The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-07-04
Ne,rs al.d Political items.

cd himself at Kansas City, Wednesday.
-"Thev put him in show case, was
tn. remark of rural lady who recently
attended city funeral.
"A fire in New Castle, last Saturday, de-
stroyed Crawford's planning mill Loss,
$50, 900 insured for $4,000.
"A plant has been discovered IN Mexico
which will cure badness. 1t will pay 20
cultivate it in the United States.
-One-hRlf of the business portion of
Thomasville, Georgia, was destroyed by
fire on Monday. Loss over $3.50, 600.
There are thirty-five saw mills i'll the
neighborhood of Williamsport, whose aver
age daily capacity is about 80, 600 cubic
feet,
John A. Peters having returned his
back pay, an Eastern paper wants to know
if this is not robbing Peters TO pay Paul
Spofford?
e. ]. Heffren, who killed d. f. Hal
stead, at Salem, Indiana, on June 90, was
hanged at Salem by vigilance committee
on Saturday night.
Friday evening a stroke of lightning
damaged the Reformed German church at
Titusville and seriously injured the pastor,
Rev. J. Fuendling.
Forest county claims to have the oldest
couple in Pennsylvania. The bus bard one
hundred and eight, the old lady one hun
dred and six, and both are orphans.
A young man has been arrested and
bound over for trial in Memphis, Tenn,
on the charge of depOsiting a postal card
containing obscene illusions to the Post
office.
Jesse Grant, father of the President,
died Sunday night at his home, Covington,
Kentucky. He was far advanced in years
and his demise was merely the result of
general debility.
Mrs. Philip Ensminger, residing near
| Lisburn, York county, is the first woman
to slide off load of hay this year. She
did it on Saturday, and broke one of her
| legs near the hip.
! AT Baltimore, on Saturday, James
/ West, colored, convicted of the murder of
! Anna Gibson, and Levan Palmer, colored,
convicted of felonious assault upon a white
/ girl, were sentenced to be hanged.
On Sunday evening last two sisters
I named Hannah and Ann Williams, resid-
| ing in PhmniXyille, Chester county, were
simultaneously stricken with paralysis, and
/ died within few hours Of each other.
An earthquake Sunday morning spread
disaster throughout the north of Italy.
! FHty-two persons were killed. Venice
and Verona suffered slightly, and Feletto
and four villages near Vittoria terribly.
1t is reported that master sailmaker
/ of the CharlestOwn, Mass, Navy Yard is
J engaged in repairing the identical flag al
ludcd to in the song of the Star SUanrled
( in 1914. = i'"-s ,
/ An Alabama lawyer, defending nt1r-
derer, spoke for nineteen consecutive hours,
and the jury brought in verdict of guilty
in seven minutes. They probably did it
4 to revenge themselves for the torture they
had endured.
There are now living of the family of
+ the late Jonathan and Ruth Parker, of
Nantucket, Mass, twelve children, five
J sons and seven daughter, whose ages are
respectively -, II, 6S, 65, 63, go, IS, Sc, 81,
81, 40, and A.
An Atlanta physician advises patients
who in these cholera times feel upside
down" to rectify that condition by stand
ing on their heads for a minute at a time
thrice day. Which is a simple way to
''heel up their difficulty.
A Massachusetts paper having pro-
claimed that the people of the State are
not PROSTATE at the feet of General Butler
the Louisville Co1lrier-.Touriaal remarks
IF his feet are lalf dirty as his hands,
1t Is lucky for her that she ism t.
Henry Clay got IS day, and never
/ struck for higher wages. His successor,
! Nr. Stevenson, gets $40 a day. and is So
firmly convinced of his own superior worth
that he won't pay back little sum of
$1,000 which does not rightfully belong to
/ him.
/ Mrs. Avery D. Putnam, wife of the
victim OF Foster, who was recently hung
+ in New York, has recovered s.. 600 from
( the passenger railway company owuinu
the line upon which her husband was xiii,
ed, the Supreme Court deciding not TO
grant new trial
/ a curious place for birds nest is that
chosen by two sonssters that have found
a dwelllng-place on the Derby Connect
/ cut Railroad in the angle formed by the
cap OF one OF the trestles of bridge and
/ the stringer upon which the rail rests
/ Ten trains pass daily over the bridge.
On Thursday afternoon a colored in
ebriate in the employ of Robert Hamilton.
of Columbia, divested himself of a pocket
book containing seven cents and dilapi-
dated tobacco pouch and jumped into the
! Susquchanna river and was taken down
the stream with the current and drowned.
Mr.. John McAllister, who lived a short
distance from the village of Dover, Ne.
reports that on the 5th Of June there was
sn0w-6ank at least four feet deep on the
south side of a hill near his dwelling. He
has lived on his farm fifty-seven wears. and
never before saw snow upon the ground il,
June.
-Eben Sumner, of Vinton, Iowa. was
discharged from Jail after a four months,
sentence Tor attempting to murder his
wife, anG the very first thing he did w.
. to get double edged butcher knife ard
! plunge 1t into his wifes throat. killing
her, and the next thing he did was 70 LII
himself. " nil
AT Des Moines, Iowa. Saturday niqbt
/ Nelson Yard shot and instantly killed Jsck
son Jones, who he alleges has renoatedI,,
outraged his wife. Mrs. Yard also fired =
shot at Jones with a revolver. but misSej
him. Yard and his wife surrendered vol
unfairly to the authorities and are now
both i'll Jail. io"
"A dispatch from Virginia CITY. Juue
o. states that Sunday night a quantity of
giant powder stored III Roots builGinG in
the rear of the bank of California eTn1n
ded with terrific effect. Both buildings are
complete wrecks. Ten or twelve nersonC
were killed, including General Won RokeIon
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