The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-09-10
Ne,Cs Cud IOftflc0t Items.


a mules tooth that weighs seven pounds
and half
Springfield H.. has two female base
ball clubs, the diamond Garters' and
the Lace Top Stockings
An enormous black snake, measuring
seventeen feet, was killed in Washington
county, OH the farm of VIM. Congfe, re
Gently.
a disease similar to the old epiZootic
has broken out among the cattle near Avon,
Y. Forty have died within two weeks.
Twelve died on Sunday.
Sister Mary Assissium, Sister Superior
of St. Joseph's Hospital, in Paterson, New
Jersey, died on the Sd. She was beloved
b. all denominations
At Mamaroueck, y. Y, on Sunday,
Edward Weeks, while drunk, shot his
brother-in- law dead, and wounded his Sis
ter, the wife Of the mnrdered man. Weeks
escaped.
"A resident of Washington Pa, is
reported to have attended circus tire
other day and stayed throughout the per
formance while his wife and sister-in- law
were burying one of his children.
Mr. Henry, of Beverley, Canada, has a
cat that remained on his farm for two
years while he was absent from the coun-
Try, boarding herself Last week she
tackled black snake seven and a half feet
long and killed him after a terrible combat
The Schuylkill county commissioners
who have been convicted of fraudulent
transactions were not all democrats; there
was one republican among them. Rascality
is not confined to any party, and Is not
mitigated or heightened 10y political belief.
"A bicy Gle race distance fifty miles, for
e1C0 aud the championship, has taken
place in England between 1huillet, the
French champion, and an amateur named
Stanton, of London. The race Il described
most exciting. the Engllshman finally
winning by one yard.
A burglar entered the house of Lieut..
Fitch. Gen. SheIman's son-in-law, at st.
Louis, few nights ago, lurcd by the hope
of capturing the celebrated diamonds pre-
scented to Mrs. Fitch by the khedive. He
was I9et and rcpelled by the intrepid house
/ keeper, Mrs. OGrady.
The late W. c. Ralston's salary was
$50, coo per year. 1t will come To be un-
derstoo.l in this country after awhile that
$50, 900 a year is no guarantee for efficient
or capable service, public or private. Grant
aud Ralstou have not panned out well for
such high priced fellows.
Miss Ada Luck, at Carthage, Ohio, won
n cook stove at the Cincinnati fair as ''the
best and most expeditions cook In thiIty
minutes she cooked, and cooked we'll, pota-
toes, chicken, porter house steak, tomatoes
and corn, and made coffee, tea. pie AND bis
cIit, and set the table in tie neatn~t style.
AT the conclusion of ciTcns perform
ance given at Jackson. Miss. an Saturday
afternoon, hot air balloon WAS sent up.
In descending the aeronaHt jumped ont
when some distance above ground, alightcd
] Ill a mill pond, and was drowned. seeming
( unable 10 swim. His name was VIM.
Dagle.
Miss Peters, aged sixteen, a daughter
/ of John IL. Peters, of Pickaway county,
! Ohio, while out riding with party of
friends, on Thursday, was thrown from the
caI1i iage under the heels of the norses and
inst unity killed. The horses ran away,
dragging the body of the lady distance Of
half mile.
Last Friday Mr.. and Mrs. James Ben
.iamin, of Lansingburg, undertook to adj
minister corporal punishment to their
daughter in l;,,y, but Mrs. James. il,
knocked her mother -in-law ont of time and
very nearly into eternity with rolling pin,
and chased her father-in-law behind a
water-butt.
While lion-tamer in a circus at Des
Moiues was performing and putting his
| head inside the animals extended jaws.
! the brute closed them with snap. Ihele
was great commotiOn for a short time
among the showmen and spectators, but
the u.an was released from his peril with
: only badly cut face.
AT a hotel in Newton, Ct, Il black
and tan dog has adopted brood of chick
ems, and with them occupies a basket,
barking at every one approaching. lie
steps into the basket. and moving the
chickens aside with his pa~s. secures room
to lie down, when the small balls of down
nestle close to him aud all are happy.
B ookl,n !: have anuiheI qIeer trial.
Mr. liugg was the accepted suitor of
Sarah Williams, a POOR bu: honest young
person. All aunt died and left Miss Will
liams $40, 900, and she Tilted liugg. What
true woman wouldn't furSwear ali sorts of
! Huggs for $1,000 Now IIugg sues her
again. this time before Judge Nelson.
New London has the largest wharf in
the United States. 1t is 1.150 feet long
and 900 and $50 feet wide, has % feet
depth of water. and covers nearly SIX
, acres; the walls are solid stone work, with
n filling III of gravel. The wharf is the
terminus of the New London Northern
Railroad. aud is now about completed.
-Samuel Turner, employed on a farm
near Gahenna, Ohio, was detected stealing
wheat from neighbor and selling it at a
mill. His disgrace So preyed on his mind
that he took large dose of arsenic and
died last Saturday night. The man was
miserably poor, having wife and five
children to support, which no doubt in
duced the theft.
The banks of the Connecticut river
are being protected in places where the
current washes them away. by covering
them with mating. The mats are woven
about two feet thick, and sixty feet long
by fifteen wide, of underbrush and are
towed into position. sunk 50 as TO extend
from above high water mark To below low
water mark ; and covered with stones and
gravel.
On Saturday evening four children got
into skiff in the Miami river. ut Fuller's
mills, on the Marietta Railroad. for a ride
across the river. aud, when about midway.
the boat. which had been leaking badly.
sunk. One little girl was drowned, and
the three otheis were rescued with great
/ difficulty by a boy named Reader. These
three were Unconscious when brought TO
! shore, but We're subsequently resuscitated
"A son of Eli Sivetts. Of Brown town