The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-06-06
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Chester county last week admitted to
probate a last will and testament written
on a state.
The Minnesota agriculturists announce
n loss Of tllrce-fUurths of their stock by last
winters frost.
Paul W. Garfield, of Titusvillc, we'll
known oil operator, has failed, leaving an
indebtedness Of over 500, 900.
A colliery explosion, near Wigan, Eng
land, on Friday, killed six miners and des-
tr0yed a vast amount of property.
--katil Brennan, aged ten years, fell
into coal shaft at Glen Carbon, Schuyl-
kill county, on the 22G ult., ard was killed.
A pine tree was fellcd in Vernon town
ship, Crawford county, recently, which
brought 1920 after it had been sawed mp
into logs and lath.
A negro was murdered by another in
Brunswick county, Va, on Saturday, max
, ing the tenth murder III that State during
the last two weeks.
There is three-leggcd SOW in Pine
Brook, Luzerne county, which recently
give birth to litter of three pigs, having
each but three legs.
/ "A motherly hen in the town of An
tioch, Ill, has taken possession of litter
Of Kittens and is quite dCmOnStTatIyc III
her affection for them.
Henry Gray, of Wayne township, Erie
: county, was killed by lightning on Monday
.
( the Thursday following.
Captain Jack would make 4 trump
card for the Centennial, if the Government
will defer until that time the investing of
( him with hemPen necktie.
A PetriGcd negro has been found i'll
/ an UndcrtakcrS garnet at Roanoke, Miss.
| 1t is thought that he undertook the study
/ Of law and became absorbed in Blackstone.
Three New Hampshire brothers re-
tlNrY Il Il Il
/ a grand daughter, and it was the oldest
of the brothers that married the grand
daughter.
The wife of a Louisville lawyer made
. q hustle Of some important Legal dUcU-
mentS, and court had to adjourn until She
could go home and return with them III
proper shape.
y child with frogs head was born
! in Washington county \ few days ago.
The phenomenon is accounted FOR 10y its
mother having "a frog in her throat all
/ through the spring
The Warren Ledger complains that
the lumber business is dull, and that the
yards are druggcd with large stocks of
boards, while the Spring run yet remains
in the water unSOd.
oil City has a cat with good deal Of
human nature. 1t is bringing up a rat
among its own Juveniles Just poor hu-
| manity raises pig, in order to make food
of it when it arrives at the proper age.
/ A sheriH's jury in New York pro-
/ nOunceS George Francis Train sane, and
. lie has, consequently. been discharged.
Sanity, as pronounced by a New \ ork
Sheriff > jury. is of very questionable sort.
1t is stated that one million dolaIS are
to be raised by the sale of bonds to provide
for placing Indication stones on the GettyS-
/ burg battlefield, to commemorate the posi-
tion Of the troops and events of the strug-
gle.
A country maiden lately drove an OK
team into indianapolis, hauling load of
I wood. She said She cut the wood. and
with the wood she bought a highly-ribbon-
ed hat, and with the hat she'll cut coun-
try swell.
-ColoneI Edward Campbell has been
( appointed President Judge of the four
teenth Judicial District of this State, to
succeed Judge Gilmore, deceased. The
4, District comprises the counties of Fayette
/ and Greene.
1t is reported that valuable silver
I mine, covering q large area, has been dis
covered in the western part of Washington
/ county, Wis. within one hundred miles
of Milwaukee, and that the ore already
worked indicates a valuation of 81, 600 per
ton.
The Washington Eramincr says
I Henry Briceand. convicted of the murder
/ of John Allingham. still continues i'll very
/ bad health 1t Is feared he may not live
until the Supreme Court can have an OPP
/ portunity to pass upon his case, November
next.
/ a justice Of the peace in Peoria mar
/ ried Il couple recently, and took as his fee
the promise of the bride that she would
name her first born after him. Some peo-
/ pie are always counting chickens before
/ they'r hatched. And then, suppose it's
I a girl
! A letter from the Feejee Islands states
T that the mountain savagCS killed a family
Of whites named Burns and some Polyne-
sian laborers, altogether sixteen whites,
/ whose bodies were horribly mutilatCd.-
/ Some Of the bodies chad been carried OF
! for cannibal feast.
/ While battery CT two guns for firing
! 4 salute in EonOr of Decoration Day, in
/ Chicago, was turning corner, one of the
/ carriages was overturned, and Daniel DAILY
and john Conway, who were seated thereon,
were thrown under the wheels. Daily was
( instantly killed and Conway fatally injured.
A man named John Ham, his wife and
/ four children, who were fording the Clarion
! river, a few days since. in Il wagon drawn
/ by team of horses, were upset in the mid
! die of the stream, and tiOated quite dis
/ tance with the current, when, fortunately,
4 small boat came to the rescue and saved
, their bacon.
/ "A weal5-minded inmate of the North
ampton county almshouse mas fallen heir
to several hundred thousands of dollars,
by the death of wealthy uncle. He does
not comprehend his changed condition,
/ however, and declines to be removed from
the room which he has occupied for over
. twenty-five years.
"A young man supposed to be young
/ Bender, son of the Kansas murderer, was
arrested in West Liberty, Iowa, on Satur-
/ day last and woman Thought to be Mrs
Bender, was arrested at Oxford, Iowa.
! There seems to be little doubt as to their
identity. Both prisoners are held for fur
ther developments.
The Boston fire is completely sup
pressed, and there is nothing new, at least