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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-03-26

THE Altoona Trj5anc whose editor is
intensely fanatical on the temperance
question and believes in the exploded
doctrine that drunkenness can be abolish
ed by a Constitutional prohibitory
amendment, printed on Saturday last.
of and concerning the President Judge
OF the courts of Cambria County and the
morals of the people thereof, the follow
ing:
When the people of Cambria County elect
ed Robert l.. Johnston to preside over their
courts they invited the shameful condition
OF affairs that has bafalien them. Perhaps
the earnaval of drunkenness and crime which
follows the wholesale liceCsing of Tumse Hers
may bring them to repentance
What pity it is that the great moral
reformer who presijes over the Tribune
hasn't wider field in which to venti-
late his peculiar notions on the subject
of license, as well as to Ebel whole COM
munities, than the narrow limits of AL
tOona and the county of Blair. He
kindly and considerably suggests in the
the same plumber of bis paper from
which the above mendacious paragraph
is taken, that "The Democratic State
Convention ought to nominate Hon.
William McMullin for Governor. "
This stupid slur at the Democrats of
the State is eminently characteristic of
the Tribune and invites Roland for its
Oliver The Democratic Convention
VIII meet on tne 18th of August and
the Republicans, it is said, will hold
their Convention at an earlier date. If
the latter body wants temperance re-
form and plenty of it as the main issue
in the campaign, and will throw Gen
eTal Beaver overheard and then nomin-
ate the editor of the Tribune as its can
didate, It may be possible, if not prota-
BILE that the Democrats will take him at
his word and put no "Bin'' McMuuin
against him as a competitor worthy of
his steel. While the result OF the con-
test might be doubtful the race would
certainly be interesting and exciting
and the universal shout would be ''may
the devil take the hindmost.
The JOhnstown Tribune whose editor
Is familiar with the license question in
this county, as we'll before as since
Judge Johnston's election, briefly dis
poses of the malicious aspersions of its
Altoona namesake upon the people OF
this county and upon their President
Judge. as follows:
Judge Johnston's action on the liquor
question has at least been guiltless of hy-
pOcrisy and double dealing. There never
was anv question how he stood on license
before his election and even before his
nomination. BE deceived nobody. II the
Tribune wasn't blind It could see that the
state of affairs in this county is not any diff
ferent now from what IL has been. IN pro-
portion to population, for the last decade.
and the carnival of drunkenness and
crime" Is lot greater than it is In Blair
county. First take the mote out OF your
own eyes and then you will be in a condi-
tion to speak of your neighbOrs.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-03-26

FRANK HURD, the well known
Democratic ex-member Of Congress from
the Toledo, Ohio, district, who contest
cd the right Of Romeis, his Republican
opponent, to his seat, has lost his case,
the committee on elections in the House
having reported in favor Of Romeis on
Friday last. The vote in the committee
stood 8 for Romeis to 6 for Hurd. Mr..
Hurd contested the seat upon the
ground that the number Of fraudulent
votes polled for Romeis in Toledo as
well as in some Of the districts in Lucas
county outside of Toledo, exceeded his
majority, which was something over
zoe. It is said that Hurd will attempt
70 get the House TO reverse the COM
mittees report and throw Romeis out,
but in this he will fail. The committee
is composed Of a majority of Democrats
and as they have refused to say that
Mr. Hurd was elected the Democrats in
the House will hardly repudiate their
action. Mr.. Hurd is prominent free
trader, but is one of the most brilliant
and eloquent men in the country, Let
him pick bis flint and try it over again
with Romeis at the next November
election.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-03-26
4 PEN PICTURE OE paul.

