The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-29
NesCs and Political items.

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There is an ex-husband of Tennie c..
| Clatlin in Noblesville, Ind, but he is sin
! gularly silent concerning his whilom bride
-Massilon, Ohio, is small but it has 121
widows and 200 marriageable girls. If
any young man is disirous of leaving a
widow, Nassilon is the place.
The Boston Relief Committee give it
as their opinion that $1,000, 900 will be
needed to carry those dependent upon
them through this emergency.
"A Connecticut man has invented a ma
chine by which one man can make four
thousand keys in day, or double the num-
Der which can be made with any tool now
in use.
Mrs. Elkins, aged 80, lately drove her
team, with load of apples, from Jackson,
n. H., through the Pinkhim Notch of the
White Mount aims, to Guildhall, Vt. age
cannot tire
Tho oldest postmaster in Chic is Mi
chael Dorsey, at Captinia, Belmont coun-
ty commissioned February 2 1889. He
is tenth on the list of all pOstmasters in
the United States.
Mara, who attempted to assassinate
ex-Aldernan McMullin in Philadelphia,
has been sentenced to six years and nine
months imprisonment, and to pay fine
of one thousand dollars.
A New York printer has just died who,
though born on West Broadway, was
never on ferryboat in his life, never saw
Central Park, and had not been further
up town than Bleecker street III his life.
An Iowa colt year and half old
weighs 1900 pounds, or at least 700 pounds
more than an average full-grown horse,
and is warranted to hold more ''epizoot''
than any other equine of his age in the
world.
Two young men of Raymond, n. H.,
named Bradley Sturtsevant and Alder
POwlc. were drowned i'll a pond, while
cunning on Sunday, by breaking through
the ice. A boy who went in with them they
threw out and saved.
Mrs. Mary SnS der died near Leesville,
Crawford county, on Monday week, in the
She was born in Bedford county, Pennsyl-
vania, somewhere between 1860 and l76S
tho record being lost.
Nun der, it may be said, literally stalks
through the street of New York these days.
The latest case, and even in its simplicity
! the most horrible, is that of cigar-maker
named Martin, who, on Saturday, shot
his wife fatally in fit Of i'll humor.
In Obion county, Tenn, a few days
since, two brothers, named hcComber,
mill proprietOrs, had a quarrel with an
employe named Saunders, and one of them
shot him i'll the side. Saunders, in return,
shot both, killing one on the spot, and
injuring the other SO badly that he has
since died.
Peter II. Watson, President of the
Erie Road, has caused tie arrest of Jay
Gould, who is charged with Indebtedness
to that corporation of 50, 800, 600. Gould
may have stolen that amount, but it would
be well for the stockholders to keep an eye
on Peter. He is not considered saint by
these who know him best.
On Friday evening, Mrs. Terry, aged
hill NJ ali har
rear of No. 90 Fourteenth street, Pitts
burg, brushed her clothes against a crate,
they took fire, and she jumped upon the
bed to cxtinguish the flames, but the bed
clothing also took fire, and before the old
lady could be rescued she was burned ter
ribly, and fingered in the most intense
agony for nearly twenty-four hours. She
was widow lady and lived alone.
The nitro-g glycerine magazine at Scrub
grass, Nanango county, exploded on Sat
urday forenoon. killing two men and great
ly damaging the building. Those killed
were Harry ]. Wolfe, telegrapher, and
r. A. Wright, torpedo agent. Only
fragments of their bodies were recovered
as they were literally blown to atoms A
watch belonging to one of them was found
on the hillside, considerable distance
from the building. The cause of the ex-
plosion is not known.
An extensive fire occurred at Harris
burg on Friday, which is believed to have
been the work of incendiaries. Several
buildings near the corner of Raspberry and
Cranberry alleys, between Second and
Third streets, were destroyed. The loss
is estimated at $4,000. Edward Colder
Jacob Maglaughlin, Fetter Morseh, ThOm-
as Morrissey, Edward MUlrissey and Josh
ua Edwards were subsequently arrested
on suspicion of being concerned in the
fire. They were committed for hearing.
A novel substitute for the custom of
giving wedding presents was recently adopt
ed by youthful couple in a Western
town. They were married III church, and
fee of twenty-five cents was collected
from persons entering to see the ceremony.
The whole amount was given to the new
ly married pair as a capital to commence
housekeeping. This is 4 good plan. If
one made a business of ofmarTying and adopt
ed it he could make fortune i'll week
If any of our readers try it we shall be glad
to know the result.
Mrs. Fair attempted, it seems, at the
time of her second trial, to poison the
Judge who was to preside and all the coun-
sci for the prosecution. This revelation
is made by the man whom she besought to
put poison into the Judges decanter, or
into the nilk-can at his door. In corrobo-
ration of this startling story. plan of
Judge Dwinelle'S house was found in the
possession of the waiter, and the Judges |
wife remembers that at the time of the
trial she was cautioned by an unknown
woman not to put the milk-can out of
doors. as usual.
The Clarion Democrat says that in |
Beaver township, that county, lives Ger !
man Lutheran minister, who, though poor |
and obscure, has a wonderful inventive and
constructive genius. Possessing the Ger |
man love for music, he has devoted his |
leisure time for years to inventing some |
kind of a musical instrument so simple in /,
its management that it will not require |
long practice and skilled fingers to produce |
the best music. He has now perfected a |
contrivance which can be attached to an |
organ or other musical instrument, and by /.
touching the keys in regular order, COM /
mencing at the left-hand side, any tune |
for which it is set will be played. The at |
tachment is as yet limited to forty tunes, I
but more can be easily attached.