The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-01-26

tended revelation of divine will constitutes
him high priest, with n right to claim
one tenth of the income of his followers,
and tn have as many wives as he can get.
He has secured three wives, but other
followers as yet, although he breaches his
doctrines very eloquently.
The house of a man named Wells was
deetr0ved by fine, near Friendship. ia Anne
Arundel county, Md, the other day. AZ
ter the fire. baby six months old was
issing. The parents concluded it. had
been burnt NIP nut afterwards found IL
wrapped ND in feather bed which had
been thrown out ofa SECOND story window.
The youthful returning board" was per-
fectly well and not bi. scared.
An article in the Louisville EceRing
Ne1os asserting that overtures had been
made by Governor Hayes to ex-SecrataIy
Brstow, intimating that in the event of
Hayes Inauguration BristOw and his
friends would be vindcated, led to a per
sonal alteration between Mr.. Biistow and
Edward Polk johnson. the city editor of
the NeUS, in which friends had 10 interfere
TO prevent fisticufIs. BIistow denies and
Johnson asserts that the Publication is cor
rect.
1t turns out that Commodore Wander
biit, though in comfortable circumstances. !
was not so rich rs lie was supposed to be-
1t seems, after all, that he was worth but
%75, 900, 600. including his clothes, which
is some $4,000 GOO less that the sum at
which his fortune was generally estimated.
n fearful shrinkaGe certainly. Take
twenty-five millions from the foltune nf
almost any of the rest of u.s. and we would
scarcely have enough left to build a mar
row guage railroad.
"A farmer in Lebanon county while
sh0veling snow near his barn a few DAYS
ago found thirty quails frozen to death.
Other instances of such discoveries have
been noted in our exchanges, and great
numbers of these birds must have perished
in the snow. The Northumberland county
Game Protection society offers twenty
cents per pair for all healthy quail deliver
ed to any of the members at Sunbury.
Their object is to feed the birds during the
winter and release them in spring.
Mansfield Island, in Lake Erie, has
been bought by a man who intends to stock
1t with black cats and kill their progeny
for their fur. He will feed them at fiis on
fish caught off the shore by men who will
live on The island but after the enterprise
is well started he viii utilize the meat of
the slaughtered cats as food for the living
/ cats. We also read that a Georgian Is
making an extensive business Of raising
dogs, tanning their hides. and selling the
leather for glove making and other pur-
poses.
The wife or George Mitchell residing
on Jack 5 mountain, near Lewisburg. Pa.
whilst returning home from a visit 10 her
daughter, recently took mountain path,
and missed her way home. Her absence
/ being discovered. search was mace. and
7 she was found frozen to death a short dis
/ tance from the house. The snow was
I beaten down around where she Iav and
/ scratches were found on her hand and arms
/ which are supposed to have been made
I whilst fighting her way through the crust
( OF the snow.
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1 Chief Engineer of the Lake Shore and
J Michigan Southern Railroad. was found IN
/ his house at Cleveland, Saturday morning,
with the appearance of having been ifeleSs
/ for twenty four hours. One revolver vas
/ held fast in his hand, while another and a
/ razor lay by him on the bed case of
undoubtcd suicide bv shooting. 1t is sup
! posed anxiety on account of the late acci-
/ dent at Ashtabula had made him deranged.
! Mr.. Collins family were absen. at the time
of the suicide.
The louisville Chronicle says: "Nrs.
i Houora Lynch, for the last thirty years a
resident Of Hecksehersvi!le. died at that
/ place on Sunday, at the very old age of
/ ninety-nine years. Her husband was
/ British soldier and participated i'm the bat
! tic of Waterloo. Mrs Lynch accompanied
/ his regiment as cook, and was present in
/ that capacity a. the battle which proved
! the downfall of Napoleon. The old lady
retained her mental powers until the last
and many were the tales she could relate
/ of that campaign. She leaves forty-tyyo
! great grand Children
The shower of snake es which fell at
/ Memphis on the 18th inst. was not mat
/ ter of fiction on the part of the Associated
] Press agent. 1t came 30 him as well at
! tested as any fact not personally known to
any agent. Some of the best citizens ex-
hibited the reptiles TO the editor nf the
1 r,fN II,
/ the phenomenon publicity. The Le,lger of
I Saturday says: Specimens of these snakes
( which fell IN South Memphis during the
recent storm. have beeu forwarded to Prof
Henry, OF the Smithsonian Institute, at
! his request, for examination.
"A Nebraska paper notices man and
/ wife whose combined weight turned the
scales at $50 pounds lie weighed 4SO aud
! the iady a50 pounds. Ten children have
+ been born unto them, seven of whom are
; now living. al honest, respectable citi-
zens. With pride GSes the old gentleman
, point to his offspring, and especially to
nineteen-year-old son. who kicnS the beam
/ at 200 pounds, stout as an OK, and as good
! natured az his father. His eating capacity
4 is enormous. and each day adds something
| to his avoirdupois. A six year old girl
/ weighs over a hundred, and the remainder
/ hold out in the same proportion.
/ "A house occupied by Joseph Richter.
/ near Connellsville, on the Baltimore 81
! Ohio railroad, was destroyed by fire on last
Wednesday night. Richter could not be
( found after the fire. and il was thought
that he had perished in the flames, but it
has since been learned that he is at his
mothers residence, short distance from
Counellsvile. 1t is not known who set fire
to the house. 1t was reported that some
of the employees had HAND in the affair
/ in fact that it was MoIie Mcguire out
rage-but the rumor appears to be un-
founded. The building and goods des-
! troyed were valued at about $500.
Captain Willard Glazier. of Boston.
recently returned to that city after a horse
back ride to San Francisco. He started on
the 9Th of May, 1876. and reached bis des-