The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1867-10-24
LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS.
JoHNsTowN, OcT. 81, 1867

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Dear F%eeman-The past week has been
a trying one on local reporters, and your cor
resPundrut, after valnIy endeayoring to hunt
up an interesting item, is compelled 10 apol-
ogize for community as large as this which
will allow an entire week to go by without
creating the least sensation.
Major K, Ryckman, Chief of Police at this
place, and late Republican candidate for
Sheriff, met with very severe accident at
Pittsburgh, (where he was in attendance at
the hearing of the alleged showers of coun-
terieit money! about O'Clock on Friday
morning last. He had went to the depot for
the purpose of returning home, and reached
1t just in time to see the train move off, and
while attempting to overtake it, fell through
Some trestle=work and sustained a fracture
of two ribs and other injuries about his per
son. He returned home in the evening.
however, and is now doing we'll
man named Martin fell from the Em:-
grant train ON the Pennsylvania railroad
about three miles west Of this place, on
Tuesday of last week, while it was under
full head" ay, and singular to say, escaped
with only few slight bruises.
An alarm of fire was given on Cnder ST.,
one day last week, and She "stean, squirt
was promptly on the ground, but a few buc-
kets of water, judiciously applied, subdued
the threatened confagration. The f.e or-
ginated in defective fue.
A widow lady residing in Conemaugh bor-
ough, named Mrs. Lynch, had a valuable
cow killed to-day at the head of Portage st
by the @. 1. Co.'s engine
John B. Wright and George B. Waters.
the alleged showers of counterfeit National
currency, who victimized several of our citi-
Gent few. days ago, have been held for an
other hearing in Pittsburgh at an early day.
Two female pugclsts had "mill'' on the
''Island," on Saturday last. M'Coole and
Jones couldn't have fought as wicked. all
though they might have done it more scien-
tifcally.
A German who resides on Portage street
had his pocket picked of $3.50 last week.
He had been on an elongated drunk for sew
eral days and by showing his money at diff
ferent saloons offered an excellent induce
ment for the light fingered. He has since
sobered up.
valuable overcoat was stolen from the
clothing store of Jas. j Murphy, this even
ing. The thief deliberately lifted the coat
from stand in front of the store, and made
off ere he could be identified.
A can of oysters was stolen from the gro
Gerry Of Mr: Edwart's, on Canal street last
hSSh. 4Ac SuIlSpGlJtOuS IaheT OF the DI.
valves was overhauled after rigorous chase.
and having hearing before magistrate.
was bound over.
The fruit can business has been trench
dous in this locality during the past season
that enterprisng dealer F. W. Hay, alone
disposing of over 80. 000'cans.
rs. B." is indebted to John Bonner. an
d!tGche of the Indiana Democrat, for several
recent copies of that stirling paper. Jack
is hunky boy, and works on one of the
best county papers in this State 1 see
prohibition" is rather fattened out in that
benighted county. SKG BAL.
DON'T BELIEVE IT.-It is said that corn
is selling in Oskaloosa, Iowa, for eight cents
per bushel. We are not prepared to sac
knowledge the corn," but we believe, what
is more important to the people of this sec
ton, that dry goods. groceries, notions, etc.,
are being sold at Mills & Davis cheap store
at prices that cannot fail to astonish the
natives. No dealers in this neighborhood
give better bargains.