The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-22
Reacs ana Gtaer EOt5ngs.

A Clarion COUNT man named Kensin
ger is the happy father of thirty four chill
dren.
There is a man in Castleton, Vt, who
has traded horses once week on an aver
age for the past five years.
On Saturday night. at Cincinnati, o.
Leary accomplished the self-imposed task OF
walking 275 miles inside of so consecutive
hours.
Patrick Norton, who committed an
outrage on a two year and half old infan.
in Luzerne county, has been arrested for
the terrible crime.
Hannah Barnett, who was born on St.
Valentines day. 1875, and thus lacked very
little Of being 103 years old, has just died
in a workhouse near London.
Mr.. f. c.. Pike, of Providence. has
patened plan by which The heating of a
train of passenger oars can be done by the
exhaust steam of the locomotive.
One Alabama town has raised q thous-
ana mules, and one vigorous mule could
raise a thousand Alabama towns if he got
his temper rubbed the wrong way.
Mrs. Ruby Luce, of Stowe, Vt, aged
eighty-two, walks a distance of four miles
to and from church each Sunday, and does
the work OF at least one girl OF the period.
"A discussion having arisen in Europe
as to the late Pope's age, the head OF His
HOliness's household was written to, who
made official reply that Plus TX. was born
May 13, 1892.
Another Welsh fasting girl has come
to light. Her name is Morgan. She is
about IS years Of age, and is said not to
have eaten nor drunk anything since the
Both of October last
William Robertson, the wealth;est col
ored man in St. Louis, whose ambition it
was 70 own the costliest barber shop i'm the
world, died on Saturday. He had $40 600
insurance on his life.
Peter Myers an insolvent banker of
Carthage, Mo, was tried at Neosho on
Thursday, convicted of felony in the man
agement OF his business. and sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary.
Ancient carved wooden statues of ST.
Luke, ct, Nicholas, st. Anthony and the
Virgin Mary, taken from an old Dutch
chnrch, recently torn down, are displayed
in Broadway curiosity store.
Mrs. Mary Quinn, aged sixty five
years, widow, residing at Little River,
n. b., was assaulted and murdered in her
house on Wednesday night. a man named
Waugh was arrested on suspicioD.
1t is stated tha. there has been an
ovcr-issue of stock of :he Williamsport gas
company, amounting to 1926. 900, and that
it has been placed i'll banks outside Will
Transport ss collaterals to secure loans to
Peter Herdic.
AT Spring field, Mass, on Thursday.
five pounds of illuminate in Leet 6 Smiths
percussion cap factory exploded, demolish-
ing the building, a small structure, ana in
stantly killing Otis B. Smith, junior part
ner of the h:m.
DR.. Spencer, of Cambridge. Mass, was
arrested Saturday, upon an indictment
charging him with the mauslaughtsr of
Mrs. Catharine Mclean, be having taken
charge and subsequently deserted her
during child bilth.
The New York Graphic gives the por-
traits of the Roman Pnntifs from st. Peter
down to Pope Plus TX. There are two
hundred and sixty-two Of them, and it is
hardly necessary to say that tue first. as
well as the last is dead.
"A Canadian clergyman has been con-
victed Of skating on Sunday. He breaches
on Garden Island, and instead of driving
over on the ice or going on foot, he buckles
on his skates and gets across very comfort
ably. Now, is it right to skate on Sunday !?
"A discharge of buckshot from a gun
killed man in the Capital Theatre, Austin,
Texas, and made hole in the wall. The
fresh plaster las cracked in such a way as
to present the outline of n mans face-a
likeness of the numbered man, as some say.
II curious candle used in Alaska is a
fish eight inches long, almost transparent.
and very fat, the fat being pure white and
very sweet. The Indians dry this fish.
then light it at the tail, and it burns with a
clear, sparkling flame, which the wind will
not eXtinguSh.
"A little girl, ten years old, daughter Of
Martin Barney, was burned 70 death Fri
day afternoon at Clayton, n. !. She with
her brother, aged eight, was left alone in
the house. The boy discovered his sisters
clothes on fire and ran for help, but she
was burned to crisp before assistance ar
rived.
"A six year old daughter of Widow
Rotharmel, Sunbury; a two year old son of
Samuel Brady, Shamokin. and the only
son, aged six, of Taylor Robinson, Law
renee county, arc the la est victims of fa;a
burning accidents caused by parents leav-
ing children alone with fire or coal oil
lamps.
The remains of Mrs BENJAMIN ri man
of Cincinnati, were crema.ed in the cre
matory at Washington, Pa, on Frida, las.
Less than two honrs were reguired for the
process, aud Mr.. Pitman, the husband, of
the deceased, is reported to have expressed
himself as ''mOre than satisfied with the
result.''
-Joseph L. Wall, who kicked his " ife
to death in New York, was sentenced on
Monday last to fifteen years in the State
prison, and was advised by the judge TO
bring civil action against the parties who
sold hlm the liquor, and sue for DAMAGES
for the support Of his children, now doubly
beTeaved.
Among she curiosities in the armv
museum at Washington, is the withered
hand aud arm or man which was found
at Gettysburg. \ cannon ball carried il
to the top of high tree, where the crows
overlooked it for the more abundant car
rion of the field, while the wind and sun
sbrlveled it up and preserved it.
1T Is the custom among certain tribes
III Liberia that when woman is married
she must prepare the wedding dinner with
her own hands. If such a custom prevail
ed IN this country in many ins ances the
groom and his friends would slide ont i'm
mediately after dinner and rush into res
taurant 10 get something fit to eat
Mr.. Mackay, the enormously wealthy
Californian, has bought Mr.. Albert Grants
house at Kensington, and is soon going to
London with his wife and daughter to take
possession of his new home. Mr.. Mackav
is said to be native of Ireland, and came
to this country poor boy. He is now one
OF the wealthiest men in the world
-On Sunday morning last Father RYAN,
OF the Catholic church at Mahanoy CITY