The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-10-07

SuperVisors OF public roads is a thankiesS ono
- - meII known, and those who fill it are con-
et.IhlS gettlng into Scrapes. Yet no officers
tre more intimately connected with the ni,hiic
comfort and convenience, as all who fraverse
constantly subject to Observation-Disclosures de-
serveuiy-and instructions to their duries is n
short time since the Supervisors of RrminoA =
nam nam township, Chester county. were sued bv
OF road along the Brantiywine Judpc D,itIer
IN IN charging the jury, took occasion t6 Law down
plication. As reported by the Recerd ba sad aP
I Inat nnder the provisions of the general road
public roads that ii, doing So theY ap TO open per all
enorlZed TO judge and decide what extent of
lie travel; tnat the road must be CpGned td tbe
extent OF the ground appropriated to that
lald out is thirty-three feet Cas is usIIalIV tbe
tase1 t1 IL must be open to the entire extent that
the roadway OF a thirty-three feet road. after
aHoWlng the proper side drains, &c NAV not
naI natuSt Ine most favorable circumstances, ex-
.SScu L" enty-twO or three feet, and that where
Ine circumstances are less favorable it will of
ora oourse rTsa De narrower-as where embellishments
are al Iiecessary, the Supervisors having no au-
thor1ty to go outside of the thirty-thrce feet in
commencing the slope; that the roadway must
Will admit of; that all Instructions to safe and
convenient travel must be removed and this
tnally impracticable; that the roadway shoni5
r1 20 az s'sed rs that the water falling upon it will
run on 20 lhe SIDE; that when the road is thus
opened, the Supervisors must thereofter as for
as Is practlcabie, keep it in this condition. al
low no renee or other obstruction to be placed
within its limits; that it will. of course. at
tunes, be found by travellers to be out of rcDair
VIII hecome hollow from the wear of wheels
and the effects of rains, and that tho. Supervi-
sors are not blameable unless they suffer this
condition of things to continue that il is their
duty to keep themselves informed of the con
dltlon of the roads, that they must not wait to
be notified that where the roads suddenly get
out of repair, as from the effect of rain the
supervisors are not responsible until they ha We
had time, in the careful aud vigiiant discharge
defect. mi z
continues for months, or it may be even weeks
but also by suit for the damages that may he
sustained by individuals injured in person or
property, in travelling the road that they arc
entitled to reasona bic time to discover iI1ner
tectonS, hut must he vigiant to find them ont.
and that when discovered they must nrncnad
without delay to put the road in order: that
they cannot wait until it suits the convenience
OF thelr private business; that this duty to the
publlc cannot be postponed (; neither can they
wait until it suits the convenience of the tax
payers TO turn out and do the work; that at
some season the farmers cannot leave their
nelds and the Supervisors must under such cir
cumstances find the necessary assistance wher-
ever II can be had; that such is the Idsu, and the
Court has nothing to do but declare it, leaving
its enforcement or application to others, upon
manning out nearly all Thursday and all the fol-
loving hlght' rendered a verdict of not guilty,
Dut found that the defendant should pay the
costs. '
THE PRESIDENT JUDGEsHIP In an article
summing up the merits and claims af the sew
tingdon Monitor for the present week, we find
the following in reference to the President
Judgeship, and commend IL to the attention
and consideration of every reader who desires
to vote intellIe emily on this important question:
Upon the Judges of our Courts not unfre-
quently deVolVe official duties, which can be
properly performed only by those who have
enjoyed the, advantages of thorough legal
deus Banks, Esq, the Democratic nominee for
President Judge of the oath Judicial District, is
tiah al
discharge of the gravest duties and most ar
duous labors pertaining to this office, is fact
so patent as to be conceded even by the more
prominent of those whose political interests
are not identical with his. Mr.. Banks has
been in active practice at the Bar for more than
thlrty years, during nearly all of which time he
has enjoyed n large and lucrative practice,
important causes before the Supreme Court,
involving the discussion of many abstruse legal
aIu anu Jonn Jestn' ESD, arc both aVowed Repub-
hcans, neither Of whom can justly claim the
support of the Democratic vote,
Judge Taylor's labors on the bench have
been long and arduous, he having served in his
and when he will have laid aside his Judicial
robes, he can well afford to look back upon his
official record with feelings of pride and salts
faction; but whilst we thus pay him just and
deserved tribute, we assert in the most frank
and positive terms, that Judge Taylor has not
even the shadow of chance of being elected.
John Dean, Esq, is the Republican nominee,
upon whom ms own party is as nrmly united
as the component parts of a phalanX. or Mr..
Deans fitness to discharge the duties of the of
nee to which ne aSplreS. we are prepared to
but little, he having been IN active practice but
a few years, his professional reputation. until
recently, was wholly confined to the limits o.
MS own county Judge Iaylor Is not the NOM
inee or choice of any party or faction. every
Republican organ in the district is being used
against MN, ana IN the interest OF Dean; there
are good Republicans in various parts of the
district who prefer Taylor TO Dean, but they
have discovered that there is not the most re-
mote prospect of electing the former, and
hence have resolved to support the latter Let
1t be remembered then, that every Democratic
vote cast for Taylor is equivalent to half vote
for Dean. We appeal to you, therefore, as
Democrats who desire to promote the interests
of your party and preserve its organization,
not to thus uselessly waste your political
of our own candidate and YOU viii cali to the
office Of President Judge of this district one
who is eminently suited for the honorable pO-
sition.'
ALLEGED THFFT.-Wm. Rodamer of AL
toona, came to this borough on Thursday, with,
as he alleges, four hundred dollars in his pock-
ct. He went to the Court House and paid out
about one hundr ed and eighty dollars, and with
the balance IN his pocket proceeded TO Rauch's
beer saloon. on Junata street, accompanied
by Wm. Allen, also from Altoona. After they
had been in the saloon short time Alien went
out, when soung 1tauch told Rodamer that his
companion had taken his pocket book. An
examination showed that the pocket book
gone. Allen soon returned to the saloon and
upon beirg charged with taking the pocket
book, Immediately produced it and said he had
taken 1t with the intention of preserving it for
Rodamer who ho intimated was too full of ''bug
juice" to take care even of himself not to men
tion his money. Allen then gave the pocket
book to young Rauch and Rodamer upon eI-
aminng its contents discovered that he had
only seventy one dollars remaining. He i'm
meGiatey proceeded to the Office of j d. Leet,
Esq and had q warrant issued for the arrest
of Allen. charging him with theft Allen,
after a hearing. was held in six hundred dollars
bail for his appearance at COurt-Hollidays
burg Standard.