The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-02-17
General News EteEns.

AT Sprina6eld, Tenn, on Tuesday even
ing. II ofras nAcSel smith. :. boy of "a. ncci
dentaiy shot aLd killed lis cousin. SlIS.
Bibb. He Is now insane in c"rseguence.
At Brady'S Bend. in violent quarrel
between father AMI mother. Il little girl.
tnurse, IA years ud. i'll trying IL part 'brm.
became 50 excited that she is now hopeless
ly insane.
just think uf any ones taking the
trouble tn counterfeit the UhIted States FIVE
cent rcke c"r4s! Yet some super iuuus
swmdlefs have done 50, and i Is of1is'iaily
asserted that their Trust i'll Gud' l. larger
than that of the Treasury DeFartmVnt.
The stca mcr Maggie Hays, whIle n her
way ii,m New ORLEANS tn Pi'isbuIg. exPlo-
hed her b"iiers near Helena. Ark. on Thurs
DAY afrru"on. and sunk lie: Captain,
Barney Martin. her 81 9ibceI. and FIVE of her
crew were killed. The passengers were all
saved.
Mr. Rob't Morgan, Of C"nDersville Mar
shall comfy, Miss. was taken from his Ii, use
a few nights since by a band of twenty or
thirty negroes ard most hrufally murdered
Six nr eight If rhe negr"eS nave been arrested
and hung by the iufuI lated ~hiteS of the
vicinity.
Senator Revels, who Is daily observer
of tn. sceuts in Congress. is very much dis
gusted with the conduct of his white friends
in both the I1 use and Srnate. lie intends
Immediately on his admission to insist on
more decercy and fecoTum on the part of
memh, rs in their interc'urs Sc with zach ether.
Mr. Samuel l. Clemens better known
az Marx Twain. has at last ceased to lac an
aggravation to the susceptible damse : uf the
crowded audiences hef.re " h IN he hts been
re,.iting the tr"ul.ies If the InnoceI Il. He
l. married to Miss Olivia Iangdon If E!mira ::
and it is even said that he will quit lectur-
ing.
The steamer Two Boys. while on her
way from Duhiin Ga. tn Savannah. xplo-
ied her steam-drum, in gate IF Stprla bar
and drifted tn sea in the storm. Fight uf
her crew swan ashore tut tie lest, with
rhe passengers. remained on The vessel
The L s. steamer Nanscmoud is TO % in
search of her.
"A valuable lead mine has been discnv-
cred in Wharton township Fnyrtre county,
on the lanI owned 10y Mr. Geo. W Thomas
Expl"rati"uS have been made tAat show n
deposit of pure had ure. The ore has been
tested by Ot'o Wuth. the celebrated ch,r,ist
at Pi'tsLurg, " ho lrnnuunces it the yulest
ore he has ever examined
The l}"dfrri Lnquirer Of the lIth inst
announces That the i'itrshurgh and Connels-
and locate the road from Iedford to Bridge
port At the earliest possible DAY and make
the estimates with vie~ t" its early con
srrucLinu. With pr. mpt action it may be
put under contract ia the spring.
A great sensation was created in Erie
last fall. by some one attempting to pris, N
the County Treasurer Of that county hv Civ
ing him apple. The story Is uuw solved.
One wear ag" the Treasurer had balance
If SOS 0G0 of Iuhlic funds in his hands
But now the Auditors settlement Just closed
shows him t. be def4nlter To the amount
of $4,000. and the Treasurer aforesaid is
III the Insane Asylum.
The Scranton Republican tells the story
that Mr. Henry O. S,iSman az East Provi
dence. while excavsiiug for the enlarg emeut
uf his foundry. funn several .rttlifiei snakes
One three feet and half in length. is per
feet specimen ever seen; all the cnrrrgt-
tios If snake are marked with perfect uis
tinctuess Just beyond where the petifac-
tions we're found. several living snakes wei.
cxhumei. 4 pretty good ''Snaik" story.
The wife of Rev. George Hudson. of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. in New
Cumberland, Tuscarawas county. Ohio,
drowned herself ON Saturday the SIN. IN
consequence Of an excited condition Of sniud
resulting from a revival. in which She was
zealuusIy assisted by ber'h,tShand. She le!t
home at midnight in her bare feet, and
plunged into the nearest creek. An old cit
Izen IN the town has gene crazy fror< the
same cause.
An importlnt legal decision has jast
been given in West Chester, this State 4
man named Walker left an umbrella in his
wagon. and on returning to it a few minutes
after found the umbrella had disappeared.
TIN his way home he.overtOok a man named
M"rris. In Il heavy rain, with the uuI breilr.
After hearing the case, the Court sentence
Mnr is to ore nlnIh's iniuris ,nment the
costs aud fue % 81. IL Is thus igdciaIly
determined that umbrellas ale proptrty.
-hr. jonathan Jeuuess. Jr, of Rye. y
Il who died GU the lst instant. aged -.
was in respects Il remarkable ;msn.
During his lifetime he had never been over
90 mixes from hpue. never rode in the cars
but once. never MISSED a Safe or national
election ELL ce lac heCrme voter and never
missed winding the eieht-lay clos every
Sunday morning fr more than forty Yeas
The Portsmouth Times say that ne was con-
signed To the grave wearing the same pair uf
stockings that he wore hen married, 81
years ago.
-Wlaconsin sends MS an ther dog story.
The owner OF the dog got dunk and lay
down ou the railroad track to sleep, with
n"ne but the dog Ia keep him company
The whistle If an approaching train shrieked
in the startled ear uI night the faithful dog
tuggei ut his masters Clothes and tore them
in his Efforts to awaken him His efTnrts
proved in vain, and the deg took the man
by The shoulder and fairly d agge,l him from
the track just as the train came along The
man was saved. but the poor faithful dog
was struck by the cow-catcher and killed.
His faithful owner. when he awnke from his
supor, gathered up the pieces and reverently
buried them
The prnprietors Of distijlery at Mil
ford. Ohio. MT having stock enough in their
pens to drink the slnp TUNED it into the
Miami. Forthwith the sober Inhabitants nf
the beau ilTl river were seized with desire.
tn 90 on one grand .'bcDCler - Rv tho tim.