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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-03

THE nearest approach to union Of
Church and State has been made by Grant,
Ill calling to his assistance the Methods st
Church in running the Indian business.
although .he latest effort was not more
successful in getting good man than if
he had been recommended by Babcock
and Mcdonald. An exchange says:
few days ago the Methodist Episco-
pal Church recommended the appointment
of n member of the Church living in Hi
nois, vouched for in the highest terms, as
Indian agent at Fork Peck. The Church
had been looking for eyeral months for
the right man to recommend, and, with
the testimonials produced by the person
recommended, it was believed they had
found person who would reflec. credit
upon the Church and the Government.
The appointn' ent was made, the commits
sion signed, and instructions issued, aud
. the new Agent started for his station.
Three hours after he left some additional
information regarding the appointee came
to hand, and the Indian Commissioner
learned that he had been indicted in IlIi-
} nois. and was not the KIND OF man desired
by the Government. A telegram was
sent, which overlook the Agent on the
cars, directing him to return his commis-
sion and the papers placed in his hands
I i his was done, ard the commission was a,
ouce revoked, and the Methodist Chu, cl,
is looking now for another person tc
recommend
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-03


FEW tragedies better deserve the name
of horror than that which transpired but
few days ago on the railroad near Cop
fritz, Austria. AT a few minutes past one
IN The morning. as a train of fourteen car
riages, with 12S passengers, was crossing
bridge some forty feet in height, the engine
ran from the rails. and tplunged into the
chasm, dragging all but one of the cars with
IL. About dozen passengers were killed
and as many more seriously injured, the
Others, wonderful to relate (for the cars
we're heaped on each other and smashed to
fragments, escaping with bat slight wounds
or bruises. The engineer and stoker were
crushed to jelly and the chief guard de-
capitated. A mail clerk was fatally scald-
ed, though death did not release him for
several hours. during which he lay beneath
the ruin, audibiy lamenting the fate Of his
family and entreating for water, which
could not be conveyed 20 him. A pregnant
woman, whose mothers brains were dashed
out by an iron bar by her side, escaped
uninJured- and gave birth to her child while
yet entangled in the wreck Examination
showed that the slaughter was not the re-
suit of an accident, For hands accustomed
tn railroad work had removed the nuts and
bolts from five rails on one side Of the curve,
and then replaced the rails so that the track
appeared safe and untouched. The affair
is all the more horrible because but little
while before three attempts had been made
isi a precisely similar mapDor to wreck
trains on another road. N. Y. World.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-03

SCORE another for the third term.
The Beaver Times until recently un-
willing to entertain the third-term
project, last week Topped over in the
following grandiloquent style: "h e
rather guess we are for Grant. First
Because we regard him as the trust
estand safest man betwet II the country
and danger we have. Second-Be-
cause he is the only President within
n period of nearly fifty years whose
name has been associated with third
term. Third-Because it is not likely
that within the next fifty years 20 come
we shall have the privilege of voting
for a President SO highly honored
Fourth, and lasuy-Because every
thing serves to indicate that our OPP
ponents dread his nomination far above
that of any other that could be made
i'll the Republican ranks, and we feel
like taking the candidate who is likely
to worry them the most"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-03

THE SENTENCED MURDERERs Viewers.
one of the murderers who is to be hung on
the 9th of January, has been giving an ac-
count Of his life. He says that lie served
in the Union army during the war. lie
separated from his wife since the war, she
having been twice married since the scpar-
alton. She resides in St. Louis, where he
also has daughter fourteen years old, who
is living with his brother. He still insists
that Meyers is not his real name, and SAYS
lie will never reveal it, more on his dauyh-
ters account than anything else.
petition was circulated some time since
TO be sent to the Board of Pardous TO OBJ
tain a Communication of Meyers sentence to
Imprisonment for life. This petition was
either never sent on, or never acted upon.
Mr.. w. G. Moreland, one of his counsel,
went into his cell Friday evening" and of
fered to bear his own expenses, and take
his case to Harrisburg when the Board
meets. Meyers positively declined the Of
fer and expressed himself ready and will
ling to die, although he still persisted in
asserting his Innocence.
Meyers is making every preparation for
death, a Catholic priest making frequent
visits to him. Murray, on the contrary,
still persists in refusing all religious aid.
He is taking the matter cooIly, though at
times lie appears very nervous. He is the
coward. and it is thought possible that he
will have to be carried to the scaffold. -
Iitts6urgh Gazette.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-03

