The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-02-09

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out on The ice in Saginaw bay. These
81 siructu.es are made OF thin wood, lined
with heavy binding paper, and rest on
runners, that they may he moved rcaai-
lN. Tia inhabitants are fishermen, who
cut holes through the ice aud capture
great guan,ii les of fish. The population
L. over thousand. and there are stores,
So alpuns, aud hotel in this strange village,
which will last j,rcba bly, until March.
There is great des:itution In MiIneso-
tn in the district devastated by gras>hop-
rcrs in 1915 and 1879. The people are
suffering for the cunnuneSt neceSsaries Of
life. Legislative action has been recon-
meud, d 10y the governor OF Minnesota for
the relief of these unfortunate persons, but
unless the work of the state authorities is
supplemented by the swifter charity OF
private individuals there will be fearful
news To hear before the winter is over.
-Jau,:rs Flood, of New York. murdered
his wife Mary. on Sunday morning. The
parties quarIcied and separated some time
since and Flood, suspeciiug that his wife
was oh too intimate terms with German
grocer $ cleI k oh Crosby street. went there
and while he WAS ut the back door his wife
escaped 10y The front. and was pursued by
her husband, vino overtunk her at her own
door and plunged 4 finsniths reamer. a
sharp pointed instrument fourteen iucles
long, iuto her breast. She died in "a few
minutes. Flood escaped.
The Sunhury Daily notes the fact that
a little son of Jeremiah Kelly. of Hughes
vile. who has been dangerously i'll with
diihheria, was successfully treated 10y in
haling the fumes ,r Stacked lime last week.
ana is now ont of danger. small piece
Of lime placed in a cap and tie fumes
conveyed to the mouth of the child ihrongh
n funnel with n hung tube. IL is 81 III that
in a snort time after the Treatment large
lump of tough mucus was discharged from
the throat. after which tire little fellow at
once commenced to get better.
The details of the sacGing OF the Gown
Of Cali by the liberal fuices under General
Pena in Cauc;,. South AmeIi ica. are uow
received. 1t was a terrible massacre iIi-
vulving The lives of go people Before tl,r
battle Which resulted i'll the capture of the
place the attacking general hardnguc,l his
f"llovcrS promising them that the pIi ice uf
their ,IctpIy wouli be six hours or sack and
slaughter aud the cIaiiticafi"n "f unre-
strained lust. for which puI Jr,~e l.e charged
them To spare the women only. destroy ing
the other inhabitants. root aud branch.
The New York Ncraid has a story hat
Charles O'CHnOr on Monday asked Sccre-
'ary Fish TO accompany him To the White
Horse. where Nr. OC"uor WAS presented
IN the President. aud made him an apology
for what he owned wH~ mlcmIe' at. aud
uniustiiahle language iua icCsut published
letter. The PIpsid,.-t. it = said. met Mr.
0'Couor frankly. aud confessed hat he had
never seen the letter hut had seen aluSior>
to- it in the newspapers. lie received M.
O'Connr : apulngy III the sl,irii it was given.
|, is said the two spent some time i'll general
conversation.
The colorcd Republicans of Philad,-l-
l'hia. ia convention "n Friday last. adopt a
a memorial to the public. ia which they
say HAT their manhood aud the interest :
of their ciIiliIen demand complaint "f the
Treatment received at the hands nf the Re
publican party. fnr " hom they have borne
ignurninv. c'ntnn!ely aud pcrSccuiinr. and
vet bear the party an undyiuc dcvniiun !:
that they have been denied even "A part uf
the emolumcHis of office. aud d, carrd
their determination not to rest tIll they at
ia in the III ace aud respect ia common " ith
every tiZ"n.
The ShipprnSburn NflrS SaVs a SinCu
lar incident ucctried at the reSi,icuce at
John Guudi, near that place. last week.
The female me'nb.rs of The family were
abont to cnmIuriice the unilrin.r of a cni
ton bed spread or ''c'.mfnrt,' aud MIS-
Guudt. in order To make the cotton more.
compact. began t" pat il. or compress it
with her hands. when it Suril+nly iynlted
aud eXT l"'ird with n loud nuisc. aud tore
the entire fab:ic in shrrdS. A. 4 matter
OF course the " hole. housrIIuld WAS throSu
into the CREATES; cbufu>iou aud c.rISte.rla-
tom y" cause. rs yet, can be ASST med
for this singular uccurreHce.
A bill has been nirp.iuced in the State
Legislature making it The ,luy nf the pro-
thonniaIirs os the several courts IF common
pleas III This Common wealth, tn keen, u sen
arate docket. in which shall h., ei,;rrs.i in
alphabetical order the ranirs of all persons
who may he found To toe luna,ics nr habit,
MA; diunhards and also the names nf all
persons or phIiies against ~ hnn iuiuuci is,ii>
have been grained. restraining them from
selling "r ia any way sucumbeIing real ,.s-
ate. The trouble might he ie know " ho X
habitual di unkard. and afterit j. know, H.
the prospect j. not pleasant one ip the
habliue al the iutnX icatIng cur. to be put
on record with luuaticS. and il should hc
an additional incentive to beware of the
drunkard's donm.
A handsome boy boarded for wear in
a Nashville hotel, and conducted n sowing
machine agency. lie was active aud sue
ccSsiul i'll business, and a bet of the wo
men, with whom lac was fond Of a~spciat
ing His ynnIlfn!uess Insured him more
freedom with them Than would have been
accorded an Older bean but one day he
hugged and kissed a chambcrmaid. aud
was complained of to The landlord At
this point in the st"Iy tie pionouu he
must be changed to she, - for tia. .,ifend =
er cnnfvSsec to being a woman iu boys
clothes. SIZE said that being cumpvllgC' To
earn her own living, she learned by expe-
rience that her sex 4 tletriment. 80
she took to trousers, and in that euiSe She
not only did better in business, bat WAS
able to bambnnzle the Women
Mrs. JaHci;e VI. Robinson of Chicago
says that siie has been cured of rartl, SIS
IN diicct answer I" prayer, and several "f
the clergyman al the city vouch for the
truth of her story. She was, accndin. To
her account, helpless invalid for seven
yedlS. Physicians were in vain, and she
steadily grew worse. Her jaws became
fixed 10y long dsusc, and she could not
speak, One day. when particularly des-
pon6ent, physician having just told her
that she could not recover she read in her
Bible the tex, ".ill things Whatsoever We