The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1867-10-31

,bis road will run as follows:
I've EBENsBURG-
90 A. N, connecting with Day Exp.
East and Phil Exp. West.
LIB P. NJ, connecting with Phila. Exp.
East and Mail Train West.
,v,yE CREssoN-
bh,'to?4 A. NJ, or on departure of Phil.
Express West.
ua4oP NJ, or on departure of Phila.
Express East.
TIE FIRE CARNIvAL.-DuIing the
mast ten days, Ebeusburg and vicinity
have been made the sport of the Fire
King. In number and destructiveness,
the fires which have occurred within that
,eriod have never been equaled here, and
have combined 20 create feeling OF gen
eral distrust if not of profound alarm in
the breasts of all our people.
On Saturday last, stable Oh the prem
i.es of Mr.. F. p. Tierney, in the extreme
] West Ward, was discovered to be on fire.
1 The flames communicated to two ad;oin-
nr stables, occupied by MIR. John Crit
Gin and Mr.. Wehoffsky, and all three
bnGincs, with their contents, were speed
j freonsumed. The stables contained each
quantity of hay, aud some articles of
domestic utility, but the loss was not con-
siderable, Mr. Tierney's stable had been
insured the day previous, for $500, in the
a Cam bria County Insurance Co.
: A couple of hours subsequent to the
: foregoing occurrence, a second alarm was
sounded. This time, the flames were
!. found to proceed from the garrett of the
d dSelling-houso of Mr.. Wa. Mills, sr., also
!, in the extreme West Ward. The fire
!, vas extinguished before any damage of
4 ,22unt was done.
/ Ile following morning, [Sunday,) at
I 4otJck, our citizens were again called
into the street by the cry of FIRE. A one
story frame building, n close proximity
70 the site of the burned stables, was dis
J covered wrapped in flames. 1t was soon
reduced to ashes. The building was ten
sntsd by Mr. John Williams, weaver,
who lost his loom and outfit in the wreck.
Much difficulty was experienced in both
this aud the drst fire in preventing the
flames from spreading TO the neighboring
buildings, but by dat of hard work they
!. we're all saved.
On Sunday evening, a barn on Mr..
Abzam Makin's farm, in Cambria town
ship, four or five miles north of E5ens-
burg, was burned to tie ground. The
barn contained the summers crop of hay
aud grain, which was destroyed.
In addition to the above recited confa-
g-ations, of SO la:e occurrence as to first
attract attention, there have been several
: others here and hereabout within the past
ten days
+ Ou Sunday night week, large barn on
the farm of Mr.. Robert Edwards, in Cam
bya township, seven or eight miles north
OF Ebeasburg, with all its coatents, was
: : burned down. Loss, about $4,000.
On the Monday following, large pile
climber in the eastern eud Of town was
bEfneG. Loss, about 5000.
On the Thursday following, the foun-
|. dry belonging to Mr.. E. Glass, in the
vest end OF town, was discovered on FIRE,
6u: the flames were quickly subdued
!, There is widespread belief that some,
? i not all, of these disasters have been
: a~mpassed by the torch of the incendiary.
/ While Mr.. Makin's barn was burning,
the house of Mr.. David Powell, rich old
farmer living close By, was entered by two
p three men, evidently in quest of plum
er They were discovered and driven
Hf, however, before they had attained
Tie object of their visit.
Mr.. Edwards barn was burned Sunday
hight. The entire family had gone to
church in the morning, and at night when
InHy returned the building was a mass of
e@ekeneG ruins. How could the fire
nave been communicated to it unless by
tue Aand of the iucenGiary
IN the following night, valuable
NOFse vas stolen from Mr., Shuster's
premises, two and a kalf miles north of
I0erSburg The thief rode it several
-ues, and then, dismounting, inhumanIy
'aet it with buckshot. The horse died.
There are other facts which lead to
1'le belief that incendiarism is rife thro'
ea' the county. Let our people keep
'uelr eyes open If the suspicious now
entertained prove correct, and those gull
y OF the widespread destruction be