DURING the trial of w. q. Avery
for completely in the st. Louis whisky
frauds. one of :he witnesses. Alfred
Bevis. testified that Secretary Bristow
was a partner in y whisky firm that
was in the ring, whcreupon General
Henderson declared his intention to
have Bristow indicted if such was the
case That would look very funny.
wouldn't it2 Secretary Bristow, it is
proper TO say, Indignantly denies the
.harge, and demands that the matter
go before the Grand Jury for the full
est investigation. 1t is generally be-
Heved that the White House members
of the Whisky Ring have made these
charges against Bristow to compel him
To let up
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-03

On Saturday last Governor Inger-
coll. of Connecticut. appointed ex-Gov-
ernor Jas. +. English to TIC United
States Senator in place Of Hon Q. 5.
Ferry, lately deceased. Mr.. English is
one of the ablest and best known Demo-
crats in the country, and was elected
Governor of his State three times, viz ::
in 1861, 1868, and 1870. He was de-
feated in 1896 by General Hawley, but
defeated Hawley in 1861 In 1868 he
was successful against Marshall Jewell,
the present Postmaster General, who
in turn, in 1869, defeated him eng
lish) for the same office. In 1870 he
was again elected over Jewell, and in
1871 Jewell once more defeated him.
Take it all in all, the mutual defeats
and victories of Messrs. English and
jewell are without parallel in the
political history of the country.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-03

We neglected to notice last week
that the Harrisburg Patriot had don
ned a new dress and changed its form
from a quarto to an eight page folio.
MIR. Mey ers, its editor. is 4 well known
Democrat and a gentleman Of ac<nowl-
edge ability, even il lie does spell State
with a small ''s'' and many other pro-
per names in like manner The Pa
trtOt is the central organ of the Dem
ocratic party in this State, being pub
lished at the State capital 1t is well
and ably edited and deserves to be lib
orally sustained by the Democracy OF
the State, and we have reason to know
that it is meeting with its well meriten
reward
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-03

A SINGULAR AFFAIR.-We learn that
within the last two weeks n singular Cis-
covery has been made at the house of Jesse
Garth, for many years deceased. 1t is said
that distinct and accurate likeness of
Mrs. Garth, who has been dead for twenty
years, can be seen on a pane of glass in the
upper sash Of one of the windows present
ing very much the appearance of a photo
graph negative. The discovery is said to
have been made by a woman who was
washing clothes in the yard, who imagined
SOME one was watching her through the
window. and went inside to see who il was
We gather these facts from Dr. Charles
Brown, who mas himself seen the singular
picture. DR.. Brown remembers that about
twenty years ago MIR. Garth todd him that
his wife, while standing at that window,
was stunned by sudden flash OF lightning,
and the doctors theory is that the outlines
of her features were photographed on the
window pano at that time. The Youngest
daughter of Mr.. Garth, and others who
were well acquainted with Mrs. Gar:h. have
seen the picture and pronounce it striking
likeness. L. is said to be more distinct
about nine o. clock in the morning and three
in the afternoon than at any other time Of
the day Charlotte Ta.) CAroficls-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-03

WE regret to announce the death Of
at his residence in Montgomery county,
few miles from Philadelphia, Oh last
Friday. Mr.. Witte, it seems, had
been in failing health for several
months. He was about 81 yeals of
age, and was one of the IT ost able and
eloquent Democrats in the State. A
speech which he delivered at Demo
cratic mass meeting in this place, IN
September, 1862, will long be remem-
hered bv all who heard it; and it is
the truth of political history to say
that the triumph of the Democratic
party in Pennsylvania i'll that cam
paign was mainly due to the bold and
fearless inception of it in Pittsburgh,
inauourated by William H. Witte and
Francis w Hughes, the latter of
Pottsville Theirs was the bugle- blast
that summoned the Democracy Of the
State to full and complete victory.
The Pittsburgh Post, one Of whose
proprietors, Col. James =. Barr, was
at that time elected Surveyor General,
in noticing Mr.. Witte's death says:
GAS he was an ac'ive and pronounced Dem
ocrat, he soon attracted the notice of the
leaders of that party, and in 1852 was elect
eel to Congress, in which body he served
one term. During that time fIe made a re-
port TIpon The Smithsonian Institute, which
attracted much attention in all parts of the
country. Continuing Eis party activity on
all proper occasions, Mr. Witte was named
rs tho Democratic candidate for Governor
in 1887, 1860 and 1868. But he failed to
reach the goal of his ambition in this partic-
ular, although on each occasion he received
complimentary votes. In the latter part of
his life Mr.. Witte established in Philadel-
phia n weekly Democratic paper. called the
the Commonwealth, which he conducted
with ability until within a short time of his
death. He was also leading member of
the order of Odd Fellows, and Grand Mas
ter of the society for many years. Mr..
White was man of decided ability and a
political speaker of far more than ordinary
force point and intelligence. He had an
earnest, emphatic manner, which told with
powerful effect upon audience.
"In private life Mr.. Witte was one of the
most pleasant ard genial companions, pos
sess;ng he most agreeable colloquial powers,
and a vast and varied fund of general and
particular information. His loss will he
sadly felt by a large circle of attached and
admiring friends
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-03

