The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-22
Nerrs and Political Items.

-lIaiueTd, Mimi, has three SQuawS IN
jail for iBfanticide. Certainly it is time
Giant changed iis Indian policy.
The new school board Of Natchez Is
composed Of four negroes and one white
man. several of whom cannot read or write.
Mrs.. Saylor, WHO was beaten and stab
he'd by q colOrcd man. at Pottsvile. last
week. has died from her injuries. The
murderer is in jail
-Four children OF Patrick Cunningham,
Of Bloomfield, y. j., died on Thursday
and Friday from q mysterious disease re-
seTrhli9g poisoning.
Poultry is said to lie dying alorg tie
hanks Of tie SuSquohanna, this State, 10y
thousands, from an epidemic disease, which
appears to be general.
-!5ofton vas visited by another terrible
fire on Monday night but fortunately the
flames were confined to single block at
the foot Of State street.
"A Detroit boy has started goat ex-
press. and conveys tie baggage of travellers
to and from the hotels and railway stations
with great prouptness.
An ancient clock, which WAS part of
the household effects of George washing
. ton, was exhibited AT the Maryland Insti-
tUte fair in Baltimore, last week having
been put in running order by q local clock
maker.
The money was recently collected at
Kalamazoo. Michigan. unon a note that
had Iayscd through the Chicago fi:e ard
was nothing but ashes, yet had been pre-
served intact between two sheets of cotton
batting.
-NotLer Goose is not an ordinary per
son. She was the mother-in-law of prin-
ter in Bo,ton, and her real name was Eliz-
abeth Goose. The first edition Of her we'll
known rhymes were sold for two coppers
on Hevcn>lIire street.
The wife and child Of farmer named
Payne, were murdered by a Iaborer named
BTiton. in DrInore twp, Ontario, q few
days 60. EIit0n WAS employed hy Payne
at the time. The murderer was arrested,
and had narrow escape from lynchiug
/ 1t IS stated that the whole Of the west
ern part Of laIiCn county. Pa. is illumi-
! nated at night 10y the burning gas Of the
OIL veiis. ! he light Is distinctly seen for
: miles, ard III Tie vesteln townships per
. sons can see TO drive on the road the dark
e. t nights.
The boiler of locomotive attached to
a freight train on tie Atlantic and Great
/ v esterE Railroad, exploded at Bowlesburg.
1 Ohio, tearing up the track for some dist auce
ard vrcckiEg the train. The engineer
and one braE eman were killed and fire
man fatally scaldcd.
w hiie the roof was being raised on
( the new Iassereer depot at Jackson, Mich
igaH. on Saturday afternoon, the scafTold-
ing gave way, pTecipitating the men and
timber on to the jcists below. Eleven men
we're seriously hurt. Two have died-the
foreman. Davis, ard Mr.. Williams
A dispatch from Rochester N Y,
says that L. :. Commissioner StoTrs has
issued warrants for the arrest of Susan =.
Anthony and fourteen other women who
voted 1t the recent election. and that the
/ accused viii probably he brought into
court next week. Why no. also arrest the
election officers who received their votes?
Tie residence Of JOHN Watson, one
mile from Titusvile Pa. was entered on
Friday evening, immediately after dark,
by five masked men. Who afjer binding
each member Of the family. compelled Mr.
. atson to oTen his safe, from which -. 600
( were taken. after which he was likewise
bound, and the rolheis made good their
escape.
From: some recently arrived Frenchmen
4 the fact has been obtained that a party Of
about twenty hanisled Communists started
from Versailles this week for New York
/ ! hey wcIt under police csc ,rt TO Uavrc
/ heir fare to America is paid. and each is
/ to receive $50 on lis arrival here They
/ had the choice OF going to England or com
ing here.
Seventeen years ago a boy ran away
from his home in Pittsticld. Warren coun-
y. Pa, on account Of some trouble with
his father. Last Tuesday be reappeared
/ in bis old home, large, well bearded man.
He fought ia the UUion ranks during the
war for the rebellion. and since then has
been twice to China and nearly all over
/ the globe.
/ boston IS n contraction Of Rotalrho-
town. and the English Poston or Bostuns-
town. took its name from a monastery
founded by the Saxon st. ButUlph & u.
! 50. So the capital of Puritanism derived
/ its name from Catholic saint. The word
Boston comes from two Saxon words signi-
flying boat and help, and consequently Is
not appropriate to a place distinguished
for its commerce.
In accordance with the State statute
/ of 1899. Governor Geary has issued his
/ proclamation announcing the names of the
/ Presidential electors chosen hy the voters
( of Pennsylvania on the 5th inst. and re-
/ quests the gentlemen elected to assemble
at Harrisburg on the first Wednesday Of
/ December, the 4th proX., to fulfill the
/ electoral duties imposed upon them by the
/ Constitution OF the United States
Quite an excitement was created in
Salt Lake City on a report of New York
I lapidaries now here, that among the sam
pies of precious stones brought to that city
are twenty-six genuine diamonds, one of
which weighs three caratS. The man who
brought the stones says lie location is not
in New Mexico or Arizona, but in West
ern Colorado. a number of capitalists are
putting up the money for an organized ex-
pcditiOn to the spot.
"A severe shock Of earthquake occurred
at Concord, y. H., on Monday afternoon
about two o'clock. 1t began with a sort
Of explosion, followed by trembling and
shaking, which lasted about ten seconds.
Buildings rocked violently, and the shock
was plainly perceptible to people walking
in the streets. The apparent course was
from the west to the east. The telegraph
operators at Contoocook and Warner re-
port the same shock there
The house occupied by the family of
Mr.. Matthew Linden on the Youghioghe-
ny river, about two miles above McKees-
port was destroyed by fire on Friday, and
Mrs. Linden, who was confined TO her bed
with inflammatory rheumatism. being un-
able TO make her escape, was burned to