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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-17

CLOSE ELECTIONS. The cIoseness Of the
presidential election is almost without pre-
cedent, and it is entirely exceptional in
these days of steam and electricity. For n
day and a half the country waited in a state
OF feverish anxiety the news as it was be-
ing slowly borne out Of the swamps and
bayonS of Florida. Persons familiar with
those ATTITUDES know what wonderful
method ofcommunicatiou still holds in that
section. The most primitive kind of steam
boat-a kind to which the Schuylk i'll boat
is floating palace, and which does well if
it makes five miles an hour-offers the ONLY
communication with many parts of the
interior. There are no railroads, no tele-
graphs, the comical little steamboat being
the only means of communication. The
waiting, however, has been found not at a II
comical, and If elections are often to de
pend upon Florida her travelling facilities
should be looked to. There have been
other close elections, but none SO peculiar
as this. In 1897 John Adams was elected
by three votes. Jefferson in 1901 received
73 votes, and Burr 13 votes, and the ones
tion had to be decided in Congress. In
1912 there was difference of only 12 votes
between Madison and Clinton. In 1874
Polk was elected by the electoral vote of
New York, the popular majority in that
state being only 5000. In 1913 Taylor was
elected over Cass by only 10 electoral votes.
Various instances are known where state
elections depended on 100 votes or less, aud
the case of Marcus Morton, chosen governor
of Massachusetts in 1885 hy a majority of a
single vote, has long been famous But
despite other instances Of close elections
this presidential contest is perhaps the
most remarkable on record Aud not on "
I for its closeness, but for the time consumed
Ill settlement, at period when science
claims to have annihilated time and space
The developments of the week show tba,
( some portions of the United States are We,
in as primitive a condition as they were in
the days Immediately following the revolu.
tion - Iadelphia Ielegraph.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-17
IF we feel bored, as we certainly .re NO,

IF we feel bored, rs we certainly are not
urtrequcntly just now by inquirers and
seekers after the latest election returns.
what must be the condition of the people
%! Louisiana, where we are told that Gen.
Augur himself has been placed i'll com
mand of the Federal troops? Still we hope
1t don't augur any worse for the cause of
liiten and reform to- have such a man with
snch name at the head of military mat
ters i'll that State than it does to have So
distinguished Il soldier as General Ruger
Il like position in Florida.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-17

Sixty years ago occurred ssthc wear
without summer" Fros: occurred in
every month IN the year 1916. Ice formed
half an inch in May snow fell to the
depth of ten inches i'm Vermont. seven in
Maine. three in the interior Of New York.
and also in Massachusetts in June. Ice to
the thickness. of common window glass
was formed throughout New England.
New York and some parts of Pennsylvapia
on the 5th of July. Indian corn was So
frozen that the greater part was cut down
and dried for fodder in August. and far
mers supplied themselves from the corn
prodnced III 1915 for the seed of the spring
Of 1917.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-17

WONDERS OF A LAKE.--At the Dick inson
Place, on Billiard Creek, near Six Mile
Station, is Il teu-acre field which is nothing
more nor less than subterranean lake
covered with soil about eighteen inches
deep. On the soil is cultivated "A field of
corn, which produces thirty or forty bushels
to the acIe. Ii any one viii take the
trouble 20 dig a hole the depth of a spade
handle he will find it To fill with water, and
by using n hook or liie, fish four or five
inches long can be caught. These fish are
different from others in not having either
scales or eyes, and are perch like in shape.
The ground is n black mari. alluvial in
its nature, and in all probability at one
time was an open body of water, on which
was accumulated vegetable matter, which
has been increased from time to time, until
now it has crust sufficiently strong and
rich To produce fine corn, though it has to
be cultivated by hand, as it is not strong
enough to bear the weight of horse.
While incoming, the field hands catch great
strings of fish by merely punching a hole
through the earth. person rising on his
heel and coming down suddenly can see
the growing corn shake all around him.
Any one having the strength to drive a
rail through this crust will find on releas-
ing it that it will disappear altogether.
The whole section of country surrounding
the field gives evidence of marshiness, and
the least rain produces an abundance of
mud. But the question comes up has not
this body an outlet? Although brackish,
the water tastes as if fresh and we have
no doubt that it is anything else than stag
nant. Yet these fish are eyeless and scale
less--similar to those found in caves. II
is a subject for study, and we would like
to have some Of our scientists investigate
it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-17

