The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-11-24
news and Polltlcal Items.


has been missing for several days, and there
are fears of his assassination.
Wellington Cassiday, residing in Black
ford county, Ind, is minus house since he
took to throwing hot ashes out of the window
on a windy night.
-Judson a. Giles. young married man.
living about mile from Dirnock Corners.
Susquehanna county, committed suicide by
shooting himself in the heart few days ago.
"A newly made sovereign voted hotel
bill of fare in Utica, by mistake. It was
counted for the Radical candidates, as it was
conceded that they were the most hungry.
Some of our Radical exchanges are
afraid that portion of the managers are
determined to rule or ruin the party. The
nonsense of talking abont spelling rotten
eggs!
George Gass, an old bachelor of Sha-
mokin, eighty years OF age. was run over
and killed on the Philadelphia and Erie
Railroad last week. A warning to old bach
elors.
Wheeler, the celebrated diamond hun-
ter of the Cape Of Good Hope, arrived in
London on the 18th inst. He brought some
stones valued at ESQ, 900 and weighing 89
carats.
George Quickel died in Conewsgo town
ship, York county, aged over one hundred
years. Mr.. Quickel in his whole life was
never out of York county. He died where
he was born.
"A near-sighted youth in Grant county.
Indiana, proposed to the wrong girl the
other night. and being laughed at by his as
sociates gave way to despair and attempted
to commit suicide.
Two young gentlemen Just out of the
nursery in La Crosse, Wisconsin. have fought
duel with shot guns for the sake Of fair
one of seven summers. Both combatants
were seriously wounded.
"A woman who was stealing wood at
Holyoke, Mass. the other night. got too big
load. and the rope with which it was
bound slipped around her neck and stranged
her. She was found dead next morning.
"A playful and powerful man at work
in the Kittery Navy Yard, threw his arms
around a companions waist and gave him
such hearty squeeze as to injure him inter-
nally so that he died. No harm was inten-
! ded.
A cruel mother in Indiana recently cap
| tured and married her daughters intended. :.
whereat the young lady took umbrage, and
! by way of dire revenge set off half dozen
| punches Of fire crackers under the bridal
! couch.
-Plums are SO plenty in Wisconsin that
I
wine will certainly be a novelty. Much
| interest will be manifested to know how
much of it will cause man to lose his
plumb.
Mr.. Hall. of Ohio, was impolite enough
to get into his wagon and start for the circus.
without inviting Mr.. Townsend to go along
so the latter shot him with bird shot. If
tue offense is repeated Mr.. Townsend will
use slugs.
! The owner Of a farm near Westfeld.
Illinois, runs a steam engine using gas for
fuel, which is spontaneously generated from
we'll four hundred feet deep, and enough
is wasted to light the city of st. Louis, as
estimated.
The Green Bay Adcocate says: "sugar
making in November Who ever heard of
such thing? And yet this fall the sap is
running, the trees are budding. aad the Me-
nominee Indians are out IN the woods ma
king sugar.
There was a race last week on the
Warm Spring mountain says tie Lexington
| (Fa.,) Gazette, between Governor Letcher
and a panther. in which, it is said, the Gov
ernor made the best time Of the season for a
short distance.
Mr.. j. Q. A. White, of Yves. Rochester
Vt, owns spaniel which he shears as reg
ulary as SHEEP, and the fleece is sufficient
to keep man and boy in nice, soft. warm
stockings through the year. That's the kind
of dog to keep.
"A Young wife of fourteen in Glen's
Falls, N. Y, felt SO bad when her husband
| aged twenty, suggested divorce. that she
supporting her. They had been married
over two months.
DIR. Dio Lewis says there Is a gentle
man now living In New York City who has
three beautiful front teeth which be pur.
chased from the mouth of an Irishman. His
own teeth were removed. and Patrick's were
Instantly transferred.
The dark day of the year for newspa-
pers is coming-the day when the message
and documents come down upon them in an
overwh helming avalanche. The editorial
prayer to the President and Cabinet is-gen-
tlemen, please cut it short.
"A Kittery (Me.) youth, who desired to
wed the objecI of his affections, had an inter
view with her paternal ancestor, in which
be stated that, although he had no wealth
worth speaking of. yet he was "chuck full
of days work" He got the girl.
The instigator of the Tien-tsin massacre
has been arrested, and the Chinese govern
ment promises speedy justice. The Shang
hal Ne,cs Letter bitterly complains of the
gross neglect and wanton disregard of duty
shown by Mr.. Low, the American Minister.
DIR. +. V. Marrissall. OF Fall River, has
Bible in his library printed in 1547, which
makes it three hundred and twenty-three
years old. 1t is printed in the oldest style,
coarse type. without divisions into chapters
or verse, and is very substantially bound in
oak.
The result of the election and the over
VIII Ginning reaction in favor of the Democrat
ic party are given in the synopsis of the
elections. In 1868 eight States went Re-
publican aud six Democratic Against these,
in 1870 ten have gone Democratic and but
two Republican.
The boiler of portable saw mill. at
Mineral City. Ohio, exploded at ten O'Clock
Tuesday. The proprietor, David Hunts
man, and an employee named David Sales,
were instantly killed. Three others were
wounded, one mortally. a portion of the
boiler. in its descent, fell upon the telegraph
office. crushing in the roof.
The mystery attending the sudden dis
! oonaorance of Georpa Francis Train Is