The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13

The court house "a. Ncllsboro. Pa.
was built of Antrim sandstone. in 1856
tnrty-two years ago, and the material is
now nearly as hard aS flint. showing no
tendency TO CIumble. When first qUarried
this stone Is soft, and easily worked, but
hardCns on being exposed 10 the atmOs
phere, and solidliiies with the lapse OF Time
On Thursday the body OF Miss Nettic
Russman, respectable ynnng lady Of Tiff
fin, Ohio, was found in the river near that
place, with marks Of violence upon her
person which indicated that she had been
murdered Her lover, Lester Slime, was
arrested on suspicion, She having stated
the last time she was seen alive that she
was going to meet him.
d. NJ Boyd, jr., general passenger
agent Of the Pennsylvania railroad, who
died in Florida on Tuesday OF last week,
devised the widespread summer excursion
scheme associated with the Pcnnsy lvania
railroad ard its braI ches and perfected
the excellent arrangements in vcgur on tie
railroad last year iuI the accommodation of
centennial travellers.
Mrs, Patty Stanton. of North Stouing
ton, Conn, is a bright ninety-nine year
old woman. whose Impaired eye sight is
coming back and who is growing a new
set -? teeth. She was married at fourteen,
has an eighty yeai-Dld daughter, and says
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that the happy man might seek her money
more than her love.
"A terrible tale Of suffering and Starva-
tion among miners in SchUylkill county is
told in the Puttsviie Chronicle by a mine
sGperint tendrnt, who knows whereof he
speaks. lie tells of miners going to work
with empty dinner kettles not liking to ex-
pose their poverty, aud who seek solitude
during the dinner hour for fear iife:r real
condition should brcome known to their
fellow anrkmen.
The Shamokin TINES SAYS 4 lady
named 1arnen. residing IN M@hauoy valley,
about a half mile from TaylorSvile ow rs
a sawmill which she superintends herself
She rolls the logs ou to ihe mill and places
The IN in position in the carriage, aud after
setting the saw in motion she seats herself
upOn the log as cnutented as any male aw-
yer. Al this she does without ;hc assist
ance of amy one. A pretty good Yarn ell
that
There were in New Hampshire last
year 2,l9S ordinary schools 45S graded
schools, Is town high schools. 81 district
high schools. and SO higher English and
language schools. 1t would hardly he be-
lieved. remarks the Lancaster T3tsI5ioenc6r
that such educational facilities exist i'm a
State wherein religious bigotIy and igno :
ance exist TO such an extent that Catholics
are c0nstitutionally debari cd from holding
office.
An Anglo Indian engineer named
Compton mas invented n locomotive which
possesses the popularity of being able to
run around any obstacle placed on the
track and right ing itself on the track again
without any Trouble. The invention has
been tested and has been found to work
satisfactorily. Such are the points of re-
port which comes to us in other newspa-
pers. The question naturally al Uses, why
have any tracks at all ?
On the Sth day of April. 1918. Jesse
and Mary Way, living in East Marlborough
township, Chester county, were married
on Sunday last they celebrated their 64th
wedding anniversary. Both are in the Seth
year of their age. and Jesse daily tolls at
shoe mending and doing little jobs in wood
work, in which he is quite handy. The
fact of their married life being siXty-four
years is truly remaI kable, but> that seems
TO be their Woy of astonishing the world.
Six men attempted to abdnct Mrs
Geo. Watson, a wealthy lady Of Massilon
o., on Thursday, fiom Rock Island train,
between Rock Island and Iowa City. I'm
der preteBce that she was iunatic thew
kept her gagged and held her down at
each of the stations. She, however, man
aged to escape fIom them at Wilton, after
desperate struggle, during which she
sprained her ankle. The object of the men
was probably money, as she was richly
dressed.
"A most terrible and heart-rending cal
amity occurred in St. Louis on Wednes-
Gay last. At half past one O'Clock in the
morning the Southern Hotel, the largest
eGiiice OF the kind in the city, was discov-
eied to be on fire. The building was six
stories high, and in one hour after the fire
began scarcely a vestige of it was left oX-
Mt g. inn of al & tfc
sides. 1t was crowded with guests, all of
whom were in bed the time. and it is
supposed that at least fifty persons. many
of whom servants, were burned or suff,ca-
ted to- death. The loss is estimated at
about million OF dollars.