1HE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION closed
November 10th with formal ceremonies.
n brief resume of the statistics Of the
exhibition shows some very interesting
features. The number of paying admissions
on May 10, opening day, was 16, 172, but it
is estimated that, including free admissions,
there We're over $4,000 persons present.
On the 4th of July tire principal ceremonies
of the day occurred in independence
Square. The paying admissions to the ex-
hibition that day numbered 46, 290. Penn
sylvania day, September %, had 257, 169
paying admissions Maryland and Della
ware day, October 10. 161 800 New York,
122, O03 Ohio, October 26, 122, 300. With
tine sole exception of Pennsy ylvania day,
Maryland and Delaware day drew the
largest attendance to the exhibition at any
one time. The total admiSs ions for each
month may be estimated from the follow
ing cash returns fIom the turnstiles The
total cash receipts in May were $3.50, 400. 30
June, S347, S3}. Al July. 1918, 1919. 23; Au-
gust, $4l5, $50 25 September, 1899, O56 ::
October. 81 ;, l60 Sl1 so; ten days (estimat-
ed in November, S475. 600. Grand total,
So. $50, 049. IA for the whole term of the ex-
hibition
The board Of finance expended 81. 900,
600 in tho buildings and imp ovcments of
the exhibition. This amount is covered
by the following receipts Pennsylvania
appropriation, $1,000 coo; Philadelphia's,
$1,000, 600; conces ssions, gifts and interest,
SsOo,O 900; stock subscriptions, So, 500, 600,
and the national appropriation, 81, 500, 600
total, $1,000, 600. The expense outside
Of 5000, 600 will amount 10 about 81 $780,
600, and this deducted from the admission
money will leave over 81, 900, 900 net profit,
or eighty per cent. Oh the stock subscrip-
tions.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-17

$50 after all, remarks the Pittsburgh
Dispatch, Tweed, who was fer time mt
down as a modern Jonah who sIouId have
swampcd the Franklin. permitted her to
reach the West Indies aud is now nearing
New York-if he has not bought the shin
from the captain and taken the entire party
on pleasure trip to the North Pole or
Hudson bay, Tweed is the coming man,
and has been for weeks,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-17

The Memphis Ayyegl san
App, "f this city. has inst a,5
markahle pair of shoes for Il,
who lives in Arkansas. The -
shoes is 17f inches. and 6 fr,--
the sole. The negro's roat. 80
measurement, is IA inches a-,7ri !.
while the instep is 70 inches m.
over . feet in height. weighs .a
and is not more than 2G yesrs 1r...
has not worn a pair of boots -
this pair il intended for SrBl-r....
the last on with tlsev were r..5, \
SIC. This big foo,e ed negro i ann,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-17
UNPRECEDENTED RApe,
Paisley and French Broch
HUGUS & HACEr,,

Having purchased an imnm.s-.
Double and Siugle B-orhe S.
Inense discount FROM The COS, nj r..
we offer the same IT ahorr ON
value. These Shawls aye o- ,t...
terms and colorinCs, and cr,r-
the finest goods imported. r..
opportunity 20 secure a handssr.
han The market price. Fi~b a.
Market street, PitisUurub
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-17
,s.p,v,I PRIZr. >

Only 5000 Tickets al go ea''-'
Poriiou' -.
,..,, ,r pRKb>'
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-03

MR, MoRRrssEY's organ, the Albany
Argus, with sweet composure says that
1.-The question Of protecting the negro
from murderous assault is not an issue
in this canvass" and as calmly adds:
Governor Tilden's election will con
tribute rs greatly toward it as the cleo
sion of Governor Hayes; while. if South
Carolina had Democratic Governor, the
lives Of tho negroes wonld be Us secure
- they are in Democratic Georgia, Dem
ocratic Kentucky, Democratic Maryland
Democratic Alabama.
There is grateful assurance to the
coloreI people of the South in this gen.
srous and thoughtful declaration. If
the Arsns had only gone little further
and added Coshutia, Colfax, Memphis,
vieksburg and Hamburg to tho list. the
assurance would have been complete.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-03

DELEGATES TO THE REPUBLICAN STATE
Cosy.NT1oS.-TheC County Central Com
mittee of the Republican party in Elko
county have appointed the following
delegates to the State Convention which
is to assemble here August "a:
Csrlin, Thomas Holmes; Ruby Valley.
Hon. ]. 3. Moore; Tuscarora. s. Beard;
Mound Valley. f. Hudson; Cornueopia:
W. ". Rogers; Eiko. J. S. Mayhush and
f. A. Littletield. Tbs COMMITTEES then
adjourned subject to the call OF the
Chairman.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-03
TRLeGRAPaiC BREvIffEs.