A correspondent asks what is the
History Of the Soldiers Orphans,
Schools'' mentioned in the The Record
of Friday About ten years ago Mr..
James I. Paul. then a clerk in the Or
phans' School Department. and now a
member of the ''SqueeIs Syndicate, "
conceived the brilliant idea of writing a
''His CRY of the Soldiers Orphan"
schools of Pennsylvania Gihbou re-
lRtes that the idea OF writing his immor-
tai work started in his mind as he "sat
musing amidst the ruins OF the Capitol,
while the barefOnted friars were singing
vespers in the Temple of Jupiter" As
Paul sat a. bis desk in the Pennsylvania
Capitol he unused on the best way in
which be could turn the soldiers or
phans to personal account. and the hope
of an appropriation iaspired him. He
had Witnessed the Iiberality with which
the Pennsylvania Legislature patronizes
literary enterprise, especially when slim
ulated by printing ring. ard be made
bis history The book, containing 500
pages. consists mainly of official lists of
the soldiers orphans, with the dates of
their admission and discharge, inter
spersed with brief descriptions of the
schools.
On the back of the book are the pic
lures of two of the orphans. bov and
a girl. The girl has bat in her hand
and the hoy wears q pair of new shoes,
quite different from the samples exhih-
tied at Mt Joy. The title page bears
this quotation from Jeremy TAYLOR !:
"GOd is pleased with no music below so
much as the thanksgiving songs of re-
lieved widows. of supported orphans. "
In his dedication the author saws: ''1
Dedicate this Volume to the FatheTless
Children OF my Fallen Comrades. as
Token of Esteem for the Living and a
Tribute of Remembrance for the Dead. "
How well he took care of the fatherIess
children and remembered the dead is
witnessed only too vividly in the recent
materials of q new History of the Sol
dieTs' Orphans, not written by James L.
Paul. For his history Paut applied for
and actually obtained from the Legisla-
ture an appropriation OF SO 600 for an
edition of 5000 volumes. At first the
Legislature sturdily resisted the demand
but buncombe appeals to patriotism final
ly got the better of its good sense. A
more worthless and impudent excuse for
book making than this alleged history
could not be imagined. But the appro-
priatio1 and the services which Paul
was capable Of rendering as a clerk in
the Soldiers Orphans School Depart
ment enabled bim to become a member
of the "Squeers Syndicate" " with the re-
cults already recorded. Record,
March IA.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-03-26
Fabulous Prices for Madstones.

The late developement of so roanv
cases of hydTophobia in various parts Of
tie country has made almost invaluable
the msdstones which have proved efica-
cious in almost every instance where
applied to wounds of persons bitten Sy
mad dogs. A great number of years ago
there was found in the woods of Halifax
county, this State, a bag of these stones.
some of which are now in the possessi on
or Mr.. II. A. Lockett, a well. known
citizen Of Prince George county, who
lives a short distance from Petersburg.
These stones were found by a man who
subsequently, became indebted to Mr..
Lockett to the amount of about $1,000.
and having nothing else with which to
liquidate the debt, he gave the stones to
Mr. Luckett in payment of the same.
A small piece of one of these stones
brought the fabulous price of 5000
They are known to be genuine, and.
with the exception of one or two 9th, rs,
are the only ones in the State. Mr..
Luckett, on being asked at how high a
figure he valued the stones. replied.
They are worth more than the whole of
petersburg. "--Petersb,wg "a. dispatch
IN Neto York Snn.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-03-26
THIS bad wear for nersons who

THIS is bad year for persons who at
tach Importance to the superstitious
prejudice against Friday. 1t is well
known that sailors cannot be persuaded
to commence long or hazardous voy-
age on that day, but this year the whole
calander has conspired to upset the su-
perstition. The year 1886 came in on
Friday, and will go out on Friday and
viii have fifty three Fridays. Two
months OF the year come in on Friday
and two Others go out on Friday.
There are FIVE months in the year that
have FIVE Fridays The phases of the
moon change five times on Friday, and
the sun was eclipsed on March 5. which
fell on Friday The longest day in the
year and the shortest both fall on a Fri
day. All these Friday Condolences will
enable superstitOus persons to explain
away calamities, strikes, murders, wars
and other remarkable events quite as
satisfactorily as the appearance OF a
new commet.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-03-26

