The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-01-05
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John w. Harrington -,
Washington from Columl,,lH HAs airi,s
ing the Democratic electo.. > G., d
State, which lie delivered - :, .te 'oie q
pro tenn. of the Senate. 'he PsesI
"A number of tho -
Aooiiiion headers Of by-rops' s' 40. eoa'li: !
Cassius VI. Clay, Ge6r9s "y M wuays %,
Passmore Williamson. wsr. Juiaa
the Democratic party in the iiesnlhsi -.
Now Elizur Wright. wbo ,'s' cam
tie American Anti-Slaverv" : : See't,'
the foid. and he tells why h 'IIelely
III a strong and forcible J.. aas
Springfield Republican. ''''eI o
"A plenomenon Of r,r:.
was recently Witnessed - n! aud !
Abont 8 O'Clock in the eyeni' ,iea'et q
to the local papers, a Ing lug aocl
balls OF fire, as large as hli7,
Heated in the air just over ,,,a s'a''
and each one had fiery - u'ae
three feet long, attached to i ".lisi' ut' Z
ted sparks IN all directions ana ~ d's''a I, 1
brilliant description. After ~; y 'a'
for some time they disapne.ro5 N
-Chauncey Freeman 49, :.
Gently saved a train from, "a. A. 70 !ala
he Lehieh Valley RailroaJ ''',77'1
:he first passenger car, and he's
rumbling under tine car II.
sprang to the cord which nl;aH ,
inghouse air brake. and bnn- .'s
The train was stopprd. Uno, 80. :.
broken fiange aud loose wb..I sH-A
uuder the car, which rnusr = ~. va
wrecked the train. Freeman ;. ;u.'-l
Of Eastou. S anu
Michael Burns. of Mt. Carb,,
kill county, died suddenlv. OH.
while attending services in
Catholic church on Cbris,r,.-
tie fell forward in the Dex -
men, who thought il was ms,0,-, ~
nj, started "a carry him TO tho - 81.
Father McDermott. adicinipg "A, .
but he died in their arms - ~ q
reached fhe priests house. III
at home preparing the Cbrirr,, =
when the sad meas S was bronrt, !,
which turned tho DAY Of rrj,i-iT,
day of sorrow.
The Philadelphia Tina rv,.
journals of all shades Of p,li,i.,l
note as one OF the grandes, act, %
spicuouSly blameless life of o1r l,,,f
citizen, Mr.. John l.. SlIpcng,ks- :,
just passed away universaDy 49,.
/ that " hen he vas tendered = cs,,'s.
eject ion 10y the managers Of nj, a.
1861, because the tn int If ureyrossi
attached to If, he rejected II h.
letter, in which he said ! lrisr.
be my moral. legal and political 4
the community, To nv part and ts-
not To sustain what seems 10 la a.
Rutherford 3. Hayes has tire flow
The oldest member of The r
/ States Senate Is Simon Cameroo n
SYlvania, who first took his s2l- m
! His service, however. has been rsfr-
and amounts altogether to on'y seys
! years while Mr.. Hamlin of Nsre
/ first entry upon senatorial life VS.
has seen twenty one years # H1s
the floor, and four wears addiii7na'
chair as Wee President. Mr. arl
Rhode island comes next, having
d the Senate i'm 1859. and had a e5nti
service of almost seventeen years "a
Lot VI. Morrill,. now Seeretay Z
Treasury. Sherman Of Ohio. and Z
I Wisconsin, entered the Senate toss
1861.
f. A special dispatch from Bridge
ton, Lnng Island, says Al four o'5sl
! urday morning the ship Circas,ian 1
on the bar of Bridgehamton, sogti
OF Long Island. was entirely hrokf-
sou,heasterly gale, and losi. tg4
with twenty-nine lives. The CTa'
went ashore in the storm on the u.
the 11th inst. At that time the crHT
officers were saved. The storm Of
day caught thirty four men, emp
} the Coast Wrecking Company, %
and short time after midnight iis
went to pieces with an awful Gas,
cor,ling 10 the account four sngyT'
washed ashore next morning. mos
than alive. on fragments Of ihs
Not one of the remaining tweHiyra
has been seen OF heard from uPi9
ent time, and there is but little eal'
all have perished.