The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-02-28
Nescs and Political Items.

John II. Surratt is teaching school in
Emlnittsburg, Maryland
"A ninety-nIile walk on snow shoes was
recently accomplished by woman III Mich
igan.
-Fhe Marshall House at Alexandria,
Va, where Colonel Ellsworth WAS killed,
has been burned.
1t is said that few drops Of mustard
oil will prevent ink from moulding and
starch from souring.
The ghost that disturbed an Illinois
family turned out to be an old tin-spout
moved by the wind.
An Illinois mechanic has invented a
steam painting machine, that for plain
painting is said to work well.
South Bend, Ind, has the largest wag-
on factory in the world. Five million dol
lars worth OF wheeled vehicles were made
III that town last year.
The newspapers down East have dis
covered family III Oldtown, Me, in which
there are fourteen children, all boys, the
oldest OF whom are but seven years Of age.
The Mercer WOODEN mills were con-
sumed on last Friday loss $40, 900. In
sured for $50, Geo. st. Petersburg, Clar-
ion county, was nearly desh Dyed on the
same day. Loss about 500, 0UO.
Most of the agricultural land of the
Territory of Arizona is capable of pTodu-
eing two crops year, and every kind of a
p
few pent up deserts i'll Southern Arizona.
Mr.. H. Ii. Bigelow, of W oTcester Mass,
Is going to put IN operation at the Vienna
Exposition = model Yankee shoe factory,
doing all the steps Of the-work by machine
~, and turning out q finished shoe IN seven
minutes.
The detectives found out that the re-
cent murder, of an old hermit at Solon, o.,
was a left-handed one A; SO they arrested
the first left-hauded man they found, and
he proved to be tie right one by his own
confession.
"A New Orleans girl recently kissed
q negro dTayman III the street because he
had just saved her little sister from the
wheels of an approaching car. The for
tunate daTl1ey also received 500 from the
girl's father.
Two sisters who receive $500 a year
each for teaching III Detroit, on this sum
support their aged mother and two help
less children, and meet all their own eX-
penses. They are among those who ask
for more pay.
At Bethlehem, Pa, Monroe Snyder
was murdered last Friday night and his
body thrown into the river whence it was
recovered. He is thought to have been
followed from New York, where he had
been collecting.
An exchange asks In trying to prove
that he didn't receive one bribe Of 81, 200
NO'-s'A btts 'IONCt lIidL ne JObh 1OuI OIneI
bribes of $1,000 each. What would be
the result Of his attempting to explain the
four other brbes?
"A man from Cory witnessed the play
of the ''Hiddcn Hand in Titusville Wed
nesday evening. The ''hand" was .'hid-
dem under the table, and consisted sof
four jacks and seven spot. It beat the
Cory man & flush of diamonds
"A female child was born ut Lockport,
F2 ls sSt XyarL- ,rIfrb haG +Tr-, Il
two thumbs on one hand, and five fingers
and one thumb on the other. 1t also has
six toes on each foot, and its tongue is fast
TO the lower part Of the mouth.
Some people of Branford, Conn, have
tarred and feathercd one of their neigh
bors, his wife being gagged and compelled
to witness the outrage. Its occasion Was a
ruInor that he and his wife had subjected
an invalid lady, submitted to their charge,
to ill-tTestment.
Ben Butler on Tuesday reported from
the House judiciary Committee that it
was incxpedient to impeach Vice Presi-
dent ColfaX, and asked that the Committee
be discharged from further consideration
of the subject. This gave rise to discus
sion, whereupOn the matter was postponed
i'll Wednesday,
The hill to increase the capital stock
of Il q Pennsylvania railroad. and allow an
additional issue of bonds which passed
both bra1ches of the Legislature recently,
was recalled. from the Governors table on
Tuesday, ame. ed in the Senate, concur
red in by the Hous and passed finally, and
signed by the GoyelnHr.
Another case of In uulsive mania is re-
ported from Rutland, VT, where colored
servant girl the othor day attsmpted 10 cut
Oft the nose, ears and fingers Of her en-
ployer's little child, for whorl she had
manifested the strongest attachment, and
afterwards was with difficulty restra ;uod
from killing her mistress.
An extraordinary hen in Lewiston,
Ne, cackled with admirable regularity,
but then she laid ne'er an egg. An exas-
peratlng lrregularity like this demanded
scientific attention. The hen was sacri-
feed, and the post mortem developed the
presence of tyyenty=tyTso sesSb eggs inside
this incomprehensibie fowl.
Mr.. Jones, the new Senator from Ne
vada, is said to be the firstnati of Wales
elected to the United States Senate In
1853 he said to a cousin ''Jhmes, | am
now going to work for myself, for l have
worked long enough for others, and l am
not going to visit home before | am elected
to the Senate of the United States''
The latest report is that Centre coun-
ty has given ], 600 majority against license
instead of 500 for license as announced
Bla&T gives about ,, 500 against license
Schuylkill about 1900 and Northumber-
landaabout 400 for license. These reports
subject to correction, the full returns
not having been received from any of the
counties named.
The Mayor of st. Louis has received a
letter from one Of six men who, the writer
says, are in duty bound to burn such cities
as Chicago, Boston, New York, st. Louis.
and others" These persons are paid
by European monopolists to DESTROY proD
erty and American manufactures to bring
foreign goods in demand" St. Louis is to
perish mIserably some time in the spring.
The famous Jumel estate case has
come to an end at last. The plaintiff. Geo
Washington Bowen, claimed the estate on
the ground that he was an illegitimate son
of Hadame Jumel, deceased. The Court
held that Madame Jumel had only life
interest IN the estate and the jury de-
cided that this view was correct. and that