The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-04-08
news and Political Eteins'

closes its palm en- anything put on II. 1t 10
nronosed to name it after the President.
I-I,ouis Napoleon is in England, and ex-
,ects soon to he back in Paris as the ruler
1f France. The conduct Of the moos ID
Paris is quite likely to verify his ezpec'a-
tiOns. -
chased for 800 spur of the Broad Noun
tain in this State It is now worth ;ooo'
900, and he draws 500 day IN mineral roy
atty from it. ..
shin. Lancaster COUNTY, lost three out OF iour
children By scarlet fever last week. All
died within twenty-four hours. and were
buried at one time.
A Scranton temperance society rays Tor
ali the liquor ten men drink II they VIII IL
form on the man who sells it to them. An
astonishing number of men out of employ
ment are looking after these situations
Joseph Brown. Democrat, has been
elected Mayor of St. Louis, by handsome
majority. This result is significant. as Snow
inc that the anti Grant men in Missouri, are
determined to crush cut the McClurg faction.
"A Cleveland butcher was buried on
Sunday, and his widow married barber on
Wednesday. The friends of the deceased
sunshined every window in the brides house.
and would have battered down the walls but
for tae police.
county. who were arrested on charge OF
being concerned in the mysterious disappear
ance of a pedder. have been discharged op
a writ of habeaS corpus, there being no evil
dence to sustain the charge.
The wife Of Levi Hutton, OF Hobart
township. Indiana. was troubled with an
affection of the thr6at, fCr which her physi-
clan gave her an internal remedy and llni-
ment for external application. She reversed
the application Of the remedies and was
finally poisoned.
sixty years ago a raft of hardwood logs
sank in Goose Pond, Swanviie' BE. Last
fall, during the low stage of water, some ol
them we're recovered. and they are as sound
and firm as ever, with the exception that the
LAYERS Of wood are separated, like ready
made basket stuff.
"A huge bellows in forge in Mobile
exploded the other day with noise almost
equal 10 a cannon, and scattered the fraG-
ments around in every direction, and to a
great distance. Fortunately no one was in
the way of the fyiog pieces, and conse-
quently no one was hurt. i he cause OF this
singular explosion is a mystery.
There is a convict in AUBURN prison
named John Fire, who is fifty five years Of
age. he has been convicted FIVE times Of
felony. each receiving a sentence OF Eve years
He has been married five times. and Is the
father of five children stands hve feet I've
in his stockings, and has five rn5Dths and
five days yet to serve. His cell is number
FIVE on the fifth gallery.
An eccentric man in Massachusetts, has
published his will. lie gives his body, after
death. to Prof. Agassiz. and DIR. Oliver
l-nI ~, to ha r,laoaI in the Q
un at Cambridge. bat directs that two
drum-heads shall he made of his skin, on
which yankee Doodle" shall be beaten at
the base of Bunker Hill Monument, annu-
ally. at sunrise on the nth OF June.
There were manufactured in Somerset
county during the month of January, l87l &.
seventy-six barrels of whiskev, on which
was naid the government. 81 GLIB; during
February, siEty-si2 barrels were manufac-
tured on which WAS paid $1,367. and in this
Congressional District 299 barrels in Janu-
ary. tax paid s5.724. in February. 237 bar
rcIs. tax paid IS 351.-Somerset Herald.
The Berks County Journal says, there
is living in Reading at this time German
dealer in rags, &c. who is the happy father
Of FORTY children. He is 55 years OF age, and
is now living with his third wife who is 81
wears old. His first wife, in s years and 4
months, had II children, having had tripiets
on three occasions. OF the forty children p
were boys and 10 girls, Sc of whom are dead
A widow lady named Sarah Van UI~
lem, residing in Pittsburgh, publicly re-
nounced Christianity on Sunday last, and
embraced Judaism. The ceremony took
place at the Eighth Street Synagogue,
Rabbi MYERS, who after catechising the can
didate at great length, and receiving salts
factory replies, invoked the blessings of
Israej's God on the convert, and furnished
her with a certificate OF membership written
in Hebrew.
The Arkansas Legislature recently
adopted an act which has become a law, of
fe7ing liberal indncemsnts to capital and
immigration. 1t provides that for f7e years
the collection Of taxes shall be suspended
on capital, stock, premises, machinery.
tools, materials and products of all manu-
featuring companies turning oEt an average
of 5000 per month in market value, and
upon all capital, &c, employed in mining
of whatever description.
MIR. Josiah Thomas, OF Roaring Creek,
Columbia county. recently built new
smoke house. with trap doors so constructed
that when closed they conid not bs opened
from the inside. with a view to entrappiug
thIeves Last week be entered himself ard
built FIRE, but before he got ont tho wind
blew the door shut. Unable to get ont or
attract attention. he sutfoca.ed before relief
came His son finally opened the door and
found his father iifeless.
Capt Iarbush, of New York, recently
celebrated his 1o5th anniversary. lie is as
active in mind and body as many men
quarter Of centRry younger. Ills memory
is clear, and his interest in current events is
uuabated. 1t is not often Ne have the
| opportunity to talk with a man who was
ten years old when the Declaration Of fnsle-
pendence was declared, and wso vas decor
ated BY Wellington at TaleTars in the be-
ginning Of the present century
"A truly eccentric win was that made by
Mr. j. Marsh, an old bachelor of Passafc, Y.
j who died few days ago. {Fe left the
b est part of an estate e $3.50 .00a for the
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