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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08

SOUND SENSE FROM DAN VOORHEES,.
Senator Voorhees,, who has heen dis
appointed in securing important ap-
pOintments under the administration,
says among other things: The distri-
button of patronage is not a proper sub
ject upon which to break with an Ad-
ministration. Dishonesty in office or he
administration of the Government
upon false principles of legislation can
alone justify a leader of the party in
rushing into opposition. 1t is, in my
opinion, highly impoiiJic for any one
who fails to get an office to cry out that
the party is lost. and then fall to railing
against the Admins ration. To men
who are before the country accusing
this Administration of moving slowly it
onght to be a sufficient answer that the
Democratic party takes possession of a
Government that has been for twenty
fve years in the hands Of the Republl-
cans, aud that the Senate is still Repub.
lican. If the Administration went tC
work with a reckless rapidity il making
changes the mem beTs of it would there
by prove .beIr unfitness for their pla
ces. I refuse Ia discuss any such prop
osi;i0n as that Mr.. Cleveland may prove
dIsloyal 10 his party or the principle:
upon which we elected him. Ny conf
deuce in his integrity is absolute.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND accompa-
MED by Vice President Hendricks and
several members OF the Cabinet, left
Washington on last Monday morning to
attend the annual meeting of the veter-
ans Of the Army of the Potomac on the
battle field of Gettysburg. Gov. Patti
son welcomed the President in an ap-
propriate speech from the grand stand
and after several other addresses had
been delivered, the Presidential party
under the guidance of Ex-Governor Cur
tin and Col. Batchelder visited the most
important points on the battle field
The President and party returned to
Washington about So'clock in the even
ing.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08

GERMAN CARP.-Carp culture is be-
coming a remarkable industry In this
try. II I'll is essentially farm indus
profit upon majorIJy76. nn with great
this county, with practically no rIS'n.
with small outlay, with trlfiing attention
and without Interfering in the least with
any other branch of farm industry. 1t
is believed that about 1900 persons in
the State have commenced the business,
mostly in small way, and in the entire
country about 30, 900 have made a com
mencement. Wherever the business is
started Systematically in simple but
properly constructed ponds, the results
are successful to degree far surprising
any other branch Of farm industry here
tofoTe attempted.
Give the carp chance and he will be
a success. You need no fancy or large
pond. Any waste or unsightly piece of
ground or useless swamp will do, the
more grass, logs, rocks and litter you
submerge the better his carpship will
Ike it. He is not much of a rover all
| he wants is place TO swim and deep
place to rest in during the winter. He
( will not ask you for food OF any caring
| for whatever, only let him have four or
I five more feet of deep water to snooZe
away the winter months you are caring
Z for your pigs, cows, sheep, poultry, ETC.,
/ and they will come forth in the spring
! and seek the shadows where the grass
/ staDds-eitheI dead or alive-and will
/ there roll and flutter with their backs
half out of the water, while depositing
| their spawn, which is of . glutinous ma
ture and adheres to any suitable mate
rirl, and in a few days thousands of the
most minute fish will be seen, so small
that at first coming they are difficult t.
see at all. These small fry. under ia
vOTable circumstances will grow to sil
and seven inches by the time cold wealth
er sets in, and will then cease to eithe
eat OF grow, and allow their life func
tious to be held in allegiance until warn
weather sets in IN the spring. Thes
six ard seven inch fish land 10 cases the
are larger), will by the coming fal
measure from 10 to II inches, and b
fine and plump, aud in texture os fies
mucA like that of the shad, not by an
means Objectionable on account of bone
not having any of those back bones com
mon TO some varieties of the sucke
family. Grcensb1wg Democrat.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08

