uu : ! cz: "RajxDffiBUts.nCL. Kr'iHBLiaESBSKaLituS.iasr- -aodrsDHBiEBc. assess. HI CiMBRiyilllfiUII. Ebenr-'irg, Pa.. a i'. - Tr. II, Pemocratiu Meetings! !, -.c Meeting wi'l b held by the De " niucrscy of Cambiia County at the f .loin(t times And places : ATCARROLLTOWN, MWe ineJay Evening, October 16tl, AT ST. AUGUSTINE, i Thursday Afternoon, October 17th. AT CHEST SPRINGS, j Thursday Evening, October 17th. At I.ORETTO, Cn FRIDAY Evening, October 18th. vt AV ILMORE, 1 rn Saturday Evening, October 19th. V - . j Tiie afternoon meeting will comnieu.ee at ind tlic evening meetings a 7 o'clock, and I; will be addressed by Gen. Coffkoth J ..tber speakers in English, and by Hon. r a i UM J. Caer in German. j Uv OHDEIt OF CoLWTY COMMITTEE. LOCAL AND PERSONAL. . tre. There, ami tUe Other riace. i -Wind way ward, weather warm. Wed- M mm Sentiments on Love," frotn orlifr rotiUiiuiior. w in appear ncn wen, 'Hang your front gate, on the outer i, . ; exclaims the Osceola llcvtillc ; "the -,"t'Ml'il they gum.' " 4 An addition la lieing put to the Hlair k t its western extremity, aud other ,r.iTeme'it.s are contemplated, j At latest accounts our enterprising t,.Miftn. Mr. C T. Ilote'-t, wan doing g ,. ,-iry of IV uver. In far-off Colorado. i-H-'yt, the ltpntlicau candidate for T,rn"r. i" Mid to I the connecting lick i.wti ft blustering barkeeper and a bloat- f(, ';,n,tl'lUl'r. i;-r.. J -clina T. Owen and Finn. W. W. i';rtv. will each speak a piece at a liepuhli riving to be held lu this place on Tues Jb, cT.-!ii!g next. i -T!ie Altoona folks are to be regaled on IrVsv evening next with a sermon on the IhrVtian Rv:e." No relation to a horse i f. which ha nothing Christian alvont It. i.-Mrfsr. Jessa Patterson, Isaac X. Wis i. p-r m il Jacob Kirkpatrick, Poor Direet of :hii "'iii'ty. are In attendance aoon- ncti of Poor Directors now being held in ;',Tit j.iin with onr tielghlior of the Hera',d I ! Iwpe that no Republican will be fool H :,ciiih'.i to lope hi vote, which means In , n Knz'.Kii that he will have to vote the I -n:irraT:c ticket. 5-Th" family of Mrs. Ward, a widow lady .':i)!t: City, have all Imeti afflicted with j: i -ill fttvr. The mother ami one son are i ta'cu-tng, while il.ree grown sons and a ijglw are hovering between life and vh. j--,li l ii Stover, a l employe In the wheel j p, A'toona, had one of his legs badly ...1 and lacerated, on Tuesday last, hy a j-ei faiiii i upon tt. Aa a stover np of 't ; im 'ftf a car wheel is too much for John t r cr any other man . iA H"Mt7(lle attorney, named f. C. j .u, was l. .ui.d guilty at the late term of t ( ":-a: t'.p ill ( utility court for opening let- '', i.(;!t c to r ther pnrti"S , and was sen--K. t.i the Western I'enltetitlary for a t n i-t nr year and Kix tiiontbs. 4- H IVf pli-'a Cheap Store, Csrrolltown, tj lfnilv replenished atnl reatly forbtmi- - to-nmrrow, on and after which date Mie (.vMivf proprietor, Mr. 8. Teitelhaiun, j i jj'H.l ti weh-otue all wln give him a 4 Hi..! l'iy a lrgK hill or small. i il.r fin in of ,J ilin Myers, dee'd, In Mnn -tt ri wiifcliip, I' litaininir ahout seventy with iicprnvemetits. was !isposeil of si j il.'.-i- on Tuesday last, hy Mr. J. I), tr-.itee, and Ixiught hy Mr. Michael ti-, .f th.s place, for SI. 200. f ':i.nl V. Gillx-rt, of Altoona, was se--v f ri;l!.-.l, on Tuesday last, hy lieing mi l t.twri-Kii two freight cars, the end of i-f wlili-h he was eintaired in painting, -m tin-nther was hacked up against it. If i i'.:r-s art" iiite severe, if not fata!. lr .I. ItiC. Mi.Miillen, of Chest Springs, jM KnTf-red upon a second course, of -.!, tl is time at Jefferson Medical i i---, riiiiadelphia. from which we pre t -1 will pinii;a iu due time with the i '.l:atirlieepskiu. May success attend t fll.e A't'iona Xationalist has faileil to i- i' appKarance for a week or two, and Tn' an-- .if that city inclines to the opin i ! t it has "choked to death In the at- to n-A-aihiw Adams, of Somerset." If t en there's Adams lim chance for its i'ftM.m. '!r. (i. n. Huntley, the wide-awke hard- tiiT'-haiit of this place, returned home 4 My evening from a trip to the south ' "i lift i!n- worse for the wear so ill, 't. 'hit lie has heen confined to the 4-- i-v.-r .:ii(;e. Hope to see him all right I ' it or t wo. : t v a- ..uly the other day that the news 1 M our town of the death in Nevaila, iring the month of .Inly, of Mr. N II-nry, an iMr brother of the il "l S'nnl Henry of this p'ace. --l :,:v. h(n absent and unheard from -, red ..r nineteen years. l-'tig weeks, ending a few days i-r-:v.l husband rest.ling In a pros- 'MiimiiTiliy not more than a thousand frr-m Johnstown, mourned as one who 4 ' tint Wi comfor'ed for a beloved wife -ft.' ,-. "nc.fore, and then married an- r. Verily, In the midst or death we 1 i.f- S'niie a-i.l Ceorge Hradley, brothers, of rrt tli A..lra, (nlii tremble. Teil- 5'7. in Johnstown, by signing Jacob .lav namo to a check for 3200 and giving . O-o. Vi!lnner as security for a board ' t-vptity dollars in cash. James was v':y arrested, but George mauaged to f :own. J- T-iteH-anm, who In Loretto holds f . rq-ie,ts us tuts week through onr " 'o ,?y, that the new stock of gools --i-Kivil at bis store ts, Inlquality tetter 1 iftntity more than any like stock, .v: In wha town it i, while for prices 5 w-t he denes any man in the "biz." ' 'liat up Bee what it comes to. I"' s cr wild turkeys, said to number ? f'"'. paid Cresoon a brief visit on la't, but finding the Mountain House J ! no Unper-y mortal about to "gob I'l'm np, took wing and disappeared in tion ( J.oretto. Several sportsmen 1 in pursuit, hut whether the turkeys !"y sith them or from them we failed ""'i. -r i a ;ory 0f ft jpf Jrirt dry gootls JK after the funeral services were J heard to r -mark, in faint and l tonK, "Anything else?" a littie Hich leads us to say that if any of Cr" n 11 anything or "anything i i ih .-lothing line they can get it neat , f '"l durable, at Jas. J. Murphy's Star I '2 H'.i, ifjg Clinton street. Johnstown. ! 