The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-08-28


of the four is in its fifth year the young
est is III its first. We may add, The pros
poets are still Cood for several more. Greene
county must hc a healthy place To live in.
On Thursday night three men on
horseback rode Upt the residence of James
Peat, near Orient. in Adair county. Iowa.
dlSmounted, and by means Of q ladder
gained access to an upper room. whore was
sleeping daughter of Mr.. Peat. a pirl Scy-
enteen years Of age. They bound her with
ropes, then carried her out and strained
her To one Of the horses, and then rode of.
1t is probably a case Of elopcment. as
another daughter went OF two years ago
III the same way.
An exhibition Of the city Of Ponpe:i
as 1t was l.Sjn years age is now to he seen
IN Paris. winding up with an eruption OF
Mount Nesuvius, which is said 10 he sI,ler-
dId. The whole city is reconstructed he
fore the spectators. The forum. the street
of the tombS, the tragic theatre ard am
. phdheatrc, the bath, the villas and man
sions OF citizens. are ali displayed. Photo
sculpture Is among the means employed to
produce the Illusion. The show Is exceed
ingly successful.
Miss Susan Il. Anthony. i'm an intor-
view with reporter on Monday. relative 10
the statement OF PeSSie the adUrted daugh-
ter of Theodore Tilton. .mnlic.,iny Miss
Anthony in an improper tc'e-u-tfte with
. / hcGdore IlltOn. denies the whole story.
and says ''she never heard that the girl
ReSsie was anything more than a servant
IN lllton' 5 family that She was an idiot.
and that MIS-. Tilton had repeatedly said
size could not insti into the giil the fiIst
elements of truth
"A Scottish hermit named John has
just emerged from a life Of solitude among
ihe franklin Hills of Massachusetts lie
10 a little over 80 years old. and with ulerty
OF iron gray hair on head and face. Ills
abode has been a cave in an immense wall
of grafste. He enlarged the cave hy heat
ing the rock and daShing cold water acainst
IT, SO that IT is now about twcuty feet
+ sgn3re, and in one place eight feet hi-h
Ills companions have been cats of which
Ho usually fed fIom three TO seven
a gentleman at Lake George says the
y. /. CoulUcrcill .T0ttruuL after yrayir-r
his handkerchief for half an hour or more
at an unknown lady, whom he discovered
al distant point on tie shore. was encnur-
aged by warm response to his signals tu
approach his charmer. Imagine his feel
nsS, on drawing nearer. he saw that II
vas his own dear wife whom he had left
ct the hotel but a short time before.
''N av, how remarkable we shuuld lave
rCcognizcd each other ut such "a distaucc.''
exclaimed both in the same breath aud
then thcy changed the subject
"A little New York boy. SAYS one of the
journals of that city. eleven Years Of aor.
dIi! Il rlucI;y thing While visiting in The
country. He was standing by a switch ou
the railroad track which passed tl:rnloIf
& the village. and aS the tender changed .h..
switch to turn au incoming train out Of tie
way Il another train going ont the i:t-c
boy hand got caught in tie switch. 1t
! hurt badly, but the little fellow ,yruId not
let the switch tender take TIC risk If try
I:lC 10 make tie tho charges necessary ts
release hIm IN the brief time allowed. hut
tTlNpIE i..
train had passed.
The Charleston News and Courier
thinks that the town Of Sumter was . yci,
appropriate place for GOV Moses To ri,c
an account Of his stuwa. dship as the es-
eIar!'r OF South CaloI!ua EepuJicai!i>iu.
1t was ut Sumter, III Charleston E:rlt,sr.
Ihet aptbln Moses. of the Confederate.
army. hauled down tho United States la,.
ard after the Confederate Tag was fu!tcd
I forever. ii was to the town Of Srnltcr that
apt. Moses returned. and there he avowed
his conversion to kcTublicaHism. Theme
gr"cs of sumter elected Linn tn the Icri--
Iatuic. and enabled him TO become S;rs.!s-
ei' ana thereby secuIe tie nomination for
Governor.
DIR. Simon. a physician OF Lorraine.
gives Hcw cure fur boilS namely: by treat
InS them with camrhura;cd alcohol. As
soon as thc elimination point ut i,3H
masses lis appearance be puts a lii lie ef iEl
IInuia ~ saucer and, dipping the ends
"i h!S li;.ie fingers in it. rI6s thc jntl.l;,ef
sUIlacc especially the central part. la;,,.lt-
iuE ths operation eight or ten times for
about Hall minute. lie then allows the
surface to day, placing over it a slight coat
ln3 O! caIhphorated olive oil. lie saws {Lat .
tour such applications viii. in almost all
''N''' ''''-'.o @"ilS to dry up and d:,apite,r: .
the operation should Iie performed MON,
ing, noon and evening.
-NoUltUu'S statement oCcu.icS twenty
columns Of the New York papers. bvi.ad,i.
nothing to the evidence aItraGv before the
!,'"'tc' beyond ms oNu statement that Elr
HcccAcr admitted To him his c,ir,fra1if,
aN li1n alleges it against him. If Nom
ton had made ths statement earlier. ,E,,lc
tHe puhilc stiIi retained that confidence i'm
!iIn' a the irieud Of both parties. which he
has III SDiue degree forfeited hv t.e cyi-
CeAcc lately given Of Li~ IaltiS;;uSbiI of
liiton, 1t would have been very effective.
and nlSht have settled the case. Is tl.
matter now stands individual sentiment is
not likely to be greatly effected by this
latest and most yoluuiiUus contribution Of .
matter.
a colored man named Charles Crool,
died 4 horrible death at Riyeihead. LON,
Island, on Tuesday night of last week he
WAS - man of prudi:-iouS size. aud in c.,psg (
quencc of great accumulation of FAT he
had Tor some time been hardly able 10 Get
about For the two weeks preceding lii,
death he WAS in 4 constant strugrle tor
breath, the air passages being mealIy closed
by the Increasing fat, and lie was at Ia~-
literally sutocatcd from this cause. For
days aud nights he was compelled to rr-
mann constantly on his hands and knees. aS
this vas the only position in uhicl. hc
could breathe at all, and at the end even
tins resort failed him. His weight was jJ6
pounds.
-As was generally expected. says the
fttshurg Disp1tch. the Investigating ON
mIttee OF Plymouth Church exoneIatc their
pastor fully in their report upon the charges
preferred 10y Iiiton. The Committee. how
ever. make mistake similar to that made .
by hr. BeCcher in his recent statement. {
when they devote so mnch OF their tiildin.r