AN IMPORTANT DECISION. The Su-
preme CourJ ct Pennsylvania on Mon
day, through Justice Mercur. rendered
an important decision as to the degree
OF insanity necessary to be proven in or
Ger TO work the acquittal Of prisoner
charged with homicide The Court
takes the ground that moral insanity
Is not sufficient to constitute a defense
unless it be shown that the propensities
in question exist to such an extent as to
subjugate the intellect, control the will
and render it impossible to do otherwise
than yield thereto that no mere moral
obiIquity of perception will protect a
person from punishment for his deIib-
crate act" and that "while a 81 ght de-
parture frOm we'll balanced mind NAV
be pronounced insanity in medical sci
ence, yet such a rule cannot be recog-
nized in the administration of law when
of a high 6 erql rqR trial for the commission
protection of society requfffA ~ ece ssary
oguitiou of rule which demands a
greater degree Of insanity to exempt from
punishment" D." This decision ought to
have the effect of lessening the number
of pleas of mot guilty because of insan-
ity'' in murder cases. We Lave had too
much of that kind of insanity which be-
gan with the destruction of a human
life and ended with the acquittal of the
accused on his trial for murder.--Pitts-
burg Chronicle.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08

THE House at Harrisburg having
failed BY the small margin of eIeuea
votes to override The Governors veto
OF the job for stealing fifteen Thousand
extra copies of Smull-s Hand Book. i'm
mediately turned its attention to put
ting through another bill directing a
less number, ten thousand, to be forth
coming for the use of the members of
the two houses. The bill has been
rushed through the House at railroad
speed, taking precedence of almost all
other legislation and was passed finally
On Tuesday by 11j yeas, TO 80 nays
Soon after this performance the Joint
resolution proposing an amendment to
the Constitution sbolishiBg the poll tax
as a qualification for voting, which was
so earnestly recommended by Gov. Pat
tison in his last message, came before the
House for consideration and was defeat
ed the vote in its favor icing under 1O1.
This is the kind of hair pin the present
House delights in showing itself to be-
When the Hand Book swindle was on
second reading a Republican member
from Bucks county named Shoemaker,
covered himself all over with mud by
offering, and the Republicans by adopt
ing, an amendment directing one hun
dred copies to be given the Governor,
hoping, we suppose, that this petty bribe
would induce the Governor to stultify
his record in vetoing the first bill. Mr..
Shaw, Of Blair county, who seems to
have a conscience that revolts at an act
of legislative larceny, offered an amend
ment requiring the members to pay for
all the Hand Books received by them at
their cost price and that the remainder
be sold at the same rate, but his propo-
sition was promptly defeated. If this
bill passes the Senate the Governor will,
Of course, behead it with another veto
| and then the struggle will again be to
pass it over his head. This second at
tempt to rob the State treasury is even
more disgraceful than the first.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08

AN interesting race on skates was to
have come off at one of the Pittsburg
rinks on last Wednesday evening, be-
tween Robert 5. Hamerstick and Con-
rad Huntsinger. The prize is a hand
some Dutch girl of the Twenty sixth
ward in that city. Both have been
mashed" on her for some time and a
few evenings ago they both met at her
house. a dispute arose as to which
had the best right to call. The girl
settled the matter by telling them they
should decide the question by skating a
two mile race, the winner to have the
exclusive right to visit her. They
agreed to the proposition, but what the
result was we have not yet learned
II human folly can improve on this we
would like to see what shape it will
take.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08

DIR. BUFTERMoRE, who, when he
was a member of the lower branch of
the Legislature two years ago. secured
an appropriation o! S12, 500 for hos
pital at Connellsville, Fayette county,
and subsequently in connection with the
other two trustees drew the money from
the State Treasury, upon an affidavit
that a ike amount had been subscribed
by citizens of the county, which turned
out not 10 have been the fact, slipped
into Harrisburg one dav last week aud
paid the money back into the Treasury.
This peculiar transaction has been iu-
vestigated by committee of the Leg
islature whose report has not yet been
made, and it is believed when III ,de Will
be 50 damaging TO DIR. Buttermote IS
to bottle him up for all time 20 come. .-
IF it does there will be ll.fe sympathy
felt for him. since he deliberately -p.
ped into trap OF bis oNa cons C.
tior and has been nicely caught.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08

