The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-10-11
Ne,cs a,,d roliticat items.

The dogs outnumber the children in
Williamsport.
"A young man in Iowa pays for his
farm of 100 acres with this years wheat
crop.
Although the internal revenue tax on
matches is only one cent a box he amount
received from this source last year, by the
Government, was $3.50, 600, on 225, 900, 600,
600 matches.
Large numbers of cattle are now dy-
ing i'll AppauOose county, Iowa, from a
disease Supposed to be the Texas fever
brought there by drovcs of Texas cattle
now feeding in that county.
An explosion took place in coal mine
at Morley, England, on Monday, while the
minors were at work. Thirty men are
known to have been killed. The greatest
excitement prevails in the neighboThood.
Lewis c. Bolton, Des Moines printer
claims to have invented q type-setting ma
chine which will cost not over 500. and
will set any kind of type, in any width of
Column. at the rate of >, 900 ems per hour.
The Cherokee Indians number 1 {. 900,
and own IN fee simple 4, 900, 900 acres of tho
best land on the continent, and have i'll the
hands Of the United States Government. on
which they are annually receiving the in
terest, 100000
"A German woman named Weiz, living
near Austin, Miss, was outraged. and
then murdered, last " ednesday, by a negro
named II. Taylor. He then robbed the
house, even taking the woman's shoes off
her feet, and selling them. sr---
Among the oldest relics at the Perks
county fair were a lady : belt 600 years old,
which served for four weddings dark
glass bottle goo years old; brass tea ket-
tie 200 years old, and German copy of the
New Testament 345 years old. A. 4 .-..-
The Memphis 4 UttEInche tells OF a won
derful hegira of squirrels from \ Arkan sas to
tennessee, and says that they are swim
ming the Mississippi in large numbers,
crossing at the foot of Island %. and as
low down as the head Of &c, distance of
25 miles.
james Gloss, OF Neither Providence, re-
Gently threshed with his machine, for
James Moore, of Ridley, III bushels of
oats, at the rate of one bushel per minute
90 bushels of wheat in three hours and 75
bushels of rye in three hours and thirty
minutes.
when Gen. Butler, in his speech at
Cincinnati, spoke of the cruelty OF turn
ing the Presidents poor old father out
of office, the audience could not be restrain
ed from roar OF laughter The poor
old man is one of the richest men in his
neigh borhood.
Tile tidal phenomenon on Lake Onta-
rio which was noticed last June has again
appeared. The greatest change in the
depth Of the water observed is % inches
The lake is very quiet. and there is nothing
visible III tho surroundings to create the
unusual phenomenon.
Margaret Kelley, OF Dane township.
Wis, suddenly lost her reason in July last,
and with 1t lost all use of the English
language. She has lately recovered. and
speaks the German Language fiueutly,
though not a word of English. 1t seems
to be an Irish mystery.
-Thore are two families in EIgin, H.,
named Washington and Arnold. Each
polls six votes, and every. Washington will
vote for Greeley, and every Arnold for
Grant. That must settls the matter. though
the W Washingtons of to-day are not quite
up to the reI atation they bore one hundred
years ago.
Great preparations are being made for
the installation of Archbishop Bayley at
the cathedral. Baltimore. ON Sunday next.
The leading Catholic diyinos througout the
United States have been invited to be pre-
sent. and it promises to be the most impos-
ing ceremony or the kind ever witnessed
on this continent.
Robert :. Peisart, Radical Postmaster
IN Bethlehem, was arrested by Officer I.u-
cas- Of bethlehem, Pa, ,on Monday afternoon
for distributing fraudulent naturalization
papers, issued by the Court of Quarter
Sessions of Philadelphia, and signed by
Thomas Ashton, Clerk. lie was held in
81. 600 bail to answer.
Mrs. Williams, Of Cincinnati recently
died, and left $40. 600 to her grandson and
heir, George Williams; but the wherea-
bouts OF George are unknown. He enlist
ed in the Twenty second Ohio regiment at
the breaking out Of the war. and has not
been heard of since shortly after the cap
turc Of Memphis.
The World publishes sensation story
about the manufacture of diamonds, at a
foundry in Brooklyn, by combination of
various chemicals. The author of the
story says ifteen hundred pounds of dia-
monds have ueen made. and half of them
have been sold for $4,000, 600. The story
has All icthyologictl appearance.
"A serious accident occurred q: repub-
lcan mass meeting in williamsburg, \. Y,
OH Monday night. A large platform in
Division street was crowded by speakers,
clubs, etc, when the framework gave way
falling on several children playing beneath
Two boys, James Nealy and Dennis Grif
fin, aged fourteen and fifteen, were killed,
and number of children injured
An affecting farewell was preached by
Archbishop Bayley, at st. Patrick's cathe-
dral, Newark, n. j., on Sunday, previous
to his departure for Baltimore. The Ca
thedral was crowded to suffocation through
out. The distinguished preachers remarks
were listened to with breathless attention.
now and then disturbed by audible sobbinos
on the part of the congregation. The ser.
vices closed by the primate giving the ben
ediction.
There was an amusing case in the mu-
nIofpai court, Boston, the other day. A
man was brought to the front of the dock.
charged with assaulting his wife. but when
the woman was called upon to testify she
wasn't positive in regard to his identity.
She had been married six years, but
couldn't swear that this man was or was
not her husband. He declared that he
uever saw her before, and was, therefore,
discharged.
At Lyons, Wayne county, n. Y, We'd
nesday morning, farmers team ran
away, throwing the man out of the wagon
and killing him. In the afternoon a man