BAND OF THIEvEs.-An organized
band of robbers has been discovered and
broken up, out in Washington county.
The Monongahela Republican publishes a
long account of the dspredators who
called themselves the "Hundred and Ono :;
or, Happy jacks It seems that they
were bound together by a terrible oath, had
secret Signs, passwords and grips, and
numbered among their officers first king,
second king, third king, chief OF the watch.
spies, patrols, guards, etc. Their opera
tions were mainly confined to petty thiev-
ing from the people of Monongahela and
the neighboring towns but they would take
anything, from wliSkey, wine, flour and
butter, to poultry. They stole impartially,
from rich and poor, town and country,
purloining oysters and portables from sa-
loon keepers in the city, entering the cellars
of farmers to skim the cream of their milk
and carrying off the parsons porcelain
kettle so that their pifercd viauds might
be cooked in the highest style of the art.
For they were eluttonous set of fellows
and seem to have divided their time
O'nights between stealing and feasting.
Only occasionally did they stop people on
the highway to demand their money, and
their attempts Of this kind failed either
from fear OF the consequences or lack of
nerve. The Iingleaders are miners, but
the man whose house they made their
headquarters, or at least their fence" and
( banqueting hall, is a reputable carpenter.
His name is John Toner, and it is through II
tie evelations Of himself and wife, made
after lie had been arrested on suspicion
that tho gang has been broken up and
several Of the worst members of it logged
in iail.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-03
a Fatal Uhirtlci7lt{.
HOUSE DKsTRoYED-FATE OF THE IN
MATES.

The Newburn On. Co. Times has a letter
from Beaufort dated 18th inst, giving the
following particulars of the ravages of a
fearful whirlwind in that vicinity:
ga few days since n terrible calamity be-
fell the family of Mrs. Clara Gask:lI, of
Harker's Island, in this county. A whirl-
wind or water-spOut-it is not positively
known which--was seen by persons on the
banks approaching from the southwest. -
1t came up the beach aud followed the
shore on the seaside until opposite IIar-
ker's Island, when it crossed the banks
destroying everything in its course, but
causing no loss of human life on the banks.
From the banks it crossed the sound, TAX
ing in its track the homestead of the Gas
kill family, which it destroyed in a twink
ling of an eye. Although the building
was heavy one, it was so completely de-
stroyed that no two pieces of timber re-
manned together nor one brick upon an
other. but its fragments, together with the
household effects, were scattered Cor hun
di eds Of yards over the land. Everything
in the house was destroyed, the clothing
and bedding of the family being torn into
sareds and scattered far and near. The
family consisted OF Mrs. Clara GaSkil, a
widow of about sixty-five years of age,
four grown sons, one daughter, and the
wife and five children of one of the SONS
Belcher.
''The entire family, except Belcler, who
was i'm Beaufort at the time, was i'll the
house when the wind struck it. They had
no warning of its coming until the house
was struck and swept away. The elder
Mrs. Gaskill was carried about tweuty five
yards from the house, and when found
was apparently dead, but revived after be-
ing taken to the house Of q neigh Dor. Her
injuries are severe, but it is thought that
she will recover. Mason Gaskill. man
weighing 10 pounds, was whirled through
the air to distance Of more than 800 feet,
and when taken up was found to have sus-
tained severe injuries, from which it is
thought he cannot recover. He is, how
ever, improving.
1.-The two other brothers, Anson aud
Howard. were caught by pieces Of the fall
ing tim Der, and sustained severe though
not serious injury. Miss Sabra Gaskill
was caught under part Of the wreck aud
had foot and hand crushed. Two chill
dren Of Belchcr Gaskili, one boy aged
about four years, the other girl Of about
three years, were killed outright. The
bodies ere found $50 yards from Tie house.
The top OF the girls head was knocked
completely off, while the boy was terribly
crushed, and had his head split OPEN
Two other children were caught uuder
parts of the falling building and badly
hurt, while third child was carried fifty
yards without sustaining any injury. The
mother of these children was also hurt,
but not seriously"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-03
"A most singular freak of nature can

