The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-06-01
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him. and it is hard to tell the two apart.
A horse belonging to Samuel Goheen,
of I2irdsboro', Pa, earned FOR his oIner
the past eight years, in hauling, $24, 400.
Governor HarlIa anft issued a warrant
on Monday for the execution of Thomas
Duffy. ''Mollie,' in Schuylkill county,
June DIST.
The Rev. Father McElroy, who is the
oldest Jesuit living, celebrated his ninety
sixth birthday at Frederick, Md.,sa few
days ago.
"A Bucks county girl, aged between
eighteen and nineteen years, was recently
driven to suicide by the imhuman treat
ment of her mother. She took Paris q cen.
Elias Grube, of Chester county, took a
dose of borax and saltpetre by mistake aud
died twenty four hours afterward. His
! wife had procured the fatal con- pound to
extPrminate bugs
The First Congregationalist cIiArch in
Chester, y. j.. is "A century older than any
other of the same denomination in that
State, aud nearly half century Older than
any other west of the Hudson.
The dwelling of Henry Tower, at
North Clarendon, Massachusetts. was d,s.
troyed by fire on Friday night, and Two of
his children, boys, aged and IL years,
respectively, were burned TO death.
"A twelve year-old boy in Mcntoul
county boasts of skin which resembles
that of a garter snake, and peels off regu-
, larly in VAIN weather and makes IFS ap-
pearanCe again as the winter approaches
Miss May Evans, pugnacious school
marin Of Washington, ID. C., is likely to
get into trouble for beating pupil named
Flanagan so badly that he is likely TO die.
! When she punished him. she greatly
enraged, and kicked the boy in ihe side.
II. Hatch, editor of the North Troy
(Ft.) PaiadtuD5, was assaulted on the
street on Friday evening by Miss Had
lock, who threw red pepper in his eyes and
then cowhided him without mercy. Hatch
had published an article rejecting on her
and her family.
The schooner New Bedford, tweuty
feet long, with Captain Thomas Crapo and
his wife on board, sailed from New Bed
ford, Mass, on Monday, for London. An
I immense crowd Witnessed the departure of
the boat. which is the smalles that has
ever attempted the feat.
"A flashing light, revolved 10y means Of
the axle, is to be introduced as a rear
light on freight trains. Il is formed of
two lights-oue red and one whre-aud
! designed to he placed one on ench side of
the caboose car, SO that they may be seen
IL both directions on the line.
Mrs. Hester, wife of the convicted
murderer, Patrick Hester who is to be
hanged 0n August 9. passes through
Shamnkin every week ou her way to and
from Bloomsburg. Shc is very devoted TO
her husband and tries to cheer him as much
as possible in his imprisonment.
At the decoration Of the graves OF the
confederate dead at Norfolk. Va. on Fri
day last. a guard Of [. :. marines turned
out with the Norfolk volunteers i'm honor
of the occasion. The marines were com
manded hy Colonel James Forney. son Of
John w. Forney, editor of the Philadel
phia Press.
"A Sonoma. Cal, man has raised five
cork trees, which are now twenty-five to
! thirty feet in height and from ten to twelve
inches III diameter ia the trunk One coat
of cork, Il inch thick. has been stripped
off. The tree resembles the live oak in
foliage. The seeds were brought from
Spain twenty years ago.
An Oil Cry goat climbed through
window into the house of a LAWYER of that
city on Sunday last. vhilc 'he family were.
at church. and pulling the table cloth from
J the table, broke about fifty dollars yp,ib
of china. When the family came home.
his coatslip had succeeded in drvouIing
half of the cloth. Moral .--Duu't go To-
/ church.
Nineteen engines are 10 leave the Bald
win Locomotive Works in Philadelphia. on
/ the 1st Of June, eac! having It's engineer
and fireman. en- roUfe for Blazil. The to
/ tai number to go out duIiGg the summer
company the engines. The expenses of
all the men are to be paid down aud back
/ provided they bind themselves to STAY three
years.
The poor Poles at Mouson alnsbnusa
/ who started from home for Brazil. as they
/ Supposed, but were swindled and landed at
/ Boston, destitute, last winter. have mad :,
refuge offered them in the Polish colony of
! Tolonia, Portage county, Wis. bv the Cath
olic Bishop of the diocese in which The col
/ ony is located. Massachusetts paws their
! expenses thither, and the Poles will Speed
| lily start for their new home
"A little daughter of Noah c. Hershey.
farmer, residing near Maytovu, Laucas-
/ ter county, was burned to death a few davs
| ago. Her mother had been engayed kill
/ ing catcrpiilarS with burning rags. The
! fire not being sufficient. she sent the girl
/ Tor OIL. which the latter poured nn some of
! the burning rags. Tho oil burst into A,
/ flame and the fire was communicated, 10
the child S dress. Death ensuod in a few
! minutes.
Mary Baker, formerly hal llet GIRL in
! Brooklyn. bns brounght suit in the New
! ork supreme Court against Mary lame
BARKER, of TituSville, this State to recover
an estate valued at $3.50, 900. Plaintiffs
/ father III 1862 deserted his wife and family.
and went to The oil regions and married
/ another woman while his first wife WAS
! ''t@- II appears t!.at Darker amaSS-
ed fortune IN the oil trade, the fruits of
which aye now being enjoyed by a woman
/ whom Mary alleges was never legally his
I wife. Hence this action
In the L. S. Court ut Hartford Conn
on Friday last, Judge Shipman pronounced
sentence on James L. Chapman. cashier.
and John G. Tracy, President, OF the Far.
me;s' and Mechanics National Bank, who
/ had pleaded guilty respectively to cleoeiv.
/ ing the Comptroller Of the Currency and =,
/ perjury and embezzlemeut, by which the
bank lost S59S.000 Tracy was sentenced
/ to the Connecticut State prison for six
years and six months at hard labor. and
/ Chapman to the Connecticut State prison
at hard labor for five years with nominal
/ G,,a &c ~ 'O''ii'if'i