The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-04-12

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TgE Press IN observation-disclosures
tioduess of Mr. John j. Canan, we
,ormitted to haze before us files of the
yssburg Sky for the full period during
,eh the publication of that journal was
.,ioued here. To the end of bringing
L.ktoremembrance * things probably long
40 forgot by our earlier Inhabitants, as
II 70 present to those Of later genera
t,r,a faint photograph of the Ebensburg
three and halt decades ago, as pictu-
,.l bv its own cotemporaneous history, we
,rorose giving herewith variety OF ex-
acts 'rnm the columns of the paper. q
In 1881, there were seven election dis
r;st in Cambria couuty-Cambria, Allie
ghany, Conemaugh, Summerhill, Clear
ssIj, Susquehauna and Jackson tips. The
g.al vote polled was about 800, In 80,
IA vote polled was-for Governor, Wolf,
EOS; Ritner, $40. There are now thir-
I've election districts in Cambria county,
viii total poll of nearly 5000 votes.
february %, 1882, an editorial descrip>
a Of Cambria county is given, which
Includes as follows: ...
u7here are at present in the county, three
~s,-olic churches, one Independent, two
Es7.is, and one Meth odist church, one acad-
en-, and seven schools-ten clergymen, six
rFrsciaus and three attorneys--thirty- three
ay-mIlls twelve grist mills, four fulling
nils and one oil mill-and although last,
30. least one Printing Press"
/. will be remembered that Folev's
9Ese Branch was carried to subscribers by
post-rider," at cost of twenty five cents
rrs to each subscriber. The march of
Improvement during period of thirteen
7ars had effected a wonderful change in
ais respect. The "post-rider," with his
horse Of sluggish gait, had been dis placed
By the stage coach, just as the stage coach
II after years was displaced by the loco,
motive. In the SKY of May 10, 1882, We
4 esd
at is stated in he National Intelligencer
! SN there are one hundred and eighteen arri-
sis and departures OF stages per week at
|Hagerstown, Maryland. We are not surprised
st this when we advert to the fact that in ouI
own town, through which a few years since
'he mail was carried on horseback at very
tsiuRgIsh gait bit oEce a week, there are now
Forty-etght arrivals and departures of mai
stages per week" -
The paper of date Nov. %, 1882, ap.
lrars 10 rnourning for the death of Charles
! CARROLL, of Carrollton, ''the last star OF
bat galaxy which shone brightly in our
l9Hr Of trorble."
In the latter part of 1882, the wide
spread excitement consequent upon the
attempted nullidcation of certain United
States laws by South Carolina, was at its
greatest hight. The position taken on
that question by the Sky, which was also
the position of the combined wisdom aud
loyaity of the land, is clearly shown forth
! ~ the following extract from that paper
Of date Dec. 6, 1882:
"0ur States are bound together by a rope
dsraw, if it be permitted to any one or more
o iaem, less than majority, to annul the
As' of the land deliberately PASSED by Con-
g't'', in which all are FULLY represented. The
''ctrne Of notification is as absurd as it is
novel II is founded on principle subver-
I'VE OF all government and which nothing
sat superior power or reckless infatuation
SHI ever attempt to enforce"
The Rev. Demetrius Augustine Gal
'z'n, stte2tiouately denominated the
'''s',m of the Alleghanies," appears to
lave uao new chapel erected in his
'dCF'eu town, Loretto, about this time,
ana promnlsates the following very good
u''' 10 De observed BY persons frequent
.ng the same:
,--.as -a.s Ho''es.-The subscriber having, at
. = sys s,;tE erected, and in an elegant
26s1,5 HS a chapel, which will soon be
,pV|sa for divine service not Uisbino 10
.ba tMa ia Chapel abused or defled. laws down
,""owing rules to be observed by those
1'.S .s.. @ who shall frequent the same:
n. a. "Len you come to the door, scrape
,,,,-4I, ~;,' or your shoes, on the scraping iron
''s,9ed s.S for that purpose.
ass 20 not spit on the floor of the Chapel.
Cham; .i 10 not put your hats or caps on the
s.,b. a. r. Do not rub against the papersd wall
5,,S. ~ 10 not put your heels on the wash
in, - Atter coming in, at the passage door
"DEMETRIUs \. GALLITzIS e
Farlsh Priest of ST MinhoaI. IA-O.., ~