The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-11-25
General News Items.

Fifty thousand dollars worth of ser-
viceable caruon are to be wasted in statue
of Mr.. Grant.
An unmarried woman at Virdsn. H..
owps seven hundred acres of excellent land
which she paid for by teaching school.
The experims mt of another negro post
master ia being tried at Manchester, Va.
near Richmond. Cunningham is the mans
plantation uame.
The Kiugland Iron Company. ct Car
ondslet. have sold two thousand three hun
drsd tunE Of pig iron to Gerald BAllou. Of
ST. Louis, to be manufactured into railroad
iron. This 10 said TO be the largest single
sale Of iron ever made west Of the Alleghs-
uies.
The latest returns Of the AinneaolA eise-
J iion show . majority Of twelve hundred for
| Austin, the Radical eapddats for Governor.
Although Otis has been defeated the Dem
| eerzts did exceedingly we'll in reducing the
Radical majority of fifteen thousan nd for
Grant to little more than one thousand fer
Austin.
james Hammontis died Of coz gestion oi
the heart and arteries in Piekens county.
Alabama. . week ago. and although the
| pu!sations of his arteries eeased ten hours
before his death. he walk ed about during
fairs TO his family, and drank coffee an hour
! before his death.
"A mai! train on the Harlem railroad
| was blown from the track near Boston Ger
/ nsrs, durins the gale On Wed dnesdAy morn
| ing. and fell down an embAnkmsnt. The
express. mail. and baggage cars. with theiI
contents. were destroyed by FIRE. Several
| persons were injured. and one, q boy thirteen
| years old, WAS killed.
| -Degenerats Boston refused 20 raise ths
| funds that Miss Kate Field solicited in that
| city of saintly proclivities for the purchase
| of the John Brown Farm" Wicked New
York, however. came to the rescue. supply
ing groenhacks instead of words, as was the
| case with Boston, and the soul of the saint
| will go marching on regardless Of the fact
that bis body lilies mouldering." etc.
The Chicago american CkUrchn10n haI
pretty clear conception of the Yankee. II
a late issue, in the discussion Of the Mormon
question. IL asserts that the knavss in Uiat
ara nearly all Yankees, including the "apns
| tles, bishops" and elders" and all whG
| get the tithes; while the dupss are mainly
very degraded European peasants. many o.
them from England and Wales. and mem
bsrs by baptism of the EDgli,h Church
The editor says-''There never existed bH
one Mormon 1rishman. and q Mormon Irish
woman is something totally unknown tc
naturaIists."
The appointment by President GRAM
of Mr.. J. 2. Jones, occasiope6 some snrPris,
at the time. but is fully explained now. Th'
Chicago Times says: People who are still
wondering why President Grant appointed
Chevalier Jones to the m ssion at Brusseli
| may have less cause to wonder when they
learn that the book $50 of deeds, at pag,
462 to be seen In the Recorders Office il
| this city. there ia recorded from J. Russel
Jones to U. 8. Grant. conveying about Or'
hundred acres of land for the nominal con
sideration Of one dollar. The deed was ileI
for record on the 26,h day Of May, 1852
The act Of = grateful mother is TINS re
corded by the B 'ston Transcript: A few
days ago Mrs Buxton. a California lady, anC
her little girl, were CT ossipg the square ir
front Of Seoilay's Building. when the child
narrowly escaped injury by horse car
She cwed her preservation to the thought-
fuiness and prompt action Of Miss Emma 2
Prouty, who saw the danger the child was
exposed to. and drew her beyond the reach o
harm. The Tescuers address was obtained
and the grateful mother has since presented
Miss Pouty with = valuable gold watch
chain. ring. and splendid silk dress, as con
venirs of her meritorious action.