The Democrat.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1849.
Cakdinal Gwbons baa done good er
▼ice to society by callling attention anew
to the scandal, common to all our States,
of permitting so wide an interval to elapse
between the commission of a crime and
the executiou of a sentence. It does, in
deed, sometimes happen that a criminal
who is poor and friendless ia "railroaded"
to the State's prison, but no man who
has money or friends need fear speedy
retribution. And no matter how poor or
frieudless a man may he, he can count con
fidently in cusc of homicide on prolong
ing his forfei od life from one to three
years after Ids crime. It is now not
only difficult Hi convict, but to make a
conviction go" i against all sorts of ap
peals and del '.vs. And when punishment
finally docs < cm-take the criminal, the
public has for gotten all about the crime,
add the sali.'cry effect is gone. Penalty
is no penally, - > far as deterrent effect
is concerned, vhen its infliction is so un
certain and long delayed. The remedy
is not to •' ..dilute other penalties for
thbse now p ".filed, but to amend the
criminal p.on- lure BO as to make punish
ment is-acon . 'v certain and prompt.
A 1.1 . f'IAT IS A GUN.
The fam I'upp establishment over
in-the " Fu' • 'iid," has just cast a little
playt'ni in ■ shape of a cannon that
wffi never b, j • polar for sneedy and con
vdtiieiit trati-, "nation. Its weight and
length as w> s the expense of shout
ing i'off v il, ever stand in its way of
bettig use, > celebrate our Fourth of
July. 1' k . the beam at 243 tons, aud
measuri fo f feet in length, and has a
ramp! w.;u: .id sliot of eleven miles.
Evcryttuif 's loaded and tired off it
CoStS; (jftec.. ~ 'ndred dollars. But it is
neither 100 . j nor too long, nor too
expensive ' - Russian Government, as
the Emp,. . purchased it, and had it
mounted : • f his many forts.
' V NKKISM.
The ten ■>: Corporal Tanner from
the Pons, i u and the appoiutiueut
of his si -one of those two-fold
acts thai ■. ■■ ,ching in consequences
and attjiu 1 < it complications of a del
icHte a'no ,orae character. Among
otlier tnit: ved in the dismissal of
Tjnini t tvlo ■ ight a peck of trouble
toh tlie-i sic rs that swear by the
H&rttW'in •' ■ -tration, was the diffi
cult t.i-k o' • yiug the act in the face
of til, i ;s they printed lauda
tqp'j' e ,yj ( . his acts. Without an
egn'pijwji - ' wspapers teemed with
mbviirai'V' ■ • g that all that was said
nhoiibi s for his position of
EujiMßi 'i ' - oner was a Democratic
f- what they called copper
hpadiipDUf, It was claimed that his
llected great credit up
on-tIiSA-'Nit • . lion, as he was pre
cr; i 11KAitiAfr - 1, in every particular,
tq-tlipql(#v iportant duties of tlie
, i( i the right man in the
nbjqpJ<
ItufeUe-- ■ y of the Interior Depart
mteiitirreb' .'onsible for the running
•f tin: IV - :'ureau, soon discovered
that J.bMi >■ .i tic press had sized up
Cpjnjftiv- i . nner according to his
lijppjy.i .-ji u he has neither the abil
ity 1 <#' ; . requisite for the proper
duties of such an office.
And fa i .noval or his (Secretary
NoVh' d on was the dilema pre
sented in ii'.ent Harrison. Which
horn shoo d ke hold of, was the ugly
quest!! . i;.fronted his excellency.
For din <. ■ ,-s between the devil and
tlu: dec,. - '.s the Republican news
papers me lit in supporting Tanner,
he fori nv , ;Iy fix in which his re
use v. 1 .von'; . uce them. But on the
ottv nil, i ew the facts alleged by
See ' Not. concerning Tanner's un
fltt • ' to be published, hence,
id -1 .il head.
