The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-25
Local Correspondence.
JoHNsTowE. Anril % 1877:

J cltement by the senior editor, and is sup
posed to be original:
We must excuse ''Po Yang" the Free
mans correspondent, because he is a for
eigner, for his lack of geographical knOwl-
edge about our town. Still he should not
. mistate facts. He saws ''Adams street, in
Conemaugh borough, ia in a deplor3ble con-
| dition, w hich is not true. There is not a
| neater or better paved street in the county
/ 1t is paved with cObble stones its entire
/ length, well curbed and the sides well laid
] with brick. PO Yang, when visiting Sharps-
/ burg, must not blame his little inconvenien-
ces OH the well regulated borough of Cone
maugh.
Now. we do swear by all the gods in
/ China that we never wrote "Concmaugh
| borough in that connection. There are
! various ways of accounting for this mis-
/ take, however. The letters may have got
mixed up when carrying the epistle to the
pOst-office, or when stamping it, or in the
mail when Ben. Hoffman driving like
! Jehu to the station, or there may have been
a smash-up on the Branch road, or our
worthy candidate for county treasurer may
have read it wrong, or set it up wrong, or
transposcd it, or lnterpOlatcd 1t, or there
may have been a pt, and the item had to
10 set up a second time. Moreover, it is
not geographical mistake, but either
geological or an astronomical one. Whom
/ one looks down into that auful chasm, it is
geological, but when i'll the chasm and
looking up then it is astronomical.
There's something curious about Adams
street at any rate. When one goes to
! Stemmer's, it is in Johnstown but when
going away, it is i'll Conemaugh. You know
how it is yourself One end of that street
is in Conemaugh aud the other end in
JohnStown, and the two authorities are
now trying to make ends meet. The senior
editor had better take care, however, who
he attacks. We are now a jurymdn. and
we mean to assert our rights, if we a
foreigner
n. b. There is little spot in Conemaugh
borough that might be improved near the
end of the Woodvale bridge. Doyou hear?
There was heavy frost here on Satur-
day night last. but it belonged to the white
race, and didn't do any harm. Black frosts
are dangerous.
You are neither the Captain nor the
mate wrecked the Atlantic. Sich like
remarks have wrecked our common schools
hereabouts.
Sugar-making and harvest will come in
the same month this year. That's So.
John b. Hay goes out of the stove bust
ness into the grocery business with his
father-in-law. Well, here's luck May
they make Hay (rich) while the sun shines.
Benton & Wayne have laid in a very
large supply of wooden work for wagons
and carriages. The entire pavement was
filed the other day with their new goods.
Mr.. Benton is one of our oldest citizens,
and is strict business man and perfectly
reliable. The junior partner understands
the hardware business perfectly. They
can be found next door to the Opera House,
Main street, Johnstown.
Men are employed planting trees along
Maple avenue. in WOodvale borough. This
will soon be the handsomest borough in the
county.
T,,,I,or+ G. L-ros. b,yo b,,;lt . rioa ofica
just opposite their brewery. Ii is covered
with slate and otherwise ornamented.
Men are now employed in stating the
tower of St. Joseph's Catholic church in
Conemaugh borough. The weather isstill
too windy for this work, and the slatcrs rua
some risk.
The gas company arc tearing down old
buildings and putting up new ones con-
/ stantly with a view to comfort and econo-
my.
Col. James NJ. Swank was home on last
/ Saturday, looking well. Mr.. Swank is do
. ing we'll in his new vocation.
The Cambria Iron Co. are now making
brick at their new brickyard in Coopers-
dale.
b. Sweeny & Co. is the title Of new firm
who have opened a new clothing store un-
/ der tho Opera House. Sr. Sweeny WAS
formerly employed as salesman in the store
of Jas. J. Murphy.
Geo. Fritz, Esq, has got his house
painted anew and is now having the front
lot greatly enlarged.
The L. p. Church congregation is put
ting up anothers business room in front of
! their church.
Somebody has been duplicating borough
| bonds o. ID. =. arrangement
l intend to be a candidate for the Assem-
! bly, and expect to got the nomination. |
have voted the Democratic ticket long
enough to take Sans place.
The Benford House has been completely
renovated. 1t is now as neat hotel as can
| be found anywhere. Mr.. Benford suffered
! some loss and Inconvenience while the work
was being done, but he will make up all
/ the loss now. Judge Easlcy superintendcd
the work, and it is needless to say that it Is
we'll done. Come down and take dinner
| with
The Public Square is to have chain
fence around it, whatever that is. think
it is fence that will keep men out and let
hogs inl
The Echo is shaking a stick at some p.
NJ. | hope it is not our p. d., especially
the assistants, who attend to their business
very promptly.
meeting of some young folks was held
here the other afternoon and after some
billing and coo-iug few books were pre-
sentc6 to and fro. That is all know about
the matter. If l knew more.I should say
more.
Millwrights are row engaged in convert
ing the old wooden factory in Woodvale into
a grist mill.
Felix Hare, who formerly took photo
graphs in Johnstown, has struck one
hundred and fifty barrel well of oil at Greece,
| Butler county.
The foundation of the new Episcopal
church is ready for the brick-work.
BY the time that this is in print MesSrs.
Campbell, of the Daily Mountain Voice,
will have their new engine set and running.
1t is nice piece Of workmanship.
The Cambria Iron Co. has caused an old
barn at East Conemaugh to be removed,
which was built nearly one hundred years
ago.
w. Horace Rose has n pump factory in
operation, propelled by steam, which turns