The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-08-03
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Altogether about 1900 cars were des
troved by the Pittsburgh fire, over one-half
of which were loaded.
-Four children of the family of Frank /
VI. Trout, of Lancaster county, died with !
in few days Of diphiheria.
Miss Christiana Hiss died near Balti- /
more the other day in the same house in
which she was born ninety one years be
fore.
1T is noteworthy that Of all the per
sons arrested at Pittsburgh, Baltimore and
philadelphia for rioting not one is rail
road emplOye.
A French lady, resident of New Bed
ford, Mass. forty-one years of age, lately
gave birth to her seventeenth child. she
has sixteen children DOW living.
Thirty thousand acres of land have
been purchased IN Henderson county. \.
c., for a Catholic colony of sixty five fam
lies most of them from the North.
Henry Shoemaker, OF Allegheny coun-
ty, sought shelter from storm ON Friday
in "a stable While there the root. fell, and
he was instantly killed by the falling tim
bers.
Orlando Bortz lad Of fifteen, living
with his grandfather near Allentown, com
mitted suicide the other day, hanging him
self to tree. His motive for The act Is
rot understood.
"A curious case of a man being struck
by lightning occurred at the Thames gold
field, New Zealand. the flash having to
travel down a tunnel five hundred feet in
length before reaching him.
"A Lancaster man claims TO have shot
frog ''about n foot and half long" out
OF which, when cut open, glided a snake
two feet in length. The weather is too
warm a present to believe this story.
General w. o. Butler of Kentucky,
who was the Democratic candidate for
VieO President in 1913 and who is now
r a. /. =
few days ago and broke his collar-bone.
The laborers employed in repairing
the Pennsylvania railroad track at PITTS
bureh struck on Friday for AN increase per
day from 81 to Sl.25. compromise y AS
effected, the company agreeing 10 lay
$1,124,
On California ranch. recently. wheat
which was standing iu The ear at {" quarter
before five in the morning Was eaten as
biscuit at a quarter before seven. having
been cut, threshed, ground and baked IN
two hours.
"A pair Of twins in Rochester, y. y
Isaac j. Chesley and Jacob y. Chesley-
will be eighty-nine years old IN October.
They arc natives nf the town, and have al
ways lived there together, aud both are IN
good health.
The loss by strike and obstruction to
businesss for Eve days on the five trunk
lines OF railway, including destruction of
property of the Baltimore and Ohio aud
Pennsylvania railroads, is estimated at
S26, $50, 600.
A wagon load of people fell over
bluff at the ''narrows," below Crescent.
Lycoming county, descending distance
of over forty feet but. strange 10 say,
none Of the party were hurt beyuud a few
trifiiug bruises.
Near Lancaster, Pa, lives family
consisting of four brothers and one sister,
all Of whom have vowed never to marry.
One of the eiiiS hook husband some time
ago and they gave her a portion of the
tate and told her to go
An engine fell through tTestle a dis
tance Of forty feet on the Alabama and
Chattanooga road on Friday. killing Os-
burn, en- Iiueer and Tom IiendeI son. fire
man. When the mother OF DsocIn heard
tue news she dropped dead Instantly.
= here ale at least thiItv thousand
more men out o. employment in PemmSyl
vania today ihar there weIe iwo weeks ago.
This S the resdl: oT listening 10 selfish dem
agugues who psOCess 90 have the Interests
Of the wotkir grIn So much at heart.
The Smith SISTERS OF GiGstoi bury. Con
nsctjcuS I've il house .oJ yeas old. sit
under tree tC4 years old aud a.e he hap
py psssessOrs OC Governor Sa};onstall'S
china which is 600 years old. They love
the antique, all bat the suff,aCe laws.
John Hawkins a two yest old son Of
William Hawkins, Of Ttusviiie, on THUS
day fell out Of q second story window.
striking on the brick pavement twelve feet
below with full force on his head. The
head was knocked completely out Of shape,
and the child died within few hours.
The Fulton Democrat says fears are
entertained 10y many that pesiileuce may
be bred in consequence O. the great mum
Der of swine that have died recently at and
near McConnellsburg, from cholera-mauy
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at very short distance beneath the sur
face Of the earth
Archbishop Wood returned TO Phila-
delphia on Sunday from his visit to Rome
Many prominent Catholics of the Quaker
City, went down the river to meet him.
During the present week, in honor of the
arrival OF the archbishop, there will be
parade aud review, aud also a reception at
the Catholic club house.
-ln referring to the fact hat Chief JUS
tice Agnew fined for shooting wood
cock out of season, the C0urie p To,trRaL
says that in the comparative statistics of
disorder Kentucky can beat that. for sew
eral years ago Governor Leslie was fined
for playing croquet on the grass in front of
the State House at Frankfort.
"A young lady III Newton county, Ca,
is possessed by a strange monomania She
fancics herself a baby, aud has not spoken
word in three years, although her pow
ers of conversation used to be of an order
higher than the average. Notwithstanding
this absurd halluciuation, she is iuconsst-
ent enough to read and write letters
r I'VE years ago poor girl of eighteen.
hviug as servant with a wealthy farmer
of Pleasant Valley, Monroe county, Pa.
was sent to jail for six months, being an
Incurable thief. The people of Pleasant
Valley heard nothing more of her till she
returned the other day richly dressed and
bought the farm for cash, to their immense
astouishment.
Col. Thomas A. Scott is reported as
saying that the Pennsy ylvania company will
rebuild as few of their buildings as possible
at Pittsburgh. and would remove ali their
shops and machine works Uo some ~ nor.