2 ,ary Aon I'.radley, executrix of 4. .lf v. late of Loretto borough, de I 'il i ffr at public sale, commencing I.;'1'"', a m..on Tuesday, Oct. 29tii, j. "r ''ck of drv good. dres gomis, T ?rrcprie, hardware, etc., contained "'r-rf sahl deceased. Sale to con InTf1 today onti! all the goods are i""t. Lloyd, brother of Mr. TVnj. ?,''r Cambria township, who, we be- ' rn and got his "brougVen np" a J " n,fT. but who. for a couple f i, ' " dabbling, much to his i l'"rr.r'tr. In the oieaelnnns fluid I "t l'-'...lvanla. spent a few day i 1 '"ri'd the acenes of his youth and On Tnesday, October 15th, the next on the list, Dr. Hoffman, the dentist, expects from onr town to bo missed, and as to where he'll be found it is our province to say, that Carrolltown's the place on that particular day. So, if you have any teeth to be drawn, or a new set yoa need, you'll find him the man to do it cheaply and neatly indeed. It iiever pays to fret and growl when fortune seems our foe ; the better bred will pnsh ahead and strike the braver blow; es pecially if they are anxious to get full value for their money, which can always be done at the cheap cash store of John Lloyd & Co., who have lots of nice goods for the Fall trade and a very commendable desire to sell every thing at the lowest possible figures. Give them a show. It is a somewhat significant fact that the sqnelching of cadet-broker Lilly and his Johnstown month-organ, was immediately followed by the publication of a story in the columns of the Tribune entitled the "Lost Lilly." Next in order after the November election will no doubt be a brief sketch enti tled "The Lost Campbell, or the Lamenta tions of the Large and Licentious Liar of the Tribune Triumvirate." Since the publication in the Johnstown Democrat last week of the affidavit of Ser geant Itoat in regard to the alleged cruel and inhuman punishment inflicted upon bim by Jacob M. Campbell, while serving as a soldier in the late war, the editor of that pa per says that he has been called upon by several parties who witnessed the ontrage, and who fully and freely substantiate evey word contained in said affidavit. Never give up! It is wiser and better always to hope than despair; fling off all of doubt's cankering fetter and buy everything that your feet need to wear, be they boots, shoes or gaiters, or anything else in that line, from S. Klumenthal, of Altoona, who keeps a full stock, large and fine, and sells at such prices that all must be glad of the chance to invest, where snch bargains are bad. Store at 1119 Eleventh avenue. The Johnstown Democrat says that a young German living with Mr. John Neff, in Croyle township, this county, was so bad ly frightened npon looking out of the win dow of his bed-room, aliout 3 o'clock on a certain morning not long since, and discov ering Mr. NeflTs barn on fire, that he was immediately restored to his hearing and speech, of which he had been deprived a nu m bar of years ago by being shocked by lightning. The jieople of this community, we feel safe in saying, will never have reason to re gret the fact thai Mr. Edmund Miller, of Wilmore, has liecome a citizen of our town, his advent among us being for the purpose of accepting, ami need we say admirably fill ing, the position of salesman at the cheap and popular cash store of M.L. Oatman. Mr. Miller is a thorough gentleman and a com petent clerk, and we congratulate Mr. Oat man on having secured his services. Having purchased a car load of bitumi nous coal from Messrs. Mentzel & Leap, of Hollidaysburg. and tested it very thorough ly, we h.tve no hesitation in saying that it is the best of the kind we have ever nsed. It Ignites more readily, burns more steadily, and produces a greater amount of heat to the square inch, than anyjmonntain coal that has ever gladdened our household. It is from a new bank recently opened at Lilly's, and cannot fail to give satisfaction to all who burn it. Do we heed the homely adage, handed down from days of yore, "Ere you sweep your neighlior's dwelling, clean the rubbish from your door?" Do we buy our made-up clothing where the best is always fonnd ? where styles are ever latest and fabrics g'jod and sound ? If we do our feet will find but little rest till they lead nssafe and sure ly to the cheapest store ami best, where Godfrey Wolff, the clever, who at all limes heads the van, sails the finest made-up clothing that was ever worn by mortal man at his store on Twelfth street, next door to the post-office, Altoona, Pa. A car laden with household goods, etc., and destined for Ellis station. Kansas Pa cific. It. H.t (near Fort Hayes.) Kansas, left this place on Monday evening last, Mr. Jas. .To-.ies (not he whom our corpulent friend Tomlinson no graphically descriltes in his greonback speeches) going along as super intendent. They that is, Mr. Jones and the car will reach Fort Hayes in nine days from date, and in the course of a few weeks the other Eliensbnrg immigrants, if all goes well, will embark for the same place. Meantime those already there will no doubt "hold the Fort" Hayes or no Hayes. General McCandless, Secretary of In ternal Affairs, calls on Attorney General Lear to prosecute alniut forty railroad com-' panics in the State, prominent among which are the Peimsvl vania and several of its branches, including the Ebensbnrg and C reason, for tailing to comply with the lav of April. !;), and that of May, 1H74, which make it obligatory npon railroad, canal, navigation ami telegraph companies whose working lines are in whole or in part in this commonwealth, to furnish to the Secretary of Internal A flairs, on or In-fore the 31st of January in each year, a detailed report of their operations during the previous year. "Off for the city!" was the parting sa lute that came to our offico in langnage not mute, frotr. Barker, the buyer, V. S. is the man, who left Tuesday night, in accordance with plan, to buy the biggest and liest stock of goods in the land, for the ready cash money, which ne'er fails to command the "best in the shop" from merchants down east, who sell to friend Parker at prices the least. And when this largest of stocks, with beauty replele, finds its way to the shelves, so