Jim Eeene is Just now III. center OF
interest in tho stock market. His sud
den sslitran.iormation from she most
uotsd of the bears TO the most active ana
conspicuous figure among the bulls has
brought him into marked prominence
M course be has been elaborateiy inter
viewed by the Press-gane OF San Fran
cisco. The Chronicle has been at hin
and find. that in his serene opinion tho
California mine " IS just as good to-day
AZ it was . year ago, az the ore de'ei-
oped since the reports OF experts ias'
wear has been sufficient to offset tha'
which hns been taken out; that tho Cor
solida,ed Virginia he thought coald pay
dividends for long time heuc', and
that the recent depression vas me result
q. ;pa,t;on Of values. sure tn be FOL
loved by a corresponding oppression.
10 also gives very encouraging accann'
Of the Mexican, where, he ssys. 3 good
BODY of ore is being developed; and he
speaks favorably of the Ophir. He says
Savage il all right The whole force o.
tho mine will be changed, and the new
parnp will BE- in order by The 9TH or lo;h
q. mex. month" So that now with this
yerv sharp nossd stock jobbsr everything
which lately was so black is now tinted
al over With the delicate ard seductive
color of The rose. Those who know no"
sensitive men Of Keene's stamp are 10
The emotion Of enthusiasm ard the subtle
promptines of sentimsntali'y will lend
= ready and hopeful crsduii'y to bis
statements and award high incentive
TO his patriotic and public spirited mo-
,iyes. I. is only the suspicious, the sor'
did and the base who will barber .hs
,pprehension that he and the i:ish
crowd have found it mutually advanta'
cecus TO bury The Ratchet.
Y seems that there are not wanting
those who suspect the purity OF Dir
Keen's motives. The dispatch III last
.veuiuc's News from which We clip tbs
foregoing quotation also contains tbs
following:
The Stock Report and the Stock Er
change pay much attention to-day to the
recent charge of front Of kcene and MS
followers in III. stock fight. The S'ock
Report publishes the statements 81
Keene regarlin. the bcnan2a mines
made las, Arr;l, ard in tho acI' column
prints Ms present views, and contrasts
fhe two in an editorial, in which IT st
tacks Kopne vigorously, charging him
With the recent depression in the market
by which thousands have lost their all,
and concludes by saying that be has
made his millions perhaps by what LIS
NAV consider shrewd turn. but The &C
cu,aulated ezecration of half city goes
with them to sweeten his enjoyment OF
.ben. The ul,ima,um. alas, that II
should come so late is that keene has
stultified himself and deceived others.
The Exchange pays its attentions
more particularly to the Chronicle and
News Letter for what IL alleges to De
their late efforts to break the market.
San Francisco is in a state bordering
upon panic over the smallpox con
tacion. The Health Office presents
reene Of excisenen. hardly less intens
than that which was assembled on Cal
ifornia street when Ra!ston's failure &C
Cured.
The Rock Island delinquent list i
published.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-03

lin Keene is the man who sent
stocks up all along the line on Tues
dav. He went into the Board ana
raised everything and everybody by
his bids and his pluck. He bought
.hares by tho thousand and lifted the
whole market, He is field marshal.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-03

The Prohibitionists of Massachusetts
find it difficult to induce anybody to
take their nominations. 1t is time that
that frui,less fanaiicisM-of Prohibi-
ton as an element of politics-were
abandoned.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-03

Colorado is the Thirty-eighth State
of the Union. The President has for
rnally proclaimed to that effect.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-03

4 Duluth man after having seen
Niagara Falls says the Spectator " has
q nervous feeling-almost AFRAID the
water will all run over before one can
have a fair look at it.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-03

John l., Stevens will be Blaine's
successor in Congress. lie ls he
publican.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-03

Transfers at Columbus complain OF
the unusual scarcity of grain.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-03

The Cancasians of Los Angeles have
resorted TO the playful device of low
ing ND Chinese houses, occupants and
all, with eunpowder. This pastime
was INDUCED in on Tuesday night and
and three Cinnamon were badly
bruised.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-03

