The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-27
NeaCs and Other NOfinQS.

Three young ladies were drowned on
the 10Th in ST. Francis river, at Sherbruoke,
Province of Quebec.
Peter Goelet, the millionaire, keeps
his COW in a fine pasture in the heart of
New York city, and his milk costs him So
a gallon.
"A tramp convicted Of outraging ten
year old girl, has just been sentenced TO
nine years Imprisonment by Judge Hard
ing, of WilkesbaIre.
"A great snow storm prevailed in Lom-
hardy and other parts of Italy, on Friday,
seriously injuring the silk crop. The loss
will reach several millions of dollars.
The editorial and composing rooms of
the n. Y. Journal Of Commerce were
ruined by fire on Monday morning; also
the files Of the paper extending back to
1923, and valuable Library.
The Globe Hotel, near the Centennial
Exhibition grounds, and which cost over
$500, 600, having 1000 rooms for guests.
was sold last Thursday for So, 475. 1t must
be removed before the first of May.
"A New Hampshire man has not given
his wife new dress for seventeen years,
and he has been formally declared by
commission to be an irresponsible person,
whose miselly habits have become a ma
Dia.
Two strange negroes entered the store
of James B. Nichols at Murray Hill, \. C.,
ON Sunday. aud murdered the clerk aud
robbed the store. The negroes were soon
afterwards arrested, and it was feared they
would be lynched,
Two steamboats,. each 210 feet long,
are on their way across the continent, by
rail. They were completed in alLimport-
ant particulars, and then taken apart for
transportation to San Francisco, where
they will he finished.
Some time ago in Reading, on a dark
night when the street lamps were not burn
ing, NJ. Dechelt walked into the river and
was drowned. His widow now sues the
city for s., 900. which is cheap enough for
almost any kind of husband.
While widow Campbell, of Carbondale
was absent upon visit to her son, under
sentence of death in the Wilkesbarre iail
her house was set on fire and burned by
some of the enemies of her son. This is a
most detestable aud mean revenge.
Members of Parliament re;,i re no
salary and hence the Irish Catholics of
England have taken up special cole ctions
TO give testimonial to Isaac Butt VI. p
who abandoned vast legal practice to
lead the home rule party in Parliament.
This time medal is wanted for the
editor Of the Winchester Ky Democrat,
who tells story about blowing mp a coin,
544 years old, in Madison county. 4
brother editor suggests the shipment of
numerous little batchets IL the offender
! An explosion and inundaiion at the
( TrodyThiw colliery, at Pouty Pridd, Wales,
nn April 11th, imprisoned nine men behind
column of coal forty yards thick. Five
| men were found alive. Four had wander
ed to other parts of the mine and it is be
lieved pei ished.
/ "A court in Des Moines was occupied.
couple of days ago, with n suit between
Mrs Anna Bird and Mrs. Harriet Crow.
! MIR. Crow and Johnny Crow. The defense
was conducted by Mr.. Fox, and he and
the Bird proved more than a match for
the three Crows.
! Mrs. Harriet Patton, sister of Col.
! Thomas A. Scott, died at Dixon, Illinois,
on Tuesday night. She had been with a
! party in Texas and was on her way home.
While there she took cold which developed
! into pneumonia. Her remains were inter
red on Friday at Loudon, Franklin county.
! Pa.
! -Crawford comfy has its little story.
/ Last week the saw in Mr.. Luper's mil
came in contact with two horse shoes in
two different saw logs, demolishng the saw
and smashing things generally. A Mr.
Sitter remembers of mailing two horse
shoes to trees when he was a boy. % years
/ ago, and these are supposed to be the ones
/ Information has been received in New
! ork of the murder of Rev. W Balfe, al
: v.
daughters, at the settlement of Lance. on
the coast of Labrador. A large sum oi
/ money belonging to the missionaries was
j stolen. Four Esquimaux, who had been
! refused rum at the mission, are suspecte eC
of the crime.
Hiram Gulc and wife, residing n. New
Germantown, HunterdOn county, n. J.,
celebrated the seventy-fiflh anniversary o
their wedding on Sunday last. The coupls
vs. mi
, spectlvely. They entertained larg,
, number eff frienCs, among whom were
many of their children, grandchildren an,
great grandchildren.
-Mr. William J. Reed. who had charp.
OF the Corliss engine in Machinery Hall a
the late Centennial Exposition, and whc
also superintended the erection of IN,
Rhode Island State Bnilding on the Cen
tennal grounds died at Providence. r.. I.
one day last week, from the effects OF nor
phine, which was given him for QUINN,
through the mistake Of n druggist
Richard 5. Cenklin, of BROOKLYN. fol
lowed his wife one day and received un
mIstakable proofs of her infideity. Joy
Gus III his discovery, for he wanted to gc
rId OF her, he brought suit for divorc
when, to his dIsmay, the court decided
against him, as it was in his power to srn,
the act of which lie complained, and hi
failure to stop it was connivance at it,
Colonel lngersoli recently advertise
IN chicago that he would deliver a !ectuu
on ''Ghosts," The people who foolishl
went to the lecture heard diatribe aeaius
God, the Bible and Christianity. the low
vulgarity and daring blasphemy of whicl
were unrelieved by even an attempt at AT
gumcnt. This is the man to whom it sal,
Hayes will give foreign appointment.
A frightful accident occurred at TIN
Scranton coal mine Wednesday evenino
Levi Thomas, young English mecnaniC
endeavored to step aboard the carriage q
the elevator, which he evidently though
was in waiting to descend. when he "
preciptated into tie shaft, striking tb
bottom 900 feet below. His remains yer
so mangled rs almost to preclude recognt
tion.
"A little girl was abandoned by her re
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