tidy and neat, in the big store kept by said firm on famous High street, as well as Carroiltown. where a welcome they'll meet, look out for such bargains as no man can beat. The terribly mutilated remains of Mrs. David Boyle, whose home was in Ciopers dale, a couple of miles wes of Johnstown, were found on the railroad track a; the low er end of the Cambria Siding, shortly after 9 o'clock on Tuesday night last, by Mr. John Reese, the day operator in the signal tower at Sarg Hollow, who was on his war from Johnstown to his home near Sheridan Station when he made the frightfnl discove ry. How the unfortunate woman came to Is) killed, or, rather, how at that time of night she came to le on the spot where her lnly was found, remaina a mystery. Mrs. Boyle's age was alsmt 30 years, and she leaves a husband and five small children to mourn her sad and sorrowful fate. Mr. Euoch Ileese. of Blackiick township, mado his appearance before ihe board of County Commissioners, on Tuesday last, with the hide and scalp of a fn'.l-grown wolf In his possession, and for the capture of which he then aud there received the usual bounty twelve dollars. The pesky var mint, of which there are said to be quite a number in that neighborhood, was caught in a trap owned and set by Mr. Griffith Lloyd, the understanding being that Mr. Keese, who lives in close proximity to the scene, was to watch the trap and shoot the wolf when captnred, in consideration whereof he was to receive one-half the bounty. This programme having, we presume, been car ried out to the letter, both gentlemen are no doubt comparatively happy, while the rest rf creation in that vieinPy have good reason to feel rejoiced at the fact that one more source of dread and destruction has been re moved from their midst. As will be seen from the noiice of Ihe County Committee, four Democratic meet ings will lie held in northern Cambria, com mencing at Carroiltown on next Wednesday evening and ending with a meeting at Wil more on Saturday following. Gen. Coffroth and Wm. J. Baer. Esq., will be present anil address all these meetings. We ask the leading and active Democrats of the different localities where the meetings are to take place, to interest themselves in the matter and make it certain that the Democracy turn out in full force and attend them. It is especially desirable that this should lie done on account of Ihe State and county ticket, and also on account of Gen. Coffroth, the Democratic candidate for Congress, whose opponent is a meinler of the Repub lican National Committee and has once been elected in the district, but who will lie re manded to private life, if every? Democrat will act well his part and perform his whole duty. We trust that what we have said on the snbject will b willingly and earnestly responded to, and that Democrat. will make th meetings worthy of the strong Demo cratic diet i let in which they are to be held. Wishing no longer to bear with the tronbles which for a considerable time bad been bruin in his sheep-fold, Mr. William Cawley, of Clearfield township, concluded on a recent tH.-casion to "lay" for the varmint which time and again bad feasted npon the lambs of bis flock. With this object in view, be armed and equipped himself a few nights ago and lay down near the sheep-fold to watch for the intruder, but before Mr. Brnin had put in an appearance old Morpheus gobbled up the watcher, wbo in due time woke from pleasant dreams to find one more of his flock among the missing. Giving chase with bis dog, Mr. Cawley managed ere long to frighten the bear so effectually that it dropped its plunder and broke for cover, whereupon the stolen sheep, which seemed little the worse for Its bear ing off, was brought back and restored to the fold. Not willing to give it up so. however, the foolish "bar"-besr-ian once more returned to the charge, but this time found to its sorrow that Mr. O. was wide-awake and 'el(bow) bent on shooting, and as a consequence bear meat found its way to market a day or two after. We did not learn the weight of the animal, but understand that it. was a big one. John Dougherty, Esq., of Mount Union, Huntingdon county, long a resident of Hol lidaysburg, and well known in this place, has been nominated for Congress by the Greenback party in the district of which Huntingdon forms a part. Mr. D.'s life has been a most eventful one, and we could de tail it pretty accurately if it was necessary and our upace would permit. He is now an old man, in the sere and yellow leaf pos sesses a great deal of mental activity is full of crotchets and theories on nearly every Imaginable question, and richlyearned the title of "Agitator" by which be was long and familiarly known. Yet he is a man of the best intentions, the most kindly im pulses, and the most remarkable conversa tional acquirements. If he should ever get into Congress, of which we suppose he has rn hope, Tom Benton's famous speech on "the tax on salt," which we lie'.ieve iras fi nally concluded, would be a mere trifle iu point of length to the one that John Doneh erty cotWand would deliver in favor of 'is suing untold millions of greenbacks, or, as Ben Butler now calls them, "fiat money." We have a very warm feeling for the old gentleman, yet when we heard of his nomi nation we could scarcely refrain from re gretting that to such base uses he has come at last. We understand that Mr. A. D. Criste, of Minister township, has announced himself as an independent candidate for County Treasurer. In 1873 Mr. C. was the Demo cratic nominee for the same office, and after a bitter and exciting contest was elected by the small majority of Uccntif-eifjht votes. We will do him the justice to say that be dis charged the duties of the office with credit to himself and satisfaction to the people. He was a candidate before the last Demo cratic county convention for a renomination, but the delegates to that body, believing that the Democracy of the county had amply compensated him for his services to the par ty, refused to recognize his pretensions to the office, and conferred the honor upon