The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-27
LOCAL ANn POLITICAL.

PORTAGE, Pa, Aug. p, 1850.
DEAR FrFrAr AN-Ctur town is steadily improving.
A number of buildings in process of cree
ton Nessrs. Martin n Co. preparing for
rapid work on their branch road which is to ex-
tend from this point some two miles up Trout Run.
About one mile of this road graded last win
ter Int on account Of the unprecedented advance
i'm the price of iron the firm interested concluded
to suspend operations until the price would come
down The necessary iron is now on :he ground
and the road will be pushed to early completion.
The gentlemen named have one OF the nnest coal
fields in the country. the coal being of excellent
quality and the territory comprising thousands OF
r. b. westbrook Esq. has sunk a shaft near
Sonman and proposes to embark extensively in
the coal trade. lie is also preparing the requisite
material, understand, for the erection Of a num-
her of new dwelling houses. { or that point.
for the accommodation Of miners and their fami-
At jamestown" one mile east Of this place. on
the line of the old Portage railroad. number Of
has lust completed we'll arranged store-roofn.
which he has filed with dry goods, groceries. etc,
and is also building fine dwelling house for him
self Mr.. Huys-not His Fraudulency but Mr..
VIM Hays-has went and done likewise to
dwelling house ct the same place. Mr. H., in ad-
ditfon to being first class blacksmith, is one Of
the best stump orators in the county, the only draw
Politics ARE booming in this locality. \ Han
cock and English Club has been organized, with T..
ley ana J. :. Kiel Vice Presidents, and James
TELL and Louis Better as Secretaries. There are
over hity members already on the roll The Club.
which meets every saturday evening, is making
things lively for the DE tiolyerites
A Garfield and Arthur Club was formed at
Suumdn some time ago. otheercd as follows Pres
ident. T. Jefferson Parrish. Esq Vice Presidents
W. b. Patrick ana Joseph BurgQon' ESqsi Secre-
taries +. J. Bur1oon, n. b. Westbrook. %. II. Ran
kin Esus This latter club seems 20 have resolved
itself into kind Of travelling menagerie; rs il
holds its sessions alternately at SOuman and Port
age. 1t favored our town with one Of its inimita-
bic exhibitions few weeks ago. On the morning
the day set apart for the exhibition the bulletin
board contained call for "a grand mass meeting in
. ncnt that the multitude would hc addressed by
/ those two distinguished orators and statcsmel.,
Cyrus Elder Esd ana Capt. u; II huhn- Inc
meeting was 10 open at HOpfeT's Hall at ~ o'clock
p NJ. and it dld. The hour named on The bills
statesmen" and a reporter for the Tribune The
show wasn't big Brown says that by actual count
i small boys Little Cyrus opened the BAH in his
usual meek and dOye-like style He procaimt d
( that he had at one time been Democrat, Just at
first like-his FIRST vote, you know; that was in
Philadelphia, since which time and place he hadn
bcen llehocIat-4iot any siilS2 IiS cie 20 Jon
town there were no Know NOthin@s then. He
thought there ought 10 be some tariff. He liked
the WORKING H'th, yea. ne 4pESu Nun ~ ASH [
much work himself. but thought a little ta-rih
would be healthy: cyrus then subsidized and the
''Superb Iaptn4 mounted Ihe IestfuIh, anu in
genuine NcStOr style unurled the bloody shirt-tai
and all He told how very unrcpentent those Pcsky
rebels we're away down Souti-ho ow they didn { let
all the Republicans vote, etc. About this time a
little boy on the outside halloed, ''Hurrah foI
Hu- n-d-c0ck - whcrcat the gallant Captain grew
red hot and shouted, That's the way they do il
down South; they Drcak up every Republican
meeting that can be raked and scrapcd together
Bat ] viii nOt follow the Story auy further. as
suppose wis has told It ali in the Tribune.
: l notice that the Republtcan press Of this and
adjoining counties have HerGfdcl. with considers
BILE SustO. the story about philip Hopper, Esq. o.
( Portage, lifelong Democrat having recently
1onpcd over to the Republicans. Now. Philip ha:
resided in this place for the last eight or ten years
/ and during all these years he has been I0us
. Republican. an unrepcntant Republican fac
has seemed to be in inyincible Ignorance so far ut
Democratic truth was concerned, until Of late. il
seems, that some symptoms OF rcmOrse have beer
manifcstng themselves and 1t is expected, at lcas
by some OF his friends, that # he continues to at
tend the meetings of the Hancock club here, M
Will, in the course of month or so. hc solid for TIM
{ peoples canddatcs-IIancock and English; at Icas
; we hope Dot vOs ell from flop!
Yours, truly, J. b.