The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-06-30
General Neyys Items.

church at W atertown, Wisconsin. recently
The Empress Carlotta 10 reported to be
IN the last stages of insanity. Her death,
it is expected, will occur at an early day.
The geneology of Whittemore is thus
stated He is the grandchild of Congress
for Congress begat negro suffrage, and negro
suffrage begat Whittemore.
= The Radicals in GAINESVILLE o., refused
to vsi. the Catholic burying ground on me
mortal day, and strew flowers on the graves
of Catholic soldiers buried there.
The many friends of John Brigham,
Esq. late of Adams Express Company. viii
regret to learn the death of that gentleman,
which occurred in Philadelphia, last Friday
evening.
Mr.. Bonner's horse "Poc;thontas'' re-
Gently trotted mile without slip or break,
on Fashion Course, in the remarkable time
of 2:l8. This horse was purchased by Mr..
Bonner for $4,000.
Tho Hon j. NJ Phelps, hitherto
prominent and active West Virginia Repub-
lican has abandoned that corrupt and NOR
ibund party, and cast his fortunes with the
constitutional Democracy
A strip of land. 80 by 100 feet, covered
with trees, is gradually sinking from the
face Of the earth, one mile south of Fort
Wayne, Indiana The cause is supposed to
earth away.
Congress appropriated fifty thousand
dollars to entertain Red Cloud and his COM
pany There is a surplus fund in conse-
quence of Red Clouds refusal to accept
presents, lie differs from Grant in this
particular.
"A negro jndge in Louisiana had col
o-ed brother before him for committing areCn.
The learned Judge said arson was one of the
worst things in the business, so be should
fine the culprit hundred dollars, and com
pei him to marry the girl.
There are ninety thousand men in Mis-
souri, who are not allowed to vote, because
they are not "loi" enough but still their
lack of 'HoiIty" does not save them from a
tax of four cents on the dollar to support the
men who disfranchise them.
There is magnificent specimen Of cen
tury plant now in full bloom al an old plan
tation house a short distance below Gretna,
in Louisiana The shaft of the plant is about
35 feet, aud presents beautiful appearance
W ith It's miIk-white blossoms.
A Mrs. Lynch, aged 45 years, was run
over in Philadel pha on Thursday night by
the cars on the Germantown Railroad and
killed. She had in her arms an infant.
whch fell on the cowNcatcher and was car
ried three thousand feet uuhurt.
AT Morris, H., on Sunday morning, ia
the Catholic church. Miss Sadie Brice, one
of the pupils of st. Angelo Academy, being
overcome with heat. fell from the orchestra
to the Iloor below, distance of twenty feet.
She is iu precarious condition.
In the lower branch of the Connecticut
Legislature. on June POD, the proposed
! amendment TO the State Constitution striking
ont the word white failed to pass. wanting
the requisite tv O. thirds vote. The vote was
/ strictly partisan. and stood as follows Yeas
/ Radicals, lI9 nays (Democrats). 50.
( "A young fellow IN Erie. sailor by oc-
/ cupation, made dive head foremost from
/ the masthead of a schooner, a distance OF
ninety@e!ght feet, and came up apparently
/ uninjured. lie offered to dive from the top
+ of grain elevator if the people would raise
/ him a purse of 500. So says the Dispatch.
A young lady reached town in Maine
! last week, direct from Germany, and or the
second day after her arrival was married to
/ a happy youth, who was engaged to her six
! years ago in the old country, and who, after
! securing a house in Maine, sent for her to
I ''ceme over the wafer to Charlia''-only lis
name was Frederick.
! Land on the Mississippi is by nc tneans
/ real estate. A town was recently found on
! the other side of the river from its previous
/ days location, the river having cut off a
/ bend in the night and planters frequently
/ find themselves on Q small island, or even
miles back fom the bank, by similar freaks
/ OF the Father of Waters.
/ There is a boy living in Woodward twp.
/ Iycoming county, seventeen years Of age,
! who stands six feet eight inches high and
weighs over two hundred pounds. His
/ name is George Wurster. There is also a
/ girl living in MiddlebUry township, Tioga
/ county, fourteen years Of age and weighs
| four hundred pounds.
The kid glove is about to cease from its
mission as The emblem Of arstocracy on ac-
count of detection in prices. Very excellent
kids are now sold in Paris at thirty cents a
pair. and on Broadway they are marked as
low as fifty cents. The market is absolutely
overstocked, and even the present prices can
not long be maintained in the trade.
One of the officers of steamer at Sa-
vannah, Ga, recently had some difficulty
with deck hand, and to save his own life
knocked the man overheard. The man
could not swim, and was on the point of
drowning, when the officer jumped in and
rescued him. The officers friends compli-
mented him on saving two lives that day.
On the 18th, as the train frem Omaha
to Salt Lake City approached Platte river,
the engineer discovered band of mounted
Indians crossing the track. AS the train
neared them they began TO yell, and the
engineer, supposing they were about to at
tack the train, put steam on and dashed
through them. killing thirteen Indians and
as many horses.
The heirs of Stephen A. Douglass are
attempting to recover possession of the
Douglass tract" in Chicago, now disturb
ted among several owners. and valued at
100000. Some flaw in the conveyance
is relied upon to accomplish their purpose,
and the property owners have united to
oppose the claim. Robert. the eldest son of
the celebrated Senator. is the principal plain
tiff.
Idaho has gone Democratic, says The
Elko Independent. electing Sam Merritt del
egate to Congress by majority of from 500
to 500. Every county in the Territory
heard from gives Democratic maiOriries on