Orr OF RErAIR,-Teamstefs recently
in from Wadsworth report that Dutch
Henry's bridge on the Carson I'ver Is so
badly out of repair that it is dangerous
to cross il. On the 4th of July Glenn
Occ drove one of Rhodes heavy teams
over it. when one of the hents pitched
forward to an angle of about 40 degrees.
Rerair it.-lsorax Miner, July ~.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-03

A KENTUCKY FAMILY FEUD- "hen
two Kentucky families fall out they
mean business. Somebody has to De
killed. And what's more, tbs killing
keeps on. The old g,udge becomes an
heirloom in each of the hslligerent
families. Here is an example, as follows:
Louisville. July 3l.-In Franklin
county last Saturday occurred BLOODY
shooting affray, the particulars of which
reached hero tonight through special
correspondence. Three brothers, by
name of Herrod, returning home from
barbecue st Frankfort, were oVertaken
by James Andrew and Aleck Scott, Geo.
Herrod, william Penn aud Sam AYERS:
The latter party rode ahead, procured
arms. awaited and then engaged with
the smaller party in firing at each other
with pistols and shot-guns. The result
was the death of Riley Herrod: Lew
Herrod was fatally wounded III the
breast and face. All parties nave since
been arrested. The affair was caused
hy an old family feud.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-03

Mr.. 4. Calhoun of Deeth, in Elko
County has discovered that there Is
money in sheep raising and WOOL
gathering in this State. He proposes
to sell his sheep and purchase cattle.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-03

The Liberal Republican party that
il. the joan Cochrane wing of the same
has cone over in . body to Hayes and
wheeler. remarks the New York Express
He will hold State Convention shortly
At Saratoga, to rally himself for the con.
test. John never goes anywhere without
calling q State Convention at the point
dopp,i. The expense is net taken into
,econnt: it is the flourish John is after.
The Convention will doubtless Dc ON
csrsd ~ follows:
Chairmsn-Hon. John Coehrans.
Wee Chairman-Gen. Cochrsne.
Secre.ary-John Cochrane.
We find the foregoing. copied with
hilarious approval, in the Examiner OF
August l And yet. this same John
Cochrane parsywns that which Nominated
Horace Greeley, and then, with tender
generosity quite unprecedented. turned
him over to the Examiners party as the
only available Democratic candidate for
the Presidency in 1872. The Demoe-
,srv and the Dollies are fast finding one
another out.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-03

Jim Keene and &. y. Roberts
have been telling some big things
about what they saw in the Bonanza
mines, since their return to san
Francisco. The usual, we ma. say
customary, veracity of the genus
stock iobber is a sufficient guarantee
that they are telling the sober, emo
tional, unprecedented truth. Not
even the control of section OF the
Comstock would influence their
opinions or swerve them from a
plain. religious, prayerful express
sion of conscientious conviction.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-03

Coz. Ferris FoRMaN.-So many years
nave passed since we heard OF Col. Ferns
Forman that We thought him dead.
The following notice Of him by the st.
Louis Republican reyives old assocla-
tons:
Colonel Forris Forman, who rendez-
yoused at Alton thirty years ago with
his regiment. en- route for hezico' AND
ey-SecTetarv of State of California under
Governor John &. Weller, is new re'id-
ing at yanaal.. Colonel Iormsn was
for several years Postmaster at Saefa,
nento, under President Pierce. ana
esrlv in tho civil war wss Colonel OF one
Of tho California volunteer regiments
He had served in Mexico during the war
of lo46.47 in an Illinois regiment.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-01
The 8utletin.
PARAGRAPHS.

"A wedding party was assembled in a
wealthy Germans house In wilkesbarre.
Pa, to witness his daughters marriage
to a German. Just before the time for
the ceremony she slipped out, joined a
young lrishman, and went with him TO
an alderman, who married them.
The report Of the Rhode Island State
auditor shows that in population Of
about go, 900 there are l0l ,G35 t'epositors
In saving banks. The assets in saving
banks are S53,272,13l, and were increased
about 5000, 900 in 1874.
Boston family party travelling from
church TO church during the past few
weeks. to decide what singing they had
better sit under, confronted the minister
OF one of the morst fashionably back.bay
churches after service. the other after
noon, with, "Who is the priina donna OF
Your church, Mr., -?''
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-01
Ol PuNlle lnieresI.

