The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-19
Ne,cs and PotittcaE Items.

Mill River disaster. with the exception OF
two, have been discovered.
A boy in North Center, Geneva county,
o.. was badly poisoned by the vapor aris
ing from scalded potato bug
A new stone has been discovered near
Frankfort. KY, which when ground and
mixed with linseed oil makes an excellent
paint.
There is certainly some thirE in a name,
for recently in the small town Of Enterprise,
Mo. twenty-seven children were born with
in period of thirtv-six hours.
The entire Democratic State ticket
having been elected in Oregon. the Senate
now stands II Republicans, 8 Democrats,
and 10 independents; and the House stands
IS Republicans, % Democrats, and p in
dependents.
A large frog, whose age is placed in
round numbers at !, 900 years, was recent
ly found ten feet below the surface at
Sodus, n. Y. He jumped away quite
lively as soon as he could remember how
he used to do it.
An account Of deer huLt in Poca-
houtas county, West Virginia, in the
neishborhood Of the head waters Of the
Greenbriar River, says that eighty seven
deer and two bears were killed by a party
of eight gentlemen.
Mrs. Mary E. Bradley and her two
young daughters, who lived near Lawrence
DuEQ. lllO.. were tpulu DluIuSlt ttl on I ltS-
day afternoon last, the bodies being hOTTi-
bly, mutiIated. The murderer and the mo-
tive are alike unknown.
Within seventy DAYS twenty nine per-
sons have committed suicide in New \ Ork.
Seven of these cut their throats six hang
ed themselves. five took Paris green. five
poisoned themselves otherwise, and the
remainder died from other causes.
"A game-cock in Evansville, Indiana,
IL. F,sv Ice
fall, is now engaged in Matching ont brood
of chickens. The Journal says 'the most
remarkable part of the story is that the
rooster is the author of the eggs aforesaid" "
Two Troy merchants. both bachelors,
made a wager Of $3.50 a side recently, She
stakes, with accrued interest at seven per
cent, be TO paid to the one who gets married
first. The money was put into the hands
of third person, and by him deposited in
a bank.
"A suit is in progress at Corydon, Indi-
ana, in which father sued his son for
S15 900. He claims that he conveyed his
farm to his son who agreed to pay him
S4 600 and support him during his life, but
the boy turned him out Of doors and left
him to shift for himself
The Pilgrims from America have as
sured Cardinal Borromeo that upon their
return to the United States thev viii ad-
N'C&tC al Ol dllLdliOL4 VI L TX iiLlstS ~
Rome, to be made at stated periods. The
Pilgrims have purchased an immense num-
Der of photographs Of the Pope.
Rev. John HcElroy, S. J.. at st. John 5
church, Frederick, Md ,ged ninety-sight,
is presumed to be the oldest Catholic priest
in North America. He is in full possession
of his faculties. and his "reminiscences OF
Washington, Kenrick and Baltimore in
the Older time are exceedingly interesting
to hear
A youth ofninety-five summers. named
Adam Dutscher, and Miss Lena Williams
aged eighteen, were married few DAYS
since at Somerset, Michigan. Another
youth OF seventy years sspoused Miss An
ME Sacken, aged fourteen, at the same
place. The marriages have caused consid-
cradle excitement there.
Pope Plus X. completed the eighty
second year Of his age on the 18th Of Nav.
His Holiness received 10. 600 letters Of
ugratulatiOn-12. 600 Of them from Ital-
ians-during the one day, and huge bas-
kets- filled with other epiStleS of the same
sort. were being carried TO his cham bers in
the Vatican after he had retired.
The famous Apache savage, Cochise,
died on the 9th of June, = victim of fever
accom- panied with insanity. His mind was
filed with frightful fanCies. and he i'm
agined himself the victim Of such barba-
rOus cruelties as he had often inflicted
upon his unfortunate captives. His death
will be Il relief to the borderers.
Weston did not accomplish his prom
ised pedestrian feat at Harrisburg on Sat
urday-that of walking fifty miles 10 ten
hours. He has done some good walking
in his time and given evidences of great
physical endurance, but he hardly ever
succeeds in doing what he undertakes.
And yet he makes pedestrianism pay.
"A project is on foot in st. Louis to have
the gIandest display Of fire works ever
witnessed in the United States on the 4th
of July in honor of the completion Of the
Mississippi river bridge. 1t is proposed TO
completely cover one side Of the bridge
with pyrotechuical pieces of appropriate
design, and burn them simultaneously.
A cable dispatch dated Rome, June
18th, says: The American pilgrims are
highly pleased with their reception here.
The Pope has blessed the banner sent by
Georgetown College to be presented at the
shrine of the Virgin of Lourdes. Some of
the pilgrims are going to Venice to attend
the Catholic Congress now in session there.
The storm of Tuesday week killed a
little girl near Kittanning. When struck
she was out in the field gathering potato
bugs into pan which she carried in her
hand, the lightning passing down her side
and arm, making An aperture in the pan
and from thence to the ground, where it
lelI dh opening not unlike a SqulTTsi mole
Mrs. Mary A. Donaldson, the divorced
wife of the celebrated balloonist, was m ar
ried, recently, at Reading, Pa, to Thomas
Nankervis, of Berks county, a handsome
young fellow, who had just returned from
working in the Lake Superior copper mines.
The parties first met and made each 9TH
er's acquaintance in the forenoon of that
day.
The gross earnings OF the railroads of
the United States were $50, 900, coo greater
last year than the year before, an increase
of thirteen per cont. Expenses since the
panic have been reouced twenty-five per
cent. 1t may turn out that this enforced
economy will make better showing at the
end of the next fiscal year than the result
for 1878.
Ben. Franklin's salary as postmaster
general was $1,000 per year. His secreUa-
ry and treasurer each received S340 per
year. Cresswell gets SIS, 600 per year. and