The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-07-20
LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE.


JoHNsTowN. July L, lS.2.
Ecdr FEecmaH-A poor GeYrraIr1aned simon
M us, VINO mas been IN this place not much
over a week, during which tiuc ne was ut orll
run over yesterday morIiras hv a iocoulufi,e q
LII CaiiipI "a IRON 70 5 raliruad. and tae
sult was one iep So terribly n,anrtrd tlt II had
10 be amputatCd above the knee JrSidcs nf her
"a - IN il'Isloiis. me unfortunate man tei,-
pea on tie track lit front bt the moving i, co
motive, and whistl;ug and other signals Of dn-
He is supposed To have been intoNic.tted Thc
poor authorities have him in charge.
The district CURT here. u.,s 81 last been s,ls-
pended. Though al all times friendly to Th,. in
tereSts of our town. we ALWAYS did think that
the Court aforesaid was uncouStit utional and
we twice took occasion To eN press tins thought
through your columns. We now 20 IN for the
cGnSoltdation of all our toroughS into CITY,
which shall have what is both - nStituJIOnHu
and eNpedient--a Mayors Court. TuiS would
also put an end to all the crimination and re
. elimination between the citizens Df EhcnSbuTY
and Johnstown. and a'so to the tIard feelings
between ourselves. All the criInilal business,
tended To here. we would have the same nrdi-
uauces for all the horoughs, a lighter tax than
hon the District Court WAS in blast, saving
OF cost aud milcuse In tritling cases ANA better
! times all round Let US ha te consolidation.
/ Another ulspTnr1l.ed attack has been made on
! three OF Nour correspondents through the col
unIns of the HcroLI We IaN t. localized on dt-
never know OF custom which allowed locals
J T. quarrel. This is usually icit 10 the leading
p"iltcai editors Readers of local Iett sys want
J news, not quaTrelS. Besides. there j no Shad-
ow of apology for this attack. ~ at least two of
I The editor of the Herald expressed regret be-
! Tore thai he had permitted an unproVokcd at
7 tack We don't know how il is this time, hut
/ letter writers.
] dieiGta 70 tell what We know ABOUT t.ie County
, SHpe.lnteuacncN. Wen. We know good deal
} worthy stale Superintendent, Hon. } - u. NIcl.-
Stshanl' enlightened rs somew hat on that sub
Ject- ami " e knew good deal before that. SSt.N-
erat persons have written to Mr.. WiCKcrSlan
: on the subject of how these SUperi"tcnacuts
hs4 ff,llI -lts.y
money was spent. bribes given. positions offer
ca; tickets bouSnt, dinners paid Tor. aUd out
/ SidcrS hired to c!cctiOueer for randidutJS-huW
political and even religious issues were made
4 ana idiSehOodS circulated To Ubt9lu office; nH,
( when Obtained now il i prOStiJuted to making
. money out of poor teachers. We have neither
I time nor inclination To write 30 IvtIcyS ou Ia,
subject and we think one will do. We hope
I however, that directors and teachers viii rcaC
the articles in the ScIori Journal IF all Couiu
I ~ SupeuutcudcntS were honest and capable
there would be fever mistakes in the statistics
because, being paid for al their time. they
out at one hundred dollars month, ctjf0 lstn
and securing business by Offering special in
( winter schools to those who furnish Iurir m
rata of the one hundred dollars per month. Mr
! WickershaIn Is Il Jrue friend ri education. au,
{ the acts OF inc county fhc ais often wound b II
10 the heart because they degrade the Onct
disrepute, and the seeds of political snG re.
ligiouS diScurd whore they should strive 1,
+ puck the lareS already existing. Prudence q =
B monIShcS lis to say no more: nor would thu,
have been penned il we had not been chHHougro
the common schools impols Us to say nothing
that may injure them, and therefore dro,
I this unpleasant subject forever. nulcSS arc
. heTeai 'er driven into its discussion. SupCriu
. tendentS are Wei paid by tie State for thCi
Time, ana should not make office a mere sine
cure: They are paid three times as much "a
. teachers, and there Is always enough TO do i
! they would do it
We had an interview the other day with al
ola gentleman. aged SO. uG med Thomas Ward
/ lie lives on Vine street. the same one Hhicl
Mr. " oakland, now nearly ninety years Old an,
F sun stout man, as we stated Suur. time agu
continues to reside. Mr.. Ward l. very strun!
/ for his age. Some of his hairs are SjlVCry. bu
7 u oSt of Tnem are black. He has never use,
. SpectacIeS and can yet see 10 read primer type
. us voice Is strong and his memory TeteutiVo
! lie was born at Standing Stone, Huntington
county, i'll l1I9. hut came to where Bakers fur
nace Is located when he was the age of twenty
/ lie SemcmberS the time from the tact that n,
/ went TO school the winter before re came west
every pagc of the copy-bOO!l, which was lTg
He says there were many friendly Indians abou
Iiu his young days: that iS, they called them
selves friendly, but he says they were treuchcr
Gus Mr.. War0 can do a days work vet whCI
the weather is cool, hut admits that il is rat
warm tor him now. He has made several trip
/ on foot lately. Two Years ago he walked =
I New Florence along the railroad, though M
james Barnes, who Is married To his grand
daughter, and with whom he lives, furnIshe-
hiIn with more money at the time than wOul
have paid his fare six times over. The diSrau1
iS twelve miles The old man tells some goo
jokes about affairs that happened il his youn
days. ROE Roy.