The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-06-02
General News Items.

Senator Revel's sister, Eliza, is in the
poor house in New York. Brick Pcmeroy
is raising subscription for her
"A young man was stung by bee IN
Chester county last week. which few into
his ear. He died in less than half an hour.
The Louisville Courier Journal is of the
opinion that if anything could atone for the
infamous conduct of Gen. Ames in MisSisslp-
nj, it is the reflection that he is to have Ben.
Butler for father-iu-aw.
An exchange says: Housewives who
are annoyed with muddy water on wash
DAYS, might do we'll to remember that
piece of alum as large as walnut will.clear,
as bright as crystal, whole hogshead OF
turbd water.
A colored man in New York voted the
Democratic ticket in the Eighteenth ward.
Seventeen other colored voters followed
him up, and as the Tribune sweetly re
marks, punched his head" The usual
Radical argument.
The Democratic majority in New York
now foots up over ninety-one thousand
Tee Official firgures add to the estimated and
reported maiorities. The fgnres will reach
95 600. What glorious result for the
white mans party
As man and his wife, residing in
Keo'xuk county. Iowa. were returning, last
week. from the funeral of the last Of their
three children, who had died of scarlet fever,
a thunder storm came up. and Just as they
were entering the gate Of their desolated
| house the lightning struck their carriage.
| The man was Instantly killed, and his wife
| is now raving maniac.
AT Dayton Ohio. at an early hour on
| Sunday morning last, an entire family, the
man. Frederick Moeier, a German woman
| alp
down to two years of age. were suffocated +,
/ and an infant. four weeks old, was badly
burned. Mrs Moeller was alive when res
cued, but soon died The babe will recover.
! The fire was the result of carelessness.
During the prevalence of the violent
storm of Saturday week large quantity of
| sulphur was precipitated upon certain por-
tions of the township of Hanover, York
county A tin pan exposed III the yard OF
DIR. Hakes exhibited deposit of some fifty
grains of the mineral. Such a phenomena
must have led the people in that locality to
imagine that the latter day was near at
hand, and to count up their transgreSsions
with all possible speed.
The West Chester Republican says a
horrible tragedy occurred on Saturday night
last, near Clifton Station, on the West Ches-
ter and Philadelphia Railroad, Upper Darby
that an old man named Clay, whose soIl
keeps store in Chester, was travelling along
the road III company with his daughter. a
grown woman. and it is said they had been
drinking. She had hatctet with her, and
struck him with the blade thereof, just under
and behind one ear, repeatedly, almost sew
ering the head from the body. The corpse
was not discovered until the next morning.
Coroner Rigby summoned a Jury and held
az inquest. The daughter was taken into
custody.
"A terrific thunder storm passed over
Canton. Bradford county, Saturday. Tue
New York Circus was about commencing
their performance when the storm struck
them. The tent was instantly blown on thc
heads of the audience, and terrible scene
ensued The horse became unmanageable
through fright, broke away and dashed mad
ly around, (which, with the screams of the
women, the terrific thunder, and last, but
not least, the rain which poured in torrents
, caused a scene that beggars description
, The tent was finally held up by the mer
while the women and children made thei
escape-probably the "wettest" lot of hu
manity ever congregated in the vicinity
One child is reported severely injured ant
numerous slightly so. During the sam'
: storm a house, about four miles north 0
Canton, was struck by lightning and burned
2 to the ground.