The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-01-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


is safe and well.
A drunken vagrant in Baltimore was
once one of the wealthiest and most beau
tifnl heiresses of the city.
-Ex- President Buchanan is said to be
very feeble at his home near Lancaster,
Pa, and is no; expected to live over the
winter.
In the rural districts of Maine, the
ladies wear large pumpkin seed, trimmed
with fur for bonnet, the large end in
front TO keep the wind off.
John Bishop shot his wife aud him
self, at St. Albans, VT, about noon on
Saturday. Bishop is dead and but little
hopes are entertained of his wife's recovry.
Cause jealousy.
"A British transport went ashore at
Castine, Maine, in 1899, and bunch of
shingles was taken from the wreck recent
ly. and found to be as sound as when
shipped from England.
They have an exhibition of the 'tLast
Agonies Of Abraham Line olp, )" at an ana
tomical gallery in Boston. The next
thing will probably be the agonies of Mrs.
Lincoln while attempting to sell her ward
robe.
Rev. Albert S. Hunt, an unmarried
Methodist minister at Brooklyn, y. Y,
received for Christmas present from his
Pensioners and India rubber model Of a
young lady, stuffed with $500 in green
backs.
An army contractor, it is reported,
has been sentenced to five years imprison
ment for attempting to cheat the English
Govermeut A cotemporary wonders
whether such sentence was ever imposed
in this country
On the 3lst, whilst the steamer
Henry Ames was discharging cargo at
New Orleans, the guards gave way, pre-
cipitating part of its cargo into the river
and crushing and drowning twenty mea
whites and negroes.
"A few nights ago St. Fincent's Ca
thedral Church, in Baltimore, Md , was
visited by thieves, who blew open ala icon
safe, containing the silver vessels of The
church the explosion frightened them
away, minus the silver.
"A fight with the Indians occurred
on November 2Sth near the South Fork,
OlSEOAs IEI SOldlCtS Vi
Gen. Crooks command were killed, one
of whom was Lieut.. John Madigan, of
Jersey City, and anoth Carl Bross, of
Newark
"A large bundle, which was tumbled
about on the ground in the hurry of ex>
Treating the sufferers at Angola, at last
emitted wall, and on being opened was
found to contain six months old baby
without a scratch upon its body. The
mother was dead.
"A curious accident happened tie.
other day to butcher in Cleveland, Ohio.
He was getting ready to kill sheep and
holding the knife in his mouth. The
sheep gave a vigorous kick and knocked
the knife upwards. edge foremost, slicing
off the end of the mans nose.
1t is reported that a resolution viii
be introduced in the House this week
cal ing upon the Executive Department of
tie government to demand the release
OF Father McMahon, natoralized citzen
Of the United States, now imprisoned in
Canada upon the charge of participation
in the Fenian raid.
The last developments of the Weston
fever at the west is the wager of soldier
under NJ Clellan to walk seventy>fve
miles in twenty-four hours, carrying n
uusket, knapsack and other accoutre-
ments. The feat to be performed at the
Dexter park, Chicago, and the wager to
be one thousand dollars.
1t is stated that A. T. Stewart of
New York, has received long letter from
General Grant, in reference to his nomina-
ton for the Presidency by the late mass
meeting at Cooper Institute, New York.
and that the General accepts the resoln-
tions and authorizes the committee to use
his name for the Presidency.
A lady in Great Darlington, Mass,
recently gave birth TO female child, on
the back of whose head was a protuber-
ance, in perfect representation of the pre-
vailing waterfall" Even the marks of
the ribbon with which they are usually
tied on, were plainly shown on the child's
neck. 1t was alive when born. but died
soon afterwards.
General Gillem, Of the Freedmeu's
Bureau, has written report describing
the awful condition of the negroes in tue
South, who are driven almost to despera-
ton from want Why do not the Radi-
cal papers publish it? Are they afraid
to lay this terrible testimony of the bad
legislation of their party before their read
ers? 1t looks like it.
Judge Richard Busteed, of the Uni
ted States Court of Alabama, was shot in
Mobile last week by District Attorney
L. V. b. AIertin, receiving two severe
wounds. neither of which is yet known to
be mortal. Martin was under Indictment
in Busteed's court for alleged revenue
frauds and extortion, and the difficulty
grew out of this fact. Busteed formerly
resided in New York city. Martin was
arrested.
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