The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-10-15
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work.
The Catholic church at D"ylestown
was robbed of all its sacred vessels on
Wednesday evening.
Mrs Swim. the mother of the Sharps-
Vile triplets is to be presented with n COW
by her atlmirne neighbors.
On Saturday Judge Gamble, of Lycom-
ing county sentenced twenty two prisoners
eight TO the eastern penitentiaiy.
The fortune of Gen. Grant is now no
less than 81, 600, COO. and is still growing.
In 1866 il was less than 800 year.
Andrew Burke, Esq, one oe the oldest
members of the Allegheny county bar,
died on Saturday evening last, at an ad-
vanced age.
An Allentown family has been dis
covered in such extreme destitution that
their only food during three days was one
green cucumber.
Cardinal McCloskey bade farewell TO
the Pope and Cardinal Antonelli ON the
9th, preparatory to his departure from
Rome for this country,
Az woman in Massachusetts fed a tramp
the other day. after which he asked if he
might go to bed long enough for her TO
wash aud iron his shirt.
Mgr. Roncetti, who brought over Car
dinal McCloskey's beretta, has written a
letter in,which he expresses his great graf
ification at lis handsome reception liz This
country.
Bernard Brady, of Lawrence, Mass.
while drunk, on Saturday night, beat his
wife over the head with bottle and then
poured boiling water over her. She can
not recover.
Philadelphia is happy. In demolish-
ing an old buiIding in Minor street, about
two hundred old Hessian soldier hats were
found secreted in the rafters, Sin sine for
the centennial"
"A young lady living in Lancaster goi
the blues the other day. and took flying
leap from third-story window, alighting
on the pavement with such force as to re
ceive fatal injuries.
"A novel funeral took place at Antrim,
n. H., some time ago. \ deaf mute dy-
ing in that city, his funeral was attended
by - deaf mutes, to whom the sermon was
interpreted by signs.
Italy will appoint committee of
Italians resident in America TO act at the
centennial exhibition ut Philadelphia. Tie
Pope will send two mosaics representing
the Madonna by Raphael.
AT. BordentOwn. y. J., on Monday
evening, Mrs. Earling. in coming down
stairs, tIipped aud fell, breaking her neck
and killing herself Instantly. She was a
widow and leaves one child.
There is an old man engaged as = COM F.
positor in one of the Lancaster printing
offices who still works at ease" although
Il years of age. For forty years he has
been employed i'm the same office.
&c. I. Heard, charged with an aEgra-
vared assault on two giIls month since.
at Conyers Georgia, was tried ON Saturday
and convicted. He committed suicide in- .
mediately afterwards by taking morphine
Thomas Devinc, the night wat imam .
at the Palmer colliery, near New Phladcl-
phia, Schuy kill county. was shot aud prob
ably mortaly wounded on Monday night
while on his way to work. The assassin>
escaped.
"A sacreIigious thief entered the Pres
byterian church a. North East. Mercer
county, week ago Sunday night. and
stole :he Bible from the pulpit. lie after
words pawned it for a dollar, and il has
been recovered.
The sum of s12, 600, blackmailed from
the Department clerks at Washington. has
been sent into Pennsylvania To aid i'm
electing the Treasury Ring. 1t is for the
people to say whether our State politics
shall be longer corrupted by the men i'm
power.
The English steamer BiScay. belong
ing to New Castle. England. stranded off
Jut Island, while ON voyage from Coon
strandt Brewer Haven. Eleven persons
were drowned. The Biscay was an iron
steamer built in 1872, and was owned in
London.
After the little body Of n child was
transferred from one lot to another i'm the
New Haven cemetery, on Monday last.
little black-and-tan dog belonging to the
deceased lay down on the mound. could
not be driven or coaxed away, and at last
accounts was still keeping faithful watch.
"A disheaTtened tailor, while under the
influence of liquor. tried to commit suicide.
at Rahway, New Jersey. on Saturday
last, by stabbin9 himself nineteen
times in the head and five times in the
breast He did not succeed iu the attempt.
and then tried to hang himself with his
Mrs. 5. II. Griffin. of Niles. Mich. re-
Gently exhibited al local fair linen ia
ble-cloth nearly one hundred Years old.
which was spun and woven by her great
grand mother in 1880 d; bed spread one
hundred years old and a handkerchief
made sixty years ago. These articles are
to be sent to Philadelphia next year.
-IheIe is school of politicians who
believe that poverty, bankruptcy and crime.
industrial and commercial run, rascality,
thlevefy and fostering corruption i'm Office
are no ieproach 20 nation but the mere
existence of greenback is burning ma
tional shame and disgrace. This school of
thieves now have control of the govern
ment.
"A citizen of Holbrook. Mass, has sold
IN eighteen years. from single peach tree
planted in half hogshead in his hothouse.
2,3oo worth of peaches. Some of them
were sold as high as $50 dozen MANY at
from S24 to S2S dozen. and all of them AFT
an average of SlS dozen. The fruit was
chiefly sold i'll the months of February and
March. ,
"A curious potato was grown in n Utica
garden this season. 1t resembles the for
ward portion of the left foot of n man ! !
being IN good proportion, and all the toes
being well defined. So close is the re- ! ,
'enblance that the toe nails are marked by
,he natural eyes of the potato. and the ;
'oes are joined for short distance in
groups of two, as is often the case i'm the
lu man foot. ,
One by one the States are coming to
ldopt the same date, or nearly the same.
or holding their Gubernatoral elections. !
Among the results OF the electinn in CON. |