The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-11-10
political ans News Items.

There is servant girl in Evansville.
Ind. who works for the pure love OF 1T;
She is sixteen years old. and owns real
es tate worth $50 900. So reports census
marshal.
"A lady in Jasper county, Indiana, aged
seventy fye, wants a divorce from her nus
band, aged seventy-eight, because ne
"spends half his time running about with
the girls"
AT the dedication of the Methodist
church in Girard, Erie county, the other DAY,
SI5,190 were subscribed to pay of the DEBT
of the church. Dan Rice put his name
down for 81 900
late Southern Confederacy, spent several
days week before last. with his niece. the
widow of the late Senator Brodhead, at
South Beth lehem.
"A boy has been locked up in the Troy
iaiI for stealing an umbrella valued at 80
cents This item is important. iDasmuch as
il establishes the fact that it is crime to
steal an umbrella.
"A wealthy old miser recently starved
himself to death at Chicago. He had lived
for years on rotten fruit. decayed vegetables.
putrid meat and stale bread. His death
finally resulted from strangulation and gan
creme of the intestines.
No news has been received from the
overdue steamship Idaho, although her
agents do not believe that she is lost 1t
now appears that she had on board fifty
cabin passengers and 2lC ex Papal Zouaves
on their way home TO Canada.
The apple crop throughout the country
is represented to be enormous, and in Ne"
England and New York it is especially So
The estimated Weld in Genesee county, IN
the latter State. is 13O 600 barrels. Prices
range there from Sl.30 to 81 so per barrel.
Three little children of John Bower, of
Mercer, Ia was fatally poisoned last week,
by swallowing pills. The box. containing
twenty one pills, had been laid aside in the
closet for some months, and at house clean
ing time accidentally got into the hands OF
the children.
-Despatches from Tours announce that
a young girl of that city is creating the most
inteEse excitement by initiating the exam
Pile Of Joan Of Arc. Hundreds Of enthusias-
tic persons have joined her standard. Her
appeals for recruits are said to be sipgularly
patriotic and eloquent.
The trustees Of Washington College. at
Lexington, Va, have unanimously elected
General G.. W. G. Lee. second son of Gen.
Robert + Lee, as President If the institu-
ton, to succeed his father. They have also
changed the name of the college to Z" Wash
ington~Lee University"
A sailor named Joseph Tibble, who
in a small boat on Lake Huron at the
time Of the late earthquake, states that the
waters seemed to boil, that small Jumps Of
mud were thrown into the air. and that
thousands of fish came TO the surface and
jumped about as if being pursued.
A boy about fifteen years nf age, son Of
man named McDermott at Auburn. Mass.
WAS recently attacked by a gray eagle.
measuring Ieight feet from tip to tip. and
would have been killed but for the timely
aid Of an uncle, who was obliged to heat the
fierce creature to death in self-defense.
1t is stated that Louis Napoleon has ten
million francs invested in mortgages on prop
erty in New York. We hope this is true,
and that the ex-Ernperor will come here to
enjoy the fortune he has so iIdiciouly saved
/ for a rainy day. AS he spends his money
/ freely. New York is Just the place for him.
/ "A fortunate heggar, 9l years Of age, who
/ has been known for many wears about the
streets Of St. Louis, has fallen heir to the
Caruthers estate. at Portland. Oregon.
/ which is estimated to he worth $500. 600.
+ The original owner Of this property used to
be known among trappers as Wrestling
! joe"
A Cranberry Isle. Me-. correspondent
of the Ellsworth american says the people
in that vicinity are quite excited over the
recent discovery of gold mine in the noun
taius. and specimens have been sent to
Boston to be tested. 1t has been reported
that an iron mine and a granite mine haG
also been found.
The Washington Star gives an elaborate
description Of Grants stables, which com.
prise twelve fast animals, aud large supply
of carriages, wagons. p'8tons. and other
luxuries on wheels Some of the harness is
heavily mounted with gold. and other set.
richly laden with silver. Poor Grant how
the war distressed him.
"A few days ago a young man named
Ward sustained accidental injuries which
resulted in death. His funeral was attended
by his mother, Mrs. Ellen Ward, of No. 7e
North Fifth street. Williamsburg, who ex
hibited the most intense grief throughout
Immediately after his burial his mother sank
lifeless in the room from which his corpse
had been removed.
"A love-stricken youth Of Muscatine
Iowa recently asked the object of his afTec
tions to elope with him. The young lady
consented 20 do so on condition that h
should pay her debts, which amounted to
considerable sum. He gave her the money
but she failed to come to time at the hou
appointed for starting, and the poor fellow
is now very miserable indeed.
A fatal coincident is reported from be
fore Toul. Among the persons killed there
during the bombardment was young girl
who was literally torn in two pieces by
shell. She had been born sixteen years agt
in front of Sebastapol, and the fright occa
stoned by the bursting of shell had brought
about her premature birth and the death o
her mother. On the 24th of September last
she vas killed herself by she'll.
The gentlemen who appointed them
selves a special committee to examine tn,
! tin mines of Missouri have made a yer,
favorable report. They say that the ore il
fund in such abundance tnat ages of activr
industry cannot exhaust it. 1.-The yield O
pure tin" says the committee, "is from
three and seven tenths per cent. to ten anC
one half per cent, and ON the usual assay
an average of FIVE and ffty-three hundred
per cent?