For thirty years there has been no im-
provemcnt In the composition OF porous
plaster. The recent discovery of Cap
cine and its addition to an improved po-
rous plaster has introduced TO the con-
sumcrs and the public, an article of pro-
gress. fhc objection to the ordinary ar
ticle is its slow action. Benson's Capcinc
Porous Plaster Overcomes this great OBJ
lection by efiecting in few hours what
the ordinary porous plaster accomplishes
in days and weeks OF continuous wear.
Benson's Capcinc Porous Plasters are
preferred to all others on the following
grounds:
First heir composition is of an i'm.
proved nature and combined
will. the recently discovered veg.
etahle principle--Capcine--which
as powerful and uncrring spe'
citic. has never been equalcd in
the history Of true medicine.
They operate with astonishing
vigor. bring almost immediate
relief. and cure more speedily
and with greater certainty than
any known plaster, liniment or
compound.
Second-Tlley possess all the merit of
the ordinary porous plaster with
above addition. and will cure all
the various diflic,lltlesfor which
they have been esteemed IN as
many hours IA the ordinary arti-
Gle effects In DAYS and weeks of
continuous wear.
Thlrd-They are genuine nharmaceuti
cal preparation, skillfnlly com
bined. of the highest order
merit. purely vegetable. contain
mother ipptQl NOR mineral nnis
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-01

Lot, and land in Cairo are now offered at
very low prices. afording favorable oppor-
tunities to purchase, and the owners pre-
cent the location to the public as Offering
unriyaled advantages for the successful es-
tabl shine nj OF commercial or manufacture.
ing enterprises, and the best locality IN the
country for Profitable investment Of capital.
y. STAATs TAYLOR,
EDWIN PARSONS,
rustees, etc.
CAIRO, Ill. :, May LIST, 1874.
b-10.ti
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-01

CAIRO & ST. LOUIS r. R.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-01

Cairo has a moral, intelligent, liberal and
cnterprlsiDg population OF about IL ,OO0--bas
4 superior system OF public schools, which,
Win others conducted by private enter.
Nantagcs-is possessed Of well.cstablished
churches Of neatly every denomination
has pubic and ri, ate buildings ofa ,upe.
ri0r characler--lts a climate, which for sa-
lubrity and healtaiul influences cannot be
surpassed-has 4 woll-reguatcd and cf.
1cient municipal organization, its streets
lighted with gas, sid other metropolitan ad-
yaniages, which Aake 1t highly desirable
and in reality MOTTO be cXccIicd as a place
oip'rlndncal residence.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-01

Before the era OF Railroads. Cairo had n
commanding position A. a centre of CON.
mere and navigation. This importance OF
position she tin possesses, but ha.now the
ad iltional advantage OF being great rail
rod centre, n number OF III. most import.
AIT railroads IN the Valley ottlIe Mississippi
converting to and having their termini
there. Among these, coming from the north
are the great Illinois Central Railroad.
which trlyerses the entire state OF Iniuoi,
iromit. extreme northern and northeastern
to its southern limits, and by it, come c,ions
extend, into all the great northwestern
grain producing State. the Cairo aud Vim.
cennes. extending nom Cairo 10 the City OF
vincennes, in the state Of Indiaos, where
it, connections afford direct railroad com.
munic atoms with all Eastern cities; and
the Cairo u -. LOUIS Railrosd. arordins a
direct railroad communication with the
City oil It. Louis aud all the railroads con.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-01
n ". DUNx1Ne, i. D,

11SIDESCE; Corner Ninth and walnu
o0ootD.
O0UICE: Corner Sixth street and Ohio Ieves.
0yyIcx HOURS Yroms m. lem. an.
nm 10 en-.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-01

AZ 3 manufacturing location the position
Of Cairo !. not less important. The crude
materials Of every description, which con-
.titute the elements OF manufactured artl-
cies, abound on every side, iron ore, conl,
Of superior quality, and timber of every
character, more than others, being easily
and eheaply accessible, and the rich agrl.
cultural region OF the immediate Deighbor-
hood, AZ well a. the more remote districts
rendered tributary 10 ii by river ana rail,
furnish supplies OF tne Lccessaries Of life Ia
such abundance a. TO render living except
ionally cheap. When the manufactured arti-
cles are produced, the facilities for cheap
distribution BY river and rail are not
equa,ied.