The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-03-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

ouen, Armstrong county, Ia took place
on Friday and resulted in the success of
the entire Democratic ticket, and with it
gain OF forty over last fall. No recruits
for Geary in that region.
During the fierce storm of Sunday
night the dead body of an unknown wo-
man was found on one of the streets of
Chicago, covered with snow She was
very thinly clad, and it was supposed had
fallen down under the influence of intoxi.
cation, and frozen to death.
"A new system OF steam heating has
been put in operation in Boston 1t is
system in which water is boiled by the
heat furnished by ordinary gas burners,
and it is reported that it is in operation in
and thoroughly warns a Boston store.
forty by eighteen feet, using only half
pint of water and two gas burners.
Since last year the Democracy have
gained 200 in Troy, 500 in Rochester,
304 in Rhincbeck, 800 in Lansingburg,
280 in Elmira, 25O in Utica, PIT in Vol
ney. $50 in MiIlerton, and, also, in Yon>
kers, Corning, Batavia, Armenia, and
other towns i'll New York ''too numerous
to mention" Thus are the impeacbers
halng rebuked by the people
The riot at Wards Island, New
York harbor, which occurred on Thurs
day, was between emigrants sent there for
Eo.fital treatment. A large number of
policemen were sent from the city who
attacked the rioters with pistols and clubs
and badly wounded about thirty of them
-fracturing their skulls, breaking their
arms, &c. Eighty-sIx Of the emigrants
were arrested.
The Tribune says: Rochester has
chosen a Democratic Mayor by a large
majority, and of course there is great re-
joicement among the faithful. The Union
makes the majority 795, but does not
give the complete vote. Last November
The majority was 1I7. We acknowledge
a clear defeat, and accept the rejoicings of
the Democracy as one of the contingencies
of the defeat.
The hero of SnickersvilIe was defeat
ed in his own county on the I'd instant,
and the delegates in favor of Ex-Governor
Curtin for Vice President were elected
He tried the call-for-troops dodge to helD
his oItunes But it would not do The
people are tired of this gingerbread soldier.
and whenever his head appears above
water even the members of his own party
take ''shy at it,
The Richmond correspondent of the
New ork Times mentions, as q sign of
progress in Virginia, that colored mems
ber OF the Convention, recently sent one
of the pages 10 one of the leading white
members for a ''chaw of tobakker," which
was courteously sent in the form of ten
cent plug. Black gentleman bit off big
quid and sent the remainder back This
is a touching evidence of returning har~
mony between the races.
There is a genera. movement in the
West for the purpose of getting the ma
tional capital removed from Washington
TO some place in the Mississippi Valley.
Several Western cities have offered induce
ments for having the capital located with
in tEeir limits, and now it is reported that
the Iowa Legislature has passed a resoIu-
tion in favor of removing the capital to
some point in the West, and REQUESTING
the Iowa delegation in Congress to vote
in accordance.
A valuable horse was lost in Fall
River, Mass, last week, by,a singular,ac-
cident. Above the manGer, at which the
horse stood, is a sqnare hole in the floor of
the room overhead, through which the
hay is dropped. In the night, the horse
managed, by climbing, to get his head
through the hole, in quest cf hay, and
then 80 twisted his head that he could
not withdraw it. He was found in the
morning with his fore feet in the manger,
dead from hanging
The returns from the town elections
in Maine continue to show great Demo
cratic gains. In Gorham the Radical
majority last year of 12O was cut down
to 35. The Democratic gain in Lewiston,
set down at first as 2O8. is ascertained
TO be over $50 over last falls election. In
Saco the Democratic gain is 113. Cum
berland has elected all Democrats ex-
cepting town clerk. The Democratic
gain in Bath is 104 over the election last
fall, and over that of 1866, SAL.
A thoughtless girl living in West
ern city answered a ''personal advertise
ment'' in city paper, just for the fun of
the thing. The first note led to three
more, thus throwing herself into the hands
of a scOHndrel. Her father was surprised
by the appearance of the villain at his
store, who demanded $500 for the four
notes, and the father was forced to accede
| to his demands rather than have the notes
written ',just for fun shown to all his
friends and relations. This should be a
lesson to every girl in the land.
Three prisoners in the Jail of Barthol-
omew county, Indiana, made their escape
few nights ago. The mode of escape
was ingenious. The walls of the building
are of limestone, and the stovepipe entered
hue in the solid stonework The pipe
was taken from the fue and the blaze of
the hot coal fire thrown upon the stone.
When the stones became sufficiently hot,
cold water was thrown upon them causing
them to flake off in large pieces. This
was continued until holc sufficiently
large to admit of egress was made.