another gentleman. Of course any Demo crat has a legal right to become a candidate for a county office without having first re ceived a nomination for it. hut we deny, as we have always denied, that any man wort hy of being called a Democrat, has the shadow of a right to ask a nomination frotn a county convention, and having failed to get it, then attempt to defeat the choice of the party by setting himself np as a volunteer candidate. Mr. Criste, it seems, has now done this, and we have no doubt the Democracy of the county will give his case their special atten tion at the coming election. If the Item in our local department last week tendering a couple columns for the use of our Greenback friend, Mr. John M'Cor inick. has had the effect of stirring np some parties who are personally interested in the success of the Democratic ticket, and in ducing something like an active campaign, as we certainly hoped it would, the announce ment has ne.t lieen unproductive of some very needful results. That such has been the effect wo have reason to believe, and now that the good work I. as seemingly com menced in earnest the friends of the FltF.K max may rest assured tha: it. will not lie found wanting in the performance of its duty to the Democratic party. At most, there was no intention to permit the use of our columns for any purpose other than a discussion of what the new party calls its code of principles, and in that we had no reason to lielieve, and don't believe, that the cause ot Democracy had or has anything to lose." Others there are who seem to think differently, and as we are unwilling to lay onrself open to the charge of putting a stiimliling block in the way of Democratic success, and at any rate didn't make any promise as to the time when the new de parture was to bo taken, we leave the mat ter for the present in alieyance. Meantime, if the Greenback-LalHir men think they ought to have a Iiearing, they should come down with the "stamps" and enable Mr. M'Cormick, who is able and anxious, to es tablish a paper devoted to the advocacy of a cause which they seem, or at least pretend, to have so much at heart. A NOTHF.K Ol.T) ANI PROMINF.VT ClTtZF.X Gonk TO Ufst. Captain James Murray died at his residence in this plsce, about Tt o'clock on Tuesday morning last, in the 74th year of his age. He was the eldest son of the late Hon. John Murray, who came to this place from Bedford county when the deceased was an infant in his mother's arms. His father having established a tan nery hire, his sou at the proper age learned the business, and for many yenrs superin tended the establishment. InlS43he was elected Sheriff of Cambria county, and when the Mexican war broke out, the Cambria Guards, of this place, of which organization he was captain, having been accepted by the Governor as one of the companies of the 2d Pennsylvania Regiment, he went with his command to Vera Cruz, and served under General Scott in that officer's wonderful and triumphant march from the gulf coast to the city of Mexico. Before the close of the war ho was compelled on account of ill health, to resign his position and return home. For several years alter that he was engaged with Mr. O. (5. K. Zahm, of this place, iu the mercantile business, and for the last eleven years was associated with Tr. Wm. Ijemmon in the conducting of a drug, book and variety store. Previous to em'.iarking in this latter business, however, he served, in the year 1SIJ0, as one of the census marshals of this county, and when the war of the reliellion broke out be once more buckled on the armor, and served as First Lieutenant of the "Silver Grays," a compa ny which was largely composed of men from this county advanced in life, an. 1 which was stationed a; Camp Curtin, near Harrisbiirg. After the "Grays" were disbanded, he rais ed a company partly in this county anJ the residue in other localities, was assigned to one of the Pa. Regiments, and spent several months iu the service in north-eastern Vir ginia, when sickness compelled his resigna tion and retnrn home. Captain Murray was emphatically a gen tleman of the old school, the possessor of many very excellent traits of character, a consistent, faithful and exemplary member of the Catholic Church, and an upright, eaceable and progressive citizen. Being all this, he could not fail to enjoy, as he certainly did, the respect and esteem of all who knew bim. His aged widow and one son and daughter are left to mourn a loss which they cannot but deeply feel. At 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon the mor tal remains of this venerable and;worthy man, accompanied by many sorrowing re latives and sympathizing friends, were taken to the Chnrcli of the Holy Name, where a Requiem Mas was celebrated by Rev. Father Boyle and an eloquent aud impres sive sermon, principally devoted to the all. important subject of death, was delivered by Rev. Father McCarthy, ot St. Augustine, after which the last religious rites were performed, and the Iwsly laid to rest in the beautiful cemetery near the chnrvh, from whence we trust it will he called at the last great day to a blissful immortality. Borough and Township Accounts. That the publication In the newspapers each year of the financial condition of the several boroughs and townships in this and other conntles of the commonwealth is required by law, and that simple statements printed and posted op will not suffice, may be learn ed from the following which we find in the Altoona Tribune of recent date : A good deal hss been written and printed In regard to the publication of the accounts of boroughs and townships. The law plainly re quires, according to one of our exchanges which hss given the subject considerable investta-a-tion, the auditors of the several boroughs snd townships to publish a statement of their ac counts respectively at the close of each fiscal year, which previous to 1876 was In June. We so stated in pievlous years, but there were per sons, and lawyers, too. who had not given the subject a minute's attention, who argued that the law did not