The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-06
LETTER FROM JoHNsTowN.
LonnsrnwN Anil . 1870

JoHNsTowN. April 3, 1872.
pFAR FREFMAS-There have been several
improV enents made lately in post Office mat
ters here. Fifty new hoxcs have been imuor-
ted, IN one solid block, and put in the other
frame work of boxes. These new boxes have
Keys WhlcA unlock said boxes from the outside
20 that the owner can unlock his own box as
men do the drawers. There are now fifty
drawers and fifty boxes. and it is the intention
to order as ranv new boxes as can be sold at
t"" collars per box There are about six hun
dred OF the old fashioned boxes yet Another
decided improvement il more help. Our p. N
has got q new assistant. And W like that as
slstant. That assistant does matters MP very
expeditiorslv and very kindly. We like to 90
to the posr.ofiice now. Ne scolding ike there
used to be.
Court opened last Monday. notwithstanding
the quo wnrrarto. The usual routine was gone
through with It's like washing dishes-the
same ching over every cHurt-constableS re-
turns, calling jnries, charging jures, swearing
juries, etc. We do not like to go to court IL
looks so qneer To see one sinner irving another
Some one predicted the greatest ice food
this spring that ever WAS. Never was greater
mstnke If one had watched night and da V
he could not have seen the ice going away. 1t
cvanorateh like the dew upon the flowers
The gradual thaw made the roads very mud
DIV. Perhaps the roads were never in a worse
condition since Adam and his irow moved ont
OF f. en- and Paradise That fiJtin' of course
stirred up the mud, for there were so many ali.
imas.
The S)mer, ct railroad is now nm 'er wav.
Engineers have been selected and are said TO
be busy. il will take good deal OF engineer
ing to put the matter through.
Dr. Emer-on has removed 20 his new huild-
ing on Portage street, next door 10 Squire
/ F!auerv's efiice He has land in qnite large
stock of m~dicnes and looks like as if he
meant business.
NJ i Meaehcr has leased house next door
20 Mrs Quinn's residence, on Franklin street
{ eppo,ite NJ 'Culoughs grocery, whore he has
oneued IN n ew book store. From anpearsn
! cPs I've must have over a Thousand dollars worth
/ ct stock. chiefly religious works. We wish 81
| = N great success
Geo L. Swank clerk of the District Cour'
/ was very aGrceahly surnrzed the other dav hv
( having writ of ono warTanto served on him
/ at the iostigaticn of j osah X. Iiire the grru-
/ inc, bona fl lie Proth0nntary of Cambria cnun-
~. Quo Warranto means 'hy what authority
/ do YOU hold that cerksup p OF course Mr..
Swank will answer Nix verstuy.'
The latest news frHU California brings the
! intelligence that the whole State was rpheaved
With ap enrtl quake On the 26th ult.. which
/ has dnnc considerable damage
J The Jphns,own Schools will close on the
. 10Th inst without an cxamnation-or vii hort
/ nm 6x'ibi ion, | mean A Dril s q bad time in
/ the wear To- close schools.
/ The Georgia NJ nstre's-a Young troupe of
] cbIOfS-gnEe
! in the Orera House on last Sl-uTiav night.
/ The parents were as much delighted With the
eff lrt aS If thev had mastered double entry and
, + ,irulav's Eucil. ] may lie an old fogv, but
| think s,I.p know edge is always Freie, able
to s''FErFCIAL.
The congregation OF thu Episcorsl church
are about to cree new place of worship In
/ the meantime they have leasad tho ola ira me
building mex. To bra m ~ in's flee ger.er-
ally known as d X. Rine's church. We
like their idea OF going back to primitive u.s.
ages, and of getting IA nPTr to Abraham as
possible TIE ninsrcr i Mr.. r utter, very
fine man and sincere ChTi-tan We wish the
I Episcopal church much prosperity.
The TRIBUNE SAYS pi.hy thing about D. ]
Rine. Oar opinion Is that Tom and ID.
X had better both get full suit of AsBEsro:
soCn as p's i5le.
The new market house IS progressing finely
An immense rum or Of huge stones is now
! ready dressed. ana excavation commenced this
week. 1t will be pushed forward rapidly al
possible.
4 Mr. Jacob Fend has pH. up splendid man
sion on Main s rect, opposite the residence o
G. l.. Prrshing. f. q 1t has twelve rooms,
cellars, bay Window, pnrtic ,es. etc. in pro'u
81 .n ard must have cost from twelve to tweutr
thousand dollars. Il is furnished III the late
STYLE with choice hard wood. The JOhnstowr
Mechanical " oIks put it up TIE workmer
employed deserve great praise for the neat cx
&C Ifion OF the work. Mr.. Fend's old residence
Is being conver'ed into store rooms.
Tho j Johnstown Library row numbers abou
oHe thousand volumes. lie Librarian has ju>
published a catalogue of the books in hi
possession.
] Goes o e e ,od to come into J Johnstown a
night 1t npw has the appearance of city
with rows of lighted lamps every street
" hich burn till four o'clock every morning =
7 he streets are Iromenaded every evening til
lear midnight.
The TRIBUNE says that there are only tw,
aspirauts for the county superinterdency. Be!
pardon! There will he another asirirant by anC
10y, and as competent a gentleman can b'
found in the county, and he will make big
run too If the Directors want competent man
His name is DIE ANoNl
Rob Koy' is fully authorized to return tn
thanks OF s. NJ Cormick to the valuable
Correspondent of the ii rKALp for the very KIN,
and favorable notice of his school, given in hi
lat letter. We 90 not know who he Is, bu
lie is gentleman ard scholar.
FOUND DROWNED.
years sgle man ma%a'a %as R4en on9 9ged d about 3
Conemaugh river, Mi!lville Borough. on Sun
T day morning. lie was living about eight lee
above the first pier Of the Iron Bridge tn
Pennl. r. r., with his head and ST oulders ii
the water and his body Oh the shore. The EN-
bark kment l. quite steep, and about eight fee
\ downward from the roadside An inquest wa
e held by Coroner Harold, and verdict foun
: IN accordance with these facts. He was burie
: on Tuesday 4: 10 o'clock.
{ SCENE IN COURT.
d There was scene in the District Court ol
: Tuesday. man who hal been arrested fo
t bigamy gave the court crcr Or tipstaff Mark
e eNl some impudence. The Judge ordered hi
5 arrest tut il took about a dozen sIalwart me
, to do that. Th>n, lis wiie-that is, one G
them-kcked up muss, and it took a doze
a more to put her outdoors Doth went to tn
; l,ck-up. ROB Roy.
/. PHOTOGRAPH ROMANCE-In our issue @
"a last week we published article with aboy
\ caption which no doubt proved interestin
! TO our marriagcable friends of both sexes-t
= the Indies, as showing how accident sometime
! secures "A desirable husband, and to the gentle
men, as conveying d hint how to look up a wife
To those interested the story likewise had
, moral, and in that moral is mixed up Spence
: clegAmt PhOtOgrM nh linlcrN. the nnrfectIN Ii II