The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-06-16

1t would be easier to tell where there isn't
than where there is to be pic mic on that
day. The last two places heard from are
SUmmitville and Carrolltown, and if anv
person don't know what true out door en-
Jeyment and recreation means in its fullest
sense, they can learn it pleasantly and to a
good purpose at eitLer Of those places.
MIR. Oatman assures Us that since the
formation Of the new firm If M. L. Oatman
& C"., the enlargement of their store room
and the introduction into it of the immense,
varied and handsome stock of dry goods,
dress goods, clothing, queensware notions.
etc. with which it is now filled from one end
to the other, their customers have greatly
increased in number, and they find it the
easiest thing immaginabl TO sell goods and
give entire satisfaction to all who come
This firm has certainly magnificent stock,
and as they sell exclusively for cash and sell
at the bottom figure, it is no wonder that
their business progress is upward and OH
ward. Patrouize them.
PERsONAL.-Evan Roberts, ESQ, present
postmaster ar Johnstown, whose official head
has recektly been decapitated and will roll
into the bask sket about the lst of next month,
(at which time Mr. EG. i, ggs will take pos
session Of the office in the name Of the Lew
visit to our town. " e are pretty good on
cougndrums, but when we were asked the
reason why Judge Roberts was removed We
confess that il staggered us. We could see
no more cause for his removal than for the
removal Of the county seat, which we cau't
see at all, sud what makes the matter more
my steri1us Is that under the management VI
Sir. Roberts ard his son Ed. the affairs OF the
Office were conducted ir a most effcien man
uer aud gave entire satisfaction to all con
cerued. Add t. this the other fact, that the
Judge took prominent part in securing the
voice Of Cambria county in favor Of the re-
nomination OF Mr.. Morrell for Congress and
1t need not be wondered al that his removal
from an ffice controlled by the latter gen
tleman has taken his friends somewhat by
surprise. Still there is no accounting for
the quiikS and quiddities of either law or
politics, and the Judge locks ike man who
would submit TO such NoIreV influence with
the best grace possible.
Monday nights train brought to our town,
for brief stay, John Cox, Esq. of Cone
maugh borough. late county treasurer, who
is as ernestly ard heartily welcomed as any
man who ever had local habitatipn and
name" in cur midst. The Squire. we are
glad to say. has almost recovered the use Of
MS IL jured leg, aud says that be now feels
little or no pain in the fractured limb.
Mr. George Priugle, Sr., Of Summerhill
township, an old and earnest democrat and
honest man, called ia on Tuesday to pay his
subscription, which he did with The remark
that lie had been getting the Democratic
paper published in Ebensburg, through all
the innumerable changes and trials, for the
past thirty Secen gears, and that he designed
to keep on in the good work so long as lie
was left him. Mr.. p. is gentleman worthy
of the printers tenediction, and we hope
his good example will fud many imitatorS
among our patrons. In this connection 1t
may not be anliss to say that our old friend
brought and left with us a rich specimen OF
iron ore found on his homestead near Viii
more, and which those desiring can see at
our Office. Two veins of this ore, each fully
four feet thick, have been opened on MIR.
P's premises. and as this land borders on the
railroad and can be bought on fair terms, 1t
occurs to Us that there Is good opening
there for some party or parties to go In and
make nice thing Of it.
Richard j. Proudfoot Esq now resident
of Iowa, and who represented Cambria coun-
ty in the lower brauch of the Legislature
of this State during the sessions oil 1888 and
! 1860, is now on visit to his old Pennsyl-
| vania home. Mr.. p. is in the enjoyment OF
| excellent hraltb. and meets, as he deserves,
| with a cordial welcome from his old Cam bria
! county friends and acquaiutances.
! Robert Johnston, an old canal boatman
who was we'll known along the line Of public
! improvements many years ago, turned up IN
/ our midst on Saturday night last, after hav-
! ing spent seventeen years in California. w here
| he went in 1S49. and four years III Nevada
! territory. Mr. j. has saw good deal o.
! the world and its ups and downs. and looks
! rather the worse of the wear. he left here
/ to visit a sister near Loretto whom he had
not seen for thirty years.
! Destructive FIRE.-The extensive pla-
! ming mill belonging to Hon. A. a Ban ker,
| and located at the east end of cur borough,
| was entirely destroyed by fire at an early
! hour on Friday evening last. The work at
! the mill ceased at o'clock, at which time
| all the employees except the watchman ieIt
the latter remaining fully an hour and
! quarter after the other men had taken their
| departure. during which time he took the
nxnal nrecautions against accidents by fire,
| such as throwing water around and under
! the furnace and sweeping away from about
| il everything of combustible nature. Ihe
! watchTnan then went to small othce som
| twenty yards distant, to I'LL ana llSht MS
lamp. and, although he was not absent from
! the mill more than ten minutes, when he re,
turned 70 it he found it so completely filled
! with dense volumes Of smoke that 1t was I'M
nossibIe to enter it. 1t is supposed that the
fire originated from spark from the furnace 1;
which had got into the saw dust and had
been snoulderipg for some time Nothlne
whatever was saved from the interior OF the
bniI6ioq. In the yard there was an i'm
mense amount of lumber, valued at about
$40 900, not more than 5000 worth OF which lI
was DESTROYED. owing to the calmness OF the
evening and the fact that copious rains had
fallen during Friday and tie night previous
Had it Lot been for these fortunate clrcum
stances most of the lumber would undouo1'