The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-12-12
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Seth Adams, well-lznown business
man of Boston, and, with his brother, the
FIRST manufacturer of the Adams printing
press. died on the 7th, i'll Boston.
1t is said that in the consistory which
is to be held in Rome, on the 22d instant,
eleven cardinals viii be created, and nun
clos to Madrid, LISBON, VIENNA, ana faF's-
: appointed.
Among the steady habits of Connecti-
cut is a steady habit of drinking. Fifteen
ont of every forty one who have died in
that State during the past five years were
d:llpkards-. esE1.sEE ----z- algr
John Kearney, of Kearney station, -
brakeman OH tue Pa. r. r., had several
fingers crushed between two cars at Pitts
buTch,, not long since, aud died from the
effects on Monday last.
On Friday, as Adam Shaul WAS run
ming logs alongside of slide, nearhillstone
mill at Clarion, Forrest county, a log
str11ck-a skid, breaking it in two and driv-
ing it into his body, killing him almost III
instantly. -.-..-.- .-..a
While party of hunters were sleep
ing in cabin in Center county recently
the building took fire near the door. In
passinp through the flames Samuel Adj
ANS was fatally burned. All were slight
ly injured.
Mrs. Deacon Smith Of CoIlinsville,
Conn, is slowly starving to death from an
inflammation of the throat produced by
fish bone which lodged there some time
ago and which prevents her taking any
nourishmept. --r..- a"s -.
The Galveston, {Texas) Ne,os has the
following !: Thirty-three counties give An
aggregate majority of IL, ST. for the Dem
ocratic ticket, showing net Democratic
majority in forty four counties heard from
of Is, CO.. The Democrats claim the State
by 40, 900.
--Beniamin Moore, of Briuton station,
died on Saturday last from the effects of a
terrible wound received in one of his arms
by being accidentally shot by his own gun
while out hunting on the 26th ult. lie
was crossing fence at the time Of the ac-
cident
In Richmond, Va, firm Of colored
persons manufacture sassafras oil on
large scale. Forty thousand pounds of the
root are used every week, producing eight
/ thousand pounds of rectIfied oil. 1t Is
used for scenting toilet soap, flavOring to-
bacco, and the like.
The boiler of the steamer Royal George
exploded at Albany, Texas, on Saturday
night. The mate and three deck hands
were killed, and several others injured
five of them seriously. At last accounts
the wreck was on fire, and relief had been
sent from Shreveport.
en- 70 death on a vacant lot in Dorchester,
Mass, on Friday night. The murderer
was seen to leave his victim, but he eS-
capped. There were indications that an
attempt to commit felonious assault pre-
ceded the murder.
Eleven hundred persons own u, 000,-
600 acres Of land in the State of California.
That is an average of nearly 13, 600 acres
for each person. This arc is nearly three
quarters much as the whole land under
cultivation i'll the great State of Ohio. In
Ohio the average size of the farms is III
acres.
1t is said that thieves are leaving the
larger cities in great numbers to ply their
trade m the rural districts. They expect
to do rushing business by robbing the
country people who have withdrawn their
money from the banks on account of the
panic, and stored it away in the tradition
al old stocking.
/ Amid all the ''back-pay'' and ''salary
grab resolutions which are being offered
! in Congress, we hear no intimation of
Grants intention to cover into the Treasu-
ry his share of the steal-S1OO, OOO-and
/ his message contained no reference to the
most Odius measure ever passed by faith
less representatives.
James Kree, son of Henry Kree. the
proprietor Of the Meyers House, Blairs-
vile, poured carbon oil into the bar-room
stove TO rekindle the fire, on Monday morn
! ing last, and the oil igniting suddenly.
1 flashed into his face and burned it terri
I bly,. He had been often warned against
( this dangerous habit.
The officers and crew of the Vile dc
! Havre are put in an unenviable light by
I late dispatches from London. From these
4 it appears that they failed in decent exer-
ton to save the passengers on the sinking
/ steamer, and that about the only courage
4 81, ,lz,,r Il,
displayed by the English sailors of the
Locherne.
Tho Pittsburgh Commercial gives
/ twenty eight reasons for its opposition to
I the proposed new Constitution. Each one
is headed with because. We desire,
! says the Age, to add the twenty ninth
which WAS evidently overlooked by the
/ C0BansrctaE Because the new Constitu-
/ tion prevents a few men from robbinC the
State Treasury and growing rich upon the
! money of the people.
-Captain Proctor, who returned to Pic
/ ton, n. s., from the Magdalen Islands, on
Saturday last, reports that on the night of
/ November Is, great light was seen on the
coast, which is supposed to have proceeded
! from vessel on fire at sea. From reports
/ from different sources it is believed that
/ the missing steamer Pict0u was burned
and all on board have persisted, as no boats
! could possibly live in such gale as was
blowing on the night in question
The people in many of the counties OF
/ Kansas are suffering from the effects of
prairie fires, which during the fall burned
over immense tracts. A large number of
1 farms have been swept bare, not only of
( this years crops. but of barns and dwelling
houses. Arkansas, particularly its county
of Pulaski, of which Little Rock is the
! principal town, has been similarly, though
/ not 50 severely, afflicted and the poor peo-
! pie are already suffering from cold and hun
! ger there.
james Bishop of New Brunswick, New
/ Jersey, was among the passengers rescued
! from the wreck of the Vile du Havre, and
/ it is not the first time that he has been in
I great peril of his life and came out safely
| without serious damage to his person.
About twenty years ago he was one of the