All. ih s ,vas amusing to see the
shin .01, pursued by Repub
lican .1 At first they forgot that
the a Tanner in existence,
but I nicfly hinted at his retire
ment, in . i little friction between
him air., i. tary. But finally, like
little '" ■ i ' . teemed Republican edi
tor i he bitter pill, and now
adi ' t !'■• i's appointment was just
win.; ! n papers had claimed it
to 1 u dig mistake.
Bid i •• in administration quar
ter, hi . ..it • ay Tanner stepping down
and out 'J' ;xt delicate thing was to
appoin . or, and here again Har- 1
rison | i I;into it again. Passing
by -the i hible men recommended
by Con - ■ and Grand Army men,
he final eh i a Mr. Itaum, of Illinois,
who I m een named much less
reeomnn The Illinois Senators and
Reprcsi iad urged the appoint
ment of Martin, and, therefore,
had evi u to suppose if any one
from i e should be selected he
would h man. It is not supposed
I hat the of the other man feel
flatered nt of Presidential snub
bing—in as already leaked out
that thev ;c it warm for the man
in the Ev ' 'hair.
We ha ■ ; add, l?t the good work
go on in an headquarters. This
kind of i.lion will result in rev
oluiioi ii towns, and cities be
sides In < and points in Cotnec
in ut nn I <ey, •/hich have recent
ly cast 1) majorities - .
lii-' d tuat Tanner has g'it,
nud i- z liot shot iD .o the ad
ministi.. ay of interviews and i
loiters. I < iiig it very warm for i
Secretary il General Lvssey, the '
Secretary it. I
BUT ON POLITICS.
Tlie Cambria Herald of this week con
tains th'rteen short original articles on its
editoriul page, nino of which are exhor
tations, most of them as franiics as they
are stupid, to vote the Republican
ticket. " The Republican ticket this fall
is Clean throughout," is the way it heads
one article. Had they ever a ticket that
was not clean throughout. If the ticket
is always clean it would be idleness
to say that at this time it is clean. Is a
partv worthy of support that has to say
that this time its ticket is clean ? -
It starts another in this fashion : "Of
course D. 11. Kiukcad, our candidate for
Register and Recorder, will be elected,"
and then it goes on to plead for a good
majority for him. The Herald does not
say that its other candidates have any
chance of being elected. They are all to
be traded with the hope of electing this
one man. The Republican county ticket
was cut and dry loug before the conven
tion, and when that farcical prucedure
took place, the whole thing was put
through " by acclimation." It becomes a
newspaper to say some other things, be
sides crying for votes.
♦ >
AN AUTOMATON DISTKCTiVE.
That is what a '• drop-a-niokel-in-the
slot" machine proved itself to be in Lon
don the other day. It was taken into an
English court, and secured the conviction
of a man who had palmed u counterfeit
coin on it. By dropping a penny into the
slot it hands cut a cigarette. It seems
that a man got a piece of brass answering
in shape, size aud weight to a penny and
dropped it in, for which he received a
cigaiette. For imposing on the machine
its "owner had liiiu arrested, and, the case
going before court he was convicted
of larceny.
May not the machine, therefore, be
come nu important factor in the business
world, by superseding a good .many sal
aried clerks ? The detection of Ihe im
position in the above named case indi
cates that it is more careful of its own
er's interests than some clutks are. We
should not wonder that on the grounds of
economy and trustworthiness, the auto
maton handler of mutiny would get the
bulge on many of the bum in kind.
MAltlilAUi'. I.Kb.VSES.
Tlie Following llnvr llern Grained Si net.
Our Last Krjnirt.