"A most singular freak Of nature can
be seen iH tree near Eureka, wherever
that is-California, we suppose. 1t is half
pine and half fir. 1t is good sized tree
perhaps seventy-five feet high. The body
from the ground to distance of thirty feet
is pine. Then for distance of twenty
feet it is fir. The remaining twenty five
feet, like the lower portion, is pine. The
fir portion of the tree is in a very flourish
ing condition. The foliage on that part is
SO dense that the trunk or limbs can hardly
be seen through it. On the pine portion
the leaves are rather scarce. The tree is
near the road, and has l,een noticed by
nearly all who ever passed that way. II is
rafc curiosity, and well worth seeing.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-03

WE direct the attention of our read.
ers to the prospectus for 1876 of the
weekly and daily New York Sun,
which will he found in another column
of our paper. The Sun is an indepen-
dent paper and is conducted with dis
tinguished ability. Mr.. Dana, its edi-
tor, is bold and fearless man-thc
inveterate foe of all manner of cor
ruDtion and dishonesty in general,
State and municipal governments
and that his efforts in that direction
are fully appreciated is attested by
the fact that the Weekly Sun has 1T
tanned a circulation throughout the
country of over eighty thousand copies,
while the circulation of the daily edi-
tion is about forty thousand more
We know of no city paper in any part
of the country more interesting and
entertaining than the Sun, and no
man who invests the trifling sum of
Sl20 for the weekly for one wear,
with the postage prepaid, will ever re-
gret the outlay, and will be remuner-
ated to an extent almost incalculable.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-03

the Voice Echo AMI De1aocra. (a qneer
nixturel favor Randall for the Speakcrship
so does our member of Compensation.
John Reilly. The virtuous Freeman opposes
him because he is ''corrupi." If Randal II
could only get The latter support, he would
be all ''httuky.'
Ofcourse the above lying paragra pa,
80 far as il refers TO the FREEMAN,
could only have been written by the
editor Of the Johnstown Tribune. lie
and the editor OF the Altoona Radical
seem to he very much distressed
about the position of the FREEMAN in
reference to Samuel j. Randall's can
eiidacy for the Speakership of the COM
ing Congress. Both are too.eowartily
20 attack Randall ON the score of his
back pay record. rs we have more than
once done, becauss they would theE be
charged with treason to Grant, who
had his salary increased by the same
bill from t,ce,Sy,tice to .ffty thousand
dollars. To olenounce Grant for that
would be just now peculiarly hazard
Gus to the editor OF the Tribune, and
buckingham head might be the pen
atty Will he tell us when we charged
Randall with being corrupt? We
never believed him 20 he so, nor have
we ever said so, but have always based
our opposition to him as Speaker to his
we'll known connection with the extra
pay infamy. On that issue we take
our stand now, as we have always done,
and on that issue alone we oppose the
selection of Mr.. Randall as the presid-
ing officer Of the national House Of
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-03

