The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-08-09


La, who was called To attend Eliza pirEs
ton after the assault upon herself aud frz
baud, in a letter 10 the Louisville C..,-ir-
journal shows from Piuks.ou's own c.,.
!essiOn TO him at the time that ragr,l.
killed her husband and wounded Lar -
that her wounds were not of such a uat,-s
as to prevent her from getting around y5,i
out assistance in New Orleans.
Men fight poverty with all their nogz
ers, but, from the testimony Of old E5rls-
Ferguson, who lives at Lexington. Ind {,
is the best guaranty of a long life. Hsfs
now, from well authorized state.Der.s
over one hundred and seven wears old
yet never at any one period Of his life "a
he worth over 800. He thinks tbs, NJ
worry Of accumulating and ureservfn,
property would have worn him ont and
killed him long ago.
Queen Matilda, recognized s0va-si,-
of the Gypsies in America. Us dead usr
remains are In the public vault II W..4.
lawn, Ohio, and in the latter part of Tins
month she will be buried with great rr--r
at Dayton. 1t is said that many tribes ara
heading for Ohio on this holy pilgrir.a-,
aud that the event is looked upoD as r-..
OF surprising Importance, because tboSs
who touch the coffin will have the lease n
foriune-telliDg power prolonged.
The Phila. Chronicle says that Senator
Din, Notwithstanding the warm ws.tba-
keeps in the field, and is winning r1'i.,
opinions wherever he goes. There is n1,b-
ing of the bluster and bravado about him.
HIS manners are unobtrusive. and wherever
he goes he is welcomed with a c8-9sar-y
that would make the heart Of Hsyes leap
into his throat were he the Iecipierf II
such welcomes. The outlook in ria state
Is gOod-very good nay, il may be u-t
down, ''petter as good s"
"A family in Paterson, y. J.. trains
toads for pets, caring for them 10 grsa.
numbers in the garden, where they faluv
people about like kittens through tie
walks. In the cellar, where there are bali
a score or more, their social creatures sI
about looking wisely upwards while the
churning Is done, and one wartv old fellow
always occupies with evident satisfaction
during the operation the boot toe af tie
churner, a perch that be never quits So
long as he is not shaken of.
robert Thompson, col0Ted, ana Mary
Gross, white, who were married by tie
Rev. J. W. Webb, colored. i'm 1871. and
who have since lived together as man ard
wife, were arraigned before a magistrate
In Alexandria, Va, on "Wednesday. and
committed to jail to await the action efrls
gyman was also required o. give bail N
answer at court. The penalty fixed by aF
Tor the principals Is confinement Iu tie
penltentiaTy for not less than two y5als
and Tor the minister fine Of S2I3.
"A despatch from Burlington iowa
says that on Thursday afternoon tv'
tramps stopped at a farmers EnI-g near
Trenton, Henry county. and after getting I
a good dinner from the farmers ufs a-5
learning that her husband would a.t E
home till evening suddenly seized bar 7l.
ragged her person and left her uSsu>iaa
hey had stopped the cries Of the farmers
little daughter by rolling her mp tightly
a blanket. When unrolled the child 's
nearly suffOcated and died 10 30 BON.
The neighbOrs are securing tie couH.:
for the tienCs
AT the afternoon service 10 The Well
odist church at Wrapping. Conn. elal+
last, streak of lightning entered thaa.-
dlen"e room, took the back hair 1H ..-.
(the hair was Of the store kind -1iSs-
out of place, and sent it a black mass .'.
I the pews. Then the fluid ian da"- '
young wOman's back. sCoTShlug her ~
what, and on until it reached one -l 7.
shoes. which it charred to ashes, and slS
on, prnstrating two other women ll
whom Is in a dangerous C3ndHio1.
congregation was thoroughly Ul5-''-
and broke mp in great disorder.
The Rev. Alexander Campbell %.
liarly known as father OF the cA-.--
Scotland, is dead He was orda-. 81.
1920 and had since 1928 been pastor
church at Weem, in Perthshue. N N-.s
ninety years old at the time oi Ls ..-f
The Rev. John Ingram. Of Inst ..
Is believed TO be the oldest oco.oI l-.'r 81
now alive, having celebrated DIS .- r
dred and third birthday last At..
enjoys good health and tosla'. 49,.
memory. His son, a young u"l -
sixty five years of age, Is MS aNS,..,-
tor, and the old gentleman peiio'
little ministerial duty. .--.
"A tornado swept through S''
Indiana on Thursday. serIou>s DTts
crops, trees, and buildings a. g-
lnd., the Methodist church Ns 81
Jured, and the residence ot J' ~ ti5
was partly burned. At Eaton, l--
corn was tiattened out over ; ,,--=--
and apples and pears covered ,I' n-s
In the orchards. 4 report iI'l. Isl
H., says a storm passed throHs' IN
ton yesterday. blowing down .tr5
fruit trees, and wrecklng W.
Several dwellings we're also uN.,f
Clinton, H., the damage done 5-s
- SotiiidiGu n S~rN-ts .rH Hf
an extensive file factory, anne
house, a hotel, and several
In ruins. \ number Of peIs--9
ously injured. tssss
-Edenburg, Clarion coun!' r,s
sation. Doctor 5. II. Meaoe .--
up at midnight, and after oeilf f,r-i
to the edge of the town |as rts
and driven about for an h2"' Hs,
found himself in the woous. ,-s
was masked The Doctor ,b-,i
along narrow fo0tpath - ~. s'r
yards, when they came suou' ,s,ssi
a tent. Another man. a-so trs
the pair at the door and ln''.5 '..5;.,r'ar
in. The tent was Of the rgs
with centre pole, and inSos in,,n..ss's &
upholstered furniture, bIuers,s'
snowy white bed and silver - ssfa BE-
goblet. This was all that "'S Sr,-rsr
Doctor. On the bed lay I" .Trsr5 pa
masked, who had just been an, s;,y
child. After properly attenIhrk 9i
tient DR. Meade was driven 5fl55
he had been taken eut, ''N'1.rs u,
whole matter is a mystery u