The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-06
News Of the Week.

drant.
The President has mustered enough of
courage to sign the bill repeating the tax on
mustard. What thrust at the reveuue!
1t is stated that over thirty million
pounds of tea are in bonded warehouses,
awaiting the definite action Of Congress on
the tariff
Gen. Grant has received small but
lively mule from Southern Office seeker
Another Seneca stable will have to be built
now. proba bly,.
What is the difference between a town.
bell and a Radical of1iceholder? Why. one
peals from the steeple, and the other steals
from the people.
1t is said to be a curious fact that peo
PIE who deal ia imported goods are usually
i'ee traders. whilst dealers in domestic goods
generally are protectionists.
"A New York wedding cake weighed
forty y-pcunds. 1t was in the form Of three
story house, with a sugar bride and groom
coming ont of the front door.
The honorary degree Of Ii. D. was con-
ferred On Hon. John Scott. United States
Senator from Pennsylvania, by the Trustees
of Washngton College, at their meeting last
week
Half a lemon eaten every morning on
rising. and on retiring, is often tfficacious in
renewing a bilious condition Of the system.
giving good appetite and greater general
health.
1t is rumored ;hat one cf the beautiful
country seats at Norwalk, Conn has been
taken by the ex Emperor and Empress Of
France, and will be occupied by them next
summer.
The Philadelphia authorizes are invrsti
eating the death # y, ung lady named
Mary Shea, from Warren county. who died
on Thursday week from an attempt to pros
cure an abortion.
An Illinois paper relieves the minds Of
all the supporters Of Judge Davis by stating
that that gentleman has but one brother
in-la law, and his cousins are all capable of
caring for themselves.
Somebody tells the Scientific 4,ncricyn
oe a way to clear a we'll Of carhonic acld gas
1t Is to lower a red hot iron TO the water, so
as to produce a little steam. The vapor in
stantly absorhs the gas.
Two young men in Omaha arraved
/ themselves in masquerade costumes a few
evenings ago. and confronted a Miss Agnes
Cnllen. The success Of the Ike was so com
plete that her recovery is doubtful.
-.Iohn Bullock. Of Bristol. r l.. will be
1n3 years old in June next. ani is surprised
TO find that his head, the hair on which has
been gray for more than half a century, is
putting out new crop, black as jet.
"A Second Adventist in New York State
has 6een fattening an OK for the past ten
I years. for grand feast wh"n Christ shal!
appear. He has spent nearly all his PRO,
/ perty in feeding and purchasing food for
| that oX.
On the night Of the 21st the house of
Sandy Clayton. in Lawrence. Kansas. was
burned, and Clayton and his three Sons, aged
| I, urteen. eight and four years. perished in
the flames. Mrs. Clayton and an nfAnt were
severely burned.
The S.. Paul, (Min.) Dispatch. the lead
/ ing Republican paper in that State. has cut
| loose from the Grant dynasty and warmly
! applauds the calling of the Cincinnati Con
vention. Its candidate for the nomination
/ is Senator Trumruil
VIM. Hogan. seventeen years Of age,
shielded near Moscr W. Ohio, on Saturday,
/ by shooting himself through the heart with
rife, because his father had spoken angrily
! to him in regard to the manner ir which lie
| had done some 1lcughing.
The Miners Journal tells ef man
named Wertman. IS years of Iage. who has
lived all his life in West Penn twp Schuyl>
! kill county. and visited Pottsville on Friday
last for the first time, ard had never seen or
/ been on railroad car before.
An exchange says it is 6fty>four years
! ago this winter since a season has run from
| November to March without general thaw
or break up. At that time the scarcity Of
wafer was similar TO that existing now.
/ That fellow has good memory.
"A gallant Wisconsin swain, whose horse
/ broke away from the sleigh in which he and
! his inamOrata were riding, jumped ont and
/ dragged home the sleigh and damsel a dis
! tance of seven miles. This pull ought to
/ ting at the heartstrings of said damsel
Secretary Boutwell, reduced the debt
! SIS COO 600 during the month of March
or at least that is what he telegraphed over
| the country on Monday. AS that was the
! first of April, any reasonable man can fo--
give the Seoretary's ghastiy attempt at a
sell.
! The Charter election took place in Gin.
! cinnatf on Monday last. and the whole Demo
cratic ticket elected bv an average MAJ
| joriiy of 2 600. The new Council will stand
! 26 Democrats and % Republicans. The
| Bard Of Coatrol is Democratic by large
INA siority.
The Sunday Republic. Gray's devoted
/ organ, is disturbed nv fears that Senator
Mcclure will help to elect Senator Davis of
BeIks, to the speakership of the senate. In
that case, in the event of "a death in the
executive mansioE," there would be Dem-
J ocranc governor.
The ravages of the smallpox in New
! York are becoming more and more terrible
every day, with the startling announcement
on the part Of some of the leading papers.
based upon the best medical authority. that
during the months of April and May it is
likely to become still more devastating in its
career.
Collector Casey and his crew at New
/ Orleans. have utterly refused to compromise
with the Warmoth wing of the party, aud
have called State Convention to meet on
the 50th inst. to select delegates to the
! Philadelphia Convention. War TO the knife
is now the only motto of the two factions in
| Louisiana.
Gov. Gearv having neither signed nor
vetoed the bill in regard to the Auditor GEN
eraship. within the prescribed ten days, il
has become a law and an Auditor is TO be
elected in OctGber next: in the meantime