The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-03-29

..rvsBURG AND CREssoN hAlLRoAD'
a'D. ga after Monday, March 18th, 1866,
"HN HI, road will run as follows;
AVE np v connecting with Day Elk.
Ai 30 'T-.t and Bait Ex. West.
dp NJ, connecting with Altoona Ac~
40 com. West ana East
EAyE IN or on departure of Bait.
At $50 r,cress ., [5 West.
IN NJ. or on departure of Altoona|
A. o. Accom-. East II
rrg Press IN EBENsBURe.-After
.rsDepsion of the publication of the
:, Branch, in 1920, Ebensburg was
spt a newspaper for the period of four
During that long time, the history
1, abusy burg"-its hopes and fears,
;,vs and sorrows, its struggles and
a. paces onward is not of record,
.,,t in the remembrances Of those who
fallen into the sere and yellow leaf
fh In the latter part of 1924, unde-
,ed BY the sad fate of poor Foley IN
experiment, Messvs. John Murray
Thomas M'Farlan6 conceived and
kried into execution the project OF es-
|lishing the second newspaper here
,G%mJyia Gazette. At that time,
sDs6trg contained about 200 inhabi-
IL and in the estimation of the more SAN
ne was considered large enough to re-
Re an "organ," and possessed of public
ledness enough to support one. What
once a settlement" had grown to be
,sst Of Justice of the county, and was
,ag impatientiy forward to the time
sD she should be incorporated a boro.,
tbe enjoyment of all the rights, priTi-
Al and immuuities attaching TO that
tipction, (Ebensburg Incorporated a
'so. in lS25,1-tha great turnpike road
su east to west ran directly through the
sn-aelynot support paper? Why not?
do no. know, and will not here haz-
guess ; bu: it is matter of history
With whatever Of credeDce or espe-
&c the two editors may have fattered
souls at the starting-out, the Ga@ette
a31y followed its predecessor, the o.
5rauch, into the shades of oblivion.
y; have a copy of the Gazette, of date
enber 26, 1926, before us. 1t is
BY identical in size and general make
Iih the Olive Branch 1t was printed
s published every Thursday by Murray
EFarland, at 500 per auuum, paya-
half yearly in advance. The motto of
paper is: Virtue our g'ade-Iastruc-
our aira."
en of its sixteen columns are devoted
Eeading matter. Part of this space is
1Pied by poetry and select miscellany,
the larger part by news items. One
these items gives the valuable bit Of
yusdOn that proposals have been Is
for publishing in the city Of Pitts
two new papers, one Of which is TO
10 German there will then be seven
rent newspapers published weekly in
city" Pittsburg has now FIVE Dolly
kpapers. Another item mentions that
startling total 5f three furnaces and t,co
eS had been erected in VenaDgo conn
Nthln the past year, coupled with the
Fnent that "nO country affords better
sPect to capitalists, either to advance
nSeves or the general benefit Of man
than Venango. That county is
g the richest in the State but not TO
Oae' and forges does she owe her
atless, but to petroleum.
he subject of politics appears to have
engaging the attention OF the people
nat particular time in no small degree.
NGough, High Sheriff, gives no.
oy proclamation that a general cleo
W'A be held on the second Tuesday
october, when the following named
FRS will be chosen by ballot Cover
Representative to Congress, in con-
Faon with Somerset and Bedford |
pae'j State Senator, to represent the
l0es OF Cambria, Indiana, Jefferson, |
4"ang, Fenango and Warren two |
''p''yneu, in conjunction with Som
county; Commissioner; Auditor
'u'' through the columns of the Ga
SHOWS that those who would serve the
people In public capacity, wero in
soaFcer then than they are now.
Congressman. there were two aspi-
''auncey Forward, of Somerset.
''a William Piper, of Bedford
etae NApa+or |