The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-04-29
Political and News Items.


A Poughkeepsie lady has been badly
poisoned in the hands by wearing green kid
gloves.
Pennsylvania has the largest assessed
valuation of real and personal estate of any
State in the Union-S1, ,634 4.219 1886.
The General Cluseret SO active now in
perturbing the city of Paris, was a Radical
political soldier in this country during the
war, serving as an AIDE de camp to General
Fremont.
One of the mills of the Rome, n. Y,
Iron Works was destroyed by fire on Sunday
morning, involving loss of $l5O,0O0, on
which there was an insurance TO the amount
of 500, 1000.
j. A. Heistand, editor of the Lancaster
Examiner. has been appointed by the Presi-
dent, Naval Officer at Philadelphia, in place
of General Baxter, whose term expired
few days ago.
A Providence paper says: Thirty
black snakes were discovered in a quarry at
Westerly. one day last week, and killed.
The largest of them measured nearly four
feet in length"
The miners of both the Schuylkill and
LeEigh regions are coming to terms. and the
resumption has already assumed such a char
acter as to warrant the belief that it will
be general in the course of a few days.
The Nashville Banner tells a strange
story of two beautiful and accomplished
daughters of Southern planter, who fed to
Brazil after the war, being held as slaves,
having been sold TO pay their fathers debts
of 81 200.
A woman on trial last week in Reading
Pa, on charge of numbering her son, boy
tep years of age, was acquitted. it being un-
expectedly proved that the boy is alive and
well. Circumstahtal evidence was strongly
against her.
During a thunderstorm on Friday, a
flash of lightning exploded several boxes of
ntre-glycerine in the Hoosac Tunnel. killing
the superintendent mason, VIM. Dunn, Il.
w. Ryecroft and Robert Roberts. Two other
men were in jured.
Some niscreaut set fire to the staircase
in public school at Birmingham, Tenn, 8
few days since, while there were five hun
| dred children in the building, whose means
of escape would have thus been cut off. For
tunately the fire was seou discovered and
| extinguished.
"A negro national convention is called
to meet in St. Louis September 22 The
purpose of the meeting is to adopt some
particular day as a black Fourth Of July.
as the negroes in different localities are now
| observing different days in commemoration
Vi LuelT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
DR.. j. Newton Evans, of Marlborough,
| Montgomery couaty, has COW which he
purchased a year ago for a hundred and
twenty-six dollars. Since the first of Nav,
1870, she made two hundred and fifty two
pounds of butter, besides supplying the
owners family with milk and cream.
-BenJamln Franklin is said to be the name
of the only pensoner in this country who
has lost both legs and arms in the military
service. A private in the Second Minnesota,
he was wounded during the rebellion not less
than twenty times; and yet. what there is
left Of the poor fellow seems to have good
health.
&C. A. Treach, at Lightstreet, Columbia
county, has built an Office entirely of paper
The paper was manufactured in his mill ex-
pressly for the house, anG is heavy barilla
The roof and siding. inside and outside, is
paper, and the only wood in the structure is
in the floor, doors and windows. The house
is an experiment.
1t is reported that the English members
of the Jiont High Commission have finally re-
/ csiyed information from their government,
that it approves the terms or the settlement
of all disputed points before the Com mission
| They will now proceed to draft treaties to be
submitted to both governments. What the
terms are has not been revealed
The Ashland. Ohio, Times heralds a
wonder. On the farm of Joshua Lord ir.,
has, been born queer calf. 1t has two dis
tiuct mouths, four nOstrils and four ewes
Two of the eyes are in the front part of the
forehead and two are in the natural place.
1t eats rapidly from trough, and hopes are
entertained that it will live.
According to the latest decision of the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, a person
!, g., L,
secure himself or obtain lien on the build
ing unless be first has a distinct understand
ing with the builder and owner of the preni,
ses. Otherwise he cannot collect one cent
for whatever he may furnish for the struc-
ture.
Miss Mather and Miss Smith, of East
Haddam, Conn, with eighteen other women.
applied to be made voters, but they were re-
fused. Notwithstanding the refusal the two
mentioned tried to vote at the recent election
and their votes being refused, will apneal to
courts and claim the right under the fifteenth
| amendment. Miss Mather is a Republican
and Miss Smith Democrat.
Information wanted of James Tavlor
an insane man aged about fifty six wears,
about feet inches in height. had rather
long hair, partly gray, wore brown coat
gray pants, soft black hat Said Taylor
wandered away from Hillsville, Lawrence
county, Pa, on Friday 31st ult Dirsct'in-
formation to Mr. VIM. Taylor, HiIsville.
Lawrence county, Pa. Papers please copy.
1t is now reported that Forester. the
supposed murderer of Mr.. Nathans. of New
York has been arrested in Gettysburg While
it is to be hoped that this is really the fact.
II will be well enough to wait further develop
ments before accepting it as such. There
have been SO MANY arrests and ca MAN., ~,
nards inregard to capture of the assassin, that
no dependence whatever is to be placed in
them.
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