The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-08-21

[ that our HOllidaysburg friends will have
abundant cause for congratulation should
either OF them be appointed. -AHoona Times
Engineer James Stewart, OF HOLIDAYS
burg, and Conductor Doc" Lnekett of
Altoona, have been placed In charge Of the
first engine that has been put on ihe new
Cresson & Coalport road, and are hauling
dirt to grade the track and make about sixty
trips day around the "Y" at Cresson.
The road, 1t is understood, is to be ready
for business from end to end on the 1st of
November.
John A. Ritchey, of Everett, one of the
moonshiners indicted IN the United States
District court, failed 10 put in appearance
when called for trial at Erie. Since then
be has been trying to evade the officers of
the law. Last week Detective Beegle sue
eesded in effectIng his capture and on We'd
nesday took him 20 Plttsburg, where he will
be tried at the next term of the District
court.
Mr. William Kim5all. the accommodate
ing drayman, who has been driving Mr.
). .. Lloyd's team for the past couple of
years, took his departure on Tuesday last
for Boston, where he is engaged as dray-
man. and we feel certain he can fill the bill.
his last JOB here was moving the FREE.
MAN Office. after which we gave him a di-
ploma which, we have no doubt will see him
through at the Hub.
| Mr.. John Donovan, of MilIyiIlc borough,
was found lying dead at the foot of an
sbrubt precipice on the streets of Mnville
borough, on Sunday last. He was mem
OF Council of that borough, and along with
some other members OF that body had been
out looking about some work to be done on
the streets up to II O'Clock the night before,
which was the last seen of him alive He
was not drinking man, and it is strange
that he met his death in locality that he
was thoroughly acquainted with.
, e. <. Apgar died at Utica, n. Y, on
Tuesday last. he was one of the leaders
OF the Democratic party in that State and
was close friend of Mr.. Tiden and Daniel
Manning, the present Secretary of the
!, Treasury. In 1872 during the Horace
Greeley campaign, Mr.. Apgar addressed a
Democratic meeting held at st. Augustine,
In this county, and his speech will no doubt
De remembered 10y many ClearfieId town
snip Democrats who were at the meeting,
when they read this notice of his death.
The Democrats Of Blair county held
their nominating convention on Tuesday
last and placed in nomination the following
: ucket: Sheriff. Alex. Mcknight, of Hol-
: hdaysburg; Prothonotary, James p. Stew.
OF Hollidaysburg; Poor Director, George Y.
Gosharn' of Franksto8n; Jury Commis-
= sloher, Andrew Bender, of Altoona; Dele
e gates 10 state Convention. Harry McFad.
: den, OF HOlhdaysburg; Frank MolIoy. AL
IS toona; Charles Feltinger, Altoona: ". Fiske
Cohrad, Tyrone. r. W. Cbristy, of Antis.
10 was CHOSEN Chairman of the County Com.
e rnittee. The ticket is strong one.
: Major John B. Guthrie, prominent
It cItlzen or Pittsburg, died at the Mountain
u mousse at Cresson on Monday evening, aged
seVenty-seven years. Under President Polk
p ne was Collector OF Customs at Pittsburo.
l. and at the same time filed the Office of Pen.
sion Agent of that district Under Presi-
dent buchanan and Lincoln he was In
n spector OF the Custom Houses of the limited
states He was a member of the Con-
stitutional Convention, and for two terms
hIed the office of mayor of Pittsburg. He
. was an officer In the original Duouesne
Greys'and accompanied them in their strug.
. giles In the Mexican war.
"A couple Of months ago inquiry was
made from some place in the West in re.
iation to divorce that purported to have
been granted by the court at Huntingdon
and which turned out to be bogus, no such
divorce having ever been granted In that
county. Last week inquiry was made by
mail at Huntington, by Miss Jennie Smith,
e of Centre, Rawle county, Missouri, as to
I the validity Of divorce purporting to have
been granted April IA, 1885. to Barbara
= Smith, from her husband, John Calvin
n Smith, by the Supreme Court of Napoleon,
l. Huntingdon county, of which the judges
s name is given as Ates, and the clerk as W.
w. Hicks. There is a bogus divorce mill
somewhere doing a thriving business issuing
divorces from Huntingdon county.
: On Thursday night OF last week Mr.
l. William Wasser and Mr.. James Sharbaugh
were drying from Carrolltown to Mr.. Shar-
@ baugh's place about a mile distant, and
e when near the farm of Mr.. Andrew Stritt-
2 matter the horse became fractions and in
! attempting to control him. the briddle bit
4 broke, when they were both thrown out and
n the horse ran away Both gentlemen es
capped with few slight bruises The horse rau
, on to the first bill on the Ebenshurg road
V where he was found lying dead short time
= afterwards with the wreck of the buggy
lying on top of him. He had run over q
bank and fell against beech tree with suf-
a fcent force TO cause his death. The animal
f was valuable one, and belonged to Mr
George Snyder, who haG left him with Mr.
= Wasser to board
II Grants Memorial: what shall It be?'
i is discussed in the September number of the
n North american Revieto, by Launt Thomp-
. son, Karl Gerhardt, o. l.. Warner and Will
s son Mcdonald, sculptors; W. Fl. Beard
r painter; Calvert Vaux and Henry Van
B runt architects; and Clarence Cook, arr
n critic. This symposium is sure to attract
A wide attention at this time, when the de-
sire is so general to erect a monument &c
Grant that shall be worthy of the man, the
, nation, and American art. The same nun
Der of the Review contains a consideration
| of the question, Shall our National Bank
ing System be Abolished?' by George S
Boutwell,, F. J. Scott, S. Dana Horton, and
Edward Fl. g. Clark. "Ouida" contributes
:, on essay on "The Tendencies Of English
: Fiction" and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps writes
I. !. on THE Great Psychical Opportunity. But
: the most readable article in the number i:
ex-Sergeant-at-Arms French's "ReminIs-
u cences of Famous Americans" which is 9
series of delightful anecdotes about the ia
j nous war senators. Mr.. French is writing
a book of these remiDisce nses. If it equals
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