The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-09-07

"A little boy in Yorkville. Canada. came
to bis death a few days ago under most sim
gular circumstances. He was one of par
ty Of children who were playing together.
and kissed oae Of the little girls. This so
enraged the other little girl that. in fit of
what may he called jealousy, she struck him
with a stick. iDficting an injury from which
he died in few hours.
"A man named Perry was brutally muir
dered at Vandalia. H., in 1910. All efforts
to trace out the criminal proved futile, and
the affair was almost forgotten; but few
days ago the postmaster at Vandala received
letter from man named Vans, dated at
Cairo, H., confessing :he murder. The
pangs of conscience. he says, are his motive
for his self-accusation.
One of the men engaged in building a
railroad bridge in Wisconsin, the other day.
was compelled by the breaking cf guy to
leap from the trestle- work. He struck the
sand at point, by measurement, twenty
feet horizontally and forty Eve feet perpen-
dicularly from his point Of departure, and
was so little hurt that he was soon able to
walk about without assistance.
The Lyuchburg Ne,os saws there is
disfranchised rebel in South western Georgia
who employs three hundred and sixty me-
worth $l60.00O. He has no vote himself.
but controls just three hundred and sixty
more Democratic ballots than he did before
the war. Consequently, there are peace,
plenty, and prosperity all about his neigh
borhood.
DR.. Hunter. of Cleveland, is determined
to secure the 500, 900 offered by the state
to the Inventor of a canai boat which sh all
do away with the necessity of using horses
on canals He has made boat which is
propelled by plate of vulcauized rubber,
which works on the principle of a fsh's tail.
1t has been tested successfully at Buffalo.
and will soon start with a cargo of coal for
Rochester.
"A telegram from Halifax on Friday week
reports that immense quantities of mackerel
have struck in along the coast in that neigh
borhood, and that there are neither barrels
nor salt enough to be had to cure all that
are caught. The market price at Halifax is
Eow ten cents per dozen. and per barrel it
has gore down to Sc. This will cause a
heavy loss to the merchants who have not
sold the fish purchased at the old high
prices.
"A young mar in New Hampshire agreed
with an acquaintance that if he would eat
six quarts of boiled custard he would swim
two miles in pond. The challenged man
disposed of the custsrd. and the next morn
ing the other swan to the prescribed point.
and then turned around and swan back into
the lake some twenty rods. giving as a reason
that his friend, on finishing the pudding
licked the spoon, and he wanted to do the
square thing.
The Cunard steamer Java. on its last
voyage to New York, narrowly escaped de-
struction at sea. and was saved only at the
expense of another vessel. The Norwegian
bark Annette was sailing in such direction
that 1t as impossible to avoid a collision.
and the captain of the Java had to take the
choice OF evils and run the bark down. She
was cut In two amidships and sank immedi-
ately, carrying down eleven of the crew
Only one man was saved. and he was brought
| to New York by the Java.
Another terrific hurricane has swept
| over the Islands of st. Thomas and St. Kits
and left them In ruins. In ST. Thomas the
devastation is awful. Not house has been
left standing unchanged, and about six
thousand people are homeless and destitute
Nearly one hundred people have been killed.
lhe hurricane was accompanied by shocks
OF an earthquake and followed by severe
gaze; foTtunately y most of the shippiuguin
the harbor rode it out successfully The
American steame. Florida lost her masts
Two Michigan brothers. farmers, well>
to-do and generally harmonious, had little
falling out the other day, and one of them
threatened to do some injury to the other.
10 guard against any fatal result, the threat
! ened one thought best to apply to district
official for protection. Accordingly, the two
rode into town together. put up their team,
drank each others health, and then, together
visited justice of the peace. That official
| listened to the complaint. issued warrant
for threats. the accused pleaded guilty. and
| the accuser became his surety in the sum of
! 5000 for his good behavior for one year.