The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-04-03

On Thursday or last week Judge Buch
. or, holding court at Lewistown. o7erruIeC
tne motion for new trial tn the case ot
curtin AcCiain, convicted Of the murder OF
William Smearmund. On being asked II he
mad anything 90 say why sentence should
not be imposed. the prisoner replied. "AH
have TO say is that l am not guilty" The
Judge delivered a very feeling address "a
the prisoner and then pronounced the sen.
tence thas he be hanged by tie neck until
he was dead
"A tramp named Frederick Appel, and
who Claimed Williamsburg, Long Island
as his home, in getting off q freight train
lust west OF Altoona on Tuesday last, STEP
ped in front OF an engine coming down on
another track was thrown under the Wheels
and had his left hand and the toes of one
foot crushed. He was takeB to Altoona
where his arm was auputated by the rail
road compGny's physician near the elbow
and his other injuries properly attended 10
and was tleu s,-nt to the Blair county aims
house.
Mr.. Carl Rivinius purchased large
Newfoundland dog which be intended to put
On guard In his iewelry store at night Mr.
Joseph BOiey, OF Loretio, furnished the
dog. On Tuesday night he was left on
guard in tie store for the first time, and on
Wednesday morning Nc. RiyfnIus was some
what surprised to find all the glass broken
out Of the lower sash in one Of his back win
dows aud the window sill all spIintered up.
The dog in his anxiety to get out had been
playing havoc generally. All Carl needs
now is some one to watch the dog.
"A former Blair countian named Tom
Brandon, aged about so years, arrived in Pitts
burg one day last week in a sorry plight. His
clothes were all tern and one foot was en-
cased in a shoe IN the last stage of disinte
grafton, while the other one which was bad
ly frozen was wrapped in a piece Of red
flannel He told reporter his story of life
and said that Ire had left home l6 years ago
with $500 10 seek his fortune, and after
roaming all over the Southwest be was now
on his way home from Texas. He claimed
his nome was in the Loop, about miles
from Holidaysburg, and seemed very anxi-
ous TO see the old farm. The last seen OF
hun he was woefuny gazing toward the
East.
We announced last week without COM
l. y
of Carroll township. He was born i'm the
county Tyrone, Ireland, and was in the 73rd
year of his ace. He came to this country
with his parents, when he was only eight
years old, his father settling in the vicinity
OF where Carrolltowu now stands. Subse-
quently they removed TO SuSquehanna town
shir, aud in 1852 the deceased returned to
Carroll township where, about three miles
from Carrolltown, he had purchased a farm.
He was an Industrious hard working man,
honest in all his business transactions, and
enjoyed throughout his life the confidence
and respect OF al who knew him. He was
the father of eight children, four of whom.
together with his wife survive him.
-LivermOre is now experiencing some
notoriety as being the former dwelling place
of one of the principals in a recent love af-
fair. according to a CORES spondent, which
savors somewhat Of the romantic order, and
winds up with a happy union on the sly
The parties to the affair are cousins, the
young man residing at Cherrytree, Indiana
county, and the young lady at LivermOre.-
Both are highly connected. Through visits
back and forth they became enamored with
each other and fearing that their plans OF
marriage would meet with opposition, on
account of the close family relationship
they kept their secret to themselves. Re
Gently the young lady visited at Cherrytree
and during her absence from home she was
united in marriage with her affectionate
cousin. - WestmoT eldnd Democrat.
A few nights ago, says the Johnstowr
Tribune. the house of Mr.. Martin L. Feegle
near Shanksville, caught fire from defec
tive fue and was burned to the ground. Mr.
and Mrs. FleegIe were away from home and
the only occupants were a twelve -year-old
daughter and three younger children. The
girl, who had taken the other children tC
bed with her, was awakened by sparks fall
ing upon the bed and setting fire to the bed
clothes, when, discovering the house to be
on fire, she reused her little family and car
ried them out of the house to place of safe
ty. Returning to the house. she carried ou
drawer full Of valuable papers belonging
to her father. carried out a sewing machine
and was found in the act of carrying out
sack of flour when some of the neighbors ar
rived and assisted in saving some of the fur
niture. The hair was nearly all singed of
the little heToine's head, and her scalp wa:
severe ly burned ln her efforts to save the
household goods