ABOUT a year ago we were led to be-
lieve that ex-COngIessman Morgan r.
Wise, Of Greene county, in this State,
had forever retired from politics, but we
were mistaken, as a dispatch from
Washington of April 2Sth, states that
the irIepressible Morgan r. was then in
that city, trying to convince Mr.. Cleve-
land that he is just the man to be ap-
pointed Governor of the Territory of
Arizona. If Wise possessed any of the
gift of seeing himself as others see him,
he would have long since retired in
to q hole and pulled the hole in after
him, but his thirst for Office seems to be
Unsuitable, and like so many other men,
he always wants an Office which he is
nOtoriously incompetent to fill. The
Apache Indians are Arizona's greatest
scOurge, and the President will never
aud to her tribulations by infiicting
Morgan r. Wise upon her as her Gov
eTnOr.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08

AT the late term of the Luzerne coun-
ty Court the Grand Jury set a precedent
which might De followed with great ad-
vantage in other counties. In that
county as in nearly every other in the
State, the Grand Juries are called upon
at every term % dispose of a large num-
Der of tritiing cases that grow out of
petty quarrels and private jealousies.
that have no business to take I'D the
time Of the Court. OF this class of cases
the Luzerne Grand Jury dismissed eioh-
ty-fUe, imposing the costs in each case
upon the prosecutor. The primary
source of the mischief is the habit of a
large number of the Justices of the
Peace returning to Court every petty
prosecution that is instituted before
them, instead of dispOsing Of them fral-
ly as they have the right to do. This
evil grew to such proportions in Allie
gheny county year or two ago, that a
Judge Of the criminal Court in Pitts
burg said from the bench, that il was to
be regretted that Grand Juries hadp 7
the power to impose the costs on the
Justices of the Peace, who send insip
niicant cases before a Court to consume
its time, aud subject the county to dai.
ly pay and mileage of the Jurors who
try them. What the Grand jury of
Luzerne county has just done could
have been done quite as we'll by the
Justices of the county. and at a large
saving to the prosecusors, if they had
performed their duty.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08

No man has definite comprehension,
a.. even the Commissioner Of Pensions
Hir II. Of the amount of money that is
ly paid out Oh dead and fraudu-
r.-nsion certificates. All that can
q about it is that the names Of the
IsIOners, with the amounts they are
respectively entitled 10 receive and the
agencies where they are paid, are cor
recJly known by the Commissioner. and
that at the end es each fiscal year a GER
tain amount of money has been dis
burSed. If every one connected with
the pension agencies was honest, this
would all be entirely satisfactory, but in
some Of them are to be found dishonest
clerks who have been swindling the
government for years. Only a week Jr
ten days ago the new Commissioner of
Pensions directed the suspension at the
Philadelphia agency OF 102 pensions,
whose pensions have been drawn regu-
larry since 1871, the year, as the Con-
missioner says, in which many of the
pensioners died. At the same agency
seven widows who remarked in 1881,
and therefore forfeited their pensions.
have continued 10 draw them ever since.
These frauds, that is the drawing Of the
money after the pensioners were dead
was the work Of couple of clerks at
the agency who were convicted some
time ago and are now in the penitenti-
ary. No doubt similar frauds have been
perpetrsted at other agencies, but from
The vigilant manner in which General
Black the new Commissioner is admin
is,ering his ofice they will be unearthed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08

IT is said at Harrisburg that Govern
cs>1 PattisOn is determined to keep The
'expen6fylres Of the State government
within the revenues, even if he has TO
resort to liberal exercise Of the veto
power. He is carefully watching the
appropriation bills in their progress
through the two houses, and his esti-
mate is that the bills now on the calen-
dar, if they should become laws, would
appropriate over million of dollars be-
yond the amount of the revenues from
all sources.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08

DR. HARTMAN 4 CO.-Gents: Pel-tna
sells very we'll here. 1 have ordered several
dozen bottles since your agent was here.
w. W. STEELE q Co,
ChIiicOthe. Ohio.
Am selling your Peruna Il gives uni
verSai satisfaction. g " 8ARRERE
HiisbOTn. OHIO.
Trade splendid on Peruna. We nsver
sold a medicine that gave better satisfac-
ton. D. REED Il Son, Pomeroy, Ohio.
The case of medicine you sent me came
all right, AID l. doing me good. Others
think so too, who have tried IT,. Please
send me q dozen BOTTLES or Peruna,
ROBERT LOGAN, Topeka Kan.
Your P-runa sells fast aud gives good
satisfaction. j. T.. SANDERS,
MsTtiDsburg, Pa.
This great medicine can be found at all
drug st0reE. Ask for IL. Also on the book
on the "Ills of Life. -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08
THE present Republican LEGISLATURE

