The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-17
.Nc,Cs and Other Nct.ngs.
A ten wear old rirl in Rsks comfy


posed entirely of women is being organized.
--Lycoming, Pa, has u resident seven
feet two inches high. Nobody trifics with
his friends.
Mrs. Witte widow of the late w. H.
Wtte, died n Sunday last, at her residence
in Philadelphia.
"A citizen Of Clarion has music book
written by his great grandfather, in Ire
land, 160 years age.
Daniel Drew has gone into bankruptcy
Daniel drew too heavily on his resources,
and this is the result.
Twenty six persons were killed by a
landslide At Caub, a small town in Northern
Germany, on Friday night
Arch. Boyd, of Red Lion, Fayette
county, OWLS a COW that has had four
calves in eleven months.
There is great rush from al the
Western cities to the Black Hills. The
government no longer prevents it.
Jesse Wells, Shaker, of the Water
v1iet community, aged ninety light years,
recently died while on his knees in prayer.
During a storm on Friday in Southern
Kansas hailstones as large as hens eggs
fell i'll abundance, and fairly covered the
ground.
An extensive vein of amethyst has
been found near Monticello, Ga. Some of
the stones are very large aud brilliant, and
sell for $1OG n pound.
county, died recently of injuries which lie
received at a limokiln twenty-five years
ago, having then been severely burned.
"A knife is being made at the Beaver
Falls cutlery for the Centennial. II will b
nine feet long, and upon it will lie pictures
of william Penn and Governor IIartranfr.
The Pittsburgh Post grows poe.ical:
"Thieves have their time To fall, when
tradeships grow scant, and RobeSnu his
"A a n
Grant -
An English boy, nine years old the
son OF a miner, killed his little brother by
an accidental shot lie then hid the body
under the stairway, and tried to set fire to
.he house.
"A dispatch to the London Standard
says " hlc the Egyptian steamer Samauaud,
with troops on board for Massawah, was at
s1ez, hAr boiler exploded aud twcniy-four
, men were lied.
Henry Beaver, OF Chester, Delaware
county, has a Bible thatwas printed in t599
or 21I years ago. II has ia it a recoId Of n
birth in 1924, OF n death in 112S, aud of a
marriage in 1872.
Last week one OF the largest and most
valuable farms in Fayet;e county, situate
in Dunbar township, contributed two per-
sons to tho county Jail and nine persons to
! the poor house in one day.
The Philadelphia UeraG remarks that
! the organs in the eageIness OF their abuse
of Mr.. Ciymer seem to have overlooked
/ the trivial fact that il is BcIknap uho was
caught in the act of bribery.
; Blaine is ST vled the mock ing bird can
! didaie. because lie stole Grants thunder on
! the school question, tried to cut do Morton
! as a bloody shirt shricker aud to improve
| upon Conlliag as hard money man
! Hugo blocks OF splendid houses In
! Buda-Pesth, hungary, have been under
mined By tho overflow Of the Danube, aud
| arc expected TO fall. Five villages on an
! island below Pesth have been destroyed.
The news from New Hampshire ere
! atcs no disturbance at Washington. The
/ victory has been so r"undiy paid for that
! regret for spent money is more preaonli-
mating sentiment than rejoicing over tlc
! result.
The Democratic tiger is loose at last.
| and what is worse there 'luesn't seem to be
any way of ''collaring'' him. Bclknap is
bitten and Blaine, while Pierrepoirt and
| Robeson are doing some tall climbing. A
! mighty lively beast, isn't he?
In Palestine, Texas, il is believed that
I woman was struck by a meteor. She was
riding ON n horse, when something that
! looked like p ball of fire descended ont of a
! clear sky and nit her b-cas.. setting her
clothes ab'aze, and killing her.
The Titusviie Herald states that n
! walking match against time mas been ar
ranged. Nv. !. Newton is to walk from
| Titusyille to Philadelphia in twerty-three
days, beginning April 3rd. Tho forfeit for
failure is *399 ard the prize 5000
| Daniel Drew, the great Wall street
! Speculation, fnlloHinC in the Footsteps Of
his many of bis i'lustrious predecessors, has
! failed. lie has been supposed to Dc very
wealthy. bat, under the revelation Of the
bankrupt statement, he is badly used M.
Washington family Bible, three vol
| umes, Is on exhibition in a Chestnut street
| store, Philadelphia. 1tiS in three volumes
and is for sale at the price Of $4,000. g.
! W. s autograph appears in oaciI volume
| 1t ought to he purchased for NJ. Vernon
| Emma Burton. n young woman OF
! nineteen years, WAS struck by n freight
| train on Saturday while crossing the Penn
! sylvania Railroad near Lancaster. and was
! instantly killed. She was hurled hioh into
! the air and fell senseless along side of the
| track
Sister Harriet, Superior of the Protest
ant Episcopal Order of AIS Saints. died in
| Baltimore on Sunday morning after a
| short illness. Sister Harriet was Mother
Superior Of the order in the United States.
and ono of the first three Protestants that
entered the order when organized in Eng
! land in 1856.
During a recent trip of the steamer
| Illinois from Philadelphia, a hawk came ON
! board at the mouth OF the Delaware river.
and followed the vessel all the way to Liv-
| erpool resting upon the yards only occa-
! sionally and defying all attem Ots at capture
until within three days of port, when il
| was canght by sailor. 1t was very large
and fierce.
A special dispatch to the Baltimore Ga
! sette says Samuel Walker, the principal
/ witness against Delano and Cowan i'm their
! frauds and speculations has been sent ont
! of the country by these ex officials. He is
now in Ireland and has been. it is said.
/ handsomely paid for avoiding the sergeant
alarms of the house. He knew too much
and got his price for leaving the country.
! The almShouse ut Norwich. Conn was
destroyed by fire on Sunday night last, aud
it is believed that fourteen persons. most
of them old people from sixty to seventy
! years of age, were burned to death. Seven