The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-24

Professor Mosler, of Germany, is now
successfully treating phthisic, or pulmonary
consumption, Oy making an incision through
the wall of the chest and drawing off the
pus with a syringe, and afterward washing
out the ulcers with weak carbolic acid.
w. b. Thompson was hung on Friday
at Lewisburg, Ark, for the murder of a
Mrs. Slower, widow, about six months
ago. Thompson confessed the crime but
said ne did it at the instigation of a min
law IF the deceased. On the scaffold he
was cool and collected, and smoked cigar
Before putting Oh the black cap he lid
good bye to the crowd and kissed his hand
to the ladies. About six hundred people
witnessed the execution.
"A horrible massacre is reported near
Altoka, Indian Nation. The b, dies of
four persons were found buried on the
prairie-two of which were females, and
the other two were burned beyond recogni-
tion. The others are whittier. 4 pony,
with a ladies' side saddle, dog, and gun,
were found near. They had all been shot.
Three men were seen riding nine miles
from the spot, and are supposed to have
been the shooting parties.
-Blondin, the tight-rope walker, has
been heard from again. On the 18th OF
October last, while on :he Indian steamship
Poonah, and at sea, he walked on a seven
inch hawser from the main TO the mizzen-
topmast and back. 1t is said that with
the rolling of the ship and The vibration of
the powerful engines the rope was drawn
into such sinuous waves that it closely re-
sembled snake. Blondin was frequently
obliged to sit down as the ship rcde heavy
swell.
The TitusSille Courier suggests, as n
measure of precaution, that all parties in
terested in special Legislation at Harrisburg
this winter which requires newspaper no
tice of intention TO introduce it had better
advertise it, no matter whether it was ad-
vertised last year or not. If as the senate
contends the legislative session commences
de nero on the reassembing of the legisla-
ture, all that has been done must be done
over again, and it is prudent in matters of
| Importance not to take any chances.
james Ferguson, who was recently
| sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty
one years, at Madison, Indiana, escaped
from the Sheriff Saturday afternoon by a
sharp trick. He induced the Sheriff to
take him to his home in the country to
see his sick mother for the last time
I Then, by begging, he got the handouts
/ taken of just before entering his mothers 8
room. When in there, Sheriff Gavitt
turned his back while the prisoner en-
braced lis mother, but on looking round
saw Ferguson's legs disappearing out of a
window which had been opened by his
lowed, bnt Ferguson escaped in the brush
| and is gone.
The Centennial authorities in a circu-
lar earnestly recommend that throughout
the country the local celebrations Of the
Fourth of July, 1876, be made to contri-
butte to a permanent historical memorial of
the Centennial that i'm each county an ad
dress be delivered, tracing the history OF
that community for the past century OF
from the time of its settlement, and sketch
ing its growth, resources, industries pros
poets, ETC., the addresses to be published
in uniform size aud bound by the respec.
tive States. To competent persons The
commission believe that the preparation o,
such addresses would not be an undul,
burdensome task, bat in the aggregate
they would constitute an invaluable his
torical repository, such as no nation ha.
ever had the opportunity to collect. 1t i.
recommended to designate the historian.
without delay, that there may be time fo,
the accomplishment of the work.
In the execution of the three negroe,
in New York on Friday, Weston and Thomp
son died comparatively easy, but Ellis
death was unnecessarily cruel and awful
!, owing to the slipping of the moose from
around his neck to the chin, thus prolong
ing his agony. In the midst of his convul
sive struggles the miserable man was heare
to cry aloud, ''Save, oh, save me ~ and hi
breath was plainly discernable as ir issuet
beneath the black cap that covered hi
face. Strong men turned away pale ant
trembling from the sickening spectacle
and there were murmurs Of ssTake him
; down" and ''Cut the rope" but, forum
ately, there was no need of double execu
ton. In bis struggles the happy maj
again shifted the knot, and the moose sud
denly closed around his windpipe and h,
} was strangled to death. It is a long Will,
since so horrible a spectacle has been wit
! messed in New York, and long may it b,
before 1t is repeated.