The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-07-21

| COURT MATTERs.-On Thursday of last week
Argument Court convened in this place and con-
| the thirty-one cases set down for argument the
! following only were reached:
Murray Hoffman, Jr. vs. James and John Nc
Dermitt-motion Tor Il new trial. Motion over
ruled by the Court. This is the well known
Courts of this county for some twenty years,
and was finally disposed of at December Term,
| 1869. 1t has now received its Quietus by the
overruling of the motion for new trial.
Josiah N; Christy VS.. The Allegheny Mountain
| Coal Co. This was rule taken by G. l.. Per-
shing to show cause why the service on John
A. Martin as agent of said company, should not
Com'th vs. John B. Miller and John Miller,
Jr., Motion for a new trial overruled.
! Com'th VS.. Joseph Wherry. Indictment for
Larceny. Motion in arrest of Judgment. Mo
ton sustained and Judgment arrested.
Com tn vs.. James Patterson and John LOmer-
| eaux. Motion for a new trial. Argued and
John Flick VS.. John B, Miller Certiorari.
Proceedings reversed so far as TO set aside the
| execution.
committed on a young girl in that place, was on
| Friday sentenced 90 three years Imprisonment
in the Western Penitentiary.
THAT INJUNCTIoN.-It is well known and un-
derstood that there is now pending, in the pro-
per Court of this county, bill in equity to re-
strain the County Commissioners and the
| as il is designated and styled by some of the
people of Johnstown, the new 'Penitentiary. "
| from prosecuting the work any further. OF
course the Commissioners of the county are not
bound, under all the well known rules of equity
in such cases made and provided, to suspend the
work until the question is finally disposed of by
| the Court, although they are willing and anx-
| ious that the question, which Is one of very
great importance to the taxpayers of the whole
county, should be promptly deterrnined by the
question would have been finally disposed OF
last week, during the sitting of Argument
of the record to have been material error in
the preliminary proceedings, the counsel foI
willing to waive all formal defects, and to have
the question finally disposed of. Instead of ac-
Johnstown parties left town and refused tc
make any argument before the Court the
ton. Of course we do not pretend to say What
the decision of the Court would have BEEN
That is not our business We have simply sta
ted the facts and every person can form theil
own conclusions.
A CURIoSITY-All our readers. and especial
ly those among them who had the pleasure o.
becoming acquainted with Mr.. Harry r. Rhoad
during his recent visit to this place, will be in
terested in the following description from the
Lancaster Inteuigencer, of a very wonderful
citv: There is on exhibition at the Jewelrl
Store of H. z. Rhoads s. Bro. very ingenious
| ly constructed piece of mechanism made b.
Mr. Thomas r. Pixton, a workman in Messrs
Rhoads' establishment. The machine is en-
jewelled watch, keeping time; under the watcl
is train of miniature cars running on a circu
lar railroad and passing through tunnel. Ii
the foreground is a girl pumping water and
man splitting wood, while near him is anothe
| man working with a jackplane. In cottage
| near by sits young lady at a window, lookini
at the workman, but If you look at her sh'
opened.by her scowling mother, who leaves ii
high dudgeon and sends her colOred servant t
| order you away The motive power is con
cealed in walnut case and was all made b.
Mr.. Pixton, to while away his leisurehours.
A CARD
To the Borough of Greensburg, in old West
moreland,
A visit Masonic was by some gentlemen planned
And being once planned, it was very soon car
ried out;
And now one and all, without hesitation o
, doubt,
, Return thanks for the manner in which the.
were greeted,
But moro for the manner in which they wer
treated
By their Host for surely on earth there's NJ
, lettering
The eating and drinkAaS provided by-KETTER
ING.