The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-06-08
News ofIne week.

The cash value Of farms in Pennsylva-
MIA, as fixed by the last census, was over
one thousand millions Of dollars
"A man in GardDer, Maine, was recently
run between two rollers ouly four inches
apart, in q paper mill, and has got round
again.
"A large portion Ct the village Of South
Salon. Madison county. Ohio. was destroyed
by Ere on Friday night. the 3lst- Loss,
$40 900 partially insured.
1T is conceded that Summers speech Will
damage General Graut. but the office-h"lders
say be can be e-eleeted 10y money and The
hayepet. They Gsly upon these agencies Tor
success.
A defaloatiou Of s87 900 has been eis :
covered on the part of William II. W NSd>
leigh. one Of the t-Ilers CG the Merchants
National BaDk. Of Boston. He has been
committed for trial.
Robert J. Thurman. convicted in the
Mercer county Oaio Court Of horse stealing,
sDd sentenced to seven years imprisonment,
attempted TO cut bic throat in the Court
room. but only Inflicted flesh wound.
-Pfu ube Scho6eld. of Richmond. Iod. =.
1oe Years old, has just obtained $40 900
from the War Department. the back pay
and pension Of her late husband. who was a
Revolutionary soldier. May she live long
to eujay il.
The fact that johnson diminished the
public debt in greater degree than Grant
has Gore in the same time. is q fact
Whether of Importance or not. IL is well 10
remember IT, when the monthly publications
Set up by the GTsDtit,s.
The residence barn, aod out buildings
Of Frederick Douglass at Rochester. were
destroyed bv fire. on Monday night. The
library and about 500 OF furniture were
saved. he family was absent. The FIRE
originated 10 the barn about midnight.
B. Graz Brown has written a long
letter accepting the Liberal nomination for
the Vice Presidency. The letter endorses
the Cincinnati platform. and elaborately
presents the views Of the Liberals on national
affairs, but coctairs no new points worthy
! cf special notice.
Jacob Small ef Litiz Lancaster county
owns lady's solid silver waist chain. weighs
ing half pound. and measuring thiTty~six
inches in length. Il has been IN possession
of his ancestors. 10 Uesss Dsrmstgdt. town
Of Wsersht-Siadt. Germany. for period Of
three hundred and sixty years.
That child with its stomach full Of pins
has made it's appearance this year at Rens~
selseT. Indiana. 1t is only four months old
/ and yet one hundred and sixteen pins. Of
various sizes. have been rj"cied from its
/ little stomach. OF course it 10 great mys>
! terry not only no" the pins got into The
child but how they got out.
james Gordon Bennett, Sr., died 10
/ New Yo'k ou Saturday. June lst. lie was
the urder and proprietor of the New York
/ Herald, and its editor until FIVE years
ago, when failing health induced bim to re-
tire from the active management Of the
I paper. He was il the seventy seventh wear
of his age.
"A boy named McAleer. aged 13 years.
employed in the third story Of the Arm
strong cork factory. Third avenue. Pitts
burgh. fell through an open batchuay to
the first floor. on Wednesday afternoon. and
would have been crushed to death but fgr
the fact that be alighted on bale of c, rk
As it was he sustained severe injuries abou,
the head and face and was severely stunned
The CORTLAND (AIabama) Nescs o.
Saturday says, on Thursday a fearful storm n
swept over the western part Of the county
doing considerable damage 10 property
The tent ef the Queen City Circus wal
| blown down aud three actors were Eeverely
| injured. 4 falling tree cIushed in a cabin
seriously iDjHriDg three persons. Grea
damage to timber aud out>buildiDgs is re
ported.
John McLean was murdered at Decatur
Ind, on Tuesday. by man namsd Zimmer
man for, as he claims. being in crnius
intimacy with his wife. The shooting oc
Cured near Znmerman's house. and tn
presumed guilty party was detected by hira
Three shots were red. The FIST ball passet
through his head. aud was sufficient 20 Kill
him; two other balls passed through hi
body. and he died instantly. Zimmerman
gave himselfup and was committed f,r trial
Mclean was a leading citizen. engaged il
the dry goods and clothing business, abou
forty years old. and bachelor
The Pittsburgh Post Of Friday says
Yesterday morning a man named Car
Schmidt, a resident Of the Twelfth ward
while engaged in cleaning the roof of h
house. fell distance OF twenty-five feet t
the pavement below. He landed on hi
feet. and. strange to say, was unhurt, ant
Immediately resumed his work on the roof
About four years ago Mr.. S. narrowly es
capped death by being thrown under a train
OF cars. the wheels of which shaved his hea,
so clcsa as To cut his hair close to the scalp
and yet Mr.. s. walked away from the seen
OF the accident as unconcernedIy as if moth
ing had happened. From present indica
tions Mr.. S. may be set down as acciden
proof
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