The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-06-29

"A woman in Ohio who had her death
sentence commuted 10 imprisonment Tor
life proposes to accept the provision Uf
law which allows her TO reject the commu-
tation and be hanged. She thinks she is
as ready to die now as she ever viii be.
AT consstory on Monday the Pope
appointed Right Rev. Lewis VI. Fink, the
present Vicar Apostolic Of Kansas. to be
Arch bishop of that State, and Right Rev.
James Gibbons, ID. D.. the present bishop
of Richmond, Va, as successor OF the
Most Rev. James RcnSeveit Bayley, d. D.,
Archbishop of Baltimore.
The Boston Pint ciassifies the value
Of :he gifts presented to the Pope during
the recent Jubilee as follows: From France.
1920, 900; United States, $3.50. eco: ireland,
$3.50. coo: italy, S120.OOO; Spain, $780,
600; Eng land, 600, goo; Austria, SO, GOO;
South America, SO. 900; Germany. So
600 ; Belgium, 500, 600; Portugal, S42 600:
Australia, SO, 600: Canada, $50. 600
Holland, $50, 600; Scotland, $50, GOO
Switzerland, $50, Geo.
Patrick Connolly was murdered on
Sunday morning between Kingston and
Wyoming, fifteen miles from Scranton. by
party with Ybom he quarrelled at dance.
His body was then placed on the track to
make it appear that be had been killed on
the road, aud subsequently his head was
cut off by a special Iain. The revolver
that did the shooting was found a short
distance from where he lay. The au'hori-
ties are busy inves igating the case.
during terrific wind storm at Spring
field, O., on Tuesday, a child of ID. VIII
den was killed by falling barn, and two
other persons were seriously injured from
the same cause. The residence of Mr..
Click was leveled to the ground, and Mrs.
Click suffered broken leg and arm. Two
udents of Witteuberg College were
knocked seuseless 10y falling bricks Sew
eral large buildings, including the st.
James Hotel and sewing machine factory,
lost their roofs.
City Marshal Clemence of Lowell.
Mass, has received a full confession OF
Mrs. Cook, daughter of Mrs Avery, the
abortionist, giving full details from the
time young lady named Miss Harrington
came to Mrs. Avery's house till her body
was thrown into the Merrimac river 1t is
certain that the confession viii convict
James a. Favor, now under Sf5, 600 bonds.
who has been arrested on a new warrant
charging him with being an accessory be-
fore and afier the fact.
-Gottlieb Lerchenmier went from Ohio
to California five years ago to seek a for
tune, leaving giIl behind him who was
to wait faithfully until he came back to
marry her. Gottlieb was successful in his
struggle for wealth, ard this spring having
accumulated SO, 600, he re- urned to Ohio
TO marry his sweetheart. He did not
marry her, however, for she was already
the wife of another man. Guttlieb was
broken-hearted. He went back to Sacra-
mento and committed suicide.
The wife of William Kuhn, a butcher
residing at 230 Hernan6o street, Memphis,
Tenn, was found dead in bed on Satui Clav
morning. The neighbors heard Kuhn
beating her the night previous, and her
body bore marks of brutal treatment.
When the servant notified Kuhn that she
was dead, he denied it. bat going into the
room and looking at her he remark ed.
Damned if she amt gone, sure enough"
lie was arrested. They had three chill
dren, the eldest five years and the young
est two months
The people of Swedesboro. n. J..
have been greatly interested lately in two
strange birds that visited the town every
night and made the only church spire in
the town their resting place by day. They
were large, white on the breast and fawn-
colored ON the back. \ trap was made
and the two birds were caught but even
then the people were unable to determine
what species the birds belonged to. An
ornithologist was called. and he decided
that they were the white owl whose home
IS far TO the the north and which are sell
dom seen in this latitude. The birds were
a foot high, and from tin 20 tin os the
wings measured three feet
Yesterday, says the Pottsville Standard
of the 23d inst, Mr.. John Bobler, of Jalap-
pa, wife of the borough supervisor, was
breaking eggs into crock of batter for
the purpose of baking cakes for supper
When she opened one of the eggs, she was
surprised to find small, though perfect
egg, almost as large as a robins egg, and
with spreckled shell, embedded i'm the
arro hrsr
was found to contain partially developed
though perfectly formed snake. Now
here is nut for the naturalist to crack
III the chicken at any time swallowed a
snakes egg, how did it get from the
chickens craw into the inside Of that egg