The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-03-03

-GoSernor Bagley. nf Michigan. urgcs
upon every citizen of his State who owns =
piece of ground, whether it bc large or
small, to plant upon II, on the 18th Of \ pril
next, tree which shall bc veucrated in the
distant future a. one planted by patriotic
hands during the Centennial year Of the
Republic.
Rev. +. c. TIouglcy while preaching
sermon in the Mission Church BROOKLYN.
on Saturday last fell dead in the puliit.
He seemed to feel the illness coming on him
and sank back in his chair, and before as
slstauce reached him he was dead The
physician who was summoned stated that
his death was the result: Of heart disease.
Amos Bues, negro. aud one of tie
murderers of Mrs. Cochran and her tlauob-
ter, was taken To Eden. Georgia, the scene
OF the crime, Wednesday night. and while
under guard in the warehoIIse he was in
stantly killed by negro who escaped. Il
IS supposed Bues was killed by one &c his
own gang, to prevent him from making a
confession.
A rival Of Tom Thumb has appeared
IN blnghamptnn. y. Y, i'm the person of a
boy five years old, who weighs nine pounds
when fully dressed, is twen;y-three inches
Ill height, is physically perfect and healthy.
and who talks very distinctly. The clIi!tE
weighed hut two and y half pounds ut
birth, and has not grown since he was a
few months oil
A cnrrcsp nd 1t of the lancaster H.
feHlJeHceT writes that Samuel Armstrong.
OF Bud in Hand section of the u. r. Y
with the assistance Of ten mon. put ia l53
ties on the nth, 1873 oa the 18th. 163 on tho
ISth. ana on the 2Snd inst with eleven
men pat in goo. Another verifcatinn #
the old adage that a bind in the hand i
worth two in the bush.
a clergyman at Hnulton. Ne. was re
20 ~ -Izr I
whose funeral he had conducted had baen
buried alive that he prevailed u,,nn tho
husband TO have the body di-iuterred i'm
the middle of the night. A large crowd
gathered to witness the sight, but the yvo-
man was found to be dead and bearing un
evidence Of premature burial.
~ dispatch from St. Louis to tho New
1ork Times of Sunday says '.Sone e.
citement has been created here by the dis.
covery that on the night of the dav Rah
cock was acquitted he made a trip to The
county Jail. where he had a private confer
ence with Gen. Mcdonald. Judge Erurn
MS attorney, admits that Bahcock went tn
see Mcdonald, because Mcdonald was his
friend and was sick and wanted to see him. -
,-key. FREQ. Bell, of New York, who is
charged with certain immoralities is ont
IN card IN the Herald, in which he stoutlv
denies the allegations. and certainly shows
-
statement Of his accuscr which tend ,a,.,,
materially to weaken the force of the aeon
sation. Bell evidently wants TO riny ont
clear, and sc expresses decided preference
Tor getting off the ragged edge As soon as
possible 10y a court trial
There has always been good deal of
skerticlsm IN st. Louis on the subject Of
Mc' vi Wohoeriul memory about the Bah
cock and Joyce letter. 1t showed itself in
the theater there tho other NIGHT Tbc
play was the mighty Dollar and tLa
heroine had paused for breath after eiact,i-
rating, "Oh, how shall | get that letter
back ," when a shrill voice from tho ,.,l.
iery piped out Send for McGiU Y, II
brought down the house
From the Palmyra n. Y.0.S1ec.,,ior
we learn that during the storm in the oarly
part OF january last, the roofs of several
buildings on the Stone house farm on
South river, two niles from that CITY VOC
Dlowh OIL. Some fourteen days thercaf after
IN removing some debris. quite a nuD,he,., e
puddle ducks, securely fastened i'm d,,,-;,,,,
the storm, were found dead and t,xG
winch had neither bread nor wafer dur;ny y
the ume, were alive aud arc still doino we'll
nir. ana Mrs. Bradley, who occupy the
iarIn, Vouch FOR the truth of this statement
ana no one acquainted with them will
question it. VII
"A Hartford man ia n most rem,rl,a arlo
Somnambullst if the story he tells is .ruo.
ne found himself, on Wednesday morning.
at iiaydeu's Station, ten miles from, his
home, and said he hadn't the slightest
recoiiection OF making tho journey tbilLer
1he last moment when he was conscions
was aoont IL O'Clock, when he lighted n
cigar ana went to the front door. lie Ind
evidently walked all the way on the rail
road and the wonder is that he wasn't
Killed, for he met three trains Of cars. He
says ms brother made n similar trip about
'oI might ago, aud that he had sometimes
walked about the house in his sleep.