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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-18

Once at the town, told my story to
the police, and a detachment was sent
with me TO the spot
After long searching and many false
alarms, We succeeded III finding the
ruinous old house; but it was empty,
our birds had flown nor did | recov-
er my valise and chain, which latter
! had left under my pillow.
Its Drew's gang" said the leader
Of the police, '.and they've troubled
us two years | don't think, though,
that they'll come back here at pre-
sent"
Nor did they.
But the strangest part of my story
is to come yet. Some three weeks
subsequently, / received a letter from
my sister who was with Alice in her
English hOme-a letter, whose intelli-
gence filled me with surprise.
Il must tell you something very
strange" ," wrote my sister, that hap
pened to us the night of the 18th of
October Alice had not been well for
some time in fact she had been con-
fined to her bed nearly week, and |
was sioting beside her reading. 1t
was late, the clock had just struck one,
when all Of a sudden, she seemed to
faint away, growing white and rigid
as a corpse. | hastened to call assist
ance, but all our efforts to restore her
to life and animation seemed vain. |
was Just about to send for the doctor,
when her senses returned as suddenly
as they had left her, and she sat up in
the bed, pushing back her hair and
looking wildly around her.
Alice = | exclaimed, how you
terrified Us all. Are YOU i'll!
Not i'll, she answered, but | feel
50 strange Oracle, | have been with
my husbandn
.'All our reas soning failed 10 convince
her Of the impossibility Of her asser-
tions. She persists to this moment
that she saw YOU and was with You on
the 18th Of October, or rather on the
morning OF the lSth-wherc and how
we cannot teIl-but we think it must
have been a dream. She i better now,
and | wish YOU could see how fast she
IS improving"
This is my plain, unvafnished tale,
| do not pretend to explain or account
for its mysteries. ] simply relate
facts. Let psychologists unravy the
IabaryutnaI sIlcin | am not super
s1itious, neither do | believe in ghosts,
vraiths CT apparitions; but this thinG
DO know-that although my VII,
was in England, in body, oH the morn
ing OF October 18th, her spirit surely
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-03-05

The supplement to the Longwood Valley
Railroad, introduced in the House of Assem-
bly,, authorizes the extention of the main line
from its present authorized terminus in the
vicinity of Hampton Junction, on the New
Jersey Central, to New Brunswick, and the
construction of branch to Pennington. This
Longwood Valley road, under its existing
charter and supplement commences at the
New York State line, and if the present bill
passes will run thence through the rich mineral
and agricultural regions of northern and cen
trail N. Jersey to the tide-waters of the Raritan
and with its Pennington branch will form a
through route, by means of connection at the
latter point, from Albany to Philadelphia and
the South. The enterprise is an important
one in its relations to the development of the
resources of this State, and it is to be hoped
that it may receive the favorable consideration
of the Legislature. To this city it would be
of especial advantage, bringing us as it would,
by it's connections, into direct communication
with the Pennsylvania coal-felds, while at the
same time giving us an airline route to the
interior Of New York.-N. B. Fredontan.
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DEATHS.

BRlGes.--At Lamhertve, on the 10Th of February,
ceased aged 10 years and MONTH
The deceased endured her illness and anction with
remarkable patience aud appeared resigned to the will
of her Maker. Some time previous to her departure
she said to her sister aud children that she hoped
meet them again in glory. H. f.
STouTAt IIopewell the 2sth day of February last
JAMES NJ Srour, in the 9th year of his age
BLAcKwgLL.Feb, 81 1873, at Rngoes, CHARLES BLACK
WELL aged u years and months
HOFFMAN -Feb H. 1874 at Cokesbury PHILIP c. HoFF-
MAN, Esq, aged 20 years.
TeGR-Feb Is, 1873, in High Bridge township Mr. Eo.
TIGER aged 70 years.
SuTToS-Feb Is, is73, at Cokesb,ry, Mrs. ELIZABETH
SUTTON, wife of Peter sutton aud sister of the above
mentioned George Tiger aged 81 years.
DISsMoRE-Fcb ., 1873 in Pennington. FREDDY infant
of Edward and Viann Dinsmore, aged about 8
months.
HEATHFeb L 1873 at Stockton after long and pain
full Illness FRANCIS T HEATH aged IS yerrs, months
and days.
wEsTan 2s 1873 at the residence of his son-in-law
Amos Bowman, in Delaware township JOSEPH w EST
aged about S3 years.
REApINe.Feh Is, 1873 sergeantsville ELIZABETH
READING widow of VIM. Reading, aged so years. /
month and 10 days.
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MARCH 3. 1879.