require any publication other than a written statement posted tip in the bor ough or township. A case was tried In North umberland county, involving a neglect of aud itors to publish In the papers, and after a thor ough examination the court decided airalnst the auditors and fined them t'JO each. In Al legheny county a like caso was tried and with ft like result. It was all along clear to us that publication in the papers was necessary. The reason why people thought a publication by written or printed statement put up in the bor ouirh or township was a sufficient compliance with the law was because the act of 1S74 so sta ted, but the proviso to the act says as follows : Nothing in this act shall be construed to In terfere with tne present law. which requires annual statements of the receipts and expendi tures of the borough councils, road commis sioners, supervisors, overseers of the poor and school directors to be advertised in the weekly papers of the county. From this It i9 ciear that the written or print ed statement to he put up in the borough or township is a publication in addition to the publication in the newspapers, for were it not so the act itself would be practically of no ef fect . Several laws have been passed upon this subject since lt$4,and the whole of them sum up thus : First. The auditors are required In each bor ough and township to settlethe accounts there of, and publish thesame not only'in newspapers. but also by written or printed ftatements put up in the most public places in the borouirhs and townships ns soon after the close of the fis cal year, which is on the first Monday in April, as possible. Secnd. If the boromrh or township Is In debt, has a funded or floating debt, it must be included in the statement, touether wiih the valuation of property, etc., and published in at least two newspapers, and embraced in the written or printed statement also. It is necessary that the auditors of the re spective boroughs and townsnips should go to work at once and settle the accounts as they are In duty bound to do, an3 have them pub lished as the law directs. When the borough or township has no Indebtedness, netrlect to pub lish incurs a fine of twenty dollars ; but if the borough or township Is in debt, the neirlect in curs a fine of one thousand dollars. We would advise those who rend this article to cut it out and preserve it, to that it may be had for refer ence. A "CROOK"-F.n Story About A Greas ed Put. How a Camhria County Hoy Fared at the Altoona Fair. The following, furnish ed n for publication, tells a tale (pig's tall) of official Crook-edness which, if true, cer tainly disa-reae with the generally accept ed rules of i'air play, even at a county fair : About half-past 4 o'clock Friday afternoon, Oct 4th. all was excitement on the Hlalr county fair irrounis. and here and there were to be seen people runhing from different psrts nf the enclos ure, ami all inclined to one centre, while vehicles of nearly every description were hnrryimr out of the way of tiie excited crowd. I.mltes and chil dren wore meantime srresmlnir and cryfnir. yet there wa a good sprinkling of the fair sex mixed np with the moving mass. And. lo ! what was the cause or all this uproar? Nothing more nor lef s than a pig race ! Yes, a shaved and greased itrur.ter was to be run for. and the lucky Individ ual that cauitht and he'd his plgshlp was to keep Mm and receive 5 Into the bargain as a premium. After all was ready and the police and other officials had succeeded In getting the crowd back, and a ring f. rmed around those who were to ran for the pitc, (no one being allowed to run except those who had left their names at the jndfrea' stand.) Mr. Pig was let loose and all ran helter skelter in hot pursuit. After several vain at tempts by various parties to capture him, Frank t'rook, of Barr township, caught and held the porker. Then there were cries of "Foul play !"' 'Iet him go !" but Frank's partner was behind him and exclaimed. "Hold on to him, FranWey, hy gosh !' and Frnnk did hold on to him "or about fifteen minutes, when a piece of strap was hand ed to him hy his "hutty" and quickly fastened to i pivgy B leg. in me meantime rivals wno hail 1 come out second best In the race, and who were i jealous because a stranger was about to get awav with the ,rlie. exejted the crowd hy their cries of "Foul play !" ".Make him let the hog go " etc., and tried to shove one another on V rank, the honest farmer boy of Harr township, in hopes of breaking his hold on t he pig, hut by dintot shov ing, tagurinir and pullinir Frank and his butty" I got the piir out of a crowd of about one th utand ! people, still the game was not secure, for when j they gut to the gate for the purpose of leaving the fair grounil. the gate keepers refused to let them out with the ho, as one of the contestants iiad hastened to the judires' stand to say that Frank ('rook ha. I used rosin on his hands, and that he (the aloresaid contestant) had his hands on the lion's rump at least once, and thought 11 he had h;id rosin on his hamis he could have held the pig too. Frank Cro.k thereupon ottered te strip n i in sen ot ail unnecessary garments, inl run for the pig airaln, guaranteeing to catch and hold him a second time it they were not satisfied. They then claimed that the bog could not run fust enough, for another race. (Poor excuse): and yet it was pood enough for the Altoonians to use for the purpose of affording an excuse for keeping the fS hack, and only allow Frank to k.