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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-06-20

A STUPtp CLERK-The other day a
young lady stepped into a dry-goods
establishment and inquired of the clerk
attending: "Sir, have you any mouse
colored gloves ?" "Mouse-coIored
gloves, miss ?" "oYes,, a sort of gray,
Just the color of your drawers, 4" mean
ing the store drawers, tfatwere painted
gray, MY drawers, miss, why don't
wear any" A cab was seen leaving
the store few minutes after with q
lady in tie corner with a handkerchief
up to her face.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-06-20

l can accommodate you" Landlady
returns with a roll of bills
Sprig-"Here, I'll just include that
three weeks board in the check, and
make seventy-fve. Balance will be
fifty"
Landlady counts out fifty, which
Sprig. thrusts into his vest pocket,
goes up stairs, gets his valisc and starts
to catch the train for Kansas City.
Landlady will discover tomorrow that
the similarity between Mr.. Spriggins
handwriting and that of the postal
card isn't such a singular circumstance
after ALL
1t only cost Spriggins one cent to
raise the wind. These postal cards are
an incaIculable convenience to the toll
ing masses
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-06-20

A SMART young lady at social gather
ing in St. Louis few evenings since quoted
the motto of the temperance girb ''The
Inns that touch wine shall never touch
mine - to which a beardiess wretch re-
piled, ''Girls that wear paint ought never
to faint, because, you know, they don
Iool, nrettv after some officious old lady
has thrown water in their faces and it has
made little cutters along their cheeks .
That bit of sInartness sealed the young
mans fate. lie won't attend the next So
cial.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-06-20
NUMBER %:

to the mistress with masculine sig
nature And so on, ad fnitum.
1t is a capital way of playing a cap
ital joke, but there is such a thing as
carrying joke too far. :.
The Republican reporter thinks of
sending the following postal card by
the next mail:
Hon. J. A. j. Cresswell, Washington, d. C. (;
Dear Sir-I think you are the ablest and
most statesmanlike, as well as the most af.
fable and courteous gentleman who eTer
conducted the Postoffice Department.
No Sig.
This will be the hugest practical joke
of them all. Every body will laugh at
it and grow fat.
Let the ''cheap diffusion of intelli-
gence," or the diffusion of cheap intel
hgence, go On.-St Louis Republican.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-06-20

DETRotT woman called upon a
credulous family in that city the other
dsy. introduced herself and began q
conversation. Suddenly she fell out
of her chair very sick and feeble, and
fsintlv said that she had no money
and could not go to the hospital, and
they would have to keep her through
the run Of the fever They gave het
three dollars TO crawl out and try to
reach the hospital, and she has new
blue sash now.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-06-20

OBITUARY OF A WESTERN EDITOR,
-1e editor sat in his rickety chair, as
worried as worried could be. for We
devil was grinning before him there,
and ''copy !" ye devil sayed he ..,,
Oh We editor grabbed his big quill
pen, and it sputtered We ink so free,
that his manuscript, like a war map
when Take this" to the devil spake
he.
He scribbled and scratched through
the live long day, nor rest or refresh
ment had he !. for the devil kept con-
stantly coming that way, and bowling
for more "cop-ee."
Day after day he scissorcd and wrote.
saying the whole countree; while We
devil kept piping his single note, "a
little more outside cop-ee," .--
And when We boys in your news
room hear the sound of unequal fray
the voice of blow and bias bhemous
word, 'He's raisin' the devil ~ say
they.
And oft when a man with a griev-
ance came in, We editor man to see, he'd
turn his back with a word of sin-"Go
talk to ye devil" sayed he
And ever and oft, when a proof Of
his work We proprietor wanted to see,
"Ye proof shall be shown by my per-
sonal clerk; you must go to the devil"
sayed he. ~s-
And thus destined through all of
his life by this spirit tormented to be
in hunger and poverty, sorrow and
strife, always close to We devil was he.
Ye editor died. X Butve devil,
lived on? And the force of Efe's hab-
its we see; for We editors breath no
sooner was gone than strait to ye devil
went he.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-06-20

MISERY loves company, and so does
4 marriaceablc Young lady
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-03-21
Territory for sale, or Will receive
Royalty for manuisctNre.

