The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-12-05

At the beginning of the Tweed trial in
New York three lawyers of the defense,
Messrs Graham, Fullerton and Bartlett,
presented paper to Judge Davis giving
their reasons why he should not preside
over the court. For this contempt they
have been fined two hundred and fifty dol
lars EACH and reprimanded in sharp man
ner by Judge Davis since the close of the
trial. 1t is time something should be done
to stop that improper license on the part
of members of TIE New York bar which is
bringing disgrace upon the administration
of Justice in that city.
Near Harrisburg, in what is known as
the ssPoet's Hollow" on Thanksgiving
dav. an old lady named Mrs. Catherine
Kroehl was discovered lying on bed in
her house in senscless condition, badly
cut about the head, while about her lay
nooI Of congealed blood. Word was sent
to Harrisburg, and the authorities had her
conveyed TO the hospital ct that place. 1t
is snpncsed some vaGabOno tramp COM
mittCd the deed on Wednesday night, rs
then several suspicious parties were seen
lurking around the neighboIhoOd. There
are no hopes of her recovery.
The ship TrimOuntaue, from New
York, arrived at Cardiff early on the morn
ing OF the 1st inst, with intelligence of
dreadful disaster to tho steamship Vile du
Hayre, which left New York, November
lltn. tOr B10Nl6, III COiIllisllItl Ol ouIlLOii
At two O o'clock on the morning of the 22d
the Vile du Havre came in collision with
the British ship Locherin, from London
for New York, and sank shortly after.
Two hundred and twenty-siX Of the pas
sengers of the Vile du Havre were lost.
The Trimountane saved eighty-seven pas
senCers and brought them to Cardiff.
An English Tory newspaper cores
pondcnt writing on the political situation
-, of tho soldier. President
MacMahon He stands higher in the es-
timation of all classes of politicians, ex-
cepting, perhaps, the politicians of the
Commune he has no political enemies /;
he leaves his ministers to carry on the az
fairs of State whatever may be his private
convictions he does not favor monarchy or
republcanism in his language or acts ho
maintains order; he rules with firmness
when necessary he is the least vain man
in all Francc-thus Marshal Mae Mahon is
respected at home and abroad.
On Tuesday last, III Petersburg, this
State, Mr.. j. W. Simpson, a respected cit
izen OF that place, locked up his place of
business, and deliberately walked home,
where, without giving any idea to any
body what he was about, he seized a re
volver. and placing II to his forehead, fired,
tho ball lodging in the back part Of his
head and intiictinG 4 fatal injury, he fall
ing senseiess to the ground. Physicians
were summoned, but they gave up all
hopes of his recovery. Temporary iusani-
ty, caused By financial embarrassment,
was The cause. He leaves a wife and three
children, the youngest only two weeks oid.
"A Pennsylvania paper gives the fol-
lowing Mrs. Sally Taylor, in Westtown
township. is the grandmother Of eight twin
grandchildren, which fact we regard as
( remarkable. These four sets of twins are
divided among her children as follows ::
Elizabeth Williams, wife Of Gideon Will
liams, in Birmingham township, is the
proud mother Of two sets, the first being
girls, tho second boys. Jane, wife of Wash
/ ington 1eaTsley, residing III Westtown
township. has one set of spanking boys,
and the other and last pair a boy and n
/ girl) belong to and basll in the happy
( smiles of Mrs. Stephen Taylor, of this bor
! oush.
/ According to the English Mechanic, 4
/ rcw process Of iron making, which dispsns-
. cs with the blast furnace, has been rractf-
cally tested, and specimens of its produce
shown at Wolverhampton. The bloom is
made direct from the ore, which is ground,
! mixed with lime and pitch, and baked in
and 4 furnace being charged with it, it is
ready for the heive or the sQueezers in half
an hour. The inventors claim that by
/ their PROCESS they can make ton Of fla
/ ished iron from the ore at an expenditure
of only two tons of coal /; that they can
/ make German steel rs cheapiy as cast-iron,
and that they can furthermore make the
latter equal in purity to charcoal iron.
Women are very apt to astonish the
! world, in manner and at 4 time the world
least expects. Thus Sharkey, one of TIE
Inhabitants of MuTderers' Row, in the New
/ York TombS, has been liberated by the
( artiiice of woman friend of his. HIS cell
. has been rs private to him as it would have
been in any hotel, and he has had ample
! time and opportunity to mature his plan
( of escape, and collect all his necessary dis
guises. The other day lie was visited by
( Il woman. who gave him her check of ad-
mission, and helped him to dress himself
in women's clothes which he had collected
picccmeal after which he coolly walked
out of the building and when his cell was
| visited. he turned up missing, and nothing
was found bat smiling woman to greet the
astounded turnkey. Sharkey IS still miss
ing.
Great suffering is reported among the
settlers in Lyons and OsceOla counties,
! north western Iowa, and an appeal for aid
is sent out. 1t is said that nine tenths OF
the people have only twisted hay and grass
seed for fuel. while their food and clothing
are insufficient for the necessities of life.
Many families are leaving on foot, and we
nave announcements OF several deaths
from exposure to the cold. These counties
were settled and organized in 1871 and 70,
and the increase Of the population has
been very rapid. 1t is said that the soil is
rich, and an abundant harvest was prom
ised this year. but late in the summer the
grasshoppers swept the farms of every YES
tige.of vegetation. The people being gen
orally poor, the consequence was the priva-
ton and suffering reported at this time.
PROTESTANT SISTERS OF CHARITY.-The
Memphis Appeay bears testimony to the