty made by the County Auditors, because
the Auditors bad surcharged them with
some Items that they had charged for seryt.
ces.
Charles Fsrabaugh, of BIacklick town
ship, arrived home oa Monday last after a
six weeks trip to the West. Mr.. Fara
baugh's father and several brothers reside in
Minnesota, where they have been living for
the past sfteen years. He repcrts them all
prospecting.
The Edgar Thompson steoImill at Brad
dock resumed operations last Tuesday morn
ing, Three furnaces were ficed in last week
and smother on Monday The fth furnace
IS undergoing repairs. About six hundred
meu are employed at the furnaces and if-
teen hundred in the mill
-One day last week Huntingdon coun-
ty pedler, who had get over into Fulton
county in the pursuit OF his business was
set Vi on by gang of laboreIs employed on
the South Pennsylvan railroad. ana robbed
of his PACK containing goods valued at one
hubdred and fifty dollars.
Ii less than three weeks President
Cleveland will be inaugurated, and as ev-
eryoedY should start well under the new ad-
mtnistTstion, it would be well to visit John
] Owens store on High street, where you can
at all times get dry goods, dress goods, boets
and shoes, groceries aid provisions at tbs
lowest possible prices.
The CarIOlltOwn Fire Company intend
having grand ball on Monday next at Car
EelltoWn, in Sharbaugh's new building
The ball will open at p. NJ. and close at
! z. NJ. Supper will be served at T. NJ.
| Everything has been done to make it enjoy
able and pleasant time is promised to all
| who attend. Everybody invited.
! Twenty per cent. of the idle coke ovens
/ At ScOtJdale, Westmcreand county undeI
| control of the coke syndicate are to be fred
up at once on authorization of the syndicate
| This Information is hailed with the greatest
delight by several hundred men and boys.
Il is estimated that more will be ordered
fired up within the next four weeks.
Hon. Robert l.. Johnston, OF this place
will deliver a lecture in CarrolltOwn on Sun
day next, for the benefit Of the Emerald
| Beneficial Association of that place. DoOrs
open at half-p past six and tie lecture will
commence at Z P. NJ. The proceeds of the
lecture are to be applied to the purchase OF
additional books for the library OF the Asso
citation.
-Msssrs. T. S. Williams and Joseph
Gray, of Carrolltown, took the afternoon
train from this place on Monday iast, with
CleaTfield as their destination. They have
been subpOenaed as witnesses on the part of
tae Commonwealth in the trial of the case
against Mary Martin, for the murder of her
husband, Thomas Martin, some time in Sep
tember last.
Sheriff Luther on Saturday last, received
a dispatch from DanvilIe, Illinois, from
deputy-sheriff at that place, asking for a de q
scription of Mickey Smith and stating that
he had arrested a man whom he believed to
be Mickey. On Monday the deputy-sherif
forwarded a photograph of the man arrest
ed to sheriff Luther, but it bore no resem-
blance to the much wanted Mickey.
"A se:ghing party of young ladies from
East COnemaugh, stopped at the Mountain
House on Friday evening last. AS a party
of young ladies by themselves don't exactly
make a lively dance, the proprletoIs, the
Messrs. Myers, soon had them provided
with beaux, and that ''iueyita5Ie harbinger
of mischief, a fiddle" was also introd uced,
and they didn't get home till morning.
| --Silas a. McGough of Altoona, formerly
of this county. has leased the hotel in st.
| Augustine now occupied by Mr.. John Ben
der, and will remove to that place on the 1st
| of April next. As Mr.. McGOugh is an old
citizen of st Augustine, where he kept hotel
some fifteen years ago, and is an obliging
| and accommodating gentleman, we bespeak
for him liberal share of the public patron
age.
The Democrats of the West ward are
I requested to meet at the Council room of
the borough of EbensbuIg, on Saturday
| evening, at o'clock, sharp, for the purpose
| of placing in nomination a ward ticket.
/ The Democracy of the East ward are also
( requested to attend at the same time, for
the purpose of taking part In the nOmina-
Iion of ticket for the borough at large.
The tax collector of Carbon township,
Huntington county, has an unpleasant time
at present. a gIea. many of the taxpayers
have refused for three successive years to
pay their tax, and recently when the collec-
tor attempted to enforce the payment the
residents threatened to string him up to the
to the nearest tree. He has made applica-
tlon for posse of sufficient force to aid him,
and will make another attempt at collecti on.
The kitchen of the Mountain House,
this place, was the scene of almost fire on
| Wednesday morning last. Quite a quantity
OF lard had been placed in the oven to rem
der aud as the stove was very hot it took
fire, the blaze enveloped the stove and look
tIon OF first class fire. Buckets of water
were carried in to be in readiness, but the
I flames we're finally subdued without doing
/ any particular damage.
| The meeting of teachers, directors and
others at BradIey's, Allegheny township, on
the 9TH inst, was very large and respecta-
bic, instructive and interesting. Addresses
/ we're delivered by the superintendent. di-
| rectOrs and others. The attendance of
/ teachers was doubtless very fattering to the
/ superintendent. four having been present.
| The directors congratulated themselves
| upon the fact that five teachers in their en-
! ploy need no further instruction.
An exchange hits the nail on the head
when it says When you hear man sneer-
ing st the local papers because they are not
as big, cheap and newsy as the city papers,
you can safely bet that he does not sQuan.
der his wealth in assisting to make them
better, and that generally the papers have
done more for him than he has for them
The man who cannot see the benefit arising
to town from its newspapers hasn't the
sense Of an oyster, and he is about as much
value to a town as a delinquent tax list.
On Tuesday last a bsy named John
Douglass, aged about sixteen years, son of
Mr.. Il. l.. Douglass, of Altoona, was in
stantly killed at that place BY being run
nv anUina Tho how sfarfad f-o,,