The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-08-18
Loeal Corresponaenee.
JoHNsrowN, Aug. I6, 1870.

vaey r a.t asresA es trip up the Mo4SSngshsls
VAST amount OF wealth in those beautiful hills
Est, besides what has already been dug out
out its mineral wealth nSo as e oP SoaFs
II the Rhine was az we'll supplied with coal,
pend on England for a supply of fuel. There
are also many boats built along that river, and
oak timber is brought down stream, while the
pine Is brought up from the mouth Of the Allie
along the shores, adjacent to steam saw-mills,
ana numbering is quite business the whole
way along the slack water, q distance of ninety
miles. We went up on the Belle, a little boat
tnat used to run on the Allegheny, built on the
sition to the g. s. Packet boat, side Wheeier,
We should have said that one line of boats runs
U. 8. Steamers, Captain Elisha Bennett who had
on board a goodly number of passengers, be-
sides one hundred and fifty hogs on the boiler
deck. The aroma arising from these unwashed
swine was not very agreeable, every berth
smelled like q pig-pen, There was immense
gro,Uli'g as well as gTtrr,tt1g till we got to Nc
keesport, where the quadrupeds were landed.
town built on steep hillside and overreaching
the summit, which Is level. South from this
ton county side, is the celebrated ''Krepps
Knob, the highest point of land in this State
at that place on the National Road, was built In
1888 by La Baron & Dearmond. 1t is yet sub
ing two piers and supported by two abut-
mentS. George Hogg, who was then stock
down the river on the % boa e@ Robert carR
Caleb Hurd, Daniel Moore, J. L. Boroman and
then. They have gone cover the river long
since. Brownsville Is q well balanced place.
four distiIieries' there are ou also fonndries, a
boiler making establishments and machine
on the summit Of tHe TiVer hiis BridSeport
is just across Dunlap's creek from Brownsville,
the opposite side Of the Monongahela. It is
hard country around this place, as everything
horses the sheep and COWS, the potatoes and
cabbages are all limestone, as also the hearts of
color of limestone, is twelve miles from Union
town and twenty from ConnelsvIlle, the nearest
Nalo ng the river make a living by rowing skins
through the waves made by the steamers, and
by cheering whichever boat leads up or down.
They are prolific sprouts of the devils nursery
| IL this part Of the great creation. vast guam
/ these boats to Pittsburgh for distance of nine
| ty miles: The trip can be made in ten hours,
getting ones produce to market " hile sleeping.
Altogether, the slachwater is good institution.
! There was pugilisttc contest in the 9th ward,
/ JohnstowTl, on last Saturday night comnenc-
! ing in beer saloon and ending outside the bor-
J Ough limits, Two men, whom we shall call A
| and B, which by the way are the initial letters
| of their names, took a pfOus notion to have a
| fight. One is q Scotchman and the other an
American born Dutchman- Both are stout men,
and when not under the influence OF liquor are
| quiet, hard-wOrkfng men. From outward ap-
| pearances, we would have bet on the Scotch
man, but the result was different. The hight
: was agreed upon at the saloon, and large
crowd repaired to the place chosen for the con-
] test (Grubtown) after night aud through the
( rain to witness the contest, which lasted only q
/ few minutes. Mr. came home quite used up,
and sent for the doctor TO repair damages. He
alleges foul play and threatens u with another
round as soon as he gets We'll So may report
General Potts has withdrawn from the can
ves this fall and a convention is called to meet
at Cresson on next saturday to nominate an
| entire ticket. The removal cause i5 injured
/ more by its friends than Its enemies. They
change from side 70 side TOO often: some time
ago was roundly abused for not being a friend
| OF removal. changed tactics and argued re-
| movAl when, behold you, my removal friends
became stick to the ticket men. don't stand
The schools, which have been closed for some
ers are reJoIced, as there is now a prospect OF
! their getting something to eat. ROB ROY.
| A JUsr CoMPIAISr-The editor of the Norris
town Defender makes complaint, and from his
symptoms we judge that he 1s troubled with the
tain extent. We publish the wall or the DEFEND
eT In fun, and If it should meet the eyes OF any
of our delinquent patrons, we hope they will
consider it specially designed for their edihca-
ton, and that 1t will forthwith move their Dow
their purse strings and pay US what is justly and
honestly our due:
| Our complaint Is all against q certain class of
ut their homes and fresides the labor OF our
hands-our time-our brain-in fact our very
It Is mingled there in this printed sheet which
| seeks them every week, until the weeks grow
into weary months, and months are lost in years.
! Some count one, two, three, four, i've years
- IJGTgHQSf
ing matter every time-a thousand subjects of
| interest every week-dollars worth of good ati-
vice and general inforInation-all gone TO them
from them to us nothing.
Not 8 cent.
Two, four six, eight and in many cases even
ten dollars charged against them: a.. ,,,,,,,.o,,
Charged against two, three or nVe hunureu
Each one thinking his little sum of great
Eacb one saving to himself, my account can
run a few months longer, and no one intending
\ to wrong us at ALL
| But YOU do wrong us, gentlemen
You are keeping out of four or five thous-
| and dollars of our own money ana FORCING US
to pay Interest for a like amount
You also oblige us to pay hundreds @ OF ia dotlaIs
| in soliciting you to pay.
Are YOU aware of that!
Do YOU know that every letter COSTS US IouI
or FIVE cents in cash -.
Are you aware that FIVE hundred letters cos!
us two or three days extra labor, and at Ieas'
twenty-hve dollars in money?
noI1't some of You remember that we have
Yes, and it is all wrong.
We are wronged by II.
And you did not know IT,
We know you did not.
And we trust you will not wrong W ing, US any more
but proceed at once 10 seno us our money
Please do 50 and oblige u.s.
MYSTERIOUS sSUICIDE.-Nota little excitement
created in our town. last @ X man Sat
been found on Chimney Ridge suspe1oeo Iir3} irTiI
the limb of tree me new spbe.1 Of neonl,
had assembled at the scene of suicide. Tht
body was first discovered by c. g. MGFariahS ar aia
and G. W. Deal, in a thick grove, SNORT uis US
, fanoe enst of the rocks, and some twenty o.
! thirty wards below the path leading along thu
brow OF the ridge 1t was suspended d 2y 3li TOP
place selected and ali the attendant circumstan
ces the self-murder must have been c0olly an an
deliberately planned anG executed The poo.
was in su CHI an advanced state of decomposition
as TO render the features entirely unrecoSnlzlSl "a
bic An inquest was held on the remains b!
ESQUIRE Leet, but nothing was ELECTED tina
: would lead to their identificatlon FROM IN
fact that with the exception of a few straggllnl
rray hairs, the head was entirely bald he !
d presumed to have been man pretty Wen Ell @ aG
| yanred in wears. His dress consisted OF q blacl
bombazine sack coat, dark cloth vest ana pants
! over and undershirts, and boots ms nat,
I soft low crowned felt, sOmeW hat worn, togeth
y er with q barred, unhemmed cotton handker
: ! chief and an empty pint flask, were 1ouhd o.
. the Ground at his feet. His pockets contalne
{ tI,S?,of,Ia ponLnife and six inch rule, but no