ACCORDING to the report of the sec
retary Of the interior, there are in all
men, women and children-26O. 600 In
dians. They occupy 134, 900, 600 acres
OF land. Counting FIVE TO a family.
there are $1,000 heads of families or
over $500 acres to each Indian family.
These children Of the forest have invest
ed and uninvested funds amounting TO
sl7 100000, and they own auother mil.
lion OF acres of land. on the market but
not yet sold or paid for, and there must
still be reckoned, their houses. cattle
and crops, Congress annually appro-
pirates for them for support and educa-
tioR from S., 900, 900 to s., 900. 600. And
yet with all this money expended. it is
admitted that the present Indian system
ioes not civilize, Or educate or Chris
lanize the Indians. Why is this TINS
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-03-26

AFTER Governor Pattison and Attor-
ney General Cassidy finished their ex-
animation of the Soldiers Orphans
School at Mercer last week, they pro.
ceeded to the School at DAYTON in the
northern part of Armstrong County.
This School was found to be in better
condition than any of the others they
bad visited, but was deficient in some
essential particulars. From Dayton the
Governor and party returned to Xittan-
ming and from there went by rail to
Uniontown, Fayette County, within a
few miles of which the JumonviIle
School is located. This school has been
under the management of Rev. A. II.
Waters for the last twenty years and
seems to be conducted in a manner i'm
measurably superior to that of the Mt.
Joy, McAllistervilIe and Mercer schools.
On Monday the Governor left Harris
burg for the school at Mansfield. Tioga
County, and from there would 90 to the
school at Hanford, Susquehanna County,
on Wednesday, which is the last school
to be examined. 4 searching inuuirv
Will next be made into the management
Of the Soldiers Orphans School Depart
ment at Harrisburg. The testimony
taken at the different schools that be has
visited will be sent by the Governor to
the next Legislature. In the meantime
the people will expect Attorney General
Cassidy to turn his special attention to
Wright. Paul and Gordon, and if they
can be crimminally pur ished either By
common or statute law, that he will put
the wheels of Justice in motion.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-03-26

IN the second volume Of his book Mr..
Blaine makes a very candid admission in
regard to the passage of the Tenure-of-
Office act in 1867, when Andrew John
son was President, and its substantial
repeal soon after General Grants acces-
sion to power in 1869. What Mr..
Blaine says has a direct application to
the present controversy between the Re-
publican majority in the United States
Senate under the leadership Of the Sem
atoT from Vermont, George F. Ed
munds, and President Cleveland, touch
ing the constitutional right of the latter
TO make removals from Office without
furnishing the Senate with the papers
upon which the removals hsye been
made. Mr.. Blaine says: ''casting on all
political disguises and personal preten-
ses. the simple truth remains that the
Tenure-of-Ofice act was enacted lest
President johnson should remove Re
publican Office holders too rapidly and ir
was practically repealed lest President
Grant should not remove Democratic
Office holders rapidly enough" The
Republican Senators might as we'll
throw OF their disguises and admit that
they are attempting TO deprive Mr.,
Cleveland of the power they conceded to /
Grant, Hayes, Garfield aud Arthur.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-03-26

The following proclamation was is
sued from the Executive Department Of
the State on Saturday.
In the name and By The authority Of the Com
n1onlCeath Of Pennsylvania Ro5t z Patti
son. Governor Of the said Commonwealth.
ARBoR DAY PROCLAMATION
In compliance with q concurrent resolu-
tion of the General Assembly,, approved the
17th day Of March, a. D., 1885, do hereby
appoint Thursday, the 18th day OF April A
d, 1885, TO be observed throughout the Com
mOnwealth as ArboT Day, and / recommend
That the people do, on that day, plant trees
and shrubbery in public school grounds and
along public highways throughout the Com
mOnwealth.
Given under my hand, and the great seal Of
this wealth. this nineteenth day
OF March, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eight six. aud
OF the Commonwealth the one hundred
and tenth.
ROBERT E. PATTIsoN, Governor.
By the Governor:
w. S. STEEGEE, Secretary of the CON-
monwealth.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-03-26

