The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-21

If things keep on as they do will
have TO station special reporter at evcry
mill in the county, in order to euabls MS
TO record the destruction of the aforesaid
mills before the news becomes stale, as has
been :he case in two instances of late. The
last of these was the burning to the ground
on Tuesday night, January 11th, of the wa
ter mill of Mellon Brothers, in Chest
township, and the loss of n great deal of
valuable personal nrupertv, iuCludiuC ina
chinery, turning lathe, shingle mill, siave
machine etc. The origin of The fire or the
amount of the loss we did not ascertain, but
learn that there was insurance of 81 ,13i on
the mill, which will i'll part at least make
good the damage.
Notwithstanding the constant efforts
of the Johnstowu Tribune to bel;ttle our
representatives n Harrisburg. there are no
Legislators who stand higher in the estiiua-
tion of thej- fellow meIihers than 10 Messrs
Harmon and Buck, the gentlemen who rep
resent Cambria in the lower House. as we
have reason To know from personal oLsprva-
tion. There il 30 question about the intPg-
rtty aud honesty of either of them, and Gf
the former especially it may with truth ha
said that he is a universal favorite among
all respectable CLASSES in and out of the L"G-
islatUre. The latter, being more retired in
his disposition, does not figure so .conspicit-
ouslv, hut he Is none the less appreciated
for his worth and amiabe disposition.
And now comes n bennington cores
pOndeut Of the Altoona Mirror, who declares
that the FREEMAN erred in takig back what
II had said about The shooting of four men It
r ball at Bennington on New Years eve, and
not only further asserts that tYOOf the men
were from Tunnel Hi. and the other two
from what is known as ''rhe Patch" both
Of which loCalitirS axe in this county, but
clinchee his statement by publishing the
names Of all the parties concerned among
Ill
OF whom were iuiDreii. The information on
which uur denial was based reached us from
a source we had no reason TO Iouht, but as
Ben NiUgtOn' seems 10 know what he is
talking ahou', we guess We viii have to ac-
knowledge the corn, even though he should
go back of his promise TO be for us for county
treasurer.
On Monday Last, Mr.. Joseph Owens con
cluded that il woud he a uire thing to go
hunting. Accordingly, le repaired to a
forest p short distance south of town and
while looking for a flock of several million
pigeons which are popularity supposed 10
have their buardiUG-hOuSe iu that quarter.
his eyes became centcred on the proportlous
of a huge black bear. Though the bear 81 W
him not, yet the alacrity with which Mr..
Owens executed retrogrcssive movement
has not been Parallclcd since the time Ear Y
went whirling down the Shenandoah Valley
in advance Of Sheridan. Returning safely
to town, ne spread the alarm so to speak
and the following morning all tho available
guns Ia he found were pressed into requisi-
tiou and chase wasg given. Plenty Of ''signes -
are told, were found, but that was all.
The animal that made them had gone on an
excUrsio ion-prolably to New York to hear
Moody and Sau.Iey. y bout fifteen years
ago, bear was killed in the immediate
neighborhocd of where this one was only
seen.
On Friday Of last week y young man.
well dressed and liz puSScssiou of Il small sum
Of money, arrived 1T East Conrmaugh in a
hux-car. He gave unmista5able evidences
or insanity, and making his appearance i'm
Johustuwu shortly after, he was arrested and
placed in the lookup. Here he acted in SO
outrageous manner that it was found nee
cssary to iron him 20 prevent him from doing
harm 10 himself and others, aud on Monday
ever u Ne WIs brought 10 the Poor House
and committed. " hetEcr his insanity has
hecn SupeTIudurcd by an attack uf the Jim
as.Is, or is The result of natural causes, is an
open question. Before he left Conemargh,
he was robbed Of lu uverC Oat aud what money
he had. Though the mau is ard evidently
has been for some time unit 10 run at large,
yet it is susceptible Of proof that he was
turned loose On Cambria county by the au-
saving Of care aHd expense - that county.
To Be sure, lac Hight in his frenzy have killed
one OF our people, but such a minor po- 81
bility does rot seem to have entered into the
calculation OF our reighbOrs over the border,
and likely would have givoU them very little
concern.