-ep the ho. Crook also promised to climb the greased pole, and get his 5 up there, but the ju.lice said. I o : no : youujr man, you are a uu ic 100 snarp: vou carry rosin in your pociieis. "its, say3 Frank. "I am supposed to carry it. as I am a fid dler: hut what h.is that to do, with catching the hog, or climbing t he pole ?" ( Ioud laughter and hearty cheers for Frank. The judge thereupon walked off. no doubt consoling himself, with the thought that he had chiseled one man out of $4. A fair judge for a county fair is. he. letter frotn California. Grand MusrcAt, Com m nation. For the fiist lime in the history of this city, says the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, do we find the four most renowned American Pi anos represented by one ami thesame music house. We refer to the great Stein way Pi anos, the celebrated Chickring Pianos, the old-established Decker & Sons' Pianos, and the popular Limleraan Pianos, which all four of them have now been placed under sole control of our oldest ami !est reputed music firm, Messrs. H. K'.etier & Bro., No. 122 Wood street, Pittsburgh. These four makers have made a splendid reputation all over this country and in Europe, and t.iey have stood the test of time longer and better than any of their late rivals and imitators. No piano can lie pronounced good unless ful ly tried by time, and the above have lieen tested, res)ecti vely, for from 25 to 45 years. The Messrs. Kleber & Bro., are proud to know that all of the great American piano makers are now exclnsi vely represented by (hem, and that persons desiring to buy un tried, unreliable and unseasonable pianos will have to apply to some of the smaller dealers in the city. Their warerooms, fire, large floors, are filled with the most splendid stock of first-class pianos and Bordett or gans ever offered here, and they are put at prices so reasonable, and on such easy terms, as to defy competition. Kleber t Bro. sell lower than any other House in Ihe West and on easier monthly payments. All instruments warranted for eiyht yarn. Buy at Kleber's. and save from 30 to 40 per cent. Don't forget the place, 122 Wood t-treet. 10-11.-2;. TCRLOCK, Stanislaus Co., Cal., ) Sept. 22. 1S78. Pear Frkman The harvest Is past, the summer Is ended, and the grain Is saved. I cannot say so much Tor the people. They were melancholy test year they are proud this year tuit their hearts are not as thankful as they should be. We have escaped floods, fires, and rust. We have had rain, and warmth, and sun shine. We have had health, strength, and plen ty. We hear of famine in other lands, and we should be sorry. We hear of Tfloods, and we should feel regrets. We bear of fearful storms and we should be astounded. We hear of plnirues. and we should be appalled. Onr sym pathy does not go out to other lands and other people. Our gratitude for a sate deliverance from all these things does not go up, in the In cense of thanks, to the Author of all good. True, here and there, like an oasis in the desert, we find a grateful, thankful heart, but the ma jority, "eat bread as my people, yet on (iod do not call. We have had no rain since April, hence our roads are like ashes, or like your roads to a fair ground In the dry days of September. I walk day by day three miles in dry, ashy dust, shoe mouth deep, yet there is no sickness worth the mention. We are furnished with green fruit from the rivers and mountains, or foot-hills-such fruit as arapes, melons, apples, peaches, pears, figs, apricots, Sec and we eat plentifully of it, yet no one gets sick. We have used many cucumbers, but we are none the worse of it. Such a long drouirht as we have each summer would. In the States, most certainly produce sickness. The State Fair at Sacramento closed yester day, after having been open one week. There was a grand display of fruits and stock, women and babies, mechanics and machinery. Hand some ladies bore off all the prizes. The best butter was made by the handsomest lady. Who would expect a homely lady to make good but ter ? On the men's side, or in the male depart ment, the richest men get the ercntest prizes. Who could expect a poor man to elbow his way through a State Fair? This Is not a peculiar featureof onrState Fair. It is so wherever one goes. It is not the rule to be jus. Favoritism rules nil such gatherings. Still Fairs are use ful, A stranjrer can. at a glance, see the pro ducts or the country in which such a Fair Is held, and from this can draw his conclusions In regard to the thrift and prosperity of the peo-r bands pie. runner man itus, they excite a whole- . some emu latlon and competition. ' We had good crops this year. Our men raised g hap sbout lO.fKO bushels of wheat and 2,fm0 bushels ; is il?' of barley, besides fifty tons of hay barley hav. Onr neighbors had equally good luck. All are flush of funds and seem hsppy. Wheat sells at J. sink about one dollar a bushel sav from ninety to ild have ninciy-six cents, payable in gold coin. Hold Is. the money in use here, thoiurh the silver coin and ureentmcks are at par with gold. For con venience I should prefer paper money, when at par with hard money. But a regular t'ali irnrnian has a suspicion that greenbacks may depreciate, and, hence, prefers the yellow metal. Now that the wheat Is sold, there is a lull In the times a kind of brcathinsr spell before j p.iiwmir commences, wmcn.wiu ne Slier me tirst. good rain falls. And the people need a rest. The last four months kept everybody busy all the time and fourteen hours every day at that. I never saw so much work done In tour months. In any neighborhood, not even excepting the Cambria Iron Works, where la bor Is systematized. There they have two sets of laborers, one for day and one for night. Here we have but one set. It is true we are aided irreatly by machinery, but muscle has to be constantly applied. The amount of grain that was cut, threshed and hauled O the rail road In this county, amounts to about seven million bushels. It takes work to amass this from single heads of wheat and barley. Some grain has to be hauled twenty miles. Thresh ing is hard work. When one man piles away from one thousand to fifteen hundred sacks of wheat in a rlay he feels like takinir a rest. The same may be said of the sack sower, the sack hller, the pitchers, the forkmen, and others. To carry sacks one day Is nothing, but to con tinue every day for two or three months, with an averaire of twelve hundred sacks per day, tells on the muscles of any human being. In a new country like this money seems to be the only object. It is different in places long settled. There people think something about improvements, such as churches and the like. Here it is money and wheat, wheat and money; or. in short, money, money, money. We ha ve a litt!e Sunday sc hool running, which teaches the youth here, some twenty or thirty in number, to respect that day at least, and, perhaps, to make some other impressions, be fore the "evil days come, and the years draw nlith, when they will say they have no pleasure in them." Adieu! 