The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-03-06
Ne,0s ond rol.f5cot items.

1t is said that Simmons, The Boston
Collector of Customs. is alIeady very veal
thy, having made at least 1920, 900 as :
Government spy.
Judge WIN. T. Brown. Of E'adi,o
cOunfy; Illinois. committed suicide on Mon
day morning last by jumping into a vel
On his farm, near EdwardvI1le
"A dispatch from Blackburn. Lanca
shire, states boiler exploded there OF
/ Monday last. killing twenty persons anC
woundin2 thirty. several fatally.
"A row among negroes at a distiIlery
neai Platte City. Missouri Saturday night.
resulted in the killing of one man and IA
tai wounding Of several others.
Ann Toner. young widow, RESIDING
IN Jersey City, late on Saturday night ia
tally shot her lover, John Kennedy. Jeal-
! ouSy is said to be the cause. Ann fled
The Spirit Lake, Iowa, Beac0u tells of
boy there who, on bet of of fifty cents.
swallowed four hundred and three live
mInnows in half an hours time Fishy.
rather.
At Blue Rock, Jefferson county, recent
", large log jumped from the slide at
". I. LANES lumber camp. and striking
Nathan Perry and Edward Roynear, killed
them both instantly.
Five Governors of New Hampshire
sat at one table at a supper lately given in
Manchester by the AmuSkeag Veterans
They were Messrs. Straw, Smith, Western.
Sterns and Hartman.
The Second Adventists who have
been waiting for several months on Terry
Island, Conn, for the sound of Gabriers
trumpet. have, all but one, given it upand
gone their several ways.
-Exposures Of the frauds perpetrated
by the Philadelphia Ring. at the recent
Municipal Election. continue to Je made
by the Citizens CommIttee. They are
sufficient to justify a contest.
- ne Worlds latest sensation Is to tho
eHect that President MacMalon believes
Inat bismarck is preparing for a new war.
Exactly VITA whom is not known. but there
are SGrmises that Belgium is to be at
The railway war anticinated between
the Baltimore and Ohio and PennsvIvania
Railroad viii be likely TO involve fiftv fo
'i&tV millions of dollars, and be one Of the
granoeSt corporation contests known IA,
he republic.
Fifteen of the crew Of the Grace Oar
ing, wrecked on the Scotch coast in tie
ecent gales were washed from he riggfD,-s
md drowned. Four life guards. going fo
heir assistance. lost their lives by the
wamPinG Of their boat.
a man died IN Chllicothe. Ohio last
'eek' OF deiirIums tremenS, after having
4uandered fortune of 500. coo. Had he
Ved two weeks longer he would have ,
cen the recipient Of another so, OJ0 from
ne estate of a deceased relative. +
- here was 4 jumping match hetrvea,, q
even young ladies in Waupon. Wis. for 4
silver medal The contestants wore, loose . <
oWSeIs aud no skirts and are described +
so bewltching that the spectators chea, =
themselves, hoarse. SaIah Jane smith q
on ''''ii u
"A lively panther last week chased tho 81
hlted states mail and the postman who n
=
1lha, Tenn. We forbear 10 mention fur- =
er particulars, as the Postmaster cen -
al will probably give them IL his next re- If
rt. * oI
Illinois is having hard time Of if bv -,
as"h OF wolves. Seven Of the aniYnsls -,
re seen on one farm in Scott county il, IN
e day; one bundred and fifty sheep lave tn
ell hl!ieo oy them IN Ogle county: \ rail
y Tram ran over and finished one wolf 4,
j Jacksonville. -
-DInm'ck, member of tho Legislature ON
m Wayne county, who wanted To bleed ,J
banks and play the old game of black So,
H. was not elected as 4 DeInocratic -
was ore OF the citizens ticket oider. ne
.lg Inc ONT production of both parties. ON
i on both tickets ~ ~
A gigantic colored man. accord,,,.- p, ", ~.
NIcNSburg Times, in that CITY. recent -,
win the assistance of two other men ca
'elp him To shoulder it. carried a hale
cotton weighing 400 pounds. from, tho w
or guard of the wharf boat across The NJ
tri boa and out TO the levee. ~,
sun another romantic marriage was 80,
uhihiated III 1amhill county. Oregon. i'm
week. The bridegroom. after bai,o -
ekea down with "a board Inv his fntI,-S . sI'!.
nIef-in-iaw, got up, landed an extip- me-
'hef upon her nose, which laid her ont e.
';en went away with his pet aad cot IL
AT Dubuque wedding the Herald a.
: among the wedding presents ostenta-
~ uiHPiayed WAS one -hundred-do ~,
liIi, present from the do.ipoy r,tI,,.r pc
IS darling daughter. After tbe o1,ostI pul
departed the old man cnollv oiled ,Ir 80
o;H' put 1t IN his vest pocket. and that ~,
the end of it. '--''' "ip
Col Thomas A. Scott offers irbs o,., h'
'iy nave the Government endorsement 80
e ponds OF the Texas and Pacific Rail %
ne can furnish the Government ab,,n -, = 81
Is aud California - rue road to harC
'pteh by snow, and viii be of ,.Ieat v,i I'd u !"
) the country val rem
jarrett Dunn, shoemaker and Wr, IL,
hoise-Shcer, young men, oot i'm =
81 aIIercatIon in a shUe-shop. in & So q
; on Saturday evening, and SnlIiy,,, ., y
y y shoe knife into Dunn's left So ',I,
I. Both men b,d - o|inFan es- nepl
InsRs.s 4
g the past week ' ing
III indianapolis saloon keeper. whose WI WI
y was recently visited by numLaI. "'..'
MAZE temperance advocates. fried 70 a., ~
u the sound of their hymns bv na,- I'm I'm
'"Ces on an orcheStrion. Findinc -, S,ie &c {
hGiectual, he turned loose two vnr,n,, go, so, "
sept as pets, which frightened the L. rllel'
INTO preeipitate retreat. PoSeo
N Va nous queen of gypsies died recent .
oIVerhampton, England. RcDrs- Tt'e. Ttea
ives from all the gypsy tribes in jl ne
hG' TO the number of one bnndroJ HoH'
lea the funeral, after which the nro oi en-
oI the deceased, including her cIp,I,- s ci'SS
ihketS domestic articles. etc. u,sro "SSI
-! burned or otherwise DESTROYED I,I I5lo"i y,
ne ,;' o"rler-Journai sings to the pTav- ny th
l'es 80, woman in our honrs o'Sco'
you know We'll do whate'er w., was {
; we Il promise to reuounce t},e "a, spread
'H' brandy, rum ana gin, and 90 - ne !
10 refrain Except when tep,5t,,}I lfom
hampagne but have some 49, "lndo
dear, and leave, OH leay. ms 80 ly as /
rs iaSer tr.catt
le faI n,