The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-05-10

The Pittsburgh Dispatch Of Wcdn9s-
! day morning says the visit Of Archbishop
/ Wood to that city has resulted IL an ami
cable settlement of the diocesan troubles.
] Father Hickey, one of the executors of the
late Bishop Domenec, had withheld his
signature from the documents thransferr-
/ ing church property to Bishop Tuigg, but
on Tuesday morning, after a consultation
between all parties interested, he signed
the papers aud the property was dluy
] transferred to the Bishop. Arch bidoqs
WOOD left for Philadelphia Wednesday
evening.
-Peralto the Mexican mustang rider,
/ began at four O'Clock on Saturday morning
at the Prospect Fair grounds, Brooklyn,
n, Y, the attempt to ride 300 miles in
fifteen hours. He accomplished the first
/ 100 miles in hours and twenty minutes
and 40 seconds fastest mile ? minutes and
: 13 seconds. He completed his 200th mile
at ten minutes to two o'clock in the after
! noon. and at seven o'clock in the evening
completed sol miles, but continued until
he completed 3O5 miles, at 7:1O, making
the last mile in 2:41. The rain made the
/ track heavy, or lie would have accomplish
/ ed the task in ID hours.
Father Cuddhy's war on the Hiber-
nian Society in Milford, Mass, was renew
/ ed on Sunday, when he declared the pews
of Hibernians in his church vacant. lie
learned of Roman Catholic priests in this
country. Recently a Hibernian society
was organized in Milford. He denounced
/ the order in strong terms, called the mem
I bers veTmin, and commanded his congre-
CATION to have nothing to do with a forth
, coming HibeTnian ball. His Bishop sub
/ sequently sustained the stand he had ta-
ken but some of the congregation went to
the ball, and on Sunday he expressed very
severe opinion of them. One was singer
/ in the choir, and he expelled her.
The Edison telephone is likely to rem
| der the demand for telegraph operators
limited. The Western Union Company,
/ which has purchased OF the inventor the
I sole right to it, intends placing one in eve
~ small village throughout the country
where any person engaged in another bust
ness can be induced for a small salary to
take charge OF it and communicate with
the nearest regular telegraph station in a
/ large town what few dispatches are to be
sent and collect the money therefor. Any
small hamlet can thus be afforded tele-
graph facilities. The instrument IS COM
ing into general use in various cities as a
/ means OF communication between different
parts Of a town.
The State Legislative Committee ap-
pointed to investigate the Pittsburgh riots
held their final meeting Thursday evening
Among other testimony ELECTED was the
idCI IIldl tue troops Oi General BrIntOu on
their retreat from the burning roundhouse
/ al Pittsburgh TO Sharpsburg were almost
/ famishing. and that the only provisions
they received were sent to them by 4. y
/ Cassatt, Third Nice-President Of the Penn
! sylvania Railroad, who remained in Pitts
burgh during the worst stages Of the riots
aud purchased and forwarded wagon loads
of provisions TO Sharpsburg. II is testified
/ by General BrintOn that it was only
through the energy Of Mr.. Cassatt th at the
! soldiers obtained any food whatever.
! The Columbus (Ga) Enquirer saws I.
/ MIR. John Pore, who lives i'm the lower part
! OF LumPkin county, this State. had two
little children, aged respectively three and
SIX. They were engaged i'm their usual
/ play, few days since, while the mother
was at the well. The oldest child for
/ what reason it will never be known, piclyed
/ up sharp hatobet and struck the baby in
the side, leaving the axe sticking in The
/ wound. The child, seeing what he bad
done, ran and told his mother, who vas
drawing up bucket Of water at the time
/ This so frightened her that she !et GO Of
the windlass, and the revolving crank
} struck the boy on the head and literally
I knocked his brains out, killing him instant
( ly. When the horror-stricken mother got
/ to the baby II was also dead.