(Lawrence L. Ileover OP'Mtztn'
(Mary A. Sherry Allegheny twp
(Stephen A. Myers Derby. I'a
(Ellen Murpliy oiesson
IJumes w. Wolfort somenr* co
(Mary Susan GauLta -r Altooua, liinlr co
(Cyrus J. Myers Mounialndale
(Mottle L. Eclndston Ulaudburg
(Frank Cain Munster twp
(Alice AlcElnim yiunstsr twp
(Andrews. Ktrsh liarrtwp
(Amelia M. Eger liarr twp
(Feter W. Ratl'gan siimmerhlll
(Maggie Wright sutnwerhUl
(Henry Holt/man Cambria City
(Hose Fischer Cambria City
(Thomas Miller Parr ,p
(Maggie Farabaugh BlaukJiek twp
(l'aul A. Kfrlttmatter Carroll twp
\ nary Sophia Hoover Carroll twp
(Harry B. Campbell East Cone* laugh
(Theodosia Poland Btackllck twp
(Cornelius Hunt .Tacl son twp
(Sarah A. Funk East contmuug i
(Joseph Wylund White twp
(Harriet P. Elder Susquehanna twp
(George Wesse! Galtltz.n
(Susanna Freg.r uallltziu
Killed a Black Bear.
Indiana Democrat.
Samuel Boucher and his brother, Wil
liam, killeu a large black bear near the
former's residence iu Greeu township, on
Sunday evening last. Mr. Boucher's
daughter saw the bear in the barnyard
and informed her father, who armed him
self with a rifle and axe, and started with
a dog in pursuit of bruin. He soon catne
up to the bear and put three bullets into
him without bringing him down. Mr.
Boucher then attacked the bear with the
axe, but in doing so tripped on a root and
fell, close enough for bruin to give him a
last embrace, which he proceeded to do,
lacerating Boucher's arm fearfully.
Boucher's brother then came to his relief
and put a ball 111 the bear's skull, which
stunned him and gave his brother an op
portunity to get loose, when he seized
the axe and struck the bear a deadly
blow splitting bis skull iu twain. The
bear weighed 432 pounds and was almost
covered with fat. One of the hind quar
ters was brought to this place, and placed
on sale at Grail's Meat Market, where it
was soon disposed of at twenty ceuts per
pound.
Many UayM Before It lit Forgotten.
I.atrobe advance
Mo man knows just how much suffer
ing the Johnstown flood has caused and
it will be many days before the dread
effects of this catrastrophe will all have
been forgotteu. Each week some new
horror is brought to sight and instead of
time decreasing the records of destruc
tion it is increasing it. Life and reason
have in many cases followed the destruc
tion of home and friends and still tne
taie is not all told.
Should Not Deprive If In Family of Pleasure.
No man should deprive his wife and
family of a good local newspaper. They
do not go out from home to learn the
news as docs the husband and father, and
the paper serves to relieve the otherwise
lonely hours of his absence. It is the
worst possible economy to deprive the
family of a local paper.
Two Kills Fractured.
Saturday afternoon Jacob Zipp, who
was engaged in putting the electric light
wires in Morris Newman's store, Clinton
street, fell twelve feet to the pavement,
striking a store-bo* on the way, and fr..• -
| uring two of his ribs.
The issuing of checks will hereafter
not proceed in any definite order. The
alphabetical method has been dispensed
with- The smaller claims, however, will
be paid first.
CONSOLIDATION.
The Biggest Guns of the Anli-Con
solidalionists Spiked—Meet
ings in
CONEMAUGII AND MILLVILLE.
Col. Linton and A. J. Moxliam, Esq., the
Speakers-No Injun-lie to Any tine—
Eacli ISuioug.i >Voul<l Have to I'ay the
Debts 11 Had Contracted Prior to Con
solidation—Our Opportunity Here -The
Question Can Not be Voted ou A gala lor
Throe 1 ears.
Meetings to discuss the advisability of
consolidation were held on Saturday in
Conemaugh borough and Millville, in the
former place at 3 o'clock p. M. und in the
latter at 7 o'clock. At both places Col.
Linton and A. J. Moxliam, Esq., spoke.
And as the gentlemen brought forth
■loslly the Biune points at both places,
they will botlt be reported as oue meeting.
In Conemaugh borough, acliug-Bur
gess Peter S. Freidboff presided, and Al.
I. Carroll was made Secretary. A list of
Vice Presidents was named, but upon
calling their names none of them were
touud to lie present.
In Millvill • Burgess Thus. P. Keedy
inesided and Justice W. 0. Bland acted US
Secretary. The meeting WHS held in the
office of the I,'liter.
