The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-07-18
Local Correspondence.
JOHNSTowN. July, 1873.

JoHNSTowN, July, 1873.
DEAR FREEMAN-Thrice blessed is our
town IN her many courts Laboring as our
people nave been with the utmost assiduity
lespeclalIy the first syllable) for the past
three or tour years TO secure court, they
are just now more than rewarded for their
efforts by having two courts precipitated
upon them This, you will rsadily conceive,
Is rather too much of the good thing, and
hence the Poet Laureate OF Jbhnstown is
prone 10 eNclaim, with the chap who at
tempted to run two courts of another kind
Doth at the same time:
How How happy could be with either,
Were toJher fair charmer away"
On Monday, the 9TH inst, the three Judges
met at Union Hall, opened court, and then
ADJOURNED. Some dozen or so spectators,
including the members of a minstrel troupe
performing there at the time and one lawyer,
graced the occasion with their presence:
AT the same time, very soon thereafter,
another court opened in the Opera House,
at which Judge Hamilton, who had just
nastened over from Union Hal, presided.
rms court was opened tlcsce by Mr.. Markey.
All the Johnstown and two or three Ebens-
puiS lawyers We're present; the Clerk was
there with his records and seals the Sheriff
with his writs and returns, and the Treasurer
Wlth an abundance, we hope, of "spondu-
Gcks." And this court adioIirne1 likewise
also.
Without any Flatterv, we thought the lat
ter court the better of the two. Judge Ham,
llton, though not learned in the law, as are
ms Two colleagues, presided with dignity.
ne Is d gentleman of fine presence, five feet
eleven and one-eighth inches in height and
OF about the usual girth. His countenance
indicates at a glance the firm and decided
character OF the man. The most casual Oh
server would at once be struck with the idea
that he was not man, or a Judge, to be tri-
fed with:
The fact of duplicate, or rdouble-barrelled
court; resolves itself, it is said, into ques-
ton between two Halls of Justice. The
Judges rented one room and the Commis-
SlonerS leased another, and it seems that the
taxpayers OF Cambria county are expected
TO pay for both. As to which was the court
opinions ttuctuate. Mr. Ellis one of the old
est citizens, and as much up to SNUFF as
any man In the place, prOnounces the Opera
House court fraud, and strongly iutimates
that the Union Hall court IS not 10 be
''sneeZed' at. Others take different view
OF the matter, and declare that the court
should meet where its officers and seals were
1t Is said the Union Hail court threate ned
to bring the Clerk, body, brains and breeches.
from the Opera House for contempt, while
on the other hand, legal way from Ebeus-
burg, or some other village, urged the Clerk
to issue a mandanuS, or some other kind of
damus, against the Judges to compel them
to the Opera House, on the ground that the
Judges could not disregard the seal of their
own court.
1t has been hinted that a majority of the
Judges threaten to discharge their verv able
and efficient upstaff, Nh. Markey, but he is
secure for the present They cannot inter-
fere with him, inasmuch as they have only
power ito open and adjourn the court Bv
the way, Mr.. Markey thinks the Opera House
court the better of the two, as the Union
Hall court was only opened once, whereas
the Opera House court was opened t,cice for
the transaction of business among "all hon
orable" men. Nuff sed,
Yours, &c, SAM.