Misc. items in the Democratic Standard, 1874 Notice to Fishers--We the undersigned do hereby forbid all persons from hunting on our lands, and fishing in the Bell's Laurel Run and other streams traversing our lands, or in the dams thereon erected, and we are determined to enforce the law against all who shall trespass upon our premises. Harrison Cherry Samuel S. Cherry Andrew Cherry Jasob Root John L. Root C. R. Igou I. I. Estep Calvin Hunter John Halfpenny John Hunter W. H. Ebaugh B. F. Bell Riley & Sargent ---------------------------- Beware of Dogs--On Saturday, while ex-Constable Hipsley was passing west along the railroad, in the Fifth Ward, he observed a dog, which from its conduct he supposed had an attack of the rabies. The canine, subsequently, fell down in a severe fit, which so confirmed Mr. H's first supposition, that with the aid of a couple boys the animal was killed. It would be well for all parties to be on their guard against dogs at this season of the year. The horrors of hydrophobia to be appreciated need only to be seen once, and the beholder will pray to be delivered from another such spectacle the remainder of his life. ------------------------ Escaped Prisoner Captured---David Farner, one of the prisoners who recently escaped from the Ebensburg jail, was re-captured a day or two since at the house of his uncle, Mr. Christ Horner, in Conemaugh township, Cambria county, and afterward admitted to bail in the sum of eight hundred dollars for his appearance at court to answer the charge of assault and batter with intent to kill. Elisha Dixon, convicted of rape, who also escaped at the same time, is still at large. -------------------- Supposed Death of Essington Hammond-----H. M. Baldridge, Esq., of Hollidaysburg, has received a telegram dated at Grenada, Colorado, Ter., which states that W. H. Hammond had been shot and killed by the accidental discharge of a pistol, and that full particulars of the tragic occurrence would be forwarded by mail. It is the general supposition on the part of the residents of the county capital that the W. H. Hammond referred to is no other than Essington Hammond, Esq., late of Sarah Furnace, this county, whose recent failure and mysterious disappearance has been the subject of much comment, and is still fresh in the mind of our readers. -------------------------- If we have been correctly informed there is but one soldier entombed in the Newry cemetery. On Decoration Day, in accordance with the patriotic sentiments that animates the hearts of the true and loyal, the citizens of that town turned out en masse to decorate the grave in question. Flowers and evergreens in profusion were strewed over the mound, yet at a later hour in the day the astounding discovery was made that the wrong grave had been decorated. Instead of strewing the flowers over the grave of the soldier brave they had deposited them on a spot of ground that marked the resting place of a woman. --------------------------- Supreme Court Decisions----At Harrisburg, yesterday, the following decisions were rendered in Blair county cases by the Supreme Court: Brotherline vs. Swires. Judgment affirmed. Barnes vs. Ake. Judgment affirmed. In re Broad Street Road. Order and proceedings reversed. ----------------------------------- Dr. J. M. Gemmill, of this city, left for Philadelphia on Sunday to attend the funeral of John Edgar Thomson. A short time after he took his departure a telegram was received here announcing the death of a younger brother, Zachariah Gemmill, a retired merchant who resided in Philadelphia --------- County surveyors are now required to have their offices at the county seat. ---------------------------------------------- Lively Times on Ninth Avenue----A Murder Committed.--There were some decidedly lively times over on Ninth avenue yesterday. A number of men and a few women who had swallowed too much of the "oh, be joyful" congregated at one of the "houses" which abound in that locality and endeavored to excel the members of the colored band in confusion and discord. One of the male members of the party laid violent hands on a pet cat belonging to the proprietress of the house, and pulling out his pocket-knife deliberately cut the feline's throat. He then cut off the cat's tail which he left in the house, but carried off the body. While pedestrianizing down the avenue along with a companion he was continually exclaiming: "We intended to commit a murder and we did commit a murder." After their departure the owner of the cat bewailed her tabby's death most piteously, and swore eternal vengeance on the head of the cruel and heartless murderer. The whole affair was disgraceful in the extreme. ------------------------------------------- Longevity-----There is now living in Hollidaysburg a lady named Wilson, who is in the eighty-fourth year of her age, and who has just cut a new tooth-the ninth within the past few years. She received her second sight a year or two since and is now enable to sew and read with the facility of a girl of sixteen. She has all the activity of the woman of fifty and much more energy than most of the young ladies of present age. She has a brother living in Alexandria, Israel Graffius, who is in his eighty-second year, and who is well known throughout Huntingdon county, and that our readers may know how young he feels himself to be, we will tell them that some two years since, he stood up as groomsman, at the golden wedding of John Porter, Esq., of the above named place, a position he filled just fifty years before. He talks of living long enough and having the strength to visit Philadelphia during the Centennial which we hope he may. --------------------- Leg Amputated-----By direction of Robert Pitcairn, Esq., Superintendent of the Pittsburgh Division P. R. R., a Johnstown doctor-Lowman by name-visited Portage station on Tuesday and cut off one of the legs of the young freight brakeman named John Cochran who was so severely injured by being run over by an engine a few days since. Since the surgical operation was performed the unfortunate young man is reported to be getting along well. It is supposed that he will ultimately recover. ------------------- Recovering From His Injuries--Mr. W. Wallace Irwin, the man who had leg broken on the occasion of the recent frightful accident on the railroad midway between Gallitzin and Cresson, by which his brother and three other men were killed, is on a fair way to recover from his injuries. He is one of the most industrious and reputable citizens of Montgomery township, Indiana county, and his friends and relatives in this city will be glad to hear of his recovery. --------------------- Another Burglary--Sometime during Tuesday night or yesterday morning an entrance was effected into A. B. Garnier's confectionery store, No. 1126 1/2 Eleventh avenue, and the room despoiled of a jar of gum drops, a lot of oranges, and some fifty or sixty cents in nickels. Admittance was gained to the store-room from the rear by first battering down a couple of the door panels, which allowed entrance to a new and unoccupied addition to the building, and then forcing an entrance through a communicating window to the store-room proper. The perpetrators of the burglary are unknown, yet they are supposed to be boys who belong to that crowd of unprincipled youths who are members of the society known as the "gut-gang." Annie Whiteman PABlair Rootsweb List Administrator Annie Whiteman/Steve Patz Blair County Coordinators http://www.rootsweb.com/~pablair