The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-03-31
General News Items.

parents are uedu, bHOI DluStII bAS
heart at Portsmouth. Va. 1t is supposed
harsh treatment drove him to the act.
"A man has been convicted in Wiseon-
sin of numbering his four wives, one after
another, and,has been sentenced to imprison-
ment for life. There is no capital punish
ment in Wisconsin.
The town clock at Sing Sing struck
twenty-one times at 10 O'Clock on Monday
night. One poor fellow. who had been to
see bis friends, counted the strokes, and de
clared that he had never been out so late
in all his life, and he did not know what his
wife would say.
The Scranton Democrat has a report
that the body of one of the AVondale vic
tins has never been taken from the mine,
and that the subterranean caves of the mines
are haunted by the spirits of those who died
there lights are seen and strange and un-
earthly noises are heard there nightly.
Isaac Myers, of Baltimore. a we'll
known colored man connected with the
National Executive Committee of colCred
men of that State. has been appointed spe-
cial agent of the Post Office Department at
large, at $I2, 900 per annum, and So per
diem while travelling. Another nut for poor
white Republicans to crack.
The Daily Telegraph, gentle paper
published in Utah Territory, says that the
better way for Congress to deal with Utah
is to admit her as State, and let the high
civilization, religious teaching, noble exam
Pile, and Christian argument of the millions
of the Republic lead the thousands of Utah
to higher moral plane if they can. All! IT,
Speaking Of the return Of the assassin
Yerger to prison, the jackson (Miss.l Pilot
says that be rode into town at O'Clock in
the morning with an armed body guard of
four men, went directly 20 the City Jail. and
demanded admission, En- undertaking more
difficult at that hour than his very easy
exit. But he finally was admitted, and his
four friends left for parts unknown.
"A bearded girl has made her appearance
at Glade Spring Depot, Washington county,
Va. She is four years old, and has nous
tache and whiskeYs, the hair upon the fore
head extending to the eyebrows. Very
heavy hair, exceedingly black, extends below
the shoulders. The child is sprightly. with
fully developed limbs and well -formed body.
The arms, shoulders, and back are covered
with soft, downy hair.
The New York World, speaking Of
Presidential candidates, and the formal an
nouncement of Governor Geary that he is
prepared to accept the nomination, does
mot hesitate to say that should the chance
be narrowed down to one between Grant
and Geary, we rather incline to GeaTy."
This is about as small compliment as
could have been paid TO Geary but how
n6nitesimaliy less that paid to Grant.
"A letter to the Times from an old com
rade of the lamented Commander Williams,
of the Oneida, says the first act of the brave
sailors life was to save the captain and
crew of the British ship Cleopatra. This
humane deed was done in 1858, off ST.
Johns, n. B., while Mr.. Williams was a
midshipman on board the sloop Decatur.
The Cleopatra was encountered in a sinking
condition and Mr.. Williams went aboard of
her and brought of all her crew.
"A ghost drove an entire family tumUl-
tuously from a house in Oswego at late
hour on Sunday night. After while their
excitement was allayed, and on investigating
they found that cow, on a foraging raid.
had made her way into rear kichen and
inserted her head into al empty -four barrel.
The barrel became fast on her horns, and
unable to escape the incumbrance, the terri
fed animal commenced a frantic rampage
about the apartment, with the result above
described.
The Brooklyn Eagle says that the Rad
icals are delighted with the idea that Revels
occupied the seat of Mr.. Jefferson Davis.
Does not Zacariah Chandler occupy the seat
occupied by Lewis Cass? Is net Feuton in
the seat of Silas Wright, Dick Yates in the
seat of Douglas, Charles Sumner in that of
Daniel L. Webster, Drake in that of Thos.
H. Benton, Colfax in that once occupied by
Geo. Clinton and Martin Van Buren, and
Grant in that of George Washington and
Jefferson Why mention single isolated
case?
"A blushing black bridesmaid near For
syth, Ca, accompanying her principals or
the Wedding tour, was caught stealing a
shawl. Diaah was accused of the theft, and
confessed her guilt. and being desirous of
accompanying the wedding party on its tour.
she prayed that her punishment might be
swift and summary. 1t was decided-Dinah
giving her ready consent-that she should
receive the lawfnl complement of forty-nine
lashes. She met her fate with resignation,
and the party went on their way rejoicing.
No cards.
"A strange case of child abduction oc~
Cured in Chicago on st. Patrick's day. A
little girl, four years old, while playing near
home, was taken off by young lady In
the evening she was accidentally found in
the organ loft of the Catholic Church, a mile
and half away, stripped naked aud nearly
perishing from cold. The organist was
about to lock the church, and the child
would have been kept there until Sunday,
and would doubtless have expired. The
cause of the strange proceeding is not known,
but it is supposed to be revenge.
"A bill for the enforcement of the laws
in Ireland has passed the House of Commons
in England. Mr.. Gladstone admitted its
provisions were strong, and hoped they
would reach the desired point. 'If so,' he
| said, ''evils which now curse and aflict Ire
land would soon vanish, and Parliament
might resume that beneficial legislation on
which alone it was safe to build permanent
hopes for the future" The vote in favor of
the bill shows it meets the wishes of large
majority of the Representatives of the people
both in England and Ireland-Aqe,
About five years ago young man en-
ployed as teller in New York bank discoy
cred upon settling accounts one evening that
he s. 300 short Not hnir,.- ILL -