gY- The Senate in, Executive Session, on
Thursday afternoon of last week, confirmed
the following nominations made by the Gov
ernor
sIaior-Generai of Naturalization Mott
Judge of the Court of Errors-Caleb S.
Green, vice Charles S. Olden, resigned.
Commissioners on Territorial Limits of New
Jersey and characterization Browning, of
Camden Cortlandt Parker of Essex Albert
H. Shape, of Salem.
Trustees of Normal School-First District
Richard M. Acton, Salem.
Second District--Thomas d. Armstrong,
Burlington.
Third District-Robert Allen, Jr., Mon
mouth
Fourth Distlict--Rynear Fl. yeghte, Som
erset.
Fifth District--John NJ. Howe, Passaic.
Sixth District--Wi William A. Whitehead, full
term; William II. Steele, one year.
Seventh District-Charles K. Imbrie.
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The commissioners to make arrangements
for the procuring of bronze statue of Gen.
Phil. Kearney, and marble statue to Richard
Stockton, to be placed in the gallery at Wash
ington city consisting of the Governor, Presi-
dent of the Senate, Speaker of the House, T.
G. Wolbert, of Hudson, Major G.. b. Halstead,
of Essex, and Richard S. Jenkins, of Camden),
have made contract with Henry X. Brown,
Of Newburg, New York, to furnish them
statues. Mr.. Brown is an artist of rare ability
The sum agreed upon for both is $4,000.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-03-05

The following changes in appointments of
officers on the New Jersey division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad went into operation on
Saturday Mr.. Walter Freeman will continue
to be General Freight Agent of the New Jer-
sey Division his office being at Philadelphia.
Mr.. Frank Thompson is appointed Superin-
tendent of Motive Power Of New Jersey Di-
vision, office at Altoona. Mr.. G. S. Gauntt is
appointed Superintendent of Transportation,
office at Trenton Mr.. c. Clinton Gardiner
appointed General Superintendent of the Penn
sylvania Division.
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The charge by the Democratic papers that
Mr. Brooks expulsion from Congress was re-
commended by the Poland Credit Mobilier
Committee because he is a Democrat, is re-
futed by the fact that the recommendation was
made by the entire Committee, including
ing Democrats of the House.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-03-05

The baggage of passenger by the steam
ship Silesia was seized at the pier at Hobolxen
by the custom house officers, on Thursday,
and found to contain valuable laces and Silks
which it was intended to smuggle ashore
The goods were taken to the custom house
and appraised at $4,000.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-03-05

Alexander II. Stephens Vice President of
the late Southern Confederacy, was elected to
Congress ON Wednesday of last week. He is
an able man but bitter and wrongheaded in
his views since the downfall of the Confed-
eracy.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-03-05

A desperate effort is being made at Harris
burg to secuae repeal of the Local Option
law. A large amount of money is said to have
been raised by the liquor interest for this
purpose. In the elections that have thus far
been held, the vote has been largely "no
license.o This alarms the liquor dealers, and
they want to have the law repealed.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-03-05

Johnny Bull, No. l., the first locomotive
on the G. Il A. r. r., was photographed last
week at Bordentown. Johnny is still in a
good state of preservation.
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The station agent at Gloucester City is Miss
Schulz, who performs her duties in such man
per as to give entire satisfaction 10 the COM
pany as wcll as TO TIE public.
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The ice gorge in the Delaware opposite
White Hills is thirty feet high.
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So REWARD!

NOR information that will lead to the arrest and con-
victon Of the person persons who cut of the tops
OIL the fruit trees in my lot in West Amwell township
adjoining lands of John Caffey and Henry Olds
Any person found trespassng the said property will
be calf with according to law =
Nov. IL 1872. STEPHEN HULL.
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40 Coryell street,
INHERIT TLLE, N. IT..

special invitations hereby extended to all to.visit my
Furniture Display ROOMS and there to examine some of
the Finest and Ilandsomcst Furniture before put
sale in this section of the country.
Have in stock and manufacture to order the finest
and most fashionable
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VIM. II. TITUS,
46 CoRyELL STREET, LAMBERTVILLE,

CABINET MAKING and REPAIRING done at the
shortest notice. PICTURE FRAMES made to order.
UNDERTAKING in all its hranches, Funerals care
fully and properly attended.
Agent for 0gborne Hendricks Invalid aud General
Purpose Bed Bottom Co. Of the city OF Iambertyile.
March s, 1873
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Proclamation !
TO THE CITIZENS OF HUNTERDON,
MERCER AND BUCKS COUNTIES.

desire to proclaim to the people of these counties that
there longer rny need of visiting the large cities in
order to buy irst-cass Furniture &C. At
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NEIv STOCK CONSTANTLY Bz1sG Rzcn1pzD.