For State or Territorial rights TO manu-.
tnctmc and sell ON the Pacific Coast, apply
TO COLL. VAN CLEVE, Albany, Oregon.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-03-21
Notice.

OREGON q CALIFORNIA RAILROAD
" Company, Land Department, Portland
Oregon, April ;, 1872. Notice is hereby
given, TINT vigorous prosecution win bo
instituted against any and every person
who trespasses upon any Railroad Land,
by ycuttingandre removing gtimbertherefrom
before the same is BOUGHT of the Compa-
NY AND PAID FOR.
All vacant Land in odd numbered sec
tions, whether surveyed or unsurveyed,
within distance of thirty miles from the
line of the road, belongs to the Company.
l. r. M00RES,
3oyitt Land Agent.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-03-21
u. y. MAEA
TrI-WcekEy stage Line !!

yT>IIE UNDERSIGNED is now running q
L tri-weekly stage from Lebanon to Al
lmny, carrying the U. S. Mails. leaving
Lebanon every Monday, wednesday and
Friday mornings, and returning, leave
Albany at . O'Clock p. NJ. of said days.
Passengers called for in any part of the
CITY. All orders should he left at the st.
Charles Hotel, Albaay, for passengers OF
freight for Lebanon.
Packages and light freight punctnally
Delivered at low rates. All business en-
trusted to me will llbeprOmptlya yattendedt to-.
w, b. D0NACA.
Lebanon, Feb. l6, '72-24v4
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-03-21
EASTERN NEWS.

AVHa3 u. VI lloilioOii3 va ANi"t'ss>
]. II. Milliard, of Nebraska, and
d. S. Ruddock, Of Connecticut,
Government Directors Of the Union
Pacific Railroad.
A miner named August May
ford, Of Sclanton, Pa, committed
suicide one day last week by pre-
cipitating himself down a shaft 400
feet deep.
Congressman w. r. Roberts, OF
New York City, has directed his
back pay as member OF the 42d
Congress to be paid into the Treas
ury Of the United States. Merrick,
Of Maryland, is also reported as re-
fusing his, and Hoar, of Massachu-
sets, turned his over to charities.
Senator Sumner has congratula-
ted Boutwell, Oh his election to the
Senate by the Massachusetts Legis-
lature in these words: 81 congratu-
late my country, ] congratulate my
State and ] congratulate myself, in
having you for colleague"
The Senate has confirmed the
nomination of 7. B. Hickey as Post
master at Salem.
A Washington special says OF L.
Payson Smith, whom the President
has recently appointed Commission
er Of Indian Affairs, that before the
war he was a Congregational
preacher in the West. During the
rebellion he was field agent Of the
Christian Commission. lie is now
agent OF the Chippewa Indians in
Minnesota. The Peace Commits
sion nominated him, and his friends
report him honest and capable.
Ketdama, a Japanese law stu
dent in Washington, has been elect-
ted to deacon's orders by the Balti-
more Methodist Conference, and ad.
mitted to full connexion. He will
soon return to Japan.
The President had gone to Phil.
adelphia on the 18th inst.
The franking privilege cost the
Government S732 per year for each
member Of the house.
In an interview with a reporter
OH the 18th inst, President Grant
said that no changes are to take
place III the Cabinet beyond that
which BoutwelPs resignation will
occasion. The financial policy will
not be changed. He hopes to see
the Republic Of Spain well estab-
lished, and thinks by the end ofthis
year the independence of Cuba will
be secured. No troubleis expected
with IIaytiens, and the President
thinks that the SANTANA Bay scheme
will result in the development Of
that country, SO that our Govern
ment will ultimately annex it for
something like ten or fifteen mill
ion dollars. The people of Utah,
he says, will obey the laws. lie is
satisfied with his Louisiana policy.
The Indian policy succeeds so well,
that he has the greatest faith in it.
A visit to St. Louis is projected.
Mrs. Putuam denies the scandal
Gus rumor that she received money
to influence her to petition for the
communication Of Fosters sentence.
The Pomeroy Investigation Com
nittee of the Kansas State Legisla.
lure, reported March 9Th. A ma.
ority report signed by four mem
oers find Pomeoy guilty, Of bribery
n attempting to corrupt members
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-03-21