At both places Col. Linton spoke first,
his remarks being substantially as fol
lows :
' Mr. President and fellow citizens,
we are not here to day so much to advo
cate any viewa J t.f our own or to try to
persuade the people of these different
boroughs to vote any certain way as is
often done in a political canvass. But we
meet together to considct the advisability
and the propriety of having ell these dif
ferent boroughs consolidate into a city. I
have my views on the subject, some one
else may have altogether different opin
ions about the mailer. We are here to
compare views, aud in HI rive at the truth,
which call not he on both sides, but must
he on one side or the other. For my part
I have always been in favor of consolida
tion, but 1 may be wtotig, and am here
open to con "lotion. If when I have
talked anyone can show any objections
to our becoming a city, which we can not
answer, tlie advocates of consolidation
must be ill the wrong and should vote
auaiust it. Jtvery citizen who voles on
this subject should gel all the li- lit 011 it
possible. His vole should be cast intelli
gently, and not at the dictation of some
one else. It is a question for eaeu man
himself.
"The first argument in favor of con
solidation that occurs to me is, that it
would enable us to get industries
here that would not otherwise locate
in our midst. Some ten jears ago I was
talking with Mr. Randolph, chief engineer
of the Baltimore & Ohio llu'lroad, and lie
told me of the difficulty into which lie got
by reason of Johnstown's not showing up
in the census to be what it really is. M .
Randolph had been sent 10 Johnstown
from Somerset to see what kind of place
it was and to report whether, consider uu
the cost, it would he good business man
agement to extend the Somerset branch
of that railroad to Johnstown, lie came
here, looked around the place, asked
about our population, which he was told
was nearly 25,000 and made so
favorable a report to the directors
of the road thai they lorthwi'h ordered
the brunch to be extended to Johnstown,
aud the work of construction was soon
in progress. Before the work had gone
very far, noivever, Mr. Randolph was
hastily summoned before the Vice Presi
dent uf the road, Ml. King, and charged
witli misrepresenting matters to the
Board of Directors, for, upon writing to
Superintendent Walker, of the Ceusus
Bureau, he had learned that Johnstown
was a place of a little over 8,000 people.
Mr. Randolph was at first dumbfoundec,
and it was only after a good deal of trouble
that be was able to find out aud
report to the Vice-President that ' Johns
town ' rea'ly meant the ten or more
towns in the Conemaugh Valley,of which
Johnstown borough was ou'y the central
part. It is so with other enterprises seek
ing a place to establish themselves. We
are libeled, as -t were, by ihc census re
port. Capitalists would pass by a town
of 8,000 people, but a city of 30,000
would attract attention everywhere.
" Another point in favor of consolida
tion is that we could have better sanitaiy
regulations. We could have better
sewerage and a Board of Health.
Litigation about out'ets for sew
ers, such as we have had, would
be a thing of the past. There
would be economy in this. Suits about
river boundaries between the different
boroughs would be at an end, and much
expense saved.
" We could better, were we a city, re
sist the encroachments of corporations.
Some years ago I had the honor to be the
Counsel of Conemaugh borough, when it
attempted to restrain the Pennsylva
nia Railroad from narrowing the
bed of the Conemaugh along its
boundaries. But we soon found
that, while we could prevent any en
croachments on the river on to the Cone,
maugh borough side, we had no power to
prevent the filling in on the opposite side,
and thus the money spent iu the litiga
tion was lost. A city would have abso
lute power over the streams within its
boundaries, could say how wide they
should be, and would be much better
able, to grapple with the corporation and
enforce its ordinance than any or all of
the boroughs.
" The tiixa ion proble.n seems to give
some peop'e tr mills. Tne laws providing
for the incorporation of cities of the
third class are very specific on that point.