Persons about commencing housekeeping or those who
wish to rct or increase their stock earnestly desired
to call and see If these things not You will
time and money by buying at my establishment
can furnish all Styles from the most elaborate work
IN solid woods to the owest-priced imitation. The rich
and the poor can be suited at TITUS FURNITURE
WARERO0MS
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now have exhibition extensive and choice lot of
Furniture Of all kinds to which your special attention
invited feeling assured that offer you well-made
artie at prices low the be purchased for
anywhere.
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HOPY Of Large Literary Hcbdonsadat and
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II you want
Chairs and Rockers of all kinds, Tables, Cupboards
Wardrobes Secretaries Bedroom Paor Suits Iron
Steads Trunde Beds Cribs Cradles Cot Beds Settees
aud Lounges Extension Tables Hat Racks Towel Racks
What-Not Tcapoys, fuckers, Howes and Films Spring
i'otoms Looking Glasses and everything belonging to
well-reguated Furniture Store, so to
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w nc. H. THU s.,
46 Coryen Street,

IAMBERTNLLE, ~. j.,
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-05-03
Wonderful Mechanism

A German miner living at Excelsior,
Northumberland county, has made one Of
the most wonderful clocks On record, and
when it is considered that he never learned
a trade and had no other tools but peck
ct knife and little hammer. II is surprising
how he could produce such an intricate
piece of mechanism The clock is Octa-
gonal in form about thrt g feet in diameter
The whole is carved out of wood. the out
side, including dial plate and all, is very
finely carved. Above the dial is plat
form surrounded by fine railing In the
middle If this stands a figure representing
the Saviour and the figure of rooster.
When the CLOCK strikes twelve the twelve
apostles come one after another marching
out of the door, passing across the platform
and each one Of the first eleven making
bow facing the Saviour. and then passing
on to another door which they enter and
close behind them. The last one is Judas
with bag of gold in one hand. He passes
on without designing to notice the Saviour
During the passage Of the apostles, the
cock crows twice and chime Of bells plays
music inside The clock shows the time of
day, the days Of the week, the months Of
the year and the four quarters of the
moon. Altogether the clvck Il of a most
wonderful and beautiful construction. The
time occupied in its construction was about
three years. the dial plate alone taking up
two months. being splendidly carved II
is now on exhibition at the residence Of
the maker. who intends, we believe. to ex-
hibit il IA al the principal critics and towns
of the country
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-05-03
Newspapers.

some people estimate the ability II
newspaper and the talent IT the editor BY
the quantity ~ original matter the pubh-
cation contains The L,'.rdrg Journal
truthfully says IL Is comparatively ala
easy task fpr frothy writer 70 work out
daily columns - words words upon any
and all subjects. His ideas may how III
one weak. vaShy. everlasting fisod and the
command II his language may enable him
to string them together like lunches of
onions. and Vet his paper may be a meager
and p.,pr concern. Indeed the mere writ
my part II editing a paper Is but a small
portion of the work. The care. the time
employed Ia selecting. - far more impor-
tant and the tact - go"d editor IL better
shown by hIs selections than anything else;
and thar. We all know. - half the battle
But as We have said. an editor ought u be
estimated and hls lahors understood and
appreciated IN the general conduct Of his
paper its tone, its uniform consistent
course It's aims. its manlIness its dignity
and its pruprety. To preserve these as
they should be preserved Il enough to oc-
cupy fully the time and attention of any
man II " this be added the general SUI
pervision ~ the newspaper establishment,
which most editors have to encounter, the
wonder Is how they find time to write at
alI
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-05-03
In the Quicksand.
Miners Escape From Terrible Death
The RI>k Run by the Miner