a kfnM 90 per day. Agents wantedl All
DOlUdpAV classes of working people, of
either sex, Young or old, make more mon
ey at work for us in their spare moments,
or all the time, than at anything else. Par
ticulars free. Address G.. Stinson & Co.,
Portland, Maine. llyI
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-03-21
DIR. yANCLEyE'S
GalValiC Abdominal Supporter
AND
UTERINE REGULATOR.

TNIIE MERITS OF THIS INSTRUMENT
4 consist principally IN the support it
gives to the abdomen and spine. Thebelt
is broad, supported by 5uspenders passing
over the shoulders, and kent in share by
sefgcnelatin@ Galyanic Plates, which give
q picaSan; CurrGnt.
The Regulator Is also Galvanie its Cup
and NoZzies are made of Silver; its Stem, of
Copper and Zinc, is hollow, that injections
may DO thrown through ii, orinto Che neck
of The Uterus. Ii can be so regulated by
its thumb-screw as 10 meet any mal-posi-
tion of the Uterus, and is unequnlled in
meeting any form OF female disease,
Price, s25. Patented August Il, 1871, by
W. S. Van Clevc, Centnlia, Illinois.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-03-21
TURNING TURNING.

7 AN PREPARED 10 DO ALL KINDS
Of turning: keep ON hand and make TO
order rrawhilc-bottomcd chars, Nc. shop
near the Mi,ls and Hosiery Jefferson, Orc
ron. BrHnch shoune "Magnolia Mills"
Albany, where orders TO" chairs. turning,
Nc, can he left JOilN NJ. METELER.
Jefferson. Aug. ,, lSI2
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-12-04
LLMINGTON. DEL. THURSDAY, DECEMBER H. 1873


Connecticut river navigation is closed.
Gen Ducrot has resigned his seat in the
French assembly.
Cincinnati juror was fined the other day for
going on duty intoxicated.
The Ohio constitutional convention will re-
assemble in Cincinnati tomorrow.
Charles Bradlaugh has had enthusiastic re-
ceptions in Cincinnati and St. Louis.
Tweed in Congress and Tweed in the p6niten-
tary is the difference between 1853 and 1873.
In Russia the authorities are empowered to
burn poetal cards il they contain indecent or in
sulting language.
There are said to be 2 800 deserters from the
United States regular army, scattered throughout
the western country.
General L. T. Wigfall, formerly U. 8. Senator,
from Texas, and later of the Confederate army,
was on Monday admitted to practice at the Bal
timore bar.
Mrs. John P. Hale met with painful accident
at her house in Dover, N. H., one evening last
week. She slipped, and in falling broke both
bones in one OF her ankles.
Two little boys at st. Cloud, Mimi, lately
amused themselves by filling q school mAte's
mouth with snow and tying handkerchief
around his jaws to keep them shut. The jury
returned verdict of playful homicide"
Horse races have hitherto formed part OF the
carnival OF Rome, at which the horse carried no
riders, but the animals were urged to their ut
most speed by the explosion of fireworks fas-
tened to them. These races are In futnre to be
abolished.
The cashier Of bank down south died recent
ly without making known the secret Of the com.
bination of the safe lock. The result is that
none OF the depositors can get their money until
a skilled workman is sent from the north to
open the safe,
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-12-04

