The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-27
News Of the Week.

tember, 1862.
A female orphan ssylu is to be opened
at West Chester by the Roman Catholic |
Sisters of Mercy.
An Atlanta rooster which was beheaded
sixteen days ago is not only stIll alive, but
crows vigorously at intervals.
Mrs. Louisa Sander. of Earl township.
Lancaster county. patched quilt containing
%, 600 pieces, its dimensions being three
yards square.
The longest bridge in the world is the
Tensos and Mobile bridge. at The city of
Mobile. 1t is fifteen miles long crossing
both rivers, u here there are draws.
The Methodist ladies Of Cambridge City
have organized sewing society, aud one of
the conditions Of mentbcTship is that the
neigh bors shall not be talked abaut
"A night clerk who was called up by
woman who wanted to buy CENTS worth
of sstches. in Lowell drug store, politely
told her to go where birthstone was free
Think of carriage made entirely cf
India Rubber. A Connecticut Company
propose TO manufacture such, and a large
factory is being erected for that purpose.
An Allentown horse recently attrm nted
/ TO crawl tho:ugh an empty -four barrel, but
! didn't succeed. Ills owner :hreat-ns to step
such tricks by tying knot III the animals
tail.
Mrs AHhenay, wealthy Massachn
setts lady, raised by hand a fine trottirg
colt. DOW two years old. for which she was
/ ) ffered by Bnston gentleman 5000. The
! { Her was declined. ..a-. =.
The Roman Catholic population of
I Pennsy lvania is stated to be 535 O0O; Phil
/ sdephia diocese. 225 900; Pittsburgh dio-
ceSe, 10000; Scranton. 90 900; Erie.
/ 90 COO. and Harrisburg. 40. 900. --
Salem. North Carolina liz . H.
J place. Bot one house has been DESTROYED
! there. by hire IN the past ninety years There
/ Is not a whisky shop or barr room in the
! place. 1t has but one lawyer, and he rs-
Gently mrved there.
"A woman named Maber, residing at
! Green Bush, y. Y. was struck down ami
had her neck broken on Sunday evening in
J attempting to stop fight between her two
sons Joseph. the alleged matricide, has A. d
"A lady in Lion couaty, Ky. by the
name of Diver, recently gave bIrlh tn four
cniidreu-iwo boys and two girls-al of
whom are alive aud doing we'll Thirteen
7 years ago this same lady brought forth hree
children At one birth. two of ~ hom are still
living.
There are four adven urous young men
IN Dubuque Who are preparing to make a
voyage from that city tS Cuba in boat
twcnty>h Tvs leet long by SIX feet wide. They
are to 60 down tie Mis.tsirpi 10 the Gu f.
and then keep along th. coast to Florida,
whence they viii strike across to the shores
! of Cuba. ..a..
1t is not only the land which is fertile
in luuiaDa. One. Mr.. Vernon. of Jefferson
/ County IN that State, has just been made "
| great grandfather at the comp parativelv
carly age oi 50 Surprising HIM to have
become iathcr at 20, this wuuid imTIy that
his descendants il each generation must have
married at II. ## ...
"A gentleman in Augusta, Ga, purchased
some Two years ago ShayIug, ,Dlu,h from a
druI g!st III that city, anu after constant use
from that time furued it over to his little son
! While The child'~as play ing with it the top
/ became unscrewed, and ID The hollow hand g
valuable tiiAninrd was discovered set ir the
! wood and carefully covered with pink cotton
J A Af7 convc: in the Iutiaua State
! Prison Committed suicide in his cell the
other day. lie made slip NOISE of h's .us,
penders. put them around his neck. sat
down and tied his hands across hi. kuees.
fastened the suspsucers to his hand with a
piece of twiue, AMI then leaned back and
choked himself to death
i On the 22'i. locomotive explrl-d her
! boiler near P4rksrsbuvg, West Virginia, or
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, killing the
! engineer, fireman and brakeman The boiler
was blown three hundred and ffty feet.
Three cars wsIe thrown into the creek on
one side Of the bank. while the tender and
running gear of the engine were thrown to
the opposite side.
-Dr Paul hoeppe. who was cow ictsd
ct murdering Miss SteDecke by poison. has
been granted new trial, which vii! begin
IL Carlisle. Pa, on the 23th inst He has
! lived for three years under the shadow of
the galows. needing nothing but tbs ap-
polntment OF day by q, vernor Gsary to
harg him. and aftsr all this weary waiting
he Is to have another chance for his life
-ln Jat kson and arjnining counties bor>
derlng cn Pearl river. in Mississippi, the in
sects commonly known a buffalo snats have
! attacked faI m horses and mules and are SO
| numerous and severe that many hundreds of
| animals have died within the past few days
The insect causes great apprehension on the
! part OF the farmers, many of whom have no
teams with which to cultivate their crops
Miss Pike of Fifth avenue, New York
has just completed dol; for the Hon ue y
pathIc Charity fair. " hich is III questions bly
the most elaborate one ever made. Its cost
Is estimated at one thousand dollars and it's
| pertectness in every detail will be admitted
when We Announce TIA it possesses, among
/ other extras. diamond earrings, cashmere
shawl and tiny rubber uvershoes 1t will
require an entire tabls fer its exhibition.
--LioOie Garrntraut, young girl only
seventeen years Of age. WIS arraigued at Pat
terson. New jersey. on Monday, for the muir
der of Ransom F. Burroughs, keeper Of a dis
reputable saloon. of which the girl was one
Il its frsquenters. She and hsr lover, named
Vanarlks Bogart, eighteen years of age, are
alleged TO have poisoned Burroughs for the
purpose OF getting possession of his effects
The murder was committed last December
4 The defense objected that panel of jurors
had not been furnished them, and the trial
was deferred to Thursday.
4 coLoEED WOMAN, probably the largest
and heaviest person of her sex in the world
died in st. Louis few days ago. at the age
OF hfty-one years. She weighed between