On saturday forenoon last, says the
Shiawasse (Mich.) -4mc,tcda. a calamity
occurred at the coal mines in this city, by
which the mines were almost completely
filed with water and quicksands, and from
which twelve or fifteen miners narrowly es-
capped a terrible death At the end Of the
main entrance the miners struck what they
supposed to be a spring the water gush
ing from the rock IN large stream but
to this they paid little or no attention. and
finally went ont Of the mine to dinner
The men in the north entry had inst put
off their bias ), and also gone out but
those in the south entry remained III the
mine. Scarcely had the men got ont.
when the roofing near the supposed spring
gave way, and the water and quicksand
came rushing into the mine IN a torrent,
completely filling up all the entries with
the exception Of part Of the south entry,
which Is considerably higher than the 9th
ers A miner named David Williams. a
young man sixteen or seventeen years old,
was Just entering the main entrance from
the south entry, when he saw the sand and
water coming, aud, instead Of making his
escape through the main entry, as he could
have done. ran back and told the men
what had happened. They then immedi-
ately started to make their escape. but on
reaching the mouth Of the entry they
found it closed
Fortunately an air passage leading from
the South entry TO the slope had been cut.
and through this the men made their es-
cape, crawling on their hands and knees
not, however, until some of them we're
half buried in the quicksand. One Of the
noble fellows was SO far buried in the sand
that be called out To his comrads. who
were about to offer assistance, to ''l let him
alone. AS it was all up with him, and to
save themselves" BY the greatest mira
Gle, however. he succeeded in etfecting his
escape after being nearly up to his shoul-
ders III quick sand One of the mules was
in the south entry at the time, and could
not be cot ont, though he can be reached
through the air passage, and feed is carried
to him. Although nearly one hundred
feet ia depth, the surface If the ground
over which the cave-m Occurred-a space
of about one hundred feet square went
down some twelve or fifteen feet, CARRYING
trees, stumps, etc, along with it. Work
was Immediately commenced clearing ont
the mine, and it Is thought that by the
first Of next week the south entry will be
clear aud the miners will resume work i'll
getting coal. The damage to the company
il estimated al =, 900, but now that they
know more thoroughly the character Of the
treacherOus soil above. another such scci-
dent will be avoided
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-05-03
The Stocking Loom.

A pretty little story tells us Of the inven-
tlun Of the stocking loom W Lee was a
gay young student of Oxford, who saw
among the Greek letters Of his HAD only
the bright ewes % the in-keepers daugh-
ter, and heard IN the professor tones but
the click Of her swift knitting needles. Ia
despair he threw away his books, hurried
to his mistress. aud with her To the par
sons. When the Oxford dons heard of
the proceedings AZ the rcctory, they deci-
ded ~ grave council that this crime ~
marriage must be- made an example Of and
accordingly the Young man was expelled.
Disgraced and dlshonored. he and Peggy
we're east out into the world with only four
knitting needles T. look ~ for bread. But
Peggy went merrily ~ work, her eyes
glowing brighter. her fingers playing faster,
while her enamored husband sat before
her ia helpless inefhciency, watching the
cleaning needles a. If entranced.
~ Eureka he exclaimed one day.
Who F Peggy looked up anxiously
She had never been even t. grammar
school
! can 40 II, Peggy, better than YOU,
he answered, with a manly sense Of his
superiority He got some wires and went
~ work, while Peggy watched, and soon
her shining needles gave wayfo the stock
ing loom, which revolntlonized the whole
industry Peggy became a bright-eyed
lady, William a distinguished inventor,
while the Oxford dons nobody knows any
thing about, but they doubtless shrank up
into Greek particles or algebraic signs AT
any rate it was clear case Of poetic JUS
tice, at which Hymen should light an ex-
ira torch.
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Hints to House-ke keepers

II your hat-iruns are rough and smoky.
lay little fine salt % a fit surface, and
rub them well, 1t will prev mt them from
sticking to anything starched, and make
them smooth.
Rub your griddle with $ ne salt before
you grease H. and your cake viii not stick
When clothes have acquired All unpl-as-
ant odor by being kept from the air, char
coal laid in the folds, will soon remove a.
II black dresses have been stained. bul
handful of fg leaves III quart W water.
and reduce il To pint A sponge dipped
III this liquid, and rubbed upon them, will
entirely remove stains from grapes. BON
baznes, etc
IN laying up furs for summer, lay a tai
low candle I'D Or near them, ana danger
from worms will be obviated
To DESTROY CoCKRoA,HEs AM OTHER
vERMIN.
An Infallible means of destroying cock
reaches, beetles, etc, ~ 70 strew the roots
If black hellebore on the floor AZ night
Next morning the whole far-ily of these
insects will he found either dead or dying.
for such j. their avtdlty fur the !~Jis0nous
plant, that thy never fail u Eat Il when
they can get II. Black hrllebore grows ia
marsh grounds, and may DC had at ali
herb-shOps.
now To CATCH AuL THg FISH YOU wANr.
Take the Juice X smaliage or loveage.
and mix 1t with any klnd uf bait Bait
your hooks and W fishing and you will
catch all the fish you need A few drop.
of oil Of rhodlum is also good
Another Take cocculus indicus. pull
verized, and mix with dough- then scatter
broadcast over the water This will be
seized with ayidity by the fish, which will
80 completely intOxIcate them that they
will turn belly up on the surface ~ the
water, by hundreds Now have boat
ready, and pick up what you want ana put
them in a tub Of fresh water. and in lev
minutes they viii Ne an right again