The treasures thar r-
he sailed, rs he saiIel -.
buried are now being >-
OF William II. Seaman. r.
the harbor ui Amh..>'. E>
gentleman from Horton. d.
cd three Iab1lvI~. AL r
digging over tae wt..s
been induced lo uud,!ia.- /
old French sailor UEu g..
tie Gut of C-usu aa.
stated that 4 large sHnn
buried near AnlhyI-r. 5-a
described ciycEm>Iar.
been perfectly identified
In one of the car, r-
Railroad not long ~iHes
Young lady dressed iI'l Z
ing who was taking ha
of her mother. which -a.
baggage ear. SHaarH's
III her seat and began 81.
mus deI = Seycrl e
once rushed IL hD-. tr. .
reason had lcfi h.r % -
!Unatic, doubtless ca.,.
row. She was bHu- .a
car. struggling y..'rr
the united eNc.ii..a- rs ,
strain her from uu.-
herself nr TO otle.~.
a place where She ea..
"A marble f-rc .
markable wpiA. H.> @
tie Louvre. iu l', -t-.g
lure 90 the MI3ale Az,
ted standing, ami .-
ON her right arm. uh.e
She supports hi> fees. ta
with the folds uI De.
strings of her bodice. l
ginally cnioreA. T#cr,#
are still visible in LC-
was supposed 10 To- i-a
brothers Juste, F.ara-u
came to France in t.s IL
sixteenth century -
Louvre by q painter all
lectof named Iim1al iHl .@
francs.
The Germant0Hn .-
graph ayers that a prt--
cred by the Peuusy.'a.a
pauy to build a Elaaa .a
of the city, perhaps g.
ket streets. where iEs
square of ground. to H..'
can he added. ID aIlaal'
under considerable i'r
another, TO construct i.fa
the Schuylkill. Tile a [
Market street bridge has
ter prominently f'T'a1@
depot the idea - probably /
London, where tie l". L
in the heart of the c.H
which by tunnel un n'Ha L
teIfered with OF oh,tms
Happy Sylvester S.'T |
Brown county, oh''-
celebrated his >eve.it
company with hi> t@'
After dinner lie took i..5
, road IN s. out Of ths A'a
left them all 30 a >o.a'
yards. The uid maI
wondering offspring
when hc was young pug
rail fence without l
climbed a branch ol tHt'
times. climbed to TIE E
hand over hand. threw
house, and ripped ne
pants in the effort. ai''
'.if she aidn't Tx 'e'n
knock the socks of d"
Sylyester shaw, Lpu-
habiiant
gathered at Monroe.
witness the eXccuii''
and Alice l.arri>. c.0,
the murder Of Henry
of Alice. all colar.d,
erected in the een'.'
square. near the is'l.
ten O'Clock the cond'
To the scaffold. The 'I
warrant f,llowed. at :.
were grcatl, aeiiaiea. IL Il
The confessions cd
lisiIed in the ouacil'''t 't..f
day, show their ui'' uir''I n
brutal raurdcr. Ai'el i ii,
wears of age. died VIA
gle. Nelleum, aiie: 'S "a
ed the rope al 'v' I''' ...
his side. lis arms
down bv tie sheriff
struggles ceased. ,...l-
perfectly piui"ned w.. ,..,
minntes after the. .,a
were cut down. "l
duetcd without inl''''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-03

MosT HORRIBLE CRIME A most horri-
tle story comes from Delaware county, Pa
y young unmarried woman became the
mother of two infant children, a boy and a
girl. She had gone into the woods to hide
her unnatural offspring. There she left
/. the little babes lying on the ground to die
of exposure and starvation, and went into
Seaford again, and ate her dinner at her
sisters, and remained there in order, no
doubt, to avoid exciting suspicion. On
Tuesday morning, however, dog came
up TO The house with one Of tho little vic
Tins of her cruelty in its mouth. On see-
ing the evidence of her crime brought so
plainly before her she became terribly api-
tated and acknowledged that she had de-
serted it, and also that there was another
one IN the woods. After coufessinp her
guilt she seized upon favorable oppOrtun.
hy and fed. Search was Immediately in.
stituied, when the body of the other babe
was found, and, on examination, it was
discovered that it bad been nearly devour-
ed by buZzards. The coroner held an i'm.
quest on the bodies Of the unfortunate lit.
tie victims, when the jury returned yer.
dict that they came to their death from
exposure and starvation, Dy being deserted
by their mother. All efforts to find the
mother have been unsuccessful.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-03

PRESIDENT GRANT, though eternally
vigilant as to the eDcroachments Of the
Catholic Church in the gross, is eriminally
negligent as to its sinister advances in par
ticuiar- Here, for instance, i'm Chicago.
the only city where the prominent Federal
oihce-holders have nobly written to him
that his elccti n for n third term is demand
ed by all the considerations of statesman
ship, national safety and self,interest, not
only have the Catholics Just COMPLETED
their magnificent Ca,Leslral of the Holy
Name, but they actually threaten to acquire
the Union Park Congregational Church.
one of the most costly and fashiona bio &C.
clesiasiical editices in the city. The con.
gregation buiaded better than they could
pay. and their bonds for some $50, arc
now maturing, with no reasonable prospect
that they will be redeemed, so that the
Roman Catholic bishop contempla.es tho
purchase of the building As yet Mr..
Grant is silent, but it may be that Consre-
eationa:ists don't cbunt.-y. Y. Wor.d.