The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-01-06
Eevys Of sEse yvceh.

1 MIA, oregon ana NeTSGh.
"A town in New Hampshire has five
| churches. but not pastor.
The Republican National Convention
( will be held in Philadelphia.
At least cue hundred new post-offces
are wanted in Pennsylvania. 4 good sign.
The oldest surveyed farm in Bradford
/ county near the village Of Sheshequin, bears
/ date September oath, 1913.
A calf was brought forth in Greenwich
! township, Berks county. recently, which, at
two hours old, weighed 115 pounds.
"A young IndiaDian proposed" to ak
young ladies just for fun, aud was consider
ably annoyed by being accepted by al! them.
Archbishop Spslding of Baltimore has
been suffering from ill health for some time
past and at present is confined TO his room
altogether.
The Illinois House of Representatives
has adop ted by largo majority bill per-
mitting women to hold Offices in the depart
ments of that state.
Two little boys in Lincoln county, KY.
have been arrested by the Federal autkori-
ties under tbs Ku-klux act for wearing 'Ialsa
faces" and frightening the negroes.
A small child in Illinois climbed upon
4 chair to wipe its face on g hanging towel.
/ The chair slipped, and the child catching in
tbs towel was hanged by the neck, and died.
Three car loads of Japanese silks. valued
at So eco 900, and one hundred and eighty
tons of Chinese and japanese teas. have been
Forwarded East by rail, from San Francisco,
since the Goth.
B. ". Morgan. the debated candidate
eor Mayor Of Pittsburgh, has entered Grim
. inal suit for libel against the proprators Of
the EgeHjng Leader. for articles published
against bin during the campaign.
Top-o T:t,- h.,
timber tracts IN Louisa county has hired.
among his ether choppers, an American
woman, who cuts and ranks up" more wood
in day than any workman in the timber.
BY the recent boiler explosion In Bktl~
more. VIM. Harrington, senior member Of
the firm, VIM. Jennings, a fireman. and
| VIM, Clarke an apprentice. were killed, and
about ten persons were Injured, some Of them
severely.
Sarah Rheedy, girl Of 16 or II years
Of age, last week. in the Bsrks county Court.
recovered 52400 damages from Mrs. Trout
man, for having uttered slanderous words
against her. The paTties liyeiu Talpehockon
township.
Two Michigandcrs, w. II. Twiford. Of
Sonsrset, aud L. Hszen, Of Medford, havs
made arrangements to play a game Of chess
by mail. They will make about two moves
Per week, and the game will occupy the sn-
tire winter.
-Gfeat snow storms have recently pre-
vailed in the mining regions of Utah. and in
soma localities the snou is ten and fifteen feet
deep on q level. Whole settlements are
| buried in the snow, and great distress pre-
walls among the inhs sbitants.
A fire broke out in saloon in Monroe.
La, at i O'Clock last Saturday night. and
in four hours sixty buildings, including the
wealthiext portion Of tie town. were destroy
eI. The total loss is nearly $500 900. It
Is thought that the FIRE was accidental.
The largest fire ever witnessed at Little
Rock, Arkansas, occurred on Thursday. de-
stroying whole square Of buildings. ipclud-
ing two printing oflices and many business
houses. a number Of persons wsre badly
injured by falling timbers. but no lives lost.
At Kane, Pa, on Thursday morning
week, the wife and child of Patrick Burns
were found murdered IN barn near their
house. An examination proved that the wifa
had been strsngled and thu ckild's skull
fractured. Burns has been arrested on sus-
picion.
"A barrel of bucIwhsat -four exploded
recently al K.okRk. Iowa. A man of science
calmly says that the buckwhsat was proba~
bly, wet, and being confined in tho barrel an
alcoholic TapOT was generated, which ignitod
as the lid waa taken off and lighted candle
brought into contact.
"A report has been tsIegraphed Of hor-
ri5le calamity al Floris, Davis county, Iowa
4 few nights ago man, his wife and thsir
four children wore burned to death In their
shanty, the neighbors not being aroused nor
tho fire discovered until the next day. when
the echarredrsmains Of the victims were found
IN ths ashes.
The man who represents fthe people OF
the United States' as = witness to the burn
| ing Of cancelled United States Treasury
notes, government bonds, postage, and revo-
nue. stamps, ETC., receives $500 for every
burning he witnesses. and as there is always
one and sometimes two burnings a day, his
Office is profitable one.
Mrs. Wcssert, who, murdered her aged
mother~in law, Mrs. Klauuer, on December
zfth, in Louisville, Ky, by chopping bor
head with hatChst, ha. been examined in
the city court. Physicians thought she was
Insane from physical dsrangsHsnt at the
time she committed TIE deed. She was ad-
mitted TO bail il So 900.
An exchange says a cat in Fitchburg
lay down in fly- wheel early one merning,
and was not discovered until the engine had
been running three hours; deg then de-
/ tected her aud gave the alarm. When the
engine was stopped the cat was rescued un-
injured. after making sixty revolutions a
minute for three hours.
DIR. D. a. Gosshorn. of Springfield.
whitley county, Ind, went to the residence
of a farmer. about two week, ago, and re-
quested him to permit his daughter. girl
| Is years old, 10 visit his wife while he was
away at Cincinnati attending lectures The
farmer consented and the doctor and the girl
left the house. and, 1t is now supposed, the
State together.
letters received on this subject, we have to say
tsSt not single case of the disease has oc-