Mr.. MANE1Ns, Secretary Of the
Treasury, had an attack of vertigo op
Tuesday last, and was conveyed from
his Office In the Department to his resi-
dence IN carriage. This was the first
report regarding the matter and since
then il is stated that he had a mild
apOplectic attack. whatever was tie
cause OF his sudden prostration. he was
very sick man on Wednesday, and
grave ApprehensIons are felt at Wash
ingtOn in regard to his recovery. Mr..
Manning has been a very hard worker
since he went to Washington and is now
paying the penalty.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-03-26

GEORGE PEARSON, of Mercer County,
who is Secretary of the Republican
State Committee and also Chief Clerk
Of the House at Harrisburg. has decided
not to be a candidate for the former
position when the new committe meets
after the Republican State Convention
has been held. Pearson is connected
with Wright and Paul in running the
Chester Springs Soldiers Orphans
School and he has discovered from late
Developments that the committee will
not need his services dnring the coming
campaign.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-03-26

GEN. SToNENAE, the present Demo
cratic Governor Of California. has ap-
painted George Hearst as United States
Senator, to succeed Gen. John F. Nit
Ter, lately deceased. Mr. Hearst will
hold his seat until the 4th of next
March. His successor will be chosen
by the Legislature that will be elected
next November.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-03-26

JOHN NORRIS of the Philadelphia
Record who wrote the lengthy article
which was published in that paper near
ly mouth ago in regard to the Soldiers
Orphans Schools. has accompanied Gov
ernor Pattison and Mr.. Cassidy in all
the visits the7 made to the schools du-
ring last week and the week previous
Mr.. Norris is genuine refermer and a
fearless investigator. and his timely ar
ticle has been the subject OF warm com
mendation by the press throughout the
State
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-03-26
EaxNsRURc. PA,

OK Monday last the lower branch of
Congress passed the bill granting pen
8 sion of 3. 600 year to the widow of
General Haceock. The Senate acted
promptly and passed it on Tuesday. II
only needs the Presidents signature to
become q law
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-03-26

"HERH lies The body of JOHN M'Lean
Hayward, man who never voted; of
such is the kingdom OF Heaven" This
is the queer epitaph that will be placed
on the headstone at TIE grave of DIR.
Hayward, who died at Wsy!and, Mass,
and who prepared his epitsph shortly be.
fore he died
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-03-26
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-03-26

THROUGH our luxurious and perverted
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besides, diseases of the kidneys and urinary
organs are now among the most common
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-03-26

s.THE Richmond Dispatch favors the
Blair Educational bill on gronud which
at least, is teDable. 1t says the bin is
clearly unconstitutional; but that the
Constitution, in so far as it restricts the
Federal authority in the States, is mere
waste paper. The South ought no lon
ger to refuse a proffered advantage on
account of constitutional scruples. The
Dt$pdtch torgets that the people have
twice elected Democratic Presidents
since the war.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-03-26

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oly that of the Union Cattle Company of
cheyenne, ne " Omaha. 1t covers FIVE
head Of cattle
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-03-26

EX-UEITED STATES SENATOR Gen
1ohn Is. Gordon, wants the Democrats of
georgia to nominate him for Governor
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-04-17

eonsternalon. The only remedy is the
death OF the animal So af6icted and ~
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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-01-21
Des Moines Letter.
Special correspondence to THE REPuBLIcAS.l
Dies MONIES, Ian. 15tl

