The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-01-16

Inc new hre engine after being tested, has
been found to do the work required.
Mcdonald at Loretto is closing out the
Following goods at cost for cash Calicoes,
O. o. and cents per yard best gingham g.
8 and 10 cents per yard dress goods, 5. 8,
~ l21a a. 15c per yd.; Canton fanDels, 6
s and lOc per yd.; all wool fannels, 20, 30
and 4Oc per yd., Kentucky jeans, 1215, 10.
70 and 25c per yd.; tIckinRs, 1917, Is and 2oc
per yd.; notions, hats, caps, boots and
shoes. at hard pan prices to suit the times.
Mr.. b. F. Davis, who has been a resi-
dent Of Minnesota for the past thirty years
and who was raised in this Deighborhood, is
at present on visit to bis old home. Mr.
Davis was member of the old Cambria
Guards, OF this place, and went with them
10 Mexico, and since his return has been en-
1oyins the pleasure OF meeting a nun Der of
his Old comrades who are still living here
Before his departure tor Minnesota he re.
sided in BelsanO, where ne was engaged in
merchandising, and lie has been pursuing
the same business in the West.
David Coulter. of East CUnemaugh, it
is said, is urged by his friends to be a can
didate for tue Republican nomination for
Sheriff at the ensuing Republican primary
election. We advise Mr. Coulter and his
friends to consult the Gautier department Of
the Cambria Iron Company before entering
the field, as that Companys bosses have an
unceremonious way of disposirg of Repub-
lican candidates when they have one of their
own, and Mr., CUulter's being candidate
would but result in his being sat down upon
in manner similar to last year Don't try
it, DaViG.
The fOtlOwiTO q FrOn Of
the Secretary of the Board OF Public Chari-
ties, about our neighburing county OF Indi.
ana, is not very complimentary The Jail
at Indiana is deeayed and very insecure
No underground drainage is provided. Tax
payers Of the county are evidently merely
tolerating its existence until the county fl
nances will warrant the erection Of one
which will be credit TO the county. The
poor are cared for by overseers. who do re-
luctautiy-after being officially notified
take charge IF the poor just a little before
death comes by starvation. and secure for
them pl zee to lodge and a small moiety TO
eat at as cheap rate as can be had"
Mcdonald at Loretto still continues to
knock the bottom out OF high prices for cash
or marketable produce at the following
sugars at 3, 6, Z, 8 and cents per pound
roasted coffee, 125z, Is and 17c per pound;
4 boxes essence coffee, 1Oc papers soda,
1oc; 3 pounds rice, 25c; 3 pounds prunes,
25c; pounds barley, 25c; pounds oatmeal,
25c; pounds hominy, 25c; pounds peas
/ Or beans 25c; carbon OIL, 121zc per gallon
cider vinegar. 25c per gallon; good molasses,
soc per gallon; good syrup, 4Oc per gallon;
A, No. l salt, 81 40 per barrel good flour,
8. so per barrel all other goods at equally
low prices,
The Somerset Chemical works, two
miles east Of Somerset where nitro-glycer-
inc and all grades OF high explosives are
manufactured, was the scene OF terrible
explosion On Wednesday afternoon. Five
men we're at WORK in the packing house
/ whom the dynamite was ignited from a red
/ hot poker with which one of the men was
y boring hoe in the doors, In a second the
/ entire building was in flames and the men
with their clothing all on fire started 70 run
and were but short distance from the
| building when five hundred pounds Of dy-
Mantle packed ready for shipment and lying
/ outside Of the building exploded with ter
rife Loise. Two of the men were found
about sixty rods away burned to a criS-.
! The other men were not seriously i.,1rrad
I in thR
town ran into the street thinking thelr houses
wF,-re falling down, Window glass was
broken In houses half mile from the scene
or tbs accident.
The Whipping Post for wife Beaters.
The Altoona Times OF Monday last con-
tanned a commun ication on the subject of
wife beaters and their proper punishment,
which will commend Itself to every right
thinking person, whether male or female,
II is as follows
From the way in which the demons
holding high carnival, the millennium seems
to be a long way on. TIE series Of suicides,
rooberies, rapines, fendish Outrages upon
children, shocking homicides wife murders,
fratricides, lynchings, etc, etc, throughout
the entire country, would really seem to tn-
dicate that tie milleanian is indeed long
way of.
In the local columns of the Times Of the
9th instant your correspondent finds tie
following
"a man CGod save the mark D at Gallit-
zin was arrested and fined $l8 and costs on
Saturday night for shOckiDgly maltreatinR
his wife. AWeUg other tokens of affection
bestowed upon her was black eye, lacer-
ated forehead and bare spot on her scalp,
the roots"
Would Il eot be we'll for law Wmakers to
pass a .aw making the crime of wife whip
ping punishable at the whipping post. The
above local, and hundreds of other instances
OF mems brutal treatment OF their wives,
demand q whippinR-pOst for such miscre-
ants
There are many right-thinkiHg Americans
who have the courage to brave the coIse-
quesces and insist that corporal punish
ment, so common among our ancestors as a
penalty for certain offences or violations Of
the law, might be revived with signal advan-
tage to society. Atrocious orimes, such as
wife whipping, are deserving OF the penalty
of corporal punishment. IT Is a uniform ex-
preston Smong English judges that 'corpo-
raj punishment is the most certain and best
known preventative OF outrages upon wO-
men. Corporal punishment Is the most GER
! ia in known deterrent of co wardly and brutal
o6eDses. II is the very best known preven-
, tative OF outrages on women and children.
The British judges check such crimes by
/ adding dose Of .he cat we'll laid on to a
term Of Imprisonment with hard labor. Cor
poral punishment is the only thing that will
, put a stop to cruel and malicious assaults on
I women. The British public unanimously
Z approve OF this method. When the lash,
! then, does so manifestly a good work in
, England, why should 1t not be made pun
ishmeut in the United States i? Let the lash
he made a remedial agent for society in