The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-01-09
Ne,cs and PotiticaJ Items.


Mr.. A. H. Steiner of Wilkesbarre, Pa,
shot white deer in Pike county few
days ago.
An Irishman and German of Ashland,
Schuylkill county, ran a foot race of 100
wards for the hand of a certain lady. The
Tuer0n won.
The country breathes easier. Grant,
upon discovering that the Senate would
not confirm Williams as Chief Justice,
reluctantly withdrew his name.
The wise say concerning angels visits
has been proved untrue by a modern in
stance at Carrolton, H., where Mrs Dav-
id Angel was, on the Goth ult., visited by
three little Angels, who were neither few
nor far between.
Isaac Farneman has been sentenced
to three years imprisonment in the State
Prison and forever disqualified from hold
ing any Office of trust or profit, for embez-
zling $40, 900 of the peoples money while
Treasurer Of Carroll county, Indiana.
The greatest breadth of this State is
one hundred and seventy-six miles, and
the greatest length two hundred and eigh-
tv miles. 1t contains twenty-eight million
three hundred and sixty-two thousand
eight hundred and eight acres of land.
The Princeton Qn.) Clarion blows a
blast about a dry goods merchant of that
town who in fit of somnambulism arose
from his couch, neatly cut the bedquilt in
two with his pocket scissors, and then
asked his terrified wife if he could show
her something else.
In five provinces of Russia, on the left
bank of the Volga, famine prevails. With
short crops in England, France, Hungary
and Southern Russia, and famine in Ben
gal and near the Volga, there should be a
vast sale for American grain and bread
stuffs in the Old World.
Ohio papers say that there was not one
word of truth in the extensively published
story that in a quarrel at a shooting match
in that State on Christmas man named
Stowe shot his brother through the heart
and was himself instantly lynched by the
other participants in the match.
The Mayor of Lock Haven distributed
700 loaves of bread to the poor of that city
on New Years day. On Christmas day
the same generous citizen gave quarter
of dollar TO all the ''bOys of the town.
who called on him, and two hundred and
sixty-six little ones were made happy.
1t is stated that our worthy President
buys his horses from his own means, and
in that respect differs from his Cabinet.
Well, he gets an extra hundred thousand
dollars for that purpose, his stable is COM
puted to be worth that sum in the mean
time the national debt and taxes are in
creasing.
During November and December the
public debt increased at the rate of one
hundred millions of dollars per year.
Doubling up salaries, paying for horses
and carriages, as well as the wages of the
house servants of Radical rulers, are, we
Opine, some of the ''blessing'' the people
prefer not to have showered upon them.
"A Minnesota mechanic has solved a
difficult problem in railroading by the in
vention of a snow shovel, which clears a
roadway wide enough to allow the cars to
pass, takes all the snow clear down to the
rails, carries it up, deposits on whichever
side preferred, at speed of from two to
six miles an hour, according to the depth
of snow.
There are eight brothers, by the name
of Lengle, raised near Amanda Furnace,
Dauphin county, Pa, and now residing in
that and Lebanon counties, whose aggre-
gate length is fifty-one feet, being an aver
age of 6 feet 4t inches. Adam, who meas
ures the average height, lives in Lebanon
borough. One brother is nearly ''seven-
footer.''
"A movement is now on foot in Penn
sylvania to organize mammoth chorus to
sing at the Centennial Celebration in Phil
adelphia. If the project meets with favor
and proper encouragement they will com
mence training at an early day. The cho-
rus is to consist of five hundred voices, to
be selected from the best Welsh talent in
the LackawaEna and Wyoming Valleys.
Tho Treasurer of Richland county,
Ohio, was a Mr.. r. II. Rowland. Mr..
Rowland was good Republican, and was
elected for the purpose of taking care of
the peoples money and illustrating Re-
publican honesty. The other day he
walked off with S11t, ,412. The people Of
Richland county are now satisfied that
Mr.. Rowland knows how to take care of
their money-in fact knows a little too
much.
Lancaster, quiet Massachusetts town,
has mill ghost. AS soon as it is dark the
scuttle door leading to the lower basement
of Carter's mill Is raised by the spirit of
one of the departed proprietOrs, singular
sights are seen, and strange noises are
heard. One hundred dollars has been of
fered TO any person who will dare to sleep
in the mill at night. Several old New
England factories have curious ghost sto-
ries told about them.
A Westmoreland county mystery was
cleared mp on New Years day 4 year
and half ago Jacob Tinsman, of Overton,
that county, suddenly disappeared from
his home, and after an axious search was
made for him it was at length concluded
thut he bad either suicided or had been
foully dealt with. On New Years he
somewhat surprised his wife and family by
walking into his home. His bosom com
panion had not made F'second venture"
during his absence, and hence we cannot
call this an Enoch Arden case.
Matthew Glidwell, residing in Madison
county, Tennessee, last week quarrelIed
with his wife, and struck her over the
head with gun, inf1icting fatal wound
and he also knocked down his daughter,
aged nine years, with the same weapon,
and threatened to cut their throats. The
daughter escaped to the woods, and there
meeting Mr.. Gibson, who was out shoot
ing, told her story to Gibson and he started
pack with the little girl and was met by
Glidwell, who threatened to kin him
GIBSON retreated and was followed by Glid-
well until the former was forced to shoot,
seriously wounding the latter. The dauph-
ter will probably recover.
"a most deplorable homicide occurred
WITHIN two miles of West jefferson, O.. ON
sunday night last. While Clinton Knouff
aged seventeen, son of a widow. was plav-