The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-04-21
GeneraI news items.

ton in Louisville, banner inscTi bed "G od
made us Men," was borne by wagon filed
with weDches.
Vaccination direct from the heller Is all
the rage in Paris, aud in accordance with the
eternal fitness of things, RS we'll as to avoid
disfguring their arms. the French ladies
insist on being vaccinated on their calves.
Mrs. PhilopoeRa Shugsrt. of Butler
county, who poisoned her husband with
arsenic put IN bowl of soup, crime for
hich she is under death sentence. having
been pronounced insane. has been cOnhned
iu Dixment Insane Asylum.
Lawrence Doyle. who has been in the
Maine State Prison since May. 1864, under
sentence of death for the murder of little
girl. under peculiarly horrible circumstances.
died on Friday last To the last he stouty
maintained his entire innocence of the crime.
"A poor yonng man has. been kept four
years and half in the Massachusetts, State
prison for crime of which he had no
know ledge, yet be was convicted upon what
appeared to be the clearest evidence. His
Innocence was discovered by the confession
of the real culprit, who found his way TO the
same prison for some other ofsnce.
twenty years ago a Young man in
West Rutland, Vt, bought qnarIy in that
town, in which supply of stone had been
discovered adapted to the manufacture Of
slate pencils. He paid 500 for his pur
chase. At present the quarry is valued at
$500. 900.
-Ex-Auditer WickIifie. Of Louisiana. is
said to have gone on little pleasure Trip
without leaving word where letters should be
addressed to him. This overnight is much
regretted by numerous persons to whom he
sold $50 900 worth of State bonds. which,
in the hurry Of preparing for his journey, he
inadvertently took from the wrong Pile.
"A negro from this country, named
Henry Allen, has recently s~indled more
than three hundred people in London out Of
greater or smaller sums of money. II is
understood that tho Mississippi Legislature
has telegraphed him to Come over and be
ready. IN case OF Revels' death, to take his
seat in the United States Senate.
The widow Of the "Iste lamented" has
written letter to Ulysses, dated in Ger
many, saying she is not in good health, is in
need Of assistance and wonders why Congress
delays ii providing for her relief. II does
seem strange that another widow, whose
husband took part in numbering an innocent
woman, should Be SO ably provided for.
while no assistance is given the family OF
the martyred
Even more important than the news Of
the great gold discoveries at San Diego is the
report from California of the harvest pros
poets. In some regions the promise Is al
ready 80 great that farmers have turned in
their cattle to the fields of barley and wheat
to thin down the too luxuriart crop. There
viii; be one slight draw back in the fact that
in scme quarters the early fruit has been
in iured by the frost. To meet the needs of
the grain harvest the California Pacific
Railroad Company are building fifty cars to
carry grain in bulk.
"A terrible accident occurred at Perrys
Vile. Ohio, Friday afternoon, resulting in
the death Of the oldest and youngest sons,
aged nine and fYe years, of Mr.. S. B. Coul-
ter, agent of the P,:tsburg. Fort Wayne and
Chicago Railway of that. place. The chill
dTen were playing in an upper story OF their
fathers warehouse, among some " "eat that
was being loaded into Il car. The cate
below was opened suddenly. when both chill
dren were drawn in and suffOcated. n arly
one thousand bushels of wheat were on top
of them. When taken out they were both
dead
The French Minister has delivered to
the Secretary of State three magnificent gold
watches, presented by the French govern
ment to Surgeon George e. Cooper, 0. S.
a. DR.. Gait, a private physician. of Nor
folk, Va and the Rev. Mr.. O'Keefe. a
Catholic priest at that place, for there de-
voted attention to some of his M4jesty's
sailors sick with yellow fever at Norfolk
last July. Surgeon Cooper's watch is held
by the War Department until Congress shall
by Joint resolution authorize him to accept
the present. Appropriate Acknowledgements
have been made by our own to the French
government.
The evening journals of Friday night
Il ~, ,oIC n
Gil had affirmed the doctrine of Papal infalii-
bility were altogether too hasty in :heir
Interpretation of the cable despatch. L:
was the dogma OF faith which received the
votes of six hundred bishops-a dogma
which has nothing to do with the Pope's
favorite doctrine of his own infaliibity.
The council may declare the latter a necesSa-
ry part Of the Catholic creed, bu. it has not
yet done so. The theology well as the
latinity of those journals which translate
constitutio de .tfde ''Papal -infalhbiiity" is
certainly open to criticism World.
"A rather startling rumor has crept out,
indicating some imminent prospect of a
difficulty between this country and Mexico.
1t is known that the subject has been a
theme of considerable discussion in the Cab
met. and it is supposed that it relates. in
part at least, to the persistent violation of
the United States Revenue laws along the
Mexican frontier, which offences are con-
nived at by Mexican officials. Strong rep
reservations in regard to this matter have
been made to the Mexican government
without avail The loss TO the Treasury by
these frauds is reported to have been some
thing enormous. The present rumor seems
to imply that the War Department will next
take hand in the solution of question
which has thus far eluded diplomacy.