The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1867-12-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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ran & Seidle, Pittsburg was destroyed by
ere or the 18Th.
Drake, the Presidents caluminiator,
is charged with voting in the Mobile Le-
gislature, seven years ago, TO sell free ne
groes into slavery.
In sinking an artesian we'll at Man
chester, near Pittsburg, recently, a stream
of hot salt water was struck, which gush-
ed out freely.
The Canadian, st. Marie, has de-
mandsd compensation for the information
furnished by him against John H. Snrratt.
Pay Judas his blood money.
Edward Moore murdered his wife at
Newtown, Va, on the night of the 9th
inst, by stamping and kicking her to
death. Liquor was the cause.
ST. Marie, the betFayer of Surratt,
is not likely TO receive any reward from
the government for the part he took in
that to him rather disgraceful transaction,
1t is stated thai Mr.. Edwin A. Ste
Eens, late President of the Camden and
Amboy Railroad Company, has, or is
about to construct street railways in Paris,
and has engaged General Mcclellan as
engineer.
Not single measure for the benefit
OF the country has yet been passed or even
taken I'D by the hump Congress. The
RAIDS are entirely engrossed in cutting out
mere negro legislation and in writing beg
ging letters for money to Africanize the
Southern States.
Several warehouses were fred in
London on Sunday night, and the Fenians,
who will have to bear the blame Of all the
yilainies committed in England, are of
course charged with the incendiary acts.
John Bull is badly scared, but deserves to
be worse hurt than frightened.
About fifty armed n groes of Athens,
Georgia, gathered into a mob, on last
Thursday night, and threatened to mob
some students of the Georgia University,
but were dispersed by the military, The
"coming man. is coming along too fast,
amt ne, Billy Kelley?
On Monday morning last a tenement
house in New York city, occupied by ten
families, caught fire, and eleven persons
either persisted in the flames or were suf>
fooated to death by the sr.oko. Several
others were injured By leaping from the
windows OF the barning building.
MIR. Nivnael Sherk, merchant ol
East Hanover township, DauphiD ,,oro,v
was crushed beneath a large ,ac.,sbaod ~
friday last, while assis..,r., r. mt i into ,
the cellar. He i.;.r.,d onI1 a few hours
after the acci'' mt occnrrrd The Jocoosed
"' "<eTul and prominent citizen.
"A collision occurred between party
of negroes and the civil authorities at Els
dertUn, Elbert county, Ga, on the 14th
inst, in which the Sheriff, George Allen,
was killed, and several others, whites and
blacks, wounded The difficulty origina-
ted at ball. The parties Implicated are
under arrest.
A special dispatch from Cuba dated
the 18th inst, says that authentic infor>
nation has been received from Spain to
the effect that that government has made
a formal offer TO the American Minister at
Madrid to sell Cuba and Porto Rico to
the United States for one hundred and fifty
millions of dollars in gold.
"A careless engineer on the Vermont
Central Railroad backed e car and tender
containing one hundred wOrkmen over the
abntment Of the,, Harlow bridge, near North
field, on Wednesday, and down perpen-
dicular descent of sixty feet. About
twenty men were killed and a majority Of
the remainder were severely and danger
ously wounded.
The rumors of the offer of Cuba to
the United States are increasing, and the
Washington correspondents seem to agree
that the State Department has an idea of
acquiring THAI island. 1t is also stated
that large amount of the loud talk
against the purchase of St. Thomas and
Russian America originated with 'slobby-
lists, at Washington, who are anxious to
oe sllenred b. consideration.
-Ihe Great Western Gun Works at
Pittsburgh were totally destroyed by fire
on Saturday morniRg last, together with
marble manufactory, feed store and Cows
ernment warehouse, all under the same
roof A large number Of loaded guns
were slowed in the warehouse, and when
they became heated a rapid discharge of
musketry took place, killing one person
and seriously wounding three others
One Of the passenger cars attached
to the fast line east, on the Pennsylvania
railroad, ran off the track and overturned,
near Lochiel iron works, on Friday last,
completely wrecking the car, but strange
to say, none Of the passengers were seri-
ously injured. Fortunately tie locomo-
tive became detached from the train after
the accident, aud thus prevented what
might otherwise have been most terrible
catastrophe.
A daring attempt was made on the
18th inst. TO release the Fenian Colonel
Burke from the Clerkenwell prison, Lon
don. Powder was placed beneath the
prison walls and exploded. The whole
side wall was blown into the air, and three
adjoining buildings were destroyed. Many
persons were injured, and it is feared that