The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-24
Items from CarroIIfoMu.
CARRoLLTowS. Feb. -. 1883.

DEAR FREEMAN Since my last tie win
! ter has broke and sleighing is virtually at
an end for the present and consequently
news is scarce. Tie lenton season. or forty
days fast. commenced on Wednesday last,
! which ends the sociables during the afore-
SAID period.
The lessons Of coal lands in this vicinity
were made aappy last week by receiving
the balance Of their money In full 1t is
said that one hundred and sixty thousand
dollars will be distributed in Carroll, Barr,
Susquehanna and Elder townships, this and
ast week for coal leases. Messrs. Hastings
Iand Spangler, assisted by your tOwnsman,
NJ Il. Rittell, E-q-, and Jas c. Easily, ESQ,
OF this place, are paying out and examining
titles and getting deeds from the lessons
and in fact cleaning up their purchases as
they go. We have it from reliable authority
that there is one hundred and fifty more
coke ovens contracted for, to be built at or
near F. j. Bakers on the Brubaker, about
one mile belOw MeGoyern's contract. There
are now twenty FIVE teams engaged in haul
ing stone. etc, for them, and more are
wanted. This country will experience
business boom in the Bear future.
The borough election passed OFF quietly
this spring, as there was no opposition to
the ticket nominated, and the borough is
supplied with good corps OF officers for
the ensuing year.
Messrs. Gray * Williams intend to resume
operations at their distilerY on first of March
ne xt with an enlarged building and new
boiler and engine. there venture has proved
a success. n orders for the ardent are in
creasing so fast as to cause an increased
capacity.
Our steam Touring mill Will be furnished
W ith rollers in the spring.
The family OF Mr.. William Luther, of
Carroll township. consisting of his wife and
four children are lying dangerously ill with
dipththeria.
There was nothing to mar the peace and
quietude of our town since the great Dliz-
zard aud the famous dog suit, IN which
Judge Spangler and Davy Pratt figu red so
largely. until Friday last, when a young
Merchant Prince of this place conceived the
idea TO play ioak, as our friend Artemas
/ Ward puts il, on young Hardwa King,
and thereby hangs a tale and a canine tail
at that, the afoI said Prince in taking a sur
vey Of his own aud his neighbor's posses
siors asped defulct canine lying in a
lumber pile in the Young Kings lot, the
Prince exclaimed hs l will run. summon
my miniOns and command them to capture
the body of the canine and prepare him
I in the manner and form, and accord
ing to the custom in such cases provided.
place his body In a suitable casket, which
shall be an empty shoe box. of which | am
assessed OF many, and ship him to my
frTa .
shall cause him to fume and give way to
many expressions not in conformity to the
rules of our gentle neighborhood, and by so
doing l should have perpetrated a huge
piece of pleasantly that shall not be for
gotten fox many a long day to come all Of
which the young Merchant Prince did To his
entire satisfaction, as he thought, but alas /,
who can tell what day may bring forth,
yea an hour. One OF the Princes minions
basely betrayed his joyial scheme by inform
ing MS majesty the young King. OF his
masters intentions The young King sent
one OF his miniOns TO intercept the carrier,
which he did, and taking the casket into a
castle OF a friend OF his masters, the body
OF the canine was transferred into another
box and reshipped TO the young Prince. who
was watching the arrival OF the box to his
EeiChbOr, all OF which he saw safely de-
livered. At the same time the messenger
brought him a box, for which the young
Prince paid the expressage remarking at the
sametime another box Of Shoes" he seized
his box opener and proceeded to raise the
Ia, when 10 and behold his ardent gaze
encountered the body of the defunct ca
nine which he had shipped that morning.
1t would be an hercuIian task to- repeat
what passed his lips for space of fifteen
minutes, but it may be proper to explain
that the atmosphere was blue. Another
box of shoes " is now the by word of the
street Ramins. and so ended the "dogonest"
dog episode which occurred for some time.
AMICUS.