There is a limit to liie amount of tax the
city would lie allowed to lav." By re
quest the Colonel lead the law on that
subject. It is found in Laws of Pennsv|.
vnnia, 188'). page 280, Section 3d, and
reads as follows :
Every c ly of tue third class In Its corporate
capacity. Is authorized unit empowered to enact
ordinance* tor the following purposes, In addi
tion to the other powers granted by I his act:
J. To levy and collect, tor general revenue pur
poses, sol to exceed ten ml).son I lie dollar lu
pay one year, on all persona, real, persona) aud
mixed pioperty whip i the limits of sold city
taxable according to the laws ot the Slate of
Pennsylvania for county purposes; the valua
lion of such properly to be assessed aslierinafter
provided
it. To provide for the. assessment and colter
t'oo of taxes, lu addition to the a love, not ex
ceed"!? one pereenium on I lie dollar upon the
assessed vatuauou In any one year, on all per
sotis, inland personal property aid all other
matters and things within s'.ld city, taxable lor
cou ity purposes, f n-Ilie payment, if m.erest on
houdeil Indeij.tJn.: ,< and for re payment ot
loaus to suppoi, ne government and to make
t e; necessary In pr ive.ni uts In said OIL v.
" The. fact that some of our boroughs'
are much more heavily in d lit than the
others, and that, if wo were i become a
ciiy, those having little or no debts
would have to help pay the debts
ot the others, Ims uiways been
a favorite argument against consolidation
with some. Such a thing, would of
course, be an injustice, and i am happy
tiiiit such is not the fa ■*. tie principle
of right and justice, which pervades all
our laws, would perm it no such out rngc."
Here the Colonel was again cll-d upon
to rea l the law and re id fro u the satin
source mentioned above, page 210, part
of section 3d, which provides
That where two or more towns or boroughs
shall, under the provisions of tills act, be con
solidated luioucUy, lue debt or debts ot each
of said towns or boroughs contracted prior to
such cousuUd.n ton shall be paid by such lo.vns
or borou ros, > objectively, and for the liquida
tion or such dolus the uuthoi dies of such city
sliall have power to adjust and provide tor Ihe
same and to any separate rates f luxation ou
all property subject to taxation witlilu the
bound nies ot t'ae said towns ur boroughs le-
Bpect'vey.
" I'lie qnes on of self," continued
Col. Lintion, "is not the question upon
which this mutter of cousohdu ion should
piuge. It is a question of common
good. Ido not sec how m> own pecu
niary interests are to be advanced by con
solidation. lam now and have often
been the counsel fur some oi the bor
oughs. Were we to become a c'ty I
should lose that much at least. But
when it comes to a question of common
public good, I can see bow we all have
much to gum. In iact theie has never
occurred to me one good, sound
legitimate reason why we should not con
solidate. Some of the local political
leaders may be afraid of losing their no
toriety, but they would still nave their
wards to look after, and perhaps would
be able to gain as much notority as by the
present system.
'• It is argued tlmt, were we to consoh
dale tile eetilre of tlie city, Johnstown,
wou.d liy tlie connivance of its c.ouoeU
mru gel most of the improvements, and
toe outlying portions would have to
wait. Jjet us examine this objection in
the lijrlit of our past experience.
"The same objection was raised when
Keruville was about to become a part of
Johnstown borough. What has been the
history of Keruville since ? iier streets
have ull been paved, even up the hill
iu places, and the lights have been e -
t unlcd out almost into the woods. She
his sewerage also, iu feet, is much better
improved than she could have been had
sue become a borough by herself. Then
such tiling would be unfair and contrary
to the spirit of right. And. if it we-e
attempted to do such injustice, the out
lying wards would be able to out-vote
the central portion of the city. Johns
town borough would furnish much less
thau half the population should the whole
valley be chartered a city.
'• The matter of police regulations
must appeal to every citizen who has re
gard for the preservation of order aud the
public peace. We know how, under the
i,resent system, the policemen are ham
pered. In the pursuit of un offender or
in the discharge of any official duty, they
are limited by the borough lines. They
have no authority beyond the lines of their
respective boioughs. Suppose we had a
city government, and any serious dis
turbance or riot should break out. Then
the whole police force could be coneen
trated at once where needed. How would
it be now ? The question need not be
aiswered.