1 nay visit you next spring. ItOB Uur. POSITIVELY Till LARGEST, FIXESTmCHKAPKST STOCK OF- EVER BROUGHT TO JOHNSTOWN CAN NOW BE SEEN AT- WK , W O Q. X. W- POPULAR ONE-PRICE Cai t- . -...-.,. .... .... t.r-i r Kgricnitnre is now pursued, but which a few years apo j was without roads am! without industrial works, covered with water during a part of the year, a prey every Autumn to the pesti- lential fevers of the marshes, and but. lately i counting one pauper to every three ichab t- ants. In this wilderness of poverty and i want Sister Milcent has for forty long years j devoted her life to the care of th? poor, to 1 - l ...1 , t t.u I lytsnpcrior to the Kngel cd..ck, ex'uli'.t'nl beic last winter, and is fully eqn.il to th clock i?i t lie Slra.-dju: R ('allied i al. t ?t many. An ll tqle reprcsctitat ive tcct-ntly paid a vist to Mr. Fie:er and found bim wiapt up in bis woik. The parts i f the clock being altogether new, do not woik as har moniously as they will after they have been iu position fr some lime. The clock -- in tlii-ef. lpl n-i.lrt at tl.A The Standing Rules of which are : Positively One Price to Everybody, -VrS I IVO 112 I AT IOM HONEY RETURNED IX ALL CASES WHERE TIIE G00D3 DO NOT TROVE SATISFACTORY! 8-THE POOR MAN'S FRIEND AND OND-PRICED CLOTHIER X13XT TO JOHX THOMAS', Main Street, - - - Johnstown, A Rf.markarle Result. I makes no difference bow many Physicians, or how much medicine yon have tried, it is now an established fact that German Syrup ia the only remedy which has given complete sat isfaction in severe cases of Lung Diseases. It is true there are yet thousands of persens who are predisposed to Throat ami Lung Affections, Consumption, Hemorrhages, Asthma, Severe Colds settled on the Breast, Pneumonia, Whooping Cough, c, who have no personal knowledge of Boschee'a German Svrup- To such we wonld say that .50,000 dozen were sold last year without one complaint. Consumptives try just one bot tle. Regular size 75 centa. Sold hy Lem tnon & Murray, Ebensbnrg, and by all the oilier Druggists iu America. letter from Michigan. Bass LAK4Mlch..lOct. 7, 1S73. Dear Freeman Allow me space for a few lines and I will try to give you an item or two of interest. The county fnlr came off last week. It would be worth your while to pay a visit to a back woods fair. There was some good stock on ex hibition, principally from the south-eastern part of the State. One of the most amusing trHnsactlonsof the commissioners was the pay ing out of two thirty dollar premiums to two of northern Michigan's fai rdaughters, who had brass enough to stand up and go thromrh the matrimonial drill in front or the judges' stand, and in presence of upwards of four thousand people. The othciating cleriryman V kissed the brides, after which they went on their way re joicing. The races were hotly contested, the fastesi time (2.1l.' being made by "Sterling Bay" of Grand Itaplds. The lumbermen of this district are making preparations for the winter campaign, and next week there will be thousands of men put in the woods. Some of the mills are still run ning, and as they cut out the old stock the crews are sent into the woods to fit up t ne new one. Consequent ly there are not many charures in the crews from year to year. The new mill at this place is runninir at an averaireof thirty, ty-flve thousand feet per day. We had a shgiit smash up a few days ago, which completely drenched W. S. I.anden. principal engineT.and was caused hy blowing the top off the pony pump. Nothing serious. Ex -Commissioner James W. Nenson. of your county, called to see us while on his way to Hi l.'apid, as did also '1 lios. Dodsnn aiid Wm. liouiilass, of Chest Springs. They were wel come quests. All the Cambria boys at this point are now in fine health. Some or them have hud thcnirue, but in no case did the disease continue long. We arc right in the midst of the-ugue season just now, but with care will be able to fight il otT. Following i a correct statement of the ship ments per ti rand river for the season nnd up to the hist of September: Lumber. ."55.!'7s,n:i3 f-et ; Mmn of liiiii;j.4! !.3iT0 : Shinirles. lo6.7l;J.. 3SO; staves. 2.7e,u2u. This is only a small per centiie of the product of the lumber district or this State. All along the line of the differ ent railroads the timber is belmr used up. and when this is done the land is cleared up and made to yield from twenty to thirty-five bush els of wheat per acre. Stump land sells here for from eia-ht to twelve dollars per acre, and timber land from forty to eighty do!l:us per acre, according to ihetimber and lay of the land. The prices or grain vary here as elsewhere. Wheat sells at present from 85 to 9s centa per bushel : corn 5 to 50 ; r.ve 40 ; pats:fji: nnn potatoes from 20 to 30. The Fkekm am reaches us veryirregular, w hich induces us to think sometimes tiiat Mc, like some of the girls, has gone back on us. More in the future, maybe. Vours, &c, Konoeo. Jacob Fry, a repair band on the Pa. R. II., was struck, knocked from the tra."k,and so badly injured hy the .Tohnstow"h Accom mo lation, at. Kinevah station on Wednesday inorr.ing last, that he died soou after. Death of a Fobmf.k KnEsssrKc, L. nr. We learn from Judge Kees J. Lloyd that his eldest sister, Mrs. Margaret Hnghes. ied in Millbnm, Lake county, Illinois, on Friday last, in the bOth year of her age. She was married in this place in 1840 to Da vid H. Hnghes, and in 1844 they removed to Illinois, where they continued to reside on a farm until about six years ago, when Mr. Hughes died, and Mrs. H. thereupon moved to Millbiirl), a few miles distant. Five children survive her. al) of whom are mar ried and reside in Lake county. Those of our citizens who knew her. and there are many here and in the neighboihood yet who remember her welt in her younger days, will bear of her death with eincer regret. IjocoZ Correspondence. IORETTl, Oct. 1, 137. Epitor Freeman After a pleasant sojourn of several weeks In this lovely mountain vil lage, where the beauty of nature makes one dream, like Mythagoras, of the "music of the spheres," and of uniting one's reveries, wit h tiie sweet tones of -Kolean harps, we come to say farewell !