The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-22
General News Items.
THE Rev. DIR. James of Bustletown ?


been a preacher for seventy years.
"A thunderbolt, weighing thirty-6ve
pounds. was picked up in Greene county.
Pennsylvania, short time since by farmer
named Banvard, who had seen it fall. i.
resent bles hard sandstone.
"A young girl and young man kneeling
in the Catholic church in Iceberg, Ger
many. were recently struck by lightning
and killed. They were FIVE PAGES apart.
and persons kneeling between the two were
not Injured.
The Radical organ of Clearfeld the
Rafismdn'S Journal speaks Of the labnring
man as "the lowest startum OF our popula-
tion" He will find it rather high ''stFa-
tnm" for him and his pig-tails to get over
on the day of the election.
The Radical nominating convention at
Pittsburgh, Pa. refused to give a single
German a place upon the ticket. After
that they passed resolution highly eulogis
tic of tie Germans in the Old World, and of
the Prussians in particular.
"A man was recently found standing
upon his head in the streets Of Mobile, Ala.
who claimed TO be The brother-in law of
President Grant. Whenever the boys hoot-
ed at him, he turned around saVsgely and
shrit ked Let US have peace"
Ira G. Sharp has been nominated as the
Democratic candidate for Governor of Kan
sas, upon a platform which takes strong
grounds in favor of taxing United States
bonds. doing away with National Banks.
against Cooie labor, and accepting the Flf-
teenth Amendment a fnality.
There is growing on the premises Of
Mrs. Mary Hunter in Obey township, Bcrks
county, mammoth che stuut tree, which
measures 80 feet in circumference and 10
feet in diameter The age Of this monster
chestnut is unknown. it being an old tree
when the "oldest iuhabitant" was a Chile"
"A London despatch of Sept 10th says
that the advance guard Of volunteer battal-
ions now being raised in America for sevice
in the French army, has arrived in Paris
and. an enthusiastic reception attended
their entrance. This battalion will be i'm
mediately enrolled in a most important com
maud.
The negro nurse girl Of r. / Trice. at
Verona, Mississippi. drowned the infant in
her charge one day last week by deliberately
dropping It into cistern. She assisted in
the search. hut when the body was found
confessed her crime. saying that an old negro
woman was her advise-. The young iend
WAS taken to Tupelo and put in Jail
The Democratic Conferees for the Eigh-
teenth Congressional district of Pennsylva
MA. composed of the counties of Lycoming.
Centre. c Cirton, Tioga and Potter have nom
mated the Hon. Henry Sherwood, of Wells
borough, Tioga county for Congress Mr.
Sherwood is a lawyer Of large practice.
man Of great moral worth and will command
a full vote in the district
-Ex President Andrew .JJhnson made
long and important speech at Gallatin, Ten
nessee, on Saturday night. He proclaimed
that he was always Democrat. aud had
been elected Vice President as Uuion Dem
ocrat. He counselled the people Of Tennes
see to act with the National Democracy.
and to repudiate the actions of the old se,es
sion leaders, who were striving to regain
their Influence in the affairs of the State.
About the FIRST church which the Rev.
Hm. pinkney. now assistant Bishop of
Mary land, will probably consecrate is the
hist oric and splendid sanctuary at Rock
Greek, which was planned. surveyed and
nftentimes superintended by Washington |
Remarkable ss it may be. it does not appear |
that The edifce, although originally erected |
IN 1871, was really never consecrated.
Vincent Colyer. John V Farwell, and |
John D. Laug. Indian Commissioners, ar
rived at St. Louis on Wednesday. after a /
three wee&s' consultation with the Usage .
Indians. The Osages have agreed 20 accept /
the act OF Congress for the Sale uf their ,andt /
in Kansas and their removal to the indian |
territory. This opens for settlement 5000 |
300 acres of the best land in Kansas at 81 |
25 per acre, and exempt from railroad (
grants
Here we have couple of condensed |
lectures IN favor Of temperance Isaac Wag- /
ner, of New Castle, got more liouor aboard /
than ne could balance under. toppled over
INTO the river ani was drowned. Francis
w franklin, of Philadelphia was a man Of
passionate temper. aud fond of strong drink
IN Wednesday of last week he ouarreleei |
With his wife. chased her uff. and then shot
himself through the head. dying within three
minutes.
"A man in Norwich, Connecticut. has
whitfield, with pen-knife, a perplexiug
oettle puzzle. He has taken an eight-ouuce
ohlal. and set up in its interior a perfect
Ieg, about two inches long, with four hoops
n IL, and both heads in and be has stop-
PED the bottle with wooden plug, which
Its perfectly tight and is keyed inside, the
'ey- pinned and the pin toggled. The work
nanship is excellent and the way it was
lone Is mystery.
At the execution on Friday last. of the
our negroes, at the Isle of Wight Court
House, for murder, when the drop. fell two
u the ropes broke. leaving two bodies dan
,llng from the scaffold, and two living on
he ground. The executioner. after the two
hanging ones died, which was not until
eventeen miuuets had elapsed, marched the
'tber two upon the scaffuld, and hung them
mere was much excitement in the crowd
ma inside the Jail. when the ropee broke.
md theoguard had to quiet them
-Aiagara is no longer the most wonderful
! Gataracts- Its rival has been discovered
British Guiana. in South America. There
re two falls. one of seven hundred ard
evenly feet and another of 6fty. The vol
Ime OF water passing over these falls is sew
nty-eight feet deep and three hundred feet
road during the dry season. The colonial
o'e:u.lent OF tijuana is arranging facilities
or visitors. By way of comparison. il NAV
'e well to add that Niagara Falls on tie
american side is 164 feet high, and on the
,snadian side, $50 feet high. The width
the American falls is l.1OO feet, and the
'anadian falls about double that number.
-heV. Father Gervaps ,1r;a.t 6 G.