The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-21

The New York Chronicle, Il prouii,eli
insurance journal, says The cpnpar.-
tive value OF rneG Gated sQuiits is shown bv
tie report Of the fire marshal Of this citv
for tue past year. Out Of LAS fires 16s
were eXtiuguiShcd by the aforesaid sauiTts.
aud 825 by the timely use Of water buckets
The term ''nedicaied squrts'' is anothe:
name fOt the SO called ''tire exjircuishers.'
"A white man named Miller is haTauyr-
- /! z n x : .! : ~ = : .ss
persuadins them To apply IL congress for 4
separate country of their own. fIJm which
whites shall be excluded and which wi.l
then become paradise. having black law
ycrs, doctors atu merchants. lie promises
10 be ;he Moses If the movement. His
haransues are producing u-UcA discomfort
among the ia6oICrs.
C. c. Coon. of il,Sh5rt. fliiau7. has
brass drum which VAS manufactured bv
Richard Bichel. DuHdre, Scotland. March
%, 1910, and wIll be 236 years old the S3d
Of next month. Some former owner
shortened the barrel uf the dunn about
one third Of its length. The British cat
cf-arms is painted on the outside, but IN
shortening it the unicorn was cut OF and
part OF the legend, leaving only "Dieu
Mon
Tie Plymouth council is of. Tho
ScUddCr people wouldn't touch tho nasty
thing, the Beecher people wouldn't have
! TO be uufIieuolly, and the other churches
wouldn't come III unless every body did.
So the whole arrangement has fallen
/ through, and Mrs. Moultcu's lawyers have
! ine chance to pitch into Plymouth fol lis
/ evasion of an inquiry. And Ihey are not
) allowing the chance 10 sip.
There Is said TO be living in the neigh
/ borEoOd Of NilatSlalrs. "a an American
family blessed with three Chi.d.eu speak
! ing some kind OF gibbelish pceu!arly their
/ own, and which, although well understood
| by the little ones, the parents cannot even
! understand. Ali attempts TO compel tl:eir
I offspring TO converse i'll plain English hav-
ing failed, the parents, ~ a last Resort, have
F, been compelled To separate the children la
order to break up what might otherwise
. become an incUrable practice.
! An Indiana paper came out with 4
! startling sensation, being nothing less than
the fact that dynamic Johnson was
/ formerly a resident of its city. The editor
gave detailed history of Johuson's family
and his career while in Indiana, and was
. considerably mortified to learn, several
hours after the edition was worked off
that the dynamite iieHd'S name was Thorn
/ as, and that johnson was still in town 1t
iSn't at all certain whe or here the next
number Of that paper will be issued.
-Eikton (ky.) Witness Mr.. james VII
kins. of this county, is the father of a
weighs lO4 pounds. For several weeks af-
ter her birth she weighed only seven
pounds, and for three months or more was
very sicFiy, and generally unhealthy
About that time her health underwent a
radical change, and she has never known
a days sickness since. She is now stout
and healthy, aud continues growing AT \
rate which justifes us in predicting that
she will soon cvershadow the celebrated
Irish gianteSS, Mrs. MaXoy
The legislature which assemblies in
this State next January, 1877. will he com.
posed entirely of new members in both
branches. The terms of all the members
OF the present state senate viii expire on
the first day Of December, 1876, and con
sequently atthe election this year fifty new
senators will have to be elected. la the
twenty five odd numbered districts senators
VIII be elected to serve for four wears
while IN the twenty seven even nuDlhered
districts those elected will serve two wears
At the elections subsequent to 1876 Sena
tors VIII he elected for four years. Two
hundred aud one members of the house
Will be elected every two years
he amount of property held by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company within
} the limits of Altoona, is fifty-three and :
hall acres, and in the shops erected in that
place about 5000 men are employed. The
city is about two and a-balf miles long. bS
hSiiiN INo hideS Wtue. anu embraces |, 1S
acres OF ground. The total number O
: families residing therein when :he censu.
was taken last year was 1904. with an en-
TIRE population of II. .329. Within the cit,
limits there are twelve miles Of water main
ana the supply of the fluid is brought flon
! dam at kittanning Point, nearly six miles
west of the place. There are sixty-thret
hre-plugs fifty five miles of streets eigh
teen miles OF alleys, aud five miles of sew
ers The grad OF the railroad east of Al
toona Is twenty feet TO the mile. and wes
oi The oitY is ninety five fee. pea mile