The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-02-11
News and Political Etcms.

Sreclan Debu.
Fifty railway wagons laden with provis-
ions entered Paris on the 81 inst. all bearing
the inscription, "London gifts to Paris"
Sister StaEislaus. for nearly sixty years
member of the order of Carmelite nuns,
died at Baltimore, on Friday last.
The people of Rye, New Hampshire,
" ere treated to the sensation Of an earth
quake shock, early on Sunday morning.
"A man in Kansas City, Mo-. is said to
have full set Of furniture made Of the tree
on which his father was hung ten years ago.
-Four vessels are loading at the port OF
New York with provisions for France. They
will each carry out ten thousand barrels OF
pork.
On Saturday last, tie house of Dallas
Miller, in Wells, Pa. wss burned, with all
its contents. girl four years of age was
burned to death.
The Scranton Republican thinks work
in the anthracite regions will be resumed
about the middle of February in all the col
| leries except two or three in Luzerne county.
Funds and provisions are being rapidly
collected in al parts of the United States for
the benefit of those who have suffered thro'
the disastrous consequences of the Franco
Pru5sian war.
4 man named James Henry, notorio'R as
horse thief and barn n-bnrHer. was convicted
of borse-stealing and arson, III the Lancaster
county court, last week, aud sentenced to
tcenty years Imprisonment.
Coy. Geary has app0ined Hon. w. II.
Hall. Of the Civil Code Commission. as Pres
ident Judge Of the Bedford and Somerset
judicial District. in the place Of Judge King,
who died about three weeks ago.
"A man in Minnesota had got all ready
to be rGarred when he received letter
! L IL
him that he was already in the holy state.
He bad entirely forgotten the fact.
Col Geo. F. Mcfarland, Superiutend
ent of Soldters' Orphans, on Thursday last
rendered bis resignation to Gov. Geary. and
the latter has nominated J. Z. Wick ersham,
Supt. Of Common Schools. to succeed him.
The Chicago TTmas very prrtinently
says that if the brothers-in- law OF Grant had
been as numerous and active in tho service
of tie government during the war as they
have been since, the last draft would have
been unnecessary.
A new machine for taking off the hides
/ Of dead cattle will shortly be tried at Bue.
nos Ayres. The operation is short, sharp,
and decisive, requiring only minute for
each hide. Cold air is forced by pump be-
! tween the flesh and the hide, and the thing
is done.
seSenteen years of age, and an employee Of
! Becket's paper mill. at Hamilton. Ohio. fell
/ through an opening Of the floor into the ma
! ChiGery on Sunday last. and was ground to
/ pulp. Her remains were found il the re-
/ ceiving trough.
/ The Owatonna Journal stated that
/ while digging we'll, few days ago. Wm.
/ Gamble, of Lemond, found the body Of a
| poppIo tree Undecided % feet below the sur
/ face of the grouud. and also q small piece of
| the same wood eight feet furher down, i'm
! bedded in blue clay.
Governor Butler, Of Nebraska, and a
( radical Of the worst type, is about to be i'm
I reachei for stealing seventeen thousand dol
! lars from the state treasurer. The Butler
/ family seems to be in iii luck. What, with
| Ben, Roderick Random Butler. and the Ne
braska governor. things don't look very
| bright.
| "A resolution has been introduced into
/ the New York Assembly. denouncing the
| proposed annexation Of San Domingo as a
/ fraud. This represents the opinion of nine
| tenths Of the people of the United States,
| and yet General Grant is determined to
push the job through, even at the expense
/ of war.
| French kilograms have been received in
! London stating that terrible railway acci~
| dent took place on the the 9th inst. on the
read between BonGons and St. Nazaire-
| Over sixty persons were killed outright an6
the number sustaining injuries will probably
reach one hundred, many of whom are fatal
ly wounded.
A wonderful invention Of a weftthread
knitting>loom is now on exhibition in Man
chester. 1t is said to produce the best cloth
extan: at the en- ormous rate of nearly a yard
| q minute. Practical cloth manufacturers
pronounce it a success. and believe that it is
destined to revolutiouize the entire system Of
weaving wooden goods.
"A Dakota paper says there is a French
8irl of great beauty, living about forty five
miles up the Sioux river from that place
who possesses remarkable agility, being
able to put her hand on the back of horse
and jump over him without touching a hair
She is famous for riding wild colts bareback,
and never was thrown.
Mrs. Huff. of Greene county, New
York, had a most terrific contest, few DAYS
ago with huge mastiff belonging to a neigh
Dor. She kept calm and collected, and
though terribly bitten, finally succeeded,
after ten minutes struggle, in throwing
the brute ont OF the door and closing it. She
is not expected to recover.
There is beautiful girl living near
Montreal, who. notwithstanding the fact
that she has lost both legs above her knees.
has received over dozen offers Of marriage
during the past year. and refused them all.
One of her lovers is member of the Domin-
ion parliament. This afflicted girl speaks
seven languages, and charms everybody who
comes near her
An old lady named Eve Nipple, living
alone. in Licking Greek Valley, Mifliin coun
ty, and supposed to be over ope hundred
years old. was burned to death on Friday
week. by her house taking fire. The fire
was discovered about noon, and on the neigh
bors visiting the scene the charred BODY of
the old lacy was discovered lying near the
door, and her limbs burned off
Mrs. Emberling. of Prairie City. Hi
nois, few evenings since, followed her hns-
band to village saloon, armed with an ave
Finding him engaged, with several others