A Boy HERo.-We are in possession Of the
facts OF a case of such true and unself heroism
in boyhood that we cannot refrain from bringing
Il into public notice. but we withhold names. In
West Sixth street, = few squares from Market,
resides Q little boy, only about IL years of age,
with his parents. He is a regular attendant at
one OF the public schools, but in the afternoons,
after the school is dismissed, such is the iDde-
pendence of his nature he regularly appears at
the COMMERCIAL Office and purchases quantity
of papers, which he sells on the street. With
this money thus obtained he has very nice little
sum at the end OF each month, which he does
not. as many another boy would do, spend, but
lays 1t away for other purposes; or did 30 until
the commencement of the present year. A short
time before the Christmas holidays last year, his
I mother hired sewing machine from an agent,
and as she liked 1t well her little son conclud-
ed to make her present of it. So he commune
Gated his intentions TO his father, who approved
the plan, and the machine was purchased on the
installment method, and duly presented to his
mother as a surprise gift. And regularly, on the
days when the payments have fallen due, the
little hero has marched to the agent and depos-
iting his money has obtained his receipt and de-
parted. The price of the machine was $S5, all
OF which has been paid off except $15, and the
little man continues to sell papers to pay off the
debt, How many such children haYe we in Will
mngton?
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-12-04
DaiGu Commercial.
Latest General News

The election in Texas took place yesterday,
aud was quietly conducted as far as heard from.
Tan cities and stations, including Austin Calves
ION, Houston, Jefferson and Indianola, give a
net Democratic majority of 200.
There was light fall of snow yesterday at
San Francisco, Stockton. Sacramento and other
plaoes in the valley districts of California, a
very unusual occurrence in those regions.
General Howard has resigned the Presidency
NJ the Howard University, and Professor Lang
.ten has been appointed provisional President
VI the institution.
The investigation of the official conduct of Iu-
diana Commissioner Smith, at st. Paul, Mum
Was adiourued yesterday for the second time, at
the reuueat OF parties who ask time to prepare
charges
Ann Shay, respectable woman employed at
Nnrtb Hoosic New York, near the Vermont
STATE line was robbed, maltreated and murder
ed on Monday night. The supposed murderer
Is in jail
On the meeting of the California House of
Eepresentatives ON Tuesday. the Chief Clerk
declared il adjourned before organization. This
postp0neA the Senatorial election for one week.
An unknown man who committed suicide by
drowning himself on Tuesday night. turns out
Ia have been George W Peekham, a retired law
yer aud brother of Judge Peckham, of Albany
who was lost in the Vile du Havre.
Thirty buildings in Greece City. Pa, including
three hotels and the Producers Bank. were
burned on Tuesday night. The loss il estimated
at $50 900.
Abel Owen, of South Carolina, sentenced to i'm
prisnnment in the Albany Pententiary, for Ku
kuxism was pardoned yesterday
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-12-04
From RerIin, Md.
THE REGENT HoAnoIDE-THIEF cAuGHT-NEw EN-
GINE-BUsINEss NorEs-REvIvAL, ETC.
Correspondence Of the Commercial
RrnI MI nnn 1

