The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-09-29
Ne,cs and Other NOtiHgs.

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dollar.
"A New II aven giIl rensuuced Christi
auity and professed Judaism IN order 10 get
married.
Mrs. Mary Potter killed herself with
laudanum in MiddletowD, Conn, through
disgust at getting drunk.
Near Summit, Miss, man jumped
off a train to get his hat, and did not get
il because he broke his neck.
The fire and life insurance companies
of Hartford, Conn, have contributes Sl,-
100 to the yellow fever sufferers OF Savan-
nah.
Thomas Fisher another Molly Ma
gurc, has been arrested at Nauch Chunk,
charged with the murder OF Morgan
Powell.
John O'Connor Power, M. r., from
Mayo county, Ireland. is on his way to this
country with an Irish centenary congratu-
latory address.
A young lady in Williamsburg, \. Y,
was driven to suicide by scandal mongers,
last week. Her name was Wright, but she
didn't do right.
ON Saturday b. Riggin shot and fatally
wounded j. Ford, at Crisfield, Md, the
cause being that Ford objected to Riggin
as "A son-in law.
The Dardenong, from Melbourne to
Sydney, foun,lered near Jervis Bay during
the hurricane of the 1ith inst. Sixty OF
the crew and passengers were drowned.
1t Mary Newton, daughter of
General Newton, and mt quite three years
of age, who fired the mine that blew Hal
lett Point Reef Ia pieces on Sunday last.
Two Mollie Maguires, John J. Slattcry
and Michael DOol:n. charged with cOnspir-
ary to murder William and Jesse Major,
were convicted "a PottsvIlle on Saturday.
Chairman McGowan. nf the Philadel-
phia Democratic city committee, reports
hat for the first time in eight years the
various elements of the Democracy are
united.
The monument t. Christopher Coium-
bus erected on the Centennial grounds at
Philadelphia will he unveiled ON the 18th
of October. the anniversary of tie landing
of Columbus.
Ill -four 81 ates. Vermont. Maine, AIkap-
sas, and Alabama, all of which voted for
Grant, the Republicans lose 100. COO votes,
or nearly one quarter Of the entire vote Of
both parties.
Miss Martha Butler, OF Bristol, Va,
had To drink half gallon of wine and
pint OF whisky because - spider bit her.
She recovered, and now spiders are worth
thirty cents piece in that town.
"A woman has spread dismay among
her fashionable Newbniyport relatives 10y
appearing among them wearing the same
bonnet she when she married and
"A Boston jury acquitted woman Of
keeping a house OF i'll fame recently. but
when the Judge found that ,bsy had
visited the scene and partaken of her
hospitality he took the case under advise
ment.
The Republican platform in 1860 con
tanned this plank I'VE Genounce the law
/ less invasion, by armed force. Of The soil of
any State or Territory. no matter uHder
achot pretert, AS among the gravest Of
crimcs.'
Gen. Newton on Monday pronounced
the Hell Gate explosion "a thorough one. -
! Some persons were inclined to believe.
from the slight noise and shock, that only
part of the explosives had been dis
charged.
On Thursday an old woman named
O'Hara, while gathering coal on the rail
road track near llawley, was run over by
| freight train and had both of her legs
severed from her body. Her death follow
ed soon after her pitiful mishap.
-Milner, of the Irish rifle team, the
man who made the fifteen consecutive
bulfs-eye shots at Creedmoor, is said To
/ be az shy and retiring as a girl They
think he could hardly be induced to pop
tle question at less than a thousand PAGES.
! "A terrible state OF things is repoI ted
! from brunswick, ia, where out of u pop
/ ulutIon of 2, 500 there are GOO cases of vel
| low fever. No material change has taken
| place III SavanDah but if anyth hing the erd-
| emlc IS becoming more viruleut and wide
| spread.
Charles Seidle, a Pittsburgh youth
aged II, was married on the Goth Of August
| TO Miss MClelland, aud was SD woll pleas
ed with the married state that ON the 2Sth
of August he married Miss Czarmecki.
| The father of his first wife has bad him ar
rested for bigamy.
Long engagements have always been
considered unwse, anu now the indiana
supreme Court declares them Illegal. 1t
has filed decision that if promise of
marriage is 10y its terms not TO be performed
| within year 1t is void, unless i'll writing
and signed by the parties
| Several of the more prominent colored
citizens of Baltimore have joined in all ap-
pea to the colored people OF the south to
vote for Tilden and Hendricks on the
ground that in this way they will become
identified with the people in the communi.
ties in which they live.
! Sunday evening. when the tide was at
about half ebb, the steamer Providence of
| the Fall River Line, passed over The scene
OF the Hell Gate explosion. She encoun-
tered no difficulty, and sailed about fifty
feet nearer to Hallett's Point than any
| steamer has ever done before.
| w illiam Hart was arrested in BOSTON
n.
on the 9th inst, $4,000 worth of iewelry
| from tbe house of William H. kemble. in
Philadelphia. IL is said lie pawned the
Jewelry in New York for 81 200, but had
spent the money when arrested.
On Sunday, the 10th lust, while test.
ing some cannon on the beach near Pana.
ma {. A, one of them exploded, killing
Tour persons, dangerously woundiug two
| or three others, and slightly iniuring about
eight more. The President Of the State
and leading officers of the squad are among
| the hurt.
| "A crazy man was tied fast in a WAGON
Tor transportation to Blountvile, Ky. He
yelled so loudly that the frightened horses
ran away, throwing out the two keepers
and breaking an arm of each Then the
iunatic seized the reins, controlled the
norses, drove a lone to the asylum, and de
livered himself up.