-"a word that makes us linger s'.ill farewell ;" but before doing so must make special mention of kindness, courtesy and at tention which we received from the citizens of F.bensburg while on a brief visit to that charm ing town. Ol the ladies whom It was our priv ilege to meet it is needless to say their popular ity is well deserved. Hiirhly cultured, skilled in the rcfjnircments of society, bounding their lives by the sscred impulses of noble woman hood. th y Jcstly claim a foremost place atnnutr Pennsylvania's most endeared productions. Of the young gentlemen with whom we had the honor of an acnuainisnc", it is not too much to say that they have all the elements of refine ment In their natures, and bearing the stamp of nature's royally, they possess in no ordinary degree the qualities which chat a- terize the true gentleman, while they understand that rare gift and essence of true politeness whh:b makes the stranger of yesterday the friend of to-day. Polite, courteous and gentlemanly In all their actions, such men would be an acquisition In any branch ol business, and adorn any circle In life. We must confess that as we looked at them, an! noted with admiration the many ad mirable qualities which has endeared them to a large circle of friends, our thoughts were somewhat of Enid's. "Whs ever man so grandly made as he?" No wonder we wished our visit of longer duration, for the parting gave us pain. Alter vlsi: ing the different places of In terest we bade adieu to our friends with the hope that we mtht meet soon again. We are none of us ossitbil as yet, and we are too much of epicures in our tastes not to wish to ace more of those for whom wo entertain such irolden opinions. ! the great city of Gotham, whence our steps are now directed, Ebensburg Shall ever find it piotuiueut place In the mem ory of Little Fhacu. SEPTEMBER 13. 173. 4tn. Tlio GREAT FAYOR -WITH WHICH- THE PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED -OUR EKFOKTS TO- ESTABLISH OX EQUITARLB PBIXCIPLES -THE- G-K.jfk3ST3D DEPOT DRY GOODS S OUTFlTTIi HOUSE HAS STIMULATED US TO MARK NEW IMPROVEMENTS THROl'IIOL'T THE HOUSE. WE INVITE THE TEOrLE OF THIS SECTION TO VISIT US. AND SEE HOW EASY, PLEASANT AND SAFE IT IS TO DO TIIEIIi BUYING at 13th Jfc MARKET, TIIILA. John Wanamalcer. TIP-TGP DRESSING CAS OKZ.T EE WELL DONTi When the JSfew Suit is gotten from m i i i-ssp) .'i. " '"y 1 ..' - ".in''.'-' fJ" -V-S-'-"."-,-t. J ' " "w ' TH3 LARGEST, THE BESH 5ie swst rcliaU) dstiiag Eksa S. E. COR. 6th & MARKET ST. PHILADELPHIA. Woitiy V -i V " . . ... . i . -.i Mped me to Hie haleisi. eaten men vi f in time lo noosed lope and stupefy then i i.iim. i iiiiitni e to " " i:"" They seem- glad thai you ate uai, u u.h ii -yi ..: a i.. YP.AGF.H-REILI.Y Married at Nuptial Mass. In St. Mary's church. Hcllida shmg. on Wednesday moriiin. ct . -. 17S. by Hv. '1 hoa, Walsh. Mr. Michael A. Vnn. 'f A!t.iia. and Miss Maooik itkli.i.r. id ihe former place. onritnf. Wf'SIXftF.U. Hied, in ItlsekHck township, on Tuesday, Oct S, 1"T. Fiokcnck M..dang'i. ter of I- N- and Auna M. v is -inger, aged 5 y. ars and 8 months. BEWARE ! I liertl.v caution all persons against meddling or otherwise Interferrine with three milch ciws, two spring calves, a lot ol feed, corn nnd hay. nnd various ar ticles of hnn? chold furniture, now In possession of Jacob Hur,ron. a I tHni.ht said pnieriy at pri vate sale aud have left it wiCi lilm durtnir my plensure. A. J. Ht'KUOUN. Washington Twp., Oct. . 1ST. 3t. "Ti i 1 TO U S NOT1C E 1 laving been apiiiite.l Auditor by the Orphans Court of Cambria county tn report distribution or the fund In the hand of Henry waiters K... Administrator ol S. A. Kephart. late of Wilmore borough, deceased, as s.i.wn by Ins second so eount. notice fs he r-hy given, that I mil attrn j to the duties of said appointment, at ny i.tflie tn Khenshurs, n Mumut, NovrvriKR. itllt.lsTS, at 2 o'clock in t h slternoon, whon t. Iit all parties in 'ares. e. ipujI present their eia.ms. or be forsvfci debarred rom c in!.g in on Mi4 un-j .Jf.o 0 41.MAN, AuOiUT. LbtpjSuis, Oct. 9, JaTS.-Ji.. A UDITOIUS NOTICE" Having " Wen appointed a. minor b the Court f Common I est of Cambria cenntr to r-pert dls. trlt.u'l. d of t he m- ney in ti.e I an.! t.f the Shentl. arietng fr.-m the sale of oenlrt rest estate i. t-'i In.. No. 42. Sf'iniiir Tirn. 177. In tbn case ol Francis A. K Ira ! rtrk l.-r '! J.. (i rlie,-. x. Janie Kyrnr. n-.oee is hrn-t? lrv that I wlil ettrixl Iu the U a lies of rml'. n'lt-"'"!-ment. at tny oftice. In H.erst.orK. in Ti umt NoveMBKa ISili. 17S, m x ,V . rk m the uPer" noon, whi n arid where nil part'? itot-r-tl m.;-t present I :.-ir claim, or ileirre. lr.inn.m a in en hm fond. Oho. W. UADlAN. x. ben burr, Oct. , 17. tt. AuJIt. r PJAUTION. Ihninj; on the 11th of July. 178. purchftKid the io! lowing deserltd property truro A. I. I.ttrgvr of fl.et Nprii.ars borough. e3 left the sumo in bin p(.. . i..n dnrlnir mj i.:sure. 1 ht-rtt y niulino ail persons against interterit.ir in any why wl Ii hI t property. l wit : 1 erty l.or.-e 1 eorrel ur. 1 cow. 1 wn'juri. plow. Lartu-v and harness, a lui t grxin. bay, corn and pot &!... ELIZABETH LIUUY. fc" ises ot i lie si.bwcril.er in Chest t.iwut.hip on or about the hrt of A UKst last a hli.ru year, i ng null. wtt wr.tie t,ev acd while tail Tha owner Is nipeUt to romo fr.rwsrO, t r proper, ty. pay chart:- and tk.- him ; ot her uu La wui Lc iUsi.e4 vl aurd.Tg to Is. ., , , 'H l(LEi KUOUY. t hct 1 p.. Oct. U. lbrv - , 'SIXHM ARMS anhiam. hrnsnil, tftm. l ! ii t i 9 . t ; . fciaiui 7 u 0 ir
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