The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-06
NetCs and Other NOtiHgS.

There are II, 333 blind men and S, 81
blind woman in the United States.
II An Allegheny baby, aged twenty si
a months, takes q watch apal I and pnts If tc
s gether again.
}, Mary Markley, of York, has had sew
+, enteen children, seventy-six grand children
q and thirty-five great grand children.
-Randaii committee on appropriation
are overhauling the consular and diplomatic
service, and propose material reduction
of salaries
} Rev John Brown of St. Georges Epis
copal church, Newburg, N Y, preached hi
sIXtieth Christmas sermon on the 25th
Mr.. Brown IS ga years old.
"A heavy fall of snow is report cd a. Sal
Lake, the snow in some places being
Twelve feet deep. The Central Pacific
railroad trains arc delayed
james Grant, the well-known novelist
has abjured Professionalism and been lie.
celved by the Cardinal Archbishop Of
westminster into the Roman Catholic
Church.
The Fitch diamonds are still in the
Custom-h house, where they will probably
remain, Mrs. Fitch having turned over the
proprietorship of them to her father, Gen.
Sherman.
Rachel Lane, the oldest inhabitant of
Fairfield county, Ohio, died recently nm
der the weight of 10 plain children. 81
grand ones, 40 great-grand ones, and ;
great ereat-grand ones.
"A negro boy was driven barefooted on
n Cold day from the house of a farmer for
whom he worked in North George. n. Y.
he boys feet were SO badly frozen that
they had to be amputatcd.
! "A mammoth steer from OREGON is nj
ready en- route to the Centennial. 1t stands
nineteen hands, or six feet four inches
hlgh, measuring twenty feet from tin to
! TIP, and weighs 5000 pounds.
mere is great rejoicing in Philadel-
phia over the defeat on Monday last of
1lenszey, the ring candidate for president
OF common council. His successful oppo-
nent is said to be a decent man.
Sister La Nativite, Superioress of the
Convent of Villa Maria, Montreal. the
famous Catholic seminary at which have
J Decn educated so many hundreds of Amer
/ lcan girls, died suddenly on TIE 23d.
by AN accident at the centennial build
lngS on New Years day two vorkmen.
named Letrue and Wells, were killed ont
I Tl@nt, ana another, named George Smith.
died at the hospital from Injuries received
An old woman living near Old Fort
n. e., has, with the assistance of a LARGE
dog, captured two or three escared con
Vlc'S, delivered them to the officers and
received the reward offered for their can
ture.
-Cassius VI. Clay of Kentucky. has
"iit'e" le' Ter 10 gentleman in Wash
lngton saying that bis State will nresent
his name to tine National Democratic Con-
vention i'll 1875 as nominee for Vice presi-
deut.
The Board of PardOns having refused
TO commute the sentence of Fred Nvers
io",'n gniilty OF the murder of Jacob Wabl
> Il. Nj ULErLANp.- ---f 4
nnegneny county, be and his confeder-
ate in crime, Murray, were both executed
yesterday.
"A man died recently in the hospital at
San Antonio Texas, whose body was
covered with large spots. and whose flesh
| became one mass of putrid matter He
had all the symptoms of the old-time
plague.
Two Lake KOShkonoug (WiS) girls
strong, buxorn, and pretty as they grow
EN- anywhere, recently won so bet
from an old bachelor by cutting down and
/ cordng one cord of white oak wood in
/ seven hodrs.
The bishop of Gnesen and Poscn. who
/ was recently convicted of violation of
/ the ecclesiastical laws and condemned to
! six months imprisonment, has been ar
rested and sent to prison to serve out the
/ term of his sentence.
There are five negro members Of Con-
I gress. Three Of them before the war were
unacquainted with the alphabet, and one
| of them served III the army and navy Of the
Confederacy and the Union, off aud on,
| during the late unpleasantness.
"A New England man, Warren 3. Rus
sell, of Hatfield, failed a day or two ago
with liabilities of S21, eco. and assets of
sixteen spring chickens and one old wagon.
the lot bringing under the hammer $40. 20
/ Talk about getting down to hard pan
/ The Supreme Court of PENNSYLVANIA
has decided that the Directors of the Poor
have no authority TO issue donations TO he
used for any charitable purpose. Their
powers are limited TO the poor who are
actually under the supervision of the coun-
ty authorities.
In Indiana there is Il small Swiss col
ony of five members, whose combined
weight is l, $50 pounds. The mother OF
this colony is the most corpulent, yielding
trfie over 33S pounds while the Young
est daughter, a girl in her 18th year, is a
sylph of aaA avoirdupois.
"A man died in Lachine. Canada, Thurs
day, of starvation. The neighbors hearing
pitiful cries coming from the room which
he and his family occupied, went there
and found they had not tasted food fol
three days. Although nouiishment wa.
at once given them, the father, being be
yOnd recovery, died.
james Bagsell, of Cheever Ore Bed
n. Y, was murdered on Sunday morning
by bis wife, during an alteration. From
in a fit of temporary insanity attempted t,
assault his wife and was stabbed i'm tin,
stomach and from the effects of the woun,
he died shortly after.
Arthur p. Devlin, who has been lee
turing as reformed Catholic and severe
: ly 0enouncing the Catholic Church. wa
on Tuesday last arrested at Haverbill
Mass, and committed in default of bal
on charge of blackmail. His speeche
and denunciations of Catholicism hay,
created quite an excitement in Haverhill.
Miss Maggie II. Davis, daughter of JET
, ferson Davis, was married at st. Lazarus
!, Episcopal church, Memphis, on New Year
morning, to j. Addison Hayes, cashier O
/. the State National Bank. Rev. Georc
: White, of Calvary church, officiated. am,
: was assisted by Rev. Churchill Eastou
rector of St. Lazarus, in the presence of
!, very large congregation.
"A bevy of young men were plavin
poker in Richmond Va Ono Of H., :.