The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-08

The penitentiary authoriti..
have queer case on their hand
vict named Brady scaled the wall "a
his clothes, aud made good nj.
DE went to his home in Columb,.
his wife persuaded him to return o. %
ms time out. She went with him =
prison, and be was once more -.
"A reward OF 500 bad been offered g. =
ny capture, ana me question is NJ
MS wife is entitled To the money or NJ.
"A burning steamboat slowly svi,-
out into the stream from a WHAT fs
IN names dozen tugs darting 70 49,
I around her as though in terror m.
/ boring wharves and streets hlaoL "a
spectators the Brooklyn towsr :.
bridge lit up from base to ton vitt,
light, and the steadily falling spow c,I
ed into a shower of silyer-ibis -
/ the y. Y. Sun of Saturday, the ~ :.
+ spectacle that drew thousands ~ -
/ yesterday to the banks Of East river
"A few days ago two ladies We
ing Loss creek, Ala, on harsebacE -.
whom carried baby. When tox,r5
middle OF tue stream the mother -
dizzy aud dropped the infant into tbs
ter. Both ladies screamed for assis,..'
but, none coming, they rode of - -
nearest house and got some men out n
baby was found floating a mile beov =
crossing, after an ex pOsure OF forty min.
with its face upward, fast asleep n =
well wrapped up, and The clothes had -
/ II from sinking.
"A singular and probably fatal cas.
absorption of poison by the use of eoI,;
matter in dyeing clothing has occnrrs5 u
/ Nergeunes, Vt. Mrs. John Liberty al.
I fifty years old, who has been in the i'll
/ OF using vi.rol and other ingredients
colorIng cloths, was taken sick last Tim,
day and grew rapidly worse. A physic,
after a careful examination, fouad n,
( the POISONOUS substance used in coloir
had been absorbed into her system. 81
suffers intense agony and Will srobsb
live but a short time.
The Cherokee (Ala.) AdCertissr tell,
( pathetic Enoch Arden story of Confeis.
ate officer who went off to the war flurtss
years ago after bidding an affectionats IA,
well to his young wife, to whom he b.I
been married few days. He wroe \
her, but she never received his letters. AL
was forced to believe the report that !!
had fallen IN one of the battles near r. el
mond. A few days ago he returned
found her married TO another. He said
had been confined in Northern pii,s
Those who are aware that the war is jr.l
may be able to believe his story.
James Walker a farmer living nss
| Bemis Heights, y. Y, was on Frid " -ys-
ing visited by an acquaintance namsi I
Tan Shack, from Troy, who, after cha l-
pleasantly with Mr.. Walker and his aI..
( about 3 O'Clock attempted to kill ths-
both with knife and a pistol Afhlls
dangerously wounded, both Mr.. Was,
and his wife managed TO escape from js
house and give an alarm, whereup % Fl
I Shack escaped aud vas not fuuui e
next morning al day break, when hs g.
frozen stiff aud with bis ,hrnat CIT. 81.
discovered a short distance fran the D Isl
"A curious statement, illustrating q.
4 debt mania of the!age aud IL disagree.
consequences, has been published i1 - 1-
paign county. Illinois. The asses-el Cd.
Of real estate IN the county b. a Ga
more than eleven milliDus, ard ur1l #
.here are recorded mortgages f1r abI-- u
millions. The interest 0n these is ...
siX hundred Thousand dollars, and tl- ll,
raise the annual burden o. more h.|
milliJn-equivslent % nine pGE cent #
. whole taxable value q realty iu Obj. -.
". The weight of the burden thl. ....
ed upon productive industry j. sh rl .
. - 9 AuIA AALA AlAAA AllE AlAANaEna
4 require an average 0nual payuel' @ -
every soul ~ the county's popull-.ll
twenty-five dollars and n half
The Phila- Record tells of q s1-l-
aud distressing incident which a--a.s
at the Pennsylvania Railroad depot .
4 city AZ noon on Saturday. 4 veIl-l.-s-
lady after bidding her husband aIi-l
the gate, entered n train bound wes. $50.
and, lay ing her infant on the seat 5s--
her, sat gazing from the window d. b
husband, who still fingered in y.
While waiting FOR the train to start size q.
seized with a desire to speak 10 him agaa
and, leaving the little sleeper on the SCI
rushed from the car aud was at his I'D
a moment. She had scal cely reached
/ platform when the bell sounded aud -t
train moved off aud was soon lost to sigh
y scene" ensued, aud when the lady b
came sufficiently composed she was Inflr1
ed that the station master at Lane ist
had been telegraphed 10 take care 1t %
baby until she called for l.. At half-ps
two sine started for Lancaster.