The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-23
THE EMPERoR'S FETs.
Political and Rows Items.

A young lady named Jennie Conley. Of
Desark, Ark, was outraged by black tiel d
named JEFF Johnson on Friday last.
Two hundred negroes are said to be
studying for the priesthood at Rome, pre-
paratory to commencing their lab)rs ga the
Southern States.
Thomas Dutton. the Oldest man in
Delaware county, died recently. lie had
attained the remarkable ageof 100 years,
months and II days.
There is an insane lad in the Missouri
Asylum who devours his clothes, jacket,
breeches. shoes, and all, leaving the buttons
on his plate like bones.
The negro Miller who recently commit
ted rape on young girl in Juniata coun-
ty, has been sentenced to fifteen years i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary.
Archbishop Purcell, of Ohio. who is
now seventy years of age, is the oldest Ro-
man Catholic prelate in the United States,
having been consecrated in 1898,
A steam shovel capable of doing the
work of one hundred men has just been put
in use on one of the Illinois railroads, Tor
the purpose of loading cars with gravel.
A spider in the Sherif's cffice in st.
Louis has woven a web which is a perfect
imitation of lace. Il is eight inches in
length, and has attracted hosts Qf spectators.
-Extravagauce and its natural result,
inordnate taxation. are tho natural results
of radical rule. Retrench expenses, admin
lister the Government honestly, and taxation
will cease.
"A resident of Harrisburg claims to
have discovered the long-sought secret Of
perpetual motion. He is exhibiting piece
of mechanism embodying his discovery, or
whatever it may be.
20 industry apI aoOuOp1v n V0IlD'O man
has gained possession of 1000 acres of land,
worth some millions. just out-of San Fran
cisco, in eight months, and people are 90
unkind as TO suggest a swiRdle.
A negro, while employed at the bottom
of a well at Jamaica, l.. l., was buried by
its caving in. A large number of men set
to work to dig him out, and after thirty
hours work he was found alive.
Sixty four miles in seventy minutes was
the time made on the first trip of the new
Chicago fast train, Pennsylvania Central
road on the home stretch. 1t made the last
sixty-five miles in eighty minutes.
Packer and Pershing are sweeping the
State like an avalanche, The corrupt
Geary, stands self-condemEed before the
people and will be sent into merited retire
ment on the second Tuesday Of October.
The Winterset Nowa) Dfadisonian,
found in his harvest field an enormous spi[
der It's body was as large as mouse. and
it covered with its legs at least five inches
Of ground.
The Southern people are made to atone
fearfully for their sins. They seem to have
stood the infic;ion upon them of 10000
carpet t-baggers. Now their, endurance is to
be tested by a sudden migration to Dixie of
all the hand-Crganlsts.
-Advices from the Indian country give
encouraging accounts Of at least two of the
Quaker agents, who are represented as the
very men to do the fair thing by the savages
and tie Government. Whisky is said to be
plenty among the Indians.
Near Byron, Michigan. is a spring of
water SO impregnated with lime that it has
formed about its issuing point. by deposit,
a natural curb, a rock with hole In the
centre Every twig and leaf over which
the stream from this spring passes is similar
ly coated with lime.
in Maine last year. Gov. Chamberlain's
majority, of1lcial was 10 ,264 Grants ma
ioritv in November was g. 389. This year
Cbamberlain's estimated majority is 1900,
the official will not be over 5000. This
demonstrates how the people, even in New
England, are pleased with Hiram Ulysses.
The very latest Radical lie is that
started by the "Dead Duck" in his Phila-
delphia Press of Saturday, to the effect
that Packer and Pershing arc to be with
drawn, and Cass and Porter substituted
OF course no sane man will place any de-
pendence in these dying declarations of tbs
Radical managers,
An ''od miner'' at Avoudale proposes
that hereafter all the miners give one days
pay every year toward the fHfd for the ben
eft of the widows and orphans By this
means: he says, they can raise SO 900. and
for himself he counts the first days work
that he has done since the catastrophe sa-
cred for this purpose.