The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-02-22
OUR JOHNSTO WV LETTER.


TRAGEDY--JosEPH MOORE HANGED IN CHIcA-
GO FOR MURDER--HIs WIPE AGAIN THE DIS
TURBING cAUsE--THE BoRo. ELECTIONS
RENTS, RENTERS, AND RENTEEs-LUDIcReU
TERMINATION OF ABUGGY-RIDE-vARIETY.
JoHNsTowN, FEB. 10, 1866 ope
Dear. aAReg. Few. of your readers
can have forgotten the Moore Marbourg
tragedy ofithree years ago, which created
such intense excitement throughout the
State at that time. AS startling sequel
to that tragedy, it is currently reported
to-day that for a precisely similar crime
to that of which he was tried and found
guilty then, Joseph Moore was executed
on the gallows in Chicago on Friday last.
It will be remembered that Moore was
pardoned by the Governor, after having
been found guilty of murder of the second
degree by our Court, and sentenced to six
years Imprisonment in the penitentiary.
1t will also be remembered that after his
restoration to freedom, he fastened to
again embrace his wife, who was the gull
ty cause of all his troubles, and that to-
gether the two removed hence to Iowa.
The story goes, that this unfortunate wo-
man, whom surely the devil must have
instigated, again deserted her husband,
who had sunk his hopes almost of beav-
en- for. her smiles, and eloped with min
lister of The Disciples church. Moore
followed the twain, and meeting his wife's
paramour in the street, his hand was once
more dyed in human blood. He was tried
for the crime, convicted, and as before
stated, paid the penalty of his life on the
gallovs. .sE
Our boro. selections came OF on Friday.
Abram Kopeln, Esq, Union, was elected
Burgess. The Union nominees were cleo
ted in the 1st, I'd, 4th and 9th wards; the
Democratic ticket was elected in the Sd
ward, Gonemaugh 5oro. and Cambria boro
There was no excitement, and the vote
polled was light. r-,ac,--
The great influx of strangers to this
place has created demand for tenement
houses, and as result rents are adVan-
cling, in some cases fifty per cent. There
are actually not enough houses to supply
the demand, and as the first of April is
"moving day." considerable anxiety is
manifested by the homeless to know were
and how they will be able to secure houses.
1t is thought that more new building gs will
be erected the coming summer than dG
ring any previous year in the history Of
the town, some twelve or fourteen being
already staked off in Woodvale.
A couple of Fgay larks" hired horse
here last week, and procuring a buggy
from another party, proceeded to indulge
themselves in the luxury of ride around
town. In order to show off the horses
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necessary that the whip should be laid on
literally; but the owner of the horse, who |
happened to ne around, could not see the
necessity for such procedure. Stopping
he turn n-cut in the busiest par. of Main
street, he quietly unhitched the horse
nd drove him away, leaving the two
Toung men sitting in the buggy, With a
arge crowd on either side jeering them
IN their unlooked-for predicament
The contract for the completion of Tie
lew Lutheran church has been awarded
o S. NJ. Cornell, who has put large
orce Of hands at work upon the building.
understand that the intention is to erect
town-clock in the tower of the edifce.
A lady in town presented her husband
With two finely formed children, boy
nd girl, one day last week. Such ac-
idents may Go very well once in a great
7hile, but with the present ruling prices
f dry goods and groceries, would not an
wer to be repeated often
Thursday and Friday of last week were
he coolest days experienced here for sew
raj years. The thermometer ranged in
he neighborhood of ten degrees below
ero To-day it is raining. The thaw $
he beginning of last week broke up. the
,e, and great quantities came down the
tony Greek and Conemaugh. ID.
ETcHINGs.-Col. VIM, K. Piper has
old his private residence, situated at the
orth end of Center street, Ebensburg, to
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