" Taking all things into consideration
I can not help th'nking that, as a whole,
this community would ve-y largely add
to its importance and intluence by be
coming a city, and that in the end it
would be much better for us all."
Mr. Moxhara was then introduced and
said in substance what follows :
Mr. President arid OerUlnnen.
" I hardly know why I am here, for as
you perhaps know I am not a cili/.eu of
this country. It may be because all my
interests are here. All I have is here, and
since the flood I hare in some way or
other been thrown into public affairs. I
have seen so much suffering resulting
from a waut of unity of action that
it has made me very much in favor
of consolidation, even if I had been
indifferent in the matter before. During
the whole time since the flood wc have
had no man or body of men, no com
mittee, that could speak for the people of
this whole valley. There has been want
of unity, there has I een diversity of
' pinion, and consequent diversity of
action. When the money was collected
it) all parts of the country there was no
one to whom to : 3nd it. Those who had
the funds were inquiriug to whom lliey
should send it. There was no one
to reply until Anally Governor
Beaver, as the Chief Executive of the
State, ttsked to have the money sent to
him, and he would see to its distribution.
Then came the Flood Commission.
With a city government and one central
authoi'ly empoweted to act for our 80,-
000 people there would have been no
Flood Commission, nod the money
would have b. en distributed long ago.
Much of the suffering that will have to le
endured this comiug winter wdl be in
consequence of our not having iiad
a power that could speak for al
our people. 1 do not wish to re-
Hect upon the different com
mittees that have grown out of the
Aood. Thay hrve all done nobly. I have
some idea of lite difficulties to tie
encountered by these committees. The
work would not have been half so great
and would have (teen lurch inure quickly
done, if we had had some one empowered
to speak for us all.
" There is another matter that should
receive our careful consideration. I
speak of education. 1 do not know o!
anv oilier place consisting of so many
different and separate municipalities
as tliis valley, that lias so maiiv
good schools lint still i.,wv i
something wanting. We have no
central high school. I trust titer, is no
one here who il e-< not want his children
to ive it belle', if im-tlile, 111:111 lie nils
01111 it We are a people who over
oiv oiceio. iit. aoll 1 think Hits matter of
edtica mills eseiviugof lis lull hoe of
Otcii iuu. Willi OUB sjsli ui tliioilghuut
the vatjoy and a good ecu lai Ingh sellout
we should enjoy advantages of which
inost of us ire now deprived.
"The qucs' 1011 of c >nso!idal.oll is one
that appeals meat sim-.g!) to cveiy
man's sense < f public -> n. Seltialiues
must be sunk now if t > vcr 10 lie sunk
Our needs arc greater .v. Tttcv vvid be
great also in inc near Pome.
" The l aOl ■' i.l Iron Company. i know
has officially itself neutral in the
matter. My company, us a company, is
against il, hut that is a good reason why
the people should be for it. Corporations
sometimes eucroacli or attempi to en
croach upon our individual rights. Wo can
better resist if we act as a unit. Put Hie
interests of fs I,ooo,oooagainst those of a
borough of 1,000 people most of whom
look to that $1,000,C00 for their daily
bread, and you know which way the
thing will go. Put the same against
30.000 people, and it will have practically
no influence.
" Then we as a city can-do many things
cheaper. We shall have- heller credit.
There will be more competition to get the
work that a city wishes to get done thun
what a small borough desires to have
done. If a city of 30.000 people waaits
some important public work done, atten
tion is drawn to it at once. If a borough
unheard of outside of its county, wants
work of a like kind done, it bus to seek
for some one to do it."
At the conclusion of tin; speeches at
both meetings an Opportunity of ques
tioning Hie speakers wa given bill I here
were none to he asked. Tlie auonihiuno
was not large at either meet inc. but tiiose
present manifested much interest.
Those IteeonU.
Ebenslmrg Freeman.
In the Johnstown Tribune,.at Monday,,
the following correspondence appears t
2. the Milur of the JuhtieUnon Tribune.
