The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-18

( reputation OF being the most elegantly
/ dressed lady in Washington society this
J winter Her wardrobe is said 10 be extern
/ sivo and elegant, and made in the advanced
French fashion-whatever that may mean.
! The largest man in the State of Penn
sylvania died at Deuglass Mill, BeIks coun-
/ ty, last week His name was William
/ kupf. Although only twenty-oie years
old be weighed four hundred and fifty
! pounds, and the calf of his leg measured
twenty nine inches in circumference; De
was five feet eight inches in height.
-Monsignor CapeIs latest appearance
was in performing the marriage ceremony
between Miss Virginia Brooks, daughter Of
tho late Hon. James Brooks of New York,
/ and Mr.. Alexander Mactier Of Baltimore
! in the Roman Catholic church Of the As
/ sumption, Holborn. The wedding break
fast was given by Lord and Lady Tenterden
I at their town house in London. Mrs. Mac
tier was the only daughter Of Nj. Brooks.
! She has been travelling abroad with her
! mother for over year last.
On Wednesday of last week western
/ passenger train arrived in Reading, and
/ As the inspector was tapping and testing
! the wheels he was astonished to find secret
ed on top Of one Of the wheel tricks that
! supports the body of sbe passenger car,
| middle aged man, who in this manner had
] stolen his passage from Harrisburg to
| Reading. He stated that he had come all
/ The way from California, and had travelled
/ alt ogether in that manner.
A few years ago Treasurer Clark or
/ Columbia county, in this State, speculated
with and lost the public funds intrusted TO
him. Eo stood well in society and general
! esteem, and was not suspected OF Grim
inal motives. His son, at that time half
owner of the Troy Press, was one OF his
bondsmen. The son died soon afterward,
! and in the adjustment: of his affairs Celum-
prietor. A committee OF the Board Of Su-
, pervisors has been appointed to lsok after
the public's half of the P,e,s.
Mr.. Philip Towsend, of West Chester.
| few days ago found a number of potato
sngs while digging in his garden. He
/ says they were found At the debth Of about
six inches below the surface and when
| turned ont Of their earthly beds were fat
! and as buSOm as though the potato crop
| was at the zenith. This would suggest
the strong probability that next seasons
/ crop of this pest will be earlier, more M
meTous and henceor more destructive than
/ ever.
"A mysterious basket, addressed to the
station master at Clapham Junction. Eng
land, on being opened was found to con
| tain a living child. The stationmaster de-
! clining the gift, porter volunteered to
| accept il, and took the basket and child.
On lifting the child $500 was found in the
basket. The story goes that the station
master then demanded the basket and its
| contents, which the porter very properly
| refused to give up. One can hardly doubt
to which of the two the mother would in
trust her child.
| Three little girls, the oldest less than
/ tenyears old, were caught plundering a toy
| store in San Francisco. They had careful
! ly planned the robbery, and having clin bed
! in through an unfastened rear window car
L
I sweeping the sidewalk. were just rctre2ting
! with their pockets and hands full OF dolls
and other pfaythngs. They were thor>
I ougfI1y scared by an hour of detention in p
( police station, and then sent home for
! spanking 10y their parents, who are repu-
! table people.
Sunday afternoon, at Charlestown,
! Mass, William II. Jones of Somerville
killed Mrs. o. r. Barry at her residence,
/ 06 School street, and Immediately after
ward cut his own throat. Jones was mar
! rIed and had grown up children, and tbs
| two families were very intimate and con-
| sidered highly respectable. The deed was
doubtless premediated, as it was done with
q razor which he had taken with him from
his homo in Somerville. There wsre no
! witnesses TO the affair." the rest of the
! Barry family being at church, and the
/ bodies were found about half past three q
/ clock by son of the murdered woman ly-
ing upon the floor about four feet apart.
! "A shocking highway robbery and muir
! der was accomplished on 1.-The Notch,' near
/ scranton, on Monday evening. The victim
was a farmer named Klein, who was re-
| turning to his home from the markets.
/ about ten o clock. He had two teams. one
of which was driven by hisson, about twelve
years old. Six highwaymen made the first
@ttacs, out klein rhnred up his horses
/ and escaped from all but Two. These two
] hnt taTr-
! through the heart, robbed him, and then
] disappeared, leaving the boy almost petri-
! fed With fear. The whsle neigbborhood'is
aroused over the affair, but the despera-
does thus far have escaped.
-Abont eight weeks ago, says the New
/ Castle Gazette, a little child ofa man named
/ Book, who lived in the neighbo:hood ofthe
! coal mines about this city, drank some cou-
! centrated lye which had been thoughtlessly
left in tin cup with which it was in tho
Eabit of playing. The lye which it drank
did not kill it outright but 50 iuinred and
eniiamed the psophaguS that the same has
become contracted to such an extent as not
to admit the Introduction of the smaller
catheter. The consequence is that the lit
tie sufferer cannot swallow a drop of water
nor particle offood though it is constantly
crying for something to drink and eat
Eight weeks 1T has been kept alive by mean
OF injections of beef tea. But sooner or
later it must meet the sad death from hun
ger and thirst though surrounded by plenty
OF food and drink
In the terrible storm which passed
over our neighboriag town of Tuseumbia.
says the luke Miss HerGtd the railroad
bridge near that town was blown down.
1t occurred just before the mail train Ding
east arrived. In the pitch darkness John
Hall, the engineer, did not discover it until
his engine WAS very near the terrible chasn1.
He, with a heroisn rivaling the ancient
martyrs, stood firm at his post, though to
All hnmah appearances, death was certain
He threw on the air-breaks and .toppea
every passenger car, and went down into
the fearful abyss with his hand upon his |
lever and nerves calm and undisturbed |
Those passengers were saved from a catas