The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-08-20
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The latest proposition in France Is to
give every one drowned ous 10y tie late IN
undaiion a farm in Algeria.
Suit has been instituted at Ficksburg
against the postmaster for recovery OF tl'ee
cents. alleged to have been oveTcharged on
a letter.
made rp,g hat litgle mind they have between
them to undertake voyage TO Europe IN
an open fishing boat.
Mention is made of twO-leEged brute
AT Oil City who took his dog by its hind
legs aud beat its brains out, while his chill
dren stood by and cried piteously.
The wife Of q drunkard IN Jacksonville,
H., being chased by him with knife, call
ed upon her son to save her life. The boy
compiled by shooting his father dead
If anybody knows where General Dix
ia. there is some news that VIII likely in
terest him. a Michigan man has just been
arersted for stealing two american flags
The fleeing Treasurer, Parker, Of
South Carolina, was first discovered lying
in the bottom Of a wagon, covered with an
old quilt The capture was made about
half a mile from Camden, 5. c.
-Si,.tcen Chinese women we're sold at
auction in California the other day, only
Chinese being allowed to bid. Eight dol
lars was The highest price, and one sold for
siXty-ive cents, her nose being out of
plumb.
Intelligence comes from Connecticut
that Edwin Booth, the great actor, is prob
ably fatally injured. He was riding, and
his horse ran away, demolshing The car
riage, and dashing Mr.. Booth violently to
the ground.
On Saturday morning two boys, named
William and jeremiah Dixon, were killed
in a coal mine at Oak Hill, in Allegheny
county. They were caught by 4 fall Of
H.. Z =
cut of them.
Col. Valentine Baker. recently tried be
fore the Assizes at Croydon, and con yicted
of indecently assaalting young lady in a
railway carriage. and sentenced TO fine
and imprisonment, has boon dismissed the
British Army.
Three young lads. named Davis, Owens
end Ferrig. Willie desceEdiug The slope at
Mt. Pleasant mines, near Scranton. ou Sat
urdag, were oveIt7lceu BY car. Davis and
Ovens were Instantly killed and TeTig ia
tally injured.
"A new arrangement Of musical glasses.
thirty two in number. has been invented by
a Portuguese gentleman. ON which very
elaborate music can be played. and which
is said To initiate closely tie bomal voice.
lie calls it The ''copophoge.'
W. The war was going on. the man
who objected Co creenbacks was called a
GislOyal cHss. New when the OHIO De
mociacy declare in favor oF greeubacl,s,
they are called rag money Cusacs. Eadi-
Gals arc hard set Of fellows to please.
A young woman at the Stafford Springs
House, Conn, who was noted fprhcr beau
tiful black hair, awcke, one morning last
week, to find her locks lying on the floor
beside a pair 81 scissors. She had risen
in the night ano cut them of in a fit of SOM
nambulism.
Some fecces Of wool clipped in Jeffer-
son county. Texas this year. weighed as
high as thitty-two pounds eight ounces.
tweaty-ninc. tweuty-sevsu, twenty-five.
twenty three, twenty and eighteen pounds
each. and the wool is said tp be ''iiae,
almost siikg.'
"Luiu' tAc mare that mad e the wonderful
riue ri 2.t5 iI rLc Buffalo races, Tuesday.
is An Iowa horse having been r1aied aud
raised at hiu~c1f inc. She was tie property
of Shera Perry, and was first named
''5unuie Perry
One of iia most remarkable re5bcrics
recorded tool, place near Worcester. Mass.
a few days ago. Nearly atom ST hay which
2 gentleman had left ou Saturday might
stacked in cocks ia the field had on 1Iou-
day morning disappeared without leaving
trace of ije whore3bou,s.
Mr.. Andrew Johnson. son of the late
Tx PTCs!dcu, JohuSou. dorigsail know Icdne
Of the reported Insurance on his fathers
life, though Ec says he has not yes been
able tu Ipuk over al of his fathers ,sueys
Thoesta'euf he cX-i'lesile0t = estimafc,lat
between St51.Ca) aud q 1900.
seven brothers. sons OF Cornelius Nor
ris, of Harts.rcve, O., are aged Ta-3I-T2-
-S.-65-6e--aEG egatiug sGt years. Ben
jNmiu, whose death was announced last
week, was the first death in the farailv ex-
ccFt thc mother and father for = years,
one bruthes having died in 1S03.s
1t appears that Duncan, Sherman &
Co owe their creditors S4SG2.I2S. aud
have assets 10 the amount or $2.112.I40
none Of which are doubtful. It is not sta
led whether the real estate lately transfer
red TO detraUd ;hcir creditors is included
in tie assets. bat it Is Thought not
When Horace Kinney, who died in
lhiisuelp!ia ou Thursday last, was born,
Napoleon BDnaparle WAS bat eleven years
OF age. MIR. Binncy graduated at Harvard
University three years before the death of
Washington, and when the battle of Water
loo was fought he was thirty-fiy years of
age.
An anti-troating society has been or
ganized in Pittsburgh. The members sub
scribe the following pledge: - pledge my
self not to treat any person or persons, nor
to accept treat Of any sprituuus or malt
liquors, wine or cider, in any pubIic place.
where tie same Is kept for sale and money
paid therefor.'
Tho Jersey Shore Herald says concern
ing the bvcomiuG county murder; We have
not the remotest idea that M'Cue will be
hung. There viii be strong evidence pro
dnced TO the board of neutrality-suspicious.
not given in court-that will warrant the
board in granting the application for com
mutation of sentence.
"A horrible tragedy occurred on Tues
day at Troy. twenty-four miles south of
Sparta. in Randolph county, No. in which
a man pamed GRulter killed his cousin.
James bugan, dischargiug both barrels of
a shot gun at him and completely riddlinr
ms BODY. Eoth parties are very young
men men and coal miners.
A special to the Chicago EreaiBg Jour
nal from White Hall, Mich, says the body
of \. ). GrTmwood was found last Monday