The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-06-24
Political and News Items.

Thursday.
Edward S. Golden. Esq. of Kittanning
! is named as candidate for the democratic
nomination for Supreme Judge.
Bishop McQuade, of Rochester, says
that the progress of the Catholic Church in
America is owing to the sanctity with which
its members regard the marriage relations.
The Court has refused new trial in the
case of Mrs. Nancy B. Madden, convicted o.
the murder of her son-in-law. Obadiah
Jones, at Canton. Mass, in July last, anG
sentenced her to be hanged.
Stokes the ron-clad Radical candidate
! for Governor in Tennessee, is the last mau
who sold negro slave at auction in that
State. Out of such materials the shrieking
and bowling Radicals are made.
"A banker in Cincinnati, last week
| found sack of four thousand guineas. which
he had slowed way behind an old safe during
| the panic caused by the John Morgan raid
around that city, and had forgotten.
-"Tin Bear" the most venerable of the
/ Camanche chiefs. having lived on buffalo
meat all his life, can't make up his mind to
eat corn meal. He is. therefore. teaching his
people to cut their hoes into arrow-headS.
Two men were buried and smothered
to death, and another had both his legs
broken, by the falling of an embankment
at Nesquehonins, Schuylkill county. on
which they were working few days since.
"A lady called recently at the office of
the Newport (R. I.) News. and paid for the
paper to be sent to neighbor, who had
troubled her so much by borrowing it that
she took this method to get rid Of the nj =
ance.
"A Boston paper insinuates that the rea-
son that Amanda Craig got her verdict for
500, 900 damages is, that half the jury have
! applied for divorces in order to marry the
plaintiff and her money. This is not sub.
stantiared.
A young man named Walker, of Marion
township, Washington county, Wisconsin,
was killed by lightning on Satu rday. 1t
passed through his hat, making a blue mark
down his right side, and came out at the top
of his boot.
The engine Sautee, on the Mahanoy &
Broad Mountain railroad, exploded on Friday
evening last, about seven O'Clock, at Maha-
noy Plane, instantly killing the engineer, Z.
Wilson, and severely injuring the conductor
and firemen.
Since the suicide of Bulger, of South
Wooaberry township, Bedford county. son
and daugher Of the deceased have become
insane. Both are married and have fami-
lies. The daughter has been taken to the
lunatic asylum.
Nineteen years ago. Charles Crccker, a
poor boy, crossed the Missouri river with an
OK team, on his way TO California. Now he
returns n a special railroad car, for he is
Superintendent of the Pacific Central, bring
ing his family with him.
Humphrey Blair, son of James Plair, Of
Jameston, Mercer county, fell from fence
on which he was sitting, one day last week
In his fall he struck the handle Of a hoe.
which penetrated his hip some four or FIVE
inches His recovery is probable.
The other day, as Mr.. Daniel Flicking-
er, wife and son, residing in Mahoning
township, Carbon county, were engaged in
ground cellar, the roof fell in, burying
Mrs. f. in the ruins and crushing her to
death. The father and son narrowly es-
capped.
"A negro at Norfolk. few nights ago,
burglarously entered a house, mounted to
the third story, and while engaged in gath
ering plunder. was seized and pitched out
of the window He fell forty or fifty feet,
struck upon his head, materially damaging
the pavement. picked himself up in an ap-
parent hurry, and ran away.
during thunder storm near NewbeTn,
North Carolina, a cart, containing barrel Of
turpentine, basket of eggs and a coop of
chickens. was struck by lightning. setting
fire to the turpentine. demGlishing the cart
and paral wing the driver and mule, but,
strange as it may appear, the eggs and
chickens were uniuured.
BY an opinion of Attorney General
johnson, of the State of Missouri, rendered
at the instance of the State auditor and
treasurer. excfficio sinking fund commission
er, it appears that Missouri has placed her
self upon a specie basis, and will hereafter
Nho Iy,Fa e - loiNt rv,NlI
and accept the obligation to pay the pIirCi-
pal also. when Cue, in real money.
In Fayette county, Ohio, on Wednesday
last, a waterspout was observed. having the
appearance Of a dense body of whirling
smoke. about ten or twelve feet through the
lower end. resting upon the creek, and ex-
tending above the tops of the trees. 1t made
a noise like threshing machine, only much
louder. and whirled the water out of the
creek furiously, draining it almost dry.
"A correspondent Of the San Francisco
Bulletin writes that there is probably no
length of twenty miles on the Union Pacific
Railroad between Echo Canon and Chey-
eune, four hundred and eighty miles. where
coal cannot be found within easy distance of
the track. Mines have already been found
and worked in dozen places, but the Goa!
OF many of them is of very Indifferent quail
ty.
The Washington correspondent of the
n. Y. Herald gives list of gallant soldiers
who have just been removed by Grant to
make places for stay-at home lcyalists =
Those who have been displaced were
staunch Republicans and excellent clerks
They are turned adrift by the soldier Presi
dent to make room for the bummers and
pot-house politicians who did the dirty work
for Radical Congressman last fall. How
these fellows do love the soldiers!
"A horrible accident occurred in Gin
cinnati On Thursday. A group of children
going home from school, stopped in front cf
store 10 watch the movements of dray-
man, who was unloading hogshead of
tobacco. The driver warned the children
to get cut of the way, and supposing that
they would step aside Immediately, turned
to the dray and took out the pins. The
heavy hogshead, weighing over twelve hun
dIed pounds, rolled off the dray and up to
the doorway Of the sfOPo Ono of tho chill