The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1867-04-18
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

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Org 1T affords US
more than ordinary pleasure, not unmixed
with pride, to know that in the matter Of
local correspondence, to say nothing Of
occasional literary contributions to our
columns, the FREEMAN is unsurpassed by
any Of its neighboring ce,smporaries.
Located as we are, away from the busi-
ness emporium Of our county, and cut off
to great extent from that travel and
traffic of which other communities can
beast, it is difficult matter to make our
uaper one of immediate local interest, and
were il not for the attentive and compe-
tent corresponding who furnish as with
weekly letters from Johnssown and Car
rolltown, our paper would often be deficient
in that crOwning glory of country news
paper-local news Location, IS well as
q talent for saying much in very few
words, and saying il well, renders the
weekly contributions Of our correspondent,
'sSku BAL" Of more than ordinary inter
est, and we should be sUrry, and we know
our readers would be sorry if he failed,
even for cne week, to ssput in an appear
ance." The FREEMAN has not yet arrived
at that enviable position financially which
would enable il to remunerafe It's CORES
pondents, bat if il ever does we shall not
forget those who have contributed 50
largely in making it paper worthy Of
support. We could only wish that our
friends in other localities in which the
FaEEMAS circulates would take the same
interest in giving il local character as
our Johnstown and Carrolltown cores
pondents have done and are doing.
Mons FATAL RAILRoAD AccIDENrs.=
The body Of an unknown man, about so
years of age, terribly mutilated, was found
on the Pennsylvania Railroad track, about
six miles west of Patterson, on Monday
night of last week, supposed to have been
run over and killed by freight trains west
ward that night. Nothing about his per-
son indicated his name or whence he came.
He was buried at the Companys expense.
Mrs. kEungold, well known as a
vender Of cakes, &c, at the Altoona pas
genger station, was instantly killed, on
Thursday evening last, by being crushed
between two freight cars in the Yard at
that place, while engaged, as is supposed,
in gathering up coal from betwcen the
tracks.
William Extine, Of Patterson, was
60 severely injured internally, on the Alb
inst, by being thrown from hand d-car on
the I'enasylvsnia Railroad, as to cause his
death ia two days thereafter.
just as we were about closing our
forms we leesaeda that the Philadelphia
Express west on Tuesday night last was
thrown from the track somewhere below
Johnstown, and number Of passengers
were injured. We have no particulars
Our CHAR EDToRIxI.--We expect
the editorial department Of the Freeman
to be vastly improved in the future and,
If so, we wish our friends to credit at least
half the improvement to the new arm
chair presented to us by Mr.. WILLIAM p.
PAlNoN Of Johnstown- Snugly seated in
our FATToNian chair, which comfortably
braces the corpus all around, if the editors
ideas do not present themselves in smooth,
chaste, and elegant style--it win be no
fault of Patton, that's all. Heretofore our
chair editorial has been mere idea--a
myth-unsil Patton made It stern reality.
Our position was too painful to write with
elegance or vigor, and we did not know
what allied us till the gentleman at Johns
town ssmoved" that we stake the chair. "
We recommend Mr. Patton to the patron
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