The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-05-26

Local correspondence.

| JoHNsTowN, May ., 1870:
Dear Free1ndn--One day after the date of INV
last letter three accidents occurred, which wa
kcncd up our otherwise peaceful citizens. hut
all were too late to allow time for anotbcr Ietter
to reach you.
The first was Are in Mllyille borough. A
three story frame house ne1ir the old canal bed,
north OF the borough, caught fire from Il spark
and I'M short time 1t was rendered uninhabita-
( bic. The Assistance Fire Company came to the
place not too hastily, and then the fire lrcnf out:
The house belonged to the Cambria Iron Com
pany.
/ The next occurrence was the escape of an
/ enragcd bullock from its pursuers and the con-
sequent injuriDg of man named Bowers and
said was shot after demolishing two wagons and
| doing other damage. All this happened the
The third incident the injuring of a lady
named Samuels by an infuriated COW. This lady
was passing along an alley when the COW, whose
/ calf was penned in stable near by, attacked
( her and did her great bodily injury. She is re-
little girl Caldwell.
| y boy named Roberts was severely injured I'm
the mines one day last week by the wheels of
car which ran over him. Two others named
EtchnSon and Lapsley were badly burned at
the rolls by flash of fire from hot bar of iron.
The Borough Councils have refused to pay
election in accorciance with their usual ideas of
{ economy Men could scarcely be drummed up
TO hold the election ut all. Some men had to
leave work, where they were making from three
to hve dollars per day, to hold said election, be
ing officers of the board. We would think less
OF this Plrslnony on part OF councils If it was
general, but when we reflect that they pay out
enormous SUMS oI money Tor little or nOtn1ng.
this act looks mean in the extreme; Millville
1 borough eXPends 1900 per annum, Conemaugh
borough $1,000, and Johnstown S3l,WO. That's
a frightfuI accident occurred on the Penna
local afternoon freight train ran over a cow
nearly opposite the Mechanical Works. killing
her and throwing the engine from the track
| 1t ran on the ties for nearly a hundred yards,
when it pitched over the bank, ana fell thirty
! sprang from the train ana were saved. The en-
gine is a complete wreck ditto the four cars.
4 mn Rhp hlH Dnf. nj hi~h h1n ID Inn,
injured last week at the JohnStuwn Mechanical
Works, by getting his fingers between the ma
temporarily unpleasant. boy was injured
! there the week previous.
lies, during last week, four rich SerenadcS aud
. six aIpcdrdnccs mt church the next Sunday We
( defy any other ward to excel that in one week.
i In one family two of the parties We're sisters,
daughter, but we do not that they
married to each other, only that they both got
married.
! The graves of the deceased soldiers are to be
decorated next week. Some of the living and
remembered about the same time, as should also
the widows and orphans of those who sacrificed
4 little child Of Mr. Ciawson. of Cambria bor-
nugh, was lost on Sunday abont O'Clock, p. NJ
The bells rang till about : o'clock when il il
/ supposed the little urchin found From II
private letter we learn that the child was found
fully four.mies from home.-Ed. Frecmanl
The clerk of the Council of Johnstown gets
cap-stationcry found The 9Th ward election
board found IFS own stationery, and having no
blank oaIhs, tally papers, return papers, etc.
for W hich they are refused the paltry sum al
lowed every election board in the county when
blanks are furnished.
Two windows are to be put in the old dilapi-
/ dated lookup at the moderate price of thirty
dollars each. Wonderfully economizing is the
town conncil! Can sucii things bc. and not q 'cr-
I come like 4 summer cloud without our spe-
cial wondcrment?
Grady's circus is coming and the entire Public
Square is Illuminated with groteSquc likenesSes
/ of supcrhuman beings clad in fiery costume and
/ riding bareback on pictures OF horses. Another
grab for the town council. They may realize
as much from the speculation us will pay the
9th. ward election board
! a man named Thomas Bryan was drowned
near Dornick Point one day last week Esquire
Rutledge, in the absence of the coroner held an
| inquest ON the body, and the jury brought in
[ the usual verdict of accidental.
/ Geo. Engl .bach, ESQ. one of the census mar
shals had his arm broken by being thrown from
a buggy on the Scalp Level road, Richlaud twp,
Iy with his duties, but we hope he will soon be
himself again His district is not large, but is
MAY parties or pic-nics are the rage here just
now, and the young folks seem to enjoy them
selves hugely on such occasions. The month so
far has for the most part been unusually warm
and dry and just suitable for pleasure cXcur-
sions to the green woods That's right-lVe
while you d. live.
I The season for fishing is at hand, and already
have many spectators Invested in the enterprise.
We saw couple OF yo1ng .d hIteehIn i dcI sci,Ic
hammer large enough to forge thunderboltS for
jupiter hammcrng stones with tciiing hoWs VS.,
iuborers were worthy of n better reward, and
looked around for the bureau, but it was non
est iHrcEtus-
Scarlet fever still breaks out occasionally with
fatal results There were two sudden deaths IN
ease. Also one or two in Concmau"h borough,
and no doubt others that we have not heard oi
The .JOhustOwu Literary Association mat Il
about to be Incorporated is not the JohnStown
rooms. If it was we would file objections to
the chnrter, as it is not II literary association
Our borough lookup bring now completely
fCH q HgSTI'inti0n of the D0fIff1l mansion
may not bg out of place. The entire building Is
about ten feet drs less or more ld e'gl.e JIes %
broken range plan 1t is lighted at present by
and is entered by one door beautifully carved
by somebody's jaclliife. The portico before the
around to define its boundaries The first floor
is all the floor there is in it, and IL Is plstercd
The interior is sub-divided into four apartments,
where the guests cat. sleep, CFacuate, etc, With
| ont having to undergo the Inconvenience of put
! ting Themselves outside the building. The freS-
coe, painting and sculpture are somewhat oblit-
erated bv grease ct ceteiu Ia the great plateau
in the rear are sunk two shafts for the purpose
of decarbonizing the eNcrCmcntatiouS ofal ana
forcing in oxygc,Iatcd air. These shafts arc Il
| wondcrfui ivention and are patented. 1t is 81
riOusly recommended that Il dome would add
much to the outside appeartnce, as it contrasts
mnfavorably now with the NJ. L. church just OPP
posite, and q dome is contemplated; with tower
fiower-gartien and an inaipouirling hog-pcn, From
the proceedings of the late council II Is th0ught
that there is more Glass used than is necessary,
and they will probably dispense with pain or
| two, The less light the better for dark place
| A slate roof would also add to the appearance,
and would cost but little. Old states could bc
had at almost any school house a bath lone OF
Frank Hays should be put in each room, or at
least one for the especial use of the police.
Want of space prevents us from doing the SUB
iect Justice here but it is thought that the Dee
Strict court will supervise it. No more, anon.
Yours ROB Roy.
ALTOONA CITY, May p, 1870
Friend Mdc-The fancy store of G. c: smith,
| I'm this city, was fire by some hcnd in hui
| man shape. not many nights ago, and his entire
stock, valued at between three and four tholls3 us
| and dollars, was completely destroyed. He had
an insurance of g, 40 on his stock. lt Is abso-
lutely certain that organized band of deSper-
| ADDE'S and incendiareS has its existence IN our
midst and there four or five nice young men
who are strongly suspected of heiifg in the ring
| and they are consequently under the surV''il-
Iaince of the police well as of many OF our