The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-22

- W Eiie Sardn tiafk ana Juila i EOmSOn
of Omaha were engaged in kicking at a
mark in barn the other day. their feet az
the same instant caught under board that
sprang away from the beam to which il was
nailed, and there they were obliged to
stand until their cries brought help. The
board that held them was five feet seven
: inches from the floor, and olo Omaha sports
saw that not a man in the State could kick
higher.
Peter Uppman, Henry Gsltney, jerry
Holmes and Joseph Samnis, the two lat
ter colored. went out on Canassie Bay. L.
l., on SATURDAY., Jan. 9th, to rake for
CLAIMS. They failed to return and search
was made for them on Wednesday, when
the two coIored men were found frozen to
death on a sand-bar. The other two were
found alive i'm an old house on a small is
land, with their feet and hands frozen and
nearly starved to death.
Tweed is now subjected to regular
prison treatment, sleeping in cell, march
ing to his meals with the rest of the pris-
oners, and only favored in the amount and
! character of werk required Of him. Mrs.
, Tweed has lately met with an accident
which cost her an eye. Her youngest son
exploded percussion cap close to her face.
A piece of the metal struck her eye the
wound neglected, suppuration set in, and
+ the eye had to be cut out to save the oher.
"A Boston merchant failed lately,
/
/ creditors waited upon him to invest gate
| his affairs. In reply to their reques; for
his books and papers, they were politely
/ informed that he had never kept any b,oks.
/ but if they desired he could easily furnish
a list from memoTy-a statement which
afterwards proved to be true. 1T wai also
proved to the satisfaction of the committee
! that the debtor had proved to be a better
q, collector than any of his creditors.
The London Times of the 18TH says
editorially /: In the gloom surrounding us
| one thing is perceptible-all are aiming
! Germany is arming en- nsdsse. Tie sur
! rounding nations, including the best part
of the world, cannot do otherwise. Homen-
tary dreams of peace have fed Germany
! recognizes the stern necessity. What she
| has won by arms, she can only hold by
arms, and with arms in hand : Tae Times
confesses that Germany cannot raise
third army. Her hopes are in her navy.
1t is related that few days since one
of the Lehigh Valley Railroad gentleman
ly conductors was attracted by the remark
able resemblance Of child in the arms OF
a lady passenger to the lost Charlie Ross.
The longer he looked at the child the surer
he was that he was on the verge Of obtain
ing that offered reward. The lady noticing
/ tho staring glance OF the conductor, con-
jectured his meaning, and said '.lf you
are looking foI those S20,0 900, ] will tell
conductor in great haste.
| Miss Sarah Peirce. of Springfield, was
J taught by her father, who was a Shoemaker,
to make woInen's and childfen's slippers.
! Six years ago she married and went TO
Kansas with her husband, who bad consid-
erable property there. The man beclme
dissipated, lost ali his property, and was
| finally sent to asylum for incuraLle iu-
| sane. And now comes the moral. The
| woman, having a good trade, went to work
| at it, and for year past has supported
| herself and two children and saved money
enough to pay quarter of tire value of n
comfortable house that she purchased Oh
credit.
A nondescript fat fish. half sbar's.
half ray, eight inches long, i've wide aud
one and sixteenth thick, has been found
on the San Panic BRAZIL coast, among
rocks constantly bathed by the sea. liz
+! lives on the sea urchins (echinids). att c
| them and breaks off their spines with
bony beak. and when they are disarrsed
| devours their flesh among the rocks seeur-
ing itself while doing SO in crevice By
means of two strong fins, fortified by bony
plates from the shoulders Its back IS
rough aud covered with spihes. 1t appears
| altogether unknown to science, but as II
| looks very much like a bat the fishermen
! call it a sea bat.
| Francis f. Herman, who was nomina-
/ ted fer election to the United States SEN
ate by the Democratic me mbers of the New
York Legislature, ard ~ho has undnubt-
/ edly been chosen, is a lawyer of good repu-
tation, a gentleman of integrity and cnl-
/ ture, and one of the most prominent Cath
/ olic laymen in the country. He has been
! something of a politician for many years.
| having served in the State Legislature, its
] the Constitutional Convention of 1861, and
! in the Thirty eighth Congress. He was
| r6i Ia. fnr rala ION, ne ps e.
! York i'm the Greeley campaign, and vas
! defeated by Gov. Dix. 1t was sa at th-
time that his religions associations were
made a ground of offense against him.
Two young ladies and gentlemen, os
! Ulster county, New York, put themselves
/ in a situation one evening last week that
they now feel sorry for. A ball was held,
! at which there large attendance OF
young people of ths neigh borhood. Du>
! ring the festivities somebody proposed that
| they should have a marriage, so the young
| couples, TO carry out the sport, STEPPED for
ward before 6igniEed gentleman who
! speedily pronounced them man and wife
/ Since il has been discovered this gentleman
| is justice of the peace, the young couples
! are very much disturbed in their minds
! One young lady is reported to have spent
/ the whole of the next Gay in crying, her
/ grief being intensified by the fact that she
is engaged to another &, N leman.
! &c. W. Allery, who was charged with
/ committing rape on 4 little girl nine years
! old, near Urbana, Ohio, Tuesday, 18th inst,
was hanged on Saturday morning last, by
mob of about forty masked men, who
went to the Jail captured and bound the
! guards, battered down the doors, took the
prisoner cut, and after givi g him few
minutes to pray. hanged him 10 tree ID
! from. of the court house. A large crowd
! gathered on the scene, but the lyncheIs
/ had posted strong guard, and the feeble
! efforts made to interfere with them were
unsuccessful. After all signs of life had
ceased ia the suspended man, the lynchers
quietly dispersed, but the body hung an
I hour before il was removed by the coroner,
Public opinion IS decidedly in favor Of the
( lynchers Tho little girl Is in a shocking