SIR ; I would like, .villi your- permission to
propound a >ew questions to tlie voting taxpay
ers of t.'auilula county.
l)o you llt>uk, fellow-taxpayers, thatlt should
be necessary in have therecordsof.the Iteglstor's
office trunscitbed? l)ld not Mia conn. In order
ing that tliey be rranser.bed.placeaie seal orbs
disapproval on the work of seats 01 the former
Democrrt'e lies Ist erst Have you any assurance
tluu the work of transoming Is being correctly
executed? I lave you any Idea of the coat to the
county t hat this undertaking will entail ? lias
not the present Incumbent already leullzfeil as
tnite'ifrom the emoluments of his office as many
other Keglst ers. .'tUfaigrr rr cl litis on tho
gratitude of the . pie, icce edl-i two leruis t
Is tt. rot a sad nm n nwtry on the efficiency
of the clerical fotce employed by Blair t hat
George K. y.alitn ha tto be aallod lit tut direct
tne work 1 would It not, have been better to
have employed none but competent ten like
MI. Zalitu? Would It not jj a wise nvt oo the
part of tlie voters of tho county to make a
change In the office, that hi the event of the
court being compelled to have the work of t ran
scrlbltig cbrreetc, It will be lu the hands of a
man who w, l employ suitable persons to per
form the work ? Does It not look as though the
employment of a huge clerical fotce In the licg-
Isler s office Is luteaoed to strengthen Iho polit
ical prospects of Ueglster Bhtlr? Is It notfothe
Interest of the taxpayers OS the county o see
that hereafter none hut competent men be
choseu for tills responsible ollic . that the
records may be kept In such shape that there
will be no aecessl'y for an outlay of thousauos
of dollars to remedy defects that should never
exist In the records of tho county ?
HespeclfuUy submitted by A TAXI-AVER.
The correspondent of the Tribune who
wrote the above evidently did not know
what he was writing about. For his in
formation and for others who are willing
to learn, we will inform him that instead
of the Court placing its seal of disapprov
al on the work of some of the former
Democratic .Registers, Judge Johustor,
who is one of the oldest members of the
Cambria County Biar, is too young to
know whether some of the officials who
did the work were Democrats or not.
It Is absolutely certain, however, that it
is not the work of Republicans for the
simple reason that at the time it was done
the Republican party was not iu exis
tence. The books to be transcribed are
Records Volume 1, 2, 3 and 4 and were
written by Edward V. James, Cambria
County's first Prothonotary, Cornelius Mc-
Donald, James C. McGuire, Philip Noon,
A. Bailsman and D. T. Storm, who in the
order mentioned wero his successors in
office. Some of them were Democrats,
and we are willing to them all, for
their wo'k is a credit to them and to the
people who elected them. The old record*
•>f Cambria county will compare favorably
in clercial ability, with any records in
Pennsylvania, but age, which has no re
spect for books or persons, has wrought
sal havoc with the paper and binding.
Some i f them have been handled and
ued for upwards of eighty years, and art
literally in pieces. Judge Jeremiah 8.
Black, Judge Burnside, Judge Taylor,
Jorluta Jr\ Cox, John G. Miles, Moses
Can in, Michael Dan Magellan, Henry D.
Poster and scores of other iegal luminar
ies, who have long since gone to their eter
nal rest have pored over these old books in
he early days of their legal practice
hunting up the title* in the great land
suits tried in this county and grew elo
quent ss they detailed to juries, tue
murks, blazes, comers and lines written
ou their pages. One old cilizeu of Jonns
towu, David i'eelor, in hunting up the
titles to tile Cambria Iron Company's
land has thumbed lliein over ofluncr limn
the Dai'j/ Tritx.iu bus been issued. Tue
indexes were transcribed about tire years
ago by a Republican "ttici.u, John It.
Brown, and I he rerniih should have been
transcribed ilsvtg before now. It however,
worries the Trihurie'x conespolid'iit to
think that the work siiould Lie dene by a
Democrat.
