The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-10-28
Local COrTespondence.
JoHNsTowN, Oct. 81 1871.

o'hNSIoWN, oct. "a 1871.
DEAR FRFESAN-As | write tire Laurel HILL
northwest of this place is on fire tor miles and
the ciond of smoke that arises ia as depsa "a
the smoke OF some raging volcano. The Al
ieShany mountains east of this place are also
on fire
we noticed last week that the authorities of
Conrmaugh borough were paving a portion of
the Franksto~n road. In so dong they have
encountered serious difficulty The street is
excavat5d sorhewhat deeper thafi it W as be fore
wall Is necessary at the upper side to keen
the hill from sliding down, as the earth is an
old l'de OF top of a vein of blue clay A GER
t"in dentist has dwelling house close to the
street on the upper side. He tore auav an old
wall to replace new one, when. behold his
house commenced to slide SLOWLY but surely
down NIL. de now talks of prosecuting the
borough for damages. But we doubt whether
damages can be assessed. as tearing away the
Old wall was his own act. Besides what did
he build his house on the slide tor He might
have known that slides slippery thinss
FRANK Hay has leased the large 70 Dms of Ir
Frohneiser, opposite the residence of the Bon
edictIne Sisters, for an auction room. This
step was necessary, az he auctions off an i'm
mense amount of goods every evening But
this does not prevent the same Frank Hay from
selling an immense quantity of stoves, stove.
plpe' tinware, cave spouting and cooking utsn
siis at his old place of business OH Washington
street He has large number Of copper ket
ties on hands, Just suitable for making abple
butter ard such like in. Now would be the
time to buy these things cheap and of good
quality. One cannot ask for anyt hing that Mr.
Hay hasn't got
Prof. Agrzs has been hunting for new an
imals Talking about animals reminds me of
one discovered lately and that is this little
green Garth itself which is living and moving
animal lis mountains are it's ba ckbone The
tides are only its breathing. Volcanoes are
its pores. Railroads. its muscIes. Tele
graphic wires constitute its nervous system
hen it perspires togs produced. 1t shakes
Itselt ana people call the result an earthquake
1t snoIts and people say it thunders. Ii tray
els sixty Thousand miles an hour, and vet but
fe" set 1t down as Que of the FAST animals. |
think this late discovery worth reeurding az il
is very large animal and does not belong to
one of the LxrINCT races. This ia the lest
local 1 could scare up
There few cases of smallpox about
town, just enough TO Waken up people and in
duee them TO get their children vaccinated
BY careful management the disease will not
spread any further
Our new market house is to cost some $36-
OOn Aud then there is TO be q boss at 5 per
cent OF that, and then two bosses more and
then the borough solicitor to tell them how TO
boss, anc then the court to assist the solicitor
the borough expenses.
1t cost the kernvile Bridge Company about
eighteen dollars worth of stamp. to make a
deed for their bridge.
RUUsISG LOCAL.
The losses of Chc-s0 has led your CORES
pondsnt into a Train OF thought as to the cos
OF keeping the United States one year There
are icrty millions OF people hve millions of
dwell l"gs, aud three millions OF dogs, &c