The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-05-13
Political and News Rfenis.

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sued a physician there for forcibly electlng
him from the room of dying parlshioner.
Davis J. Pruner, Esq. of Belletonte,
has invented o machine for making horse
shoes. the capacity of which is about twenty
a minute.
The Connecticut State Senate On Thurs-
day passed resolution declaring Jewell and
the other Republican candidates for State
offices elected.
Two to nothing was the score of the
match game of base bail between the heck
iongas of Fort Wayne and the Forest City of
Cleveland The Fort Wayne made the two.
Levi Lyman. rich old man at Wal
pole, n. H, is dispOsing of his property IL
little bequests among his friends while he
lives, instead of leaving it to be quarreiled
over after his death. and finds it much more
agreeable than the othcl plan.
The womea at La Crosse, Wis, have
got the rag carpet mania the worst way,
making up all the old clothes they can find.
Men have to sleep in their pants to keep
from having them made up into carpet. and
thet they often wake up in the morning and
find leg cut off.
"A stranger in Albany offered ten dollars
to any man who would get him a wife.
The offer was Immediately taken up, and
in a few minutes blooming Gamsel ap-
peared. In less than thirty minutes the
two were coupled. The stranger is reputed
to be wealthy and eccentric.
AT Parker's Landing, little Willie So
wash, aged eight years, hurried home from
church before his PARENTS to kindle the fire.
He threw on some Liquid ntrder" to facili-
ate the operatioA. aud explosion resulted.
which caused the destruction Of the house
and its contents, and the death of the boy in
terrible agony.
"A party Of men and women went to the
house Of a woman living in Clay county,
KY, one night last eek, and, entering the
door by force. dragged her from her bed,
took her TO tree near by. and hanged her
until she was dead. 1t is not stated of what
crime she. was accused. or particulars of such
a terrible ard unheard OF proceeding.
The troubles in the coal regions have not
vet ended. On Tuesday another riot, in
which at least thousand persons were
engaged, aud the ringIeaders Of which were
women. took place at, Ii, de Park. Pistols,
clubs. and stones were freely used, and
though no lives were lost, a large number
of the combatants were seriously injured.
Thomas j. Boyer, of Perry county, who
it will be remembered was tried and acqut-
ted of numbering his father, mother, sister
and brother-who were burned to death in
found grlty of forgery It Bloomfield. and
sentenced to two yeaTs syiitary confinement
and hard labor in the eastern penitentiary.
The air in Wyoming Territory is said to
be so,light and pure, so charged with oxygen,
as to be most agreeable to all persons from
the Northern and Eastern States. Even
consumptives, if not too far gone, find
speedy relief. as the increased action of the
lungs renders the iattor more healthy. and
soon restroes them to full working capacity.
The Scranton Republican states that it
knows of mule that has been brought up
ia the coal mines, that understands what it
is expected to do so well that when pulling
a loaded car up q slope, and finding that its
strength will not hold ont, it will catch hold
of sill with its teeth, and thus keep the
car in position until the driver succeeds in
blocking the wheel.
Several colieries in Schuylkill county
resumed work on Monday on the operators
proposition. and the strike in that county Is
regarded as virtually ended. Three collieries
in the Wyoming region also resumed. The
Hyde Park miners had q procession and
meeting On the same day and were addressed
by President Kealy. The end of suspension
is considered to be at hand.
The united railroads of New Jersey
com prising the Transportation Company,
the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company.
the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad, and
the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company
have been leased by the Pennsy lvapia Rails
road Company, which agrees to pay.10 per
cent. per annum on the capital stock and to
assume all thsir obligations.
A bill has passed the Lsgislatars pun
shng the trespassing or jun ping on railroad
cars, whsther COAL freight or. passenger,
IL e.
rules. The penalty is not less than one or
more than five dollars for each offense, and
in case of refusal to pay. Imprisonment for
ten days. Dead heads. take due notice and
govern yourselves accordingly.
The Cleveland papers arc rejoicing over
the discovery of large gas vein in that city,
at depth of l04 feet. 1t is proposed to
apply the discovery to manufacturing use,
and great saving of coal is anticipated. a
good vein of gas has also been struck Ecar
gainesville at depth of 500 feet. There is
no longer any room for doubt that the gas ex-
tends along the whole south shore of the lake.
The Presidential Office has never been
regarded as very profitable one 10 the in
crmbent. Nearly al who have ever held
it have gone out of it poorer than they went
in. There is, however, one notable excep-
tior, our present Chief Magistrate. General
Grant went into the Presidency decidedly
poor. To-day he is reported to be a mil
lionaire. There's nothing like making hay
while the sun shines.
Tho New York Tribune prints letter
from one Samuel Laughorne, in which he
offers 10 .'bring forward a man who, in the
interests of learning and science. will take
Rulcff's crime upon himself, and submit to be
hanged in Ruloff's place" This offer is
preceded by an elaborate disquisition upon
the value of Ruloff's pathological theory. and
the expression of deep regret that the world
will lose the benefit Of his alleged discovery
through his execution.
Curtis Chapman. NJ. D., of Peekskill,
aged twenty-five years, one of the firm of
Raymond & Chapman, druggists, committed
suicide some time between Tuesday and