The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-04-10

stands, a nuuDSi Va N''h -
brackets. ETC., in neat and workmanHke
manner.
There is lady of Sagadahoc county,
Maine. who has a head of remarkable tine
hair. The average length is seven ieet hFe
inches When unbraided and falling loose,
it trails for quite a distance on the moor.
She has refused large offer for the halr'
on which she naturally prides herself next
to her head.
On May 16 a body Of Roman Catholic
niICrims " i'll leave New York for Havre by
the steamer Pereire; Will go thence by rail
TO LourdeS TO visit the shrine of our Lady;
and thence to Rome, to visit the Holy Faith
er. The committee have at present up
ward of sixty names on their lists, and the
number is increasing.
"A special despatch from Was hington
says that no man of common sense viii pre-
tend to name the day or year for resump-
tion Of specie payments. OF course not.
With the passage of the initiation bill the
hope of resumption recedes farther than
ever, and can be realized only through Ie-
pudiatiOn ana bankruptcy.
"A little giIl, playing in field near
Westminster, Mass, was attacked by a sav-
age bull. Her brother, aged Is, climbed
over the fence, and bravel! fought the bnil
with stick. ''I2un. sissy TIn quick =
shoufed the boy, and she saved herself by
obeying. The boy, however, was gOred 50
terribly that very likely he VIII die Of the
hurt.
WIN. T. Haines. Commissioner OF Gus
toms whose successor has been nominated
to the Senate, states he will very soon give
publicity to the facts which have led to hls
retirement. He also claims personal knowl-
edge Of facts 50 damaging TO the Secretary
and Assistant Secretary uf the Treasury as
will lead to their removal from their re-
spective Offices.
Emil Lowenstein, under sentence of
death at Albany, has been puzzled in his
choice Of 4 religion. Ministers of various
denominations have visited him. and he
has been very solicitous about the matter.
At last he has decided 70 become Il Roman
Catholic and will be baptized and prepar-
ed to die by a priest of that communion, to
whom he is greatly attached
The Democracy carried Cincinnati by
about five thousand majority at the muni-
cipal election Monday. Though a citizens
ticket was suggested with great enthusiasm
some weeks ago, the bottom dropped out
OF the movement, and the fight was left be-
tween the two O.d. parties with no iutervcn-
ing issue save that OF temperance, on which
they were about evenly divided.
During some exercises in a school
house at Middleton, Wisconsin. on We'd
neSday night, a lamp exploded. setting fire
to the building. About three hundred per-
sons were present, and in the panic that fol-
lowed. forty of them were injured, four
seriously. Two brave women eXtinguished
the fire, after half an hours exertiou. 10y
Smothering il with OyerCOats and carpets.
IT is stated there are nine hundred
Thousand children attending the public
schools and tltat a change uf school books
once q year costs the sum Of two millions
of dollars. This is mainly for the benefit
of book publishers, WHO have properly in
terviewed teachers and directors. If the
State can compel children to attend schuul
it can provide uniform books at Il fixed
price.
The following is among the resolutions
ado .,ed b. the Democratic 60, veutinu in
Cleveland, Ohio, ON Saturday ''Iht.as a
means of settling the question of the sale of
iqUo. ale, beer ana wine, we are in favor
of a jUdicious constitutional pr vision for
its regu alton, and to secure Such end our
memb, rs to the Constitutional Convention
are hereby respectfully requested to vote to
submit a proposition for prudent and
stringent license system"
On Saturday evening, while seven men
were loading barge with sand at Fort
Pickering,a short distance below Memphis,
about quaI ter of AN acre of the bluff fell
upDn them, burying the boat, Dave Tracey,
bud Wuvc and another, name unknown.
benea the landslide, in a hund ell feet of
water. the other four barely escaping the
Tracey leaves a wife. He had been en-
gagged in the sand trade for years, and was
widely known.
In indianapolis, the other day, three
and half year old child climbed through
an attic WINDOW and walkeo along the edge
of the roof thirty two feet from the ground,
the whole length Of the house and there
stood unCouccrned and enjoying the pros
pect. She was seen by the maid OF all
work, who pleasantly called ont, ''Come
down; I've got something for you .'Al
yite, cried the little one. and she reUraced
her steps and disappeared through the attic
window III safety.
The Supreme Court Of Mississippi.
which was made notorious recently by a
knife encounter between two Judges. has
rendered decision which may add to its
fame or infamy. 4 white man named /.
2. DickerSon died iUtcStste. He had been
. intimate with negro woman who was liv-
ing at the time with her Lawful! husband
The woman had two children, whose com
pieNion indicates pure African paternity,
but the Court has decided that they are the
legitimate heirs of L. P. Dickerson
A dispatch from Blufftowu, Ind. savs
horrible murder was perpetrated in that
town last Saturday night. Philip Jones'
an old farmer, tried TO make peace between
party Of rOUghs, who were quarreling and
nghtlnS over = game Of billiards in the
'ill III >stlti'l ilAI nor welded
the wOmen'S movement. One of the row
dies, Benz T. Field. strucl the farmer on
the head with a billiard cue. crushing his
skull, and kicked him in the face when
down. He then fled. Jones died soon after.
The Eldora la Ledger saws ..Nfr
Smith. mail carrier between Gruudv Cen
ter and Jujon, brings tidiugsof fatal case
of punishment by school teacher. His
story is that on Monday of last week a
school mistress in Fairfield township un-
dertook To chaStise one of her pupils. a boy
about fifteen years Of age. The boy made
a fierce resistance, and the tide of conflict
began to set in against the female discipIi-
marian. Gathering up a heavy chair which
was near, she lifted it high over her head.
and with sweeping master stroke" bro't
1t down upon the devoted head of the recall
citr4nt student, settling his resistance and
earthly existence At n single blow"
Il boy twelve years old named Benny
Davis whose parents reside on the river
road, says the Detroit Free Press. broke
his leg some months ago and has been con-
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