The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-04


bills have been found in Alexandria, Va,
from which it appears that General Wash
ington was accustomed to make such pur-
chases as these ''Seven packs of cards."
'sfour barrels of porter, ''ten gallons of
rum These documents, we suppose,
have an historic rather than present in
terest and value.
The Board OF Managers OF the West
ern House of Refuge ut Rochester, N Y,
adopted on Saturday, by vote of II to 2,
resolution granting freedom of religious
profession and worship to Catholic boys
confined therein--the Board to appoint a
Catholic chaplain for them. The report
Of the special committee upon which this
action is based, contains legal opinion
from Hon. Henry r. Selden, in which he
affirms such freedom as constitutions alright.
Sam Evans and John Jones, of the
Delaware, near Minersville, eat, Satur-
day, on wager, the following: Evans
eat 212 oysters, II hard boiled eggs, asd
drank bottles Of porter. while Jones eat
200 oysters aud drank nothing, as he had
not tho capacity to accommodate any more
stuff, and consequently lost the wager,
which was to pay the funeral expenses, il
such . thing should have occurred, aud
which, under the circumstances, was quite
likely.
Recently carpenter named Elias
Williams began the erection of frame
sixteen miles north of Wellstewn, Hamil-
ton county, n. Y. He hired George Smith
to assist him. One day when drunk, the
! two men began quarrel. Williams, in
| the course of the struggle, threw Smith
J over wooden saw horse and sawed off
/ the head of his antagonist, severing it en-
/ tirely from the body. Williams soon af-
I terw ards cut his own throat.
. "A family named McNamee have been
| extensively engaged in robbing graves in
! Flint, Michigan, and selling the bodies to
| the medical faculty of the University i'm
Ann hrbor. Quite a number of citizens
| of Flint have visited Ann Arbor in search
of the bodies of deceased friends aud rela-
| tives, and three have been recovered and
restored to their resting place. The Uni
! versity authorities are not blamed, as they
had no knowledge of the source whence
their subjects derived. They have offer
/ ed reward for the apprehension of the
| bod dy-snatchers.
| An unpleasant rumor is afioat says the
Bradford Reporter, in regard to = murder
| said to have been committed in Athens
some time since. 1t will be remembered
that q barn was burned near that village
early last Spring. aud the remains of Il hr-
nam being found in the ruins. No clue
to the mystery was ever discovered but in
aquarrel among the members Of Charles
! Days family last week, a daughter charged
her father with having something to do
with the affair. We have not heard the
particulars and sincerely trust that there
may be no truth in the report.
| Judge Paxsons good fortune serves
him well. On Saturday last he met Hon.
Warren J. Woodward, of Reading, his
brother judge elect Of the Supreme Court
for the term of twenty-one years from the
Arst Monday in January next, in the city of
Reading, to cast lots for priority OF COM
mission" in accordanceiwith the provision
of the seventeenth section of article five OF
the constitution. The prize won by
Judge Paxson who viii thus be ChIet JUS
tice of Pennsylvania for the last seven years
OF his term, unless his place should become
| vacant by death OF resignation.
| Tho servants ofa family living IN Prov
| idence, x. l., were alarmed the other morn
| ing by an unusual rusting sound proceed
ing from q box Of rubbish in the cellar
| The box was carried into the yard and
turned upon it's side, when a pair of sharp
black eyes and brown, hairy, pointed no..
peered forth from within. The family eat
was called upon, but refused to attack the
stranger, though she had previously en-
countered large rats without any hssitancy
A gentleman finally advanced with q club b.
and after q vigorous assault dragged out q
fine large woodchuck. What the creature g
purpose was in coming to the city, or bew
1t got into the house, is, Of course, still a
mystery.
"A war of words is still going on
through the English press over Gladstone s
manifesto against the Papal claim of in
fallibility. One point is worthy of notice.
While numerous eminent Catholics have
responded, not single writer among them
allows the right Of Pho Mono OF his sus-
oessors to interfere with their civil allegi-
ance. They hold that the supremacy they
admit applies only to tho determination of
| Spiritual q-aations. Now, SO long as this
testimony is upon reOord, England can
surely have nothing to fear in the shape Of
disaffection among the Catholics supsriu-
duced by religious causes : and it follows
that Mr.. Gladstone's professed slsrn is
groundless
| A writer in the Philadelphia Press.
referring to the charges Of terrorism and
murder against the Molly Maguires, in
the Schuylkil county coal region, affirms
that much that is charged to this orsani-
cation is really done by individuals, in no
wise connected with that organization.
Thus a mere threat is, at times, sufficient
to cause stoppage of work at certain
mines, to the ruin of owners and the de-
/ trimeut of men. The fact that the name
OF the organization, or threat embodied
in it's peculiar form, should have so much
power, proves that there is terrorism in
| the aame of the Molly Maguires, all ot
which is based upon the deeds they have
been credited with for several years past.
Bishop Gibbons. of Richmond, Va, in
letter to the Herald, gives his views upon
the Gladstone Manning controversy. He
affirms that the declai alton of the Pope
infallibility by the Ecumenical Council
does not in the slightest degree alter the
relations existing between the temporal
and spiritual powers, but is merely form
al affirmation of doctrine which has been
admitted during the whole existence OF
the Church. The definition of infallibili-
ty, according to Bishop Gibbons, strictly
confines the papal prerogative to faith and
morals, and he declares that Catholics
have suffered too much in the sacred cause
of liberty to raise their hands against it.
He thinks it strange that while Gladstone
trembles at the imaginary authority OF the