The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-06-17
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JozNsrowx. June IS. 1869.

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and the gardens consequently look bleak
and unpromising.
Workmsr are nov engaged on Union Hall.
making the promised improvements The
| entrance rooms are taken ont and a part Of
the floor taken up. Three large rooms will
be formed across the end, one for Sheriff's
Office, one for the Prothonotary and the
central one for an entrance or ticket room
for the theatre. These rooms will be over
twenty feet square. Above these will be
tier of jury rooms-perhaps three. Before
these rou-1s large gallery will be ereCtod
! the entire width of the main Hall, To
supply the space taken up by the aforesaid
rooms, sO that the Hall, when flushed. will
hold about az many persons rs formerly,
! with this advantage. that they will be from
! twenty to twenty-five feet nearer the stage
than they we're before the change was made.
All these changes in the building will cost
the Union Hail pcoprietors more than they
will realize from its rental for some years.
The gallery will be good institution, it
eau be occupied during the sittings of court
by the ladies, should they choose to attend.
When we mentioned the change in the
/ name Of one of our streets, a few weeks ago
we neglected to mention that one is also
! changed to Sherman street. We now have
, q Grant and Sherman street. Great men
| will not feel honored by these fzHors, while
We do think that some Of our own enterpris-
| ing citizens deserve such compliments more
| thar strangers. Some of our more wealthy
citizens have contributed towards the erec-
! tion of every church in town. They have
subscribed heavily for gas and water i'm
! provements, and they have done much to
! improve the streets and alleys, and to bring
! order out ofconfusion generally. What did
! Grant or Sherman do for our little town of a
! special character Nothing These cit-
/ zens that have dOne much might at least
/ be honO:Cd with the name of a street. or
/ even an alley. If the names are to be
/ changed, perpetuate the names of those who
helped to build up the place, as the name
of It's original proprietor (Johns) has been
| perpetuated.
| Well, the circus was here, and the circus
! is gone. aud it left only the remembrance Of
some disgraceful disturbances, both during
the afternoon aud night. Some people are
never satisfied with tbs fun of the clown,
but must kick up some fun of their own
! The result, generally, is peuitence of a
few hours in the Jock up. But such is life,
and no admonition will avail anything
Nature will have its way.
We had another letter from central Cali
fornia few days ago. 1t was dated May
22I, and came through IN seven days. At
that date corn was five feet high, wheat
nearly ready to cut, water melon vines rod
long. and all kinds of vegetation fourishing.
| The people ont there have been greatly IA
vored this Spring with late rains, which ap-
pear 10 be uncommon. The writer states
that in Sprouts Ranch, near Merced river,
they have lots Of game. such rs rabbits and
antelope, with plenty of fish and some ducks. !
He speaks IN glowing terms Of the place as
q choice farming Country-a perfect Para |
disc. Land is cheap along the San joaquin
river, between the Sierra Nevada noun tains
and the coast range. 4 vast amount of
wheat ID sowed this year in that locality
The surface is nearly level and the ground
more easily pl0wed than the western prairie,
and as clear Of stone. Naviga6e rivers flow
near the place, threHgh Tuolrmne and Mer-
ced counties. 1t costs about one hundred
dollars (gold) to go by water aud three hun |
dred to GO by land to California.
The Mission Sabbath School held two ex-
hibitions lately in Union Hall. which were
net largely attended. THIS school was got |
ten MP by several beneyolently disposed per-
sons. The sessions are held in the Miilvilie
Union School House, and on Sundays the |
four rooms are filed with pupi!s-uot less |
than two hundred TO two hundred and forty |
attending. The books are bought, aud poor |
children who DO not like to attend on &C
count Of scarcity of clothing arc furnished !
with tee necessary garments. a. j. Haws. !
Esq, is ct the head of the enterprise, and |
learn that it is doing much good. We |
do not know why the exhibitions were so |
sliniy attended, unless i was because An
derson, the free gift-enterpFse slight-of hand !
mar, carried away all the funds before these |
exhibitions took place.
Tbs farmers in the vicinity of Johnstown |
must De doing a rushing business, as we |
counted fifty barrels of -four on their wa |
locf Co racIu fn In
ed to their respective residences in the ccun- |
Try around.
Job Printing still continues unabated in |
his avocations. The town is growing and |
business comes along with it. All we need |
now is a lookup, Jail, penitentiary, a |
house of refuge and hospital.
Paving is going on briskly on several of |
our streets. There are portions of two |
streets that should by all means be paved. |
We refer to those that cross each other near |
St. Johns Catholic church. Many people |
attend that church, and yet in the winter |
and s, ring the streets referred to are any
thing but inviting. As these streets are now |
being built up, and as the German Lutheran |
church is on an opposite corner from the |
Catholic, we think the subscription could be |
easily raised to secure the pavement of said |
streets. The Catholic parsonage and another |
new brick house owned by Mr.. Gels, are both |
fine buildings, and add much to the appear
ance of the streets in that quarter. With |
paved streets. that would be a very desira-
BILE part of the town for private residences.
A new road, or a repave6 old one, is
much needed to Sandy Vale cemetery, as
the old one is both narrow and rough. A
watchman is also needed at the cemetery to
keep everything from being broken down or
carried away.
We notice the Tribune has few stanzas
of new poetry. We understood last week
that you are to furnish a new piece also.
which will add another star to the galaxy
of Cambria county poetry. All right.
ROB Roy.
CARRoLLTowN, June ID, 1869.