THE present Republican Legislature
- .N-aving been in session four months, the
/ one-fOurth Of which time has been vast
ed in regular adjouruments Is from Friday
at noon till the following Monday even
ing, and the public press of both parties
having openly denounced its shortcom-
ings, COlborD, of Somerset, who aspires
to boss the House, admonished his
friends in that body the other day that
they could not afford to be laughed at by
their Democratic brethren and all the
sH-.f. as they deserved to be. And yet
.Hese men will ask their constituents
rsaiect them,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08

THE MORALS OF THE SoUTH.-GIit-
tering geneIalities stand no chance in
the face of statistics. For years the
Northern papers represented The average
SOutherneT as man in 4 slOuch ha.. 1t
took a long time to convince them that
the Derby and The tail hat were not al
together unknown in this Section
Sou heTneTs were also shown up as prO-
fame swear-rs. whiskey drinkers aud
outlaws. Gradually. however. the cnun-
try has crtn- to he conclusion that there
j. nrra lyuch law out West than ia he
NnH u and thJ Jhs average Southeruer
does r3t 30 any more swearing than his
Nor bern brother. a 10 he whisk-y
drinking IA facts stnV that the : puth
D. .re most Tempe ale. sec lon of he
Union. MI=-i>- gp' has 80 saloons
NJ uuasot7. will absu. the same pnpu-
ia.fou ha= over 800 9a@oeus. AUkan-
sas BIAS 3i4 sa'oJua California. " tn
about tHa same popu' ion. has 1889 sa-
.unr- u.S BourHnu Kent uckv has 461
saloons. ard ono 10 $50. Startling rs
the S'a' '-nieur NAV he 10 proportion to
population. he North has twice as
many saloons rs h. South. All this is
very gratifying, and the good work will
be complete when we establish the fact
thar The negro has better showing in
the Snpth than anywhere else e-Atldnta
Constitution.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08

IT may now b. rtgard,d a. -,ttlel
that there viii 5e nO war bel Nr-u Eng
land and Russia, both government hav.
ing agreed to submit the question d. Is
sue TO some European power. pretah '
Post Of Tuesday last says: One more
humiliation when they crowd So thick'y
on US would be of little moment if
thereby we avoided war. hu, even II ire
frontier question e. settled tha ..avf.a-
bic conflict Will only y- p .ua.a. fora
brief period
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08

The desk Of Mr.. Ridge, a member Of
the Legislature from Philadelphia, was
robbed on yesterday week Of seven dol
lars worth Of postage stamps and a copy
OF Smull's Hand Book. AS Ridge
didn't pay a red cent either for the
stamps or the Hand Book, but got them
at the expense Of the State treasury, his
loss is not of the kind that is likely to
drive him to suicide.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08

~ john ADAMS, the second President,
in tee paid fifteen thousand dollars for a
ssnlsit Of clothes and a hat. It was, of
course, with what is known as Conti-
mental money that he made the purchase
and at time when it had reached it's
greatest depreciation.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08

Never neglect a c0nstIpated condition of
ths bowels, or serious result surely follow
such plies. impure blood and nauy chIon-
ic complaints. Burdock Blood Bitters is the
remedy
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08
Rel
II, m. '';s1i' + 1. 1@i'itia fireman.
,5ENs5URc. PA,
iY, MAY 8, 1885.

rel'fHE bill prohibiting the employment
lof persons under eighteen years of age
sas public school tea chers, was defeated
s1n second reading in the House at Har-
Iisburg last week.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08
FOR SALE.

The subscriber offers at private SALE his farm In
Cambria township, one and one half miles from
Ebehsburg. containing 24O Acres. 10 a good
state Of cultivation, with good frame house and
frame barn. an excellent orchard, plenty OF water
and about one million feet OF lumber on the prem
ises To parties wishing 10 purchase q smaller
piece OF land he will divide IL to suit purchasers
Terms reasonable. Call on the subscriber resld.
Ing on the premises. MARTIN SANDERS
Cambria twp, Jan. Q, 1855.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08

GrH EEle- sF Eea+p island. sav>. L
Fsp HH- K ,-ty ln my house.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08
CHERIFF'S NOTICE.