As to the sewwid pararranii the writer
admits that U.-ot C. Iv Zitrn is compet
ent '• to direct ) work." If the work i*
neceamirv. usi'l i mm wlio knows any.
thing about the t.-vurds doubt- it, whit,
more is wanted. Tlie work is not dune
to remedy defot-S* is stale i l.y the
Tribune'* eorrtMpoodciit lint to preserve
for tlie future, what age and const tut use
lias a orli to piece-.
IN fIKANeUL ST at A ITS.
Tin* Mutual AcciwueMt UHoniitioii of Pitt: -
LURUTI ULLNI>I: <• (LUMPROIIIITIC <MI
'I wi'iuj-l ivf IVr fuit
, WtiHt uppeais to le- an imtrugcniis im
position upon some i f our mnl needv
people is coining ) light. A miinln-r of
the men wlio were lost in Uiv Hood had
ueeideiit imlicies in tlie company named
above. No step toward paving any of the
claims was taken until long after tlie
policies slmuld have been* paid. The nec
essary papers were present id at length and
the company seemed to he about ri xdv
to pay its indebtedness. Yesterday a rep
resentative of the company eiune to the
city and startled tlie claimants by mak
ing them two propositions, either to ae
cept twenty-rtve per cent, of the claims,
or to take the company for it. Most ot
tlie beneficiaries, being widows, they t<
cepted the offers, but tliey are given ten
nays in wbtch to return the money and
institute action against, the company,
should tbey not he satisfied shii the com
promise. Tl> s has been a great disap
pointment to many of these women, as
they counted tin getting tie fulfraniount,
and-many of tliero lost everything by the
flood and are in needy circumstances.
The officers of tlie company are prob
ably doing the be-1 they can. for in the
risks they look they never counted on
such a wholesale loss as that occasioned
by the flood- The company is a mutual
one, and tlie assessment occasioned by
the paying of seventeen polices, ranging
from #I,OOO l SII,OOO eacn, would make
it pretty 11envy for Hie remaining policy
holders. It is 'eared that many of them
wouldi drop their policies rather Minn pav
the assessment.
Tile; Boiry >■' .!A ur.s u. How t :i>
To Iteltaiswt t'o-llay unit Interred iul.nwer
Tmter Cemetery.
Saturday evening, on tne 5:12 train.
Miss Julia Howard, of Altoona. sister
of the iale James B. Howard, who was
drowned in the flood, arrived in the cit' .
She has secured a lot in tlie Lower Yoder
Cemetery, and today will have the re
mains of iter brother raised in Grand View
and taken to tlie former place for perma
nent interment. Miss Howard had in her
charge l.er niece. Miss Lizzie, ber
brother's daughter, until fall session at
Seaton Hill school opened, when Lizzie
was sent there by her aunt.
Mr. Howard was a familiar figure on
our streets, and was very popular among
his mauv friends. The flood caught him
at Creed's corner. He was a wira
drawer by occupation, and being a
widower, lie boarded with Mrs. Brady,
on Singer street. James, his son, is now
in St. Louis.
The Itomuitirt of Mr. John Quiiiu and IIIH
KUtor Ellen Kelnterred.
Saturday Mr. James Quina had the re
mains of his sister Ellen raised from where
they had been temporarily buried in
Grand View, and taken to the family lot
in Lower Yoder cemetery. Miss Quiun
was at her home on the site now occupied
by the DEMOOHAT office, when the flood
mime. Her brother John Quinn, was
with her.
The body of Mr. John Quinu. was also
raised from the old Catholic cemetery in
Conemaugh borough and interred in the
same place. Mr. Quinn was not
drowned in the flood, but died of injuries
received
Ou M Tour ol Observation.
Mr. Frank Wiiliams, Superintendent of
the Micl igan Sttel Works at Detroit,
Mich., son of our o'd friend, Mr. James
Williams, Superintendent of the Water
and Gas Company, sails this morning
from New York for Europe. He goes
for the purpose of observing how they
make steel across the waters, his trip in
cluding England and France. Frank
stopped off Thursday evening on his way
east to bid his parents good bye. During
bis absence his brother, Mr. Homer D.
Williams, will have charge of the Detroit
works.