Dies MONIES, Jan. 18th.
A joint resolution of the Senate an d
House provides for an adjournment from
this date until Jan. 18th, during which
time the committees, each composed OF
one Senator and two Representatives, will
visit and examine the various State insti.
buttons.
The Assembly has concluded its perm
anent organization and the prospects are
good for a session Of solid work. There is
universal disposition on the part of the
members to rctrench and no doubt the
watch word will be economy. There is
OF course, the usual waste of time COM
monty made at the beginning of sessions
by fresh members who have a consuming
desire to save the country" and who as
sumo gratuitouslv the entire responsible.
ty. y. soon as they are siftcd and work
ing members become accustomed to the
monotony of their music business will pro-
coed. AS yet there has been no severe
test of Speaker Heads parliamentary abil.
ity, and it is to be hoped that the future
may make no test that will find him want
ing The House presents an interesting
variety in its membership, ranging in age
from the venerable Mitchell OF Jefferson
county, who is 81 years Of age, to the
young sycamore Of TIE Cedar" R. 6.
Cousins, who is 26.
So far there been only one bill in
troduced. Itprovides for the establish
ment of a Soldiers Home in Iowa, and
asks for an appropriation Of 100000. If
the bill is passed it will undoubtedly be
started with much more economical ap.
preparation.
The informal reception given in the
Capitol last evening by Gov. Larrabee,
Lieut. Gov. Hull, and Speaker Head, was
a social success, and everybody is exalted
by the confidence in the new Governor.
HAROLD.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-01-21
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GREELEY TOWNSHIP.
BY MILO.
/. II. RENDLEMAN,
Auditor.

Mrs. J. Mcfarland has been very
sick.
G. miller has returned, fat and
hearty, from his trip to Michigan.
John Miller and Samuel Hayes
are around again after their freezing.
Seth Hartzel has been sick. He
says it is too cold to be buried, so he
had to get well.
The church members must be
hard up around Pleasant Hill, as it
was decided Sunday they were too
poor to pay for preaching once a
month.
The colt that got out of Willis
Grace's fire is dead. The neighbors
hauled 900 bushels of corn for Will
to fulfil his contract at Stuart's, in
one day.
AT the Pleasant Hill lyceum Sat
urday night, the 10th, new officers
were elected, as follows: Albro
Marcum, president; John Egins,
vice. president; S. NJ. Gardner, Sec
rotary; Fred Reynolds, treasurer.
We learn that T. F. Mussen went
to Atlantic last week to consult with
parties about Il railroad through this
section. The rumor has renewed
the old excitement. When it is
frozen up and two foot of snow on
the ground we talk OF railroad, in
fine weather when a road could be
built, never.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-01-21

Gray has an organization of wheel
wrights who guarantee perfect fit.
Sometimes they go several miles in
the country to superintend the adj
justment and readjustment of difficult
cases.
DIR. Joseph Gadd reports Mr..
Luse's cancer succumbing very rap
idly to his treatment. 1t has been a
very stubborn case, but there is ev-
cry reason now to believe that cure
can he effected.
We wish to inform we editor that
the young man who gave your mar
shall so much trouble recently was
not from Ross as you plainly said,
but rather from Viola. Being sen.
sitivc young city we feel such slsrs
kcenly, and hope in the future you
may place the charge where it be-
longs.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-01-21

THE inaugural address of Govern
or Larrabee will be read with deep
er interest and greater satisfaction by
the people than has any similar doc
ument which has preceded it in
many years. 1t is clear and out
spoken opinion upon matters of cur
rent interest to the commonwealth,
and is such as will inspire confidence
in and high regard for the man
whose honest utterance it is. 1t is
happy surprise to the friends of
temperance to find it so fearless and
even aggressive in discussing the
question nearest their hearts. The
absence of volubility OF words, in
the mists OF which such documents
are too often classed as profound, is
another happy feature of the inaug-
ural. Its diction is such as will Sc
cure for it an interested perusal by
all classes, and it carries upon its face
the truth that the new Governor is
of the people. AS letter of intro,
duction it entities the Governor to a
hearty welcome to his new Office
That his term may be pleasant and
successful, as the suspicious inaugu.
raj portends, is the wish of all good
people. If the Governor has hu
morous vein we think he INDUCED il
in penning the paragraph upon wo'
man suffrage.