The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-11-25
news OF t7rs W eek.

missionary labors among the coored people
Some one with spare time on his hauos
has been investigating bushel OF wheat
and reports that it cor tains 666 900 grains
-Rumors with reference to the ropes
leaving Rome are still current in Europe
But they have no well ascertainec iounda>
ton.
Not the least Of the calanities connected
with Chicago is the announcement that there
are now in press no less than seven different
histories of the fire.
Nicholas Stroll. of Lower Towamensing
township. Carbon county. is past 90 years
old, has married three times, and IS tbs faith
er of twenty-nine children.
"A pig. with one eye in the centre OF lis
forehead aud trunk similar in shape to an
elephants, growing out directly over its eye,
is the boast of California town.
Ono hundred and thirty>two thousand
acres Of land in two districts Of Kansas were
acquired from the Government last month
for the purpose Of actual settlement.
Of the twelve hundred living persons
in Phoebe. Nevada, six hundred have been
in the State prison, and of the eleven dead
bodies in the cemetery two died OF natural
causes.
Cincinnati is to have a first class Mag
tlalen home, It is to be in the hands of lead
ing Roman Catholic ladies of the city.
Archbishop Purcell is much interested in the
enterprise.
MIR. Aaron Erdman, of Millerstown, is
the owner of a Devon COW weighing 400
pounds. She is an exceeding good mixer,
her WELD Of butter being thirteen pounds
each week.
The manufacture Of wool hats is an ex-
tensve branch Of industry in Reading
There are some seventy manufactures. em>
poying coo hands, and producing over 1000
finished hats per day.
The people Of Wyoming are DOW satis>
fed With the experiment of female suffrage
in that Territory, and a bill is now before
the Legislature of the Territory to again re-
strict the ballet to males.
The cholera has at last reached our
shores A vessel arrived at New OK last
week with thirty four cases on board. Every
precaution is taken by the authorities 80 pre-
vent the spreading Of the disease.
They believe in witches out in Titus
vilo, a lot of mea employed in machine
shop there, quit work the other day, becsuse
they were informed by witch that the boil
eI would explode at certain hour.
The TitUsville Courier says: Col. Tom
Scott runs thirty nine railroads. Ii this don't
prove that he can run the Presidential office,
and thus run Grant off the track. then may
we never cease 20 love" free railroad passes.
In Lincoln county, Nevada, there is a
mountain of salt. pure, solid, and tTauspa
rent. In early days. whet- the Mormous had
t. rely solely on their own resources, they
used flakes from this mountain for widow
panes. instead Of glass.
AT Blackstone, r l., Wednesday after
noon of last week, Mrs. Frances Watield,
took her young child TO shed and chopped
zriF IEr
who was probably insane, made two attempts
to drown herself last week.
The schooner Twiligh! struck a rock on
the 18th inst. fire miles below Port Au
burque, Michigan, sprang leak and broke
her steering gear. The crew of eight persons
in all took to a small boat. which caps;zsd, !,
and only two reached shore alive.
"A Berkshire papa observed to his daush
ter's beau: jim. if YOU want Lu you can
have her: but l don't want you hanging
around unless you mean business. Il you
intend to marry her, hurry up. for can't be
kept awake at nights much longer.
The majority fer sel Parker. Democrat,
elected Governor of New Jersey. is 6 COZ.
This is pretty well for little State which
gave 1900 Radical majority last year and
has since added 7 900 negroes to her voting
population. We say, bully for the Jersey
:tes
The President has appointed James \.
Kerns. of Philadelphia. United States Mar>
shall for the eastern district of Pennsy lvania.
to il the vacancy caused by the death Of
General Gregory. Kerns is a Philadelphia
rough, and was sheriff OF that city several
years ago.
Ono cord of wood cut and split fine and
corded up beneath shelter while it is yet
green will furnish more heat after it has be-
come seasoned than two cords of the same
kind Of wood which has been continually
exposed to the alternate influences of storms
and sunshine.
The Grand Jury of Los Angeles ccnnty.
California, have found a number of iudict~
meuts against persons charged with partici-
patton in the butchery Of Chinese in the late
riot in the town Of Los Angeles. Most of
the accused. not already in Jail, have fed
from the county.
A report comes from Liverpool of ter
rible disaster in the Mersey on Monday
morning last. Two ships ran into each other
with such violence that both sunk almost in
stantly. AS far as is at present known all
hands are lost. The names of the vessels
have not yet been ascertained.
Miss Nilsson was the guest of q select
party at dinner on Saturday night. on which
occasion she Yves presented with ful-rgged
clipper ship about four feet long. called the
Cuba. every portion of which, from kilson
to main truck, is composed of flowers 1t
sits in floral composition and cost about
5000.
At Birmingham. near Pittsburgh, they
were burning the bedding upon which man
had died of smallpox, when the old mother
of the deceased rushed into the flames, and
snatched roll of bills worth $500 from the
mattress. She had forgotten that the money
was concealed in the bedding when she sent
it away.
A Chicago girl wrote to her lover in
Springfield, Mass, just after the fire. saying
'Our wedding-Gay was set for next week,
and if you will stand up with woman
dressed in a cotton skirt and her fathers
overcoat, come on" The brave youth tele-
grsphed in reply: "Get ready; will be
with EnrI ,,