Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-09-08
The one iu death,
Yhc other In misery

Mr. Enron,
Sir whereas, our Court at
its sitting last week, after due petitioniuc,
and application being made, and the mat
/ ter having been submitted to the Grand
jury Of Clearield county at the last term
|dilin accordance with the power vested
I in them by the law, and the act of assem-.
I bly, on the subject, proceeded to, and did
incorporate the town Of LUMBER Cry, in
this county into q borough, and appoint
ed the fourth Tuesday of Semtcmbcr 1858,
as the time, and the school house in said
borough MS the place, for holding ,he first
election for officers Of said borough, and
appointed Amos W. Ilyle to give notice
Of the election, James Hagerty tobeJudge,
and Thomas McCracken and james Cross
/ ley inspectors Of the same.
Now, Mr.. Editor, as many of the read.
ers Of your paper my be unacquainted
/ with Lumber City, or its locality, hope
that a few words from n resident therein,
in relation to the same, may not be unoc-
ccptoblo. L,m,Ja CITY, is located on the
/ Northwest side, of the west branch Of the
/ river Susquohanna, at which place the
river is about one hundred feet wide,
with a substantial wooden bridge over the
same, and extends prellel to said river
about two hundred and sixty-two perch
cs: and from said river, at right angles at
each end, about one half mile or lGOpcrch-
Yes; there are two streets in said town
.parcllcl to the river, on the one of which
nearest to the river, the greater number
Of buildings in the town, are now erected
there are also three or four cross street:
running at right angles from the river
I Across the river near the upper end of the
town the Hon. A. X. Wright is erecting a
large dam and is about to erect large
Grist MILL at the place for the accommo-
dation Of the town and vicinity. lmmc.
diately opposite the town, on the South
and Eastern banks of the river hill OF
rather mountain, rises most majestically
i'm an abrupt ascent to the height Of be-
tween six and seven hundred feet. The
face of the hill is covered with trees Of ev.
cry description, presenting to the eyes oI
the beholder, from the streets Of the town
in summer, the appearance ofa beautiful
and ascending sheet of living green, and
in the fall when the leaves assume differ
+ ent hue, presenting a beautifully yaria
= gated scene of green, orange, red anC
yellow Lumber City is distant from
Clcarfeld about II miles, Curwensyillc
miles, Ansonyille & miles, Cherrytrce y
miles, and from Pennville 1 miles. 1t
population is not very large, not exceed
ing perhaps $50 souls; but its sons, lik,
the sons Of the of the Forest elsewhere
are stout hardy and energetic and no mer
can more ably Weld the axe, or handl,
the oar, when the floods pour their rapiC
streams down this rough part Of the Sus
quehanna. Burns has said that no towr
surpassed Old Ayr, for "honest men anC
bonny lasses" but had he seen and beer
acquainted in our city in Penn township
0he would have conceded that amongst GU
Quaker, country born, and little sprin
king of Dutch and Irish population, h'
3 would have found as honest and patriot,
/ men as old "Scotia" ever produced, and a