THE REGENT HoMCIDE-THIEF cAUdHT-NEw EN-
GINE-BUsINEss NorEs-REvlyAL, ETC.
Correspondence Of the Commercial
BERLIN, Nd, Dec. l.
Davis, the. alleged murderer is out OF jail bail
being accepted for $4,000, and it has occasioned
no little surprise, the proof being considered
pretty explicit that he did commit the hom-
icide charged on him.
Early in the summer, wrote you about the
store of James Ross x Son being entered. The
thief was caught, a few days ago, and all but
the money recovered. 1t proved to be young
man of considerable pretentlons, respectable
parentage, and a member of the p. E. church
who had been confirmed since the theft
Our new engine is as bright Ms a dollar Just
coined. Indeed it is 30 beautiful our company
keeps it almost constantly housed 1t ID the
first netg engine we have ever had on TINS road
"Blily" Lane has opened his new store, and
the people gaze in utter astonshment at his
stock of beautiful goods, 80 handsomely arrang-
ed.
Mr. Bell is one of our most enterprising mer-
chants in Berlin. He now keeps house FURNISH
ing goods, is agent for the sale OF the Domestic
Sewing Machine, and keeps beef stand besides
Offering an assortment OF everything customer
can cali for Three men beside himself are kept
constantly employed attending on his patrons
The Presbyterians united i'll thanksgiving set-
vices. Rev Geo W. Burke Of the Nj, E. Church
preaching the sermon.
A revival of considerable interest has been
going on near town for some four weeks, Sew
eral have professed conversion, while the mem
bership has been wonderfully refreshed. Sew
eral evenings the meetings were after the fashion
| OF apostolic timer they leaped and praised the
Lord This is beconing very unfashionable.
The Methodists are adjusting their plans for
Mammoth festival, during Christmas, to pay on
| the debt on their beautiful parsonage, which il
| about completed, The entire Circuit goes into
| this, det ermined to do their utmost,
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-12-04

OF THE BURGLARY TRIAL-LAMP EXPLOSION
DEPARTURE OF MIR. HoLooMB FOR MICHIGAN
ENTERTAINMENT, &c.
Correspondence OF the pmmercaL1
NEw CASTLE, Dec. 4.
Court will not adjourn before the middle of
neyt week, probably not before the last
The jail is much less crowded than ut the
aning of court but there is yet very unusual
II nher Of inmates.
ltls estimated that the trial of the burglars
"a. thus far cost the county nearly $2 800.
Tho court room has been found to be very
nai, even for ordinary occasions, and at times,
~ the case Of the recent trial of the bank rob-
s. when anything unusual ID going on, not by
4, .leans what it should be, aud we think that
her All extension of the present building or
i erection of another and larger one is be-
hAlhg absolutely necessity. What does the
Wy Court think of the matter
mere was an explosion OF kerosine, last even
lt, OH Market st., which came very near prov
serious to at least one party, and bystand-
was slightly burned. These accidents are
" 'ming alarmingly frequent in New Castle
1lr Ihos HolcOmb, who is a co-partner in the
Hh9ral Springs at st. Louis, Mich, left yester-
y for that place. Mr.. II. resides in New Cas-
Turing the summer, and exchanges places. in
10 Winter with his partner, Mr.. John Evans,
- will make this town his place Of residence
ing the coming winter.
entertainment consisting of views OF
lf.d-renowned places of interest and pleasing
IONS, exhibited by the aid Of mechanical ap-
aus, illnmined by powerful ozy hydrogen
Ut will be given in the NJ. L. Church, on FRI
and Saturday evenings, the 4th and 6tf
ST. Inns entertainment comes highly recon-
L cted. H.HC,
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1IlE CLOSING SCENES OF THE TRIAI-THE PRIsoN
EGs REofIvE THEIR VERDICT uFMoyED--THEIR
ArrREHENslyENEsE or THE PIILoRY-THEY WANT
no KNOW If THEY WILL BE PERAiITTED TO STAND
IN IT WITH OvLRCoATs AND GLOVES ON.
NLw CASTLE. Dec. 8.
After Judge Gilpin cot cuded his able charge
to the Jury i'll the Bank Burglary case, they were
placed in charge OF a bailif, who removed them
to tho Jury Room
The court room was thronged with specta-
tors and nxiety concerning the result was pic
tured upon their faces. 1he Court after making
some continuances, took mp the use Of Flani
j,ans administrators us The Mayor and Council OF
Wilmington, and We're engaged ~ Its conHidera-
lion when, at l 20 p. M, n stir at the east door
II the Court House announced the return OF the
Ilry Every eye was strained and every neck
;retched to behold the twelve men with whom
rested the fale OF the men in the dock. Even the
risuners showed an interest for the nonce, aud
lawler's sharp eyes scanned their vlsages ln-
tenty. And when, in response to the inquiry OF
the Clerk of the Court, they announced their
verdict OF guilty" not muscle moved on the
iaces of the prisoners.
These are four most remarkable men,
Throughout the whole of tins trial they have
borne the denunciatiuns OF the prosecution, and
listened to the damning evidence against them,
aud their equanimity has been carefully pre-
rved AZ il they had been but innocent specta-
tors
Jn the announcement OF Ithe verdict, MIR.
II ggins instantly arose and made a motion foi
.iew trial and after consulta alton the Court al.
l.wed four days for the defence to file their rea-
,ou- Nothing is known of the grounds on
winch the defence base this motion as yet but
lh, general expression is that il will not be
granted.
fne prisoners, though outwardly calm under
tI- trial, are inwardly, however, much troubled
tho subject Of getting whipped and one OF
ti,tm wished to know, yesterday, If they would
he allowed to wear their overcoats and gloves
lu the p.llory Your correspondent was unable
Uniform them on this point. however. They
have high opinion of Delaware ability in the
.He OF swearing. and criticise some OF the evl
,iaEce with great severity
The public, however, are gratiied as to the re
-ut no far, and il they are sentenced and ou
llurs can keep them, the United States will be
5ioaty benefited.
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-12-04

