The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-08-17
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Ind, and a daughter OF Jesse Jarue, OF /,
Salisbury. Indiana.
Col Henry NJ Hoyt chairman of the |,
Republican State Committee, had leg
broken Oh the 2tst of last month, by the
upsetting of stage coach at Denver Col.
"A negro who had committed a brutal
assault upon little white giIl, was taken !
from the Jail at Culpepper, w. Va, on
Friday night last, by sixty masked men,
and hung.
"A woman in Cynthiana, KY, murder
ed her baby, and Was not suspected of .he
crime but remorse compelled Der to con
fess and she furnished uudoubted proofs
of her guilt.
"A raft of 100 spars, valued Al $50, 600,
cut at London, Canada, hoated out of the
lakes to Oswego thence to Troy, and down
the Hudson, has been safely towed to
Boston, saving SO, 900 in freight.
The Philadelphia LedgGr must have a
very circumscribed vision very little re-
gard for the truth. At least we Judge so
from the fact thai it could not sec, as it af-
firms. any Americans in the recent mobS.
-Jedediah Morrill,, of WaterviIle, Me.
who hanged himself last week because of
financial troubles, was a brother of Win
. thrOp Morrill,, who committed snicidc in a
similar manner last spring from the same
cause.
A portable steam threshng machine,
/ on n farm near Lawrenceburg. Illinois, ex-
ploded its boiler Friday. killing II. Wells,
Mr. Bauior, and son of Mr.. Alternately,
besides wounding four others, three dan
gerously.
! The Albany argus learns from a pri-
vate letter that mir. Tilden has received
much benefit from he ocean voyage, aud
that he looks and feels in better health
than at any time within the last thee or
-four years"
A printer in Mont gomery county. aged
nineteen years. wheeled man weighing
! 40 pounds Tour miles and three quarters
! in AN hour and half Tnrce miles If the
road traversed are mp grade. Tie feat
done on S15 wager.
/ The miners OF The Schul Kill IcCinn aIe
acting very srnSibiy. Ata recent meeting
at hahunny it WAS decided that none Gst
actual workers should vote. aud Ihough lie
{ idlers want'G a strike. lhe working miners
/ voted To keep heiI places.
At The Philadelphia Permanent Fxhi-
III ion there are now twenty iErcc IuulrCd
exhibitors. representing all the States Of
the Union and AL The principal foreign
. countries Of the world. and less than one
half "f these ave Pennsylvania rxhihjiors.
Probably the Youngest railroad dircc-
tors in the United States are James Blair
Preston. aged y. aud William II. Blair. 10
years, who are directors Of the Paulinsili i'll
Valley Railroad. in Mass. They are
grandSons of Mr. John I. Blair, who OWL
ed Ike road.
1T is said that an iron man named At
kins, Of P"'fsville, has received an order
from The Chiiian government fng furnish
ing ID. 600 oUS of rails. and hat GOwgu. OF
the Philadelphia & Reading coal and mon
company, has received an order for he
same number
The Now York UrrsId declares that
all the indications are that the fall trade
this year of the city inbbing houses with
country merchants wilsprove the best ard
largest that has been transacted since 1873
This may be regarded as a s.gn Of return
ing prosperity.
"A passenger train on the New Jersey
Central railroad plunged from a dIawbri5ge
over Oceanport creek, thee miles from
Long Branch, n distance of about ten feet.
on Thursday last, and some sixty Of the
passengers were more or less injured. but
only four dangerously.
General Mahoue. who came very near
being the Conservative candidate for
governor Of Virginia, began life as n
brakeman. Until the concern went into
the hands ofa receiver he drew a salary of
S25, 900 year as president of the Atlantic
Mississippi and Ohio railroad.
st. Michael's Church, at Marblehead
Mass. was built in 1106 Of material wholly
brought from the mother country. 1t has
reredos, an ancient chandelier, and pull
PIT of n quaint wineglass pattern. Its
second rector was the minister who mar
ried the widow Custis to George Washing
ton.
On Thursday. Mr.. Tuten. editor of
the Bellefonte Republican. was assaulted
by w. ). Wagner, of that place. for the
publication of an art icle from the Altoona
Gto6e, which Wagner thought reflected on
MN, although no name was mentioned
Tuten was severely hurt in the face and
his coat vas torn off
"A mos. fearful crime was fearfuIly ex-
plated at Hamburg, Ark. last week. 4
negro who was guilty of the crime of rape
and murder was taken from his cell i'm the
Jam and chained to green saplnc. and
then burned to death. The poor " retch
made such an ou:cIy that he was heard
two m lies away from the scene OF the ont
rage.
Miss Melissa Sheridan. Of Sheridan.
>amhlll county. Oregon, got on the trail
OF panther that had dragged off one of
her fathers sheep. Instead of deciding,
after mature reflection that She hadn' +
lost any panther, she followed and treed
him with her dogs. and pat bullet De-
tween his eyes. 1t wasn't her first pan
ther, either.
Dubuque, Iowa. has secret protective
association Of servant girls. Each Girl is
required to bring from her employers n
certain amount Of provisions each week.
I'D butter, eggs, meat, flour, soap, or some
thing In return for this the person who
receives these articles supports the girls
when they are ont of work until places can
be found for them.
"A novel building association is abont
to breathe into existence in Mochanicsbur.
1t embraces membership Of bu, five rer-
sons. viz. a lumber dealer, a brickniaker.
carpenter. a mason and plasterer, each
member furnishing the necessary material
and mechanical labor for the erection of
iive houses, each taking a house rs a re
muneration for his service
"A few weeks ago two children Of tbo
ages of five and seven years. fen into the
lake of Geneva from the outside end of The
pier at Morges, Can on de Wand \ third
child, named Bataiard aged thirteen.
who happened To be near the spot, imme-
dIately threw off his clothes and nlnoced