The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-05-18

Mr.. Hayes having enacted the rule thar
eight years is To be the limit Of any public
officials term of service, promptly goes on
rccummis>ioning poStma>,ers whose peck
et-bUuks are limp with The assessments of
twelve and sixteen years. Mr.. Hayes has
done such things before. He ram for
third term in Ohio ia 1915 on platform
which expressly condemned a bind term.
The jury in the case of Bott. Phila-
dclplia preacher involved in an ugly scan
dal. disagreed and were after long siege
discharged on Saturday. one juror refusing
10 join the others la 4 vCrdIcl @; guilty.
Subsequently he was aI ested on the charge
that he had stated that it mattered not
what the eyjd ence was he vuulO not CON
vicJ Bott. !. II. lodgsuu, the juror, WAS
held in $500 bail.
The steamer Cry Of Brussels. about
which there has been great anxiety. has
been head from. She was met nn Tuesday
IF last week in mid ocean 10y the Richmund
of The same line making her WAY to I.iv-
erpool, under sail. having broken her
shaft. She viii complete her voyage
about the middle of this week. 4 large
party of Amer lean pilgrims TO Rome Is oil
the City uf Brussels.
There l. m old colored woman i'm the
Fldtbu>h AlmShouSe whose skin has for
some years been undergoing change of
color. White spots have from time tu time
arms from the elbows down has become as
dclcately crioTed as that of a blonde iin-
der which the blue veins are plainly visi-
ble. White spots have also appealUd ON
her shoulders. The change seems - be
steadily going ou.
AT New Castle, on "Wednesday night
Peter kiik, who married girl OF !ewd
character naned Rose Palmer. in YouugS-
town. Ohio, about three months ago, and
shortly after moved tn New Castle. In a
dIuuken frenzy struck her uu the head
with the hammer end of a halchct. fiactuI-
ing her skull aud iufiic,iug injuries from
which it Is not likely that She y n recover
lie then went mp stairs and shot himself
twice III The stomach, dying ia = few hours
The life Of "Iie of PeunSy lvania's cen
tenariails ebbed away on Saturday. i'm
Montgomery county. Richard Ccn,ad was
an Irish patriot who fought IN the rebellion
OF i9S, aud subsequently joined the Brit
ISh army. settling IN America in 1912. An
iron constitution carried him into his nne
hundred and tenth year. Daring the de
hIlum OF hlS last Illness he imagined HAT
he was one of Lord Fitzcerald's soldiers
and seemed TO recognize his companions
in-arns
Mrs. QuackenbuSh. aged % years. who
lives with her nephew la Hackensack was
very deaf Twenty years ago her sight,
winch had been poor, suddenly became
Two weeks ago thunder shower passed
over the town, and after an unusually vi
vld flash of lightning aud heavy peal IF
thunder, she WAS aStoniShed TO fiui that
she could hear the ticking of the clock and
conversation. Her hearing has since re
manned perfect.
There has lately been discovered in
Nicaragua plant which has electro mag
netic properties. If you tear % # branch
you experience an effect as though you
struck battery. The discoverer could
not 10y careful ana alysiS detect any magnet
Ic metallic substance in the surrounding
soil. The intensity of the shnck varies ac
cording to the hour. At night it is scarce
ly ?erceptible. At ,, p. NJ, It is strongest.
Birds and insects never seem TO ilight on
the piyi0l0cca electrical.
he Methodist Church is n very inn
portant social element in this country, and
the movement now being made 20 unite the
Northern and Southern branches. which
were divided on issues that have long since
passed away, Is n matter of widespread in
terest, bearing as it does on the social as
well as religious intercourse Of the people.
Rev. DIR. Harrison, of Atlanta, Georgia,
who is DOW making tour of Northern
cities, and Is thUught to oe accredited with
authority to speak for the South, is pre-
senting the views of that section with clear
ness and force.
FIFTY years ago Monday John Mastai
Ferreti became an episcopate, and nineteen
yeas later ascended to the chair of st.
Peter. His career has been full of vieissi-
tudes. as well as of years. and has brought
many blessings upon those whose spiritual
leader he is lie has lost temporal power.
but has gained infalhbility and preserved
unity in the Church. The death of the
aged Pope, which all expect before long,
is looked forward to by all Catholics with
faa ff,saf. hat Oh
must lose SO excellent a Pope, the latter,
because present unity may be disturbed in
the election or by the conduct of IA sue
ceSSpr