SHERIFF'S NOTICE.
John = Scspl,, In the Court OF Com
VS. mon Pleas of Cambria
= = Rtcborfs No 25o June term. 1885.
Foreign attachment.
Commonwealth Of PeHnsyludnta Cambria county, IS
To the Sheriff Of said county, Greeting: We
command you that you attach J. X. CasseIberry,
and +. ). Richards. late OF your county by ALI and
singular. their goods and chattels lands and ten
ements. situate In Adams township. Cambria
-ESon..,a - n whose hands or possession soever
Monday Of June next. thefg ee and appear be
Seaman Of plea of assuupsit, and also tnat's seI
summon such person OF persons In your bailiwick
under the said defendants, Garnishees, tn at
they be and appear before our Court on the said
first Monday Of June next. 10 answer what shall
Z be objected against them and abide the judEmeut I
Of the Court therein. and have you then and there
this writ.
- witness the Honorable X. L. Johnston,
SEAL. President Judge Of said Court at Ebens-
~ burg, this eighth day OF April, A. ID. 1885.
II. A. SHOEMAKER, PrOth'y.
BY virtue OF the above stated writ OF Foreign
I Attachment. have levied upon and attached all
the right. title and interest Of J. r Casselberry
and f. ). Richards, o. in and TO all that certs IN
tract OF land. warranted in the name Of Ferd nand
/ Gordon, situate in Adams township. Cambria
I county Pa. adjoining lands warranted in the
! names OF William Nichols, Harry harrington,
! Harry Rice, John Anderson and others, contain
I ing four hundred acres. mCre OF less. unimproved
D. A. LUTHER. Sheriff.
SheriH-s DH7pe FbenSburp II at
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-12-14
ANOTHER WAR.
Fighting Between Revolutionary and
Government Forces in Mexico-Ssovcrn.
meat Troops Repulsed.

GALVESTON, Tex, Dec. ls.
special from Laredo. Tex, says; Gen.
Reyes, commanding the federal troops at
Montery, received orders from the CITY of
Mexico yesterday to depose Acting Governor
Sepulveds and place the state Of Nuevo Leon
under martial law. Gov. Sepulvcda refused
to vacate his office, and last night Gen. Reyes
received orders to remove him by force and
take possession of the archives of the office.
He undertook to execute the order during the
night at the head of 200 soldiers, but was re-
pulsed by Gov. Sepulveda with the loss of
three soldiers killed and several wounded
Today the troops stationed at Lsmpsssas were
ordered to Monterey. 1t is rumored that
portion of the Bishops palace was
blown up yesterday. Passengers on the
Monterey train last night reported firing near
the town of Morelos, which WAS supposed to
he an engagement between state troops and
the forces Of Rodriguez, the revolutionist.
President Clevelsnds message had the effect
to cause decline in Mexican silver Yesterday
from S3 to 81 cents on the dollar, a very
heavy decline, which will result in a great
loss if it is general throughout Mexico.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-12-14
HON. Il. GRATZ BROWN
Is Stricken With Pneumonia and Dies nj
His Home.

Sr. LOUIS, Dec. l3.
Hon. b. Gratz Brown died at his residence
in Kirkwood, a suburb of this city, this morn
ing, of pneumonia, complicated with heart
disease, aged 80. Brown was a prominent
figure in the politics Of this state for a num-
Der of years and also earned national rep
utstion that he made the first emancipation
speech ever delivered in the Missouri legisla-
ture, and in connection with Frank p. Blair
became an active promoter Of that cause. lie
entered the Union service at the outbreak of
the war and after the close of that contest he
joined what was known at that time as the
liberal movement in that State, which re-
suited in his election as governor of that
State and the re-entranchisement of the
rebels. Subsequently. he was elected to the
United States Senate and served one term,
and later was nominated Vice President Of
the United States on the Greeley ticket. lie
ranked high as a man of ability; was philoso-
phical in his tendencies and was regarded as
a profound thinker.