The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-03-16

Tuesday morning last, Michael Morn
mon, living at Rock Greek Center, zen niles
south of Huntington, Ohio, aud who has
been in the insane asylum, and Vas sent
home about year ago, under the irnpTes-
sion that he was permanently cured. shot
one OF his sons, aged is years, through the
head. fatally wounding him, and another,
aged IS years, through the shoulder, prob
ably fatally wounding him, and also shot
and killed himself instantly.
"A woman i'm Rockport, Massach rfsetts,
who supports her children by hard work,
was asked, several days ago, 10y fellow
workman in the mill to aid in making a
purse for a poor woman" She had only
sixty cents left to carry her through the
month, bat she gave twenty-five cents. 4
little later the person returned aud told
the woman the purse WIS meant for her,
and handed her twenty-five dollars.
"A chicken on the farm of Frederick
Strong. in Montgomery township. Mont
gomery county, in fit last week found
her way into the old family clock where
loaded gun was stored. The works of the
clock had been taken to a clock maker for
repairs and the frame work stood open,
/ The chicken in fiuttering struck the ham
mer of the gun and fired it off, the CON
tents entering the ceiling Of the room.
"A formidable Canadian scheme for
manufacturing lumber is announced in a
treai. 1t says, AN English company With
$50, ,O0O. 600 capital is buying up 5000
square miles of timber limits in Canada
and purchasing lumber mills on the Ottawa
and Gatineau rivers. Sir John Rose. of
Morton, Rose & Co, bankers of New York
and London, is at the head of the company.
-Four years ago, Miss Athers, of Por-
terville. advertised for husband. John
IL. Johnston, of Vermont, responded, aud
and after brief acquaintance they were
married and Johnston obtained n situation
IN bank at Porterville. On Wednesday
OF last week a former wife of Johnston
made her appearance. He acknowledged
that he was married man when he mar
ried Miss Athers, and the latter shot her
self through the heart and died instantly.
5. Ii. Haslett, Democrat. was returned
elected member of the Legislature from
Forest county, last November 10y four
votes Agnew, his opponent, contested
the election on the ground that sufficient
number of Illegal votes were cast for Has
lett to produce the result. The case was
heard IN the court and large number of
witnesses were examined. The outcome
is that Haslett's majority is increased to
fifty-four.
Cardinal Manning has given notice to
ms clergy that no music taken or adapted
from the theatre, the opera or concerts, or
which has become familiar through secular
usage, shall be sung at mass or benediction
or used as voluntaries interludes, aud
that the music used shall be as conyrega-
t'onai as possible. He has also banisred
ladies' from his cboirs so thoroughly that
/ not female voice is heard in any of the
churches under his jurisdiction.
"A curious case is before the Providence
courts, which it would require the proven
bal wisdom of an Arabian cadi to decide.
A Mr. Durfee recently bought an old safe,
and left it with blacksmith to sell, who,
on opening it found roll of bills to the
amount of $l65 concealed in a crack in the
/ lining. Diligent inquiry failed to find any
clue to the ownership of the money, aud
the question TO he settled now is. does the
money belong TO the owner of the safe, or
to the blacksmith by right of discovery.
/ William Rock was arrested in Phila-
delPhia ON Sunday. charged with having
stolen nearly 10, 600 fans, screens and 9th
er fancy articles from :he Japanese bazaar
on the centennial grounds. At he close
OF the exhibition the Japanese merchants
employed Rock to remove the exhibits.
Instead of taking them to the place desig-
mated 10y the owners he had hauled them
To his own residence, and until Sunday the
japanese have been unable to find him or
their goods. He arrested while of
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