The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-12-20

John s. Morton and Samuel 4. HUM,
late President aud Treasurer OF the Mar
ket street railway line, Philadelphia, re-
Gently tried and convicted of making and
issuing certificates of stock of the West
Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company,
we're on Tuesday last sentenced to ten
years each in the Eastern Penientiary
"A number of United States Senators
and Representatives., Republicans and
Democrats, certify they have examined
the testimony against Congressman Ack-
len of Louisiana, in a certain charge OF Sc
duction, desertion and abortion, and :hat
the charge was ''maiciously made aud
has no foundation in fact" Foster, OF
Ohio, and Frye, of Maine, head the list.
At Wihton, Hertford county, North
Carolina. On The 18th instant, SamDel ia
cob and Elbert GOtling, colnred, were
tried in the Inferior Court for assault aud
battery with intent to kill Marcus Williams,
colored, for voting for Hon. J. J. Yeates,
the Democratic candidate for Congress. s.
The prisoners were found guilty, and sen
fenced tOsix years in the State penitentiary.
The family of Milton Williams live In
Andover, n. Y a few nights ago it con-
sisted of his wife, aged as. five unmarried
children and a married daughter, aged 20.
Since then it has been increased by five.
His wife has given birth to triplets. His
daughter has become the mother of twins.
The five children were born On the same
night. The triplets appeared an hour be
fore the twins.
Widow Marie Janette Bell is still living
at Kankakee, III. She is 109 years Of age.
She was born i'll 1769 the year of Napoleon's
birth She saw Napoleon as the Little
Corporal knew Robespierre, was surgrd
in the crowd that witnessed the execution
of the Sixteenth Louis and remembers
where Marie AufOinette's blood was split.
Old Mother Bell measures five inches less
in height than she did twenty years ago.
-Four negroes fired a mill in Columbia
county, Florida, month ago, and, while
the superintendent was extinguishing the
flames, they went to the house, beat bis
wife, and took 5000 of her husbands mos
ney. They were arrested. and confessed
the crime. On Saturday morning, before
daylight, they were taken from the jail at
Lake City, 10y disguised mob, who shot
two of them dead and mOrtally wounded Il
third. The other escaped, and gave him
self up to the authorities.
Rather a singular thing has just occur
red in Louisville. a new work house was
to be built by the city, and several archi-
tects entered into competition for the
work The plans of Mr.. II. p. Macdonald,
a grand nephew of Marshall Macdonald,
of the First Empire, we're adopted, the
timated cost being $50, 1G0. This was
year ago aud the other day the building
been completed within the time specified,
and costing $500 less than the estimate.
Jack KehOe, the king, as he was call
ed, Of the Mullie Maguires, was executed at
Pottsvillef at 1920 O'Clock on last We'd
nesday forenoon, for the murder, on the
14th of June, 1862, of Lancdun, at Auden-
reid, Carbon county, near the line Of
Schuylkill county. in the latter of which,
by a change of venue, he was tried and con-
victed. The unfortunate man met hIs fate
calmly and died protesting his innocence
of the crime for which he paid the penalty.
Martin Bergin was to have been executed
at the same time, but was only the day
/ previous respited until the 10Th of January.
"A horrible accident occurred at the
American iron works, Pittsburgh, on Fri
day morning, by which Patrick Shannon,
/ the assistant mIllwTight was instantly kill
/ ed and his body torn to shTeds. Shannon
I had gone upon the platform to examine n
/ line of shafting when his clothing was
: caught by pulley aud his body drawn OH
TO the shaft. which WAS making 240 revolu>
lions minute. Before the machinery cou Id
/ be stopped his body vas torn TO pieces and
scattered over the mill. Portions of the
remains were thrown fully three hundred
/ feet.
! A singular accident occurred on Mon
day in Chesterfield county, Va, near the
coal pits, by which a young coOTed girl
lost her life. She retired rather precipi-
lately from dinner, at which rabbit pie
/ Ind been served, and when found shortly
/ after in an adjoining room was extended
at full length in a chair and was entirely
hfeless. \ doctor was nevertheless sum-
mnned, who pronounced her death due to
disease Of the heart but as the body was
being made ready for burial it was discov-
cred that her throat had been cut by a
sharp rabbit bone, which prOtruded clear
through the skin.
An eight hundred pound elephant is
exhibited in a Reading confectionery
store. The figure is = feet in lergth, )
feet high, and p feet vide, and weighs
nearly eight hundred pounds. The tusks
are solid clear candy. the tongue is compos-
ed OF candy OF the natural color and with
these exceptions the entire figure is com
posed Of saleahle nut candy. In removing
Il from the factory, in the rear of the store,
the factory doorway had to be enlarged Il
: was loaded upon wagon by means Of a
block and tackle, and conveyed around the
square to the front store, as it could not be
taken through the rear door, on account o
its size.
About o'clock on the morning O
Q Thursday last says the LewiStown Gazette
+ while Geo. Houser was assisting Jonathan
S Price to butcher, little crippled son
Reuben Houser, was standing on the plat
e form helping to scrape the hog, when h,
, accidentally slipped and fell backwards in
I to the scaldlng trough, being entirely sub
J merged except one foot. He was immedi
= ately drawn out by his father, his han,
/ tightly clutching the knife he had beer
e scraping with. The scaldiug water satur
ating his clothing, the skin adhered to ,hen,
a aud the lad was pitiable object to lool
e upon. All that sympathv.and medical ski
e could accomplish was done, but death end
l. cd his sufferiDgs on the evening of tn
V same day.
It "A remarkable case Of defective vision
e says the Tarboro On. c. Southefner.
shat of the three children of James How
n ard, a seafaring man, whose family live o
?. Ocracoke Island. They become total
y blind each day Immediately after the su
l. goes down. If by chance they happen
Is be in the yard playing when the sun sci
d play things are instantly laid aside and ei
g forts made to reach the house, when the
u seen after retire and sleep soundly unit
sunrise, after which their sight is describe
al as being restored and to all appearance
b perfectly unlmpaireC. The youngest
d three and the oldest ten years old tvv
le boys and one girl, all of light complexion
m Their eyes are light Blue and there