The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-07-02
Ne,cs os,sd Political Items.

Postmaster General Jewell has in
creased the rate on registered letters from
8 to 10 cents.
A fire at Mckinney, Texas, destroyed
an entire block of business houses. The
loss is estimated at $40, 600.
George w. Pcmbertop, the murderer
of Mrs. Margaret f. Bingham, at Boston,
has been sentenced to be hanged.
One man and five women, all colored,
while rowing in a skiff on Hell's lake, near
Little Rock, Ark, Monday evening, were
drowned by the capsizing of their boat.
Yet another warning. Joseph Bates,
of Vermont. fails dead while carrying in an
armful of wood. Show this paragraph to
your wife, Nay, cut it out and pin it to
the woodshed door.
"A Welshman, of Utica, claims to pos
sess harp which was ordered by Prince
Albert for the Exhibition of all Nations, IN
1851, made by Jones, of Cardiff, from
tree planted by one Of the ancient Princes
of Wales. 1t cost 5000, but was bought in
of pawnslop for 800.
"A correspondent of the Louisville C0ur-
ier-Journdl who has recently travelled
through South Carolina and Geoi gia, says
that the growing crops are the finest ever
known. The yield of grain will be Sab
soluteiy extraordinary.
AT Pomeroy, Ohio, on Saturday, Jacob
Rousher attempted to kill his wife with
without further injury. He then shot
himself through the head, dying instantly.
No cause Is known for the act.
Tho recent foundations in France from
a sudden rise of the Garonne river have
no parallel in modern times in the loss of
life. Other floods of recent date have
been more destructive to property, but
none so destructive to human life.
VIM. Keemar ,coloIed), who was ar
rested in Rush county, Ind, for attempt
ing to commit rape on a white lady, and
was removed from RuSville to Greenfield
for fear of violence, was lynched on Friday
night last by mob at Greenfield.
"A nine year old convict is under SEN
tence Of five years imprisonment in the
Richmond Penitentiary for murder in the
second degree and moTbidly impulSive
little boy of twelve is befne the court on
an indictment for murder in the first
degree.
"A wild man is roaming in the woods
near Jerico, Salem county, y. J. He is
said to be utterly destitute of clothing,
with dark whiSkerS and Of heavy stature.
Several efforts have been made to capture
him, but his fleetness of foot renders it
impossible.
The Warren NM: There is a curiosi-
ty down by Mr.. Pages shop. 4 little
mountain ash has taken root between two
branches of a maple tree eight or ten feet
from the ground and seems to be growing
all right. 1t don't care whether tie ground
is dry or wet.
The floods in France have proven
largely destructive of human life-far be-
yond the earlier reports, sad as they were.
The number is now estimated to run into
thousands, and to have been attended with
heart-rcnding scenes The destruction Of
property is also immense.
A very poor woman in Paris has
given birth to baby which is clearly re-
version to primordial type. The beast is
in every particular a monkey, with tail,
hair and teeth. The father, workman.
is crazy with disappointment, and the moth
er almost frantic with horror and disgust.
Sixteen different persons claim the
50, 900 reward offered for the apprehension
of the murderer of the Hamne:t family.
Ort~ein was arr sted, tried, convicted,
put through the ordinary insanity course,
and hung, and yet there is dispute abou:
the reward, and the matter has been turned
over to the court to decide.
"A new machine for pressing coal dust
into fuel was put into operation at the
Harrisburg machine shops last Thursday,
and ton of solid coal was made in six
minutes. The machine is simple and uni
versally practicable, and it is prophesied
that it will add millions of dollars to the
coal wealth of Pennsylvania.
Father TCm Burke, the great preach
er, is in very poor health, and a Dublin
correspondent says that his friends fear
for the result of his Illness. While he was
in this country his eloquence and manly
character won him many admirers, who
will hear this news with sorrow. His dis
case is cancer of the stomach.
-Anothe disastrous storm of wind and
rain has swept over portions of Illinois,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa
and Michigan, severely injuring the crops
ard destroying fences, culvertS, and in
some instances houses. So far, no loss of
life is reported although the cattle have.
to some extent, been swept away and
drowned.
Miss Emeline Nengel, daughter of
Mr.. Martin Mengel, Of Perry township,
Berks county, is the smallest person in the
State. She was Is years old on the 10th of
March last, is % inches high and weighs
% pounds. Her growth ceased after she
was three year old. Her body is well pro
portioned, she is intelligent and pleasant
companion.
In Iowa, man named Henry Thomp-
son has been convicted and sentenced to
prison for marrying his step daughter,
there being law in that State which
classes such marriages as incestuous,
though the degree of consanguinity is no
closer than existing between man and
the sister of his deceased wife. y similar
law exists in Michigan.
Prof. Donaldson and three members
of the press made a balloon ascension from
Toronto Ont, on Monday of last week, and
were picked up by vessel five miles off
Point Peter, on Lake Ontario. They re-
port having suffered great hardship, being
in the water four hours, clinging to the
basket of the balloon, which was dragged
through the water at fearful speed.
"A child was lost in the woods near
days ago. For three days and nights par
ties searched the woods. When the child
was found lie was unconscious and lying
in a rattlesnakc's den. Four of the snakes
had to be killed by the rescuer before the
child could be touched. This is regarded
as one of the most wonderful escapes ever
recorded.
Tho French Canadians are n DroIific