Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-06-29
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JoHNSTOwN, June ~, 1S6.

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DEAR COLONEL :-Presuming that the
netcS from this locality would be of inte-
rest to your numerous readers, and wei
knowing your comprehensive view in re-
lation to your position as a journalist
take advantage of a leisure hour TO add
my mite towards making your journal a
a county newspaper
| The week just past has been sultry and
| hot III tue extreme, and the warm breath
OF the night and evening air gave but lit
tie relief to the tired and parched laborer
OF the day, in and about our mills and
workshops. The universal cry is for rain,
| and many orisons, no doubt, 90 heaven
ward laden with the petitions of suffer
ing mortals for relief of that kind from
the bounteous hands of Providence.
Friday and Saturday last were what
is popularly known as 'pay days" at the
null, and the inevitable consequence, (as
has been demonstrated by the past) was
universal spree, and the usual number of
nights incident thereto. On Friday nigh
we passed beer saloon in which there
was dance and several fights going on at
the same time apparently as matter of
course, as neither party-the .fghterS or
dancers appeared to interrupt the other.
On Saturday evening there were num-
Der OF knock downs, but no serious injury
to any one resulted-at least nothing
more than black eye or bloody nose
During those two days the saloons done
OF course an extraordinary business. Some
idea OF this may be inferred from the fact
that 1t is estimated that not less than a
hundred thousand dollars are disbursed
monthly by this mammoth manufacturing
corporatlon known as the. Cambria Iron
Works
Our city was the scene of at least one
successful robbery, and an attempted one
curing the week, The facts as l learned
tiiem are these: an "Ane7fcan citizen Of
~ J17cnn decent' was observed to be
making an effort to get his hand into the
wrong coat ket,-the coat being on the
back OF one of our merchants. He was
taken up and while receiving hearing
ne was asked if he was drunk. He re-
piied' " No sab, / can't sag l was mtori-
ca'eo' out was slightly inebraated." The
Mayor hned HIM 81 90, and in default of
So'oo (he had but one) sent him to Jail
tor twentyfour hours
Inc successful robbery alluded to was
u-accordlng to my informant
last night, and was to the amount of forty
dollars, alledged to have been stolen from
d merchant IN town, by suspicious look
ing Individual who has circulated about
town tor couple of weeks past, and who
has since decamped
There have been a hundred other incl
dents worthy of record transpiring here
here during the week, but not wishing to
impose on your space aud columns, l will
defer speaking of several improvements
till another time.
In the meantime, dear Colonel, con-
tinue TO treat us to similar n;thv and COM
mon sense editorials, like those that have
made your paper interesting for the past
few weeks, and we will he under addi-
tlonal obligations. Such articles suit the
times and the hour7 am sure they af-
lect the masses far more than the misera-
Ole attempts of many who try to grow elo-
luent in words and leave their columns
destitute of matter.
Yours, &c, goal"
81 The three hundred dollars commu-