The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-12-05
Ne,Os ana Fot.tica! items.

Motto for the winter of 1874. 81 can't
afford it."
A man in Sioux city has found den
cf snakes containing over two hundred
reptiles.
One of the most successful farmers in
Woodford, Kentucky, has been blind for
eight years.
"A double wedding, at which twin
brothers married twin sisters, occurred Ill
Kansas recently.
Andrew Stratton, aged &, and daugh-
ter, aged two, starved to death on Satur-
dav at Bridgeton, n. J.
A horse at Franklin, Kentucky, lately
drowned himself by persistently holding z
his head under water.
WHAT'S in name? In Honesdale
they buy their wood from James Cole and
their coal from James Wood.
"A man in Warner, New Hampshire.
drank twelve barrels Of cider in eight
months, ana is completely paralyzed.
James Burke was murdered near Ben
excite, Elk county, on Thursday. Dennis
Connor is charged with the homicide.
A tree was recentlv felled in Indiana,
the hollow trunk of which was found to be
filed for space of three feet with honey
comb.
The man who ran against ABBY Gif-
ford for school superintendent in Iowa, and
received eight votes, concludes that this is
an off year for politics.
The town of Dunmore in Galway, Ire
land, is reported in danger of being swal-
lowed by an enormous bog which is rapid
ly moving towards 1t.
A sixteen year old Kansas boy dutiful-
" obeyed his grandmother, the other day,
when she commanded him 10 put pistol
bullet in the brain Of her aged husband.
Another debt increase is announced
nine millions for November. There ap-
pears to bc no end of 'b!essings' vouch-
safed to us by the Grant Administration.
"A fascinating daughter of Rev. Mr..
Richardson. Of Corinth, Miss. played the
mischief with young mans heart, the
other day, by putting pistol bullet
through it.
a Iuzerne county mechanic has orig
mated a contTivance which is said to obvi-
ate the necessity of braIlemeu going be-
tween cars to couple. It is said to bo very
practicable.
Three children were drowned by the
sinking of a canal boat in Delaware river,
near BordCntowr, \. J.. on Thursday
morning. The captain and his wife saved
themselves.
To escape impoachment, JuGge Sher-
man, of Ohio, has resigned. This simple
fact indicates an improved tone in politi-
cal morals since the dem ocratic victories
in November.
Henry Clay, who attempted to rob
and murder lady last Spring, was SEN
fenced to nine years and nine months i'm
prisonment recently by the court of Mont
gomery county.
Capt. !. NJ. O'Rourke. an Irishman
and democrat, was the author Of the ar
ticles in the Times which exposed the cor
ruptions OF the ring and secured the con-
viction of Tweed.
Ann Shay. respectable woman en-
rloyed at North Haosic, was robbed, out
ragged and murdered near the Vermont limo
on Monday night. The supposed murder
Gr has been arrested.
A fire at Greece City, in the oil regions,
Wednesday night. destroyed thirty build
ings, consisting of stores. dwellings,, three
hotels. and the Producers Bank. Loss es-
timated at S95, 900 insurance unknown.
An association Of Catholic capitalists
purposes purchasing all the cOnventual
property in Rome, with the intention OF
securing the various religious cOmmuni,
ties from the operation Of the decree abol-
ishing their orders.
While Quincy Daniels, n plasterer,
was at work in a new tannery at Tyrone,
Tuesday last. his ovcrshrt caught in the
betting of revolving Wheel and he was
wbirlcd around several times, receiving
fearful, but it is to be hoped, not fatal in,
juries
Mrs. John A. Fisher, of Springfield
H.. her mother. her grandmother, hel
great-grandmother, and her great great
grandmother deserve credit for their sin
gular punctualty in being born respective
" on tho 18th Of December, 1852, 1882
1912, 1892, and 1872.
VIM. Williams. ex-Shcriff Of Warwick
county, shot and killed VIM. Thornberg {
desperate, who drew pistol to resist ar
rest at BoOnville, Indiana, on Thursday
Mrs. Khoh0 a German woman. while
showing how it was done, shot and killed
Jacob ButtiGer, three years old.
James :. French, of Alexandria, Va.
has been granted patent for locomotive
! the peculiar features Of which is one o.
more pairs Of ordinary driving wheels
which may he lifted above the wheels o.
( pressed down upon them, at the will of The
engineer. The object of the invention il
! to obtain as much power with a light loco
motive as with a heavy one, and to move
trains ON an up grade or on slippery
track.
Some narrowing incidents for blood,
curdling romanccs of real life might bt
obtained from the experiences of the Glou
cester fishermen. During tie fishing sea
son lust closed, twcn.y y-fOuT vessels from
that little port have been lost, and one
hundred and iffty-two mon have '-sunk II
/ rise no more If they had all gone dowI
ut once, and on an ocean steamer insteat
/ OF their little smCcks, the world would TAKE
/ more note Of their departure.
/ -Four additional victims have beer
added to the accidental poisoning case a
( Montreal, Canada, making the total mum
! Der of deaths seven. Five persons are still
/ in prccarious conditions. 1t appears tha
/ one of the men now dead took a bottle
/ from a sleigh standing in the street. Th'
J bottle contained wine of colchcUm, whicl
/ he supposed to be sherry. This he shared
with the inmates of the tenement in wlIicl
he and some neighbors live, with the lie
/ suit mentioned.
-Four persons were burne0 to death b,
a fire at Warrensburg, Mo, Saturday III. ht
Their names were NJ. i. Nulvehil, pro
prictor of the Mining Hotel, in which tn
fire originated J. w. Poland, artist, o
. cit | ccf Il.