The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-11-05
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ID. LIZ. Branson. of Chester county has
bull calf. ten weeks old, which weighs
over 600 pounds.
christian Kaufman, of Landisville
Lancaster county, has Bible 344 years
old, and still well preserved.
One man in Colorado has ranch 1856
miles long and 260,O00 head of cattle
Where was Abraham to this?
"A Williamspoit boy was killed recently
in struggle with another boy, his head
striking the edge of a board walk
The discovery of gold in immense
and inexbaustible quantities ten mile from
Atlanta, Ca, is reported. But let us be
calm.
The grand jury at Concord, n. H., on
Thursday indicted Joseph La Page for
the murder of Josie Langmaid, at Penn
broke. ,..... .....
William Flat, who left Muncy in 1918,
has returned to his friends after an absence
of fifty years. He came back fat
broke.
Andrew Airport, Of Phllipsburg, has a
canary which laid 33 eggs from February
10th to September 1st, and Matched eleven
and raised eight birds.
-A-little child of Scott Tate, of Pie as
ant Gap, Centre county, was scalded to
death recently by ursetting vessel of hot
tea upon its neck and breast.
MIR. J. w. Sloss, of Lachawannock
township, MeI Ger county, raised last season
1863 pounds Of squash from one seed which
had been sent to him from California
jeanette Parker, a Delta (Michigan)
township girl, who weighs four hundred
pounds, picks up a barrel Of flour by the
chimes and plays with it over her head.
La Page, indicted i'm Concord, n. H.,
for the murder Of Josie Langmade, was
identified on Saturday as the man seen in
the bushes near the road The girl passed.
john McSharroE, of Drumore town.
ship, Lancaster county, had sixteen acre
field of corn this year that husked one
hundred and twenty-one bushels per acre.
A. Eilkesbarre on Saturday, in the
great ejectment suit of Calhoun NJ. Derrin-
ger VS.. Cox ct al. for coal lands valued at
fonr million dollars, verdict " as rendered
in favor of Dcrringer.
Reports from England show that severe
depression still exists in all departments Of
trade. Several heavy failures have occur
red within a few days. of 100000
being the last reported.
The losses by the recent fire at EirCi-
mia City, Nevada. are not SO heavy as has
been reported. The mines are all right,
and will he running again in sixty days.
Rebuilding is already quite rapid.
Samuel and Raphael Shoencman, two
Hebrew clothing dealers in Easton, have
received notice that 10y the death of an
aunt in England they, with another brother,
inherit property worth 81 10000
Reports come from Port Jervis of
disease which attacks the tongue and
throat. which putrefy in a few hours, of
course causing death. The throat seems
to be the weak point among Americans.
Sometimes Zach Chandler drops truths
by the waysidc that are worth picking up.
One of his last is that practical jokes are
objectionable, unless they are played on
the members of a temperance association.
A snake was killed in Arkansas re-
Gently which measured twenty feet long,
twenty-four inches around the girth, three
or four inches between the eyes, and which
made track of eight and three fourth in
ches
Patrick Kelly, aged thirteen years,
met with horrible accident in colliery
in the eastern part of the State on Friday
He was caught by large belt and carried
around large pulley, causing instant
death.
Saturday nights storm blew down a
bridge on the Pan handle railroad at Cam
bridge city, Indiana, and the next train, a
freight, went into the break, killing the
fireman, John Daily, and brakeman named
Ziegler.
"A woman was arrested at st. Albans,
VT. on Saturday by the custom authorities,
on the arrival of the Montreal train, with
four hundred yards of black silk on her
person. She belongs in New York, and
has telegraphed there for counsel.
George Metzger, of Carlisle, Pa, now
in his ninety fifth year, is the oldest person
Legislature. He was member during the
years 1913 and 1914. He is said to retain
his powers of body and mind almost unim-
paired.
The Oxford University press has iust
published tie smallest Bible in the world
1t measures 44x24x4 inches, and weighs,
when bound in limp morocco, less than
three and one half ounces. The type of
this dainty little volume, though neccssari-
ly very minute, is clear and legible.
An Athens, Ohio, special says that a
colored man named Konmslay, with his
wife, left three small children alone while
they started to town Friday evening. The
house took fire, burning the children to
death. 1t is supposed to have been caused
by the overturning of lamp by the chill
dren.
AT five minutes to 10 o'clock Monday
night there were two severe shocks of an
earthquake felt at Washington CITY, con-
tinuing about forty five seconds. The di-
rection was little west of south. There
was rumblng sound, with a perceptible
motion, which shook the earth and borises,
causing great alarm.
They have just had a bad case Of bolt
ing out in St. Paul. The boilers held a
convention and nominated full s'citi-
zens'" ticket. The next morning all the
nominees bolted the ticket. The result
was about the same as that of the battle
between two snakes, where each swallowed
the Other--there was nothing left.
The board of education of Union Hill,
New Jersey, after an exciting and prolong-
ed meeting on Friday. adopted a resolution
by vote of eight to one, excluding the
bible from the public school in that town.
Some Of the citizens declared the bible will
never be allowed to be taken from, the
schools. even at the risk of bloodshed
$. X. Billings and F. w. Knox recent
ly sold their coal properties at Gaines and
Pike, on Pine creek, to the Geneva, Hor-
nellsville and Pine Creek railroad COM
rany, says the Potter Enterprise The
prOperties comprise 12. 600 acres and waro