The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-09-22


The N Y. Herald, the leading Hayes
newspaper cf the county, comedies Ohin
to the Democracy at the October election.
An Alabama paper describes y remark
able underground lake near Montgomery,
upon which there is a fine field of corn
growing. The lake is covered with a layer
of earth. the layer being 50 thin. however,
that horses weight is too great for it to
bear, and the land has to be cultivated by
naud. The farm laboTers amuse them
selves at noon time by making holes thro'
the crust OF earth aud fishing. The fish
caught have no eyes and un scales.
"A despatch from Los Angeles, Cal,
narrates a terrible tale of suffering on the
Colorado desert. Henry Smith, from ST.
Louis, with one companion and pack
train, left Yuma for Los Angeles, a
wandered four days on the desert without
water. Smith opened veins of his arm aid
drank the blood, which clotted in his
throat. lie then cut his wiudpipe I" re-
move il, aud died in few hours after
His companion reached the station IN the
last stage of exhaustion.
They took a vote on one of the Eiie
trains last week, aud Hayes and Wheeler
stood to /. When the train stopped at
station one OF the SengeTs, seeing an
lrishman working Ola the track. called to
him aud said say. Pat, we have lust
taken n vote on the train. aud We stand 3
to l in favor of Hayes and Wheeler; what
do you think Of that - Pat tool; his l.ii e
from his mouth just long enough to say /:
''fo IL wild yer fashionable cars; lust
wait till the gravel tigain comes alorg."
In the apple orchard on the farm be
longing to MIR. Abram Phillips, of South
Middleton township, says the Caulisie Iol
aHteer, is to be seen an apple t"ig that is a
great curiosity because IF The onautiiv of
fruit with which il is ladaued Though
not thicker than mans finger. aud not
over -four feet in length. it has clustered
around it seventy fine. large sizrd apples.
As sample of the fruitfulness Of this cen
tennial year We think this viii bc hard 10
beat II celtaiuiy challenges the county
for competition.
The now steamer Juuiata of tho S,,s-
quehana Tow Line Company, left Hayfe
de Giace. on Saturday, for Baltimore, with
twelve barEes in tow. When of Pool :
Island, at L. NJ, terrible gale was en-
c"untered, which cut the haryeS loose
eight of which sunk Tie persons on
board of the sinking barges took tefuee on
the other three. which drisi,d towards
shore, but before il Was reached one of
them sunk and all on board, eight netsn;is.
were drowned. Tho other two. Iayintr
twenty persons on board, reached shore
in safety.
In Philadelphia, on Sunday last. con-
siderable damage was dome by heavy
storm which prevailed all day \ portion
of the roofs OF the Main Exhibition buile-
ing and Machinery Hall were blown away.
aud injury was done to Hiaty of the exhib-
It's. 1ke American and English exhibits
suffered most. Several other of the small.
er huiidngs within the gruaudS were sutne-
what damaged by The storm Ia other
PARIS OF the city trees were blown down.
roofs and chimneys carried awav. AID
several persons injured, none seriously,
however.
"A gentleman In Cumberland England.
has in his possession The Grace Gun of ST
Thomas a Beckett. The cup and cover are
OF ivory. mounted in silver gilt, on which
runs the cheerful Inscription. showing it
tie OF the ascetism of ;he Saints later
years. Bibe UlnEna fHUm cunl gaUGfo. The
great ruby given to the Saint by louis Of
france was seized by Henry wiz. at the
time OF the reformation, aud thereafter
worn on his thumb ; the Grace Cum II is
said, was given lay the royal reforlner TO
one of the Queen Hates, from whom il came
10y descent to its present posSessur.
ihere was am immense Democratic
ratification meeting at ALBANY New
York, en- Thursday evening Sporehrs
were made by United States Senator
Herman and Gen Spiuola, Lut the great
feature of the evening was an address from
from Arkansas, III reply to the oDtcrv az
the bloody shilt He was received most
heartily by the crowd, and eheered vocifer-
ously at every telling point. Colored ora
tors frequently address Democratic audi.
ences at the South. but the spectacle Of an
African carrying the war against the Re
pno iican party into a northern State is un-
usual
In fierce storm at Erie on Sunday
iast twenty-five or thirty fishing boats were
caught few miles from port. An but
iour managed to get into the harbor. One
ol these was swamped in rounding Linn
House pier, and three of the four men in
lt were drowned. The remaining three
ooats put back into the lake and ram for
Conneaut, which was safely reached bv
TWO OF them. but the ;hird was feund can
sized and empty, few miles from Erie.
ne three men in her when she put about
are supposed 10 have been drowned. as the
storm was terrible one. and IL would have
oeen impossible for any one in theil situa
tlon 20 survive it.