The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-03-04
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Falls, Wisconsin, was burned on the oath.
At ball in Fosterbury. Illinois. a few
nights ago, six persons partook OF poisoned
liquor one of them has died.
The Boston Commonwealth makes the
statement every afternoon. after O'Clock,
some twelve 60 fifteen Uuited States Sena-
tors are 30 drunk that they are unable to
attend to business.
"A child of Mr.. Schribner, resident of
Loyalsock, Lycoming county. was scalded
to death last week in tub of hot water,
into which it had fallen during brief abb
sence of its mother.
The Democrats of the Hartford Conn.,,
district have nominated Senator Dixon for
Congress, his term as Senator expiring with
the present Congress.
Twenty thousand dollars worth of pro-
perty fell a prey to the "fre-hend," In
Cleveland, on Wednesday night. A fire.
man was fatally injured.
Daniel Sittler shot at a goose, near
Kutztown, the other day, but missed the
goose and hit young man named regiey'
killing him almost instantly.
Female suffrage was defeated IN the
Nevada Legislature on Wednesday. and an
amendment to strike the word ''white"
from the Constitution was adopted.
1t has been found impossible to secure
Jury for the trial Of Grant for shooting
Pollard. in Richmond, Va. ard panel has
been ordered from Alexandra and Norfolk.
Aaron Jones, the pugilst, died at
Leavenworth. Kansas, on Tuesday. He
was an Englishman. and during the war
served General Besuregard as his chief
equerry.
The California wheat crop is so large
that if mistakes have not been made, it has
never been egualed in any country. They
talk of rs. so. and in one case 100 bushels
| to the acre.
county. celebrated the one hundredth ami
versary Of his birth on the ID inst, in
which his posterity and relatives, to the
number Of about $50. participated.
| Frank Leslie inserted cut in his Illus
trated News. wherein Miss Elwood. fair
! skatist, appears as Mercury, arrayed indie
! Gently, at the Buffalo Skating Rink. Her
parents modestly claim $50 900 damages.
The largest man on record in modern
! times. was Miles Darden, native of North
! Carolina, born in 1889. He was seven feet
six inches high. At his death, in 1857. he
weighed little over one thousand pounds.
! "A prize fight took place at derrin gRun,
neal Baltimore, on Thursday between New
| ton Montgomery and Peter Joyce. Thirty
three rounds were fought In forty-fve min
utes, aud Montgomery was declared the
winner.
"A Christian maiden naDed Mary Gil
more renounced her faith at Chicago last
| Saturday, and embraced Judaism. The
came afternoon she married handsome
young Israelite, which was singular coin
cidence.
The town Of Wells has citizen who
married at seventeen. His first child was
a daughter, who married at thirteen, and
! eighteen months afterward made her father
grandfather. at the early age of thirty
niue and half years.
| The Pittsburg Commercial say sshat
! Mrs. Rachael A. Clarke, wife of VIM. Clarke,
residing in Anthony township. Lycomiue
county. was. on Monday last, delivered OF
a female child. and on Wednesday follow
| ing had tlcO more mdle-chitdren.
a8-One of the loyal militia of the infamous
Brownlow recently outraged the person of a
young negro girl. He was arrested and Civ
en- in charge of negro guard, who shot and
beat him to death with their muskets. Their
commander approved of the deed.
The borough election in Clarion. the
other day, resulted in a Democratic tri-
nmph, by the following vote: Democrat
SO, Radical Al. In November last the
vote stood, Seymour "a, Grant 60 ; which
| shows handsome Democratic gain.
"A project to bring the remains of Will
liam Penn from England to this State, and
erect a monument over them, is being agi
tated. It is understood that his body was
inferred in a leaden coffiA, and the strans-
| portation would not be a difficult matter.
-Andrev Jackson had a colored lady ar
rested at Pittsburgh the other day on the
charge of stealing stove. Horace Greely
was put in iurance vile, In one of the east
ern towns of the State, for stabbing meer-
schaum hued "bruddeI" named John Brady
AT some points about the country they
are taking popular votes to determine who
shall be postmaster. under the inc ming
administration. At JonesTille, Wis, a
young lady received the majority of votes
| and has gone to Washington after the ap-
pointmeDt.
"A crazy man. having got into the gal
lery of the Senate of the United States dur
ing a rambling debate, was taken out, the
Sergeant at arms telling him that he was
out of place in that gallery. THAT'S so. .
said the lunatic Il ought to be on the
floor with the Senator I"
Seventy five hundred dollars have been
voted to the contestants IN the Second
Congressional Districts of Louisiana. one OF
whom is negro. This is one effect of Rad
ical reconstruction. Rather expensive bust
ness, when the masses are complaining of
hard times and high taxes.
in Rhode Island a negro can vote ii
any one will pay his poll tax of 81 90, but
naturalized white allen must have an in
come from real estate with at least $I34
before he is permitted to vote. Many Irish
and Germans are thus prevented from ex-
ercising the right of suffrage.
Barney Barnum, a chap in Jennings
| county, Indiana, who has heretofore had
hard work to make buckle and strap come
together, will now find them tapping a
long ways over, having become heir to
$4,000 900, left by an able and efficient un-
Gle who lately died in Germany.
TO cure foundered horses take a lump
of alum the size of a walnut. powder it and
dissolve in warm water. The horse must
be drenched with this liquor, and it will
throw him into profuse perspiration, and
he will soon be well as ever this should be
done as soon as you ascertain his condition.
| So says an exchange.