The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-02-07
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Snow, SIX inches deep, III the streets of
London, is another evidence of tho remark !
able character of the winter of 1929.
a rian il Kentucky has been married
four times, each time having been married
by the same minister in the same house, to
four sisters of the same family.
-lEichagd fpencer, lauged ON the Sth
ult., At Kirkdaic, England, for the muir
der of his / istress, w., born il Jail, and
his father lis hung for murder.
A German youth Ia Chautaqua coun-
-, y. Y, is u confirmed sm>, er at the aye
Of four years, having acquired the habit as
soon as lie could set up his infant pipes.
In Boston, Gil Saturday afternoon,
man named Alfred .. Lane shot his daugh-
ter Grace aged fuur, and then killed L.uI-
seK Domestic trouble WAS the cause OF
the tragedy.
Stokes is rotated to LIrs. Dix. This IS
undoubtedly bad for Stokes, as Governor
Dix would rather sacrifice III his wife's
relatives than lay himself open to the charge
OF nepotism.
Mary GcArdle lately died in Fcngi.al,
Ireland, a. the age OF one hundred and tif-
teen years. Her strong point was that she
worked with tho reapcrs last harvest and
kept up with her Son, frisky youth Of
seyenty-seYen.
Il mans head was recently discovered
MedSed in the frame work OF the trucks OF
one OF the carr of All English express train,
which had been carried there for one hun
dred anti twenty miles, no one on tho train
being aware that al accident had occurred.
An eccentric young lady, Of Marshall
toran, Ia, lately cut her throat IN twenty
places, and then tried to mUI der
child. She has attempted three times pre-
Viou.ly to Commit suicide, and is tattooed
enough 10 pass FOR South Sea Island
chief.
A bill has been introduced IN Tic Leg
islature OF Nircunsn, making it Il misdc-
meanor for = State officer member Of
the Legislature 70 accept a free railroad
pass, Offenders to be punished 10y forfeit
ure of \ part of tlisir pay. II will pass
without opposition
The bonds, mortgages, &C., stolen
from the banking house of larkson tS Co.,
Lancaster, Pa. on the 18th OF January,
were found on Sunday morning under the
stairway leading to tho basement Of ST.
l'Iufs Reformed Church, Reading, Pa
They amount to over 800, 600.
A dispatch TO the Missouri Republican
2nuOuncvs that SeuatOr Poneruy is a raw
ing maniac aud that his life is despaired Of
by his friends. We shall not be surprised
to find otl.er so-stSls lsd christian gentle
.usn' SO afflicted by the time the invssti-
eating cumn:itteeS concluded their labors.
The wicked have q hard road to travel.
Tho Iowa City RepGJ!iran says it is
estimated that in The State Atty Thousand
bushels of corn per day are burned as fuel,
and will continue 70 be used at this rate
for the re1t two months. Think of it
three million bushels OF corn to be usod up
40 fuel i'll The next sixty days, besides the
several millions of Lushels all eady disposed
of i'll the same way.
Grant, besides his anxiety for $50. 900
year salary, with q new mansion. and his
uttsr aversion TO presents Of any descrip-
ton. has signiiied his intention to make
the ''ti%riI.c Band 4 big thing. 1t is said
to be among the probabilities that ''i-at
Gilmore" OF jubilee fame, will be its lead
CT, and that it viii rival, If not surpahs. the
grand Court bands of Europe. Another
stride towards Capitalization.
Tho daughters OF the late Chief Justice
fancy are in straitened circumstances
being compelled to earn their subsistence
by working as copyi1ts for lawyers III Bal
t.Inore. Members Of the legal profession
| throughout the country are about starting
fund to relieve the necessities of these
/ ladios-the children Of 4 man who for thir-
ty years held the highest judicial position
i'll the country, and died poor.
The National Era, the organ Of the
colored men Of Washington, makes 4 fair
| point at the expense Of the recent devel-
Opment'. OF corruption among our public
men. 1t says that the evils that vero
promised to come from negro suffrage are
more than ecIipsed 10y the evils arising
from white suffrage, and instances the
Kansas senators as illustrious examples of
the truth Of this assertion.
Mr.. Whittemore, of Fluvanna, Chau-
tauqua county, \. Z, is the oldest post-
master i'll tho United States. He was ap-
pointed during the administration Of John
/ Quincy Adams i'll 1927, and has held the
position ever since. The same men = @ his
bail to-day, and ever have been, aud the
same Justice of the Peace has acknowl-
edged his bail bonds every time he has
been required to give them.
The first railway train in England
started between Liverpool and Manchester
for-tyo years ago, i'll 1880, and the papers
over there are only now beginning to dis
ouos tic propricty OF adopting the Ameri-
can system of checking baggage. Up to
this time, every railway passenger in Eng
land has been obliged to look after his own
luggage, often being sorely tried and de-
layed i'll consequence.
Mr.. J. II. Barrett, residing in Cpper
Cwchlan township, Chester county, had a
chicken buried III the snow which fell on
the 26th of December last, and which did
not find its way out until the 18th of Jan
u2ry, 1t having nothing 30 eat in the mean
time, except what it could find within its
snowy cell. 1t was discovered by one of
the family while passing, owing to its max
ing sort of a cackling noise 1t was, as
may be imagined, i'll very sorry plight
and weak condition.
Medical science has lately made a
trightful discovery. One of the most en-
ircnt professors of Paris has submitted to
the Academy Al invention of his own to
Kill animals by blowing air into their eyes.
A few seconds only ale required for tie
OBcratlnR which lasiIaS
felimg. Experiments, it is affirmed, have
been made at Alfort which have succeeded
perfectly. One remarkable feature in this
new method Of killing is that it leaves n3
trace behind it, and is as applicable to bu-
man beings As to animals.
4 company consisting of Thomas A.
Scott and J. \. Mccullough, of PenpsyI-
wanna, j. i. Morgan of New York, Gene
raj Burnside and others, has been formed
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