The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-07-17

y. Abiding to the impression which
seems to be prevalent in the East that uear-
" the entira State OF Minnesota is overruu
with crasshopuers, and that the cropis ut
terly destroyed. the Press Tuesday pub
lished a statement showing that the total
damage done by the grasshoppers' raid is
equivalent simply to one-twelfth of the
usual crop. The plague extends over only
about one-renth of the area of the State,
and involves about one thirteenth OF the
population. The crops outside of the de
wasted regions promise a most abundant
yield.
Here is another important decision
against the telegI aph Some -four years
ago business firm III Maine telegTaphed
to a firm in Chicago by the Western Union
line, for 10000 bushels of corn, but the
dispatch was made 10 read 900, and be
fore the error could he corrected, corn rose,
and the firm lost 5000. 1t was a night
message and the usual agreement that the
company shall not be liable for blunders
was signed, but the Supreme Court decided
that such contract, being ''againsS pub
lie policy, is void, and awarded the amount
claimed.
-Addie Miller, an Albany girl, was for
bidden by her parents to marry. She
would have disobeyed, but her sweetheart
was moro mindful and would not elOpe.
The third of July was the day appointed
for the wedding until the match was broken
of. On that day Miss Miller went To Co
hoes and drowned herself in the Mohawk.
She was missed, and the story went that
she had gone away with gambler. Even
her unsteadfast lover believed this, and was
glad that he had not made so bad 4 girl
his wife. 4 few days later her body was
found, and then the details of her suicide
were traced out.
. A correspondence of the Vicksburg Ter
aid gives an account of a machine for con
verting cotton, inst as it is taken from the
field, in.o thread. He says that the process
is in actual use in the Mountain Cotton
Mills. near Bolton, on the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad, and that the thread
there spun is fully One-third stronger than
a thread Of equal size made of cotton that
has passed through the complicated ma
chInery OF common cotton mills. The new
machinery costs only $3.50 and is so simple
that he believes it can be transferred to the
cotton fields Of the South and effect n
great Saving in the cost OF packing and
I transporting this STAPLE to northern mar
ketS.
An incident OF the Jack Evans order
recently occurred at PoughBeepsie. 4
woman was crossing the railroad track ut
teIfy Oblivious of the express train that
was rushing down upon her. Men hal
/; loOed to her, but she did not hear them.
and in few seconds more she would have
been run down and crushed. An engineer
ofa switch engine, seeing her peril reached
her in two mighty leaps. and seizing her
by the waist, drew her out of danger As
soon as her feet touched the ground She
turned and struck the engineer a sound
, ing blow on the cheek, then realizing her
position and the imminent danger she had
been rescued from, fell upon her knees and
wept. Persons afflicted with poesy are re-
questecl not TO Rse this as a theme
"A wager was made \ few days ago
among a number OF workmen in a steam
FLAMING mill in Vest Chester, that one Of
their number could not remain IL the dry
ing-room Of the mill which has a constant
temperature Of about 1890, for a period of
one hour. The man accepted the bet; the
stakes which were only one dollar side,
were placed in the hands Of a shopmate.
and the heated apartment under the mill
was entered. and the test of endurance be-
gan. The fellow won his dollar, remaining
for the stipulated time, but the lean. gauut,
emaciated fgnre that came out of the fur
mace required more than dollars worth
Of provender to supply the loss Of flesh
which the hours experience at roasting
alive had OccasiOued.