The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-10-21
News of the Week.

feet in Wyoming territory last Thursday
week.
"A woman in Schuylkill county had
twin, on Monday night. making 10 chill
dren, all boys, she has contributed to the
population.
On Sunday last the congregation of
! the Catholic church, in Malone, n. Y. had
| Just left the church when it was blown
/ down by severe gale.
The details received in London of the
recent storms and floods in China, repre-
sent the loss of life and property as very
great. At least three thousand persons are
said to have persisted.
"A contractor named Rice, from Potts
town, Pa, was robbed of SIG 900 in Har
risburg. Pepper was thrown in his eyes
and satchel containing the money taken.
In the vicinity of Holland. Michigan,
six Thousand persons, rendered homeless
by the late devastating fires in the North
west, are collected, needing daily supplies
of food.
Many ladies have ruined the shape of
their ears by wearing heavy, massive ear>
rings, which not only spoil the shape Of
the ear by elougating it. but also produce
headache and pains in the face.
Near Shelbyvlle. KY. last Saturday.
two negroes under arrest, charged with
attempting to outrage two white women.
were taken from the sheriff's posse by
about FIVE hundred men and hanged.
"A dispatch from Concord, n. H.. says
slight shocks of earthquake are recently
becoming quite common il that vicinity.
One was perceptibly felt about ~ O'Clock
on Monday night at Laconia. in that State.
The ladies' of Coatssville, Chester
| Ia
boxes of bedding. clothing and other arti~
cles, making in the aggregate about 900
pounds and estimated to be worth 5 900,
to the sufferers at Chicago.
1t is reported that A T. Stewart will
tender a grand banquet TO the Grand Duke
Alexis on his arrival in America. the event
being to mark the opening of his new
mansion on Fifth avenue the finest pri
vate residence in America.
Mr.. Vorice Clarke, Of Curwensvile.
Lycoming county. raised this year 4783
bushels Of corn on three and q hslf acres
Of land, making an average of 1861 bush
els of corn to the acre. The land is situ-
ated on the Susquehanna river.
There are four families. father and
three sons. residing in Polk township.
, Monroe county, by the name of Serfass.
who have between them seventy-two chill
, dren. The father has twenty one children
and the sons seventeen children apiece.
Brigham Young. who has been in
dicted before the United States Court. on
: sixteen separate charges. alleging that he
Iasciviously cohabited with sixteen differ
ent women. appeared in Court in Salt
Lake. on Monday last, and was held to bail
in FIVE thousand dollars to answer.
J "A citizen Of Marion, O., was bitten
by a rattlesnake last Tuesday, and swal-
! lowed seventy two grains of carbonate Of
, ammonia and one half gallon of whisky In
f thrty-one hours, without becoming into1-
icated in the slightest degree. Such a man
t will certainly not die of little snake-bite
7 "A man recently came to his death in
: curious manner at Venice, Italy. He
was standing near the bronze automaton
on the st. Marks bell tower, which tells
the time of day, with his head between
/ the bell and hammer. The hour came
around without his notice; the automaton
t struck once and knocked bis brains out.
"A fac-simile of the London Gazette Of
,, 1865 has been published in London. Ii
contains full account of the great conha
grafton in that city from September 81 tc
10th, 1865, when 13 200 dwelling houses
81 churches, chapels bridges, 8 city
gates, the Exchange building custom house
Newgate Prison, and Guiluhall were de-
> stroyed by fire.
= AT Richmond, Va, on Wednesday, c
-. German, named f. Biershenk. was found
: dead by his wife, at his residence on The
Brook Turnpike, with his left wrist al
most severed. He was seated in rocking
chair with his hand in basin of colo
water. perfectly dead. 1t is evident tha
he committed the rash act with his our
hand and bled to death. He leaves a wife
and several children.
t -There is some bold talk in England
t al the t.reseut time. in ralation TO politica
: and governiaental affairs. Disraeli open,
t ed the ball, and one of the speakers, at 8
: recent meeting in London. emphatieally
I declared the Queen was insane. and de
: manded Regency, to be intrusied to hi
: Judges of Law and Equity, until Re-
2 public was established. 1t cannot be saiC
8 that freedom Of speech is not tolerated ia
England.
= "A young lady named H. Rodgers at.
3 tempted to commit suicide at Oil City. on
( Monday last, by taking laudanum She
l took one ounce of lauGanum about three
O'clock in the afternoon, but, it not taking
) effect. she took two ounces more, and
ABOUT SIX o CLOCK In the evening she was
found in her room in dying condition
) The exertions of physicians to give her life
} have been successful, although Miss Rodg-
! ers is yet in critical condition. No cause
for the rash act is known.
1t is indeed an i'll wind that blows
nobody coed. 1t is said that there is not
an indictment left against any accused per
son in Cook county, Illinois, which is Ger
tainly piece Of good fortune for some
rogues. But. on the other hard. the law.
yers have suffered severely Hardly law
J library or law Office is left not paper
to show that there is a suit pending in any
of the six courts of the county; not a
Judgment. pot petition In bankruptcy in
the Federal courts. And worse yet, so far
as is known, all the records of deeds and
mortgages are destroyed.
There seems to be no abatement In
the suicide mania. The suicide of young
Durham, at GAINESVILLE, Ohio. few days,
since. exhibits one of the strange peculiar
tiles of this species of insanity. Less than
Al, L.