THraH BRoKEN.-Samuel Jefferis, little lad
five years old. residing at 4l9 Shiplsy street,
met with an unfortunate accident last evening.
He is a news boy, and having sold all his papers
was returning home being drawn in boys ex-
press wagon. In crossing Shipley street at All
The wagon was upset. and before the little fellow
reganed his feet farmers team was driven over
him, and one OF the horses stamped him, break
ing a thigh and inhieting other injuries. DR..
Kane reduced the fracture, and the little fellow
is doing we'll this morning.
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-12-04

We have private advices from Washington to
the effect that, in certain circles, more serious
sppreheneions of war with Spain are now in-
dulged than at any future time. This belief is
based upon the well known anxiety OF the Gu
bans for a war between the two countries, and it
L thought that sooner than they will allow the
FrJihiuS to be given up to our Government
they will fire her themselves and thus precipi
tate a conflict The morning papers state that a
delivery of the Virginius will be made to the U
S Fleet at Havana, but the date is not yet fixed
funn
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-12-04

DovER's Bio Hoa.-Mr. Fountain, of the Cap
itol hotel, Dover killed his big hog on Saturday
last in the presence of very large and not
overly sober crowd. Its dressed weight, was
9311I pounds, There were 295 guesses on its
weight, which, at so cts per guess made up a
chance fund OF $147, so for the owner. The
closest guess was made by Beniah Watson & Co.
(Thos. s Clark and Fl. Klrehbaum being the 9TH
er members) $685. and the next by W. E. Satter.
field, OF Magnolia, 93l The lowest guess was
TT; highest 1881; average, about 300 The
pork was divided evenly between Watson 4 90.
and Mr.. Satter6eld. The successful guesser. Mr..
Watson. is one Of the members of the bar of Kent
county,
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-12-04

ACCIDENT FaoM COAL OIL LAMP.

ACCIDENT From A COAL OIL LAMP.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4.
Cordelia syrowles aged 10, was taken with
fit, while in bed. In her struggles she upset
coal oil lamp setting fire to the bed. She was
severely burned.
FIGHT IN BALL ROOM.
10 a fight at ball at Spring Garden and Broad
sts. last night, James Campbell was shot through
the lungs, and Alfred Johnson and Charles Sim
mons badly cut.
The difficulty arose from quarrel between
two rival gangs of young rowdies. A number of
the combattants were arrested.