The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-02-04
News and Political Etems.
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fortnight. The third week she set over ten
thousand ems in clear, handsome style, thus
earning FIVE dollars.
Mrs. Polly McIntire, of Iowa, who was
ono hundred and fifteen years old, died on
the eth inst. not of old age, but, premature
". from the effects of burns, caused by her
clothes taking fire.
John Laughlin. aged twenty-seven his
wife, thirty son, four. and Susan Sands.
twenty-five, were found dead in a room at
l,497 Third avenue New York, on Monday.
They were suffocated by a gas stove.
Among the objects of interest at re-
cent fair in Wisconsin, was young woman
with white hair and black eyebrows, who
can see in the pight as we'll as the day. She
has many admirers and would make first
class cat.
-Revels. the tinted senator, out OF
SALARY of SIS 900, has been enabled to save
enough money to purchase $40 900 plan
tation in his adopted state. He will yearly
remit to his sister in the New York Poor
House. a half dollar for snuff.
The ST. Anthony. MIMI, Democrat
nominatss Hon. Jeremiah S. Black for presl-
dent, and Allen G. Thurman for vice presi-
dent in 1872 1t is a little early yet to make
nominations, but wheL the time does come
the Democrats ticket vii! be hard to beat.
Mary Moore, of Springfield, though
only fifteen, has had one man sent to the
penitentiary for three years for attempted
outrage, and has caused a neighborlng sub
stautal farmer Eear by to run away, by
bringing against him charge OF seduction;
An ingenious wife in Des MOines cured
her husband of snoring thus: She had
cutta>percha tube with two cup-shaped ends;
one she puts over his nose and mouth. and
the other over his ear. He consumes his
own noise, as a stove does its smoke, and
wakes up instanter.
Mr.. McCreery, radical representative
from Iowa, will shortly Introduce In the
house bill to prevent members OF congress
from receiving bribes or consideration to
secure their votes upon any measure. Inc
bill makes it penal offence TO either give
or receive any bribe.
Senator Rice is a native Of Brooklyn,
and until quite recently had bis domlclI
within the sound Of Plymouth pulpit. lie
now claims to represent Arkansas IN the
senate. and 10 order to keep up the deluslon.
il is he swears aud chews tobacco like reg
uar south.westerner.
There is deal of courage sometimes
in small boys. A lad in Bridgeport had
three fingers Of his right hand taken off a
few days since by drop press IN a brass
.
the brave little fellow exclaimed, III bet
mother will cry when she sees that"
james Rutledge, who was born in
Maine. and now lives in Illinois, is one hun
dred and one year and ten months old. His
father lived to the age Of ninety nine years
and eleven months. and his grandfather to
| the age Of one hundred and six teen. lie had
fourteen brothers and four sisters, aud has
| Cutived them all.
| John Hanlon was executed in Philadel
/ phia, on Wednesday. for the murder OF little
| Mary Mohrman. He died without either
/ publicly confessing or denying his gnit, al
/ though he declared on the scaffold that be
| never made a confession 10 Dunn. the prin'
/ cipal witness against, as was testified by the
! latter on the trial. Hanlou died easy and
! apparently penitsnt.
One of the delightful episodes. so like
an oasis in the d-eary waste Of official duties
| Little Frogby borrowed that). has just been
| experienced by our worthy president Ulys
/ ses No. l. He has been presented with a
! magnificent carriage robe. made Of juguar
wolf, and fox skins, with the heads. legs
! and tails of the animals intact. 1t is valued
! at $500.
| Bedford, Conn, is quaint old Puritan
/ town-not glass of ale sold in the place
| 1t borders on eight towns, is eleven miles
! long and six wide, and has a population o
/ eight hundred and Gfty souls, about the
same one hundred years ago. Approp-l-
ately enough. the chief Industry of the town
/ is the manufacture of boxes for shoes and
matches.
The Democratic NJ. W Tweed, Of New
/ York, has recently given fifty thousand dol
/ lars to the poor of his ward. The radical NJ
| P. Tweed, of Minnesota, has recently stolen
y IL
of his county. There is good deal of diff
| ference after all. between Tweedledee and
| weedledum.-LousrHle Courier and Jour
! nal.
The Owensboro, Indiana. liOnitor thinks
| that Mrs. Jane Allen, of that vicinity, is the
oldest person now living. born in Kentucky.
She has frequently seen Daniel Boone, Simon
kenton, Girty, and other celebrities OF their
! days, Lesides having been personally &C
! quainted with nearly all the officers. and
many of the private soldiers, engaged in the
| disastrous battle, to the whites, Of the Lower
| Blue Licks.
Fifty six vessels were lost daring the
month of January. OF this number four
were steamers, eleven were ships, fourteen
were barks, FIVE were brigs. and twenty two
were schooners. OF the above, two foun-
dered, four were abandoned, two sunk after
collision, six were burned, and twelve are
missing. supposed lost. The total value OF
the property lost and missing is estimated at
3,l98 ,O08.
Hon Thomas A. Scott, Vice President
of the Pennsylvania railroad, is prominently
spoken of as the coming man for the Presi-
dency of the Union Pacific railroad. The
position could not bs rendered to any ond
more deserving and competent. J. Edgar
Of ba
and Mr. Scott will be in tho Board of Direc
tors, even if the latter should not be selected
as President.
DR.. Neville. of Philadelphia. who was
tried on charge of throwing child into a
cesspool, in October last. and causing its
death. was acquitted last night, the jury
not leaving their seats. The District Attor-
ney abandoned, the case, and the Judge said
afterward that the Court would have refused